Go Against The Grain

First, I am all set for Honey's birthday surprise tomorrow. Whew. I hope I can pull it off OK.

Going against the grain.
So Yesterday when I had my too much to do and messy house melt down, I put in place the 15 minute day. http://joytobelieve.blogspot.com/2010/02/15-minute-day-welcome-to-my-therapy.html

But I have a couple of other tips to get you started when you don't know where to start.

I always clean the kitchen first.
Drink lots of water.
Take breaks.
Listen to music.

After the kitchen is clean and done, I do something a little unheard of. It really defies all logic. I clean the cleanest room in my house. uhhhh Wierd. Yes but it works. I figure out which room in my house is the cleanest (usually my dinning room). I put that room completely in order, vacuum it, dust it. It doesn't take long cause lets face it, how often do you use a formal dinning room. My point being there is not a lot of clutter in that room or toys as my kids aren't allowed to play in there. Then I sit in that room for 15 minutes. I soak it in. I sniff (not huff) the windex on the windows and the lemon scented pledge!

Ahhh.....two rooms down.
That helps me pick up the pace and encourages me.

Then on to the messiest room in the house. My family room for sure. Which you know is a testament to my family. We spend time in this room together every day. We mess it up. I would rather have a messy family room than a family that doesn't hang out together any day and twice on Tuesdays.

Anyways Just keep going like that. After each small or large accomplishment stop and pat yourself on the back.

One of my favorite quotes, which I can't find right now, goes something like this, "When things go poorly they call attention to themselves. When things run smoothly no one notices." My point to this quote is this, Is your family going to notice you dusted the bookshelf? Nope. But you need to notice and praise yourself!

Okay gotta go Honey's on his way home.
I may not post tomorrow. Wish me luck on the birthday surprise!
Joytobe

Day 16 Friday Feb 26, 2010 Honey's Birthday Eve

Good Morning!! The birds are chirping. It is my Honey's Birthday Eve. I am going downtown to have lunch with him. We (the kids and I) have got an exciting day planned for tomorrow. I still have a little prep work. Fun Fun

Trivia question from yesterday and the answer: "Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go right now!" What is this about in a TV commercial? The medical problem of overactive bladder. For those of us who run to the restroom after a sneeze.

Open your journal and write Day 16 Friday Feb 26, 2010

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

A funny and informative post about my break down and recovery yesterday.

Anxiously awaiting tomorrow.

Joytobe

15 Minute Day -Welcome to my therapy session

Have I got news for you.

I am not all together. Sometimes I am all together. Today ain't that day. I am irritated, overwhelmed, anxious and just plain blah today. I could figure out why but that would take energy. Beep beep beep, back up the truck. Maybe I should know why in order to fix it.

Things have not gone according to my "master plan" this week. Sick kids, sick dog, me sick, sick husband, connective tissue flare up, girlfriend break ups. But I should take a deep breath. I rolled with the punches this week. The kids are better, I feel better, the dog is better, husband feeling better, son's heart is on the mend too. Who-hoo my errands even got done today on my third attempt this week! I did it. I took care of everyone.

My house is a freakin pit. Almost nothing got done in the house this week. That makes me feel overwhelmed. My old favorite saying (I still think it is funny), "If I don't know where to start, then I am not going to start at all."

This is when I initiate the 15 minute day. I can't take credit for this idea at all. Thank FlyLady for this gem. I am setting my timer and working on one task for 15 minutes only. Her motto is you can do anything for 15 minutes. My timer is ticking right now as I write. This really does work. When I walked in my house from doing errands I wanted to curl up on the couch and pull a blanket over my head to hide from the insurmountable mess around me. Instead I went to the pile of dishes in and around the sink. I set my timer for 15 minutes thinking well ok I'll just stop when the timer goes off and take a break. My timer went off and I couldn't believe my eyes. The dishwasher was full and the sink empty. Who -hoo

So the timer just went off. I am off to finish cleaning the kitchen. (wipe down counters, put some kitchen clutter away.) Who knows what glory the next 15 minutes will bring.

