Did you DECIDE what your NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS would be?

       I knew I needed to lose weight but I DECIDED that saying MY RESOLUTION was to GO ON A DIET wasn't NECESSARY.

       BECAUSE I KNEW that I WOULD TRY TO EAT HEALTHIER.

       I DECIDED that this YEAR MY RESOLUTION was that I WOULD start at ONE END of my home and SLOWLY BUT SURELY GET RID of some of my DECADES OF COLLECTING.

      So I bought a FEW BOXES to START TOMORROW and everything that I WILL FIND that I know that I will NEVER USE OR ENJOY AGAIN I WOULD SLOWLY FILL UP each box. 

       If I find something that I thought someone that I knew WOULD ENJOY....... I WILL GIVE IT TO THEM them the NEXT TIME I SAW THEM.

       I made ONE BOX for the lady who owned the ANTIQUE store down the road. 

      I can't wait to SEE the SMILE ON HER FACE as she SEES that she COULD EASILY SELL IT there.

      I made ONE BOX for DISHES and ANOTHER BOX for CLOTHES that I DIDN'T NEED that I would DROP OFF at GOODWILL.

       NOW 2026 is going to make me FEEL FREE FROM ALL THE CLUTTER and that is a RESOLUTION that WILL BRING me PEACE OF MIND.

       And NOTHING FEELS BETTER than HAVING PEACE OF MIND.

       HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!🌟

      

       

       

YOU must DECIDE then......

      Just because THEY THINK that YOU SHOULD has NOTHING to do with.....WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO.

     Just because THEY CHOSE TO DO IT is UP TO THEM but WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO is WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU.

     EVERY NEW IDEA is made from someone THINKING DIFFERENTLY and DOING WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO DO.

     Could you IMAGINE If WE were ALL THE SAME?

     OUR UNIQUENESS is HOW UNIQUE THINGS HAPPEN and NEW THINGS GET INVENTED for US ALL to ENJOY USING. 

     WE EACH have things WE ENJOY and WE EACH have things that WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T LIKE.

     Your BEST FRIEND can be TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN YOU yet YOU LOVE hanging out with them even though THEY THINK DIFFERENTLY.

      Sometimes WE HAVE TO AGREE TO DISAGREE because a TRUE FRIEND is YOUR TRUE FRIEND even though YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THEM OCCASIONALLY.

     There are TEN THINGS that REALLY MATTER about SOMEONE YOU SURROUND YOURSELF with and as long as the MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE THERE then....... YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED in a TRUE FRIEND.

     NOTHING IS PERFECT so QUIT LOOKING for the PERFECT ANYTHING and ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN.

     

If you DON'T HAVE ROOM for it then.....

    When you LIKE IT and you also PLAN ON KEEPING your LIVING ROOM FURNITURE then even if you FIND a COUCH that you THINK IS COOL you DON'T BUY IT.

    WHY? Because you DON'T NEED A NEW COUCH so you DON'T BUY IT.

     You might have bought a NEW PHONE three YEARS AGO but the NEW PHONE they OFFER TODAY IS COOLER but you DON'T NEED to BUY IT. 

     WHY? Because your OLD PHONE WORKS so you DON'T NEED to BUY A NEW ONE.

     If all you THINK ABOUT is EVERYTHING NEW that you DON'T HAVE then you will NEVER BE ABLE TO ENJOY WHAT YOU DO HAVE.

     When you LOOK BACK you CAN CHOOSE to SEE the POSITIVE PARTS and that will MAKE you FEEL POSITIVE MEMORIES.

     Or you can LOOK BACK at all the NEGATIVE PARTS and LET IT PREVENT YOU FROM ENJOYING the POSITIVE PARTS.

      Now YOU CAN CHOOSE to DECIDE WHAT TO REMEMBER because YOUR THOUGHTS ARE YOUR THOUGHTS.

       And YOUR THOUGHTS DETERMINES the OUTCOME so CHOOSE POSITIVE THOUGHTS to GET the BEST OUTCOME YOU CAN HAVE.

     If YOU want PEACE OF MIND then take all the NEGATIVITY and LEARN from it then JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind so PEACE OF MIND will have ROOM to GET IN.

     

Guess what tomorrow is?

     Tomorrow is the day that we CELEBRATE the day our LORD was born. 

     The MOMENT YOU OPEN YOUR EYES tomorrow THANK GOD that YOU WOKE UP then CELEBRATE.

      Tomorrow as you are SPENDING TIME with those YOU LOVE just CELEBRATE that YOU ARE ABLE to SPEND TIME with those YOU LOVE.

