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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today let go of expectations. Expectations lock you into a finite vision of someone or something. Expectations reflect needs. What you are really saying is "I need you to be this or do this for my comfort level." or "I need this situation to turn out this way so that I can feel better, safer or happier." Expectations represent fears: "If this doesn't work out the

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Happy Tuesday! Today is Valentines Day. Today children will be going to school clutching their bag full of valentines to give to their classmates and their teachers. They will be eagerly awaiting all the valentines that will be given to them. When they go home they will be excited to show all their valentines to mom and dad. In the child's view they are excited about love itself! They are

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is an excellent day to look at your progress on your goals and resolutions for this New Year.... Now pause for a moment, did your inner critic just get activated? Reminding you of how little progress you have actually made? Perfect! Because right now in this moment is the perfect time to tell your inner critic to sit down, be quiet and take notice that there is

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Many times when we make our New Years Resolutions we do them on automatic pilot. Just stating the desired, wished for result and thinking hopeful thoughts like "I really hope I can do it this time, this year ...." We view the goal for the New Year as something that will be fraught with difficulty, struggle and false starts. Do we stop to consider all the talents,

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: The early New Year is full of resolutions. In the Webster dictionary resolution is defined as: firmness of purpose; statement of will or intent. To be resolute is defined as: having a fixed purpose. So as you make your resolutions this New Year give some careful thought. Develop a clear vision of what you want to create for yourself this year. Then make the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Use pain as a steppingstone, not a campground.  ~ alan cohen This quote reminds me that there is a tendency to avoid pain at all costs, deflect it, distract from it, suppress it, medicate it so we don't have to FEEL it. However, pain is a sign to us that there is an imbalance calling for our attention, for us to learn from. Pain is a signal that our body, mind, and

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My grandaughter Hailey and I had fun creating, painting and decorating 2 collage frames- one for her mom and one for her great grandfather for the holidays. I love Tulip brand Beads in a Bottle. They come in different colors and work well on picture frames, glass, paper crafts-pretty much any surface including fabric! They are easy to use and they give a 3D effect and harden like a brad or a

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Loretta LaRoche is one of my favorite people and one of her quotes inspired me today: If you think the worst and get the worst, you suffer twice. If you think the best and get the worst, you only suffer once. I needed to be reminded of this as I have 3 people very close to my heart that are finishing their journey here in this world and it has been difficult to keep

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Good Day and Happy 2012! Make Today the first day of the rest of your Life! A day of New Beginnings. Today YOU are the author of your story. Write a new chapter today. Write it full of promise of awesome things to come. Write it in first person, from your own perspective. Write it to reveal your true authentic self, to allow the real You to continue to come forth.

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is a special day! This day comes but once a year. It is a day that holds both the remnants of the old and the excitement and promise of the New. Today is a day of Release! Releasing all that you no longer need; struggles, misery, hardship, loss, lack, criticism of self, victim-hood. Anything that weighs you down. Anyone who holds you back. It is a time for

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is the tween day. It is after some holidays and just before another big one- New Years. It is also after all the hustle and bustle, high frenetic energy, the fast pace of all our recent activities, the peaks and valleys of interactivity with family and friends- NOW, take a deep breath in - and let it out- do it again - releasing all the stress and emotional

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My granddaughter Felicia came to my art studio yesterday and she created the most beautiful collage picture frame for her mom for Christmas! While I worked on cropping and printing the photos she selected, Felicia got inspired and creative with the supplies I put out for her use. And what an excellent job she did! I know her mom will be just thrilled with her gift and especially the fact that

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: As 2011 winds down we are apt to think of all the things left unfulfilled, unaccomplished or unattained. Then the inner critic grabs hold and uses these things to berate, belittle or bewilder ourselves. An effective way to disable the critic is to spend the last few days of 2011 and take a Positive Inventory of ourselves. Focus on the things fulfilled, accomplished

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: They say this is the season of miracles. This holiday season consider becoming a secret angel. Miracles don't have to be big and have lots of fanfare. They can be small, simple and anonymous. There are so many ways to become an anonymous angel for someone else. -Get your family and friends to fill out Holiday cards and take them to a nursing home and have the staff

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: There are many holidays celebrated in December around the world and right here in this country; St. Nicholas Day, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Boxing Day are just a few. So the holiday season is in full swing. Our to do lists are full of things like gift shopping, going to the grocery store, making travel arrangements, decorating

