Amy Jacobs, Ameriplan® NSD/NT Ace Recruiter - Top Producer

New Ameriplan® E-kit

2009-03-17T18:38:00.003-05:00

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2008-08-29T08:50:00.002-05:00

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Ameriplans Top Producers Trip 2009

2008-08-05T17:00:00.003-05:00

One thing I love about Ameriplan is your rewarded for your hard work. Top producers this years will be going to Playa del Carmen Mexico! https://www.ameriplanusa.com/IBO/programs/TPTVideo/TPT-Mexico.htm

WOW time flys by!

2008-08-04T20:47:00.002-05:00

Its already August where does the time go I have been having so much fun building my Ameriplan business. We just celebrated my youngest kiddos first B-day I cant believe shes 1 already. My oldest is getting ready to go back to school in just a few short weeks. I look forward to getting my schedule back on track and keep moving forward in a positive direction!

Been Crazy

2007-10-05T09:54:00.000-05:00

Boy things have been so crazy lately! Last week I received word my grandmother passed away that's my father, uncle and grandmother that have all passed in the past 5 months :-(. Last week Triston my oldest got his tonsils out so hes been having a rough time and my other 2 have had the flu bug so mom has been on FULL duty. I am so happy I work at home for myslef good lord with all the caos I would have been termintated for missing so much time.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.--Frank Lloyd Wright

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Ideas will only get you so far these days. Count on personal relationships to carry you farther. The new economy is not just about the exchange of information. It's about the exchange of relationships.--Pam Alexander

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
For every minute you are angry, you lose sixty seconds of happiness.--Ralph Waldo Emerson
STAY POSITIVE!

Check this out!

2007-09-20T11:07:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEqdr_Awdak

STAY POSITIVE!

2007-09-17T09:38:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. --Joseph F. Newton Men

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.--Michael Jordan

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
We have not inherited the earth from our ancestors, we have only borrowed it from our children.

A little inspiration

2007-09-12T09:17:00.000-05:00

I'm proud to share this relationship with you and I hope you enjoy this short inspirational movie. The theme is timeless and the message is priceless.

Please take 2 minutes, sit back, turn up your speakers, and prepare to be inspired!
Click here to view the While You Can Movie

emergency room visit

2007-09-11T10:40:00.000-05:00

For the past 3 weeks my daughter has been fighting a fever the past few days it has been peaking to 104-106 I did not even know your temp could get that high without something bad happening so we had to take a trip to the emergency room and they gave her 4 shots in the butt (OUCH) to break the infection. The problem is my daughter has bladder reflux urine shoots back words into her kidneys and bladder over a period of time that urine that sits causes a bacteria infection in her body. I hate she has to keep going through so much because of this but her Dr does not want to perform the surgery to fix it until shes 5 years old shes only 2 now
:-(

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Making the decision to have a child - it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart walking around outside your body. --Elizabeth Stone

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.--Vince Lombardi

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield.
As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard.
This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.
--Lao-Tzu

STAY POSITIVE!

GEEZ so much homework!

2007-09-06T09:33:00.000-05:00

Okay things have been crazy on my end! My son is in first grade this is only his second week and he has has homework just about everyday 2-4 worksheets a night and he has a spelling test 12 words every Friday. Good lord! Thank god I work from home and have all this time to help him I am thinking about the moms that work 40 plus hours a week how the heck can you find time or balance especially if you have other kiddos this is CRAZY (lol) its going to be a LONG school year....

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.--Anais Nin

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.--Vince Lombardi

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness that characterizes the thoughts of men today. --Albert Schweitzer

Happy Labor day!

2007-09-03T10:17:00.000-05:00

Relax and enjoy today summer is coming to a close (sigh) that's okay I love fall time also (winter not to much) We will be hanging out doing some BBQ today ;-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. --Richard Bach

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
A successful team beats with one heart.--Unknown

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside them was superior to circumstance. --Bruce Barton

Tristons 6th B-day

2007-08-29T09:55:00.000-05:00

Yesterday was my sons 6th B-day! It was a busy day he was able to have a little party at school I made Spider man 3 goody bags with toys and tons of candy for his classmates he has 35 kiddos in his class. Last night he had friends over for food, cake and ice cream. He had a great day this weekend we are taking him to Kiddie Land Amusement Park as another gift. He recieved mainly trasnformer's, video games & money for his presents so I am taking him to Toys R Us Friday to spend his money he said hes going to buy more transformers (lol) hes obsessed with them right now.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out.It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. - Albert Schweitzer

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: What is success? It's the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
When one door closes another one opens. What you believe is the worst moment of your life could turn out to be the beginning of a new and better life... --Margie Tsoukias

computer crashed

2007-08-23T09:17:00.000-05:00

With all this bad weather were having I have been with and without power when my power came back on Tuesday I turned my computer on and it was blank nothing would load or boot up. Basically my windows had crashed so I had to reload the main version of windows XP all over (lol) one of those weeks. Today is my sons first day of 1st grade (WOOHOO) he was so excited I cried when I dropped him off I am such a sap hes like please mom don't embarrass me by crying (lol) I am so excited to get my schedule back on track no time like the present to make some money especially with the holidays right around the corner.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Success doesn't mean the absence of failures it means the attainment of ultimate objectives it means winning the war not every battle. --Unknown

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Today is like any other day, wake up, work it, live it...How you wake up to it, How you work it, How you live it,Is all up to the attitude you put into it...--David Bennett

STAY POSITIVE!

