Living Life Beautifully

Good Morning. I am, at the moment, sitting in my Livingroom with my Christmas tree all decorated and Christmas music playing in the background.  It's October. Yes, I am one of THOSE PEOPLE. There are quite a few things going on at the house recently. We are trying to transition to a more calm less mess environment. We are trying to become organized and give the place a bit more peace. When you live in a house for several years, it slowly become more and more cluttered and you don't see it.  You hang this here and that there and finally you have 25 bunches of dried flowers hanging all over the place and many more little knick knacks here and there. I did not notice until I looked at some pictures that came up while searching for craft photos. It was like looking at a nice relaxed clean version of my home and got me looking around a bit. I will never be a minimal person.  I will always have a lot of things. I can do with a little less.  So today, while my hus...

My home is chaos. Between me only having a few hours a day that I can do anything, and my husband having so much on his plate with a full time job, and many little challenges along with the way with animals making mess, It is absolute chaos. I have to think of it as beautiful chaos. I have a home, a husband, 4 beautiful boys, food, clothes, animals, and I am breathing. My heart is beating and my family is healthy. I was listening to something the other day about how we make ourselves unhappy. It asked you to make a list of the areas in your life you are happy with and why. Then it asks you to make a list of the areas you are unhappy with and why. When you do this and look at the lists you will find that the things your are happy with fit the blueprint of what you think life is supposed to be. The things your unhappy with do not fit the blueprint. You feel like your failing in that area. Hmmmm….. So, what do you do? You change the blueprint. You change your story. We ...

Friday after our Radio Morning Show, we noticed that our wild duck flew away. He's done this before.  This morning I went outside to find him in the duck coop on his shelf with his food.  I guess he must have come back after I went to bed and when my husband went and let him in the coop so he could eat.  Funny little duck. Bruce said he showed up at about 6:12 AM. I haven't been on the computer much.  I'm still working on trying to feel good enough to stay on my feet for a good amount of time.  I finished my cleans and then kept up with eating only fruits and veggies.  If I eat anything else I seem to get sick.  Go figure. I have an appointment this next week.  Hopefully she will give us some answers. It's so nice and cool outside.  I wish it would stay like this until spring. It makes you want to build a fire in your wood stove. I love this time of year.  I enjoy being out in it but not a fan of the allergies. Last night I...

This last few days I've been doing a cleanse. Bruce purchased a juice cleanse kit from a local juice shop called "Fresh" a few days ago, and I've kept up with eating all fruits and veggies for several days.  I feel better, but tired.  I think my body is saying, "FINALLY!!!" It may take a while for me to get my energy back but it will be worth it in the end. It is so crazy hard to keep from eating the bad stuff. We have such little willpower when there is so much available that's bad for us. I drink my juice while saying, "I want pizza".  It seems to help.  LOL! Our AC is out again.  We just went through this two weeks ago. It's supposed to get cooler this week.  Thank the Lord above!!! It's funny, as uncomfortable as it is when these things break... We've been pretty peaceful about it as it works itself out. Having peace while living life seems to be the ultimate goal I guess.  But you want Joy to come along with it.  And...

I've been sick for almost two weeks with what feels like vertigo. It has made my husband responsible for all my chores and he doesn't complain. He's really a good guy. We've been reading in some books, for the past many months, in an effort to spend time together talking and to learn.  It has become precious time.  Lately he's had to do the reading because I can't look at the words without feeling dizzy.  Today it lulled him to sleep.  Lol! One of the things that stuck out in one of the books was "Do for others and it will come back to you".  I've heard the phrase many times before.  It's not foreign or new to me.  But for some reason today it was heard with a different level of  maturity. I think, when you are someone who doesn't like to accept help but then you don't feel well.....  It sets off a different thought process. I am the worlds worst at letting people do for me.  I don't like it.  It makes me feel guilty.  It...

It's a really nice day. I have many things on my todo list that I hope to accomplish today, but it's ok if I don't. How frustrated, with yourself, do you get when you can't accomplish everything on your list? How frustrated does your spouse get when you can't accomplish everything on HIS/HER list? Bruce and I did some reading this morning on the boundaries book and read about resentment. How many times in a married life do we feel that awful feeling creep up? Your spouse doesn't do what you feel he or she should be doing, or you feel like they aren't pulling their weight.  They come to give you a kiss and you want to say, "PASS". I used to have my mom on the phone while I complained and she would tell me how I needed to yell at him for this or that, or how I shouldn't let him get away with that.  So your spouse comes home to an angry wife who goes off on him.  He's looking at you like your nuts and then asks if you talked to your mom...

Today I had the absolute privilege of going to a very dear lady's memorial. In life we meet people that make an impact that we can't forget. We can all think of someone who has a personality larger than life. Or a person who lights up when they see you. There are so many in my life that I have met through my walk with God. So many that, when I get to see them, it is such a joy. I was so blessed to see some of them today. And so very blessed to have known Loretta. This dear lady had a story..... a story that would touch your heart and make you cry. She endure things that I would not have survived.... and yet she came out of all of it with a faith that was so strong. God saved her. She had a love of people. She had a heart for people.   She had a hug that I know took even Jesus' breathe away. Today is going to be a good day. No matter what happens in the day, no matter what challenges I face... Today is going to be a good day. Any ...