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is a great day! A day of unlimited possiblities. A day filled with your potential for peace, love and happiness! It is the season of Joy and Gratitude. With Possibility, Peace, Love, Happiness, Joy and Gratitude how can your day be anything but Great! Affirm:      It's my choice and I choose to have a Great today! Have a your choice Friday! Mary Ellen

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Your mission should you decide to accept it is to Scatter Joy today! A smile on your face to all you meet. Saying "Happy Holidays!" to strangers brings the most wonderful results. Try saying the most powerful of all words "Thank You" to as many people as possible today. Random acts of Kindness are very powerful too, especially at this time of year. Whenever I see

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: It's Monday! Did you refill your "inner tank" this weekend so that you started today with a fresh attitude and enthusiasm or are you running on empty? Take time now to pause, take a slow deep breath in - and then - out. Make yourself aware and observe your habits today. Change whatever habits are not working to keep your energy and momentum going in a positive

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Happy Friday! There is all the media hype about Black Friday starting early. Why even last weekend the sales hype was already in full gear. So that made me think. Why not start giving the gift of Gratitude and Thankfulness early too? Start saying Happy Holidays to everyone you meet. How about saying a simple "Thank You" to people who probably don't hear it a lot. Like the postal carrier, the

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Here are several new Positive Power beads that I made a few days ago. I am getting ready for a holiday show and am busy creating away! These beads are wonderful because you can use them as a bookmark in a book-I made large ones and smaller ones for different size books. Also I made one and hung it from my car mirror so I see it every time I drive and it reminds me of my positive focus. I also

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is about the Law of Repetition Whatever you practice thinking about becomes a habit and routine that your life simply repeats, over and over. If you are unhappy about any area of your life just examine how you have been thinking about it. Then ask yourself if you keep practicing the same thinking, same attitude, the same routine will you really have a chance

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: It is very stressful to try to live up to everyone else's standards for you, to people please, over commit because you're afraid to say No, do things out of guilt rather than free will, hold back your own thoughts and feelings because someone may not like or agree with you. Just for today try something different. Be your version of you, please yourself, commit only

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today be your own cheerleader! Cheer yourself on in all you do. Tell your inner critic "You're Fired!! Tell Fear to "get out of here!" Then start the self Cheers! Here's what your inner cheerleader says: Keep Going You Can Do It! Say Yes to Success! Act Like a Winner and So You Are! Believe in Yourself and Go For It! Following Through IS a Success! You Have What it

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today's focus is on Gratitude. Just BE Grateful today. As you go through your day make a mental note to yourself as things to be grateful for appear.There will be lots and lots of things to give a word of thanks for and to express gratitude for. That you awoke this morning and have another day of life. This country you live in, the job that you have, the paycheck

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Afraid to speak up for yourself so you say nothing and keep quiet? Did you know that your silence provides opportunities for everyone else to make their own interpretations? And some interpretations can create bigger problems than what you started with. In silence, no one can hear and know your truth. Today focus on speaking your truth. Not just in your own head but

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is appreciation Day! Start with yourself. Find 3 things you appreciate about yourself. It might be that you appreciate your sense of humor, that you did the dishes or put out the trash before you left the house this morning or it might be that you appreciate that you got gas last night so you didn't have to fill up before you went to work. Next, start with your

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Do you know what your non-negotiables in life are? If you do, do you hold strong to them or do you compromise them away? Take a little time and ask yourself "What things in my life, what values of mine are deal breakers, are non-negotiable?" Then ask yourself "If I feel this strongly about something do I follow through and hold fast to my beliefs or do I make

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: I saw a wall poster that caught my attention. It said "If you do not take care of your body, where will you live?" That really hit me. After all it is just like my car. If I don't do oil changes, check and rotate the tires, put gas in the tank and keep up on the regular maintenance then my car will simply stop working. I will then have to invest in either a new car

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought 11/31/11 We've all heard of Spring cleaning. However, the seasons have changed. We are officially into Fall with Winter and all the Holidays that go along with it not far behind. It may seem overwhleming to think about it- after all it seems that we barely have time to do the regular day to day things in our life! Don't panic! Take a deep breath in and then out- and

