Did you recently take the course for Dreamweaver in Bryan county? If so follow this link to additional materials you can use. The material will stay available until April 10th.
On a personal note:I want to also thank you all for such a wonderful time last week. It was a real joy and you all made me feel very welcome and immediately comfortable. If you should need anything in the future, please do not hesitate to ask.
Cheers!
So, I recently finished the book “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Dr. Viktor Frankl and it really spoke to me. In the first half of the book, Dr. Frankl reveals experiences had and observations made while held in 4 different concentration camps, including Auschwitz. The second half of the book introduces the theory developed through his observations and explanations on logotherapy [Read more about Dr. Frankl and his works here]. His approach is matter of fact and simplified for the common reader-which I greatly appreciated. The book is relatively a ’short read’ and something that I feel everyone should read.
A passage I’d like to share begins on page 130; it begins to discuss “The Meaning of Life”. “…the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment. “ And it continues “One should not search for an abstract meaning of life. Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life to carry out a concrete assignment which demands fulfillment.” And it concludes with the concept that “Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by ansering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.”
As I read this I just thought “YES!”
There are so many additional passages I’d like to share, “The Essence of Existence”, “The Meaning of Love”, “The Meaning of Suffering” but I think you should get the book [click here] and read it all for yourself.
Happy Reading! [I'd love to hear your thoughts once you've read the book]
Categories: Check This Out, Home.
I have posted an update on the Photoshop course, just click on the “Online Courses” tab above for more information.
We’re now in our 12th week of pregnancy! We’re officially in the 2 trimester and quite excited about all of the changes. So far everything’s been very healthy and [knock on wood] easy! No morning sickness!!!! Mostly fatigue and that’s about it.
So, on top of all of the baby books…I’ve been reading some amazingly motivational books lately. For example Viktor E. Frankl’s book “Man’s Search for Meaning” and “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters” by Porras, Emery and Thompson. I HIGHLY recommend both of these books. I will post a few of my fave excerpts from Dr. Frankl’s book when I have a bit more time.
And last but not least the first annual Savannah International Animation Festival is just around the corner! I’m volunteering my talents by creating a program…that we hope to use. Need to find a sponsor for it though. Sadly it may have to go on the bench to be used for next year’s festival. We’ll see if you’re interested in sponsoring, contact the directors on the website NOW! Be sure to check out the website, they posted the line up and you can purchase tickets directly from the site. CLICK HERE FOR THE SAVANNAH INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL WEBSITE. Perhaps I’ll see you there? I’ll be attending and volunteering during the festival as well. Always glad to help friends ^_^
Categories: Check This Out, Family, Latest News.
But this time the sound of only two little feet instead of four! That’s right, we’re pregnant!
We’re now 7 weeks, 2 days. We found out on Thanksgiving day…with some clues the weekend before.
I’m announcing now since we’ll be traveling so much during the holidays [family has already been informed] and the next time friends in Savannah will see me it will be after my third month and it may be quite obvious. Everyone knows how hard I strive to stay healthy so I’m sure folks would start to talk and say ‘Boy, she’s put on some weight!” So, yes and no…I have a reason…there’s a little person growing inside of me! lol
Anyway, I had my first ultrasound earlier this week and everything is where it is supposed to be and no complications. Everything is healthy and moving along perfectly. It was so exciting to see the little heart beating on the ultrasound. I saw it right away and was just fascinated.
I have had relatively very little morning sickness so far. Mostly just waves of nausea throughout the day, tiredness and tenderness. I did have one really bad morning this past Monday but I think it was just a fluke.
Tom and I are both terribly excited and so happy we are finally sharing the news with everyone. It’s been hard to keep it quiet these past few weeks!
There are a TON of things going on in our household now so there’s a lot to update on the blog…but it will have to wait until after the holidays…much too much going on. We hope your holidays are as wonderful and magical as our will be this year. Stay safe and stay warm and cherish every moment.
Happy Holidays!
Categories: Family, Latest News.
Come back Friday, December 18th for a big announcement. See you then!
