Saturday, February 9, 2019

Vision Board & Encouragement

  Have you ever created a 
VISION BOARD?  
We all need a bit of encouragement 
and YOU can provide it for yourself!



A Vision Board is sort of a visual TO-Do list.
Set Goals,  create reminders of your awesomeness, plan where you want to go (and get there)  with realistic or even over the top ideas!  Do you have a skirt you want to get back into?   Add photos of skirts.   Is the Beach calling?   Add pictures of the sea.
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This board was created by/for Weight Watchers.


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This board was created by Rose Caiola - Rewire Me


Your Board can be BRIEF or filled with Ideas.

This board was one of mine from a few years ago.


I wanted to compile some positive thoughts you can incorporate into your Vision Board.  You do not need to use the exact thought, but they can provide a good starting place to expand on your personal circumstance.  Here are a few;

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.
Eleanor Roosevelt


It always seems impossible until it's done. 

Nelson Mandela


It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. 
Confucius

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. 

Mark Twain

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. 

Leo Buscaglia

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. 

Walter Elliot


Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. 
Harriet Beecher Stowe

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.   

Norman Vincent Peale 

A problem is a chance for you to do your best. 

Duke Ellington

Life is more meaningful when you are always looking to grow and working toward a goal. 

Les Brown 

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Friday, February 8, 2019

FREEBIES for VALENTINES

GRAB THESE FUN PRINTABLES FOR YOUR VALENTINES!

CUT THEM OUT, PUNCH A HOLE, ADD SOME RIBBON OR TWINE AND GIVE WITH CARDS, PIECES OF CANDY OR HANG AROUND THE HOUSE OR OFFICE



Simply right click with your mouse and then "save to" your desktop.


Monday, February 4, 2019

It's the YEAR OF THE PIG

Chinese New Year 2019



Pigs have a beautiful personality and are blessed with good fortune in life.









Kicking off the main festivities is the Little Year on January 28th, with the Spring Festival officially beginning February 5th (February 4th is New Year's Eve) and ending with the Lantern Festival on February 19th. 
Little Year

Preparations for the new year begin on 
January 28th, 2019, and last until 
New Years Eve.
  • Activities & traditions
    This is another day of memorial and prayer ceremonies. Main activities include house cleaning to sweep away bad luck (扫年—sǎo nián) and pray to the stove god (祭灶—jì zào).
  • Food
    Sugar melons (糖瓜—táng guā), also known as stove candy (灶糖—Zào táng), are made of malt and can only be found on this day. Other food include baked wheat cakes (火烧 – huǒ shāo) and tofu soup (豆腐汤—dòufu tang).
Some symbolic vegetables to consider are:
  • Seaweed: symbolize wealth and fortune
  • Lotus seeds: a blessing for many children and a healthy family
  • Bamboo shoots: represent longevity, as well as going onward and up
  • Muskmelon and grapefruit: symbolize family and hope. In addition, grapefruit symbolizes wealth and prosperity
  • Osmanthus flower petals: in Chinese, osmanthus (桂—guì) is a homophone , which means noble and precious
  • Leek/chives: leek (韭—jiǔ) sounds similar to , meaning long and everlasting
  • Poria mushrooms: another play on words, this mushroom (茯苓—fú líng)sounds similar to 福禄 (fú lù), or blessings and fortune




Spring Festival
Chinese New Year officially begins 
on February 5th, 2019, 
and ends on February 19th.

12 Chinese zodiac


A feast of everyone’s favorites and specialties:

Eggs: big and healthy family
Lobster: endless money rolling in
Shrimp: fortune and wealth
Roasted pig: peace
Duck: loyalty
Peaches: longevity
Tofu: happiness and fortune for the entire family
Fish: surplus and wealth  

                chinese new year fireworks

  • Activities & traditions 
    The reunion dinner, the most important meal of the year, takes place on this day. After dinner, the children will receive red envelopes. The family will then stay up late and wait for the New Year (守岁—shǒu suì).



Preparations begin the 16th, 
and the Lantern Festival is held 
on February 19th.

  • Activities & traditions    
Firecrackers start off a day of greetings and blessings between neighbors. 

There are no specific activities other than celebrating the New Year. The ancient Chinese will record and analyze the weather, stars and moon to predict the fortunes of the year. The practice is known as zhàn suì.

  • Food
    In addition to food from last night, people can also celebrate with Tu Su wine (屠苏酒—tú sū jiǔ).
  • Superstitions & beliefs
    It is forbidden to sweep or clean on this day, else good fortune will be swept away.


Enjoy the New Year, have some noodles and share greetings!

ZEN for me.

I chose to recycle a canvas box frame for my project.  I got this after Fall/Christmas for clearance at 90% off, so it was ninety cents!   Y...