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: What has your self talk been like already today? Chances are that there have been many opportunities for the inner critic to pop up with negative thoughts, comments or helping to create a negative attitude. For the rest of today put a STOP! to negative self talk and negative attitudes and see what a difference it makes! The rest of your day will be lighter and

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought : Perfectionism is about a feeling of not being good enough, right enough, smart enough; a feeling of having to compensate for lack. Doing the comparison game with others to see if you did more or less than they did. Gratitude allows for the gift of Acceptance. Accepting that you ARE good enough, smart enough, doing enough. Gratitude keeps your focus on Appreciation

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Position yourself for Success! Let's go through the checklist: *Positive Attitude                                  Check! *Positive Thoughts                                 Check! *Positive Feelings                                  Check! *Positive Actions                                   Check! *Picture the day YOU want                     Check! *An Attitude of

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: And that is the message today. Make today a good day - even a great day! You can do it because the difference between a good day or a bad day is all in the way that you think about today. Thinking positively allows you to view any speed bumps as opportunities to use your problem solving abilities, to get creative, improve your patience, fine tune your communication

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is a "Yes I Can" A - Z Thursday! Just use the statement Yes I Can! and follow it with the letters of the alphabet. Here is my list: Yes I Can...Adopt a Winning Attitude Today! Yes I Can...Be Bold Today! Yes I Can...Cheer myself on Today! Yes I Can...Design my new business card Today! Yes I Can...Eliminate Ego Excuses Today! Yes I Can...Focus on the Finish line

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: You may not have control over much that goes on out in the world, however the one thing that you, and you alone have control over, is your thoughts. So today, exercise your right to control and choose the thoughts you think. Make them Positive, Powerful and Plentiful. Keep those good thoughts coming and watch your attitude and your results match them! Affirm:    

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Whatever challenges you are facing today know that you are strong and capable and you will get through it. And for every challenge you face there is always an opportunity for more knowledge, more experience and more valuable lessons. There is also the opportunity for Gratitude. Gratitude is a powerful skill that turns regrets and remorse into a Grateful Heart and

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: What you resist shall persist. Reality IS reality and trying to force a change in your reality creates chaos for you. Rather, change the way you look at your reality, then your whole perception changes and you may just find something that actually can be changed for the better. Affirm: Today my reality works better for me when I change the things that I can change,

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: You are worth taking the time to be selective about your thoughts today. Choose carefully because your thoughts will trigger the feelings that you have today. So if you want to feel better - THINK better! You can Do It! And better yet- You Can Think It! Affirm:     I am in charge of my Thoughts and I choose to Think Better to Feel Better! Have a Powerful Thinking

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Regardless of what trauma or drama is going on in your life or around you, regardless of what mood anyone else is in-don't become a dark cloud - Keep Shining On! Don't compromise your Joy and Happiness because of anything on the outside of you. Choose to stay Sunny and Serene. Choose to keep a Smile on your face, Humor in your heart, a Positive Attitude and a

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Do you know what your non-negotiables in life are? If you do, do you hold strong to them or do you compromise them away? Take a little time and ask yourself "What things in my life, what values of mine are deal breakers, are non-negotiable?" Then ask yourself "If I feel this strongly about something do I follow through and hold fast to my beliefs or do I make

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Make today a Yes I Can day. Whenever you are in doubt and you are telling yourself I can't do this, I can't get this done, I can't figure this out STOP! and tell yourself, "Yes I Can !" See the difference for yourself when you keep affirming "Yes I Can !" as you go through your day today. If a friend or coworker expresses doubt tell them "Yes You Can !" See the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Can you go 24 hours without complaining about anything? Find out - Today challenge yourself to see if you can go a whole day without being negative or complaining about anyone or anything. Instead see if you can say something positive, productive, find a solution, pay a compliment, find a gratitude, point out something good that you noticed, something humorous; look

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: There are always solutions available to us - if we are open to finding them. Many times we get caught up in the problems and focusing on what is not working in our lives. Just for today focus on all the things that are working in your life. When you shift your focus you may find a solution lies within the successes you do have. List the things that are working and

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Your actions demonstrate the truth of your words. So become aware and pay attention to your own words and see if your actions match up with them. If not, ask yourself why. Did you say yes when you meant no? Were you people pleasing? Were you afraid of confrontation and said whatever it took to avoid it? Did you have good inentions but allow fear to stop you?

