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Drowning In Stuff‼️

I did a lot of colouring today. I just love adult colouring books! I know that many of them say that they help with focus and mindfulness. However, I had a super lazy day today and was catching up on some of the shows we’d PVR’d while I was away last week. I like that instead of brainlessly watching television like a zombie, I can colour while watching or listening (depending upon how detailed the picture is) to the tv. I feel like I at least did something while excelling at couch-potatoing! However, I didn’t use the colouring books for mindfulness, obviously! I was surrounded by distractions. 

I think that my trip to Nashville must have taken a lot out of me, because I’m still just feeling lazy and tired and a bit burnt-out. I know that I have a lot to get done, but it just isn’t happening. My bedroom is like a maze. Walking is hazardous! There are a bunch of full laundry baskets (at least the clothes in them are clean), dog beds, king sized bed (in a room that is probably not meant for one) kids toys, clothing piles, book piles and about a million stuffed animals!! I’m shocked that, with his asthma, my hubby can actually breath in here! It’s worse than normal with all of my stuff from my trip strewn about! I now people are like, “Oh yah! I know what you mean. My rooms bad too man!” Then I go to heir house and there’s like just a few items of clothes out of place, but that’s about it. Nope! Not even close to what I have to tackle! It’s so so bad right now that I want to just scream!! Argh! I need to attempt to do something about it tomorrow. Besides, I need to wash most of the things that I had on my trip as we’re leaving for my parent’s BC house in a week! Lots and lots to do!! Including, going to bed now!!  Night all😘

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Come Together 

I’m starting to, finally, feel more like myself! Yay! I’m still feeling more tired than generally, but not as much. The past few days, if I was sitting in any one place for too long, I’d find it difficult to keep my eyes open! Then I’d do that thing where you nod off a bit, then jerk awake. I feel like this has kept me from going over how my trip went. All you got was, “I’m so tired”,”I’m just exhausted”, “I’m going to bed”…etc etc! 

One of the big lessons that I’ve learned and relearned is that I must take care of myself first (I don’t mean in a selfish, I’m most important and do things only for myself, way!!) And self-care (especially for women caregivers – I’m not saying some men don’t do this, but it is absolutely more common with women!) is often easier said than done. Personally, I’ve always excelled at putting others needs before my own. Then in the end I find myself completely done in. I don’t finish things or even start things that I know I need to do and sometimes it’s just things around the house (and technically these things are for everyone, not just me!). More often, it’s things like drawing or painting, writing my blog, or just writing in general. I’ve needed to do my nails for weeks, but it just doesn’t get completed. It’s really frustrating. I used to say, and this was from like college/university years, that if my nails are a mess, then I haven’t been taking any time for my self. I just know that, when I’m happy and content, after doing a “me” thing, everyone else is also happy. But if I’m feeling scattered and rushed and uncomfortable, those feelings also translate into my world. Probably due, in part, to the law of attraction. I’m attracting “like”emotions back to me. So my point is. I need to put some of my needs first. Happy mom = Happy family 

I do really believe in the law of attraction. I think I just can’t overpower our money issues with the law of attraction, because my husband is always thinking about money, complaining about money, worrying about money, stressed because of money; I’m not even exaggerating! He is obsessed with money and our lack thereof…So when I’m attempting to use the law of attraction to attract money and prosperity to us our two energies probably meet and cancel each other’s out. Actually, his energy is probably more powerful than mine. He just sees that things are bad, that they’re always bad and always will be!!! Because, regardless of income, we are always short on money. I have to work on hiring my wavelength in order to overpower his negative energy. Positive energy far out weighs negative energy, I’ve read. So I have to crank out oodles of positivity!!  You may turn around and call me “new age”or like a “hippy-dippy”, however I completely believe in the law of attraction and the power of our minds. It just feels like I’m going against a brick wall. If my hubby would only watch The Secret, maybe he’d believe in it a bit more. There is research and evidence on this stuff. It’s not just mumbo-jumbo, it’s a Law of Nature!!! It does work. And it works exactly. I need to find a way to open his eyes to this truth and then use the law of attraction to our advantage!! We really need to come together on this one!!  Huh.  I just noticed that I t’s really late! I must head to bed now!! I’m going to keep positive, right now I’m positively tired!! LOL 

 1:29 am…blech!!!! Zzzzzzz❗️

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

The Choice 

Thoughts are jumbled here and there

Disappointment’s hard to bear

What you want is still unknown

Sorry if your cover’s blown

Time is passing, running out

Find your way right through the doubt

Choosing only appears to be hard

Once it’s done you can move forward

Figuring out your first step is best

Following will come all the rest

It’s always most difficult at the start

The rest falls in place, part by part

So stand up tall and confident

And you’ll appear most cognizant 

Forget your past uncertainties 

Your ready to face an eternity 

You will persevere and go so far

Your on your way, you’ll be a star

JKC

To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

“Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

Please Let me sleep!

