Happy Thanksgiving!

I love this time of year! I love that attitude shifts to gratitude in the fall! I love that around the bend is Christmas, which for most, brings a sense of peace and joy and love.

I have so much to be grateful for in my life. My family, my husband, kids, job, clients, school, house, friends, new cars, travel, and the list goes on and on.

Life is really good right now. I talked to a friend about this and she said, its about time! lol We've earned it ;) Thanks D. Life is great....

Happy Thanksgiving!

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We've launched!!! Please go here to check out our new site!!!!

I'm so excited! Good things to come!!!

Just when...

you think life is going great something WHAM hits you right smack in the face. I let some idiot give me grief today. Drama. Unecessary. The worse part is I let it affect my oldest son. :( Because he was involved with the drama. We're all human and I one of the most positive, healing, affirmation kind of people around, but it took a butt kick from several friends to get moving.

So thank you to Shannon, Annette, Minda and Maria. All four of you are very different but awesome ladies. You gave me what I needed. Butt kick, confidence and motivation. You are all so right. Life is good. Don't let the stupid people bring you down to their low vibrating level and remember that the best revenge in life is LIVING A GOOD LIFE.

Life is good!

I love you gals

jenn

:)

Okay yes I know I promised a new blog and it hasn't happened yet... IT IS COMING! lol

We want to work on it a bit! We're having a photo shoot on friday ;) so exciting!

Its terrific tuesday!

What is terrific in your life???

Mine?
family
friends
ball
hockey
business
new business partners ;) (you rock shan)
new adventures
traveling (thanks tim)
wine!!!!! (yeah vino good!)

almost time...

Almost time that we will be launching a new site!

But until then.... I leave you with this awesome quote!

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. Norman Vincent Peale

change

I haven't been posting on here on purpose. I'm getting ready to launch a new blog with a friend and now my new business partner! Yes I'm still practicing reflexology on my own, but I'm starting something else too.

Stay tuned, updates and new site to come!

Life is good!

xo
jenn

sorry

Sorry so long between posts. I'm currently working on another blog with a new business partner! I'm excited about it, but I haven't done much to this one!

So I'm going to list some gratitude things ;) Never anything wrong with that!


Thankful for:

-my new roof
-my family
-my 'good' friends
-life's little treats
-travel
-clients

What are you thankful for today???

Thankful thursdays....

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein

I'm a quote collector, but this one really strikes a cord with me today. Its so true. In the midst of all difficulty lies opportunity. Opportunity for advancement, learning, grace, love, forgivness. Whatever the situation, there is always an opportunity you can take out of it.

Today is thursday. I call it thankful Thursday.

• thankful for a hot cup of coffee on a cool day
• thankful that rain stopped for my sons field trip
• thankful for my friends and family
• thankful for my clients that make me smile on a daily basis
• thankful for the fact that its almost the weekend :) Weekends rock!

What are you thankful today???

so true...

I was just going through twitter and I follow the "joy of living" blog on twitter and they tweeted...

What is the last thing you do before you go to bed at night? Whatever it is, make sure it feels good.

and it made me think. What do I do?? Well I read from two daily inspirational calanders. One is a quote from Palsms and the other is just a daily does of positive info. I love both. Both make me go hmmm.

I also try to read. Now those that know me well know lately I only read things that make me happy. Generally that is self help books, books on reflexology, marketing or along that lines. I don't read a lot fiction. Sometimes I will pick up a novel, but for the most part I get very few mins a day to read, so when I read it will be something that is going to expand my mind :)

So my question to you today is.....

What do you do before you go to bed??? Does it make you happy? Care to share? ;)

cheers

jenn

p.s. for those who wondered about the elastic band around my wrist, it was in place of the braclet. The stop complaining braclet. So every time I verbally complain, I switch the elastic band to the opposite wrist. The goal? 21 consecutive days without moving it. So far... 2 days in a row. Its a start ;)

Thankful Thursdays...

A friend of mine called it that today and I thought what a great idea!  What are you thankful for today??

• for my business that allows me flex hours
• for my healthy children
• for a wonderful kind caring husband (yep you are that tim!!!)
• for wonderful friends
• that the sun is peaking out a bit today and its finally warmer
• that school is nearing an end and summertime to start

Those are just a few of the things I'm thankful at the moment! 

What are you thankful for today??? 

still going....

I am still using an elastic band for my braclet.  Yesterday it was only moved ONCE!!! I sighed too when I realized what I said out loud! lol  How is everyone else doing???

Sunday....

Do something today that makes you happy!

We are off to my sons ball hockey game! That makes me happy! Watching my boys play sports!!! Then I'm off to a spa party. I don't know what I'm in for, but its with a few girlfriends, so should be fun!

Then later today we're heading to the park for a picnic, why, because that makes me really really happy.

:-)
happy sunday!

Once a week....