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: I saw a wonderful commercial again today that is the perfect example for Optimism and I am so glad that it is geared towards young people because I have tweens and teen grandchildren that need to see more examples of what optimism and a positive attitude can do. A 12 year old boy goes to a ball field to practice his batting. Before he tosses the ball in the air he

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today discern the difference between activity and accomplishment. A daily schedule can be filled with lots of activity, swirls of motion going in many directions. The question to ask is how much is really being accomplished? Progress and success are not determined by how busy we appear to be but by the number of tasks we get done. Affirm:      Today I show the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Many times we look outside of ourselves for our self worth. We feel our value comes from our jobs, what we do for a living, from our partners, family or friends, on how many things we do for them, how happy they seem to be with us after we do those things. Sometimes our self worth comes from being a rescuer, caretaker, provider, people pleaser, from how many things

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Most times we ponder about the consequences from the big choices that we make; to get married, have children, seek a new job, ask for a raise, moving to a new location, buying a car or a house,... But what about the simple day to day choices that we make? Choices like did I choose to go to bed at a reasonable time so I got a good night sleep? Did I choose to be in a

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Yesterday is over. Today is a brand new day. If you started your day today thinking about what happened yesterday and trying to rehash it, analyze it, figure it out, recriminations about all the what ifs, should haves and whys - STOP! Yesterday is OVER. Today is a brand NEW day. Focus today on what you can do, all the possibilities that exist in this day. Focus on

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Did you wake up this morning thinking that today is going to be more of the same old, same old? Going through the same motions, saying the same things, performing today's tasks on automatic pilot? Well Good Morning! Today is a Brand New Day! Today when you say hello or Good Morning to someone, really hear yourself say it. Say it genuinely, you know, like you mean it.

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Finished some more flower power trinket boxes last night. I really love the striped ones! It was something that happened to cover up an accident. I painted the wrong color and thought how can I cover it up and still have it look ok? And then I tried the stripes on the pink and black box and I liked it so much that I repeated the stripe idea on the green box. Today I will put a sealant coat on the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is a great day to be ME Powered! You have personal power to tap into. And today is a great day to harness that power and push yourself forward to accomplish more of your goals. So look yourself in the mirror and affirm: Today I use ME Power to get things done! Have a 'Power'ful Friday! Mary Ellen Motivating YOU with Positive Power!

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I just finished these this week. I painted 3 new Garden Rocks and 2 what I am calling Flower Power Trinket boxes. I love how these are turning out. I used outdoor/patio paints for the rocks. First I put a base coat of white outdoor paint on them and then used colored patio paints to design them. this way they will hold up through the winter. I also finished 2 wood trinket boxes. I primered those

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Did you know that you are already a success? It's true! Many times we forget that we already have a success history in different areas of our life. Things like a college degree, living on your own in your first apartment, having a successful interview and getting a job, a promotion, raise, running a household, traveling or moving out of state, owning your first car

Mary Ellen Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275720213719593224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984788813873213706.post-81164455769082779902011-08-04T07:54:00.000-07:002011-08-04T07:54:37.223-07:00

Just Finished a batch of my new Book Beads! I am really loving the way they turned out! My hubby made me a peg board tripod and I can fit the whole batch on it. The peg board has a handle and folds up easy so I can take it to the vendor shows I do. I am still debating about painting the board a lime green or not. I think I will test a small scrap piece of peg board first. I feel that the green

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Well I finished the Turtle garden rock! And the words Steady Progress are so appropo for me. Each day I just keep plugging away a little at a time and the great results are showing up. Now the next step is to place them out in my yard which I will do tomorrow and I will take pics to show you. The next phase is to paint a smaller Garden Rock that I will be giving away at my Studio Garden Party.

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Your actions demonstrate the truth of your words. So become aware and pay attention to your own words and see if your actions match up with them. If not, ask yourself why. Did you say yes when you meant no? Were you people pleasing? Were you afraid of confrontation and said whatever it took to avoid it? Did you have good inentions but allow fear to stop you?