Beep Beep
Joytobe

Day 15 Thurs Feb 25, 2010 Errand and Office day

Aswer to yesterday's trivia, I am running "round and round. What comes around goes around. I'll tell you why". Who sang that song in the 80s? Ratt


Okay....so far everyone is at school. I am high tailing it out of here so I can get my errands done.
Later I will tackle my office for Office day. Click here for a post about office day.
http://joytobelieve.blogspot.com/2010/02/200-office-day.html

Here is my routine for the day.

Open your journal and write Day 15 Thursday Feb 25, 2010

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

Another post about something will come out later today. Not sure what yet!

"Gotta Go, Gotta Go, Gotta Go right now!" What is this about in a TV commercial?

Joytobe

Randomly Busy Oh No

Errand Day Take 3 Just like that.....again
I was off to run my errands somewhere around Maple Grove. The cell phone rang. Crap..Billy is at school throwing up. Turned around and picked him up. Poor thing wasn't looking good. To leave the school we had to walk right by the lunchroom, where all the kids were eating lunch. Where his now x-girlfriend was eating lunch. He didn't know if he would make it to the car before he yacked again. I was praying hard he would make it. He did! Whew. Then threw up in the car. Now he's asleep on the couch. I'm bout to go cuddle him. Yes, at 15 he still likes to be cuddled, actually he likes the soft tickle on his arm. But only when he is sick. So I gotta grab the opportunity.

So here is the post I wrote earlier today before all of this.


I am running "round and round. What comes around goes around. I'll tell you why". Who sang that song in the 80s?



Lots to do but I wanted to give some updates.



Savanah is feeling much better than Monday when she stayed home from school sick. She is about back to her normal shenanigans ( I love that word).



Billy and his girlfriend broke up. I'm feeling bad for him. I do hope the next one is his age.



My dog, Cabby, has collapsing trachea, diagnosed by x-ray. It is a very mild case and sounds much worse than it is. It was actually a relief to find this is the cause of her coughing and gagging.



This Saturday February 27th is my Honey's 40th birthday. Wow



My sister, Viv, a pediatrician, is going to Haiti next month to Dr people. I am so proud of her!



My other sister is sicker than a dog with shingles (can dogs get shingles?) She is in terrible pain with no relief in sight. Please say a prayer for her.



I am not what you would call a super religious person. You will rarely hear me talk about my beliefs. I will never push my beliefs on you. What I believe as far as God is concerned is not the popular opinion. However, I may put prayer request out there from time to time.



I pray daily and Kate McRae is always part of my prayer. See this website for more information.

http://www.prayforkate.com/#/home-page/



Well off to finish birthday prep!
Joytobe

Day 14 Wednesday Feb 24, 2010 Errand Day Take 2

Good Morning. Errand day is today since plans changed on Monday.

I got lots to do for My honey's 40th birthday this weekend.

So here is my routine list.

Open your journal and write Day 14 Wednesday Feb 24, 2010

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

A Very Random Post coming at you later today!

Get your go on!

Joytobe

Bouncing songs

Here is my short list for Bouncing songs. More to come.

For those who don't know what my bouncing is.
http://joytobelieve.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-there-is-time-to-dance.html

Bouncing songs

"Hot-n-cold" by Katy Perry
"So What" Pink
"I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor
"Since You Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson
"I'm a Bitch" By Alanis Morissette
"I Gotta Feeling" By The Black Eyed Peas
"Let's Get it Started" by The Black Eyed Peas
" I will...but" By Shedaisy
"Jessy's Girl" By Rick Springfield
"Unwritten" By Natasha Bedingfield
"Here I Go Again on My Own" by Whitesnake
"Good Thing" By Everything

Day 13 Tuesday Feb 23, 2010

Good Morning,

Here is my to do list. I gotta go take the dog to the vet. Funny how quickly life changes!

Open your journal and write Day 13 Tuesday Feb 23, 2010

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

I will be posting a list of some of my favorite bouncing songs later today.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." --Chinese Proverb

Have a fabulous day.

