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Self-Love Journal 5/8/16
It is Mother’s Day morning and off to the beach we go. Yay! I am one very happy girl.
Later….
It has been a great Mother’s Day. Gary has treated me so well and completely spoiled me. He has given me a gift card to Carrabba’s, roses, lilies and cinnamon bears. We went to the beach and enjoyed the ocean surf on our feet and the sun warming our bod
ies. Then we went to brunch at one of our favorite places, Zetas and I even had mimosas. 🙂 Then we came home, and he made me ribs with potato salad and baked beans for dinner. Yummy. I have such a sweet guy.
The only thing that could have made it better would have been to be able to be completely lazy at home and of course to have been able to spend time with Heather and MJ. However, we have to take most of our belongings downstairs and put them in the garage because tomorrow we get our new flooring. And Heather had to work most of today, so I only got to see her for a brief second when she dropped off an air plant for me as my Mother’s day gift.
Now it is time to finish taking everything out to the garage.
Self-Love Journal 5/9/16
I finished my Arms Challenge today. I am so excited about the accomplishment. I feel good, and I see the results it created. I am still a long way away from the defined arms that I would like to see, but I know that they are in my future. All I need to do is dedicate myself to them. I will continue doing 2-3 reps of arms on a consistent basis and finish my Abs Challenge. Tomorrow will be day 18 of that challenge, and I will find a leg challenge to start as well.
Today I will remember that life loves me and that I love life. This is good to remember because I am starting to feel agitated like I was a few months ago. I think I might need to make an acupuncture appointment soon.
We are getting new flooring put down in the bathrooms and downstairs today. I am thrilled that this is being done. Other than a few minor things around the house we are almost done with everything. By summer we should have it set up exactly the way I want it. Lol…
Self-Love Journal 5/10/16
It is eight at night, and I just finished my work out. I am sitting here waiting for Gary to get off work and Brooke to get back from the craft store.
I am proud of myself for making myself workout tonight. I so did not want to do it. But I persevered and did it anyway. I finished my ab workout, did three circuits of my old arm workout and added a leg challenge. Woohoo!
Tomorrow I will have to be good and workout at night also. I have to leave early again and do not think I will have time to get my entire workout in before I leave. I will try, though.
Our floors are pretty much done. It is so exciting. I will be spending the weekend cleaning them and bringing back everything from the garage.
I get to see my friend Jen tomorrow for lunch when I am near her house for work. I am so excited!
Last night Heather and Marcus joined us for dinner and of course little man. Boy, he is growing up so quickly. In less than a month, he will be a year old.
Today was a grueling day at work, and I feel it is important to remember to be grateful.
- I am thankful that I finished my work out tonight
- I am thankful that I had a few minutes of quiet tonight
- I am thankful for my relationship with Gary.
- I am thankful that we got new floors.
- I am thankful that we are going to Nashville next week.
- I am thankful I get to see Jen tomorrow.
- I am thankful I was able to talk to Jean and Sharon today.
- I am thankful I was able to go to the beach last weekend.
- I am thankful my air conditioning is working.
- I am thankful that I get to relax for a few hours before bed tonight.
Self-Love Journal 5/11/16
I like having XM radio because not only can I listen to my country music but I can also listen to Joel Osteen. He
always has positive, uplifting messages that help me bring the right energy and intent to my day. I like listening to him as I head to my appointments.
Today, his message was about becoming a “Nevertheless Person”. That it doesn’t matter what is appearing in our life or how impossible something seems because “Nevertheless with God’s help anything is possible.”
He also talked about how God takes our ordinary and makes us extraordinary.
Another message he shared today was about how our challenges and set backs are just a form of pruning in our lives that leads to a greater blooming. It is not a step back, it is a setup for an increase. If it were not for that challenge, we would not have done or become something better.
People see us the way we see ourselves, and it is important to love ourselves in a healthy way. We need to be able to say and believe, I am valuable, I am a masterpiece!”
Self-Love Journal 5/13/16
It is Friday the 13th. I got a portion of my workout done this morning and then took Brooke to school. Then I got some work completed and met my partner Desiree at one of our offices to pick out glasses and sunglasses for me. I was in desperate need as I don’t have a pair of sunglasses right now and my glasses are scratched and chipped. It was fun and Desiree helped me choose a pair that was way out of my comfort zone. I sent pictures to Gary to get him to talk me out of it but he just encouraged me instead. I have never spent so much or had so much fun on glasses. I guess, I can justify it and call it necessary since I work with eye doctors now. My daily glasses are Lindberg and are so light and funky and my sunglasses are Channel and are comfortable and fun.
Gary and I had a date night tonight. Two weeks in a row. It was pretty awesome, and we are finishing the night off with one dog at our feet, one dog at our heads and Brookie to our right watching the latest movie with Captain America and the Avengers.
I honestly think Gary and Brooke are asleep. I guess it will be up to me to take the dogs out for their last walk of the night. 🙂
Self-Love Journal 5/14/16
It is noon and I am already exhausted. Gary and I went on a walk first thing this morning with AJ. It is the last day of babysitting the grand puppy. Michael, Ashleigh and Chaz will be leaving San Diego soon and their flight gets in a round 10 tonight. After our walk I made Gary breakfast and then cleaned and organized our pantry. Then I gave our new floors a good cleaning and now it is noon and I am wiped out.
I am going to work on the Self-Love Project for a little bit and then I will get my workout in and go shower.
Later this afternoon Pickle and MJ will be coming over to spend some time with me. Heather has to work tonight and I am going to keep Little Man. I am excited to be able to spend some time quality time with him. It has been too long.
A quote by Abraham that resonated with me this week was…
I have to remember to focus on what I want in my life and not worry about what others are choosing for their own experiences. What is appearing in my life is a result of my past and current choices. I have the ability to consciously choose what experiences I want to have and today I choose the following:
- I choose to have a loving relationship with Gary, the kids, my family and my friends.
- I choose to have a loving relationship with myself.
- I choose to have a strong and healthy body.
- I choose to be fit and look good.
- I choose to be abundant and have plenty of money to travel, have nice things and retire when I am ready.
- I chose to have a nice, clean home that is a comfortable and happy place.
- I choose to be peaceful and happy.
- I choose to have lots of fun and laughter in my life.
- I choose to be an excellent money manager.
- I choose to have clients that make large purchases on a consistent basis.
- I choose to have a sales territory that consistently grows and is easy to manage.
- I choose to enjoy working out and exercising my body.
- I choose to enjoy eating healthy foods.
- I choose to prepare healthy meals for myself and my family with lots of love.
- I choose to continue to grow and learn more about myself.
