30 Days about Me:Day 6

30 Days about Me:Day 6 - Most Treasured Item - This one is easy for me - My Wedding ring. This rings story took 20 years to write. The three colored stones are children (mirrored on each side) my hubby's birthday is April, so the diamond in the middle. I have had this ring for 2 years now.

The other ring is the one Mark gave me when we got engaged. Turquoise and silver. He picked it up when he was 8.

30 Days about Me:Day 5

30 Days about Me:Day 5 - So far, I am doing pretty good I think about staying on a schedule here. Trying to decide if I should get caught up on my days, or just stay doing them in order. (By my count you should have two more than you do.) - You get them caught up! Yay me!


Day 5- Favorite Quote - I can't decide which one of these is actually my favorite. I will share them all.

What goes into your mouth will not defile you, rather it is what comes out of your mouth that will reveal you. - Paraphrased from Matthew 15:11

Which way did they go? Which way did they GO? I must find them! I AM THEIR LEADER! -

"Change your thoughts and you can change your world." - Norman Vincent Peale

"We make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same." - Carlos Castaneda

"Make it a rul of life to never regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waist of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in." - Katherine Mansfield

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein

"Let go of the past and go for the future. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined." - Henry David Thoreau

"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you." - Lewis Smedes

"Live is like a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up, that's up to you." - Gary Ceran

"You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it." - Albert Einstein

This last one was in a magazine, no author was cited.
     It's all about Character

     Watch your thoughts;
     They become words.
     Watch your words;
     They become actions.
     Watch your actions;
     They become habits.
     Watch your habits;
     They become your character.
     Watch your character;
     It becomes your destiny.

30 Days about Me:Day 4

Day 4- Favorite Book - I really have been reading, but boring things like Tax code, and self help books like Being Happy. I just started Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Loved the show on PBS, so thought I should read the book.

30 Days about Me:Day 3

Day 3- Favorite Television Show - Last year, I would have asked what shows were still out there to choose from. I was working a bit much.

I have been watching a few shows lately like:Army Wives, Drop Dead Diva, Biggest Looser, Criminal Minds, and The Mentalist. I have one that I can only find on Hulu - Being Erica - I am REALLY liking it! There are 3 seasons so far, and they were originally on Soap Net.

30 Days about Me:Day 2

Day 2- Favorite Movie - My favorite movies are Back to the Future (all 3), Fried Green Tomatoes, Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas, A Christmas Story, Hocus Pocus and Harry Potter - only one at a time, I end up with NB after them all!
These are my feel good go to movies.
My other new favorite is 10 Minute Trainer - just got them, starting to get into a shape other than round!

30 Days About Me:Day 1

I have seen folks all over the web doing 30 day challenges, weather it be 30 consistent days of blogging to 30 days of no caffeine. I even saw one that was 30 days of exercise! I thought that was great, but then they added the eating healthy too! While I can see these are all good things, I am going to start small. Here is the start of 30 days of blogging. (I am already working on the exercise every day, and the caffeine? THAT one will be a while! LOL

Day 1: Favorite Song
This is a loaded question for me. I have SO many favorites!
I grew up in the 80's, and I was in Band. So there are lots of different styles and sounds that I like. - - - OK I love it all!
My favorite changes from country to the 80's to almost everything.

For starters: You and me against the world - Anne Murray, Elvis - Blue Christmas (honestly anything by Elvis!), Laughter in the Rain - Neil Sedaka, The Twist and Blueberry Hill - Chubby Checker, It's my Party - Lesley Gore, Lean on Me - Bill Withers, That's the way I like it - KC and the Sunshine Band, Harper Valley PTA - Jeannie C Riley, Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel, Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison, RESPECT - Aretha Franklin, Sunshine (on my shoulders) - John Denver, How Deep is your love - The Bee Gees, All I Need - Jack Wagner (a little Frisco from GH always made my day!) Tarzan Boy - Baltimora, Kenny Rogers (ALL of his music) Dolly Parton and not to forget Styx, Poison, Rush, Erasure, Pet Shop Boys - - -

I could go on for days!

My current favorites - Pink - Funhouse, or Adele - Rollin in the deep, Nickleback, Bruno Mars, I Was Here - Lady Antebellum, Collin Raye. (If you want to cry, look up the 11th commandment by Collin Raye.) And an artist to watch - Kalai - latest album came out in April

And if someone could tell me how to post the video that would be great!
More tomorrow!

Gratitude

Just going to take a moment and say I am grateful for:

Life, Family and Friends.

With all of the heartache and terrible times the people of the world are going through, I am thankful for the fact that I AM ALIVE!

This past weekend, (March 11, 2011) there was a terrible earthquake in Japan, causing LOTS of problems there. I actually know people there, so for the first time in my weird and shallow life I didn't just say so sad for them, and go about my own business. I was worried that maybe my friends weren't ok. Word came about seven hours later that they were shaken, but alright, and their family members were ok after the quake and the tsunami that came later.

The news channels here in the US had tsunami warnings and watches being broadcast all day long. After I watched the devastation from what cameras could be found, I heard that I knew more people in danger from the waves. The good news is that so far (crossed fingers) as of Tuesday Mar 15, no one that I know has been injured. Property damage can be repaired. I say a prayer of thanks that this is the case.

I will sign off for now, but I have so SO much to catch the blog up on.