Good morning!! Hope everyone is doing well on this Monday morning! I know Monday's can be a drag BUT I'm feeling pretty good!! I have really been focusing on self esteem and worth lately. Trying to fill my personal cup so that I am able to give to everyone around me. I'm on a journey of happiness and health.. positivity.. love.. just general life enjoyment!! It's not an easy task.. it has to be created.. it does exist but so does all the negative energy that seems so much easier to slip into. So for today I have done an I AM exercise. Affirmations and defining yourself is so important.. because the words you put after I AM truly define you.. and whatever you say after those 2 words you will start to believe.. So be sure and speak nicely to yourself!!! I actually had to get the dictionary out to finish this exercise but that's actually not a complaint for me lol I love the opportunity to learn some new words.. and I did!! Xenial means.. hospitable.. (from Greek and New Latin) And also Zest actually means to enhance enjoyment.. I was kind of surprised by this one because when I think of zest I think of... food lol Or "Zestfully clean" which now tends to make not a whole lot of sense to me LOL. ANYWAY On with the sharing of awesomeness that I have created. I am truly proud of myself for finding 26 positive ways to describe myself and not to be vain or anything but I could probably do more... sometimes it was difficult to choose which adjective to use haha. But that's great!! If I'm at my full level of awesomeness then that means I have plenty to offer to those around me and that's what it's all about!! So I guess I'm a little nervous about bearing my soul to the social media world here but you know what my husband says? (No guilt, no fear, no shame) < the key to a happy life. So far it's opening doors. I would love to go on about how amazing my hubby is but that shall have to wait for another post.. just take my word for it for now haha ;) WITHOUT FURTHER ADO: WOOT!!
There we are. Now, the trick is.. you pick words that you either feel you are.. or that you WISH to be.. Even if you don't believe it right now.. you will. Display it somewhere that you can go over it everyday... It will only take a few seconds but the impact will be great!! You are reprogramming your thoughts about yourself!! If I can do this... I know others are capable.. If you have been following I always say that I was one of the most negative people in the whole galaxy.. most likely.. haha.. But my perspective and thoughts are starting to change and with it my life.. Our lives.. (hubby and I) So I guarantee you as silly or as pointless or whatever negative feeling you wish to have towards this I promise you that's just your fear speaking... THIS IS AMAZING. It is truly transforming me and I hope that I can be an inspiration for others to transform themselves!!! Alrighty folks well Monday calls and I have things to accomplish!! I hope you enjoyed my post today please show me some love!! Comment, Email, I'm also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. Follow me to keep up with the latest!! Much love all!! VintageModMom
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Woot hey pretty lady!! Haha. I had someone tell me that I looked like "a little japanese lady" ..... That never crossed my mind but ALRIGHTY THEN. lol. I slept well.. be sure to choose a headband that is comfy.. but tight enough to hold your hair at the same time.. I did take a video of the unveiling but I'm having a hard time posting it here... It was hard enough just to get it posted to my FB page.. when I uploaded it from my phone .. Windows Media Player decided it should be sideways... No idea why... but it can't be fixed. Hopefully I can find a better way in the future BUT if you wish to see the unveiling you can do so RIGHT HERE! Annnnnd since everyone {my BFF haha} was getting antsy I snapped a quick "after" photo.. please be warned... there is no filter on this one!! *gasp* LOL. So view with caution haha. So what do you think? Not too shabby after just sleeping all night haha.. In the future I will play around with the tension and sections to see what kind of different results I can get.. maybe even get enough different ones to do another post! Woot! Wouldn't that be exciting!?! LOL. Anyway. Hope you enjoyed the headband curls and if you tried them out please share your before and afters!!! Definitely a recommended quick hack if you need to go somewhere early in the AM!! Or for any new mommas who just don't have the time to spend on a fancy hair do. Hope you all have a fantastic day!! Much love all VintageModMom What is up everyone?
So has anyone tried out this headband curl trend? My BFF {positive partner woot!} was raving about it and said that it is an absolute must try!!! Apparently her daughter does them every night before school.. smart girl!! ;) *sigh* Fine BFF let's do this then. lol. So last night was hair wash night so I washed my hair.. and DRIED it. I know right.. I did actually dry my hair before wrapping it up in the headband.. I hate sleeping with my hair wet anyway and BFF said it's done dry so... alrighty then game on! So at first I tried to use one of my crochet headbands but they are mostly made for decoration and they were not up to the task.. too loose.. So I pulled out the ol'faithful.. The look is going to change depending on which way you twist your hair and how big your sections are. My sections were about an inch thick and I twisted it away from my face.. So you take a section, twist it the preferred direction and stuff it in the headband.. Not too difficult.. takes a few minutes.. the first time may take you longer.. it did for me because I said headband quality issues haha... But once I got it done it was comfortable.. I slept fine.. And the next AM: It's time for some real talk! Woot! Honestly I have been feeling out this blog thing for about 2 years now and I think I'm finally starting to see where the path is going.. This whole journey started with my couponing.. I would find deals and coupons and want to share it with the whole world so I started a coupon blog.. But with the coupons came new meals.. and I started doing crafts.. I really just started embracing the WHOLE stay at home mom scene and I felt I needed to broaden myself a bit.. being limited to just coupons wasn't my style. Plus. I'm not an extreme couponer.. I coupon here and there but my journys have led me to more scratch cooking and less need for coupons. I have really been coming into my own through these past 5 years.. {Since being married} My husband has been a Godsend. Before I met him I was the most negative person on this Earth. I'm pretty sure of it. He has {with blood, sweat, tears and A LOT of facepalm moments} really shown me what life can be like when you shift your perspective. I have been studying.. in depth.. the powers of positive thinking.. Affirmations, Mantras, God, Law of Attraction.. etc. The list goes on, but I have seen results.. results that my negative attitude never got me. {I also need to pause here and say that my positive partner.. my bff.. is so right.. I'm a multi-tasking nightmare.. I must address this issue.