Wishful Wednesday

I know.  It’s Saturday…not Wednesday!  But I’m still going to WISH!

The prompt this week on Jamie Ridler’s blog was “What do you wish to enjoy?”

My response?  Summertime. 

This is my third year working in education, so it’s my third summer of being off work for 8 weeks.  While it sounds like a wonderful thing (and for the most part it is), it can also be a little scary financially.  Remember, I have 3 kids in college right now which makes life kind of expensive these days! 

This year though, I am determined to enjoy my summer.  Spend a little more time in the pool.  Spend some time traveling.  Hang out with my kids (IF they come home this summer).   Scrapbook, of course.  Read.  Relax.  Unwind.  Stress LESS.

I can’t wait till summer gets here…

Wishful Wednesday

 

It’s been awhile since I’ve participated in Jamie Ridler’s Wishcasting Wednesday.  Usually I’m at work when the prompts come out and I forget by the time I get home!  BUT since I’m still on Christmas break, this is a good day to participate. 

Today’s prompt is:  What do you wish for the New Year? 

This can be such a loaded question.  So many areas to cover…  

• I wish for good health for my family and me. 
• I wish for happiness and love for those around me. 
• I wish for the safety of my “children” while they’re away at college and taking their first steps into adulthood. 
• I wish the economy would get a big boost so there were more stories of booming businesses on the news instead of layoffs and unemployment. 
• I wish no child ever had to sleep on the street again. 
• I wish all women throughout the world had the same freedoms as we enjoy in the U.S. 
• I wish mothers in Haiti had clean water to give their children.
• I wish cancer didn’t exist.

But back in my little corner of the universe…I wish for the confidence and courage to make the changes I need to make to move forward.

What do you wish for?  Stop by Jamie’s blog, see what others are wishing for and then post your own wishes!  Have a wonderful Wednesday!

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Wishful Wednesday

My wish for today? 

A chef.

A trainer.

A massage therapist.

A housekeeper.

And a driver.

Thanks Universe!

:)

 

Wishful Wednesday...This crazy little thing called life

This is pretty much how my to-do list is looking these days.  Partly because that's just how life goes...and partly because I can't seem to say NO...but mostly because there are a lot of things going on right now that I don't necessarily want to say no to.

Work is...well...work.  Kinda gotta stick with that if I want to do things like, let's say eat and pay for my kids' college tuition! 

Then there's the class.  Seemed like a good idea last spring when I signed up for it.   Now I'm wondering...what I was thinking?  Did I forget that I already spend at least 11 hours per day working (including the commute)?  AND that I'm also running a scrapbooking business (which I love)!?   None of that seems to matter though because I also LOVE the class (even though I have no idea how I'm going to find time to write the papers!). 

And then there's volunteering for the political campaign that I just cannot seem to resist.  And getting kids back to college.  And throwing a bridal shower.  And...and...and...

Anyway, all this is to say that I probably won't be posting as often as I would like over the next few months.   Of course, you can always find out what's going on by checking out my Facebook page! 

It's been a few weeks since I posted a Wishful Wednesday.  So, today my wish is to find a way to enjoy the process of living this sometimes crazy life.

Wishful Wednesday - Sending Love

Today Jamie Ridler's prompt is "Where do you wish to send some love?" 

My first thought, of course, is to send LOTS of love with my kids as they head back to college.  The girls leave this weekend and Elliot will be going back in a couple weeks.   They will all be taking pieces of my heart with them.  

Arielle and Ceara turn 19 on Saturday.   I remember loving them so much when they were babies that I thought I was going to burst.  Nineteen years later I realize that the love I felt then was nothing compared to my feelings for these girls now.  We have such a capacity to love and it seems to just increase and overflow with the passage of time. 

With Elliot's MRI coming up next week, my thoughts lately have been on all the children and families whose lives have been touched by brain tumors.    Even though he's been doing SO well, I always tend to get in a bit of a funk in the days leading up to his MRIs.   We have been so lucky but I know there are families out there that are struggling with the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation.  They need all the love we can possibly wish for them.  I hope you join me in sending your love their way.

Check out more wishes at the Jamie Ridler Studio blog.

Wishful Wednesday-Creativity

I found this awesome Wishcasting Wednesday post and I thought it would be fun to join in.

So, the prompt is:  What do you wish for your creativity?

My wish is that I would TRUST in my creativity, follow my OWN path...and then just LET GO of the result. 

Most of the time I find myself creating as a reaction to what someone else wants...a custom order or "what sells" instead of trusting my own instincts and doing what feels expressive to me. 

I think it would be great to just create and let go of all the expectations. 

What do you think?

Stop by Jamie Ridler's blog and add your wish!

Wishful Wednesday

When I was a kid, one of my favorite times of the year was in the fall when the WISH BOOKS came out.   It was a glorious day when the mailbox contained one of the Christmas catalogs.  JCPenney, Sears and Montgomery Ward.  I was in heaven!  Back then my mom and grandma always ordered our Christmas gifts out of the catalogs.   My siblings and I would spend hours going through the catalogs and circling (with our initials) the things we wanted to find under the tree on Christmas morning.   Then we would write out lists, complete with catalog page numbers to give to our mom and to Grandma.   Obviously much simpler times.   I think most of the things on our list were under $10.  Try doing that today!

These days I find all kinds of things I want to add to my WISH list.   No more waiting for the catalogs to arrive.  A trip around the internet gives me lots of ideas.  Sometimes I just "circle" them in my mind.  Sometimes I add them to my shopping list.   And sometimes I add them to my dream journal.

This one is going in my dream journal! 

Brave Girls Camp.  I can't begin to say how awesome this would be.  AND how much I NEED something like this.   The last 6-1/2 years of my life have been draining...physically and mentally.  This would be the most wonderful way to recharge.  So, it has officially been added to my WISH list and it's going in my dream journal and one of these days I'm going to find myself in McCall, Idaho!  :)

What's on your WISH list?