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It snowed!
PDF I learned a new Photoshop trick!
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This picture is something I took a couple years ago. I was reading through some photography stuff today and found a new to me trick! Its actions in photoshop! I quickly went and found some free ones to try out and eventually came up with this:
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You have your resolutions then there’s a turn in the road
Some of us have resolutions, some have goals, some just have dreams. This time of year a lot of us are trying something new, or even something old for yet another time. You get a few days into things and the new has worn off, you get a phone call about a sick kid or you are sick yourself. How can you keep up your exercising when you can’t stop blowing your nose? Your kid needs you, right? No one else is helping with the organization you just finished, so why bother…
Maybe its time to reevaluate.
Just remember that YOU matter. You didn’t make these promises to yourself so that something can get in your way. you bought new running shoes, organized the pantry, planned out the next month for activities for your goal so that you can see a difference. YOU wanted this for you, your family, someone else? Has that changed? I really doubt it.
So get your big girl panties on and stick with it! You can do this!
Re-writing the tapes
We all have an inner monologue where we hear our own thoughts. Some of those thoughts are directed at others, some are general thoughts, but the ones that mean the most are the ones that we direct to ourselves.
When we tell ourselves that we are ugly, fat, unorganized, lazy, undeserving and the numerous other things that play on that tape through our head, we are hurting ourselves. I’ve been thinking about this for a while tonight. Over the years I’ve struggled with my self criticisms. I handled them in all of the wrong ways, and ended up fighting depression a lot longer than I ever should have because of a lot of those nasty things I’d say to myself. Even though I’ve come to terms with a few of those things, there are many things that I still struggle to get deleted from my personal repertoire.
I know that almost every thing on that list, I can change with God’s help. Some of those things make me uniquely me. I’ve committed myself to being a Princess, daughter of the King of Kings. That King designed me to be who I am today,and is shaping me into the woman that I will become tomorrow. Does he want me to call myself names? Why no! Of course he wouldn’t want that for his princess!
Why do we do this to ourselves?! I really can’t answer that in any words other than we are not truly loving ourselves how God wants us to love ourselves.
I challenge you to recognize those negative thoughts, write them down, erase them, then re-record your personal tape with loving thoughts. Will you join me? I have a list written down and will be burning it, then I will write a list of positives to read and re-read daily. Please join me on this activity, as I know that we can all benefit from this at one time or another.
13 Funny things
I need to lighten things up around here so I thought I’d share some really fun things that I’ve seen, heard or done lately. In no particular order here’s 13 funny things for this week:
- My dog Dottie has a new trick. Picture my middle son laying on the couch, shirtless with arms above head. Enter Stage Right: My daughter with a slice of ham and Dottie following, tongue wagging. Kayla tears the ham into small pieces and puts it on Austins bare armpit. With a little cajolling, Dottie gobbles up the ham and Austin is wiggling and squealing with delight. Kayla and myself, howling with laughter as Dottie begs for more! Video will be on YouTube just as soon as they can figure out how to do that.
- The new puppy’s favorite cuddly spot has been found. An old soft sided lunchbox/cooler. I must take pics of this to confirm, but its adorable!
- One of my favorite pick-me-ups would be the website People of Walmart. Yes I’d love to breastfeed my next baby, but isn’t this a little too much?
- I”m thinking of writing an alternate post for my About page like Amy does here on her blog Amy’s Musings. Maybe It will include the part about me talking to and Angel the other day.
- Oh yeah, I talked to a very cool man the other day that I can’t seem to go an hour without thinking about. He’s very “mystical” and could possibly be a hippie/Indian/angel. Um, angel for sure! Amazing guy to say the least.
- I tied my fiance up and tickled him until he wet his pants. Well at least that’s what I really wanted to do, but he’s not ticklish at all. Bummer.
- ElfYourself. Nuff Said. So you Like Hip Hop? Ok, that one was a little silly, how about the singing one instead. Maybe you’d rather see this from that Disco/John Travolta Movie what was that again? Ok if you are up for it, this one is pretty traditional, 40’s on 4 style.
- How we celebrate all of this cold weather down here in the South. Go hang out at the Beach, of course!
#8 The Southern Snowman
- We kinda decorated the inside of the Polka Spot Farm…do you dare check it out? ROFL! I warned you!
