If

"If you are going to doubt something doubt your limits"




Always have a little Faith, Trust and Pixie dust

Enjoy

Enjoy the little things in life because 
one day you will look back
realizing they were big things 




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Home made ice cream

The old saying: "I scream you scream we all scream for ice cream" on the fourth of July since both my adult children were home we made it a special celebration as my son was leaving the next day to embark on his new move to Seattle and we were also having a late birthday celebration for my husband ( he wanted to wait till both kids were home) instead of a birthday cake ( as he is not a cake type person) we decided to have banana splits and I love to make home made ice cream with my new Cuisinart ice cream maker so i made some salted caramel ice cream it was delicious! I usually just make simple vanilla but I came across the recipe and thought I would give it a whirl. I like when you try something for the first time and it comes out like it is supposed to.

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Practice

" Practice not doing and everything will fall into place." 

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Hardest

" The hardest tests in life is the patience to wait for the right moment"



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7 cardinal rules in life

                                   

                                                    I saw this and thought I would share

                       1. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up your present

                       2. What other's think of you is none of your business

                       3. Time heals almost everything give it time

                       4 Don't compare your life to other's and don't judge
                          them you have no idea what their journey is all about.

                       5 Stop thinking to much it's alright not to know
                          all the answers they will come to you  when you 
                          least expect it.

                       6 No one is in charge of your happiness except you 

                       7 Smile you don't own all the problems in the world


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The Ultimate Stillness

" In the ultimate stillness light penetrates the whole realm in the still illumination there pervades pure emptiness when I look back on the phenomenal world everything is just like a dream"  

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A True Relationship

" A true relationship is someone who accepts your past, supports your present loves and encourages your future"



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Holding

 " Holding on to anger is like grasping for a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else, you are the one who gets burned"  Budda

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I don't have time

"I don't have time to hate the people who hate me, cause I'm to busy loving the people who love me"

another quote i came across recently that resonated with me, I have always been the type that really never cared what people think of me, what matters to me is what I think of myself. 

the only people that I feel I need to answer to are of course the Lord above, to myself and to my soul-mate and our children they are my tribe,my inner circle. 

I have come along way to this belief it's been hard because being the last of nine children I was always trying to be the "person who pleases everyone" well I finally came to the realization that you cannot please everyone it just is a difficult task to do no one is ever happy. so I discovered that my personal happiness the little things are what makes me happy is what I will focus on. 

I have lost some people from my way of thinking and have also gained some people, for those that I lost including some family well I wish them all the best in the world and for the new I have gained there is a reason we have crossed paths.

there is to much negative thinking in this world I choose to stay away from the negative as much as I can and only focus on the positive,some say that I am being kind of sap by that way of thinking If I am being a sap then so be it I would much rather have a positive vibe resonating in me then a negative one, for negativity only brings you stress. 

I am choosing the to try be stress free as much as humanly possible.

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Quote from Dear Albert

" We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us"                                                                                              (Albert Einstein)

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2012 reflection

As I reflect on the past year I look upon many things, things that brought joy to my heart and things that brought some hurt but through it all it made me stronger.

Last January I was beginning my second semester as a returning college student and I must say I am enjoying it tremendously though it is frustrating at times to work full time and go to college full time but I am getting it done.

Feb- it was a quite month happy valentines

March- again still busy with school and work, husband still unemployed and spirit down but I know it will get better.

April- spring break much needed I am thankful that I have a job that I get off when the students do, my son turned 22

May- Jeff and I celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary I am proud of our accomplishment as many people swore to us that it would never last boy were they wrong! we had a family reunion for my mother's side of the family it was nice but there is still such a awkwardness and distance between me and three of my sisters it will never be the same. ( that breaks my heart but I can't make people feel what they don't) I find myself lost in all of this things that I believed well were not true it hurts.

I survived my second semester and did pretty well

June- our daughter turned 20 it's hard for me to believe that we have adult children, I am proud of the beautiful souls they are
our son graduated from UCSC with honors what  proud moment, he will  be off to grad school soon

July- jeff is checking into returning to school thank you pres obama for thinking about vet's who need new job skills. I am on summer vacation from work yippee attended a cousins birthday its' nice to reconnect with family.

Aug- back to work and college-  had to have gallbladder removed was not expecting that!

Sept- jeff finally back to school works out kind of nice his school is near my work same days I work so we now carpool together

Oct- quick trip to Az to visit my in-laws nice to see them , started to get back into my yoga and running hope to at least perhaps be able to do another 5k someday

Nov- turned the big 50 I do not feel older I never say I am older I like to say I am another year wiser! it was  nice dinner with the hubby daughter and her boyfriend missed my son he had to work.
Dec- full of the holiday spirit enjoyed craft fairs and picking up new ideas for homemade gifts annual daugher and niece shopping trip to san fransico we got drenched this year! , Christmas at my sister jeanne's great to see her son and his family from Japan, jeff and I got the flu we are on the mend now thanks to getting some good medicine from the doc. new year eve- I made the usual, jeff went to bed early since was not feeling good kaitlyn and kevin and I watched movies then I fell alseep just a normal quite new year' s eve.

my wishes for all in the new year- hope everyone has a new year that is filled with blessings

with a little faith trust and pixie dust