Hey y'all!
I hope everyone is surviving this heat wave. Whew, it's HOT here in the beautiful South and I love the lake and fishing and all our fresh veggies.
I do not love cleaning all the above, however so I wanted to talk about mistakes, trial and error, and the satisfaction of finally getting it right. I'm not saying that my way is necessarily the "right" way. I'm talking about how you can get whatever you want by just trying.
So many times I have wanted to just throw my hammer, and tell the hubby that I couldn't fix, build, or worst of all, repair something I had broken because I wanted to make it "look pretty". Nope, not happening, not this girl.
War's have started over less!
I'm kidding, in a way....
OK, so to keep you from leaving I'll skip a LOT of my mistakes and just let you know I have made many and will again. I will keep trying though. I will not give up ever and that applies to every part of my life, from my problem child to that shelf I built over the washer.
You can never stop trying, your shelf may lean a tad bit to the left, but it's made of industrial pipes and 2x4's so that baby isn't going anywhere (& with the laundry soap's, a couple of cute baskets no ones noticed yet😉)
I know how badly it hurts when we fall, I know its painful and certainly not any fun. I understand that getting back up and dusting ourselves off and getting back on that horse after being thrown off three days in a row is daggone intimidating and I know how easy it is to walk away. The thing is that walking away gives you nothing at the end of the day.
The only way to get to be the happy, mentally and physically, is to go through your struggles and ride them until you own that baby.
You are so much stronger than you give yourself credit for. Stay positive, keep trying until you feel it's right, and if at first you don't succeed, TRY, TRY AGAIN~
Thanks for stopping by.
Peace and Tranquility ~
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
TODAY'S POST IS ABOUT HONESTY
Hey ya'll! I wanted to talk about HONESTY today.
Sometimes I just wish that people could really be honest with each other, you know? I know y'all are sitting there shaking your heads saying no, thank you very much, you don't.
No one really wants anyone to tell them those jeans make the butt look super big, or that pimple is sittin right on the end of your nose, it's grossing you out and getting bigger by the minute, or that they just had a baby that just might possibly be the ugliest they have ever seen. LOL
I know, we have to be tactful and we have to use that filter or we would lose our jobs, friends, husbands/wives/partners, and be ostracized and no one wants that, it would be lonely and how would we be treated just because you were HONEST about that baby looking like a frog.
Ok, so we lie, or rather, we use what I had a hard time learning, a filter. We tactfully tell that blissfully unaware new momma that her baby boy is the sweetest, most beautiful baby ever born, Bless his heart.
There are a lot of things that we do and do not say so that we can get along with other's and not hurt anyone's feelings and hey, that ugly baby is probably going to be the prom king.
Hey, it could happen.
I decided that I have spent too much time not being honest with myself and thats where I believe the problems begin. I am working on being honest with MYSELF.
I promise, I will not tell you that your butt looks big, unless it's a great look for you.
I am working on being honest with MYSELF about the things that previously I had not been able to. These are important things that you need to be honest about because if you are not then that's where you begin to allow negative thinking and unhealthy habits to start.
I believe that it's just like a garden. You sow your seeds, you feed and nurture them, but if you let too many weeds in, then pretty soon they will overtake your garden and that's what you will be left with, sure you may pull some tomatoes out, but your going to be spending all your time pulling up the weeds that you get tired and frustrated. You don't want to be frustrated with your life. No! You want to be Happy!!! Right?
That's my goal and I really don't need millions of dollars to be happy. (Feel free to send any millions you want my way though😉)
Anyway, I hope that you can look at your life and go ahead and be really honest with yourself about what you like and what you don't and start reducing the things that do not make you happy.
You see, we all have "weeds" we can start pulling. Let's start with something everyone has probably dealt with, like that "friend" that really isn't good for you. They are always complaining, you keep putting yourself through the horrible times just because you have for 20 years. No. Be honest, are you getting back anything? If not then let it go! What about your job? Now I know that we all can't just leave a place that doesn't make our soul full but we can be HONEST and ask ourselves if this is what we wanted and if it's not then you can certainly make changes so that you can have the career that does make YOU HAPPY.
Imagine that, getting up and doing something that actually makes YOU HAPPY and the only way to do that is to get down and dirty honest with yourself and decide what you want.