Joytobe

Just Like That.....

And Just like that....(hear my fingers snap?)....plans change.

I am home with my sick daughter. No errands today. We'll roll with the punches. Wednesday will be Errand Day.

No worries she is not super sick. It is that kinda sick, where you second guess several times whether or not she should have gone to school. To be honest if I was still a single parent (the only income maker) she would be at school right now. So she is wanting to snuggle and watch movies. I'll oblige.

If she naps you may see another post from me today. If not then probably not.

Have a cozy day!
Joytobe

Day 12 Monday Feb 22, 2010 Errand Day

Good Morning,

I usually choose Monday or Wednesday as errand day. I try to get all of my running around done on one day if possible. I usually look at my calendar on Sunday and decide for the next week. This week Errand Day is today.

Open your journal and write Day 12 Monday Feb 22, 2010

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

Okay so I gotta run. There will be a post later about....well I don't know yet...It hasn't hit me. But I'll try to keep it short or shorter.

Joytobe

Day 11 Sunday Feb 21, 2010 No Post Sunday

Hey there,

I have decided other than declaring the date, I'm not going to really post much on Sundays. I just enjoy the day too much.

However, for your enjoyment a quote from the TV show Sunday Morning. This quote is from a man living in Latvia (where my Honey's descendants are from). In 1940 the country was forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union. The country later gained independence in 1991. This man is describing the hardship of following an illegal dream in a communist country.

"Don't put some fence about your mind. Dream" --M. Sveiduks

Enjoy the Sunday Magic
Joytobe

Mommy to Mom WTH?

I don't know when it happened. Recently I suppose because I just noticed it yesterday. To tell you the truth I am a little heartbroken about it. I am now Mom. My youngest has stopped calling me Mommy. :(

Why? Why? Why? And dangit WTH (what the heck)..... Why is Daddy still Daddy? Why hasn't he been demoted like me? That is not fair.

It's weird because she still refers to me as Mommy when she is talking to Daddy and other people. But she doesn't call out to me as Mommy. To think I will never hear that sweet little voice, "Mommy". Ouch Stabbing pain in heart!

That is it, no more kids for us. I will never be Mommy again. OUCH again My uterus is contracting with each tick of the clock. I wish my dog could talk. I would always be Mommy to my sweet dog, Cabby.

Sigh,

Joytobe

Day 10 Sat Feb 20, 2010 Happy Saturday

Good Morning,

Ahhh Saturday. Do you remember getting up early on Saturday's as a child to watch Saturday morning cartoons? Long before there were Cartoon Channels, Nick and Disney. I still love Saturdays.

Open your journal and write Day 10 Sat February 20th

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

I have been rereading some of my posts and they are tooooo long. I got bored reading them. In my desire to capture a moment I give to many details. So sorry bout that. I'll try to shorten it up.

A post titled, "Mommy to Mom WTH?" is coming today.

Have a great Saturday!

Joytobe

STS Disclaimer

STS as stated in my last post is Shakin Twitchin Syndrome. Which I described as: "Its symptoms include the twitch I get above my left eye when I want to shake some sense into my children!"

I realized for purposes of legal matters I needed to put a disclaimer out there lest you sue me.
Therefore, I do hereby declare (legal jargon) I , Joytobe, do not condone, practice, participate in or suggest anything to anyone that they should or I should condone, practice, participate in or suggest you or I shake your or my children. Basically I'm saying I don't shake my children. And don't shake your children.

On a much more serious note. It was not until an hour after my post while driving in my car that I thought about Shaken Baby Syndrome. I hope you all know it was not my intention to make light of this tragic abuse of babies.

Why all of this talk of STS?

I lost my daughter yesterday! I know all parents out there have felt the air leave them when they suddenly realize they cannot find their child. It is horrific. Thank God I did find her.

