Here is your motivational quote for today!
“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who can not attain it in anything.”
~Eugene Delacroix
Have a FABULOUS afternoon!! 
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Chunky Dunker’s!
Good evening!
Welcome to another lovely evening of Chunky Dunker’s!
Chunky Dunkers is a weekly weight loss/get fit support group that meet here online every Wednesday evening to get the opportunity to comment, and cheer each other as you each go through your journey to get fit and healthy!!! We will discuss hints, tips, and ideas on losing weight, staying motivated, and achieving your fitness goals, whether that is to lose 5 pounds, to do 10 sit-ups, or just incorporate some healthy habits into your daily life!!
As always, everyone and anyone is welcome to join us, so please feel free to chime in on our conversation in the comment section above, or you are welcome to quietly follow along, whichever you prefer. I look forward to hearing about all of your successes!
This week, I thought I would share 10 swaps that will help make you get fit goals a little bit easier…
- Swap out your daily snack with a piece of your favorite fruit. Save calories and guilt.
- Swap one of your daily side dishes for a veggie. Every little but helps.
- Swap your high carb breakfast with eggs. The protein with stick with you longer helping you feel full longer.
- Swap out pretzels and chips for some unsalted nuts. These are chock full of good-for-you-fats.
- Swap one meal each day with a huge salad, loaded with colorful veggies, lean protein, a handful of nuts and maybe some beans.
- Swap solid fats like butter or shortening, with olive or canola oil. Your heart will thank you for it!
- Swap red meat for more lean cuts of meat like chicken/turkey breast, and fish.
- Stop drinking your calories. Water is your friend.
- When you first wake up in the morning, spend at least 5 minutes doing some gentle stretches to wake up your body.
- Spend at least 1/2 an hour outside EVERY day. Fresh air, sunshine, and exercise will all help you feel more relaxed, and it will help you use up any extra calories you might be holding onto.
I hope that these 10 ideas help you, I know that I don’t always stick to these, but I think I will make a concerted effort to follow all 10 of these for the next 7 days. I will let you know how it goes!
Have a FABULOUS evening! 🙂
Motivational Quote of the Day!
Here is your motivational quote for today!
“I have made my world and it is a much better world than I ever saw outside.”
~Louise Nevelson
Have a FABULOUS afternoon!!
A Weekend of Artist Mentality!
Good evening!
I have literally spent ALL weekend, in artist mode!!! I am sure my husband must be thinking that I am MIA or something!! This weekend has been such an inspiring weekend, and I am feeling WILDLY validated by my new artist community friends that have been commenting like crazy and cheering me on from all over the world!
I FINALLY feel like…
I have found my calling.
I have found my artist medium.
I am finding my courage.
I am finding my voice.
I might even have found ME!
Before I spend the rest of my weekend totally and completely focused on spending some quality time with my sweetie (I really am married to the GREATEST MAN – Thank you, Love!!!), I really wanted to show you a few of the projects I have been working on this afternoon!
This one is the only project I have actually finished this evening. I used decorative papers, ink, acrylic, and polymer clay to make this piece. I am calling this one, “Mamma’s Lessons for a Happy Life”.
These next two projects are still works in process. This first one, so far is acrylic paint and ink. I am not sure where I am going with this one yet, but this is a much different color palette than I am used to, but I am playing with textures on this piece.
This one is also a work in process, and this one is made, so far, with decorative paper, crackle medium, cardboard, ink, and polymer clay.
and finally…
This is not a piece in itself, but more of an experiment that I tried today, that I really fell in love with, and that is creating words from metal stamps and polymer clay. I LOVE using words in my art, and this is such a fun way to do it, I am very happy with the way these turned out.
Anyway, I am back to my regular, non-creative full-time job tomorrow, but I have to confess that I will probably have a hard time concentrating knowing that I have got so much that I still want to create back in my art studio!! I will have to be patient!!
IT WILL BE WORTH IT!!! 😉
Have a FABULOUS evening!! 🙂
Motivational Quote of the Day!
Here is your motivational quote for today!
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous ? Actually, who are you not to be ? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There’s nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we’re liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
~Marianne Williamson
Have a FABULOUS afternoon!!
Putting it Out There!
Good afternoon!
As some of you may know, I am very HAPPILY taking a creative online course called Flying Lessons, which is a course offered by Kelly Rae Roberts.
I am taking one small step at a time to turn my passion for creating art into my career. I have done a few things already, including updated my header for my blog, as you might have noticed from above. However, this next step might be one of the hardest for me.
I know I have shared some of my art, sporadically and somewhat hesitantly, over the course of the past six months, but tonight, I want to share all of my scribblings, doodles, and art projects, with the intention of letting the universe know, that I am an artist.
WOW! That is incredibly hard to say, but
I am an artist.
I want to focus my energies on investing time on my talent. I want to take the necessary steps to focus, and learn more skills so that I can continue to put my art out into the world. My goal in doing this is to encourage women to live their lives authentically, with dignity, and pride, and if in some small way I can encourage and motivate someone to do something they might not have done, or try something they might not have tried, or even smile when they otherwise would not have, then I will have done what I was put on this earth to do.
So without further ado, here is my art:
Ok, so the good, the bad, the ugly,the gorgeous, the fabulous, and even the huh’s?? have all been shared!
They have now all been OFFICIALLY sent out into the UNIVERSE!!!
Officially!!!
Whew! Ok, that wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be! Whew – again!! 😉
I totally need a break, my bravery muscles have thoroughly been exercised for the day!!! 😉
Have a FABULOUS evening!
Motivational Quote of the Day!
Here is your motivational quote for today!
“”Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it is good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art”
~Andy Warhol
Thank you to my new friend, ‘Duchess’ Deborah Velasquez for sharing this AMAZING quote!!
Have a FABULOUS afternoon!!
Sunday Scribbling!
SUNDAY SCRIBBLINGS
suggests the topic ‘Forward’.
LOOKING FORWARD
What is life, but looking forward?
The past is past, what’s done is done.
All that’s left is upward, onward.
Where will you go?
Who will you be?
What will you do?
What will you see?
Life is fleeting,
Time proceeding,
Looking back will not reward
The only progress is forward.
Have a FABULOUS evening!
Motivational Quote of the Day!
Here is your motivational quote for today!
“Since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of time, you are incomparable.”
~Brenda Ueland
Have a FABULOUS afternoon!!
A Thursday Evening of Gratitude!
Good evening!
I have noticed a bit of theme going on with posts this week. Have you noticed it too??
It is happiness!
I have been spending a lot of time and energy on being thankful for the blessings I have and the blessings that I can see on the horizon, and it has caused me to change my perspective in my day to day dealings with people, work, stresses, challenges, and so forth. Looking at life through the looking glass of gratitude may be my key to life balance and happiness!
I really wanted to take the time to thank all of you, my readers, my friends. For stopping by and visiting, for leaving comments of encouragement or advice. I thank you for helping me realize how truly blessed I am, in being able to have this outlet to share myself, my stories, and my dreams with you! That is truly powerful, and for YOU I am truly THANKFUL!!!
So, I leave you, tonight, with this very short simple message of thanks…
THANK YOU!!!
Have a FABULOUS evening!! 😉