As women, we are always, always, always making other's happy, putting everyone and everything else (carpool, home, dishes for crying outloud!!!) first. I did it and then one day I lost my job and then as if that wasn't enough I found out that my money that I thought was "safe" was just gone....
so all those years that I did what I was supposed to do and married a man who beat me(sorry that's a post for another day)
My point for you ladies and gentlemen too is this: BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND THEN GO FOR WHAT YOU WANT
DON'T FOLLOW THE PACK
HAVE FUN ALONG THE WAY
BECAUSE LIFE IS HARD AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU UP AND DOWN AND AROUND
DON'T BE UNHAPPY
LIVE YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS YOU CAN JUST BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE HAPPIEST
PEACE, LOVE, & TRANQUILITY
BARB🏄
Sometimes I just wish that people could really be honest with each other, you know? I know y'all are sitting there shaking your heads saying no, thank you very much, you don't.
No one really wants anyone to tell them those jeans make the butt look super big, or that pimple is sittin right on the end of your nose, it's grossing you out and getting bigger by the minute, or that they just had a baby that just might possibly be the ugliest they have ever seen. LOL
I know, we have to be tactful and we have to use that filter or we would lose our jobs, friends, husbands/wives/partners, and be ostracized and no one wants that, it would be lonely and how would we be treated just because you were HONEST about that baby looking like a frog.
Ok, so we lie, or rather, we use what I had a hard time learning, a filter. We tactfully tell that blissfully unaware new momma that her baby boy is the sweetest, most beautiful baby ever born, Bless his heart.
There are a lot of things that we do and do not say so that we can get along with other's and not hurt anyone's feelings and hey, that ugly baby is probably going to be the prom king.
Hey, it could happen.
I decided that I have spent too much time not being honest with myself and thats where I believe the problems begin. I am working on being honest with MYSELF.
I promise, I will not tell you that your butt looks big, unless it's a great look for you.
I am working on being honest with MYSELF about the things that previously I had not been able to. These are important things that you need to be honest about because if you are not then that's where you begin to allow negative thinking and unhealthy habits to start.
I believe that it's just like a garden. You sow your seeds, you feed and nurture them, but if you let too many weeds in, then pretty soon they will overtake your garden and that's what you will be left with, sure you may pull some tomatoes out, but your going to be spending all your time pulling up the weeds that you get tired and frustrated. You don't want to be frustrated with your life. No! You want to be Happy!!! Right?
That's my goal and I really don't need millions of dollars to be happy. (Feel free to send any millions you want my way though😉)
Anyway, I hope that you can look at your life and go ahead and be really honest with yourself about what you like and what you don't and start reducing the things that do not make you happy.
You see, we all have "weeds" we can start pulling. Let's start with something everyone has probably dealt with, like that "friend" that really isn't good for you. They are always complaining, you keep putting yourself through the horrible times just because you have for 20 years. No. Be honest, are you getting back anything? If not then let it go! What about your job? Now I know that we all can't just leave a place that doesn't make our soul full but we can be HONEST and ask ourselves if this is what we wanted and if it's not then you can certainly make changes so that you can have the career that does make YOU HAPPY.
Imagine that, getting up and doing something that actually makes YOU HAPPY and the only way to do that is to get down and dirty honest with yourself and decide what you want.
As women, we are always, always, always making other's happy, putting everyone and everything else (carpool, home, dishes for crying outloud!!!) first. I did it and then one day I lost my job and then as if that wasn't enough I found out that my money that I thought was "safe" was just gone....
so all those years that I did what I was supposed to do and married a man who beat me(sorry that's a post for another day)
My point for you ladies and gentlemen too is this: BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND THEN GO FOR WHAT YOU WANT
DON'T FOLLOW THE PACK
HAVE FUN ALONG THE WAY
BECAUSE LIFE IS HARD AND IT IS GOING TO TAKE YOU UP AND DOWN AND AROUND
DON'T BE UNHAPPY
LIVE YOUR LIFE AS WELL AS YOU CAN JUST BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE HAPPIEST
PEACE, LOVE, & TRANQUILITY
BARB🏄
Thursday, June 18, 2015
SURVIVAL 101~
this is my first attempt so please bear with me and any co.ments are gretly appreciated
1) u must have a way to generate ur own electricity : solar panels, wind even a generator
2) have a way to store enough water or be able to generate ur drinking water
3) U MUST be MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY prepared to live at sea, wilderness, homeless basically.
can you live without: tv? air conditioning? a bath everyday, ect
4) u will need to purchase truck, boat, supplies, basics...