- The funniest, I’m gonna start the Couch to 5k Monday, yea! I need some cool running clothes and an over the shoulder bolder holder that will actually keep the boulders in the right place, anyone know where to look? Come Join us!
- I have all of these handmade ideas in my head, fabric bought for them and all and I haven’t even started! Who does that? I’m so crafty, I’ve gotten myself out of everything I planned this year! yay me!
- I’ve officially started my baking for the season. Wait, I keep having to change my recipes because I don’t have butter. What household goes through all kinds of butter without telling the residential chef? And who told the Pastor’s wife that 2 7 year old girls could help me make 6 dozen cookies this weekend? And how do I say no to said 7 year old girls because the Pastor’s wife said it would be ok? Hmm…
- I think my next trick is to paint Santa Scott’s nails in his sleep. I could do anything to him in his sleep and he’d never know it these days. It’s totally hilarious. This morning he told me that I’d made my first mistake, but not in so many words. He was pretending to be mad at me all day, and I pretended to be mad at him. It’s great to be able to yell at someone that you love and they laugh it off, cause they do the same thing to you. I’m burning so many calories laughing til I cry then crying til I laugh these days.
Happy Thursday 13!
My Family
I’m very thankful for my family, even if its like a 3 ring circus sometimes!
Thankful for handmade quilts
After a long, cold and wet day Scott brought me my handmade quilt to cuddle up on the couch and search for more wedding ideas. I’m so thankful for the comfy handmade quilts in my life.
13 fun things to do when you get engaged
I’m trying not to stress over wedding plans yet, but its hard not to. So I’ve come up with a list of fun things to do when you get engaged.
- Jump up and down screaming your lungs out, because you never thought it would really happen.
- Call your mom and try to be calm about it, even though you are really doing #1 on the inside.
- Tell your kids, only to find out that they are so happy that they are doing #1
- Watch every wedding show that you can find on tv, then realize that there is a whole Wedding Channel and beg your newly betrothed to get it for you.
- Start calling your future husband your groom, and he calls you his bride or Mrs. Polka Spot.
- Practice the Wedding March, until you almost wet your pants on the way to the bathroom.
- Listen to every song you hear with a different ear and ask “Should we play that at the wedding?”
- Talk to your best girlfriends about this favor and that invite sending texts and emails back and forth constantly.
- Have your mom get an iPhone so that she can learn to do #8
- Have lunch with your mom, only to realize than she is doing #2
- Dreams of the Honeymoon dance in your head.
- Tell all of your friends on Facebook, and read all of the well wishes from your loved ones.
- Fall asleep on your fiance’s shoulder, knowing he is the one and then he kissed you goodnight.
Wedding Ticker from PromoteMyWedding
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13 Things I didn’t know before I became a Girl Scout Leader
Yep, I’m a Brownie leader and yep its taking a lot out of me.
- 24 little girls can all say “Boo!!” in a very shrill voice that can cause a migrane for the troop leader.
- There are a LOT of trips to make.
- Camping with no electricity is possible in November.
- At every meeting the Daisies give you more hugs than you can count.
- They also ask you 563213685 questions.
- Brownies are so much more mature than Daisy Scouts.
- My daughter is very calm.
- Scout Leaders not only donate their time, patience and money, they take away a lot of love.
- There is a sign that all Girl Scouts recognize that makes them shut their mouths and listen.
- Girls are really made out of Sugar and Spice.
- It can cost a lot to be a Leader.
- That I could control and enjoy 24 little girls in the same room.
- My name is now officially known by half of the school as Miss Christi, just like if I was an adult or something! ha!
I’m so honored!
I’ve received this award from several bloggers in the last few weeks, it keeps adding up. I’m so honored to be chosen!
These are the people who chose me for the Best Blogger Award:
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And this is who has chosen me for the Honest Scrap Award:
Now for both of these awards I’m supposed to select a number of other bloggers to give this to. Well I’m not all up for rules and such, so I’ll just give you a list of a few that I’ve come to love lately:
Congratulations to you all, and there are a LOT of other great blogs out there but these I’ve found in the last week or so. For more great blogs stay in tune to my sidebars for buttons and links.
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