} Oh Buddah. How right you are. I can tell you the very first time that I actually took some action against my own thoughts it was pretty eye opening. Our minds run constantly.. all day long.. how many horrible things are you saying about yourself?? When I would get upset and say something like... "gah.. I'm so lazy".. or "Ugh I'm just never going to be able to do anything right.." Hubby would stop me and say "Hey.. don't you talk to my wife like that." Haha. How right he was. So the first action I took was this WRITING ACTIVITY. Kinda like "turning that frown upside down" but with negative self talk.. Writing down all the negative talk and turning it into positive talk. For as simple as this is.. the shift in perspective is monumental. But. Don't misunderstand. Things aren't just going to magically change overnight.. You will feel that light bulb switch on.. but this is daily maintenance now.. at first it will be hard. Just like anything else.. practice.. and they lied.. practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect can't be made.. Don't strive for perfect.. strive for progress.. If you're progressing that means change is happening.. Change is good. Okay well. Here's some real talk -I'm totally lost. Starting writing this morning.. been writing.. but now it's after noon and my trail of thoughts has wandered so far into the woods and I don't know if I left enough bread crumbs to find my way back haha. So. MOVING ALONG. I really need to focus. Can I focus on being focused?? ... I'm starting to think that maybe I just don't know how lol. I can't sit still that long. THINGS!! Things people things!! That need doing.. and such. Yup. Always with the expectations. I too am a work in progress... which is why we are having this real talk.. lol. Okay so what am I focusing on right now.. Well besides the general cooking, crafting, momming, wifery.. the basics. Let's move on to the next tier. FOCUS! What I'm focusing on now is 1. BEING ME. The absolute most awesome best me =) 2. Writing more because I should. I feel I should. I enjoy it. 3. I'm studying up on how to be a Proverbs 31 Wife. 4. Organizing and simplifying life. {This is ongoing} 5. Letting go of all my fear. 6. Mantras and Affirmations That fear one is tough, but I'm realizing that's what's holding me back from doing all the things I love. Fear of other's reactions and thoughts and judgements.. However.. other's reactions and thoughts and judgements are their problem. Not mine. I can't achieve my happiness if I'm constantly living for others. IT'S REDONK. So here's to a new leaf.. or life..!! And if the Lord wills it some focus..!! I hope that you will follow along and watch me bloom! YES THIS ^^
Life% Thanks so much for stopping by! As always comments, emails, communcation is welcome!! Much love to everyone I hope we all have a fantastic week!! VintageModMom For those of you looking for some positive vibes.. mantras, affirmations etc. Pinterest is always a great place to start but here are some great sources as well.. DailyAffirmations.org DailyAffirmationStatements EverydayAffirmations InspireMeToday TheDailyMeditation Law of Attraction Mindvalley Mindvalley Academy {Both of these last 2 offer FREE classes online ALL THE TIME. Hubbs and I have listened/watched almost all of them.. they have really really done wonders for me!! I highly recommend jumping on board these!!!} That was my first time making the homemade gummi snacks.. Boy did I learn some things haha BUT I've made them twice since.. They are VERY good ... but not the healthiest I can tell you that.. there are now recipes that include fruit purees etc that you can use that are more healthy.. this recipe contains A LOT of sugar.. like.. 3 cups... But if you don't mind that.. they are soooo good.. lol. I have a serious addiction to sugar.. so I don't mind it one bit.. The recipe makes A TON though so now I cut it in half... even after cutting it in half I still have candy for like a month... totally not complaining though.. honestly. If you do want the recipe you can find it HERE. The other snacks.. I made roll out chocolate chip cookies and added some food coloring they did come out pink =) And I also put some strawberry yogurt in my heart mold and made some frozen yogurt snacks. Those were pretty fantastic!! There's lots of options for heart/valentines themed foods... These are just the ones we made last year.. I have made some new things this year!!! Can't wait to share them with you all!!! I just think it's nice to look back and see what I've accomplished.. Where I've come from and what we're doing now.. It's definitely awesome =) I hope you guys enjoyed the recap.. And I hope everyone enjoys the Valentine's week!!!! I know I will!! I'm going to be crafting and baking up all kinds of stuff!! Be sure to follow me around on FB & INSTAGRAM. Much love VintageModMom If you missed the links here there are again: Homemade Valentines GumDrops Nerdy Valentines So last year we had the heart shaped eggs.. I have a whole set of the heart shaped pans!! I love hearts so much!! lol. And then I did the bacon hearts.. not perfect but you get the gist anyway.. And of course cereal with heart shaped bananas! Hubby got a little giggle and he knew that I took the extra effort to show him some love =) We also did lots of Valentine's Crafts last year.. Or a few.. Here are the crafts from last year! Believe it or not I still have the "nerdy Valentines" I've actually recycled them.. Wait until you see what I did with them this year!!! Anyway.. if you would like to print your own.. you can find them HERE. That site also has TONS of amazing links for things for Valentines... It's pretty phenomenal. As for the painting.. we actually use a toilet paper roll and rubber bands and made some heart stamps.. Easy, fun, frugal!! And last but not least the treats!!! Hey everyone!!
So Valentines is just 7 days away yay! I love Valentines.. Hearts have always been my favorite shape... and I love chocolate.. and the post Valentine's sale chocolate haha.. And jewelry and all the pink and red and sparkly awesome yes!!! Last year we had a pretty great valentines!! We did all sorts of crafts! It's probably the holiday we did the most for.. haha.. That's horrible I know.. but I JUST LOVE IT!!! So here's the recap from last year.. Let's start with breakfast!! |
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