Mary Ellen Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275720213719593224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984788813873213706.post-53125081338937022102011-08-02T07:52:00.000-07:002011-08-02T07:52:40.589-07:00

Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: For every problem there is a solution. However it helps if there is more focus on finding the solution than on complaining about the problem itself. So today observe whether your thoughts settle more on the problem or on searching for a solution. Retrain your brain to become solution focused. Before you tell anyone about a problem, come up with at least 2 possible

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is about Action! Taking charge of your day and your schedule to maximize success! Start with your mind. Think positive, powerful thoughts to get you started and keep you going. Affirm:   Today I take charge of my mind and my schedule with Positive Power and I can handle anything! Have a take charge Friday! Mary Ellen Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day

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Loving these new Garden Rocks I did! These are actual landscape rocks, @ 6-8 inches and @ 3-5lbs each. My hubby painted primer on them and then I painted a base color coat with outdoor paints .I used construction pencils to draw lightly the design and then I used again outdoor/patio paints and paint pens to color in the design and words. My 9 yr old grandson Josh actually penciled the base

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today make the decision that just for this day, this 24 hours, that you are too blessed to be stressed, too happy to be sad, too hopeful to be depressed, too calm to be rattled, too cheerful to be aggravated by people, places or things, too successful to consider failure, too open to all possibilities to be stuck in a rut. Then when you experience what 24 hours of

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Do you think you are a Yes I Can! or a "Yeah But..." person? Challenge yourself to find out. Take an empty jar, box or gift bag and on one side put "Yes I Can! and on the other side put "Yeah But...." Keep a small notepad next to it. Whenever you make an excuse or say Yeah but.... jot it on a note and place it in the container. Do the same for every Yes I Can! At the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: What kind of day did you decide you were going to have today? If you woke up and thought "I'm tired, grumpy and I just want today to hurry up and get done," you might notice that the rest of your day follows suit. You might perceive that there are all kinds of things that just seem to annoy you. It may appear as though some people got up this morning and plotted and

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: All you have to do today is to be the BEST YOU you can be. And in so doing you create a ripple effect that encourages everyone else to be their Best. And they in turn, create a Be Your Best ripple ... and on and on it goes expanding out further and further. So Go For It! Start a Be Your Best ripple. Affirm:      Today I choose to be the Best ME I can Be! Have a

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today's Focus is on the Power of I AM. I AM indicates the firm conviction and confidence of NOW, right Now in this moment. So let's play the Alphabet game. A to Z ~ I AM the Power of ME: I AM an Adventurer I AM my own Best Friend I AM Committed to my Creative Goals I AM Designing my new Life I AM Enjoying the Journey I AM Free to Be ME I AM Grateful Daily I AM

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today your challenge, should you decide to accept it, is to practice redirecting your focus. As you go about your day today and interact with your fellow citizens shift your focus from the negative to the positive, from fear to courage, from inertia to action, to strengths not weaknesses, to accomplishments not mistakes and appreciations not criticisms. Every time

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Did you know that two thoughts cannot occupy the same space at the same time? It's True! Did you know that what you are thinking triggers how you are feeling? It's True! So the Truth is: You can't think negative thoughts at the same time you're thinking positive thoughts. You can't be depressed while thinking happy, positive thoughts. You can't be discouraged while

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today's focus is on forward movement. If you have a destination, a goal, a dream, a desire to someday be further ahead, to do better, have more, go further up the ladder in life then you cannot get stuck where you're at right now! If you have become idle and perhaps even stalled out on your personal goals in life then today is the day to restart your engine! You must

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today's focus is on your support network. Who are the people that you can count on to raise your spirits, that support your greatest good, that will tell you the truth, speak from their heart to yours. People that are positive, that cheer you on in your dreams and goals. People that when you get done talking to them you feel better, you are in a better mood, you feel

Mary Ellen Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275720213719593224noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7984788813873213706.post-59032000428034388172011-06-24T07:40:00.000-07:002011-06-24T07:40:35.695-07:00

Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Don't let your day today be sooooo serious. Let your Inner Child out today and have some fun! Be as a child, see through the eyes of a child and see your world today from a perspective of wonder, play, laughter, creativity, imagination and sheer joy to be alive, to make this day the best day, the "funnest" day ever! Affirm:      Today I will insert some fun into my

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Gratitude is the antidote to worry. Worry is fear about the future, what will happen later today, tomorrow, next year. Gratitude is about the right Now. So when you find yourself worrying about anything, STOP! and become grateful. Find gratitude in the small things, the big things, the everyday things, the simple things. Have Gratitude for waking up today, for having

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: It's time again to play the alphabet game; today as it pertains to your work/career. We all have so many skills, virtues and talents that we use daily at work and in our careers. So whether you work out of the home, for someone else, have home based business or the very valuable job of being a homemaker and running a household, today it's time to tell yourself all