Categories: Latest News.
So another week has passed and as always, full of events and happenings.
The week started with finding out our spaz, Prince, has injured his knee. Possibly torn ligaments. So he has to be kept calm for two weeks to see if it will heal on its own. Keeping Prince calm is like telling the Tasmanian Devil to sit still. It’s been a week now and he’s still limping often. If it continues for one more week we’ll have to take him back to the vet for x-rays.
Georgia w/Baba
Georgia is still suffering from her skin allergies. Since my last post about her we have changed her food to allergy free-whoopity-doo dog food. I could go get the name of it for you, but it’s in the other room and I’d have to disturb ArtT who is sleeping at my feet. We also giver her regular Benzodine rinses and wash her two to three times a week with an ultra safe all organic shampoo. I’m watching her skin for any sign of flaking or dryness and so far so good. She hasn’t made any new sores and the old scabs are healing nicely. Now if we could just get her to stop itching and her skin to stop stinking…she’d be right as rain!
Calie and ArtT
Then Tuesday night one of our eldest, ArtT, fell a bit ill. Gave me quite a scare. I won’t go into the nastiness, but I sat up with him for about 3 hours one night until he calmed down enough to sleep. He and is sister, Calie are 11.5 years old now. Both are healthy and active, esp. Calie, but both have signs of fatty and cancer tumors. I’ll keep them going as comfortable as possible for as long as possible. He was very mopey and lethargic for about two days and is now back to his old self.
I had a lovely visit with an old co-worker/friend/mentor one morning [Oh it was so nice to get out of the house in the morning and go to a fave coffee shop downtown!]. What I thought would be only an hour or so, ended up being over 2.5 hours! We had such a great time talking about everything. I went an hour + over on my meeter and once again did not get a ticket. I have only had 3 parking tickets in my 7 years in Savannah, and I don’t know how many times I’ve gone over my meeter time. Let’s just say, TONS! I am sooo thankful for my good luck with that.
Leaving the farmer’s market Wednesday, I saw a tourist slam their car into the back of a local tour trolley. It was more of a metallic “smack”. Luckily they were not traveling at high speeds but it did some serious damage to their big white car.
The Bird
I cooked my first Julia Child recipe in honor of the movie “Julie and Julia” [so adorable, check it out sometime]. It was for a yummy, garlic, lemon and herb roasted chicken. I ‘trussed’ my first bird! I was nervous about it all and the whole thing was a little adventure that turned out wonderful. The picture didn’t come out so great, but you can see the finished result. If you’re interested let me know and I’ll send ya the recipe.
Cheers!
We attended a lovely wedding for my husband’s immediate supervisor. It was downtown and on such a lovely day after a week of cold and constant rain and grey. We ended up missing the roller derby bout-but we had to do the right thing and stay at the reception. While there I got to meet a new co-worker of my husband. He and his wife were terrific. They were from Brazil and danced and sang nearly every song. They were such a joy to be with. I look forward to seeing them again.
I had my first full night of sleep in two weeks Saturday night. Ahhh….I cherished it greatly.
I finally found the perfect sweater dress. I had been looking for one for a while now. I have never had the courage to wear one before…I’ve always been to wide in the hips…but I’ve lost a lot of weight this year and want to take full advantage. Now I just need some cold weather…come on, it’s the week of Nov 16th and it’s going to be in the 80’s this week?! Not complaining-don’t get me wrong.
Dairy Farm Trail
Sunday we took ArtT, Calie and Georgia out to a place here in Savannah known as the Dairy Farm. You can see it’s FaceBook page here. It’s a lovely little place and the dogs absolutely love it. We normally take the whole pack, but with Prince’s leg being weak, we decided to leave he and D.O.G. home.
I wrapped up the week by heading over to a friend’s house and doing our evening walking routine. It was a nice change of pace. We still did our 5 miles, but we did it in her neighborhood rather than out at the park downtown. Then once I got home we watched “Up!”, had some popcorn and called it an early night.
One bad thing about this week?…we ate out much too much. It’s just so much easier.