     Then YOU can sit back and ENJOY that Santa bought you a HAPPY CHRISTMAS with those YOU LOVE.

     Happy CHRISTMAS EVE everyone and when YOU WAKE UP TOMORROW REMIND YOURSELF HOW LUCKY YOU ARE.

ACCEPTING It doesn't mean that ITS SOMETHING YOU WANT..... it means .....

     Things DON'T ALWAYS turn out like you had HOPED THEY WOULD.

      But IT IS WHAT IT IS so the SOONER YOU ACCEPT IT the SOONER YOU can DECIDE WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT to ENJOY WHAT YOU CAN.

     People that YOU LOVE may NOT UNDERSTAND exactly WHAT YOU HAD HOPED FOR but YOU CAN ENJOY WHAT YOU DO HAVE.

      NO ONE will MAKE SURE that THINGS ARE LIKE YOU PLANNED because THEY ARE BUSY DOING WHAT THEY LIKE.

     It DOESN'T MEAN that they DON'T CARE about YOU it just MEANS that they are DOING WHAT THEY WANT TO DO because that is IMPORTANT TO THEM.

     The OLDER I GET the more I REALIZE that WE ARE ALL UNIQUE and WE EACH UNIQUELY DO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO.

     I REMEMBER when I WAS YOUNGER I PROBABLY DIDN'T DO what OTHER PEOPLE wanted me TO DO.

     It WASN'T because I DIDN'T LISTEN TO THEM it was just because even though I LISTENED it WENT IN ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER.

     Just LOOK FOR THE POSITIVES in EVERY SITUATION ON YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY and IGNORE the FACT that it ISN'T ALL ABOUT YOU.

     LIFE is a ROLLERCOASTER and let's FACE IT.... ROLLERCOASTERS are FUN but they are ALSO SCARY AT TIMES. 

     

I try not to buy candy because I always eat it

     We are seeing the grandkids tomorrow to celebrate Christmas because they have plans for the next few days before Christmas.

    I set up the gifts for prizes they can choose while we play our games.

   I had kept the candy up until today but I finally brought it out.

    And I had tried not to eat any of it yet but..... I couldn't resist and I ate one. 

    I picked my favorite then it tasted awful because I ended up buying a weird version they were offering new this year. 

    So I guess if I always buy candy that I personally don't like then I won't eat their candy ANYMORE.

     So that is what I will do next year because I just like candy.

     I know that there is NO COUNTING CALORIES ON the actual HOLIDAY but eating it a week before the HOLIDAYS is not good, hahaha.

    Merry Christmas everyone 🎄 

EVERYONE CAN but they still MAY CHOOSE NOT TO because.....

      Just because someone SUGGESTS that YOU SHOULD..... DOESN'T mean that YOU SHOULD 

     Just because it happened to WORK FOR THEM..... DOESN'T mean that it will WORK FOR YOU.

     Sometimes a CERTAIN PATH in life is MORE WORN but it DOESN'T mean IT IS the RIGHT CHOICE that YOU SHOULD TAKE. 

     Sometimes the PATH IS MORE WORN because IT LEAD TO A DEAD END and EVERYONE had to TURNAROUND and GO BACK to PICK A DIFFERENT DIRECTION in THEIR LIFE.

      WE ARE EACH UNIQUE and ONLY WE KNOW what WILL WORK because ONLY WE KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO and sometimes WE DO OUR BEST to MAKE IT WORK but....

     WE REALIZE AT TIMES that WE TRIED IT and IT JUST DIDN'T WORK so WE JUST FLUSH IT and FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

      Trying to CONVINCE YOURSELF that YOU CAN CLIMB A MOUNTAIN when WALKING at a STORE MAKES YOU TIRED....IS BEING UNREALISTIC.

     And if YOUR DREAMS ARE UNREALISTIC then YOU are SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR FAILURE because REALISTICALLY YOU CAN'T.

      BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF and YOU WILL BE FINE. If IT WON'T WORK then ADMIT that IT DON'T WORK then JUST FLUSH IT so YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.

     

     

Can you FEEL IT?

     As I have been SHOPPING lately I could JUST FEEL the KINDNESS just FLOWING from EVERYONE I ENCOUNTERED. 

     Do YOU FEEL IT when you are OUT AND ABOUT at the stores?

     Even having to WAIT IN LINE at the POST OFFICE was PRETTY PLEASANT because I could FEEL the HOLLY JOLLY from EVERYONE there WAITING with me.

