Hideeho Friends and Family!

So this evening I wanted to share my 100 Happy Thoughts with you~ These are 100 things that make me feel happy~ Most of the things are very simple and that is what the list is all about~ realizing how many little things are out there to give us happy feelings~

If you want, take the time to read my happy thoughts. Then, I challenge you to make your own 100 Happy Thoughts List~ it is an activity that will really show just how many things you have to be grateful for.

1. Allen's Smile
2. Elizabeth's "I love you"
3. Katie's Text just to say hi during the day
4. Joshua's hugs
5. Eugene's quick IM saying "Hey"
6. Robert doing things with his little brothers and sisters
7. Being able to still nurse Allen at 7 months
8. Watching my children play at the park
9. Spending time with all 6 children
10. Family Dinners
11. Pizza Night
12. Reading to my babies
13. Allen reaching up to me to be picked up
14. Elizabeth telling me "You are the best Mommy ever" just because I made cookies
15. Craft time with the kids
16. Katie telling me she wants to live with me
17. Making Sunday Breakfast with my girls
18. Taking pictures of my babies
19. Snuggle time with the little ones
20. Sleeping Angels at 9pm
21. Picking & eating fresh apricots
22. Making an apple pie from apples we picked ourselves
23. Walking on a mountain trail
24. Picnic at the park
25. Picking blackberries at the river
26. Swimming at the river
27. Watching my daughter learn to climb a tree
28. Playing tag on the lawn
29. Watching Allen explore grass
30. Dancing in the rain
31. Puddle Jumping
32. Watching a lightening storm from our porch
33. Catching Frogs
34. Watching Butterflies land on roses
35. First blooms of the lilacs
36. Sunflowers bobbing their heads in greeting
37. Watching Allen explore his first sunflower
38. Listen to Elizabeth sing a little song about flowers
39. Seeing the excitement on Elizabeth's face when she sees a new flower
40. Taking time to stop and smell the roses ~*~At this point, on taking time to stop and smell the flowers... One of the blessings in disguise about the not having a car right now... The children and I walk almost everywhere. In walking, we are passing so many awesome things. It is a JOY to be able to slow down and actually stop and smell the flowers and enjoy all the wonderful things there are to enjoy ~*~
41. Coffee with Suze in the mornings
42. Talking on the phone with Shelia for hours
43. Breakfast & Coffee with Kerry
44. IM'ing with Dorothy all afternoon :)
45. Spending the afternoon with friends
46. Church on Sunday morning
47. Talking with Mark
48. Bantering with Chris
49. BBQ's with friends and Family
50. Spending time with friends
51. Prayer time
52. Meditation time
53. Singing as if no one is listening
54. Dancing with my broom as I clean the kitchen
55. Reading a book I really enjoy
56. Scrapbooking
57. Photography
58. Crafting with my girls
59. Bible Study Group
60. Journaling
61. Sitting down to a big juicy steak dinner
62. Baking a cake
63. Slicing into a watermelon
64. Sharing a peanut butter and jelly sammich with Elizabeth :)
65. Waking up to the smell of fresh coffee brewing
66. A cup of hot tea after the kids are in bed
67. Dunking cookies in milk
68. Enjoying all the fruits of summer
69. Having dinner someone else cooks and cleans up after
70. A special someone bringing me breakfast in bed
71. The sound of someone else washing my dishes
72. The aroma of fresh bread baking
73. Walking into a sparkling clean kitchen
74. Opening a fridge filled with yummy fresh foods
75. Cupboards full of good food
76. Sitting at the table with family for meals
77. Sitting at the table for coffee with friends
78. Fresh Cut flowers on the table
79. Scrumptious Essential Oil simmering in the simmer pot
80. Crawling in between cool sheets on a warm summer evening
81. Laying my head on a soft pillow frangranced with lavendar
82. Drifting off to sleep with my little guy snuggled up with me
83. Opening up the mail to find an unexpected bit of money
84. Getting a letter from an old friend
85. Sending a card to a good friend
86. Listening to uplifting music
87. Slipping into a bubble bath and relaxing for an hour
88. Getting a great hair cut
89. Finding the perfect dress
90. Finding the perfect shoes to go with the perfect dress
91. Putting on a pair of jeans that fit like a glove
92. Cuddling with the cat
93. Playing fetch with the neighbor's dog
94. Folding clothes fresh out of the dryer
95. Feeling the wind in my hair
96. Watching the face of a friend light up when I can do something special for them
97. Dreaming about my dream house
98. A cat nap with both of my babies snuggled up with me
99. Jeremiah 29:11
100. Remembering my Mom

There are my 100 Happy Thoughts for tonight~ Life is really good right now. Hope you take my challenge and make your own 100 Happy Thoughts List!!!!

Visual Affirmations

I began a journey into visual affirmations~ creating slide shows that have both written affirmations and pictures to help me manifest the things in my life that I want. I am intrigued at how the thoughts go when I watch one of the slide shows.

I sat here reviewing my creations earlier this evening and I was really aware how the statements being in the present tense with pictures made it so much more real to me than just reading affirmations off a list. I am impressed with the difference.

I am looking forward to see how well this actually works. I have started off rather simply. Using things that I believe I can attain. I know that in the past when I have used positive thinking and I stretched myself beyond what I believed I could get my mind would take over and there would be negative self talk going on telling me I couldn't do it. So I learned that for me, I have to have affirmations that I believe in. Start small and build up to bigger things as I achieve each step.

Along with the visual affirmation slides I am also employing the use of what I call memo's...

Using a program that is available on the internet, I am sending myself emails that contain an affirmation in the headline. So even if I do not open the email to see the picture that goes with it, I will be reading the affirmation when I open my email account.

I am really excited to watch my life get better as I work this program~

In addition to this I got this really awesome email from a program I signed up for a while back. I posted the whole email on my Joyful Life Blog. But in a nut shell it talks about Zero Balance Gratitude. Zero Balance Gratitude means starting each day off with a clean slate. No expectations of "better" than yesterday things happen. It gives the little blessings in life a whole new perspective.

Combining my new affirmation process with zero balance gratitude...

I am working on attracting several different things into my life with my positive affirmations. What I get today may be different than what I get tomorrow. So, if I am looking at say family time as the affirmation... I will watch my slide show in the morning. There it is in living colour, the things I want to attract. Then as the day progresses, anytime I have an interaction with one of my family members that is in line with my affirmations even if it is LITTLE because I have started with zero balance gratitude I will be able to recognize each little achievement that gets me in the direction of my goal.

With that... I am off to get a little sleep~ hope you all have a GREAT day and I'll write more soon!