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Happy New Year!

Welcome Back! What a wonderful year 2010 is going to be. No one can tell us how our year will turn out except for ourselves. We alone control our destiny, no matter what the media wants us to think. We can choose our own economic, political, and emotional climate. The external events are just that external, and we can choose to leave them out of our lives. So here’s to claiming 2010 as our own personal year to own, to drive our own success and leave the doom and gloom behind. Decide that you alone will determine your own possibilities. I believe that one of the key elements to support us in our success is comfort. I love to have a sacred place for myself that I can have quiet time away from outside distractions to meditate, read or just enjoy a cup of tea. After taking down the holiday decorations I always feel like the house is a little dusty and drab, so I do a bit of sprucing up. I also love for my home to have a fresh clean smell, so fresh that when people walk through my front door they always say how good my home smells. For this I use Dreft products. Many of you may be familiar with Dreft Laundry Detergent, but did you know that Dreft now has cleaning products and fabric refresher as well? I find mine at Babies R Us and Toys R Us. I love the smell and the feeling of freshness so much that I am willing to make a special trip to those stores if I am...

Here We Go….

These are the words at the beginning of the Peter Pan ride at Disneyland. Since I am embarking on a new adventure I thought this would be a great title. I am just learning, so please be patient and kind. The last few days I have been working on getting the electronic media going for my new book The Busy Mom’s Guide to Self Care. It has been trial and error, and I made a small mistake on facebook while someone was watching, but for all of you who will be stepping out to do this soon, I thought I would let you know that trial and error is okay. This blog is mostly going to be about Self Care topics and with other things on my mind thrown in from time to time. I saw a news story about Mommy Bloggers not disclosing when they get a benefit from a company when reviewing products and services, so although I am not receiving anything right now, if that happens I thought I would be prepared. If I get something I will let you know on the next blog. If something arrives at my door, I will let you know it arrived. If I post something positive about it in the next few weeks, you know it was a winner. If I never mention it again then you know it was not. I may sometimes give a ‘mixed review’ which means I would make suggestions as to what my preference would be for improvement. I think this is the fair way to handle things. My book The Busy Mom’s Guide...