Rain Rain GO AWAY!

2007-08-21T07:49:00.000-05:00

YUCK its been raining 4 days now :-( I am SICK OF IT I need some sunshine supposably the end of this week the sun will come out.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
I define love thus: the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. --M. Scott Peck

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Living a life of integrity is one of the greatestmissions we can undertake. --Greg Anderson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Such to me is the new image of aging: growth in self and service for all mankind. --Ethel Percy Audrus

STAY POSITIVE!

Prayers Please

2007-08-17T08:38:00.000-05:00

Please keep the Utah miners and families in your prayers I just heard 3 rescuers were killed and they have stopped rescue attempts for now :-( saying its just to dangerous.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
In relation to others, gratitude is good manners; in relation to ourselves, it is a habit of the heart and a spiritual discipline. --Daphne Rose Kingma

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force; that thoughts rule the world. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are. --Marcus Aurelius

2007-08-16T09:17:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
True friends are those who really know you but love you anyway. --Edna Buchanan

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Dare! And dare again--and go on daring.--George Danton

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.--William Jennings Bryan
STAY POSITIVE!

positive vibes

2007-08-14T08:43:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that servesus--and those around us--more effectively. Look for the learning. --Eric Allenbaugh

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The crime which bankrupts men and nations is that of turning aside from one's main purpose to serve a job here and there. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. --Albert Schweitzer

STAY POSITIVE!

school shopping

2007-08-10T06:10:00.000-05:00

I have been trying to get all Triston's school shopping out of the way this week. He will be starting 1st grade Aug 23rd (WOOHOO) We got his list of supplies that was not to bad we spent about about $100 on that. We got his bookbag (Transformers), lunchbox (Spider-man) I ordered his clothes from Oldnavy.com and shoes from Sketchers. I think thats everything back to school shopping can get a little stressful especially the list part we went to Walmart and it was SO BUSY in the school supplies aisles. Its like Christmas shopping your relieved to get over with (lol) I am finally starting to adjust with the new baby she is defientely a little blessing :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
You know you are in love when you see the world in her eyes,and her eyes everywhere in the world.--David Levesque

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
A leader is a dealer in hope. --Napoleon Bonaparte

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be. --Tom Landry

+++++++++++++++++POSITIVE THOUGHTS+++++++++++++++++

2007-08-06T09:29:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is strong yet delicate. It can be broken.To truly love is to understand this. To be in love is to respect this.--Stephen Packer

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. --Robert Half

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Nothing is predestined: The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new .beginnings. --Ralph Blum

STAY POSITIVE!

2007-08-01T17:42:00.000-05:00

Meet baby Skylar Rose

2007-07-31T18:26:00.001-05:00

Born Sunday 7-30-07 she was born 7lbs and 5oz's

I made it!

2007-07-24T07:50:00.000-05:00

WOOHOOOO I am officially full term 37 weeks! Now I wait hopefully very soon it will be time to go and have this baby girl!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn. --Bernie Siegel, MD

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Harmful habits can be broken. You can break a bad habit of thought, just as you can break a bad habit of action. And you can develop new habits that are more helpful and healthful for you. --Dr. Arthur Freeman and Rose Dewolf

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow. --Robert H. Goddard

Positive Thoughts

2007-07-23T08:58:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: The heart is the happiest when it beats for others.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: Better to ask twice than to lose your way once.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
...focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. --Greg Anderson

feeling slugish

2007-07-21T16:05:00.000-05:00

The further along I get the harder it is for me to stay motivated. I had my weekly check up yesterday nothing new to report now its just a waiting game.. However my next appointment we are going to set up a date to induce me (WOOHOOOOOOOOOO) The sooner the better I need my energy back! Not doing to much this weekend just relaxing we just got back from lunch we will take the kiddos to the park to play for a few hours this evening when it cools down a little bit.

I am so eager!

2007-07-18T07:01:00.000-05:00

Okay I am 36 weeks and counting I am ready to have this baby anytime now (lol) I am trying to stay busy with the kiddos and working yesterday I went to Walmart and purchased all my trial accessories to take to the hospital. My bags are packed and ready to go! Now its just a waiting game...

positive vibes

2007-07-17T09:14:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Joy increases as you give it, and diminishes as you try
to keep it for yourself. In giving it, you will accumulate
a deposit of joy greater than you ever believed possible.
--Norman Vincent Peale

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
While it can be a good stretch to occasionally try out activities
you don't like, your strongest talents will only show themselves
when you're doing what you want to do. --Barbara Sher

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
"I can't do it" never yet accomplished anything;
"I will try" has performed wonders.
--George P. Burnham

Friday the 13th

2007-07-13T07:32:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a safe day today is Friday the 13th! I have a Dr appointment this morning I am kind of nervous (lol) now I go once a week to have my dilation checked. I have been having contractions for a week now. With my other 2 kiddos I never had contractions first I was induced with both of them. I am ready to get it over with!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Be present when you are with people. Breath deeply
and listen not only with your ears but more
importantly with your heart. --MRP

