Gorgeous “Shabby Chic” picture courtesy of Southern living Magazine –Photo: Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn
My son doesn’t make a good roommate at all. Oh, my, gosh. It’s Saturday morning and he wakes me up so early, he’s like clock work, wakes up the same time he goes to school. We need to work out some roommate issues, this morning he woke me up and said, “Mom there’s something in my nose.” Oh, my, gosh! Ahh….but I love him, it’s okay.
Dave Ellis Author—Falling Awake: Creating the Life of your dreams http://www.daveellisleadership.com/
Dave Ellis’s 12 Success Strategies in a Nutshell:
- Determine what you want. Trust your desires and create a bold, detailed vision for the long-term future.
- Tell the truth. Speak candidly, make promises, and align your actions with your words.
- Move toward love. Be willing to release antagonism, and embrace problems as a step toward solving them.
- Lighten your load. Move toward bliss by letting go of your attachments and expectations, and by choosing new ways to manage distress.
- Take responsibility. In any situation. Ask How did I create this? How can I create a new result?
- Focus your awareness. Release mental distractions and pay exquisite attention to moment-to-moment choices.
- Listen Fully. Open up to receiving any messages-compliments, criticisms, or whatever the world is sending you in the moment.
- Choose your conversations. Understand the role of conversations in creating your world, and enter conversations with care.
- Change your habits. Take the mystery out of personal transformation by following three simple steps to make consistent changes in your behaviour.
- Persist. When faced with a problem, look beyond the first solutions that occur to you, and stay in action until you get what you want.
- Contribute. As you get more of what you want in life, find added joy by assisting others to get what they want.
- Celebrate. Constantly notice what you enjoy about your life right now and go for fun.
Dave Ellis Author—Falling Awake: Creating the Life of your dreams—–http://www.daveellisleadership.com/
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A few things about me the Blog Writer:
The 6 things always on my to-do list:
- 1. Staying healthy & dancing to my favourite songs
- 2. Writing my blog post weekly
- 3. Spend quality time with my 2 children
- 4. Read a great book when I can
- 5. Try & find some quiet time for me
- 6. Staying Spiritually aware
My most overused phrase is
- Oh, my, gosh!
5 things in my purse/handbag right now are:
- 1. Mint Candy
- 2. Colouring book, crayons & a couple of small toy cars
- 3. lipstick
- 4. kleenex
- 5. Wipes—when you have kids you need this all the time for emergencies dirty hands, etc.
- The last time I cried was because
I watched a movie. Yep!
My two favourite Home Decor designers to watch on T.V:
Dear Genevieve–http://www.hgtv.com/dear-genevieve/show/index.html
Sarah Richardson Design Show http://www.sarahrichardsondesign.com/
My Favourite Design Style: “Shabby Chic” mixed with “Traditional” designs for sure.
I Operate my own Home based Business:
- Frostines Edibles
A Gourmet Peanut & Nut Free Company (recently created cookie packaging)
Where would I like to go if I could:
- Someplace peaceful & quiet
One of my all time favourite Cookbook:
Foster’s Market Cookbook by Sarah Foster who resides in Durham North Carolina. Great book to have based on fresh market produce and made from scratch simple food yet soulful. visit website here: http://www.fostersmarket.com/
2 favourite recipes from her book are:
Lemon bars with blueberries & her Grilled Turkey club on Focaccia Sandwich
One of my all time favourite Fiction Books & Author:
Highly recommended for your reading list
the minute I started reading I couldn’t put it down. All I kept saying to myself as I read the book was, What! What! Are you kidding me! You will be cheering Ella on and fighting for her to rise up above her trials. Juicy, Yummy book. visit author here:http://www.maevebinchy.com/
Book Description:
*Every table at Quentins restaurant in Dublin has a thousand stories to tell. The staff and customers all have tales of their own and the restaurant itself has had times when it looked set for success and others when it seemed doomed to failure. Presiding over it all are Patrick and Brenda Brennan, who have made Quentins such a legend – but even their lives are not as they seem.