Once a week I tune into CNN.com to get my fill of the news. I really think I need to give it up period. Its so depressing. Yes I know that is news. Why do most journalist write like that? Doesn't anyone write "happy" news? Come on, I want to read things that are uplifting!!!

Sorry, my rant for tonight after going there and seeing some really depressing things.

The world is good at heart. Focusing on that good would be way better then reading the details of all the crap.

jmo

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love this quote...

Like what you do, if you don't like it,
do something else. --Paul Harvey

So true. If your not enjoying what you do 75% of your day, then do something else. I hear so many people complain about their job and my answer is always the same. Find something else. Then I hear the list of excuses. I figure your not happy, figure out what makes you happy and go for it! We only live once, life is short. Enjoy every moment that you can of it!!!

I LOVE my job :-) and I'm off to work a few hours right now. Yep its Saturday, but that is okay. I truly LOVE what I do and feel blessed that I get paid to do something I love!

Have a wonderful Saturday!

WOW

What an amazing book! I just finished it. I really think I'm going to start to re read it tonight! I didn't even realize how much I complain/gossip/state negative thoughts out loud till I started moving my elastic back and forth! LOL

We're not talking the self doubts. I still think someone needs a "zapper" for that!!! I'm talking about stating in your voice a complaint, groan, moan, negative statement or gossip. WOWSERS. A friend called today and I actually sat there and said nothing because I realized we would just gossip or complain non stop. Awkward silence I tell you. So I told her about my experiment and gave her the website to check out. She actually hung up on me and right before she did she stated that I was no fun if I wouldn't gossip with her! LOLOLOLOL Oh that made me howl.

So far today I've moved it 6 times. Yeah SIX already!!! I know!

Keep me posted if your trying this!!!!
Happy Thursday!!!

Love it...

A Complaint Free World.

Shannon from BC left a comment here about this book. I went out to Chapters last night and bought it! I'm already half way through. It is about the idea I was stating the other day. Only no bzzzz. You wear a bracelet (they have purple ones) and you switch it to the other hand every time you complain, gossip or say a negative though. Same idea, no shock! Click on the the top there and it will link you to their site!

So the idea is to have 21 consecutative days without having to move that bracelet!!! Easy? No. I tried yesterday breifly and I switched it 16times! I thought I was a pretty positive person.

I'm still in the midst of reading the book. I'll be back tomorrow after I finish it, with a more detailed review. In the meantime, you don't need their bracelet to start. Use an elastic, use a cancer bracelet, use a coin and put it back and forth in each pocket!

Just start somewhere and try :)

Can you imagine if we had a Complaint Free World??? Could imagine how much happier would be??? I love this idea!

Happy Wednesday!

We do it to ourselves!!!

Ever notice how when things are running along smoothly that little voice pops up and says, something is going to go wrong!!!??? Seriously that is when I need to just bitch slap that voice and ignore it. Every once in a while I will doubt myself and give into that voice. Then of course all hell breaks loose. Things do start falling apart. I hate it. I need to get re-centered, re-focused, and in a positive mind frame. It happens more then I would like to admit!

I had a friend in tonight and she said something very VALID. Would it not be fabulous if people caught us saying something negative, about ourselves or situations that they just made a "buzz" or "BEEP" sound??? Wouldn't that be a fantastic way to see how much negativity flies out of our mouths and minds?? Yeah would be annoying, would also make us realize what we are doing. I thought about what she said (thanks Shannon your rock sister) and I thought maybe I will do that to people! No worries, but I am going to try to do it to myself. AS SOON AS that little negative voice enters... BZZZZZ ;-)

I have a challenge for you, try it. Buzz yourself when you here the negative voice. See how many times your doing it. Might make you stop and think a little harder on how we put ourselves down so much.

Let me know if you try it!

jenn

How do you bring balance....

I'm wondering how do you bring balance to your life? 

It is a struggle I seem to be having as of late.  Although tonight I feel good about balance, I often don't.  I feel pulled in about 20 directions.  

-gratitude (always makes me feel in check)

-fieldhockey (i'm playing again this summer after many years off)

-spending time with my children playing

-reading

-yoga and meditation

-dreaming

-vacations

-being in my pool or at the beach

-writing 

-loving

-creating

Those are some of my ways of feeling balanced.  How about you?

decluttering....

This weekend I spent time in my boys rooms. Their closets actually. Decluttering. I'm always grateful for hand me downs! Love them, but how many size 6 pants do we need? How many tshirts? I got rid of SIX bags between their closets. Now lots was from Ben's and he had out grown them, but still that is a lot. Their rooms look great now! Its like BREATHING easier. Have you noticed that???

Clutter = tension, feeling of upset
Clean/clear = clear mind, relaxation

I swear when I declutter the ommmmm feeling comes in my house. It just feels clearer.
Silly??? I don't know but I love the feeling and I'm going to keep it up!!!!

Next time you feel tense, stressed just go declutter a bit and see how you feel afterwards :)