5) do you know anything about plumbing, electric, basic wood wrking? can you shoot? can you shoot to kill if you had to? could you live with yourself if you had to kill to protect your family?
6) do you have basic skills, can you grow veg, can you can? can you climb are you in good physical condition? are you willing to get your ass in shape?
No one is going to be out there to take you to the dr, I have medical training, what if you cut your arm or leg, do you know what to do?
These are just a few of the things I will be exploring and if you are tired of going to the same place every day, doing the same thing every day, and getting nothing back from it....who knows? Maybe we could learn from each other.
My fiancé purchased this home over 17 years ago. It was 55,000.00 when he purchased it with a $450/month mortgage. He had one, that's not a misprint, he had one credit card and that company scared him so bad that he went and got an ARM loan.....then, well we all know what happened, He was then laid off and we were able to apply for assistance and were supposed to qualify for a modification.
We somehow, missed a payment, and now they are advising we defaulted, so its just gotten to the point that a 50,000.00 home that Is actually worth about 40,000.00 is now supposedly worth over 90,000.00 and we are pretty much done fighting. We have our receipts, but with interest and all of this...we are getting tired. So, we can fight and pay them and live here to probably continue to maybe have issues in the future again...of, since our children are 23 and 26, grown men. we are both 46, why not let them have it since they want it so badly? Im basically tired of fighting. We want to see the world or some of it anyway while we are young enough to enjoy it. the banks were bailed out, but yet they only acted like they assisted people until things died down....so that is where we are at... prolly going to let them have this 40,000.00 house and let them sell it for 20,000.00 and go off the grid.
I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea, we pay our bills but sometimes you cannot win a losing battle
this is my first attempt so it may be a little jumpy but I want to discuss survival and homesteading and living off the land for as little as possible either in an RV, or maybe going to an area and building
1) u must have a way to generate ur own electricity : solar panels, wind even a generator
2) have a way to store enough water or be able to generate ur drinking water
3) U MUST be MENTALLY and PHYSICALLY prepared to live at sea, wilderness, homeless basically.
can you live without: tv? air conditioning? a bath everyday, ect
4) u will need to purchase truck, boat, supplies, basics...
5) do you know anything about plumbing, electric, basic wood wrking? can you shoot? can you shoot to kill if you had to? could you live with yourself if you had to kill to protect your family?
6) do you have basic skills, can you grow veg, can you can? can you climb are you in good physical condition? are you willing to get your ass in shape?
No one is going to be out there to take you to the dr, I have medical training, what if you cut your arm or leg, do you know what to do?
These are just a few of the things I will be exploring and if you are tired of going to the same place every day, doing the same thing every day, and getting nothing back from it....who knows? Maybe we could learn from each other.
My fiancé purchased this home over 17 years ago. It was 55,000.00 when he purchased it with a $450/month mortgage. He had one, that's not a misprint, he had one credit card and that company scared him so bad that he went and got an ARM loan.....then, well we all know what happened, He was then laid off and we were able to apply for assistance and were supposed to qualify for a modification.
We somehow, missed a payment, and now they are advising we defaulted, so its just gotten to the point that a 50,000.00 home that Is actually worth about 40,000.00 is now supposedly worth over 90,000.00 and we are pretty much done fighting. We have our receipts, but with interest and all of this...we are getting tired. So, we can fight and pay them and live here to probably continue to maybe have issues in the future again...of, since our children are 23 and 26, grown men. we are both 46, why not let them have it since they want it so badly? Im basically tired of fighting. We want to see the world or some of it anyway while we are young enough to enjoy it. the banks were bailed out, but yet they only acted like they assisted people until things died down....so that is where we are at... prolly going to let them have this 40,000.00 house and let them sell it for 20,000.00 and go off the grid.
I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea, we pay our bills but sometimes you cannot win a losing battle
this is my first attempt so it may be a little jumpy but I want to discuss survival and homesteading and living off the land for as little as possible either in an RV, or maybe going to an area and building
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