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
One must learn by doing the thing, for though
you think you know it, you have no certainty
until you try. --Aristotle

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
If you are breathing when you wake up, then that should
be all the motivation you need to live this day to it's
fullest... --MRP

Positive Thoughts

2007-07-12T11:15:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: An important trip in life is meeting people half way.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: Those who say something can't be done should notinterrupt those doing it.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Opportunity is missed by most people because itis dressed in overalls and looks like work. --Thomas Edison

Contractions

2007-07-10T10:02:00.000-05:00

Its getting closer to baby time I have been having contractions on and off for a few days now :-0 I am ready to bring her in the world.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine--not diet, smoking, or exercise--that has a greater impact. --Dean Ornish

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The best piece of advice I know for dealing with change at work comes from flying: If you lose your way, keep moving -- no matter what. --Christine Shipp

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
There is no failure except in no longer trying. --Elbert Hubbard

STAY POSITIVE!

Positive vibes

2007-07-09T09:30:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the
more kindness he/she can find in other people.
--Tolstoy

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Remember every job is a self-portrait of the
person who did it. Autograph your work
with excellence. --Anonymous

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Act with courage and dignity; stick to
the ideals that give meaning to life.

Had a great 4th

2007-07-05T15:11:00.000-05:00

We had a good day yesterday we decided to stay around town (IT WAS TOOOOOO HOOOOOOOT & humid for me) We went out for lunch and went to see the Transformers movie (It was AWESOME) when it cooled off we took the kiddos to the park for a few hours grabbed McDonald's to go and went to the firework's show :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The distance isn't important; it is only the first step that is difficult.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
If you want your life to be more rewarding, you have to change the way you think.--Oprah

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
My future depends mostly upon myself. --Paul Robeson

Have a safe 4th of July!

2007-07-02T08:35:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a great holiday we will be in Chicago tonight and tomorrow for fireworks fun & food! I think for the 4th we will be spending the day at Starved Rock just relax and cook out :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Life truly lived is a risky business, and if one
puts up too many fences against risk one ends
by shutting out life itself. --Kenneth S. Davis

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Leadership is knowing when to use your power.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
HOPE. Without hope for the future,
there is no power in the present.
--Author Unknown

STAY POSITIVE!

Having a good morning

2007-06-28T08:37:00.000-05:00

I am feeling good today & ready to go! My 2 year old is still sleeping (This is a first) So I am enjoying this time and taking advantage of the quiet time.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting forthe other person to die. -Carrie Fisher

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. -Muhammad Ali

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. -Anais Nin
STAY POSITIVE!

Positive vibes

2007-06-27T08:45:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The greatest gift you can give to somebody
is your own personal development. I used to say
"If you take care of me, I will take care of you."
Now I say, "I will take care of me for you,
if you will take care of you for me."
--Jim Rohn

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The secret of success is to be ready when
your opportunity comes. --Benjamin Disraeli

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Tomorrow is now.
--Eleanor Roosevelt

Great day at six flags!

2007-06-25T08:54:00.000-05:00

We went to six flags yesterday for Rhiana's Birthday we had so much FUN we got there at 9:30am and left when the park closed at 9pm :-) We bought the Gold flash pass SO WORTH the extra money you reserve your ride position and get paged then you get on at the front of the lines we only waited 4-5 minutes compared to hours of line waiting time. I am still pretty tired we got home after 11pm and to bed after midnight.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: You have your pencil. You have your colors. You paint paradise and live there.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: THE BEST PART OF LIFE is not just surviving, but thriving-
With passion and compassion
And humor and style,
And generosity and kindness.
-Maya Angelou

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
To gain access to the tremendousknowledge of your higher spirit,
You must quiet the mind that thinks,and go to the part that knows.

Hubbys D-day went well

2007-06-21T09:36:00.001-05:00

Yesterday was my hubby's B-Day so I took the kiddos shopping when he was at work we got him balloons, presents, cards and I bought one of those big variety cheesecakes (his favorite) when he came home we took him out for dinner :-) Sunday is my daughters B-day and were going to Six Flags for the day I bought her one of those life size card board Spongebob's (LOL) she loves Spongebob so that's her B-day theme for this year I also got her a tiara and sash to make her feel like a princess for her special day!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: The two hardest things to handle in life are failure and success.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The Three P's that lead to success and all your dreams...Passion, Purpose and Positive Steps. --Vernice Armour

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Saltwater is the cure for everything that ails us,sweat, tear or the sea.

Not feeling well today

2007-06-20T09:15:00.000-05:00

I am not sure whats going on I think I have a stomach bug I feel so nauseous and sick this morning hopefully it passes I will be taking it easy today.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: Love - the feeling - is a fruit of love, the verb. --Stephen Covey

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear. --Monroe Forester

Positive Thoughts for Today

2007-06-19T09:31:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold. --Zelda Fitzgerald

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions. --John Randolph

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase. --Martin Luther King, Jr.

STAY POSITIVE!