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Did you know ...that You are your most valuable asset! You ARE talented, creative, strong, skillful, caring, loving, grateful, intelligent, powerful, .... the list goes on and on. Focus on your talents, skills and strengths today. Don't wait for someone else to acknowledge your talents - acknowledge them yourself. Don't wait for someone else to appreciate your

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The view from my studio is getter better all the time! Grandkids, daughter in law, hubby and Me have been each adding precious creativity to the newly re-constructed picket fence. I have painted a table, bench that my grandson made, stained the deck, added colorful flower pots, got the Frog fountain going, added plants, chimes and color, color, color! I love the way it is turning out and it

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today discern the difference between activity and accomplishment. A daily schedule can be filled with lots of activity, swirls of motion going in many directions. The question to ask is how much is really being accomplished? Progress and success are not determined by how busy we appear to be but by the number of tasks we get done. Affirm:     Today I show the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Your thoughts create a story line and your life follows the script. If you are unhappy about any area of your life just examine how you have been thinking about it. Then ask yourself if you keep thinking the same way, the same thoughts will you really have a chance of feeling better, happier? Notice that you feel better when you think better thoughts. The truth is

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today Think Big. Stretch your comfort zone, expect more from yourself and set your goals higher and stop limiting yourself. Change your thinking from "I don't think I can" to "a firm "YES, I Can Do It!" Every time fear or doubt get in your way STOP! and say "I can do this - Yes I Can!" Now - go ahead and do it! Affirm:      Today my motto is "Yes I Can Do It!"

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought:There are only 3 kinds of business you can be in - your business, someone else's business or the Universe's business. Many times we find ourselves caught up in someone else's business. Getting involved in what is going on, paying attention and focusing on our friends', family or co-workers business. When this happens you do 2 things:-you are ignoring your own

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Well the studio changes are coming along. My hubby cut my picket fence in half, which I painted white and then he built a center piece that we stained and put my frog fountain on it. Then my grandson Brandon came over and painted a picket with his own design! His is the red, white and blue Love and I think it turned out amazing!  Mine are the flowers on the end and won't be complete for a couple

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought:Crisis can overtake our lives sometimes. At those times it becomes easy to focus on all the things that are not working in our lives, all the negative what if's, all the fears that get triggered and allow us to become preoccupied with stress and struggle. If we continue on this same path then crisis and fear become a habit of focus. We train ourselves to focus on

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: You are unique, incredible, wonderful and filled with unlimited talents, potential, imagination and creativity! Love who you are right now in this moment and know that you are amazing and the world needs you and your Greatness. So celebrate You Today! You are worth it! Affirm:      I love who I am and I matter and I make a difference! Have a Fantastic YOU Tuesday!

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Is what you say, what you do? Today Practice what you preach and walk your talk. Otherwise, you might as well say "Here take my advice, because I'm not using it." Affirm:      Today I focus on keeping my words and actions consistent. Have a Consistent You Monday! Mary Ellen Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day, in Every Way! Believe in Yourself, Anything is

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Some days you are surrounded with lots of people. Other days not so many and still other days it is just you. Truth is, on ALL days, You are your constant travel companion. Because wherever you go-there you are!  So decide to enjoy your own company and be your own best friend today. So far, today is a just Me day and I have focused on being my own best company and my own best friend. And I have

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: You were built for success. You were built for happiness. You were built for longevity. You were built for joy. You were built for power, speed and focused purpose. Now step out of your safe harbor and show what you are really made of! Affirm:      I am full of courage and I step out of my comfort zone and into the Go For It Zone! Have a Take Action Wednesday!

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: There is more than enough in the Universe for everyone. Lack is only a state of mind, a belief system that was handed down to us from our childhoods. Lack reflects a state of mind that says you are not worthy or deserving of having the best of everything- that you have to "earn" it - whatever "it" is. Today change your state of mind by changing that belief system.

