Power

How do you feel when you have the power?

The power for what?

The power to be, the power to achieve, the power to conquer, the power accomplish everything you are meant to.

You have this power. Use it!

Attitude

Back to: attitude makes a huge difference in results.

None of us are perfect, but we can strive to become better, do better, see positives and respond positivily to those around us. No reason to be a na sayer, you know one of those people who only has a nasty comment about anything.

It does not really matter what someone else does or doesn't do, if we stop making it about us, we can easily refuse to let someone else make us miserable or control our lives.

So now all we have to do is change our attitude, the way we respond.
Let God handle any and all incidents and enjoy the grace and mercy he extends to us.

Holidays

Hope your Christmas was joyous and you were able to celebrate in your favorite ways.

Thinking on the New Year is fast approaching and how we will plan our days in 2011.

As much as I am looking forward to not having classes to prep for, I am feeling that I need to organize some way for the scrapbookers to get together.

Everyone knows emergencies take precdence but planning classes and crops and having only one or two show up is annoying, but I hate not getting together sharing stories and also ideas and different techniques to try.

I seem to never get in the scrapbook room without a reason to boost me to create.

So thinking things over and trying to figure out which journey to depart on in 2011.


Hope your 2010 ends with many celebrations and that 2011 brings an abundance of happiness to you and yours.

Peace

Luke 2:8-14 "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Remebering when...

I remember when I use to decorate the house with lots of things for the holidays, use to love just the process of doing it, enjoyed the lights how much brighter the days were with the lights lit.

I am still trying to find the joy this holiday and just not seeing it, can't rationlize all the decorating, too much work to just take down, joints don't move in the directions needed to hang and arrange.
Can't enjoy the cookies and desserts, stomach pains aren't worth the sweet tastes. So not baking much either.

So hopefully a little tyke will show up to brighten the days, and we will see the sun shine sooner than later these cold winter nights.

Time

Our time is so short, it is a sin to waste it worrying about things we have no control over.

I am done worry, I will do what I need to do, but will stop worry over who else is doing what.


Now back to the eating issues,
Have you noticed that most allergies or or sensitivties, come from food items recently altered or added to the human food change? Most people are not allergic to fish, they are allergic to the iodine in the fish, something we added with our polution.
Grains were added recently in relative time to our food change before that we were hunters and gathers. Peanuts, soy, milk, most people were not allergic to this items until we started altering them. Goat milk, most people can consume it, why because it comes from the goat, not the milk plant.

Yep think on it. Why do you eat food products that have add nutrition to them, why not choose a food with natural nutrition?

Hear me whine!

I know there are always two sides to every story. I have always tried to look at how someone else might see a situation.

I am so upset, the dude that hit me on Sunday is saying that we were both backing up. Hello. I really think the damages will prove him wrong, and I am hoping the photos that Cindy took will also show how stupid that is.

I am in a driving lane, he is backing out of a parking space. How can this be my fault or both of our faults. I just get so tired with people trying to get away with things.

And why, do the police not come out and take statements at the time.

Please let justice reighn.

Looking for dieting advice again.

As much as I love reading and looking at any new nutritional information I can find. I also find that I am always more confused than informed after reading it.

The latest tells me to eat fish, not farm raised but wild caught fish only. Then in the recipes I see Tilapia , hello, where in the hell in America do you find wild caught tilapia, not going to, it is all farm raised.

Eat locally, eat seasonally, umm not much grown around Ohio in December and January.

Before we started transporting our food, and eradicating it so it would survive the trip, what did we eat.
Guess we canned the food ourselves.
Actually used the bones form meat to make soup, instead of grinding them up and feeding them back to their off-spring.

We should be the healthiest generation ever so what happened, where did we go wrong, how do we make it right.

How I despise the grey.

Trying my best to fight my way out of this dark globe eveloping me. It is extremely hard with events happening daily.

Friends ill
Car wrecked
Family idiots

Need to practice turning it all over to God, I know I don't really have control over any of this, might be my wilderness I am exploring. I still can't turn off my mind when the thoughts are racing.
Don't understand how the days keep getting darker when winter approaches. Wish I had a way to magically feel the ocean and see the sun.

Products

I know we touched on this a little at club last night, but keep your eye on cricut products especially if it is something you really want.

It seems as if the "big box stores" are clearance many of the products, this could mean that a newer and better model is coming out or that they have decided to discontinue making those products.

Some of those I have heard are the gypsy, the cake, the mini cake, all MS cricut products.

It seems to me that if the cricut products are scarce than people will take a second look at the new Imagine, which has not been successful at all. I am sure they put lots of money into the development of this product and need to recoup some of that.
We will have some idea come the end of Jan on where the line is going, but until then remember provo craft has never been a company that cares about the consumer, only what profits it can make.

So

Something I Heard today

You don't need to have an opinion if you don't have the responsibility.


Very enlightening!

Be faithful in your dealings today, give of yourself, loving those you meet.

Change

As much as I believe change is usually good, adjusting to change is the pitts.

The older I get the harder it is to embrace any change. Finding ways to adapt can also be very challenging.