Happy Monday

2007-06-18T08:55:00.001-05:00

I hope everyone had a great weekend :-) Yesterday we went to see the new Fantastic Four movie it was good! We really liked it! It was such a Hot and Humid weekend both days were in the 90's to high when your 8 months pregnant that's for sure I would rather stay in witht he ac going (lol)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: Nobody sees a flower--really--it is so small it takes time--we haven't time--and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. --Georgia O'Keeffe

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: Reason is like an open secret that can become known to anyone at any time; it is the quiet space into which everyone can enter through his own thought. --Karl Jaspers

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Men are like wine; some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. --Pope John XXII

Happy Fathers Day!

2007-06-17T09:50:00.001-05:00

I hope all you dad's have a Happy Fathers Day~

Positive vibes

2007-06-14T09:11:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: If, out of time, I could pick one moment and keep it shining, always new, of all the days that I have lived, I'd pick the moment I met you.--Unknown

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS: What is success? It's the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
When one door closes another one opens. What you believe is the worst moment of your life could turn out to be the beginning of a new and better life... --Margie Tsoukias
STAY POSITIVE!

Fathers Day Sunday

2007-06-13T08:15:00.000-05:00

Fathers day is coming up fast I really have not put that much thought into it until now I am starting to get back on track after loosing my father. From the kiddos I ordered a father of the year plaque from personal creations. From me I think I am going to get hubby a Sears gift card and let him buy whatever. Next week I have my daughters B-day and hubbys B-day (lol) My daughter will be 2 years old we are going to Six Flags Great America for her Birthday.

Vitamins for the Mind: * Have a power picture of who you want to become. * Keep your word. Do not make excuses - don't even borrow them.* Stop talking failure.* Become a great communicator. That makes things happen.* Do not wait for things to happen.* Have a sense of urgency about your business.* Challenge yourself to have certain things done by a certain date. It's called a "By when.".* Learn to duplicate what successful people do and then do it. * Be bold - you can do it. The more you put into your business, the more you get out of it.* Continue to improve * Remember, the way you spend your time is far more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time spend is gone forever. Spend the rest of your life saying, " I am so glad I did this," instead of, "Oh, I wish I had done that." * Read, read, read. Become a reader and a leader.* Listen to motivational tapes every single day or listen free calls from Elllie Drake or Dani Johnson.Fire up! Just do it!

Have a positive day!

2007-06-12T09:49:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Life is the flower for which love is the honey. --Victor Hugo

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. --George E. Woodberry

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for? --Robert Browning

Great day~

2007-06-11T09:04:00.000-05:00

It was a pretty good weekend yesterday we went to splash station water park with the kiddos. They had tons of fun! It was so great when we got home they were both so tired they went straight to bed so me and hubby had a great QUIET evening we were even able to watch a movie together we watched the Messangers it was good & pretty scary.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. -Samuel Johnson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulus--the digitalis of failure. -Elbert Hubbard
STAY POSITIVE!

Last day of school!

2007-06-08T09:02:00.000-05:00

My sons school only goes today for 1 hour (LOL) so I will go pick him up in about 30 minutes they are having a Birthday party and receive report cards and that's it. I am so excited and proud of him next year he will be a 1st grader and in school ALL DAY (WOOHOOOO).

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
There's nothing more important in life, than the people you meet along the way.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Leaders who walk their talk will never lack for resources to get the job done.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
In the end each of us will be judged by our standard of life, not our standard of living.

Fun time!

2007-06-06T06:51:00.001-05:00

My son and I had a wonderful time on his field trip yesterday! It's so cool to watch him interact with his piers. All the kiddos were wonderful and full of personailty :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was,
the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove.but, the world may
be different because I was important in the life of a child.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
I've never known anyone who, on their deathbed said.
I wish I had spent more time at the office.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Tomorrow never comes and yesterday never comes back, so live today
to it's fullest so that your yesterdays will be remembered with happiness
and your tomorrows will be full of brightness and hope.- Nick Smith

going on a field trip tomorrow

2007-06-04T19:52:00.000-05:00

I wont be home tomorrow I am going as a chaperon for my son's end of the year field trip we will be taking the city bus to the train station and then the train to Chicago! Should be interesting its going to be nice and cool outside (thank god) so I should be good to go!
Hes very excited :-)

last week of school

2007-06-04T10:43:00.000-05:00

Friday is my sons last day of school :-( He is very excited (lol) I am not to thrilled I enjoy the quiet time in the mornings o well next year he will be starting first grade and go all day (WOOHOO) of course hes not happy with that (lol)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. --James Russell Lowell

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
You can increase your brain power three- to fivefold simply by laughing and having fun before working on a problem. --Doug Hall

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. --Norman Vincent Peale

WOOHOO its Friday :-)

2007-06-01T09:07:00.000-05:00

Even though it was a short week I am so glad its Friday! We are taking the kiddos to the Chicago Childrens Museum at Navy Pier this weekend :-) It should be lot's of FUN!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
I like not only to be loved, but to be told I am loved. --George Eliot

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
One of the true tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an
emergency. --Arnold H. Glasow

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner. --Benjamin Franklin

Have a positive day!

2007-05-31T09:21:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
To love abundantly is to live abundantly, and to love forever is to live forever. --Henry Drummond

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. --David Brinkley

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Reason can answer questions, but imagination has to ask them. --Ralph Gerard

So tired!

