Top 10 Tuesday

My Word for the Year.
I'm trying to narrow it down..........
Which one will I pick???

 attitude
 balance
 become
 believe
 commit
 dream
 enjoy
 exemplify
 enrich
 experience
 hope
 inspiration
 inspire
 learn
 live
possibilities
purpose
seek
sparkle
shine
treasure
uplift
vision

This is my 4th year choosing a word for the year.  I love it!  This year I'm going to take a class to make my word even better than it has been in the past.  If you want to take the class too you can!  Info is HERE - Ali Edwards, Big Picture Classes

BTW - it's 1/11/11 today!  Fun♥

2011 - It's Going to be GOOD!

Today I found my new favorite song.  Lady Antebellum's I Was Here

Here is what it says:
I Was Here lyrics
Songwriters: Burr, Gary S; Scott, Hillary Dawn; Shaw, Victoria;

You will notice me
I'll be leaving my mark like initials carved
In an old oak tree, you wait and see

Maybe I'll write like Twain wrote
Maybe I'll paint like Van Gogh
Cure the common cold, I don't know
But I'm ready start 'cause I know in my heart

I wanna do something that matters, say something different
Something that sets the whole world on its ear
I wanna do something better with the time I've been given
I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life
Leave nothing less than something that says ?I was here?

I will prove you wrong
If you think I'm all talk, you're in for a shock

'Cause this dream's too strong and before too long

Maybe I'll compose symphonies
Maybe I'll fight for world peace
'Cause I know it's my destiny
To leave more than a trace of myself in this place!

I wanna do something that matters, say something different
Something that sets the whole world on its ear
I wanna do something better with the time I've been given
I wanna try to touch a few hearts in this life
And leave nothing less than something that says ?I was here?

And I know that I, I will do more than just pass through this life
I'll leave nothing less than something that says ?I was here?
I was here

I love this!  I do want to do something more than get up each day and do laundry, make dinner, go to work, spend time with my family.  I want to have my kids remember little things that I do to show them I love them.  I want them to pass down funny little songs and stories from our life and paint a picture of who I am and how I cherished them.  I want to be the best in everything I do.  Not competitive "best" (I don't have a competitive bone in my body) but best for me personally.I want to learn new things this year, see new places, create new memories that will last beyond this life and into the next.  I want to live each day to the fullest and make a difference and let people know I was here.

I'm turning 40 this year.   
The BIG 40!   
I could be very depressed about this but...I'm not. 
I'm excited! 
I have a plan to make this the best year EVER!!!
I read somewhere, on some blog, sometime ago, about a list.
a 40 before 40 list.
I'm going to do it. 
Projects, places, classes, goals, books, changes, oh I could go on and on!  I don't have my list finished yet but I'm working on it and hope to have it done by the end of the month.


I have decided to make " I Was Here" my song for 2011 to go along with my word and my 40 before 40 list.  I told you this was going to be a good year.  I can just feel it!


Now I just have to find the perfect word that describes how I feel and what I want to accomplish this year.  Wish me luck!

credits for me finding this song - Kristi's Marathon Video - It's awesome!

