Days 22-26

Hello again,

Whew! It always seems like around the holidays time just seems to fleet by. I remember the old cliche that as we get older a year seems like a week, a week seems like a day and a day seems like an hour..... now I feel like a year seems like an hour..........WHAT is up with that ??? !

Nursing a bruised hip and knee from a fall last month. Seems to just not want to heal so quickly. Actually going for an X-ray this weekend..... Has slowed me down a lot. (...but not so much as to try to find my 5 minutes or so...

Been a fun few days. Hectic but fun. Find the FUN in whatever you do !!!!

 This one above was taken when I took a few moments to check out the lake. I even got the ducks in the lover half of the photo.... they were just doing their thing.  It was amazing to watch them and get away from a routine. I was watching the ducks do their own routine.......

 This one above is a shot of a great site to explore.... fun for the family or for the holidays to check out this site and see where your money travels. This particular bill has traveled 321 days before it was entered into the system again. It started out in Vineland and traveled to Galloway. Another bill I recently obtained traveled for 5 years before it was entered again and it started in NY. Over the years, I have had bills that traveled all over the Country and even a few out of the Country. This is a fun activity and it's free ! ( I don't get on the site all that much anymore as I'm so busy with the business. This challenge has forced me to spend a little more time to explore..... when I DO get on the site, it's so cool ! )  www.wheresgeorge.com 

Taking another little break with my friend Andrew at the Blue Coyote cafe on Main Street in Mays Landing. It is now under new ownership and is a very cool place. I love the coffee mugs ! Check them out if you are in town !

To all the followers of this blog, the people who are taking the challenge and to our page-viewers from all over the World..... HAPPY THANKSGIVING... and a wonderful Holiday Season to go out to all of you !

Enjoy !

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Catching up ! Days 15-21

Catching up !

Whew! This has been a whirlwind of a week. Some health issues set me back a little however it's pretty good now and I'm back in the game ! ( I'll keep you posted on all that)

So remember that Sunday is our day of change..... I'll remind you all how that works this coming Sunday. Last Sunday we did our workshop at Dave and Buster's and it was fabulous !

Shout out to Raymond Tyler and Darci Doran who graciously gave of their time and expertise to make this event so special !  Thank You !

From beautiful sunrises to 5 minutes of the "Jerry Lewis" story to 40 years of Happy Days- this week was incredible on the challenge.

Check out "Happy Days" as they celebrate their 40th Anniversary.
Teach our generation and beyond about the ultimate comedian , Jerry Lewis
And if you dare, get up and see a sunrise !

Enjoy your weekend as we approach Thanksgiving.... and stay with the challenge, even if you have to catch up !

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Never give up ! Day 14

Hello,

So last year around this time, I wanted to do a holiday event with my clients. A few guest speakers, holiday photo shoot for my models and lunch and shopping.... not too much to ask, right???

It never came about. For one reason or another, I couldn't get the location, get someone AT the location etc....

This year, I tried again. .....and this Sunday we are going to Dave and Buster's in Philly for this event. I am giving away a few gift cards for models and family to go shop at the Franklin Mills Mall outlet center.

This location is about an hour from me. I felt it was a great spot as I have models and artists of all ages. Dave and Buster's is so cool....pool tables, shuffleboard tables, arcade games, skeeball and of course the entire Mall. Inside the mall is now a skateboard part too !  WOW !

This will be the 2nd "In the Director's chair" Workshop we are doing.

Speakers sit in a casual atmosphere and talk from the director's chair. Then all the guests get to sit in the directors chair....

Don't give up on things, even when they may not work out the first time around !

Enjoy !

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Did you do something interesting today??? Days 12 and 13

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These 2 days have been interesting.  Yesterday I went to one of my favorite new places in Smithville.  It's called THE BEST GIFT IDEA EVER.  They have a few locations but this one is fairly new. I went in one day for I didn't know what it was . I passed by it several times but never took a second look. When I went in--- I couldn't believe the love I had for this idea. These are the 1st things I got.... The 4 A STAR name  ( Do you recognize it in the letters?) and my name AVA..... I love the Eiffel Tower so I had to get that !

I've  been back but not in a little while and I went yesterday to bring a friend there to purchase a birthday gift and of course, I purchased a holiday gift for someone there too.... what a great, different and interesting gift idea ! Love it !