2007-05-30T09:26:00.000-05:00

My gosh with this weather in the high 80's its taking everything out of me only 11 weeks left (WOOHOOO) we had such a wonderful memorial weekend tons of family fun! We spent all day at kiddie land we did not get home until around 10pm Sunday night needless to say yesterday was a recovery day for me.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
I always try to turn my personal struggles into something helpful for others. --Henri Nouwen

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle. --Norman Vincent Peale

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
You are to gather up the joys and sorrows, the struggles, the beauty, love, dreams and hopes of every hour that they may be consecrated at the altar of daily life. --MacRina Wiederkehr

Have a Safe Memorial weekend

2007-05-25T09:29:00.001-05:00

Its going to be nice to have a long relaxing weekend hopefully the weather cooperates were suppose to have on and off rain yesterday we bought my son the Slip N Slide Mega Shark (lol) ever since he saw the commercial he has been OBSESSED in getting it! A half mile down the road we have a water park we usually go to a few times a week but NO he does not want to do that. I can't wait to eat some yummy BBQ! I love SUMMERTIME :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. --H. L. Mencken

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial. --Ross Perot

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. --Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Positive vibes

2007-05-24T09:25:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love. --Tom Robbins

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. --Norman Schwarzkopf

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
To me faith means not worrying. --John Dewey

Memorial weekend plans?

2007-05-23T09:16:00.001-05:00

I am trying to come up with some plans for this weekend I know Monday we are going to Kiddie land Amusement park for the day with the kiddos. Sunday is going to be a pamper day for me I am going in for a massage, pedicure & manicure I can't wait I love relaxing time to myself. When you have kiddos you dont get much of a break your constantly on call 24-7.

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I promise it will make you think and smile, and that's always a great way to spend a minute or two of your day.

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POSITIVE THOUGHTS

2007-05-22T09:27:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept. --Samuel Butler

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.--Thomas Jefferson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. --Morihei Ueshiba

Happy Monday!

2007-05-21T08:59:00.000-05:00

Well my weekend was kind of dull my hubby worked both Saturday and Sunday so it was me and the kiddos we did go to the park and out for lunch. Unfortunately Rhiana's test came back that she still has bladder reflux :-( her Dr wants us to go ahead with the surgery so we don't have to give her the daily antibiotic anymore. I am really not to thrilled about her having any type of surgery at her young age she will be 2 next month. On Saturday I also had my glucose test taken you have to drink that sweet orange drink then wait 1 hour to have your blood taken. Its getting closer and closer 7 months has really went by fast!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Gratitude is the heart's money. --French proverb

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Time is the one thing that can never be retrieved.The hours lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful purposes. --C. R. Lawton

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul. --Henry David Thoreau

Have a great weekend!

2007-05-18T09:26:00.000-05:00

Any big plans? Not sure what were going to be doing as of yet today my daughter has to go be tested at Hope children's hospital we have to see what stage her bladder reflux is at. Hopefully it is getting better she has to take medicine every morning so no infection occurs I would really like to get her off the medicine.

Hopefully it goes well my hubby is home from work today to go with me :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. --Clement Stone

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Four steps to achievement: Plan purposefully. Prepare prayerfully. Proceed positively. Pursue persistently. --William A. Ward

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
How you think about a problem is more important than the problem itself -- so always think positively. --Norman Vincent Peale

STAY POSITIVE!

This is neat

2007-05-16T09:23:00.000-05:00

There was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn
not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn,
to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in
summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to
describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.

The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of
promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled
so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had
ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping
with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The Chief then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they
had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one
season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and
love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the
seasons are up.

If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the
beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
My mom was a source of strength.She showed me by example that women, regardless of how difficult life may get, can do it all. --Gloria Estefan

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. --Bill Bradley

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Live Simply. Love Generously. Care Deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the Rest to God.

hot hot hot

2007-05-15T09:22:00.000-05:00

yesterday we made it up to the 90's Its suppose to cool off the next few days and drop in the 60's I'm all for that. I am finally starting the third trimester (WOOHOO) not much longer now I am ready to go right now (lol)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Fear is uselessFaith is necessaryLove is everything! --Martin Sheen

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. --Walter Anderson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is in love, laughter, and work. --Elbert Hubbard

POSITIVE THOUGHTS+++++++++++++++++

2007-05-14T09:10:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The salvation of man is through love and in love. --Viktor E. Frankl

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The more balanced our lives, the more serene we feel. --Ann Smith

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
He who laughs, lasts. --Mary Pettibone Poole

Triston's Spring School Picture

2007-05-13T18:02:00.000-05:00

Wishing All Moms a Happy Mother's Day!