It started out calmly and slowly. You know...poke my head out the door. Don't see her. Okay she plays in the neighbors back yards and she was playing with two other kids. Go back inside. Getting ready to leave for her Karate. Watch the window a little to see if she appears. hmmm. Nope Put my shoes on, go outside, survey the neighborhood. Still no sight of her. Usually if I can't see her and the other kids playing I can hear them. Nope - nothing - totally quiet.

Start calling her name. Several times now. Each time the pitch in my voice getting a little higher and louder. Okay starting to panic a little. Thinking well she could be across the street in the back yard at the edge of the woods and can't hear me. Walk over. Nope. Walk to the end of the street. Nope. Walk through all of the back yards. Nope. Now the heart is racing. Go to the kids house she had been playing with hoping they went inside and she forgot to call me. Nope they are not there. That mom starts looking for them. I hear kids sledding pretty far away. She knows she can't leave our street but what if just maybe. I hop in my car, drive over there. Hoping she is there but I'm going ground her forever if she is. Nope not there. Call all the neighbors, nobody has seen her! As I am looking I'm talking to my husband on my cell phone almost crying. Screaming her name at the edge of the woods for the third time. I am about 1 minute from calling the police.

Then I see way back as far as my eye can see in the woods something moving.

I start yelling and screaming. Lo and behold three kids, including mine, start running towards me.

Now this child has been told to never go into these woods. I mean a three syllable "nuh-e-ver". People have spotted coyote and wolves in the neighborhood with pictures to prove it. A cougar was also spotted in our town with very large paw prints measured by wildlife specialist. There were photos in the newspaper of our neighborhood coyote. I can hear them sometimes at night. I have also heard gunshots in these woods from deer hunters.

She comes out of the woods all excited and flushed telling me about the cool fort they found. I got steam rolling out of my ears. I want to hug and spank her at the same time. (I don't spank by the way, that is just me. Don't want to open up that debate right now. Maybe later.) Come to figure out these kids found a deer hunting stand and climbed up in the tree to check it out. Needless to say she got an earful, two earfuls. I couldn't stop myself from crying and yelling.

After that breathless 20 minutes and the 45 minute lecture, I sat by myself. I couldn't help but think of the parents who don't find their children. I prayed for peace for them. The tears flowed.

As I wiped my eyes, my left eye started twitchin. And it hasn't stopped since.

Joytobe

Day 9 Friday Feb 19, 2010 My Day

Good Morning,

My Quote today out of frustration with my children is:
"This is GOD. I will be handling All of your problems today! I will not need your help, So please just relax- And have a nice day!" --Anonymous

Open your journal and write Day 9 Thursday February 19th MY DAY

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

Also on Friday I give a little extra time to myself. I think today I'll paint my nails. Also on Friday I always put some make-up on. I don't wear make up every day. I always put moisturizer and sunscreen on ( a must as I recently had a basal cell carcinoma, the least dangerous type of skin cancer, removed from my nose). Also a SPF lip balm. It protects my lips from the sun but also makes my lips soft and kissable!

Look for a funny venting type post later today about STS (Shakin Twitchin Syndrome). It's symptoms include the twitch I get above my left eye when I want to shake some sense into my children! Oh Lordy.

Go Seize Your Day.

Joytobe

2:00 Office Day

Hey there, Thursday is my office day. Around 2:00 or in the afternoon I start office work.

First, go to the mailbox, get mail.

I keep a wicker basket for all mail and papers that come into my house. (Not including kids school papers. That is a whole nuther story) My Honey has a habit of getting the mail and leaving it in different piles around the house. He is starting to get in the habit now which is great. I do think part of the key to this working is all paperwork goes in one room in your house. Every office day I clean out the basket and the office.

First, I set up shop. I pull out my :

• Paper recycling bin.
• Shredder.
• "To file" File
• "To Do" File (this file is for things that need my action)
• "Bills to pay" file
• "Paid Bills" Folders
• "To read" file
• "Honey" File (things that my honey needs to take care of)

Everything in that bin should be able to fit into one of the above places. As I go through my mail and papers everything gets touched once and put in the correct place.

