Living in the JOY!!

I am so bad about reading my emails but I recently opened this email and wanted to share with everyone because I really feel like you have to focus on the positive even if bad things are happening....


A Secret Scrolls message from Rhonda Byrne
Creator of The Secret



Be in Joy now and everything will change

In the moment that I discovered The Secret I realized that I had been living my entire life backwards. If things were good in my life, I was happy. If things were difficult in my life and everything was going wrong, I was stressed and miserable. In my ignorance, I had been misusing the law of attraction all of my life. But all of that changed when I had the knowledge of The Secret.

To live in accordance with The Secret and the most powerful law in the Universe, we must be in Joy first - and then everything will change. To live our lives by emotionally reacting to what is happening outside of us is misusing the law! As we react with negative emotion to any difficulties, we attract more negativity into our lives. We cannot defy the law of attraction, which operates on the most microscopic levels of vibration, and with absolute exactitude.

You must be in Joy first. And then your life will change into Joy.

Difficult times are the greatest opportunities in disguise. When we face difficult times we have to put in determined work to get ourselves into Joy. But let me tell you, when you can get yourself into Joy despite what is happening around you, your life must change - it's the law!

In addition, as you become Joy in difficult times you are becoming the master of your emotions, the master of your life, and the master of the law of attraction. Difficult times are your greatest opportunity to practice yourself into Joy.

Of course if your life is going along swimmingly then it is very easy to be in Joy. During those times your Joy is most likely a reaction to the good times. But the magnificence and the power that you really have within you will be seen when you can be in Joy during difficult times. It is then that you will see the true power that you have within you, because as you hold to Joy, you will shift all the energies of the Universe, and your life and your world will change.

The cause of everything is within you, and the effect is what you experience in your life. You have the power within you to change everything by putting yourself in Joy. You can change everything so easily by becoming Joy first! And nothing can change until you get yourself in Joy, because that is the law of attraction. Like attracts like! The energy of Joy attracts energy of Joy!

Do whatever it takes to find your Joy, and then keep yourself in it no matter what. Keep ramping up your level of Joy every day. There is no limit to the levels of Joy you can reach. You will see change to the degree of Joy that you can attain and maintain. The higher the Joy you can create within you, the more spectacular the change, and the higher the Joy, the faster the change. Once you get yourself in Joy it is easy to maintain it, because your emanation of Joy attracts more Joy. The law of attraction will continually send you more feelings of Joy.

You cannot criticize or blame or complain when you are in Joy. You cannot be afraid when you are in Joy. You cannot speak negatively when you are in Joy. You cannot harm another when you are in Joy. Negativity cannot reach you when you are in Joy.

When you are in Joy you are compassionate. When you are in Joy you are considerate and caring. When you are in Joy you love others. When you are in Joy you appreciate everything. When you are in Joy you are in love with the world, and the Universe is in love with you.

Be in Joy. Seek it with all of your heart, and you will find it.

May the Joy be with you,


Rhonda Byrne
The Secret... bringing Joy to billions

Proud Mommy!!!

So we put our 2yr old in his pull up last night and then underwear in the morning. He asked to go potty and went then we went in pool and afterwards he put his underwear on again and used the big boy potty 2 more times and he told us he had to go. Then later on he asked to go again but asked for me to step out well when I came back to check he was sitting on the toilet instead of standing he had done all day. I asked him if he was finished he told me no. About 10mins later he says 'oh mommy yukie mommy yukie' and I looked and he pooped. I was so happy I screamed. What a day of progress?! Only when it was time to go to bed did he have an accident. But all day he wore underwear and would tell us he had to potty. I'm so happy and hope it continues!! Then one down one to go!Thanks for all the advice from everyone!!

So Happy!!

This morning when I was getting my 2yr old dressed for the day I asked him if he had to potty he told me no and put his pull up on so I did. I finished getting him dressed and got my 1 yr old dressed and here come the oldest 'I pee pee mommy' he says. I was just happy he knew he did and was able to tell me so I here I go changing him again. The rest of the day he said nothing else about it. While we out at the store later in the day he asked to potty and he went YAY!!! We got home from shopping and his pull up was dry and then when it was time for him to go to bed he asked to potty and went YESSS!! I am one proud happy mommy!! Lets hope he continues!! He is out of pull ups and I'm not buying anymore!

Potty training with 2yr old

So, we really tired working on it this weekend. My 2yr old did agree to put his big boy underpants on but had accidents all day. He is smart because he had to do #2 and he brought me his pull up to put on I refused until he tried to potty. So, 5 books later he still did not use the bathroom. Sometime later when I was asleep he did #2 in his pull up and his dad had to change him. Well Sunday morning he woke up and asked to potty and he stood up and HE DID!!! I was so happy! Half asleep I managed to tell him how happy I was and glad! All day no accidents then we went to beach so you know he went in the water. But before he went to sleep he went potty and did not wet pull up all night. Monday he did not want his big boy underpants. We went to gym but he did not ask to potty all day until it was time to go to sleep and he went!!
so, I guess if he just goes at night its a start and I'm thankful for it.

STILL IN MY BED

Okay the boys are still in my bed and its mostly my fault for just giving up but I'm getting Slade's bed this weekend and he is getting his own room and Sloan too and my goal is to have them out of my room by MONDAY!! Wish my luck!

4th at the gym

20mins on the bike
40 mins elliptical machine
then I used 3 different ab machines doing 100 at each at 30lbs
5mins walking on treadmill
2mins running and 3 mins walking
was running behind had to pick up kids from child care

3rd day at gym

So today I did my legs
started with 15 mins elliptical
then moved onto 6 different machines to work my legs doing 3 set of 15 with 30lbs
15 mins of the bike
5 mins of walking 5 running and 5 mins of walking

2nd day at the gym!

I was sore still from tuesday so I just did cardio.
45 mins of elliptical
then 10 mins walking on treadmill 5 mins running and 5 mins walking

Weight and Goals

So I'm gonna be brave and post my weight...156lbs on 03/04/09
My goal is to get down to 120 by my birthday in May. I would like to get down to about a size 4 and I'm at a 10 now.

Weight loss!

Well I FINALLY got my gym membership at the YMCA. Then the boys got sick and so I had to wait 4 days to use grr!! But I went Tuesday 03/03/2009 it was the first time I have worked out hard since before I had my first son. I did the elliptical machine for 30 minutes I was very proud of myself. I decide I would start working out my arms first so I did two different machines one working out my triceps and then my biceps. I am not looking to get big arms just toned and smaller. So we will see how that goes. After I worked my arms I walked on the treadmill for 10 mins then ran for 5 mins then walked another 5 mins. Then I called it a day. I felt really good afterwards!!

Clean House!

I feel like I'm living one of those episodes of Clean House minus the part where someone else comes and helps me clean it up and decorate for me. I recently moved my office out of my second bedroom and into our back room. Well I should have de-cluttered back room before I made the move and stuff is just everywhere. I really don't know where to start grr!! Here are some pictures