2007-05-11T09:07:00.000-05:00

I hope all moms have a great Mother's day! I am so excited my son has been working all week at school on his first mother's day craft :-) He told me it's a surprise and I can't have it until Sunday. For me that's better then any bought gift I will probably cry when he gives it to me (lol) I am such a big sap.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain. --William Shakespeare

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Live out of your imagination, not your history. --Stephen Covey

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don't go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids don't laugh at you. --Jim Rohn

Sick daughter

2007-05-10T10:18:00.000-05:00

My gosh my daughter had me up all last night she was crying and throwing up her poor stomach was hurting her. This morning she is very grumpy and whiny you feel so helpless when your kiddos are sick.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. --Robert Muller

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. --Greg Anderson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities. --Jean Houston

POSITIVE THOUGHTS

2007-05-09T09:52:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The principles you live by create the world you live in; if you change the principles you live by, you will change your world. --Blaine Lee

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Let the beauty we love be what we do. --Rumi

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life was never meant to be a struggle, just a gentle walk
through a meadow on a sunny day. --Stuart Wilde

26 weeks along

2007-05-08T09:22:00.000-05:00

My pregnancy is going by fast but now I am getting at that stage I am ready to be done (lol) I think the toughest part is the third trimester especially in the summertime. I keep telling myslef its only temporary.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The Art of Peace begins with you...Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all you encounter. --Morihei Ueshiba

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
You must go after your wish. As soon as you start to pursue a dream, your life wakes up and everything has meaning. --Barbara Sher

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me." --Erma Bombeck

Have a great day!

2007-05-07T09:49:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a positive day! I am sooooo excited the founders of Ameriplan are giving away $1.5 million the great thing is anyone can win! Just by working you get tickets in the drawing first prize is $30,000 a month for 1 year OMG How awesome would that be!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Some folks go through life pleased that the glassis half full. Others spend a lifetime lamenting that it's half-empty. The truth is: There is a glass with a certain volume of liquid in it. From there, it's up to you! --Dr. James S. Vuocolo

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Live a balanced life--learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. --Robert Fulghum

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. --Marcus Aurelius

Spider-Man 3 FINALLY

2007-05-04T10:26:00.000-05:00

My son is going crazy FINALLY Spiderman 3 is in theaters he can't wait to go! I have heard about this movie for months now (lol)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. --Larry King

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Many people sit around waiting for the world to discover them and that rarely happens. If you move towards your goals, expressing all your power, opportunity will find you as a result of your actions. For by riding your energy, knowing and believing your higher self is with you, you will be in the right place at the right time.--Stuart Wilde

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
We don't see things as they are; we see things as we are. -Anius Nin

Doing better

2007-05-02T10:21:00.000-05:00

I am doing better today my father was put to rest Monday morning. It goes to show how unexpected a loss can be he was only 46 years old I assumed he would be around for many more years to come. I think it was hard on me of course the loss itself and being 6 months pregnant at the same time LUCKILY I have the BEST husband, family & friends everyone has been very helpful and SO supportive. I have talked to relatives I have not heard from in years its funny how death brings people together.

Grieving the loss of my father

2007-04-25T09:23:00.000-05:00

I found out yesterday my father passed away he was only 46 years old.

Happy Monday!

2007-04-23T09:00:00.000-05:00

I am loving this warm spring weather!!!! It's so beautiful outside!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A woman is like a teabag--only in hot water do you realise how strong she is. --Nancy Reagan

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The majority of men are bundles .of beginnings. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. --Helen Keller

TGIF!

2007-04-20T06:03:00.000-05:00

Its Friday already this week has went by so fast its suppose to a very beautiful weekend we are going to Starved rock tomorrow then Sunday we have a B-day part to attend for one of our friends sons. Not to much going on. Today at my sons school his class is having a teddy bear picnic outside (lol)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love. --Henri B. Stendhal

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. --Paul Valery

Have a positive day!

2007-04-19T09:15:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep. --H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work. --Booker T. Washington

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born. --Dale Turner

Have a great day!

2007-04-18T09:08:00.001-05:00

I hope you have a great day! I will be home educating people on how they can make money from home with Ameriplan! I LOVE WHAT I DO. Working from home does work you just have to find the right company to work with. For me it took years and 26 attempts before I found my home. But I never gave up and quit my search its so important to me to be home and raise my own kids instead of them going in daycare or to a babysitters. They are my big WHY to be successful.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. --William James

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch. --E. M. Forster

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. --Helen Keller

Have a good day

2007-04-17T09:01:00.000-05:00

Please take a moment and say a prayer for those who were effected by the shootings at Virginia Tech yesterday that is a very tragic situation. My heart goes out to the families of the victims.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it. --Samuel Butler

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
It is good to dream, but it is better to dream and work. Faith is mighty, but action with faith is mightier. Desiring is helpful, but work and desire are invincible. --Thomas Robert Gaines

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life's strict rule is this: You get more of what you focus on. Ignoring this, we abandon our healthiest, concentrative energies and court emotional upheaval. --Marsha Sinetar

Beautiful day ahead!

2007-04-16T06:06:00.000-05:00

Plenty of sunshine coming my way I love spring and summertime its going to be a great week nice, warm and sunny!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. --Henry David Thoreau

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. --Indira Gandhi

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
An uninspired mind is a handicap we all can do something about. --James R. Ball

Feeling a lot better!

