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Hello Everyone!!

I've been away for a while. We went on vacation to see my nephew graduate high school.

I had originally planned to still have posts everyday,

then I didn't get to it before I left, and wasn't really on the computer

while on vacation.

We went to Boston. While it was a ton of fun, I'm glad to be home. The best part was seeing my sister, since the last time I saw her was dad's funeral, almost 3 years ago. Now driving around here, drivers seem to be good drivers compared to how bad they are there.

I will post more about my vacation later.

Inspirational Thursday

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There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.  -Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
Michael Caine

End each day with thoughts of peace. Begin each day with thoughts of peace. Continue thinking thoughts of peace throughout your precious day and happiness will be yours.

After a stressful drive to the gym for yoga, I decided I needed to calm down and be peaceful on the way to yoga. so I slowed down and not let the other driver’s bother me. I tried listening to slow music to help calm me. Then a song came on that made me smile. I realized then that calmness doesn’t just come from slow and quiet, it just being happy and enjoying the moment.

Calm Down

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So as I lay in bed last night, I got thinking about what a friend told me. She said I need to calm down. She told me this after telling her all the crafty ideas I have and want to complete.

Last night I realized she was right. I get an idea and get really excited about it. I love making jewelry, and spend at least $60 each time I order supplies. I got the idea to make a dress for my friend’s wedding, since it’s at Ren Fest. Since I’ve never sewed that much I decided I needed to start smaller with shirts and skirts. This weekend I bought about 15 patterns and some fabric. Though the patterns were only $.99, no way I would have spent $20 for a pattern.

At the end of last week I was exhausted. And I realized I was pushing myself too hard at the gym. I ran three days in a row, had yoga on Thursday, so when I wanted to run again Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I was just too worn out. Every training schedule I’ve seen says to run every other day. So I’m changing to that, they will be the days I do strength training. And walk longer after running, before going to strength training. I did this last night, and already noticed a difference.

So really I just need to realize, I’m not superwoman.

Sunday Wrap Ups

 

Monday
Spotted a mistake in Hot Tub Time Machine (Besides the fact that it was made to begin with)

Tuesday
I can’t stand people that go to the gym just to be seen.

Wednesday
I’m trying to turn into a runner, who’d have thought it! I used to despise running more than anything

Thursday
Inspirational Thursday. Relaxation and calming in Yoga.

Friday
I had nothing, so just random thoughts that popped in my head.

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Inspirational Thursday

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You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
~Author Unknown

Through the practices of yoga, we discover that concern for the happiness and well being of others, including animals, must be an essential part of our own quest for happiness and well being. The fork can be a powerful weapon of mass destruction or a tool to create peace on Earth.
Sharon Gannon

Earlier this week I read an article on yahoo about what yoga teacher would tell you. And one of the things was that you should get in a yoga state of mind before getting to class. Now, I go to yoga straight from work, and there’s horrible drivers on the road. Last week I got road rage horrible on the way to yoga. I mused to myself I was like yelling stuff like “Hurry up, some of us are late to yoga”. At least I saw the irony in it. I need to work on my yoga state of mind as I drive.

Inspirational Thursday

Since Thursday I do Yoga, I have decided I will post inspirational quotes.

The yoga mat is a good place to turn when talk therapy and antidepressants aren't enough.
  ~Amy Weintraub

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Yoga has a sly, clever way of short-circuiting the mental patterns that cause anxiety. 
~Baxter Bell, quoted in "Worry Thwarts," Yoga Journal, March 2006

I especially love this second quote because it’s so true. I have really bad anxiety, pretty much my whole life, but has gotten worse in the last year or so.Yoga helps relieve this anxiety and always makes me feel great.

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Weeks Review

 

Monday 
I reintroduced myself into the world of blogging

Tuesday 
Asked where my Spring weather is

Wednesday
I shared my hobby of making jewelry

Thursday
I found inspiration in the world

Friday
Rejoiced that I made it through another week

Time for Yoga and getting ready for the week. This will be me for the next hour: