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Posted by terrepruitt on October 18, 2013
I forgot to post to my blog last night. That is the second Thursday this month. I got home from teaching my Nia class rather early since all I did afterwards was run in to pick up some spinach. Then I got busy planning firming up the routine for my Gentle Yoga class, yet, I still didn’t work on the post. As I was getting ready to leave I started typing one up. When I got back from class I was interested in getting dinner on the table. The evening just flew by. I remembered I didn’t post at about 15 minutes AFTER midnight! Oh well.
Here is my #34 Good Jar check in. It is my hope that even though you are not commenting on the check-in you are still participating in recognizing and jotting down the Good Things. There are only two and half more months to go.
I can’t wait to read them all at the end of the year.
So how is your jar going?
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Posted by terrepruitt on October 4, 2013
First check in of October. Goodie Jar – Check In #32. Happy Friday!
Yesterday my plan for the day got a little shifted because my cat wanted to go outside. You may know from my previous posts that she is ill. When she wants to go outside it is usually because she wants to eat grass because her tummy is bothering her. I have learned that it is easier to take her outside and let her eat the grass and expel it on the concrete then it is to deal with it inside. So I took her outside. We were outside for a couple of hours.
I did have time to draft a post for my blog, but once home from teaching I forgot to post it. It was chilly last night and so my husband and I had some tea. Between the hot tea and my nice hot shower, I got very sleepy. At one point all I was thinking was – BED! I totally forgot about posting.
I received a “good thing” in the Gentle Yoga class to put in my Goodie Jar. A student had excitedly shared with me a progressive step she had taken. Always so fulfilling to hear about an individual’s successes! Yay.
Here is to YOU! I am hoping that you had a lot of good things to put into your good jar this week.
Well? How is it going?
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Posted by terrepruitt on September 27, 2013
I remembered the Goodie Jar check in! Yay! How about you? Are you remembering to put good things in that jar? I know that some weeks are easier to find good things than others, but that is part of this — to find good things to focus on even in the midst of the things that bring us down or try to keep that smiling from surfacing.
My birthday was last week so I received a few cards. As I was pulling the cards out of the envelopes to display — yes, I put up my cards — I realized what great goodie note paper the envelopes would make. As you may know not only am I filling my goodie jar, but I like to use colorful paper to document my good things. I like different shapes and sizes and textures. So to me it was a good thing to realize I could use the envelopes as paper for my jar. Yay! Now I will have bright pink, red, and yellow to add to the jar! And do some recycling!
Fun stuff.
One of the good things I have added to my jar is my Nia students — again! I know, huh? — this week the traffic was stopped as I tried to make my way to my Nia class. When I looked on the freeway as I was getting on I thought it was just slowed for a bit because there were signs that said, “Shoulder work”. The actually direction I need to travel is not visible from where I make the turn on to the entrance ramp. When I made the turn onto the actual road to enter, it was stopped. So I just got right back off. But every single street I drove on had construction. So at times two lanes were reduced to one lane. Every time I was near a freeway entrance I thought I would get on the freeway there, but, nope, the traffic was backed up. So I slowly made my way all the way across town via city streets. I kept thinking I would make it to class on time or really close to it, so I didn’t pull over to call. But finally I stopped to call and tell them I was on my way even though I was already late! I finally made it, I was twenty minutes late! And guess what? My students were still there! WOW! I was so humbled and grateful it was JUST what a person needs after spending over an hour on the road to make a 20 minute trip. My annoyance and embarrassment at being late was washed away by my understanding and eager-to-dance students. They said, “That’s ok. Let’s dance it away.” And we did. So grateful. Definitely a GOOD THING for my goodie jar.
I hope that you use this check in as a reminder to take a moment and think of the good things that you have experienced this week and make a note.
Well, how many were you able to think of?
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Posted by terrepruitt on September 20, 2013
EEEEKKKK! I cannot believe I forgot two check ins a row! Wow! My Thursdays got a little busier with the addition of the morning Nia class. Definitely a good thing, but my schedule got a bit off. Even though it has been almost a month since the first class, I need to work on my schedule a bit more.
This is a reminder about the Good Things Jar! Ya know where we put notes of good things that have happened throughout the week? Are you putting things in yours? The reason we are doing this is to keep the good things at the forefront in our minds, in our hearts, and in our lives. Yes, there are things that we can easily let bring us down . . . . believe me, I know, but that is when it is most important to remember the positive.
I am not a believer that you have to be positive all the time. I believe that it is important to feel your feelings. If you are sad go ahead be sad. If you are angry go ahead be angry. If you are frustrated go ahead be frustrated. Experience all the emotions that you have. BUT . . . . my point is don’t deny the good. Don’t let all the things that CAN bring you down, bring you down and KEEP you so low that you don’t recognize the good stuff.
It could even be a matter of having to look at your Goodie Jar . . . . look how full it is and realize that there are a lot of good things that have happened. Maybe you are struggling to find a good thing NOW, but that jar is full of good things . . . . and that in itself is a good thing, right?
Well . . . . . even though I forgot to remind you, are you still filling up that Goodie Jar?
