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Happy New Year and happy reading! How are you all? :) Have anybody made some resolutions for this year?
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What about you?
I feel like the Grinch because my upper lip and nose is numb from some dental stuff I needed done today. Lol.Sorry for the randomness.
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Megan wrote: "Barbara poor you!!! So much dental misery!!! Hopefully you will be done with all of it soon. Get in you're cozy bed and read or watch a movie then eat some ice cream once you can feel your face!!!"It kinda is misery now but it'll be worth it in the end now that I have a dentist who is actually nice and wants to do their job. They're very sweet there. I had to walk up to the office and it was freezing out. I mean that in the literal sense because it was about 25°F plus it was very windy. By the time I got in the office I was shivering and wheezing slightly because of a leftover cold. The receptionist made me a cup of tea and let me finish my tea and warm up before they called me back.
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Sorry everyone. My father in law just died last night. I'm kinda trying to cheer my husband up and keep up the spirits. It's been a tough few weeks.
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Thank you. <3 I'm feeling a bit better after a full night's sleep. I feel like I can function. I appreciate this group so much. Even though I didn't say anything until randomly I popped it up, this group has help hold me together by just being nice and teaching me and giving me someone to talk to regardless what what it's about. So I really thank you. You all have got me through a lot and you all didn't even know it. <3
Megan wrote: "My resolutions this year are to read more, try to do more things to make myself happy (which I often don't really focus on), attempt more random acts of kindness, and to keep in better touch with m..."I also want to read more, take care more of myself so my health and well-being are better and to be more spontaneous. I've some to do lists which include things which are important for my education and so I have more fun :D
Butterfly wrote: "Megan wrote: "My resolutions this year are to read more, try to do more things to make myself happy (which I often don't really focus on), attempt more random acts of kindness, and to keep in bette..."
You can do it. <3 Those are good resolutions to have.
You can do it. <3 Those are good resolutions to have.
Leela wrote: "Butterfly wrote: "Megan wrote: "My resolutions this year are to read more, try to do more things to make myself happy (which I often don't really focus on), attempt more random acts of kindness, an..."Oh, thank you, Leela. That means much to me that you say this. I weren't sure if these are real resolutions or not. But I really want to try them the whole year :)
Butterfly wrote: "Leela wrote: "Butterfly wrote: "Megan wrote: "My resolutions this year are to read more, try to do more things to make myself happy (which I often don't really focus on), attempt more random acts o..."
If they are important to you then they are real. Lol. And I hope you can accomplish them for the whole year. :) I started two resolution that I have a feeling I won't stick to. (I have more, but these two are destined to fail...)
1.) Write in a journal for a whole year.
2.) Don't stress.
I wanted to write in a journal to help me not stress out and I wanted not to stress out because my mom pretty much told me I stress over nothing and it ruins my sleep and my health. Lol. I am a worrywart. But... I think I'm going to keep stress because it's in my nature to. XP
If they are important to you then they are real. Lol. And I hope you can accomplish them for the whole year. :) I started two resolution that I have a feeling I won't stick to. (I have more, but these two are destined to fail...)
1.) Write in a journal for a whole year.
2.) Don't stress.
I wanted to write in a journal to help me not stress out and I wanted not to stress out because my mom pretty much told me I stress over nothing and it ruins my sleep and my health. Lol. I am a worrywart. But... I think I'm going to keep stress because it's in my nature to. XP
Leela wrote: "I wanted to write in a journal to help me not stress out and I wanted not to stress out because my mom pretty much told me I stress over nothing and it ruins my sleep and my health. Lol. I am a worrywart. But... I think I'm going to keep stress because it's in my nature to..."Leela I totatally understand, I am a worrywart by nature and have tried many things to lessen the stress. Somethings are just habbit and like any habbit can be replaced by another habbit over time. Some amount of stress is unavoidable, but it is how we react and deal with it that makes a world of difference. I still have my moments where I let stress overwhelm me, but at least they are not as bad as they use to be and don't last that long because I have learned to catch it before it goes on overload.
Writing in Journals does help- if you can remember to write in them. I am horrible at this, I start journals stay with them for a short bit and stop. The only time I have ever been really good at keeping a journal was when it was homework for school, lol. So I can relate on that matter, but keep trying even random journallng can help.
One thing I do for my stress is that I pray- a lot. This could also be meditating. It just really helps me to center myself and give my stress over to God, I pray everymorning, throughout the day as needed, and before I go to sleep. It does not have to be long or said out loud. Just a few minutes of praise, being grateful (even in the hard times) and asking for help. Praying for others is also really good as it is sending positive thoughts to someone else and getting the focus off of yourself. :)
Music is another big stress relieve, positive music affects our thoughts, A good book helps too, and a nice walk, watch an uplifting show. All of these are tools to help. Even taking a moment to vent to a friend or in a journal really is great because sometimes we just need to let the steam out.
One saying a very good friend of mine who passed away a few years ago, always said:
"You can't prevent the birds from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from making a nest in your hair"
There are things we can not control, but we can control how we think upon them and react to them. I try to practice on not having bad thoughts in my head and the endless to do list, just stress. I do not have to dwell on them, I can break them down to easier to manage bits and some I can just put right out of my head because what is the point of stressing over something that you can do nothing about. It is not always easy to do, but again with practice it becomes habbit and "playing the glad game" as Pollyanna would suggest really does help.
I know you will do well and those are really good resulations, don't worry if you don't stick to them, keep trying that is all that matters. And stress is a part of life, but we don't have to stress over the impossible stuff or dwell on the stress. Take life one day at a time, minute by minute when needed. And don't forget to read a good book and enjoy a nice hot cup of tea! :)
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I thought you told me it could be included.
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Andrea! Are you counting the picture books towards the main challenge?
I'm having a decision making breakdown. Lol
I started counting them. It's part of a challenge. It's a book. I'll count them. Plus I'm too lazy to go back and remove them. Lol.
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Ok I vote Andrea gets a harder reading challenge if that's the case. XD you win your goal by mommy default! But that's so sweet that you read to them every night! <3 I think I'll just add mine. Cause I don't read many children books anyways since my collection is a slow one. Lol.
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Andrea you should definitely count them!!!
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The kids have a bunch of step into reading books and at the rate we read them I would be at 100 books by the end of March beginning of April. lol
Andrea wrote: "I had not even thought about it. I mean I read at least one children's book a night because of the kids. I know I have a separate count for them. I might add them at the end of the year. I don't kn..."That's so sweet Andrea, my mom used to read to me and my siblings when I was younger, and I know it is probably one of the leading factors in how I got into reading and in turn writing.
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That sounds so sweet! Those kids are so lucky! <3
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I have not noticed this. I guess I should take a peek at mine.
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They love it. The little one who is 4 demands a story every night. Like seriously demands it. And if he doesn't want you to read it he finds the adult that he does want to read. So I don't read to them every night but they do get a story every night. Most nights it is me. Tuesday night it was my husband and my 4 year old was pretty serious about it. Like chased his dad down the hall and said "Read me a story!"
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Yeah the little one things he's pretty cute. We never tell them no story unless we have gotten home really late and that has to be like ten or eleven at night but we had talked about it before the oldest was born that we would never tell them no to a story because we want them to read.
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I want to listen to Alan Rickman's audio books... does anyone know any?
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Ok so my stepmom decided to buy me a used kindle. Which I very much appreciated. But the problem is... It's locked. Meaning the password of the previous owner didn't clear the password. Can I even fix this? I can't tell which kindle it is. Not fire tho.
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