Lisa's soup bowl

I wrote this 3 years ago and ran across this today in my notes on my iPhone.  What I wrote then encouraged me today.  Read and be encouraged ;-)

I felt like my life didn’t have direction or my skills were never good enough because I was going my way and expecting blessings. Frustration infused my life until I started to ask God for that direction and guidance. Help me, show me, direct my comings…

Where did you live when you were 12?  Who did you live with? Write with a combination of sentence lengths (short, medium, long).  Create a sound that pleases the readers ears.  Don’t just write words.  Write music.

My dwelling place at 12. This was a hard year.  We moved…so let’s start where from!  It’s COLD.  No, not just brrr cold, but mountains  of snow cold!  

My dad built us a beautiful…

These two pages are my favorite so far from my new journal – Art Doodle Love by Dawn DeVries Sokol. It’s a light hearted, beautifully colored and slightly predoodled :) type of journal. No notebook paper type lines found here!

Her prompts get me started with what to write or doodle. As always I wish I doodled more in this book, but I have a good start. Adding words into artwork has always…

This last year I’ve used a daily planner to keep organized.  I always select a planner with inspiring quotes to keep me going and cheer me up.  However, at the end of the year…I’m realizing that I rarely take the time to read these quotes.

Our lives get so busy it’s easy to forget what helps us stay positive. This is my reminder to you and me to take the time to read encouraging quotes, God’s…

Walking my dog this morning and he just decides to ker-plunk all of a sudden to roll around on the dewy grass 😃  

 His happiness is so evident when grass rolling.  What activity makes you this giddy?

 Twitching this way and that way to get a good back scratch!  Bonus that the grass is wet to help with the heat 😁    

   Seeing him rolling all about gets me thinking about the change from school…

Natural Beauty Shop – Fundraiser for NAMI

I’m walking in 5 days!  This spa party link is to help raise $ for NAMI.  This month is Mental Health month too!  Today I signed. The stigma free pledge on NAMI.org. 😁

Lemongrass makeup and bath products are all natural and chemical free!

My favorites include:  

Pomegranate body polish, eye cream, Healing Elements creme stick, sunscreen stick and mineral makeup.

Share something about my favorite childhood meal.

When I was a teeny tiny little girl – For a yummy snack.  I loved a good mayonnaise and cheese sandwich on white bread.  This was something I could fix for myself and enjoyed quite a bit!  Now not so much…seems kind of icky to me now.

My next favorite childhood meal was lunch with my best friend Janelle.  Being from a large family I truly enjoyed…

Day 8: Death to Adverb

Go to a café or place and write about something I see that inspires me minus adverb usage.

I went to a used bookstore and yet another book by a fellow blogger caught my eye.  Regretsy the cover made me smile right away and the first few pages I laughed out loud (can we use these words in writing anymore?  Or is it forevermore-LOL).  I knew for $3.95 it was a keeper.  😀

I gather inspiration from…

Afloat http://wp.me/s42WhZ-afloat

1st I tried to get these berries to float…Per plunk and they sank.

Next, found this textured, little tree seed.  She is afloat!

 Lastly, the berry makes a nice red accent. 😃  

Fear and Courage tend to argue in my head all the time… It’s a never-ending battle where sometimes I meet them in the middle, give into those fears, or stand up in my Courage.  

Here is an argument between them: 

“I have had enough of you, Fear.  I give her the best messages.  What she needs to hear.”, said Courage.  

“Oh….SHUT UP!  You are so snooty and get up on your high horse far too often!”,…

Staccato Clover

My 1st attempt to capture a blur image after seeing this challenge.  Shook my camera above a clover patch.

Silky Green Blur

Out for a walk and taking pictures of all things green, and my puppy dog pulled on his leash to help create this pic!  This one is my favorite.  So soft and silky.

What a lovely surprise 😁

My goal is $100 –  halfway there!  My fundraising page.  About NAMI and Click here to find support in your area or to read an interesting and encouraging article about mental health.

Day 4:  Lost in a book

I’ve always been able to get lost in a good book.  At a young age, starting around 10, I would  sit on the couch totally engrossed in a book and ignore the drama from all five of my sisters who were loudly doing whatever they were doing….

I was the quiet bookish child.  And sometimes I needed to get away (even though I was excellent at ignoring them).  I would find a tree in the woods to sit…

Day 3: committing to a writing practice

Three most important songs in my life and what do they mean to me?

Selecting only a few songs is hard for me I guess that’s why we call these writing challenges… How can I pick only three?  I love so many!

So many songs speak to me and it’s hard to decide which ones to share.  First my mind was a total blank.  I’m not the sort of person who memorizes song names or makes playlists (I only have…

🌷 Fresh to me is a fresh pineapple on my countertop.  So prickly yet so pretty.

Played with my Distressed fx app to edit these iPhotos.