Your mouth

Prayer of the day: The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment. Proverbs 12:18-19

Remember your words can help or hurt. Choose to lift others up, not cut them down. You never know the real impact you have on others. A simple smile could change someone's day. A hello or have a good day could bring someone back from the edge. Remember to walk in love always. ~Sumintra

The Weekend

Why does the weekend always go so fast? Why do we always spend the weekend doing chores? Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning.....does it never end?

My goal is to set aside 10 minutes everyday to pick up things around the house in hopes that the weekend can be enjoyed instead of spent cleaning.

Hopefully!

~ Sumintra

At least someone was happy....

After the "New Year" High wears off...

So it's January 2nd and that usually means you've already fallen off the wagon.  It's ok, really! No one ever said anything good was easy to accomplish.  It's the journey that is the true adventure.  My journey is going to long and hard but I will accomplish great things.  After all I'm still writing, even if no one ever read it.  Because you do these things for YOU not for the world.  It's all about finding yourself NOT someone else.  After all you must change you before you change the world.  Fight thru the clouds and find your light!


Nite,
~Sumintra

Happy New Year

I can't believe how fast 2012 went. My hopes are high for 2013. There are so many things I want to accomplish this year.  First thing first getting in shape.  This is a hard thing for anyone.  It seems to always be on the top of everyone's list.  It's really not that hard.  Think about it this way, you don't always tell everyone how you feel about them, right? Yes....so take that approach with food.  Take a little, what you need and move on.

So tomorrow I begin my journey and jump back on the weight loss train.  I'm starting off with TurboFire.  It's a great cardio workout and it's fun.

Happy New Year All

Till tomorrow,
~Sumintra

UpCycling - Pen/Pencil Holder

I've been staring at this coffee can that held a bunch of pens behind my sink for months.  I never seem to have the time to craft so I finally found a minute and created a new pen holder.

Supplies:
Old Coffee Can
Pair of old kid's jeans
Left over felt
Hot glue gun

First, cut off a piece of the jean leg enough to cover your can.

Trace the bottom of the can over the felt and cut out the circle.
That piece of felt will cover the bottom of the can.

Bottom with felt circle

I placed my can in the pant leg and hot glued a little over hang over the top (inside) the can.
Then I cut off any excess on the bottom and hot glued it in place.
I covered the ugly bottom with some felt (see above).

I cut a piece of the pant leg off about 2 inches wide.
I hot glued the piece of jean to the sides forming a square.
I did this because I didn't want all my pens and pencils hitting each other.

Front

Back

 ~Enjoy
Sumintra

Trying again

I tried blogging my life but life always gets in the way.  I'm jumping into it again and using this to keep me accountable of my goals for 2013.
I want to use 2013 to learn to enjoy life more and stop hanging in the past.  I love Baltimore and it's time to learn more about it.


MY 2013 GOALS
Not just to get back in shape but to live healthier.
Enjoy my children because they are getting older each day.
Get some crafting done.
Take loads of pictures :)

Monday

Monday isn't just the beginning of the work week, it's a chance to start over re event things.  This week think about all those things that you've wanted to begin and take a leap today and just do it.

This week I want to......