Categories: Family, Latest News, Pets.
So, I’m always reading something by Louise Hay or Dr. Wayne Dyer but lately I started the “Awakening” course by Joe Vitale. I’m not a huge fan of his approach in his marketing courses in all honesty, but I am finding I do enjoy his approach to self awareness or, improvement.
Here are Seven Key Principles to help you move forward in life:
Now some of this may seem a little odd or far-fetched but you have to listen to/read the full material and allow it to sink in. This is just the begining of the teachings of this course. I still feel that Louise Hay’s approach is more immediate in learning to let go because it focuses on the emotions behind what you are holding onto. It can be life changing in many aspects. But for now, I’m going to continue Joe’s course and I am focusing on a positve, happy, healthy and sucessful life. What are you focusing on?
Categories: General, Health and Wellness.
This one really cracks me up…nearly every time I watch it.
Another one that never fails to make me giggle. Sorry fellas.
I just thought this one is adorable. Just saw it recently and having 5 dogs that constantly try to take each others bone in some tricky manner…it really speaks to me.
It’s not new, but I really love these series of Prius commercials. This is the first one I saw earlier this year.
Another older commercial but another great series.
A newer one I started noticing about a month or so ago. Love the Gorillaz…and the first time hearing/seeing this one really surprised me. I was very happy to see it so well done.
Speaks for itself.
This one melts my heart every time. I LOVE this kid’s attitude-he could teach a lot of people a thing or two about perspective.
Categories: Check This Out, Home.
…and still no update to the travel section. I am honestly working on it here and there, but please keep in mind there are thousands, and I mean THOUSANDS of photos to go through and decide what I would like to post/share with the world. All of the ones from Asia need to be scanned…no fun there. Some I am thinking of putting for sale on stock sites which means I can not post them [in the same condition] here so I need to be selective.
I have also been diving into some very beneficial reading and study. I began Joe Vitale’s “Awakening Course” this week to help motivate me and clear my mind in many areas of life. So far-OK. I believe I’ll be able to get through the entire thing. I have also stumbled upon the Association of Work At Home Women and WOW! I quickly became a member and have been reading through [and listening/watching] the resources available there for starting your own online business. I believe this association will help me tremendously with the digital art course I am designing. [I plan on it running live in Jan-look for the schedule and website link here in the near future.] The group is full of amazing professional women that are there solely to support one another through all the steps of starting your own online business. If you are thinking of doing the same, or already have an online store/service, you should give them a look: http://www.awhw.org
I have also been collecting things around the house to sell on Craigslist and EBay. I need to get rid of a lot of clutter. I took a lot of pictures for the adds today. The only things I’m hesitant about selling are my old Korean manga. It’s very hard for me to let go of books…esp unique books such as these. [sad face]
Tomorrow’s Halloween. We didn’t do a single thing this year. But we will be handing out candy and watching scary movies tomorrow night at least. We were invited to a Halloween party last weekend [THE party of the year] but missed it ‘cuz I wasn’t feeling well. Very sad about that still [pouting]. Oh well. Life moves on. So, on that note, I hope you all have a wonderful-SAFE-Halloween-don’t eat TOO MUCH CANDY… and I’ll be back soon. {:0)
Categories: General, Latest News, Work in Progress.
So, I returned yesterday afternoon from another lovely trip to Mexico to find our indoor freezer that was stuffed full of meats (and I mean full, we received a lg shipment just before our trip) went kaput sometime while we were away. We’re thinking right after we left after seeing/smelling the evidence. So, the afternoon and night was spent getting the nastiness out of the house (to the dismay of our neighbors) and sanitizing the house. I’ll be working on this again for most of the remainder of the day and I’m sure the odor will linger for a while…but it is getting tolerable-or I’m just getting used to it.
On a lighter note, I should have the travel section started and a preview of a short animation that’s in the works online by the end of the week. Come back by Friday for some site updates and information on the baby squirrel I rescued a few days before my trip 
In the meantime, stay warm!
Categories: Latest News.
