Feeling a little yuck this morning. I'm hoping that will pass with a focused effort on what I eat and a bit of rest. I allowed a few too many late nights and foreign substances to pass my lips. Having left-overs from birthday parties and bonfires plus busy evenings is bad for me. I often think I need to use up instead of throw out, so down the hatch goes the cake, potato chips, marshmallows, Hershey bars and the soda. I know better, yet I do it. I have a real hard time throwing food away. I get really agitated by that. I hate wasting stuff, but it happens sometimes.

Today...I have a long list I could do, but a short list I have to do. Given the way I feel right now, I'm going to stick with the short list.

I made a cleaning chart yesterday for my cleaning maven goals. It looks really nice...hopefully the look will translate to the house. I look at it and think...I can't do that. But I need to try. Seriously try and see what happens. Surely...even if it's unrealistic...I'll gain something from trying.

I am feeling more and more encouraged about Mary Mary Stationery. I wrote out a beginning for a business plan on Tuesday and focused on a vision statement. It made me realize how fitting this is for me. My second most needed love languages is "words of affirmation," I thrive on encouragement and strive to give encouragement. I am most motivated and inspired by positive affirmation and have a much harder time responding positively to criticism. It doesn't come naturally to me to fix something because it's broken...I am drawn to fix something because of it's potential. I hope that makes sense. Anyway...all of that really spoke to me about what I'm good at and what this little opportunity could become. Using my creative skills as well as my desire to motivate and build people up, all in one cute little package. Sounds good to me.

I am plugging away at it. Kris told me that a songwriter he knows of once revealed that he writes a song every day. It doesn't have to be a good song, it may be horrible, but it gives him practice. The more those creative juices are flowing the more likely that something incredible will be produced. So I've taken that same approach to greeting cards and stationery ideas. I'm trying to produce one card or graphic idea everyday. Some of them will be deleted right away, but some of them will be used to make someone smile. I'm just sure of it.