Happy New Year!!

Just wanted to jump in here and wish you all a very 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Can you believe it is now 2020?
I can't believe that we are now in another decade!  
I know this is going to sound pretty lame, but WHERE the heck did the time go?  

Did you get to celebrate with a bang and lots of people?

Did you get to see the ball drop wherever you are?

This one?

I know now its more like this one in Times Square ... but was it white or colored pieces like this one?  Or did it have the pieces that had pineapples etched into the glass?

Or this one?

Or was it another one from another part of the world? 

My 2019 was filled with lots of pretty wonderful events and I can't wait to see what 2020 will bring.
Hopefully it will be equally as exciting as 2019 was.

How about you?
How was your 2019?
What are you hoping that 2020 will bring?

I do have to apologize to you all.  The last 2 years my blog posts have been limited, very limited.  I know, I know I had said at the beginning of last year that I would do better than 2018 ... and I did, sort of, but I will definitely, I PROMISE, do better in 2020.  

I'm going to see about finding more things to write about and not just events of the day.  I'm going to go back to finding things that will bring a smile to your face (and mine) and get back to doing reviews of products that I have used and liked (or not).
I have missed doing this, so although I don't do New Year's Resolutions anymore .. I will resolve to do more blog work in the coming year.

Thanks for staying around these past 2 years with so many things going on in my life that weren't blog worthy.  Hope to see you here more often too!

It's New Years Eve!

I know we think of New Year's Eve as the night when all the "celebrations" take place.
But really it today ... all day.

I know some people, OK most people, are working today, if they couldn't take the day off to get ready,
BUT...
What are you doing today for New Year's Eve?
Do you have plans for tonight?
Do they include lots of friends and family?
Are they in your home or someone else's home?
Or are you out and about celebrating with lots of folks?

Have you even been to Time Square for New Years Eve?
I know that the Time Square celebration is pretty famous, but do they have something special like this where you live?  

I've never been to Times Square for this HUGE celebration for New Years with all the people, even though I am so very close.  
But I'm OK with it.  I guess I'm just not a "crowd" person.  And we can see from past years ... it is quite a crowd!

For me, today is just a day of making sure things are ready for the new year.  More so this year because I will be going to my parents on New Year's Day (and they have no internet) for the rest of the week to make sure mom and dad are settled with the doctor, home health folks and such and that things are going in the "right" direction since mom got out of the hospital this past week.

No matter what you are doing today and tonight ...
Please 

BE SAFE,

Have FUN,

And ENJOY!

Its a NEW YEAR at Tupperware

That's right.  

You can scroll through the catalogs by jumping on over to my site and at the bottom of the first page is a link to ALL the open/available brochures/catalogs.
Want to just jump on into an online purchase ... super easy to just hit "shop" at the top of the page and all available items will be there for your perusal. 

Tupperware is now in 2020 as of Saturday Dec 28th so now you have a brand new Winter/Spring Catalog

I am kind of excited about this one because they always seem to have something new for the start of a new Catalog but also for the start of a new Year!

And because it is now January (on in a few days but for Tupperware its now) it is our Modular Mates Sale that always happens in our Big Weeks.  

Guess what ... Big Weeks Starts NOW.  Oh and check out the Sapphire Blue Seals that are available ONLY during Big Weeks Brochure!!  I'm in love with this color.

But remember that the December Mid Month brochure is still available for a little bit ... but if you are seeing something in this brochure that you might like ... NOW is the time to grab it before January 10th or this brochure will end (and a new one will start) so the products or prices will change.

I absolutely LOVE the Tupperware Spiralizer and the Cold Brew Coffee maker, both of which were introduced towards the end of 2019.

oh and don't miss out of some of the week specials that are "while supplies last" like this one

It's a journey

If you are disappointed in how your life seems to be going you need to remember that you are in control of your destiny.
Every thing that happens may not be under your control, but some things are.
You have choices.  You are not a slave or an indentured servant.
Some choices may not be the best of choices, but you get to choose.

Try to remember that every step of this journey is a learning experience.
Don't try to be more than you are.
Don't play the victim card.

BE who you are deep inside.  I know you can feel who you are suppose to be.  
Some of us are and some of us are still trying to figure it out.  

But we will.

Especially when we learn to Enjoy the Ride!

Trust your soul

Sometimes you look at your life and where you are and say to yourself ... WHAT am I doing?
Sometimes I say this more times than I want to admit.  
You know, like weekly.

But I know there is a plan.
I know that this plan is what is best for me.  
Even if I don't know what the plan is.
Some will say that the "plan" is based on Fate.
Some say that it is based on just your soul.
I believe that God has a plan that He has placed in my soul for me to listen to.  
I have the choice to accept it and go with the plan or set my own road.  

Have you felt this way?
How do you deal with this feeling?

20 Things we really should be saying more

I know I have been away for far too long, but with the Wedding and all the things that go with that (including a really nice bridal shower) and rehearsal and well just being 7+ hours away from them, I just feel like I failed.  Failed them, Failed you, Failed me ... BUT I am back with what I hope is a very very poignant post for my return.

I have to thank Jon Gordon for his post that really spoke volumes to me.
Hopefully this speaks to you too.

Let's try to work on this in our own lives.  
I know there are some that I do say regularly, but not all.  So I will be trying to keep these in mind every day ... maybe even print them out and put it in a prominent place so that I will see it often.

Happiness isn't ....

I know we see a lot of posts about what happiness is all about.
I know you have seen them, because I have seen them more times than I can count.

But you know what?
What we really need to think about is what Happiness Isn't.

Yes you saw correctly.
What Happiness Isn't about ...

If you really start to think about it, you will see that I am right.

We we start to really think about all the things that we do have, we start to realize that we are blessed.

It doesn't mean that we wouldn't like to have more of something or have something we don't have or even have less of something that we do have and would rather we didn't.

Think about it for a few and then reflect on how things could have been if you weren't so blessed.  And not just material things.  Family, friends, health ... sometimes those are more important than breathing itself.

And then you will thank me.
Just as I have to thank Smile and Shine