     Now if WE CAN ALL FEEL IT AND LIVE IT and SHOW KINDNESS during the MONTH OF DECEMBER then WHY CAN'T WE ALL FEEL IT EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR?

      WE don't ONLY FEEL IT ON the actual DAY OF CHRISTMAS..... BUT EVERY DAY IN DECEMBER WE ARE ALL MORE KINDER.

     What if WE JUST TOLD OURSELVES IT'S DECEMBER when WE ARE STRESSED OUT EVEN IN  MARCH OR AUGUST AND SMILE even though WE KNOW IT IS MARCH. 

     ANY TIME WE NEED TO..... WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO OR SAY to OURSELVES WHATEVER WE NEED TO in order to BE ABLE TO.

     .....AND MAYBE.... JUST MAYBE SAYING IT'S DECEMBER TO OURSELF WILL HELP. 

     SOMETIMES throughout the YEAR WE ALL NEED TO TAKE ANY TYPE OF NEGATIVE SITUATIONS and..... JUST FLUSH IT out of OUR MIND so PEACE OF MIND will have ROOM to GET IN.

     PEACE OF MIND is JUST A FLUSH AWAY but it is ONLY POSSIBLE IF YOU..... JUST FLUSH IT as it comes EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR.

    So.... When YOU NEED TO then JUST TELL YOURSELF IT'S DECEMBER.

    

     

GUESSING about it DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A TRUE FACT

      Just because someone SAYS IT.... DOESN'T MEAN that it is a TRUE FACT.... It's just someone's OPINION.

     If YOU LOOK it up on GOOGLE and you KEEP READING HUNDREDS of ANSWERS then YOU will get stuff that is FACTUAL and EVENTUALLY the UNEDUCATED GUESSING that are NOT TRUE.

    YOU have to LOOK for the ANSWER that you BELIEVE IS TRUE and then ACCEPT WHATEVER HAPPENS in the END.

     You can MAKE PLANS with all the FACTS THAT YOU KNOW then ADJUST IF NECESSARY if THINGS ARE DIFFERENT than YOU THOUGHT.

     But one thing that is CERTAIN is that YOU can DO IT ANYWAY YOU WANT TO because IT IS UP TO YOU.

     I THINK YOU SHOULD GET ALL THE INFORMATION that YOU NEED and THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING..... so YOU KNOW what EXACTLY YOU SHOULD DO.

     BECAUSE.... DOING IT on an UNEDUCATED GUESS IS JUST STUPID.

     If YOU CHOOSE WRONG after GETTING ALL THE FACTS..... then YOU AT LEAST KNOW that YOU DID WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS BEST.

When did our LAST EVERYTHING IS A DOLLAR store make things so much over the TIMES of the OLD ONE DOLLAR PRICE?

     I had not been to the DOLLAR TREE STORE in a FEW YEARS so....... When did the PRICES START MATCHING the DOLLAR GENERAL PRICES?

     Someone told me when I said I was going that I HAD TO LOOK AT THE PRICES so I WASN'T EXPECTING it to be a CHEAP TRIP like in the PAST.

     I said yes I had HEARD that THINGS COULD BE UP TO $1.75 EACH ITEM.

     I Said that that was still a GOOD PRICE compared to MOST STORES.

     But I COULD BARELY FIND ANY PRICES ON ANYTHING so I really DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I was BUYING WOULD COST ME.

      At first I found SEVERAL THINGS I wanted that were EACH EITHER $1.25 UP TO $1.75 so it was OKAY.

      BUT THEN.......a five pack of Matchbox cars that normally sold at Walmart for $4.99 was $6 EACH.

     NOW THAT IS JUST WRONG!

      BUT they still had PLENTY OF CUSTOMERS so I GUESS THEY WERE GETTING AWAY WITH RIDICULOUSLY HIGHER PRICES than OTHER STORES AROUND THEM. 

       SO....if the STORE YOUR GOING TO has the WORD "DOLLAR" IN IT..... DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING IN THE STORE COST ONE DOLLAR.

      It's TIME to STICK TO YOUR BUDGET no matter what the NAME OF THE STORE IS. 

      IF YOU DON'T NEED IT..... DON'T BUY IT and JUST SAVE YOUR DOLLARS! 

Just LOOKING AT THEM it MAKES ME SMILE

      I was FLIPPING through the Internet LOOKING FOR GAMES that we COULD PLAY for our CHRISTMAS PARTY.