Today, I am doing something I've been intending to do for a long long time.....that's to unpack some of the boxes in my tiny apartment that have been haunting me for some time.  I even packed up new boxes when we got my Mom and Dad's bed in from Florida and there they sit.....

So at least I'm getting to it. Forcing myself to do it today !!!!

Enjoy !

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Sitting Days 10 and 11

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So what happens to you when you just sit !  Do you reflect on any parts of your life? Do you rest your weary bones... LOL.... or are you just thinking about what to eat !!

Sometimes, when I sit, I think about all the things that happened up to that point.....

Let's go back to the day I posted the story about the PROSPER stone.
A friend of mine recently had a fire at his place of business. It wasn't a total loss, in fact, I do believe it was only a few days before he was up and running again. It is still a very scary and costly event.  So I went back to the store to get him a PROSPER stone. I felt like with all the new things he was trying to do in this renovated place , he needed one.

The next day, another friend posted on line about making a new way in her life..... I figured she could use one too. So I went to the store to get HER one also. I got them together, hoping there would still be a few left to get.                                

I also picked up one of my favorite kinds of stones and that is a Worry Stone. Do you know what that is? It takes the worry away from you when you use it.
Rubbing the stone in general is a good way to release the tension and worry. The indentation makes it easy to rub the stone without hurting or straining your hand muscles.
 Remembering that your left and right brain work opposite sides of the body.....place the stone in the hand of the side you want to release....for example if you want to release your creative side or your right brain....you place and rub the stone in your right hand- this occupies the left side of the brain and leaves the right side free-er so to say. Either way the benefits of the worry stone can be great.
Sometimes the color or type of stone you get warrants different healing properties.

So I picked up a worry stone for my friend. When I handed it to her, she dropped it and it landed on the pavement and it broke. Immediately thinking it was bad luck, she said, we determined that it was just something speaking to her - as she was going into her wallet to reveal a little folded note about the worry stone, just when I was handing it to her. So I went back and got one in a different color. I think this will work out fine.
Needless to say , it's been a busy couple of days......

What makes you think when you "plop" yourself down into a chair for a few moments......

What gives you that energy to get back up and moving again. ( or are you done for the night/day )

Found on Google: 
The brain's right hemisphere controls the muscles on the left side of the body, while the left hemisphere controls the muscles on the right side of the human body. When you wink your right eye, that's the left side of your brain at work. Because of this criss-cross wiring, damage to one side of the brain affects the opposite side of the body.

Maybe we should think about what we thing about when we just sit still..... maybe a different form of meditation !

Enjoy ! 

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What did you do today? Day 9

Hello.

So last night I went to a drag show and enjoyed so much the singing and styling of The Edwards Twins. These brothers, identical twins, have a wonderful show that they take all over the World. If you are in the Atlantic City area you can catch them at the Claridge Hotel for a wonderful Christmas show. They do all their own make up and use their own voices for all the characters and Celebs that they represent.

I was delightfully intrigued to see the next character come  out on stage, and the next and the next. They work very hard to make this a great 2 man show !

Their voices are fantastic.  I took 2 of my business associates with me and we had a great time.....

Look them up wherever you are and see if you can find time ( or make time) to check them out !

The Edwards Twins

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Day of change Day 8

Hello.

So here is how Sunday works if you don't remember or if this is your first time joining the challenge.

Sunday is a special day for a lot of people. Family, Church, Spiritual what have you.....

So what we do on Sunday is save our change for some special event that may be coming up later in the New Year.

How we do it is like this:

Count up your change each Sunday. ( any way that you like to do that). Whatever is an even or full  number of dollars - For example- 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00 and so on. Goes into an envelope. ( no change goes in these envelopes)  Seal the envelope, DO NOT Write on it and put it away. Any odd or left over change goes towards the start of the new week.  The trick here is to be consistent ( as with anything) and to REMEMBER WHERE YOU PUT YOUR ENVELOPES !  

See what you can put towards some special thing by doing this each week. That gives our brains a little shift and doesn't challenge us to do anything on Sunday but enjoy our families, our faith and our fine Weekend day as we prepare for Monday's start to a new week.

So Sunday's will only have   "A DAY OF CHANGE"  in our post except for the occasional reminder of how this works. Pass it on. My goal is to save more than last time.  :)

Enjoy !