Other supplies I have handy are:

• Calculator
• Checkbook
• Stamps
• Home address labels
• Trash can
• Pen
• Paperclips
• Stapler

Now get a big glass of fresh ice water with lemon or lime or whatever you like. Turn music on! A slow and steady beat is good. Now dig in. Don't get overwhelmed one piece at a time. If you get overwhelmed cause you haven't gone through mail in a long time, I suggest maybe doing it the FlyLady way. Set a timer for 15 minutes. Stop and take a 15 minute break, then try 15 more minutes.

As you go through your mail avoid the mistake I just made. Open anything from St. Jude's Childrens Hospital last. I am a firm supporter financially and through prayer of St Jude. But their mail can stop me in my tracks and slow me down.

Okay about 30 minutes I have gone through all of my mail. In this process I have not paid any bills yet but have placed them in the "to pay" file. I have cut out coupons and filed them. I have three things added to my "to do" file, a survey, a summer camp I want to look into and a reminder to set up a vet appointment for my dog. 90% of my mail went into the recycling bin. I shredded 4 documents, statements I am still getting via paper even though I have access to them electronically.

Now onto paying bills. I do this electronically as much as I can. I end up writing about 5 checks a month. Otherwise everything is paid online. Several things are set up as ongoing monthly payments that I don't even really think about. The mortgage, car payment, insurance. yeah hassle free. No Paper!

My "To file" File is HUGE! So I will probably tackle this beast today. I try to file once a month. But I hate filing!!!! My file cabinet is very organized so I don't know why I hate it. Just so time consuming! We can always do 15 minutes at a time.

Now I just need to put everything away. Files, shredder, recycling bin, etc. And I am done!!

Yeah. Because I do this every Thursday it only takes me about an hour. Now I spend about a half an hour doing any correspondence I need to do. Send B-day Cards, answer e-mails, yada yada yada.

Office Day Done
Joytobe

I am Related to a Gangster

Henrietta Younger and the Younger Brothers

Cole Younger

I am not sure if you would say a ganster. Or gang member. I am related to the Younger Brothers, who rode with Jesse James. They ultimately were caught right here in Minnesota!!

Here is how I am related (this gets confusing even for me).

My great grandmother was Bettie Rawlins. My father's, father's, mother. tee hee

She had a brother, my great great uncle, named A. Bledsoe Rawlins.

He was married to a lady, my great great aunt, named Henrietta Younger.

Her brothers were THE YOUNGER BROTHERS! The famous outlaws of the 1800's.

Okay so the relationship was an in-law type of thing. So I am only related to the Younger Brother by marriage not by blood. But still it is interesting as hell to me. (What an odd saying....is hell really interesting?) hhhmm don't know why I would have chosen those words? Moving on. I guess it was so interesting because my father remembered tales of the brothers coming to visit their sister in Alvarado. And that they stashed some of their robbery treasures around Alvarado!

Also Interesting. My great great grandfather, Captain R.A. Rawlins (Bettie Rawlins father from above) was a captain in the Confederate Army. His home is still standing and is a historical site in Texas. This home is still owned by the family. I have spoken with them and am invited whenever I am in town. Coooooooool. I love history.

Here is the story of the Younger brothers final robbery.

Frank and Jesse James, Cole, Jim and Bob Younger, Charlie Pitts, Clell Miller, and Bill Chadwell took the train to St. Paul and Minneapolis at the beginning of September 1876. They divided into two groups, one going to Mankato, Minnesota and the other to Red Wing, on either side of Northfield. They purchased horses and scouted the terrain around the town. On September 7, 1876, at 2 p.m., they attempted to rob the bank. Three outlaws entered the bank, and the other five stood guard outside. The citizens realized a robbery was in progress and took up arms. Shooting from behind cover, they poured a deadly fire on the outlaws, killing Miller and Chadwell, and wounding the Youngers (particularly Bob, who suffered a shattered elbow). They also shot Bob Younger's horse. One of the outlaws shot Nicholas Gustafson, a bystander, dead in the street. Inside the bank, cashier Joseph Lee Heywood refused to open the safe and was murdered in cold blood for his resistance. The infamous failure of the raid is celebrated every year in Northfield as Defeat of Jesse James Days.