Ella is a strong and warm young woman living in the new Ireland. Now Ella Brady wants to make a documentary about Quentins but as she uncovers more of what has gone on, she is forced to confront a devastating dilemma in her own life…the story tells of her ill-fated love life. It also boasts a bushel of happy endings.
Don’t forget to read her other Book “Tara Road”
(You should be able to find her books at your local Library.)
Three of my favourite Series shows on T.V to watch:
Lipstick Jungle
The hour-long series was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Candace Bushnell
http://www.nbc.com/Lipstick_Jungle/
Heartland
The series is loosely based on the Heartland books by Lauren Brooke. Set against the vistas of the Alberta Rocky Mountains, Heartland is a family drama following sisters Amy and Lou Fleming and their grandfather Jack Bartlett through the highs and lows of life on a horse ranch.
The Tudors
The series is based upon the reign of English monarch Henry VIII, (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509– The Tudor Series is named after the Tudor dynasty.
http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home.do
I just love all the costumes depicted in the show, which makes it one of my all time favourite television series. If you are a lover of of Medieval History like me then I know you appreciate this time period, cheers! History isn’t boring, is it now? You could put me in this period and leave me and I wouldn’t miss the 21st century a least bit. Oh, my, gosh! Check out show details here:
http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/home.do
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You can also visit this blog which features costumes of the 18th century: http://18thcenturyblog.com/photos
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Stormie Omartian Prayer of the Day
When You Need to Stand Strong in Times of Weakness
Lord, I look to You to strengthen me today. In myself I feel too weak to face the trials and challenges in my life, but in You I have a fortress in which to dwell that cannot be moved or penetrated. You gird me up and lift me above the shaking ground to a place that is solid like a rock. I invite You to display Your strength in me right now and give me peace beyond all imagination. The knowledge of Your power on my behalf gives me great joy.
The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Psalm 29:11
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Movie Watched This Weekend: “Leap Year”
Okay, so last week in my last blog post I wrote that because I am on the single path, I am trying to watch every single, dating relationship movie I can find. So, this week “Leap Year.” Heard it was a great movie decided to watch it.
Synopsis
Anna Brady from Boston is a planner that stages apartments for Realtors. Anna has been dating cardiologist, Jeremy, for four years and they are buying a high standard apartment in Davenport together. Anna expects Jeremy to propose to her on a dinner date but he gives her a gift instead, after which he travels to Dublin for a congress. Anna decides to meet him in Dublin on the February 29th and propose to him in accordance with an old Irish folklore tradition from the Fifth Century of leap-year proposals by women. However, her airplane is forced to land in Wales due to bad weather and she is not able to find a connection since the Dublin airport is closed. She decides to travel on a supply vessel but is forced to disembark in Dingle due to a storm. Anna walks to the only restaurant and inn and hires the unfriendly owner Declan to drive her to Dublin.
Anna
I love this movie because for Anna she’s been dating this Jeremy guy for 4 yrs. but he hadn’t proposed to her, he’s just stringing her along, this became evident when the only reason he did propose to her in the end was out of selfish reasons. He just wanted to get into one of the hottest Upscale New York Apartment and he can only get in if he decides to get married, which is so lame. Jeremy is stiff, uptight and boring and selfish and so set in his ways, he likes to attend these boring parties that Anna doesn’t like at all, too stuffy. Anyway, she travels after him to Dublin and ended up meeting Declan who owns an operate a Inn & Restaurant.