          1. It’s nice to be home again with my family. I can tell that they all really missed me. Not that they actually ended up seeing me all that much.
          2. I was, and still am, really tired. I slept straight from about 1:00am to 12:30 pm last night.. I’m still feeling so done in and wiped out! I got up for a few hours, probably until about 4:30 or 5:00.
          3. I then had a long nap until about 7:30 or 8:00. 
          4. Then I had a late supper with my fam and we watched the few episodes that I missed, on, “Big Brother”.( Yes, I’m hooked! It’s pretty silly I know and it may be, but we all watch it together. 
          5. I’m still so tired that I’m just fell asleep and dropped my iPad on the floor!! Argh!
          6. I’m going to bed to try to solve my sleep problems!!
          7. Night all‼️

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          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”
          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

          Home Time!

          Just got home from Nashville and finally am going to sleep! I’m sooooo exhausted. I haven’t slept since FRIDAY ‼️‼️Saturday night was the Beachbody celebration. We didn’t get back to the hotel until almost midnight. We had to leave for the airport by about 2:00-2:30. Which is why I got no sleep and my posts are all mixed up!!  Today was sooo long. We had an 8 hour layover in Chicago!! Crazy long! I just posted the two posts from the past couple nights. I was so tired when I wrote them. They were sort of on the same day…it’s hard to figure it out when you get NO sleep! My brain isn’t functioning at normal capacity! I think I may sleep for days. In my own bed! Yay! It always feels so great to come home. I had fun, but I was ready to be home. I’m too tired to write much more. Besides, it’s 1:00am and I’m going into my millionth hour with no sleep and I am practically salivating at the thought of going to bed! And on that note, goodnight 😘

          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

          Knowledge Is Power…Never Quit Learning‼️

          Sitting in the afternoon session. I could stay or leave…not that it’s bad. The information is good, I’m just tired, or rather, exhausted!! A nap would be nice, but I also feel a sense of the time running out. So many kind people and inspiring people. Learning about all of the nutrients, the  enzymes, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, fibre, protein, veggies from around the world that are in this spectacular drink that I have every day. The time, effort, energy; they travelled around the world to create this drink that I take for granted and just drink casually everyday. Strange. I feel like an observer in this group. Like a newbie who doesn’t quite fit in yet. Yet. That’s the key word, yet. Can I do this business? Can I be successful? Can I, finally, help support my family? I can’t continue doing nothing…I need to do something!! 

          This is what I got out of this afternoon’s course:

          Lean in: into the storm, into the doubters, into the quitters, face it, lean into it, grow your mindset.   Lead with purpose: why am I here? Seriously Why am I here? Lead from your heart, with purpose, be clear with what you’re doing this for. What do you want?   Leave Your Mark:  create your own destiny, do it anyway, don’t run away, change your own life, be your own solution, say, “why not me?”  You can do this! Give yourself permission to go all in!! You can do it yourself, do not settle for mediocre, improve the world, take control, do it and do it big!

          Chalene Johnson. Yay!!! I LOVE her! She is so inspiring and real and kind and has the most incredible energy and spirit. She’s just so real!! Oh – I already said that!! Oops! It’s just so true!   Your story inspires!  It is the unique ingredient that you have. Serve others and help people. How will you stand out? With your story! If you don’t think your story is any good, rewrite it. Be your own author. Lead with your story. Give it hope. Give others hope. 

          What is my story? I will turn it into a story with health at the end. A story of vitality and prosperity. I can not only tell mystory, I can write it! I am the author of my life!!

          Now off to bed. Need to be well rested for more learning tomorrow 💤💤💤

          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

          Is There A Limit To How Many Hats You Can Own??

          This will be the shortest post in the 1 year, and 7 months. I am sooooooo tired! We have to get up super early. I need sleep RIGHT NOW‼️‼️ So, on that note, I now say (I had a great day, by he way!) goodnight , seriously, that short. I’ll leave you with a photo of all of my new hats!! I’ve always been a hat person! Check them out. I’ll try to write more tomorrow, but I can’t make any promises, as these have all been loooooong days! Night night💤💤


          PS. My live PIYO class with Chalene Johnson (not sure if I wrote that wrong) was AMAZING!

          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

          It’s Hot And Humid Here In Nashville!

