Sleepless

Sitting here on my phone typing in a blog. I should be asleep by now. Why am I still awake? I wanted to read before going to bed. I opened the book and before I knew it I was falling asleep sitting up. I decided to put the book away. As I lye there to sleep, I tossed and turned. A door opening and closing awakened Me, making me realize that I had dozed off, finally. But, for how long? Tossing and turning begun again. I got up and walked down the hall. Back in my room with a bottle of water near my bed. Browsing through my phone and the sleepiness has gone. Here I am, up pass 2 am writing a blog on my phone. What a wonderful life.

Perhaps this happened due to me eating gummy candies right before bed. SMH(Shake My Head).

Valentine’s Day

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Valentine’s Day is not just for lovers. It is a day to show love to those

closest to you. Of course, we should show love to others every day.

Buy yourself a gift for Valentine’s Day or make yourself something special. After all, how can you love someone else if you do not love yourself?

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Give your children a gift on Valentine’s Day. As kids grow up, their boyfriend or girlfriend should not be the first person to give them a special gift on this day. Give your child their first box of chocolate or first ring, bracelet, or necklace. Let them feel and know how special they are from the start. Tell them you love them every day. Make sure you treat them and respect them with love.

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You can make a gift to give someone. It can be a cardboard box decorated nicely. The box can be used for make-up, jewelry, rock collections, or

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anything else that is a keepsake to someone. Make a piece of jewelry. Cook a meal for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Clean their home, or a room in their home. Make cakes, brownies, cupcakes,

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cookies, and other good treats. I love homemade treats. Make a card at home to give to someone.

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Remember the elderly, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters, neighbors, and coworkers. You may not have money to buy expensive gifts. No matter how much money you spend on a person what matters most is that the gift came from your heart.

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Blogging

Blogging, blogging, blogging. What will I blog about today? Honestly, I do not know what to blog about today. Right now I am feeling frustrated. There are so many things I need to do and want to do, but I do not know what to do first. Where should I begin? Make a list of the things I want to do and then prioritize them. That is a good idea.

The truth is. There are too many distractions around me. It is hard to focus when people and things keeps interrupting you. Some people are so rude. You kindly ask them to be a bit less noisy and they get louder and continue to interrupt you. Do not leave out that annoying phone and the knocks on the door. It seems as if people know exactly when you are trying to get some work done or just simply trying to spend quality time with someone.

You sit around doing nothing important and no one bothers you. But, as soon as you are trying to do something important here are the distractions.

Arthritis

In my mid-twenties I was diagnosed with arthritis in my back. The pain was very severe. Many times I could not stand up long enough to wash the dishes after having dinner. Once the pain hit all I could do was lie down until the pain eased off or stopped. The back pain affected every part of my daily life. There were times when the pain brought tears to my eyes. I continued to live this way for several years.

One day I heard about some all natural products that would get rid of the pain. In fact it would get rid of the arthritis. I had already used over the counter and prescription medication. Most did not help at all. The rest helped to calm the pain, but never took it away completely.

I started using one of the products and before the week was out I noticed I could move more and stay in the same position longer. Before using this product I had to keep changing positions of my body no matter what I was doing. I could only be in the same position a few minutes at a time. This product was cleaning my body on the inside and getting rid of stuff that was causing the pain.

There are three products that I used. I used it as directed. Now I have been free of arthritis pain for over five years.

Avon Valentine Day Gifts

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How I Lost Weight

Exercising is something I enjoyed often as a youth. Later I became stressed in more ways than one and started gaining weight before I knew it. As time went by I was so engaged in taking care of my family and putting all their needs before mine that I completely stopped taking care of myself. Depression set in without me knowing it was there. Years passed before I knew how far down I had gotten. I no longer recognized myself. All hopes and dreams were gone. Nearly all my clothes had gotten too small ( I had got too big for my clothes).

A friend invited me to a seminar. All I can say is I was amazed about what I discovered. Beauty was not a big issue for me. Some health issues had begun to set in. Most of the health issues turned out to be weight related. I suffered from severe back pain several years. I was diagnosed with arthritis in my back.

I decided to try some of the products I learned about at the seminar. I purchased a weight loss plan and started using it. A few weeks later I tried on a shirt that had gotten too tight to button up and the sleeves of the shirt were too tight around my upper arms. To my surprise, I had lost some weight. My arms could fit into the sleeves again. I was able to wrap and overlap the shirt around me. I was so happy.

While using this weight loss plan I started having more energy. I felt better than I had felt in a very long time. There was no sagging skin left from losing the weight. I went from a size 18/20 to a size 16 using the weight loss plan.

Blogging Journey Update

Chocolate Cake

Writing is not as hard as it appear to be. If you can think of something to write about and just be yourself as you write it gets a little easier each time. I really did not know where to begin or what to write about. I made a list of things to write about only to say to myself, ” So many people already blog about this. I don’t know anything about this that is not already published somewhere”.

A tip from another blogger helped me to get started. They said in their blog to write about anything. They literally meant “anything”. Of course it should be something good and clean for others to eventually read. I took her advice and started to write. Now I am finally blogging.

Although the things I want to blog about are already on the web in someone else’s blog, I can still blog about it. Look at chocolate cake for example. There are so many chocolate recipes already on the web that I thought my chocolate cake recipe would not matter. Well, guess what. Each of those recipes are similar because they are all chocolate cake. When you read the ingredients and directions they are different. Some recipes use cocoa powder, others use dark chocolate or milk chocolate. Some use candy bars and other things. The amount of ingredients vary as well. Some ask for 1/2 cup water. Another ask for 1/4 cup water. Another may be no water. Even the cooking time and temperature is different for some of the chocolate cake recipes.

Regardless of which chocolate cake recipe you choose to use, at the end of the day, it is still a chocolate cake. Now go ahead and start your blog. The same is true for youtube and starting your business too. Go ahead and get started.

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Deep Clean My Room

How hard can it be to clean a bedroom. I decided to deep clean my bedroom. I took everything out of my closet and dressers. I had so much stuff. Where did it all come from? Over time I stick things here and there, forget about them and never use them nor find a place to put them.

I got boxes to put things in as if I was moving. Now I have boxes

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taking up space in my room. There is still lots of stuff to look through and

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sort out. I have decided to keep using my box method. My bedroom is more of a storage room right now.

Here is my plan as I continue to deep clean my room. Step 1: Sort through the rest of the things not already in boxes. Label boxes if needed. Step 2: Clean and organize all furniture in the room, decide what pieces of furniture to keep. Remove unwanted furniture from the room.Do not throw out or give away the furniture until I finish purging and decluttering the things inside the boxes. You never know what you will need to keep. I may have to use as I complete this project. Step 3: Go through one box at a time sorting things out again. Purge as I go, to get rid of things I do not need or want. This gives me a second look and another thought at the items I put inside the boxes the first time. Remove all items from the bedroom that I decided to let go of. Step 4: Make sure everything has a home. All things I kept can now be put away and organized. I just might declutter a little more in this step. Put things in its place or home as I unpack the boxes. Rearrange things as needed. Step 5: Evaluate the room. Look the furniture arrangement and how everything is organized and placed. Ask myself, “Can I live with this right now? Do I like it? Will this work for me based on my lifestyle and daily needs?

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This deep cleaning and declutter project has been broken down into five steps so that it will seem a little more simple. In reality it is an all day project. Depending on my schedule for other things I have to do, this may take me two or three days to complete. As much stuff as I discovered, I may need a week.

Well, I better get started. See ya!