Declan
Declan is a great guy because he tells her the truth, he appears to be quite serious on the outside. He’s a very passionate guy but to outsiders he appears unkind, and a bit harsh with his words, but they are misreading him. He cares deeply but, he hides his true feelings hence him coming across as aloof or cold sometimes. Underneath though he’s got a great heart. Declan lets her know Jeremy doesn’t want to marry her he’s just stringing her along if he wanted to marry her he would have done so already. Declan basically tries to show the “Hypocrisy” of her situation, which is, if Jeremy really loved her he would have proposed along time ago. Anna feels, hurt and disappointed by Jeremy’s indecision, doubts and hesitation to get married which really proves that he was not ready for a serious long-term relationship. Of course, she didn’t believe Declan. She told him it was hurtful for him to say that and that Jeremy did indeed love her and want’s to marry her. Basically, Declan says, “keep dreaming.” Oh, my, gosh! Anyway, Declan he’s a great guy because he’s kind hearted and speaks from his heart, he tells the truth even if he knows it’s going to hurt her to hear it. He tells her anyway, which is what I really like about him. He doesn’t beat around the bush. He tells it like it is, “a spade is a spade” so to speak. Declan knows that Jeremy doesn’t love Anna, but it’s extremely difficult for him to prove that to her. Eventually she comes to realize the truth of the situation though.
Anna eventually realizes that although it hurts to hear Declan tell her the truth about anything she does wrong she realizes that she needed that kind of honesty in her life. Jeremy always say yes, I love you, yes, that’s okay, yes, that’s fine, yes we will get married, but he never manage to commit, finally when he proposed he did so out of selfish reasons, but there wasn’t any sincerity to his words, he just said the words “I love you” because it sounded good to say. Eventually though Declan realizes he’s falling for Anna and he doesn’t know how to tell her, he’s scared to tell her how he really feels. This makes the movie interesting to watch because the audience is waiting for him to tell her how he really feels. My question is: “Why is it so hard for some guys to express their feelings?” Because the world won’t fall apart if they do, just a thought.
Anyway, Anna is real accident prone and Declan was always amused by her. The movie is a great watch and yes, it ended happily for both, but not without many mishaps, delays and setbacks to the start of the relationship.
Enjoy!
Okay, so in the preview you will notice when Declan and Anna kissed that was when they realized they liked each other. Still, Declan didn’t tell her how he felt.
Featured Musician of the Week: Andrew Allen
Andrew Allen hailing from the sunny Okanagan, British Columbia. Andrew Allen is a 29 yr.old Canadian singer http://www.andrewallenlive.com/fr_aahome.cfm Andrew guides his listeners through a musical journey, with stops everywhere from BC’s West Coast to the vibrant tropical influence he acquired while working thru out the Caribbean. Andrew masterfully combines his fresh and original acoustic beach grooves with some mainstream pop overtones, creating an absolutely ear pleasing adventure! It almost seems as if the West Coast vibe feels at home in his tunes. Hosting musical similarities to pop icons like Jason Mraz, Jack Johnson and John Mayer. Loving You Tonight” got Allen noticed by Epic Records, which signed him to a recording contract in December 2010 and will release his debut album in 2011.
*In just 5 dys Andrew have received over 400,000 views on Youtube.
Great feel good song, a song for those of you to dedicate to that special person in your life–can’t stop playing it—–Enjoy!
Newly released—February 2011—http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR_0URQKHIY
Craig Morgan Greer was born in Kingston Springs, Tennessee he is 46 yrs.old. He became an Emergency medical technician at age 18, later serving in the United States Army in Korea. After taking part in a banquet which honored the military’s first airborne unit, he wrote a song about the unit. Morgan spent ten years on active duty as a Fire Support Specialist in the United States Army, serving in the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions before launching his music career. Morgan is married to wife Karen and has four children: a daughter, Alex, and sons Kyle, Jerry, and Wyatt. He and his family currently reside in Dickson, Tennessee. Great Story to read more about Craig visit his website here: http://www.craigmorgan.com/
Okay, I just love Craig Morgan great voice and so creative to put together a song about “Going to Church on Sunday.” Love this song, who doesn’t love a good Sunday afternoon whether you went to church or not it just evokes lots of memories and Craig brings this out so well in the video—- Turn this song up and sing, beautiful—–Enjoy!
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm3aCyRD3Vg
James Todd Smith is 43 yrs.old better known as LL Cool J is an American rapper and actor. LL Cool J has been married now to Simone Smith for 13 yrs, and has 3 children.
http://www.islanddefjam.com/artist/home.aspx?artistID=7309
Love this song by LL—-I’m your Baby…..Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edvdmq7yXKQ
