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New Moon Intentions

August 15th, 2010

Happy Spirit Day :)

I get a special treat on this wonderful Sunday because Mike left at 10:30 this morning, and took both Michael and Eddie to our local, county fair for the day, and they’ll likely not be home until 9 or 10 o’clock tonight. I haven’t had an entire day to myself since May! Three cheers for temporary, quiet solitude.

This week will be the last full week of summer vacation for the boys. They return to school next Wednesday, which we’re all excited about. It’ll sure be nice to have quiet days again, although I can already tell you that I’m going to miss them.

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I sorta missed the boat on the New Moon this month. I acknowledged it, but wasn’t yet feeling UP enough to sit at my laptop and write much. I didn’t set any “official” intentions for this cycle, but I did manage to set some “unofficially” due to circumstances, so I’m going to go over them and make them official.

It is the obvious direction I’m being pulled toward. If I’ve learned anything in my life, it’s to go with the flow.

My official intention is: I want to take this new found awareness of my body and health, and implement greater changes into the lives of everyone in my family.

The habits I intend to practice this month are~

Cook lunch so Mike can eat at home for lunch a LOT more.
Prepare ALL of the boys’ lunches for school.
Eat well with intention and purpose.
Take my supplements daily.
Riding with the dogs.
Get up at the same time every day.

How I intend to implement these changes into my life~

** I think my best bet at hitting the first two will be to cook bigger and less. If I cook a large enough meal during the day, we can also eat it for dinner and still have leftovers in the fridge that will be good for 3-4 days depending. If I cook 2 large meals a week, and maybe a smaller one in the evening one night (because some things aren’t good as leftovers and I try to only cook what we eat. Like fish..), then between the fresh food and leftovers, there’s no reason we can’t eat all week.

And some things can be pretty easily morphed into other things. I made homemade sloppy joes with ground turkey for lunch one day. Then we ate leftovers for dinner. The next afternoon, I threw the sloppy joe meat in the crock pot and dumped a jar of tomato sauce on it and left it on low for 4 hours. Then I dumped in the noodles left from the chicken parm of 3 days ago and we had spaghetti for dinner.

Feeding everybody lunch has been a very daunting task in my mind in the past. I have to remember that it’s as easy or hard as I want it to be.

** I’m adding eating with intention and purpose again this cycle because it’s not automatic yet, and that’s my goal. To be more automatically present when I eat. I still forget and stuff my face mindlessly, but I’m getting much better. A little more practice won’t hurt.

** I’m also keeping my supplements listed for the same reason as above. I still miss days and I want it to be more of a habit.

A quick thought on habits. I heard once that when something becomes a true habit, it will be harder for you to NOT do it than it will be to operate by the habit. One of the simplest and yet silliest examples I could think of, from my own life is my turning signal. When I am in my car and turn, I HAVE to use my turning signal. When I drive down my driveway and am about to turn out onto the road, I use my turning signal. When it’s 2am and I’m the only car in sight on a back road in the middle of nowhere, I use my turning signal. I’ve tried NOT to use it, but I will compulsively hit it at the last moment before I go around a corner. I actually laugh at myself about it. I want being present and aware to be THAT kind of habit. When my mind wanders away I automatically and even compulsively flip that turning signal and come back into the moment at hand.

** Riding with the dogs is what I’ve been doing the past few days as I’ve been getting my strength back. Bandit 4 to 6 miles in the morning and then Abby 4 to 6 miles in the evening. It’s been good exercise for all three of us and I’m going to stick with it for exercise this cycle. I find it very peaceful out those times of day too, so I even look forward to it.

** Getting up at the same time every day is important right now because the boys go back to school in a WEEK! Tonight is their last night to observe our summer hours. They’ll be up late tonight and then get up at 7:30 tomorrow morning. That way at 9:30 when it’s time to go to sleep, they’ll actually be tired and ready. I’m looking forward to having a more productive schedule. I have to get this one together and walk the walk because kids are copy cats :)

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A quick note on my affirmation that hasn’t changed yet. I’ve decided not to change it yet. I like this one. It makes me smile.

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My affirmation until Monday, 8-24-10 on the Full Moon~
I AM a miracle in motion~ Only more miracles can come from me*

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Intending to Love My Body

July 15th, 2010

We just passed a New Moon on Sunday (7-11-2010), and I’ve been thinking about a new focus for this month. I’ve decided that feeling better in my body will be my goal (through 8-9-2010).

Who doesn’t want to feel good in their body? Especially this time of year when the weather is hot and we’re covering less of ourselves for the sake of temperature control.

I want to feel better IN my body and ABOUT my body. I want to focus on the things I love about it. I’ve actually already started this and have been doing a little work in this area for about two weeks, but it’s been very inconsistent. Starting today, I want to begin a few new regular habits.

My official intention is: I want to realize the beauty and perfection that is my body so I may love and respect it in kind*

The habits I intend to practice daily for this month are~

Get up at the same time every day
Walk
Look good 2 feel good
Take my supplements
Eat well & with intention/purpose
Drink 8 glasses of water
No more than 2 cups of coffee
Be aware of my posture and the general state of my body

How I intend to implement these new habits into my daily life.