So what do you do to syke yourself out to love the changes that we face everyday, week or month.

Traditions

What are you doing for the holiday season?
Do you have your baking done, your cards mailed?

Is your decorating finished?

Have you scaled done your expectations?

Take the time this holiday season to make the people you care about happy.
Not with things, but with your time, creating memories.
The things you can always replace, this time you can never get back, the memories last your life time and beyond.

Give

Do something nice, be something special, give. The rewards you receive will be worth the effort.

The Wilderness!

Sometime you need to just travel through the wilderness to reap the rewards.

But if you hear the voices you arrive much sooner with less concerns than if you just keep wandering with your deafness.

Sometimes you need to leave those you love find their own path.

Weston Price

There is a meeting of the local chapter of the Weston Price foundation on Monday night at 7 pm Grace Church in Country Club.
Also the YMCA is having a showing of FOOD INC, on Thursday, that is tomorrow. I forget the details of it but think it is at 7 also.

Just some local support for eating clean and healthy. Seems everyone would want to participate.

Consequences

You choose. You choose if its worth it or not. Is what worth it?
The consequences of your actions. Its called a thinking free mind. We get to choose to be good, or be bad. We can choose.
But think it through. Even when you think you are doing good, it could be against Gods plan, so your good could consequences you are not able to or want to deal with.

Ask God which direction to go, and actually listen to his answers. He will tell you when the time is right. Until then let it go.

Boundaries

As much as we all love our children sometimes it just seems they are trying their best to control us. They act as if they have free reign of our time, energies, monies, homes and possessions.
I am not sure if it is that we have encouraged the entitlement theology with our wanting them to have everything we did not. Their demands or requests which ever way they have learned works, have just seemed to take control of our beings.

Once you give them any of this it is so hard to say no in the future and believe me there comes a time when you must find the guts to say no. It will eventually come down to their wants over your needs and then it is all over because you are mean, don't understand and you are dealing with that 2 year old temper tantrum that is not quite as endearing as it was 30 + years ago.

If you were lucky enough to set the boundaries when they were two and keep them up as they age you are lucky enough and not dealing with this issues now.
If not there is a book you need to read called: Boundaries by Dr Henry Cloud. Ask for it for Christmas if not before.
It can put perspective in your life dealing with family, friends and others who demand of you. Remember it is not always obvious that they are demanding sometime they have learned how to expect and get without asking.

Allergies and Sensitivities!

We all attend many carry ins or dinners this time of year so it needs to be said that there are many allergies and sensitivities that we need to be concerned with. It is not that anyone needs to cater to others problems but please be aware that people have these problems and be honest and FORTH coming on telling how your products are made. It is up to the individual to manage their problems but they can't do it without honesty from you.

Everyone has the right to their likes and believes but for some it is much more serious and please be considerate.

I was talking to a relative yesterday who ate a piece of cake this week. She suffered for several days with symptoms that were unnecessary. So two different problems with this piece of cake.
One it was sugar free, because it was for a diabetic. No problem just say so. Two it contained aspartame. Which my sister is sensitive to. So one person needed the sugar free, one person cannot have aspartame. Should she have asked? Probably, but I am aware she has this problem, many people do, it is serious, I am also aware that a friend has diabetes, I am aware another friend is allergic to fish, I am aware that another dislikes mushrooms, another rice. I also make it a point to tell these special people in my life that an ingredient that they can't or choose not to consume is in a product.
PLEASE because a problem is not yours doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Sucrolose-Splenda
Aspartame-
Gluten
Nuts
Seafood
iodine
sugar
wheat
soy
dairy
are some of the most common problem foods, the list is becoming longer. We are messing GMOS with our foods, which seems to make them harder for our bodies to use as nutrients and causing reactions.
Not asking you to change the way you cook or what you serve, just asking to be upfront and say this is.......!

Flu

PSA

Just because you are vomiting does not mean you have the "flu" especially if you got your flu shot.

I have heard at least 10 times this week that somebody is vomiting with the flu.

You might have a virus, but the flu is an upper respiratory illness, you have a fever, you have achy joints, you have cold type symptoms, and you may or may not vomit. You don't have other bathroom problems. You will probably be sick for at least a week, more likely two or three.

If you are vomiting and have diarrhea you have a virus, a virus that is not the influenza,
It could be Nora virus, it could be salmonella or e-coli, but it is not the flu. It probably will last for 2 or 3 days.

It could be a number of other things.

Sorry just annoying.

MERRY & BRIGHT!

What are you doing to make someone's day Merry and Bright?

Take care of yourself, but focus on others. That's the trick to happiness.

Bless someone today.

OOPS!

Dropped and busted my laptop. Can't stand being on the desktop, too slow. So won't be around much either here or on facebook.
Hope we can save the harddrive but not sure that is possible. So all the senior stuff is gone and all recent stuff like gypsy files and such Make the cut, so make sure you back up your files, to something other than what you are working on.

I haven't backed up to my external harddrive for a while, and now not sure I can. I did back up to my laptops extra drive, alot of good that does.
Think I would learn by now to do as I say not as I do.

With all there is about tho this is minor.

Thinking and praying for friends today.