Bob Younger died in prison of tuberculosis at age 36 in 1889. Cole and Jim were both paroled in 1901 but Jim could not cope and shot himself to death the next year. He was 54. Cole lived until 1916, when he died at age 72. The Youngers remained loyal to the Jameses when they were in prison and never informed on them. They ended up being model prisoners and in one incident helped keep other prisoners from escaping during a fire at the prison. Cole Younger also founded the longest-running prison newspaper in the United States during his stay in Fargo.

Did you follow all that? Now I know where my rebellious side comes from.

Your rebel without a cause,

Joytobe

Day 8 Thursday Feb 18, 2010 Oops

Can you believe it? I put Day 8 on yesterday's post and it was really Day 7 of this experiment. Today is Day 8. Oh Boy I hope this is helping you be more organized. If I keep messing up here you are going to think it is June pretty soon. Ahhhh June..... flowers, sunshine, no snow. A girl can dream.

Open your journal and write Day 8 Wednesday February 18th OFFICE DAY

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

Notice the office day. Today is my office day. I will post what this means and how I do it later today. Pick an office day for yourself. It really helps to have a specific day to tackle all the paper and bills and such that come into you home.

I have another fun post for today titled, "I'm Related to a Gangster"

Check back later.
Joytobe

Step into my World

Here are my random thoughts. Enjoy the ride.


So I was thinking about bouncing. How I love to bounce. (follow my insane train of thought here -try to keep up.) Why do I love to bounce? It makes me smile. It makes me lighter. It lightens my load not my weight I mean. This made me think of Tigger, my favorite Winnie the Pooh character. (I have a Tigger stuffed animal on my dresser.) So I am like Tigger I decided.


Tigger is an optimist. Happy go lucky. Confident even though he is often wrong in his analysis of a situation. Hmmmm... Maybe I am not like Tigger. Tigger would never use the word analysis.


So I started thinking. Maybe I am like Pooh Bear (the great Poohbah)


Pooh is cuddly. The best kind of best friend. He'll listen when that is what you need. Encourage you when you feel..... well....discouraged.


But maybe Piglet. Piglet is just sweet, kind and insecure. Aren't we all a little insecure? In many ways, Yep that is me.


But what about Rabbit. Oh Yeah Rabbit would definitely use the word analysis. Rabbit is smart. Maybe too smart for his own good.


Oh and then there is Eeyore, my sad floppy friend. The endless pessimist. Always down and out.


Through this train of thought I came to the conclusion that I am all of these. You are all of these. Maybe that is why so many children adore Winnie the Pooh. It's a reflection.


hmmmm...I just reread this and I am nuts.

Welcome to my world.
Joytobe

Day 7 Wed Feb 17, 2010 OUCH

Good Morning! and OUCH

Yes, I am quite sore from my exercise yesterday which tells me for sure I need to do it again today!

Yesterday's trivia question and answer:
"Good Mornin, Good Mo-o-ornin, It's great to stay up late. Good Mornin, Good Mornin to you." What movie is that song from? Singing in the Rain
But nobody gets a prize cause no one answered and maybe nobody is reading this. Then again I am doing this for me NOT YOU. So there!

Okay snotty brat tantrum is officially over.

My routine isn't changing today. I am going to keep with what I got now for about a week.
Soooo... Here you go.

Open your journal and write Day 7 Wednesday February 17th

• Eat Breakfast (make a check mark)
• Make your bed (make a check mark)
• Random Bouncing (make a check mark) Write name of song and artist.
• Act of Kindness: write down your act.
• For me: write down what you did for yourself.
• Exercise (make a check mark)
• Negative: write down something crappy about your day.
• Positive: Take that negative and turn it into a positive.

A post about a bunch of random thoughts coming at you later today.

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; And he who never made a mistake never made a discovery." --unknown

Go Discover

Joytobe