Happy New Year!

Well, okay its not exactly new years here yet, I have just under 2 hours left to go and my 5 year is trying her best to stay up till midnight and ring in the new year with my 11 year old god daughter. We shall see what happens!

I really do hope that you guys all have a wonderful 2009 and that it brings about alot of pregnancies and babies galore! I hope that 2009 is a positive experience, and one that you will remember for years to come.

I am not normally the type of person to do new years resolutions, well, perhaps I should clarify this.... I am not the type of person to KEEP new years resolutions, but I mean well when making them!

here we go!

1. Cherish the time spent with family and friends. Especially my little girls who might not always want to spend the time with me when they are teens.

2. As for every year, loose a bit of weight. This year more so as still carrying around the baby weight. Not sure how much longer I am allowed to blame it on the baby as shes now 8 months old! I would love to lose 30lbs

3. no more drinking soda

4. eat more veggies/fruit and cut down on the chocolate m(in other words eat better so that I can follow through with #2! lol)

So now that they have been posted on my blog, perhaps its more about being set in stone and easier to follow!

I would love to hear your new years resolutions! The people who post some of theirs in the comment section will be entered to win a reading with Brooke777! Winner will be announced on Sunday morning as usual to give people a time to answer.

I am hoping tomorrow to post the winner of the December special as well. So keep your eyes open on the blog tomorrow and the next day to see who wins!

A tornado hit my house!

okay not really, but if you were to peak in here, you would think that was exactly what happened! (those with remote viewing techniques, you might not want to use it to see my house, it might scare you! lol)

I am the type of person who loves to get all the Christmas decorations up around the first of December, and then believe it or not, its all down the 26th of December! I have already dismantled the tree, put away all the decorations and started to clean up the house. We have opened most of the presents the girls received, and put a few away for a "Rainy day" when they are bored. I have three bags of recycling from boxes to go out next week, and a few more things to clean up before the house starts to feel "normal" again. I really don't like messes, especially big ones! lol.

I guess that's my pet peeve. I don't mind little messes, where there are a few toys lying around, but I hate large ones, just gets me anxious I guess, and drives me crazy and I clean it right up. Don't ask me how many times I clean up after the kids!

My computer room is a mess, I can barely even get to my desk to work on the computer. Now normally I would have already had this all back in the closet where it belongs, but with having the baby, this is a bit more difficult. I am kinda limited to when shes napping, but then I would make too much noise.. catch my drift? So basically have to wait for hubby to be available!

We had a good Christmas, saw lots of family and already did lots of visiting. I think that is what I enjoy more is visiting with everyone. Its certainly not this snow we have been getting. I only remember one other time around 10 years ago when we got this much. Its been raining here today, but that means SLUSH everyone. My eldest does not mind as she would sit in it if she didn't think I would freak out! Shes just the type that can turn anything into fun. I have been told my hubby that tomorrow will snow again, which means I am house bound as the slushy snow will turn into ice and be even harder to drive in.

Anyways, I am back online, will have the contests running again starting next week for the reading giveaways. You still have a few days left if anyone is interested in the December special. (if you want to know more about the monthly specials, check the lower right hand side of this blog under "labels" although post is not listed as "December special" it will contain the information about it.

Okay! Time for bed!

Found this really neat site

where you can enter the date of your last period and it does all the "guess work" for you. So for those of you who are new to trying to conceive, or those of you not temping or using other means to predict ovulation check this site out. I thought it was really fun to at least try and see how it worked and what information it gave.

http://www.askdramy.com/ovulationcalc.html

its begining to look alot like christmas.......

well, I am officially done Christmas shopping.. can you believe it, Christmas is just two sleeps away! My daughter knows how many and is pretty excited and as you can guess the baby could care less. (although she might try and eat the wrapping paper!) I normally have all my shopping done at the beginning of December as I try and pick things up all year round so that its not so much at the end. But this year, my husbands father was nearly impossible to buy for. He WONT tell you what he wants, tells you he does not need anything, and then your left trying to find something for a person who needs nothing. Next year is going to be different. I don't think I should be buying gifts just for the sake of having everyone accumulate more "stuff". I will try and buy practical things for people that they can use, wear, eat.. lol. My FIL I know how much he loves smoked salmon so bought him some of that. The box it comes in is wooden with a carved design. Would he use the box? No probably not, but he will eat the fish, and perhaps my Mother in law can use the box, or they can let my daughter have it. I am sure she will have fun with it. OR I can use it to wrap another gift who knows! lol.

We are heading to my Mother in laws for dinner tomorrow, and then heading into the city on Thursday for Christmas dinner at my sisters. Shes currently 20 weeks along and just found out that they are expecting another little boy (her husband has two boys from a previous marriage and they have one son together and now one son on the way) as we have two girls they offered to trade !lol (it was a joke! lol) Shes also been told by the midwife that her amino fluid is low, so of course shes freaked out on what it could possibly mean. She had to have blood tests today to find out before she can see a specialist, so please keep her in your thoughts that its "nothing".

I am hoping we can make it out to the city for dinner. We are expecting snow. And the one thing you should know about us here in British Columbia, is that we don't get alot of the white stuff out here, we get tons of rain, but hardly any snow, so when we do, everyone drives like they just got their license, there are tons of accidents and people going off the road....so I tend to not want to go out there. I actually saw a mustang having CHAINS on his tires.. okay, sounds like a good plan given that there was snow.. BUT the roads where CLEAR! He was driving his mustang with chains on the BARE road! You should have seen some of the sparks. I am sure that this can do some damage to the road and his car. No idea what he was thinking and was surprised he did not pull over to take them off!

Anyways, I want to wish you all a merry Christmas!! (if you celebrate and if you don't, I hope you have a wonderful new year! lol)

Everyone has a storey to tell...

I really believe that we are "here" to learn lessons... and that sometimes our lessons correspond with other peoples lessons, and we need to learn from it. I really believe that its a benefit to all to also pass your knowledge with what you have learned. Its not a "Cheat sheet' exactly as your not giving the answers to every situation that life has to offer, but its almost like giving people the ability to react easier to a situation that they encounter with a bit of knowledge and power.

For example, in my life growing up, I would consider my childhood to have been good. It was not "perfect" but then who is. My mom suffered from severe depression, my dad was an alcoholic (is now 3 years sober!) and in spite of that all, I do have to say that I am a good person BECAUSE of what I went through. Not only can I help/relate to people who have suffered depression, or have an addition, but feel that by being in my situation can help them overcome or reconnect themselves to who they are inside and hopefully find a lesson out of it all. I seem to connect well to people who have experienced depression as I "sorta' know what they are going through after watching my mom suffer with it for YEARS (she finally "beat" it when I was 21)

I have never been depressed, I have had feelings of sadness, but I always "cleanse" my spirit and tell the negative energy to leave and surround myself with white light. I truly believe I am here to help. That's why I love doing what I am doing right now. Helping women/families with trying to conceive or pregnancy, regaining hope and positive energy back into their lives when otherwise its stressful. I enjoy helping people reconnect with their loved ones, I love helping give people back direction in their life when they are otherwise feeling stuck or lost. Whether its using my abilities to for tell future, or even just being a friend to listen and help pass along information.

This is also why I love emails that include inspirational stories, or even tips for conception as it helps pass the "storey" along. It helps pass the information you have learned onto the person who perhaps might be experiencing the same thing. This is why I feel its important for everyone to connect.. to share.. to enlighten.

Also a reminder, for those of you who are interested in what December special is all about (see label on the bottom right listed as "special offers" to find the post about what I am talking about) there is still a few days left to be able to qualify for this opportunity!