     I got to WATCH MANY GAMES and with EACH ONE I LAUGHED SO HARD just WATCHING THE VIDEOS.

     Every time I LIKED A GAME I then got to THINK ABOUT how MY FAMILY would LOOK PLAYING THAT GAME.

     When you are TRYING to FIGURE OUT what game could be PLAYED for people RANGING from three to sixties it is IMPORTANT to PICK WISELY.

     And I had a BLAST WATCHING them but it will be HARD to DECIDE because they were all FUN TO WATCH. 

     In the end I DECIDED to PLAY Two of the Three  games we PLAYED last year because they WORKED WELL FOR EVERYONE.

      NOW the THIRD GAME.... well I DIDN'T LIKE ONE FROM LAST YEAR but.....I still have TIME to DECIDE what it will be.

     LUCKILY I bought PLENTY of FUN GIFTS for THEM to WIN so I still have a couple of WEEKS to FIGURE OUT WHICH GAME they will WIN TO COLLECT THEM.

      And I MADE SURE that I WOULDN'T EAT ANY OF THE CANDY PRIZES because CALORIES COUNT EVERY DAY EXCEPT on the REAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

     If YOU FIND yourself BORED ONE DAY just LOOK UP FAMILY CHRISTMAS GAMES and ENJOY THE LAUGHTER IT WILL BRING YOU.

     And YOU just might DECIDE to make a PLAN for a HOLIDAY GAME that YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAN ENJOY.

      EVERY MOMENT YOU SMILE BRINGS YOU MORE PEACE OF MIND.

      

     

     

Have you ever went to a store KNOWING that YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING?

     It's HARD to go to the store with your friends or family when you KNOW IF YOU GO then YOU WILL SPEND MONEY on things you DON'T NEED.

     The OLDER I GET the MORE I REALIZE that I ALREADY HAVE MORE things than I NEED after COLLECTING FOR DECADES.

      BUT when I GO SHOPPING I BUY STUFF DESPITE KNOWING that I DON'T NEED ANYMORE STUFF to FILL MY HOME.

      My OLDER Grandkids just want MONEY for CHRISTMAS so I thought I only have TWO YOUNGER Grandsons to BUY FOR so that will MAKE me SHOP LESS.

     BUT ...NOPE..... I just BOUGHT BOTH OF THEM MORE than I NEEDED.

      And AT FIRST I THOUGHT I SHOULDN'T HAVE BOUGHT so MUCH then.... I REALIZED HOW MUCH EXCITEMENT I HAD SHOPPING.

     I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES WHEN THEY OPEN THEM.

    TODAY I wrapped all of the CHRISTMAS GIFTS and I TOPPED THEM ALL WITH A BOW.....so NOW HOPEFULLY I DON'T GO SHOPPING ANYMORE THIS YEAR.

     

Seems like just a few MONTHS have gone by yet it's DECEMBER ALREADY

     It DOESN'T FEEL LIKE A YEAR has GONE BY .... YET IT has been almost a YEAR AGO that we were making our CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PLANS.

    And at the END OF THIS MONTH we have to make a PLAN for OUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS to make 2026 OUR BEST YEAR EVER.

    And the OLDER I GET the MORE IMPORTANT I ENJOY EVERY MOMENT that I CAN because I SEE HOW FAST TIMES ARE PASSING BY.

     EVERYDAY is a CHANCE to ENJOY EVERY MINUTE for the next TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. 

    EVERYDAY is ANOTHER TWENTY-FOUR HOURS for YOU TO ENJOY but WILL YOU CHOOSE TO ENJOY IT?

     

Since YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT then.....

     Worrying about it OVER AND OVER again DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED because it HAPPENED.

     Worrying about it JUST makes YOU FEEL IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

     ACCEPTING IT is NECESSARY so YOU WON'T REPEAT IT then.... JUST FLUSH IT out of your mind and NEVER DO IT AGAIN.

     It's HARD TO ADMIT YOUR MISTAKES but if YOU DON'T ACCEPT YOUR MISTAKES then YOU WON'T EVER LEARN FROM THEM. 

    REMEMBER the saying that INSANITY is DOING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN and yet YOU EXPECT A DIFFERENT RESULTS.

     But if YOU DON'T DO IT DIFFERENTLY then it WILL NEVER CHANGE and NOTHING WILL BE DIFFERENT.

     WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES because WE ARE HUMAN but whether YOU LEARN from it or NOT is UP TO YOU.

     If YOU WANT A FRESH START then.... ACCEPT IT and then DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND GET A FRESH START.