2010 - 15 Week Challenge - From Stressed to blessed

Here we are just a few moments before Christmas day. I am posting our last challenge and also using this opportunity to wish each of you Merry Christmas and a joy filled new year. More on that in a minute... Today's final challenge seems like a challenge alrighty. Here we are in the final days before the busiest holiday of the year. A time where we should be reflecting and … [Read more...] about Week 15 ~ Final Challenge ~ Dial it Down

Here we are in week 14. We are just a few weeks away from Christmas and almost to the end of this challenge. What is my final challenge for you? Here it is... your challenge is to find the JOY. As we all know, the holidays can be stress filled. We are rushing to get it ALL done. We are baking, shopping, cleaning, wrapping, cooking, mailing and more! OH MY! Well, probably by now (14 weeks … [Read more...] about Week 14 ~ FIND the JOY

This week as I sat down to write our challenge I was actually stumped...Then it came to me via chicken pot pie! Let me back track for a moment. Yesterday on my day off, I decided to take it upon myself to move all of the Christmas decorations into the house and get started on the big task at hand. I spent the day unpacking and moving things around the house. By 3 o'clock, my back was spent. … [Read more...] about Week 13 ~ Accept Help!

First, let me wish each of you a Happy Thanksgiving. I am thankful that I am challenged each week to write a challenge for each of you. With the start of the holiday season officially upon us, your challenge this week may sound simple, but in truth, I bet it will challenge you. This week your challenge is to be in the MOMENT as much as possible. That means to stop...look...and listen to where … [Read more...] about Week 12 ~ Stop…Look…Listen

The idea of this challenge is for you to learn many ways to help you deal with everyday stress. So far I have challenged you with 10 different things to do to help shift you from a place of stress to a place of peace. This week your challenge will hopefully do the same. This week your challenge is plain and simple. Do something kind for someone EVERY day! I don't think the challenge is … [Read more...] about Week 11 ~ Random Acts of Kindness

This weeks challenge is a day late. I'm sorry. I tried to get it done for yesterday and had a meeting every night this week. When I sat down to write our challenge last night I got distracted with my kids. Then I shut off the computer, climbed into bed and thought AHHHH... our challenge. The funny thing is that I knew what this weeks challenge was going to be. It was going to be on … [Read more...] about Week 10 = Be Kind to YOU

This week as we enter week NINE!!! (seriously? we've been doing this for nine weeks???) My challenge to you is a simple one. I want you to LAUGH! Life can be so crazy! This past week I wanted to cry because I was so tired and busy and crazy... but I made it through and today the sun was shining and we had big Texas blue skies and I felt happy and so I thought let's spend this next week … [Read more...] about Week 9 -Laugh…laugh…laugh…