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Posted by terrepruitt on August 30, 2013
You might have read that our cat is sick. She has been diagnosed with a chronic disease. Unfortunately to get to the point of knowing there is an issue and having it diagnosed the cat has to be really sick. The disease involves the digestive system and most of you know or can imagine what that means. So in order to keep any “messes” that might occur contained we had been confining the cat to the bathroom when we leave the house and while we are sleeping. This allowed for peace of mind on our parts and much easier clean up. As things started to improve and certain “messes” became less frequent, we would confine her to my office. I put cardboard over most of the carpet so that clean up would be easier. While the litter box visits were normalizing and become less frequent there was still some vomit issue. But in my office if the weather is not too hot, I would leave the windows open and there is just more room for her. Even though it was somewhat risky, in that any mess would have been more difficult to clean I thought it was nicer for her to be in a larger room and have windows. At first I left her in her only while I was teaching, but then we started allowing her to stay in my office overnight.
I just looked at my notes and it has not been as long as I thought. I thought we started confining her at the beginning of July, but it was the beginning of August. So it progressed faster than I thought. Either way, I think she was tired of having to stay in one room. Although she does it anyway on her own, not having a choice is always frustrating — even to a cat.
Anyway . . . . this long story just to say that last night was the first night since the beginning of August that we let the cat stay out. She was free to roam the house. I doubt she did much roaming, but at least she had the opportunity. So far she has not thrown up and I think we are on our way to controlling her symptoms. She has been eating a very healthy amount and I do believe gaining some weight.
So I have a few things to put in my good jar. In addition to our cat improving, the Nia class the Nia students asked for which started two weeks ago on Thursday mornings is doing well. Our weather this summer has been awesome. Although it is going to be hot over the Labor Day Weekend least it has not been hot all summer long.
So how is your Good Things Jar doing? Is it getting full?
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Posted by terrepruitt on July 26, 2013
Wow! What a week. How was yours? I had a couple more classes than usual, which is always nice. I had to take our cat to the vet which is never nice and was particularly not nice this time. Poor kitty.
Tomorrow is a Nia Jam. That is always fun. You should come join us.
There are good things to be noted going in my jar. How about you? What do you have going in your jar this week?
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Posted by terrepruitt on July 19, 2013
Well, I would think for a lot of people just that fact that it is Friday is a good thing. Not that you would put that in your Goodie Jar every week, but when you are having a tough time coming up with something, I bet a good thing revolving around the fact that it is Friday can be noted.
I have to parties to go to this weekend. Hmmm . . . I guess I can put that in even though they have not happened yet. I am sure there will be a good thing to add to the jar after each party. Fun stuff.
How about you? Might you have some fun weekend plans that can go into your Good Things Jar?
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Posted by terrepruitt on July 12, 2013
Friday – Goodie Jar – Check In Day! Not that it is an indication of a “bad” week, but I am gonna say it has been a long week. Always strikes me as odd how time is constant, but sometimes time seems longer or shorter. This week is the same amount of days, hours, minutes, and seconds as last week, but I keep thinking things I did on Monday happened a few Mondays ago. I keep having to remind myself that it was just this past Monday that I ____________ (fill in the blank).
It has been a good week, maybe it has just been full of stuff? So how about you?
Are you filling that Goodie Jar full of Good things?
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Posted by terrepruitt on July 5, 2013
This is the 22nd Goodie Jar check in. I forgot to post a check in post last week. So IF I had remembered this would actually be the 23rd check in since we started with a Good Things Jar, but since I forgot, this is 22!
How about a share?
This week it was really, really, really hot for our area. I do not like heat at all. I just melt. So while I in no way consider the heat a good thing, I do feel very blessed and consider the fact that we did not lose our electricity at all — a very good thing. Seems that in the last few heat waves we have had our power has been cut or we have had “brown outs”. So that fact that we have been able to have fans on through out the heat wave was fantastic! I put that in my jar.
I had an extra fabulous Nia Class on Tuesday. It is always nice when students contact you after class to comment on their experience.
I had a fun time at the annual 4th of July party. The hostess always does a great job with the food and this year was really good. It was a small crowd so it makes for a more intimate evening where you actually get to have longer conversations than when you are busy trying to jump from person to person to make sure you get in at least a quick visit.
Time off with hubby is always a nice thing to add to the jar.
And for last week at least one good thing I added was a wedding. Fun stuff! These are photos from the photo booth at the wedding.
So what are the good things you’ve added to your good things jar in the past two weeks?
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Posted by terrepruitt on June 21, 2013
Goodie Jar check in day! How is it going for you?
I just got back from teaching a Nia class in Santa Cruz. The space that the class is held is so lovely. I wish I could teach there all the time. And as I was teaching I noticed a spot in the floor that was a little different from the rest and it called my attention to the wonderful floor.
It is a wonderful floor and I know this, but that particular spot made me aware AT THAT MOMENT that the floor is heaven. Not all dance floors are made the same and this one at the Tannery is FABULOUS. I was so happy I was available to teach at the last minute (sort of) for the regular teacher who found herself needing to rest.
Then on the way home I got an over due haircut. It might be a tad short. You know how it is difficult to tell sometimes what is up until you “do” your hair yourself. So we will see. But either way it will grow.
So that is my Goodie Jar – Check in #21 Friday, how about you? What are you doing today? Anything that you can add to your good thing jar?
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