Eating Disorders & Body Image

What did I learn from the divorce of Eva Longoria and Tony Parker?  If he was cheating on her with her looks, beauty, perfect body and in the height of her career, there’s no hope, you can’t ever be beautiful enough, or smart enough or have the perfect enough body, there’s always somebody else. Read the rest of this entry

Helicopter Parenting

There seems to be a lot more to this whole “helicopter parenting” thing than I ever thought.  The whole notion of it to me was always funny, would cause a giggle or certainly a smile thinking about how we might be keeping our kids from doing something fun because “we were a little worried.”

But now as I delve into this topic, read a few opinions and have a few revelations of my own, this helicopter parenting thing is really a big thing!  By helicopter parenting, we are changing the world.  And not necessarily in a good way.

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Setting Goals

Establishing goals is all right if you don’t let them deprive you of interesting detours.  ~Doug Larson

 

Are we setting our goals too small?  Or is our life so small we can’t think big?

Ewww.

Do I want a small life?  Do I want to spend my time on this earth doing the nitty gritty day to day stuff with maybe a small down the road 2 week a year vacation fit in?

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Enjoy Life… Positive Living

I’m wondering if our natural nature is to be positive or negative?

I’m thinking our natural nature is negative and in order to be positive we have to work at it.

So we’re having a great day, all is well and then, one little thing goes wrong and suddenly it’s the worst day ever!  Everything attached to our body and mind latches on to focus on that one bad thing that happened.  Read the rest of this entry

Everything in it’s Place Organization

The cleaning ladies are coming today!

That’s a luxury in our household!  It’s also the chief thing complained about.  Now why would my family complain about something that is meant to be a help to them?

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Budget Workout

Expert-ship is really about logic.  What makes sense to do to get out of a mess or set yourself up for success. It’s common sense.  Whenever I hear an expert speak on a morning show or a seminar or in a magazine or on the web or wherever I look thinking I’m going to get 10 hot tips that will change my life, it’s always the same.  I can write that list.  I know what to do.  I just don’t know how to do it in my life.  I need a chipmunk on my shoulder going “no no no that’s against the rule.”

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Getting Skinny

Doesn’t it seem like some people have just this natural, automatic tendency toward thinness?  Like they don’t have to suffer or work very hard to have the great body that they have,  For those of us who’ve been overweight at some point in our lifetime, we gotta wonder if something metabolism wise is not working quite right with us or some other body part is not doing it’s part.

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Christmas Countdown

Oh it’s all coming together…

or is it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pets

Pets have a way of worming their way into your heart and pushing until they’re almost into your very soul. I’ve always wondered how this can happen so easily and why people seem to love animals in general really more than they love other people.

Snickerdoodle & Ginger Pye

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Enjoying the Holidays

The thing that I’ve learned about the holidays over the years is that they will come whether I am all ready or not!

They don’t care if all my Christmas cards are out. It doesn’t matter if I’ve baked one cookie or 50.  And if my presents aren’t wrapped…no mercy.

The holidays are coming whether I’m ready or not.

That I’ve learned.

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