Smile

This week I saw a post telling people to smile. I don't remember where I saw it but it made me want to try it out.

The post said that if you smile when you first wake up, even if you have to make yourself, you will have a better day.

I am not a morning person at all but I am going to give this a shot.

Today I want to challenge all my readers to wake up and put a big smile on your face everyday this week. At the end of the week come back to this post then comment and tell me if your week was any better with just a smile a day.

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Mighty

I have spent a lot of time this week thinking about what to write about today. To be honest I had no idea where I wanted to start. Even though I didn't do the five minute Friday post this week because I am starting it next week, the word for Friday was mighty. When I saw that everything fell in place.

Mighty means possessing great and impressive power or strength. When I think of the word mighty I think of the word almighty. Almighty means having complete power, being omnipotent. God is almighty. When you think about how there is someone out there that is perfect. Someone that you can shape your life to be like. God used his might to lay his life on the cross for our sins. In Revelation 1:8 it says "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." I have recently start trying to grow closer to my Heavenly Father. I am excited for the teachings I will receive in the next few months. I am excited to share some of my thoughts with you. I believe that I have a Heavenly father who loves me and gave is life for me. I know that I will get to see him again one day!

I am excited to see where my Sunday posts lead.

I really hope you all like reading my blog. Please leave comments with suggestions and thoughts.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Song Saturday

I decided that I don't follow sports enough to write on them every day. So I have decided to change the topic for Saturdays to Song Saturdays. I will pick a song every week that has been on my mind or that tells a story. I have grown up with music being a huge part of my life so I thought this would be a perfect subject for me. A song I have been playing a lot lately is Brave by Sara Bareilles. The song is about how people shouldn't hide behind their fears, they should face them. It is not something that is easy. I have been a shy person most of my life. The last year I have worked towards breaking out of my shell more. I know what it feels like to be pushed around in a relationship. I know what it is like to be the odd one out. I watched the most recent episode of Glee today, and it made me look back into my past. Glee came out while I was in choir and I can not tell you how much I related to it. I am sad to see the show come to an end! I am glad that I have people in my life that have helped me stand up for myself. Don't let people tell you what you can and cant do. No one knows you better then yourself. So stand up for yourself and make your life be all it can be!


Since I have changed things this week I just wanted to update everyone on the new daily topics.
Motivational Mondays
Trip Tuesdays
Wordless Wednesday
Thankful Thursday
Five Minute Fridays
Song Saturdays
Spiritual Sundays

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Growing up

Everyone comes to the point in their life when we get older and move out of our parents house to make a life of our own. I moved out of my moms house a year ago. Even though I only moved an hour and a half away, it still feels like a large distance. It has been nice having my mom close enough to spend a weekend with her though. My daughter loves spending time at grandmas house. I know I have talked about my mom before so this post wont be very long. My mom recently sold her house and is going to be moving to Arkansas. It is strange thinking about how different things will be with her further away. There wont be anymore weekend visits. I have been used to seeing my mom every few weeks it will definitely be something I need to adjust to. However, I am looking forward to this next chapter. I am excited to continue building my life here and get more of the adult feeling by not living close to my mom. I love her to death.

This topic will be changing as of next week to Five Minute Fridays. I came across a blog that started doing this 4 years ago. This is her link http://lisajobaker.com/five-minute-friday/ . I thought this would be a great idea to do. Most of my blogs post by 5 am but Fridays will now be later in the day. Thank you for the continued support. I am new to writing these blogs, so it is still in a trial and error phase.

I really hope you all like reading my blog. Please leave comments with suggestions and thoughts.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Thankful....

So as I sat here thinking about what I was thankful for this week, it took a really long time to figure out. I have not done much. I am thankful for my health. I have been dealing with migraines since I was in middle school. Ever since I was pregnant my migraines have been a lot better. In the past I have controlled them with drinking soda. This isn't the healthiest choice. This last month I have tried cutting out soda, well at least cut down on it. This week I have had many headaches. It is so difficult for me not to go get a soda every time. I know that if I continue working on cutting soda back that it will continue to improve my overall heath. Over the last few months I have been more sick then I have in a year. When I started working out and improving my diet I have not been getting as sick. I know today is a short entry.

Does anyone get migraines? Do you have any suggestions to prevent them?

What are you thankful for this week?

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Bears

I love bears! in fact I have been collecting them since I was born. Can you believe this is a chalk drawing! What does this make you think of?

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein

Disneyland

I have taken some pretty interesting trips in my life so far. Some may seem crazy. One of my favorites to this day was one of my many trips to California. I took this trip in May 2007. One of my friends took me, another one of our friends, and 3 of our guy friends to Disneyland for her birthday. Our flight to California left at 5 am Saturday morning.  Then we spent all day Saturday riding everything possible. We put together a system so that everyone rode with a different person. When we got inside the park we split up from my friends parents. We also mapped out the rides we wanted to do most so we could do as many as possible. During lunch we ate inside the park. There were some amazing fiddle players performing while we ate. Everyone wanted to ride California Screaming next. I sat it out because my stomach was not ready for a roller coaster. It was absolutely amazing. I love the Soaring Over California ride. My other favorites at the time were the 4D movie things. The shows like Honey I shrunk the Audience and Bugs Life. It was a very long day. After all the rides we shopped a little bit. We ended up getting back to the hotel around midnight. The next morning we got on a 8 am flight. Before we ended all the fun we stopped off at Woodies for lunch. Played some pool and ate pizza. I had so much fun on this trip that the night I got home I wrote 9 1/2 pages in my journal about it. For a trip that took just over 24 hours, it was one of the most memorable ones I have taken. Here are some pictures from the trip.

Have you been to Disneyland before? Share your trip with me.

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"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow." - Albert Einstein