It another year....

Wow .. its 2012.... a NEW year!!! A year full of changes... changes already taking place.... 


There are soooooo many things I want to do and so many successes and goals I am GOING TO MEET for myself this year!!! Writing goals, business goals, creative goals, mental and physical goals.. and I dont want to go yet another year.. procrastinating ... and denying myself .. my BEST LIFE... 


... I'm GONNA DO THIS... 


Aloha & A Hui Hou!!!

I AM EVOLVING....

I "AM" EVOLVING...  and I AM EXCITED ... about my new adventure in my artwork... !!! This gift portrait has been weighing on my mind for quite sometime.. and through some very genuine encouragement from some of my new artist fB friends.... I have "evolved" direction and style..   At first is was pretty difficult to even try to get the dimension I was looking for.. but after a second detailed look at things... and some great pointers and hints... I'm pleased thus far with my progress... Eww sounds like a progress report from school..... but I truly am encouraged with my even little bit of progress... I think I'm made a great step forward to making my subjects look much more real and life like... !!  I was very frustrated last night and literally applied my frustrations.. ....TO THE PAPER!!!  A special "Thank You" to my wonderful artist friendss !!!


Looking forward to more and more... 


Aloha & A Hui Hou... 

Movies

This guest post from Lewis Beck

I cannot remember the last time I went to the movie theater to see a movie. When my husband and I started having kids, I could not bare to leave them with a babysitter for more than two hours, and I would much rather go out to dinner during those two hours than pay a fortune at the movie theater. I was glad when we got Direct TV channels because my husband and I started having movie date nights after our kids went to bed. There are so many movies available to watch, and the good thing is if we start watching one that we do not like, we can always turn it off or watch a different movie. We would never walk out of a movie we disliked at the movie theater because it is so expensive to go to a movie. It is nice that we can stay at home for our date night too. Babysitters can get expensive, and I feel much more relaxed being there at home with our kids in case anything should happen. We still make it a point to go out to dinner at least twice per month without our kids because it is nice to get out of the house.

Constantinly evolving....

Like they say ... the one thing in life that stays the same is "change" hmmmm change..... thats so amazing... but along with change...I keep evolving... to work with the change... a funny yet sometimes exhausting, relentless... trying, stressful.. but yet rewarding cycle of life... 

Like they advertise in so many publications and on tv.. about psychics ... that can foresee the future... I really don't think that I really want to know..... what REALLY lies in my future.. and frankly I don't know how these people do it... KNOWING whats ahead... it hardly seems fair ... sometimes... but then again.. at least I could prepare ... for this future.. but then again... we need to keep things as they are... NOT KNOWING....... but TRUSTING GOD IN EVERYTHING... because ... its just as plain as that ... GOD HAS OUR PLAN... NO MATTER WHAT!! and when it comes down to it... HE is the only one that counts... 


Aloha & A Hui Hou!!!

Alot has happened....

Wow alot sure has happened since my last post...my Father passed away.. and is now at peace... I think I'm still not really getting that yet.  I know it was best for him.. but after just knowing someone is always there... and now is not... sometimes takes a little getting used to.  I know its hard for my Mom.... but God knows whats best for ALL of us.... 


I am now a Mother of a "High Schooler"!!! Ahhhhhh!!!!! not sure if I will make it through the 9th grade but my daughter, well she is doing pretty AWESOME... even with all the drama that goes along with teenagers!!!


I've also started my own new business.... which you can visit my journey at http://www.livininthepink.blogspot.com and I'm really excited to FINALLY have MY OWN BUSINESS!!  I guess God had to pound me on the head a couple of times to get through to me ...  and its really great to have flexibility, creativity, the "sky is the limit" attitude and my faith and determination from God to grow with.  I KNOW He and my family will ALWAYS be there and behind me to guide me in the right direction.... I just have to pay attention once in awhile..... "Rely not on your own understanding... " or something like that.!!!  


I think I've also found my way back to leaning on Him instead of my own thoughts and desires.. because He already knows them... and God doesn't make mistakes... I love to write and I seem to flourish with creativity when I start to write...

I'm enjoying getting together with my friends Chuck and Christy as well... with my Total Gym .... its seems I get reminded every night .. when I see their crazy infomercials ... buzzing around the TV!!!!  a total constant reminder ... I NEED TO GET BACK INTO SHAPE!!!!!...


So now with my summer as a memory ... happy and sad.. and my ever changing future in the palm of my hands ... I greet each day with an encouraging smile... and an open mind... to see what gifts .. God will bestow upon me....


Aloha & A Hui Hou... 

Writing it down....

I am writing things down... and making things happen.. I am "The Constant Evolving Artist" and trying to evolve myself.. I guess that sounds weird.. I guess I should use "transform" myself.. more my body... not really BACK into what "I" thought was my best body more than 15 years ago... but is going to be my best body EVER.  I just watched Extreme Makeover - Weight Loss...

I really didn't want to because deep inside I know "I" desperately need, to me what is my own EXTREME makeover...... along with keeping up with my daily routines, which incidently NEVER STAY ROUTINE... and change EVERY day... I know that I really need to make a change... and REALLY BE DETERMINED .. and MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

After reading and checking out the Extreme Makeover ... website regarding weight loss... and gathering many of their tips and guidelines... I realize that GOALS, DETERMINATION, ... and a NEVER GIVE UP ATTITUDE ... is what really makes things happen.. !!  I have the access to EVERYTHING I need, technology, equipment, knowledge.... even without spending a ton more $$$$ on another program, I know I CAN MAKE THIS WORK..

Among the rest of the "new" beginnings I must start in the net month... I MUST push myself... to be, do and stick with this new transformation... 

I REALLY KNOW I CAN DO THIS... 

  A Hui Hou....

Routines.......

Routines... why can't I seem to get them?? I think about them everyday... and really want to pursue this writing gig... but haven't been able to really get it down ... and make it a part of daily life ... my creativity expressed on paper in writing... 


A Hui Hou!!