2007-04-13T09:15:00.000-05:00

I am feeling 90% better this morning (WOOHOO) I still have a cough and stuffy nose but I can deal with that. I am looking forward to a great weekend! We are going to spend Saturday in Chicago and check out the Shed Aquarium. My son really wants to go to Kiddie Land but its suppose to be a cool weekend the water rides wont even be open. Hes a little disappointed so we are going to surprise him with lunch at the Rain Forest Cafe (it's a fun kids restaurant) He has been doing great in school getting good marks and he recently had a good report card. I am so proud of him! This is a little reward for all of his hard work :-)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made; remade all the time, made new. --Ursula K. LeGuin

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. --Winston Churchill

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. --Will Rogers

The flu

2007-04-11T09:03:00.000-05:00

I have got the flu :-( both of my ears are killing me, my throat hurts and my nose is running when your pregnant and get sick I swear it sticks with you forever. I am going to the Dr's this afternoon to get checked out. Its snowing outside this morning were suppose to get 1-3 inches.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Siblings are the people we practice on, the people who teach us about fairness and cooperation, kindness and caring - quite often the hard way. And that someone need not be perfect for you to love them.--Pamela Dugdale

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things. --Channing Pollock

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
A possibility was born the day you were born and it will live as long as you live. --Marcus Solero

Have a great day!

2007-04-10T09:14:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday I am feeling great today ready to Rock I am just starting week 22 of my pregnancy!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
We judge others by their behavior but ourselves by our intentions.--Stephen Covey

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
If you have the will to win, you have achieved half of your success.--Author Unknown

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Always give hundred percent, and you'll never have to second-guess yourself.--
STAY POSITIVE!

Good Movie

2007-04-09T08:53:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend! Yesterday after dinner we watched the Pursuit Of Happyness with Will Smith. What a AWESOME movie! Just proves if you want success bad enough you will do whatever it takes to make it happen. What a great movie I recommend everyone to watch it!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over. --Gloria Naylor

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. --Henry Ford

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere - your ideal of what you long to attain - the ideal of health, efficiency, success. --Orison Swett Marden

STAY POSITIVE!

Have a Happy Easter

2007-04-06T08:33:00.000-05:00

I hope everyone has a great weekend & Happy Easter! We will be coloring eggs and making my sons favorite cherry Jello eggs tomorrow. We also have a neighborhood Easter egg hunt to go to tomorrow so it should be an eventful weekend.

Picture day!

2007-04-05T09:15:00.000-05:00

My son is taking spring pictures today at school. I wonder do all schools now do this pictures twice a year? I love how they give us notice I received the information yesterday and they are being taken today (lol) so I had to go out last night and get him a new outfit. I can't believe how cold it is only in the 30's MAN I miss the spring like weather. We were suppose to go to Kiddie Land Amusement park next weekend but the temp is only going to be high in the 40's and rainy so I guess we will be holding off until it warms up!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Be happy in the moment, that's enough.Each moment is all we need, not more.--Mother Teresa

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Every start upon an untrodden path is a venture which only in unusual circumstances seems sensible and likely to be successful.--Albert Schweitzer

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Be willing to launch in faith, with no guarantees of success. This is the mark of personal greatness.--Brian Tracy

Rain Rain go away!

2007-04-03T08:57:00.000-05:00

Its thunder storming this morning I think I have seen enough rain to last me awhile its been raining at least once a day now for a month. Starting tomorrow its only going to be in the high 30's what the heck (lol) our weather is so unpredictable.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is the free exercise of choice. Two people love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other. --M. Scott Peck

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does. --Harvey Mackay

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us. --William James
STAY POSITIVE!

Have a great day!

2007-04-02T08:33:00.000-05:00

My son goes back to school this morning ((WOOHOO)) LOL! Hes actually excited about it he missed his friends. He only has 4 days this week they are off Friday & Monday for Easter break. Its going to be a great week!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
A friend is someone who you can tell your complaints; a good friend is someone you can tell your dreams. --Dale Dauten

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit. --Norman Vincent Peale

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Live your life and forget your age. --Norman Vincent Peale

positive thoughts

2007-03-30T09:00:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Ultimately love is everything. --M. Scott Peck

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Spend enough time around success and failure, and you learn a reverence for possibility. --Dale Dauten

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
If a man would move the world, he must first move himself. --Socrates

STAY POSITIVE!

It's a girl!

2007-03-29T19:17:00.000-05:00

We just had the ultrasound no pee pee was found (lol) so it looks like were having our second girl!

Be positive!

2007-03-29T08:13:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. --Norman Vincent Peale

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
It's always too soon to quit! --Norman Vincent Peale

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Knowledge is the food of the soul. --Plato
STAY POSITIVE!

Tomorrow is the day!

2007-03-28T08:30:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow afternoon is the ultrasound we will find out if were having a boy or girl. My hubby and son are saying it's a boy I am thinking girl we shall see!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. --Aristotle

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
The will to conquer is the first condition of victory.--Marshal Ferdinand Foch

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Faith that the thing can be done is essentialto any great achievement. --Thomas N. Carrurther

Have a great day!

2007-03-27T09:14:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. --Henry David Thoreau

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there. --Harvey Mackay

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
This time, like all times, is a very good one if we but know what to do with it. --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Spring break!