          This was a good day in Nashville! Very long though. I’m beat! So, I’m sorry to say, this will end up being a short post tonight! We got up super early (well, okay, it wasn’t super early, it just felt that way after being up for 48 hours the day before) and went and registered for Summit (which is the name of the conference thingy I’m here for). Then we walked (hit 10,000 steps today) to Broadway street and went in a bunch of cool little shops. Every second store seemed to be a western, mainly cowboy boots & hats, store. I bouht a new cowboy hat. I found one that was really affordable and on sale. Trust me, these things get expensive. The nice thing about getting one at a specialized store is that there are sizes, so I was able to get one that actually fits me! I have a big head (have to hold all these brains in!!) so I tend to have a difficult time finding hats that fit, but I really love hats, I always have! I found some souvenir-type things for my oldest and we went to Target and I got a new dress and some other clothes. The target here is so awesome, way way better than the craptacular ones that opened, for a short time, in Canada. We had a great lunch at Margheritaville (I may have spelled that wrong!!) Late in the afternoon we came back to the hotel and had a quick swim in the outdoor pool (it is SO damn hot and humid here!!). Finally, we went out for a “team supper” with a couple other ladies at the Hard Rock Cafe. After supper we went to a bar (with an amazing rooftop bar) and met up with some more of the Beachbody coaches. It’s now 1:15 and I am so exhausted!! So, now that I gave you the play-by-play of my day, I’m going to hit he hay! That rhymed!! Night all😴

          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

          Hello Nashville 

          We made it, finally!! We’re in Nashville – woohoo!! It’s probably going to seem like I’m doing 2 posts in one day, but the other one that I posted this afternoon was actually written last night, I just wasn’t connected to wifi when I wrote it. We had a very loooong day!! But after a few mess ups and a couple delays and a lecture from a flight attendant, we’ve finally made it! We arrived around 5:00 (Nashville time). So, I still have not slept! I’m about to do just that, but I wanted to be sure that I had written something, however short.  Does that sentence even make sense? I am so damn tired that the letters are blurring. Shanice is sleeping in the bed beside me. I’m feeling rather jealous about that. She has a soft, quiet snore which kind of makes me think of my hubby. Except, of course, his snore isn’t exactly what I’d call soft or quiet. It’s funny to see what can switch or flip from being annoying to becomes comforting. I’m so tired that I don’t really know what I’m saying. I kind of feel like I’m all over the place, you know? So, even though this is super short, I’m going to head to bed now. Kennedy (I haven’t met her yet, if the name is unfamiliar) is landing at about 10:30 tonight. So, we set an alarm to be a little more alert when she arrives. The rate I’m going, I’m not even going to get any time to sleep before she arrives! That is unless I actually stop writing sleepy gibberish and just go to bed. Goodnight Nashville😴😴

          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”

          In The Air 

          It’s about 3:00am and I’m in the air. We’re on our way to Nashville as we speak. I’m super tired, but I can’t sleep. It’s so frustrating! I think it’s partly because I’m excited that we’re on our way and partly because I just can’t get comfortable. We can’t figure out how to lean the seats back and my back is aching! We just watched a movie. I can’t even remember what it’s called. It had Reese Witherspoon in it. It was funny. It won’t make my top ten list or anything, but it was very entertaining and definitely helped pass the time. They don’t have screens in the seats anymore. Now you have to download the app and watch your movie or tv show on your own device. There was a surprising number of shows to choose from. I was actually quite surprised. Shanice and I each had an ear-bud in, since she doesn’t have her iPad with her. It made me glad that I brought mine. I’m so tired right now. My eyes are burning…I guess that’s why they call late flights “the red-eye”! I’m writing this in my notes and once I have wifi I’ll copy and paste it into the WordPress app. It won’t save on the app without wifi. I could get wifi on the plane, but you have to pay for it. I figured that I didn’t need it that badly. I just hate the turbulence. It freaks me out and makes it difficult to concentrate on writing. I like to use the movies or tv to distract me, but I remembered that I have to write this, as this is technically my Monday nights that post. Since I don’t have wifi it won’t be posted until Tuesday. However, it’s still counting as my Monday post. Don’t want to miss a day! I can’t believe that I’m going to be in Nashville later on today (two more flights after this one, the one I’m currently on goes to Toronto, then we go to New York and from there we head to Nashville!) I know that I’m currently on my way, but i have that surreal feeling where it feels like it’s not really happening, when it actually is. I don’t think I’m making a lot of sense right now. Probably because I’m so exhausted. Also, I had to take my night time prescriptions which make me pretty fuzzy and drowsy. Generally I tak them and go to sleep. So taking them and staying up is weird. I have to go to the bathroom, but I don’t really want to get up and walk back to he bathroom. Also, Shanice is beside me asleep (or trying to sleep) with her head leaning forward onto her arms on her little table and I don’t want to bother her. So, on that note, I think that I’m going to try to sleep for the last hour of this flight. So, goodnight all! 💤💤

          Well, I can finally post this from last night. We’re in New York waiting for our last flight. So, I’m off for now! Until tonight ‼️

          To help with research and treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia please go to http://www.tnnme.com (Trigeminal Neuralgia and Me) to sign a petition to have the World Health Organization (WHO) add Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) to their “Health topic list.”

          “Hopefully one day I’ll get it right, or at least have fun, while about it I write!!”