GIVE AWAY OF THE DAY

For those who like to take pictures or scrapbook, here's a program for adding some fun to your pictures, Morpheus Photo Morpher 3.10 and it's available to you for the next 15 hours for free at Give Away of The Day.

PEEK

Email your family and friends from anywhere with Peek.

At Go Graham Go you will find details about how to win Peek.

Stroller Give Away

Bumble Ride Twin Stroller has a very nice stroller for families with multiple children. I sure could have used this when my children were little. At I Never Grew Up you can enter for a chance to win a twin stroller from Bumble Ride.

READING IS LEARNING

I have a collection of books from when my children were young(now 24 & 21 years old). I like unusual books, books that are durable, books with vivid colors...I like books. I recently told my son that I need to sort through the books and divide them between him and his sister, but what about me? I still need books to read to my grandchildren (8 months & 21 months.) So I may just have to start my grandchildren their own collection and what a better way than with books from Begin Smart Books. For a chance to win one stop by Go Graham Go to check out her contest.

Freebies!

Just what are freebies? Well a freebie to me is something that I haven't paid for and won't have to pay for in the future and freebies are out there. Just today I received a free Glad trash bag. Now some may say it's only a trash bag, but when a box of 38 trash bags costs $7.49 plus tax then I got a freebie. All I did was fill out stuff on the internet and received a trash bag. Yeah, it may take some time to fill out forms for freebies but what's it costing you...nothing you're already paying for internet service so all you do is fill out forms and wait for your freebies to arrive.

To help get you started with your freebies visit shop4freebies.com and see the latest offers.

Thanks,

Di

January 7, 2009

Ok, what's the problem? Just days into the new year and I'm having trouble sticking to my "new year's resolution". "Be true to myself". It's a lot harder than I ever imagined. Sometimes I am so sensitive and I knowingly make myself aware of this and yet I let it get the best of me. My feelings get hurt and my defenses go up and I find myself more worried about what others think than how this will affect me and how my reactions will thus affect others.

So first things first, I am not perfect! I am not perfect! Now what a relief, trying to be perfect isn't being true to myself and oh the strain it puts on me, no wonder I have anxiety issues.

I am really enjoying reading all the various blogs that I subscribe to, so ladies and gentlemen keep up the good work, and try this year to be true to yourself.

NEW YEAR'S ESOLUTIONS

With the passing of 2008 and the beginning of a new year there are many things to think about. The first and foremost being that of "New Year's Resolutions" of which in the past I have had, most without success. During the last few months of 2008 I learned what my resolution for 2009 should be.

So this year, I am going to be true to myself. True to myself? Yes, I am going to think about me and how what I do or say will affect my future as well as those whom are important to me.

You see this past year I learned that if you're not true to yourself then you let others run over you. I have for most of my life had a low self-esteem, I thought that I was "worthless" and needed to around people whom were "worse off" than me, however during that process I often let myself be run over being taken advantage of and putting myself into positions just so that I could have "friends" and companionship.

I know who I am, first and foremost I am a child of God, secondly I am a child (although I am an adult), I am a mother, a grandmother, a friend, and a soulmate. I am short (undertall), overweight (fat), smart, ambitious, organized, a writer, photographer, reader, scrapbooker, socializer, intervert and extrovert. I am a well rounded person, who has spent most of her life feeling inferior but now realizing that I'm not, I am like everyone else out there.

I need food, love, shelter, clothing, family and an assurance from myself that I am alright.

So as you face the new year don't set unobtainable resolutions. Just be true; to yourself and everything else will fall in line.

Here's to a new and wonderful year! Please visit my blog when you have a chance, I'll be sharing more about being true to myself from time to time along with things that I learn along the way.

God Bless You,

Di