We must remember that intentions are very powerful things, but if we’re not living in alignment with our intentions, they can fall short fast. You cannot change if you don’t change. Duh, right? But really. You can intend to create change, but if you don’t initiate the change, it cannot happen. In other words, you can’t continue doing what you always do and then wonder why change doesn’t come.

This is where I, like many others, fall short with my intentions sometimes. I know what I want, I just don’t follow through and do anything to initiate the change, or I do, but I don’t sustain the momentum, usually because habits fall off a little at a time.

There must be a plan. That’s what you would do with anything else in life you wanted to move toward. You would make a plan of action. That is exactly what I am going to do to ensure my own success.

First, getting up at the same time every day.

I’ve been having some sleeping issues lately and I know it’s directly related to my body and how I feel in and about it, so a regular waking time in the morning is going to be essential in my success.

This is also why I am cutting my caffeine intake down to two cups of coffee per day. And no caffeine after 3pm.

I’m going to walk.

I feel so much better when I get regular exercise. I have a hard time just walking though. Somewhere in my head there’s a voice saying that if I walk, I might as well run or that the walking isn’t making any difference when I know darn well that it is. It can be easy to talk ourselves out of exercise, but walking is easy, doesn’t take a lot of time, and I’m operating on a “No Excuses” train of thought this month. I’m going to sit down and get down a couple affirmations that I can apply during my walk too.

Look good 2 feel good!

After a morning walk, it’s natural to go freshen up, especially in the summer when sweat isn’t only associated with physical exertion. This is where “Look good 2 feel good” comes in. When I put a little effort into my appearance, it completely changes my entire outlook. However, often if I’m not leaving the house, I’ll stay in sweat pants all day. I don’t want to add to an image of laziness in my own head. Just making the extra effort to look nice makes me feel better, regardless of what I do that day. Besides, it’s nice to be able to walk out the door at the drop of a hat without having to wear one.

I am placing my supplements in the area where I sit to brush my hair and don my necklace and earrings, so it will become part of this daily process.

To ensure I’m drinking all 8 glasses of water, I’ll pre measure and refrigerate it before bed so it’s cold and good to go in the morning. I’m also keeping a cut up lemon in a container in the fridge so it can be readily added to my water. I LOVE lemon water!

I want to make a more regular practice of becoming aware of my posture and the state of my body.

My upper back goes out a lot and I get a lot of tension and stress in my neck that brings on headaches. I want to not only become aware of my posture, but I want to sit straighter on purpose and recite a healing affirmation with it. I’m thinking something like “Relaxed, aligned, and feeling fine!”

I’m need a cue to become aware, and I was thinking maybe a bracelet or some such thing that I can use to remind me when I look at it or touch it or something like that. I’m open to suggestions :)

Eat well with intention/purpose.

Last but most certainly not least. I am keeping more fresh fruits and veggies in my house. I am cooking good quality and good tasting food for my family. This is incredibly important. I do this on a regular basis already, except for the extra snack foods in my life. For this month I’m eliminating them. Well, not eliminating snacks, but DEFINITELY making some different choices, like walnuts with a little dark chocolate instead of the Snickers bar. Snickers really satisfies my ass… literally.

One down side of cooking and eating really great food is having it taste SO good, in fact, that you eat roughly three times what you should. I am guilty of this often. I love food. I know it’s not AS bad that what I’m overeating is garlic olive oil sauteed asparagus, but that’s still a lot of extra fat and calories. Not to mislead you into thinking I’m some oddball who only overeats vegetables. If it tastes REALLY good, I will eat too much.

I’m going to start by making sure that at least 3/4 of my plate is filled with food that originated from the ground. Then, when I eat, that 3/4 is going to be what I eat first and foremost, because I may be full and eat less meat by the time I get to it.

The intention and purpose is my favorite part. I try to do this, but forget and chat at the table and lose all track of what I’ve been shoveling into my face. I will take care to be more present when I eat. And no more second helpings. I mindlessly eat when I go for seconds. I will be sure to taste and enjoy my food, and pay close attention to signals I may be receiving from my stomach.

So that about wraps it up. I’m going to keep a journal through this. Just deciding to do this and going into it with a plan of action has me feeling better about myself already :)

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My affirmation until Sunday, 7-25-10 on the Full Moon~
As I focus upon being happy, all other joy filled things in my life expand*

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Body Love

AWESOME Abe!

June 8th, 2010

Hello friends :)

Day 2 of our awesome summer vacation here at casa Baugher. We’re off for a long bike ride this afternoon. Three cheers for sunshine! I always glean my greatest insights when clear headed and exercising my body in the sun light.

I just watched this video on youtube and I LOVED IT!! I LOVE when I come across new Abraham-Hicks videos I’ve not seen before. This one is fantastic. Low self esteem is a disease most people suffer from at one point or another in their lives, if not all through their lives.