Review of Week 27 – Watching My Thoughts

  For this week’s bettering yourself challenge,  Watching my Thoughts, I learned that my thoughts are more positive when I trust in my nature, like Wayne Dyer says.  My own nature knows who I am and why I am here, but when I don’t  trust my nature,   fear and frustration creep into my thoughts. When… Continue reading Review of Week 27 – Watching My Thoughts

Bettering Yourself Week 27 – Jul 1 – 7, 2013 – Watching My Thoughts

“Change your thoughts, change your life”     This quote by Dr. Wayne Dyer, has inspired this weeks’ bettering yourself challenge.  I am going to watch the many thoughts I think each day and see how those thoughts are creating my life. It doesn’t mean that a thought is true because it pops into my… Continue reading Bettering Yourself Week 27 – Jul 1 – 7, 2013 – Watching My Thoughts

John Tortorella, Vancouver Canucks’ new Head Coach, is also a Dog Rescuer

The Vancouver Canucks hired head coach John Tortorella, and an article in The Vancouver Sun said he is an animal lover and dog rescuer when he is away from the rink. “Tortorella and his wife, Christine, run the Tortorella Family Foundation, which, according to their mission statement, “was created to enable our family to reach… Continue reading John Tortorella, Vancouver Canucks’ new Head Coach, is also a Dog Rescuer

Why have your pet spayed or neutered?

Spaying and neutering makes a big difference: Just one unaltered female dog and her offspring can produce 67,000 puppies in only six years. In seven years, one female cat and her offspring can produce an incredible 370,000 kittens! source: http://www.peta.org/issues/companion-animals/spay-neuter.aspx

Bettering Yourself Week 26 – Jun 24 – 30, 2013 – Clean Out My Closets

I have been de-cluttering objects in plain view for months now, so I am digging deeper in the process for this week’s bettering yourself exercise, and I am going to clean out my closets. Some objects like costume jewelry and letters have been stuffed in Rubbermaid containers for years – some neatly stuffed, and others… Continue reading Bettering Yourself Week 26 – Jun 24 – 30, 2013 – Clean Out My Closets

Bettering Yourself Week 25 – June 17- 23, 2013 – Commit to Myself

For this week’s bettering yourself challenge, I am going to commit to myself. As a mom, I often commit to my children and family, and do what needs to be done, but forget to support and assist myself in my own goals and dreams. This week I am going to commit to supporting myself in… Continue reading Bettering Yourself Week 25 – June 17- 23, 2013 – Commit to Myself

Review of Week 24 – Spend More Time in Nature

“Nature is fuel for the soul, ” says Richard Ryan, professor of psychology at the University of Rochester. “Often when we feel depleted we reach for a cup of coffee, but research suggests a better way to get energized is to connect with nature,” he says. This week, as I spent more time in nature,… Continue reading Review of Week 24 – Spend More Time in Nature

Review of week 23 – Bettering Yourself – Stop Waiting

For this week’s bettering yourself challenge, I decided to stop waiting for things to happen and made lots of things happen. I cleared the stuff out of one room, and discarded or donated what I no longer needed, and then created some extra storage in the process. I also booked some appointments for the vet… Continue reading Review of week 23 – Bettering Yourself – Stop Waiting