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today and this Holiday weekend your mission should you decide to accept is: To Give yourself Permission To .... -Accept the flow and pace of things! -Be the Best You to everyone! -Count your Blessings! -Dare to be Yourself! -Enjoy yourself with Enthusiasm! -Feed your Soul as well as your Tummy! -Gratitude Power for the whole weekend! -Honor yourself and others! -

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Snapped these photos of my resident chipmunk and then started laughing. To me it looks like in the first one he is leaning over whispering to the cherub "Psst! Don't move and she won't know we are here!" And in the second one he is asking "How do you stay so still? I mean you don't even flinch- almost like a statue!" And in this last one he says "Oops! Busted! She sees me! Gotta Go- you stay here

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Good Day! Today be determined to see and feel success in all that you do. Today be determined to believe in yourself, your goals, your talents and your capabilities. Today be unstoppable, unshakeable and be determined to stay on track. Affirm:      Today I am invincible determination and I Can Do It! Have an Everything is Possible Thursday! Mary Ellen Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today life can be as easy or as hard as you make it. So prioritize, organize and keep it simple. Simplicity is an excellent solution to a hectic schedule. Keep your schedule and your tasks as simple as possible. If you have time consuming tasks to do then do a couple of quick easy tasks first to bolster your confidence and feel that sense of accomplishment. Keep

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: There are only two emotions: Love and Fear. Our whole day today will consist of choosing one or the other in how we conduct ourselves, the decisions we make, how we treat others, how we speak to others and how we react to people, places and things. Today stand strong in the face of your fears and choose Love. Affirm:      Today I choose Love and I am Love in Action!

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Each day is a new beginning. Today is a clean slate. You can make today a great day or a difficult day. It's your choice. Here are some ways of making today a great day: -Take a moment and SEE - Visualize what your great day would look like. -Write down a couple of positive statements and post them where you can easily see them. ( today mine are "You can do it!"

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Here are 8 ways for you to promote your Inner Peace: 1- Positive Thinking - your attitude launches your day. 2- Don't forget to Breathe - and breathe deeply and fully. 3- Emotional Energy - FEEL GOOD; you're supposed to be joyful. Let go and learn to ENJOY! 4- Self Love - Love yourself just the way you are - right now. 5- Gratitude Power - try it. 6- Meditation -

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: "You can be pitiful or you can be powerful. You can't be both." Joyce Meyer Today step out of victimhood, refuse to spiral in negative thinking. Decline any invitations to join others in their misery and strife. Thwart your Inner Critic by saying STOP! to the blame game. Today Choose to stand in the Power of You. Decide that you are Strong and Determined enough to

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: No matter where you want to end up, the journey starts from where you stand right now. Today put one foot in front of the other and keep doing the next right thing. Baby steps allow you to move forward in a smaller, more manageable pace. All those baby steps keep moving you further towards your goals, dreams and new habits. It's not how big the steps forward are

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today is about focus. Where is your focus? Many times we focus on other people and what they should be doing, are not doing, are not accomplishing, or the way they are doing things. We drop into judgment and decide to spend our time, effort and energy perplexing about what is going on with "them". What we are focusing on gives us clues about ourselves. Perhaps the

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Perfectionism is about a feeling of not being good enough, right enough, smart enough; a feeling of having to compensate for lack. Doing the comparison game with others for being or doing less than they did. Gratitude allows for the gift of Acceptance. Accepting that you ARE good enough, smart enough, doing enough. Gratitude keeps your focus on Appreciation for who

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Smiles and Positive attitudes are contagious. So are frowns and Negative attitudes. Ask yourself is your attitude worth catching? Affirm:      Today I start an epidemic of Positivity! Have a wonderfully contagious Wednesday! Mary Ellen Get Jazzed & Joyful About You, Every Day, in Every way! Believe in Yourself, Anything is Possible!

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: It is very stressful to try to live up to everyone else's standards for you, to people please, over commit because you're afraid to say No, do things out of guilt rather than free will, hold back your own thoughts and feelings because someone may not like or agree with you. Just for today try something different. Be your version of You. Please yourself, commit only

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: Today's mission should you decide to accept it is: Be good to Yourself. Treat yourself with love, patience, and kindness. Pamper yourself with a few quiet moments just for you. Tickle your own funny bone by reading something funny, watching kids at the playground, observing your pet or watching a funny program or movie. Whatever you do today or this weekend or

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Get Jazzed & Joyful Thought: The Creator, the Source of All, wants the absolute best of everything for each of us. If we do not have the best of everything in all areas of our lives our ego tells us it must be because we do not deserve it or are not worthy. And many times we buy it because our history - our story- seems to support that. What if we considered for a just a moment that perhaps what

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