2007-03-26T09:48:00.000-05:00

My son is on Spring Break this week So we will be in and out doing different activities he has a list of places and activities he wants to do the first it to see the TMNT movie we will go this afternoon :-) Of course going to the park, Go to Chicago, Chukee cheese, We are going later this week to the indoor water park and starved rock! It's going to be a eventful week to much for me at 5 months pregnant (lol) Have a great day!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. --Samuel Johnson

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Latent abilities are like clay. It can be mud on shoes, brick in a building or a statue that will inspire all who see it. The clay is the same. The result is dependent on how it is used. --James F. Lincoln

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Reflect that life, like every other blessing, derives its value from its use alone. --Samuel Johnson

have a dry weekend!

2007-03-23T09:55:00.000-05:00

GEEZ its been raining for the past week and we have another 7 days of it ahead of us I guess that's what spring brings showers showers and more showers.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
To live is like to love--all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct is for it. --Samuel Butler

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
I like thinking of possibilities. At any time, an entirely new possibility is liable to come along and spin you off in an entirely new direction. The trick, I've learned, is to be awake to the moment. --Doug Hall

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rusticwho waits for the river to run out before he crosses. --Horace

STAY POSITIVE

Happy Spring! I really hope you are having a great week.

2007-03-21T08:59:00.000-05:00

To celebrate spring I am going to change it up a little and share with you a new inspirational movie.

I know that it moved me and I think it's a great way to kickof the spring season. I invite you to sit back, turn up your speakers, and enjoy. (it's only 3 mins long but worth every second of your time)

Please click here to view 'The Nature of Success Movie.

Celebrate Life!

Today is the first day of spring!!!!

2007-03-20T09:00:00.000-05:00

WOOHOOOOOO!!!!!! It's official Spring time I am so happy!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. --Lao Tzu

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act. --Lee Iacocca

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. --Carl Jung

Have a great day!

2007-03-19T08:31:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow is the first day of spring (WOOHOOOOOOOO) I went to the Dr on Friday for a checkup I have my ultrasound March 29th! I can't wait then we will know boy/girl.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS: .When a man cares he is unafraid.When he is fair, he leaves enough for others.When he is humble, he can grow.--Lao-Tzu "TaoTeChung"

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.--James Bryant Conant1893-1978, Educator and Diplomat

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. --William Feather

STAY POSITIVE!

Have a great day!

2007-03-15T08:59:00.000-05:00

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Learn to value yourself, which means; to fight for your happiness.--Ayn Rand

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
There is enough in this world for a man's need. But there is never enough in any world for a man's greed. --Mahatma Gandhi

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.--Carl Sandburg

What a mess!

2007-03-13T17:05:00.000-05:00

Boy What a week so far and its only Tuesday (lol) I had to take my son to the ER he became dehydrated what a nightmare! He is home sleeping now and my Daughters pediatrician just called to let me know her results are back for her urinary test and she has a bladder infection what's the saying when it rains it pours! Good thing bad situations are only temporary.

Have a great weekend

2007-03-09T10:24:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone has a great weekend! My son is home from school today sick :-( Now they both have the stomach virus I must have done 50 loads of laundry yesterday and today germs are everywhere.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.--M. Kathleen Casey

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Your future depends on many things , but mostly on you.

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life is like riding a bike. It is impossible to maintain your balance while standing still. --Linda Brakeall

March Madness!

2007-03-08T09:10:00.000-06:00

I don't know if its just me but I have the spring cleaning itch I am wanting to clean and go through everything I always donate my kiddos clothes they out grow etc. I know they wont be wearing the same winter clothes next year I have a good start on spring and summer clothes so far. I love to shop :-) That's why I love working from home making some great money I can buy my kids clothes or whatever whenever NO budgeting it in.

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Friendship is the greatest aspect of the world.--Kyle Roberts

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.--Mary Pickford

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. --Vesalius

Sick kiddos

2007-03-07T09:45:00.000-06:00

Well I have 2 sick kids my son has the flu still and my daughter has a terrible stomach virus she has been getting sick all night I feel so bad for her she can't even drink water. Hopefully after plenty of rest she will feel a little better. I know mom is wore out I was up with her all night its tough when your pregnant maybe I will sneak in a little nap myself (lol)

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Love is like playing the piano. First you must learn to play by
the rules, then you must forget the rules and play from your heart.
--Unknown

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Be proud of how far you have come, have faith as to how far you
can go. --Kyle Roberts

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
I live by this credo: Have a little laugh at life and look around you for
happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out
of unhappy situations. Even in your darkest moment, you usually can
find something to laugh about if you try hard enough. --Red Skelton

Busy Busy

2007-03-06T09:42:00.000-06:00

So many things to do today I love it! I love being busy!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
Laughter is the one form of communication every culture can understand.--Author Unknown

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
There are two conditions in life: accept things as they exist, or accept responsibility for changing them. --Dr. Denis Waitley ( I really like this one :-)

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Life goes on. Keep the faith.--Author Unknown

Off to the Dr's

2007-03-05T08:36:00.000-06:00

My daughter has a Dr appointment this morning and my son is home sick with the flu he had 4 B-day party's last week and of course picked up some kind of nasty virus. I am so sick of the cold & flu season!

LOVE/RELATIONSHIPS:
God created people to help each other but God created mothers only to love.--Alexender

LEADERSHIP/SUCCESS:
Remember it's easy to lose focus if you are not focused.--Author Unknown

MOTIVATION/INSPIRATION:
Don't expect a great day; make one.--Author Unknown