More Positive Thoughts

My Youngest and I went out to see a movie today and when we left the house I just had this strong feeling that I was going to find some money. As per "The Secret", I visualized it. I pictured a $20.00 bill. I saw it, I could feel it. I was thinking positive.

Well, sure enough, when we were standing in line at the show, I looked down and spotted what I thought was a quarter. Pleased with that, I thought my positive thinking was paying off. As it turns out, it was only a nickel but I still thought, "Hey, that beats a penny" (I found 2 of those yesterday).

Still feeling like I could find more, I kept my eyes pealed and sure enough, as we were walking into the theatre, I found a nice, shiny tooney (yes, it was really a tooney - not a quarter or a looney). So I thought, "There! That just paid for my parking." And I was pleased.

In the theatre, I did hear the guy behind us drop a coin and I tried to convince My Youngest to wait until they turned on the lights at the end of the movie to look for it (I told him that it definitely sounded like a loonie or a toonie - not a dime or a penny!). But unfortunately the ending credits were about as long as the movie (20 minutes of advertisements and previews before the show; 1 hour and 10 minutes of actual movie footage; and the credits/bloopers/outtakes were still rolling in a dark theatre about 10 minutes after the movie ended) and My Son was too embarrassed to stick around with me.

The good part, is that the movie didn't cost a cent. I used my last movie admission/concession gift certificate for our afternoons entertainment. The bad part, is that it is the worst movie I have ever seen in my life (I am not exaggerating). Do not run to see 'The Superhero Movie' ... and for heavens sake, don't take your 9 year old child!!! I was embarrassed to be a parent with a child in the theatre, but there were other younger viewers there as well. I assume the parents were like me (the previews didn't look promising, but I thought it would be suitable for a young audience ... I was sooooo wrong).

I was still feeling that my unfulfilled vision of finding that folding money was to come true, so I kept my eyes downward for the remainder of our outing. Unfortunately, that is where my story ends.

Oh well. At least we found $2.05. Subtract parking and we came out a nickel ahead of the game.

"Think Positive Thoughts"

This was the dialogue going on in My Second Son's head last night, as he drove to his accountant's to find out the final tally on what he will owe in income tax.

The week that he dropped off his income tax papers and talked to his accountant for the very first time had to be one of his most stressful weeks. 'Work stuff', 'relationship stuff', 'money stuff' ... and to top it all off, he was in an accident that rendered his truck undrivable (but thankfully he and the other driver were fine).

The night of the accident was rough. I could only see the way he looked and hear the way he talked. I was powerless in almost every way. But I guess, if nothing else I was another human being to bounce his words against.

My Second Son is resilient. It seems no matter how dire things look, he picks himself up, takes charge and he confronts whatever 'issue' is at hand.

So, last night as he had the litany of ''Think positive thoughts ... think positive thoughts ..." going through his mind, he would be rewarded once again.

He had saved more than he needed for his taxes and the extra money he saved will cover his truck rental and the deductible portion on his truck repair (and his truck should be ready pretty soon, now).

It was 3 weeks, to the day from his accident that ... once again, things are looking brighter. Actually, he was feeling much better about the outlook on everything within a day or two. Last night, was just the financial relief.

Thinking positive thoughts can never, ever hurt. And who knows? It just may help!

"Think positive thoughts!"

Feeling Lazy

I am not getting the feeling of accomplishment that I have become rather addicted to. I'm sitting here spinning my wheels ...

I have never seen the numbers on the scale so high before. The activities (or lack of) of late have not been good for my waistline!

What's that all about?!? I started exercising when I weighed less! And now I weigh more? What incentive is that? Sheesh!

So, I decided to sleep in (in lieu of exercising) the past few mornings. I feel better when I bounce out of bed in the morning with a purpose and a plan.

My appetite went crazy after I started exercising. My brain was in overdrive and one of the mom's that I babysit for says you eat more when you are using your brain more (she's a student, so she should know, right?). I'm frustrated.

"The Secret" says to just place an order for your ideal weight as if you were looking in a catalogue. Sounds kind of hokey, but you know what? Tonight as I sat and focused on the number on the scale that I would like to return back to, I curbed my snacking. I focused on the numbers I want to see on the scale. And recognized that I really was full. I just wanted to eat out of habit, out of comfort ... 'filling the void' again.

I feel lazy in every capacity. Fat and lazy to boot.

I'm 'ordering' my ideal weight. I think I need to order some direction back into my days so that I can have that feeling of accomplishment at the end of the day. I think I'm addicted to that feeling.

Feeling lazy is fun for a little while, but I don't want to stay here!

Puttering Again

I just can't seem to leave the Family History alone. I still have 'unfinished business' - wanting to make up a DVD slide show with some of the photos and editing together some of the video footage I have of our visits.

This morning I thought I stumbled across the perfect way to make up a DVD slideshow (the result is posted on the side of this blog), but it cost a mere $29.99 to make a DVD. Oh well, it was still a good trial run - I know what I want to do. I'll just see if I can find another way to do it.

This PhotoShow is intriguing though. I'd like to make up some other 'photoshows' with other themes and music. I have enough ideas to keep me rolling for a while.

It's nice to have something to strive towards. I don't really like to idle for long...

No More Excuses

Now that the lion's share of The Book work is behind me, I really have no excuse to be overwhelmed, tired, spent, impatient, distracted, self-centred ... you name it, I've blamed it all on The Book Work. No more.

But for some reason the spunk and drive in me has dwindled. I'll give it a few days. Maybe I need a few days of rest. But I really should be focusing on being a better 'me' after the distractions and energy-drain of The Book.

I've still been puttering around with editing things on the book - formatting type of work. I figured out how to add a table of contents today which was much, much more time consuming than I would have guessed. In looking at the massive amounts of chapters I have, I'm thinking I got carried away. But it seemed best to break up the sections ... who knows. When I relook at this in a year, I'll probably cringe at the end product and wish I hadn't hurried the process along. Who knows. I could always rewrite it!

I feel totally lazy. It's kind of nice, but I can't let it become a habit. I wonder what my next project will be???

Mission Accomplished!!

I have done it!! I have finished the first draft of The Book. It has been printed and sent off to the 'sisters' for their final revisions. I have completed the first milestone. I am so excited!!!

I started collecting information for this project on January 20th. Today is March 23rd. I didn't quite accomplish the goal of 'writing a book in a month', but I ... wrote a book. I wrote a book! Not my story, not my words. But ... I wrote a book!

It is spring and I don't even know what happened to winter! I blinked and it was over. Wow!!!

Life is good all around. I wrote a book!!!!!

Mission accomplished.

Slow Going Today

I let the interuptions of the day take me away. It felt so very good at the time. I just followed where the day led.

I didn't accomplish very much. But it sure felt good to heed my body's wishes and just go with the flow.

Hopefully I'll wake up full of vim and vigor tomorrow. I was really counting on some productive time this weekend.

Here's to 'A New Day'!