Thank Goodness it is Tuesday GIVEAWAY

Today I have to rely on a oldie but goodie.....Thankful Tuesday.  Yesterday was so nice that I wanted to share it with everyone.  First off it made a major difference to wake up and not be burning up hot.  Whew!  Then I was able to make coffee, go online a bit and the best part of the morning was a lil nap.  Yeppers.  I went back to sleep for a bit.  Now that is just unheard of for me.  But it was a wonderful rest and I woke for a second time to a call from College Girl.  Love having heard from her.

The day progressed pretty calm.  Well if you like having 5 dogs, 2 cats and 5 kittens underfoot.  Actually they all behaved pretty well.  I was able to get my post here done, clean up the living room in the morning while it was still cool and even have a bit of lunch too.  Our Gentleman that lives with us declared the evening to be pizza night at the local pizza parlor in town.  They have a good deal on Monday nights that we took advantage off.  He had Other Mother, Poppa and Princess Emma join in.  We also took pizza to our Wee One at work and picked up her beau from his job to join us.  Granny M and her best friend met up with us too.  So the 10 of us had dinner for about $4.00 per person.  And I promise we ate our fill of pizza.

Afterwards it was time to pop over to Dairy Queen for ice cream.  Our Gentleman loves that treat.  Well just as we were pulling up I had a text message.  Look at it....wow.....imagine the luck.

Comanche Dairy Queen

Hey Crazed Mind, we really appreciate you coming to our DQ very often and all the great complements you give us, thank you so much! For being an awesome customer, we will like to give you a FREE Medium Blizzard of your choice!! Thanks A lot and once again, we are looking forward to see you again!! Have a great day!!

That came at the right time so in I walked to collect on the goodies!  The special this month is Triple Chocoholic Blizzards.  I love it!  And was told next month will be Nutter Butter....College Girl will be home in time for that one.  It was so nice of our Dairy Queen to award me.  And I am thankful they appreciate my kind words.  More so I love their caring service.

Now all of this has me thinking of  how we accept happiness into our lives.  I feel we need to recognize the everyday joys and take our pleasure from them.  Be it the thump of the kittens playing at my feet right now.  Or the phone call from my grandson when he had his mom's cell.  I have notes up all over with quotes to remind me of the joy in my life.  Many people have this sort of thing on their facebook page or computer monitor.  Is there every anyone you wish you could remind how happy life really is?  Well you could help out by sharing 'Happiness Quotations' with them.  I am so glad to have the reminders that we can control our own happiness by accepting it into our lives.  Erica Nelson (the author for Happiness Quotations) has 5 steps to help us do just that.

Step 1:  Remember your strengths.  Get  back in touch with your gifts.  You have forgotten what is amazing about you.  Begin to remember these things.
Step 2:  Awe
Step 3:  Forgive
Step 4:  Connect to source energy or divine guidance
Step 5:  Check in with yourself and simply ask yourself to experience more happiness in every situation.  Happiness isn't always complicated.

I know that my motto is "There is always time to DANCE!".  Well that is because in dancing I am always filled with joy.  I hope to help others remember that what I actually mean, is there is always time to fill joy and let happiness fill you.  Thanks so much to Erica for sharing her book with me.  I am taking to flipping through it each morning and reading a different quote.  But I bet I will be having them sent to my email soon.  She will do that for you too if you just fill out the lil form here.

Oh and look at what I just received in my email.

Wow Lynette!!!

May I send you a few copies of my book, one to keep and another to share as "prizes" with your followers? I feel so blessed to have been promoted in this lovely manner. I posted a thank you on your blog!
Erica

So yes, we have a giveaway too.  Easy to win your own copy.  Just leave me a comment with how you draw happiness in your life.  Make sure I have your email so I can contact you if your the lucky winner!

If Mama Ain't Happy

Well we have all heard the saying "If momma ain't happy then no one is happy!" and that is so true.
How do we stay happy? Especially when so many mothers have to juggle so many responsibilities what do we do. Have you lost sight of what makes you happy? Do you make conscious choices every day to take care of your happiness the way you take care of your health?

"What Happy Working Mothers Know" is a new book that guides us in positive psychology to leading a healthy and happy balance in our work and home life. Written by a behavioral scientist and global leadership guru, and an international lawyer and career coach, this mom-friendly guide offers practical tactics that truly work. Cathy L. Greenberg, Ph.D. and Barrett S. Avigdor J.D. wrote this book as a way to help energize and inspire women. They help remind us of that saying above. And no one can make us happy so we have to do it ourselves too!

So how do we stay happy?
Well we can look at the word happy and apply it as an acronym.
Healthy
Adaptive
Proud of Family
Proud of Work
Young at Heart

Do you try and fulfill these and if so how do you do that?

In "What Happy Working Mothers Know" you will discover the following.

• Includes interactive activities that illustrate important lessons in the book
• Shows you how to use positive psychology to shift from a scarcity mentality to an abundance

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mentality for workplace success
• Helps you tap into your own sense of joy every day for your own happiness and the happiness of those around you
• Science-based and packed with real case studies of real working moms

I know that with all the different 'hats' I have been wearing it is harder to focus on myself and not on my responsibilities. Super woman I am not, but as so many of us do, I try to be. Thinking that I can do it all. Care for family, home, jobs and still be out there offering more. Do you do that? Well, here is a guide to help me find my balance. Making sure I remember that
Momma is happy and healthy in order to care for her family.