52 Blessings Project is BACK!

I’m a little mad at myself.  Well, mad and confused.  I can’t for the life of me figure out why I didn’t pick a word for last year or continue with my 52 Blessings Project.  Seriously?  I had a good thing going and I just stopped?
It might have been that I was recovering from “Hell Month” as I lovingly call December.  Sad I know, but oh-so-true.  December is just very overwhelming for me and it takes me at least a month to regain my normal self.
It also might have been that I was having to go into surgery for Thyroid cancer and I was getting ready for that.  That was hard and I’m going to use that as my excuse.
Whatever the reason I am disappointed.  I could have used those blessings and I would have been really good at focusing on my word- I know I would have! 
I’m getting back on track.  I went in the other night after I had posted my word “Thrive” and told Tom about my post.  He asked what my word was and when I said “Thrive” his eyes got BIG, his mouth dropped open and he had such a look of shock I thought maybe I had done something wrong.  He said that THAT was his motto this year! 
“Survive 2009 and THRIVE in 2010!”  (He’s referring to his Company and himself)
I promise I didn’t know, we do think alike, actually we think alike very often.  Is that what happens to married people?  It sure does to us. 
Anyway, on the my Blessings Project.  I’m hopping to get a group of blogging friends that wants to join me and post a blessing each week on Sundays.  52 Blessing Project is BACK!  Come join us.  Old friends, new friends, come one come all!
You can read about it over on my sidebar.  We sure had a lot of fun doing it and I’m so excited to get started.  It feels so good thinking about all your blessing each week it ends up being very hard to choose just one! 
If you want to participate leave a comment or send me an e-mail and I will add you to the list.  Anyone can join!  Tell your friends and family.  That way we can check on each other and see all the different things we are so blessed by.  I promise – you won’t be disappointed.  This is a life changing project.  It helps lift the spirit, boost your mood, enlighten your mind, fill your soul and heal your heart♥
Sunday – lets start by posting two blessings since this will be the second Sunday.  What do you say?  Are you in?

My Word 2010

  It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
Robert H. Schuller

We should learn to thrive in the heat of adversity.Joseph B. Wirthlin, “Seeds of Renewal,” Ensign, May 1989

In nature, plants require light, water, air, and nutrients to thrive. The human spirit thrives on love, knowledge of its origin, and teachings of a spiritual nature.  Michaelene P. Grassli, “Children at Peace,” Ensign, Nov1988

Simplify

I have been thinking for many weeks about what my word this year would be. Several went through my head without me really feeling anything. Then the word SIMPLIFY came to mind. A light went off. This was my word.

I have always made gaols at the first of the year with real intentions on doing them. However after a few weeks or months with the day to day challenges I fall back into my old habits. Last year was the first time I had ever heard of this one word idea from Ali Edwards. I chose a word and I know I am a better person because of that one word. Think. I have learned a ton of new things on the computer, I have become better at taking pictures, I have been able to focus on my feelings more and write things down I would have never even thought to share. I have also met so many wonderful people who truly inspire me each and every day! Ü

This year I want to focus on the simple things in life. Family, self, time. I always feel so busy yet never seem to get anything done. I was telling my neighbor Diane about the "one word for the year" idea and told her mine was Simplify. She walked right into her office and came out with a book by Carolyn J. Rasmus called,

Simplify a guide to caring for the soul.

I took it home and skimmed thought the first few pages. I cannot tell you how perfect this book is for me right now, at this very moment of my life.

Page 5 paragraph 2 reads:

Since those early beginnings to improve my life and make increasingly more effective, I have come to believe that to simplify our lives goes beyond mere management of outside interferences, such as interrupting phone calls and hectic schedules; it is far more than organizing closets or cleaning out unwanted or unused things that clutter our homes. To simplify is about enhancing our ability to focus on things that really matter, to deliberately choose our priorities, and to refuse to let unimportant things take over the things of real importance.

*****

That paragraph jumped off that page. It was exactly what I have been feeling and needing to do with my life. I have also been blessed this past week with an ability to have no emotional ties to anything in this house. That has been hard for me these last two years because I have so much of my parents things stuffed into ever crook and cranny of this house. I have felt freed this week and have gone through three rooms and de-junked without any feelings of guilt. I love walking into a room knowing that every area is clean. Even the parts you can't see!!!

Throughout this book there are quotes that I have fallen in love with and will post over time. She also breaks down the word Simplify and talks about each letter:

S-stillness

I-integrity

M- mercy

P- prune

L- let go

I-impossible

F- fortify

Y -you

I can definitely feel that this is going to be a good year for me and my family.

One last quote from the book Simplify:

Our priorities determine what we seek in life. (Dallin H. Oaks)

My Word For 2008 Is...........

More to come later on how and why I chose the word.

So far I am already in love!