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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 August 9, 2013
Hey we are INTO August! WOW! And we are at our Friday Check-In. So? How is it going? I have a lot of Good Things to add to my Goodie Jar.
I have one thing I should put in my jar because every time I use it I am so very grateful. I love showers. They are one of the best privileges on earth . . . I think. I need to put that in my goodie jar. I think they are damn good things. Aside from that I had some good things go in that jar this week.
One of the good things I had happen this week was something amazing by my Nia Students at the community center where I teach on Tuesdays. I shared this on Facebook, but I will share it here too. After class one of my students mentioned to me that the class that was being held on Thursday mornings was being cancelled so she asked if I would want to teach Nia in that time slot. I said yes. So she asked how to get it as a class. I told her she needed to talk to the person in charge of the classes at that San Jose City community center. I told her to write a note for her or send her an e-mail. She wrote a note and had the students sign it. I thought that was so cute. She said she thought it would prove that the students really wanted an additional Nia class to be on Thursdays if they all signed it.
Before I got home the person in charge of the classes at the community center called me to let me know we can give it a go! So awesome. This is definitely a good thing for my jar!
How about you? Do you have good things to add? Well, here is your reminder . . . ADD THEM!
Cheers! Have a GREAT weekend!
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Posted by terrepruitt on August 2, 2013
Wow! This week when really fast for me. Could be because I was spending a lot of time caring for a sick cat. There is a lot of time involved in litter box duty! But . . . . even though that is going on there are still good things I can write down and put in my goodie jar. That is what is so great about having a good things jar. Even if only for the moment you are writing it down you are thinking of the good thing you still have thought of it.
I think about the good things a lot more than when I am writing it down, but the goodie jar sometimes helps me think of additional good things.
As I do every week, I hope you have good things to put in your Goodie 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 June 7, 2013
Goodie Jar – Check In #19 Hellooooo . . . . anybody there?
I’m still working on my jar. I think I might not need to empty it to make it last the year. I have so many different sized papers I bet the whole will fit. It is a big pitcher! Even if I have a lot of good things.
I hope that even if you aren’t commenting, that you are still thinking of good things that are happening in your life and making a note somewhere!
Cheers!
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Posted by terrepruitt on May 17, 2013
Yowza! I almost forgot about my Friday Goodie Jar Check In. I remember last night just as I was falling asleep and I thought I would do it when I got home. This morning I was volunteering at a REALLY cool place I didn’t even know existed until this week when I was invited to join the volunteer group.
I was going to write about it in this post, but I think it deserves a post of its own. You know me (maybe, from my posts?), you know when I get excited about something I want to share and I thing this place is worth sharing in a blog post!
I got home a little later than I expected. But here I am posting the check in. Are you still with me? Are you still putting notes of good things in your Goodie Jar? I am!
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Posted by terrepruitt on May 10, 2013
If I had started the Good Things Jar at the beginning of the year we would be at Goodie Jar – Check In #19, but I didn’t start my good things jar until February 2013 so we are only at Goodie Jar – Check In #15. And yes, life gets busy and we forget to focus on the good things, that is why we have a check in.
Some of my notes are pretty small. I like to use colorful paper!
How is your week going? Did you have a chance to note a good thing and put it in your Good Things Jar? Now is your chance!
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Posted in Good Things in the Goodie Jar, Misc | Tagged: good things, good things jar, Goodie Jar – Check In #15, oodie Jar | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on May 3, 2013
It’s Friday. That means a lot of things, huh? One think it means over here on Terre Pruitt’s Blog is Goodie Jar check in! Are you filling up that jar with all the good things going on in your life? Believe me, I know that some times there are things that are not good and we can let them take over our outlook, our attitudes, our lives OR we can find the good things. I really cannot deny the good even where there are not good things. Even if I have to turn to my friends to celebrate their good things . . . . there are good things!
But . . . that is my belief and how I feel about things. I think there is ALWAYS something at least one good thing about . . . so I choose to focus on that/them. And since they are good I am writing them down and putting them in a jar! I actually put at least three good things in my jar this week and only one of them was Nia related. LOL!
How are you doing? Do you have the “good thing” attitude?
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Posted by terrepruitt on April 4, 2013
I have such wonderful Nia students. One day I was talking to one of my students and she shared with me something she and her husband are doing before bed. She said that they each share THREE good things that happened throughout the day. Now this is just like the good thing jar idea in that the “good thing” is up to the person doing the sharing. It can be anything you think of as a good thing. You could say you heard your favorite song on the radio, saw a hummingbird, had a door held open for you, held a door open for someone else, you attended a Nia class . . . . whatever you want. The “Good Thing” is up to you. The idea is to help the day end on a positive note. And it could lead to a nice conversation with whomever you are doing it with. If you are doing it by yourself it could allow you to remember more good things about your day. Whatever the situation it is a nice positive way to end the day. Three good things is a beautiful thought to fall asleep on.
It could be particularly helpful in a stressful time. Often when something is causing stress we tend to think about it a lot. For me the quiet time as I am falling asleep is prime thinking time. Is it for you? With thinking time the mind can easily go to the stressful thought. But if you have spent a little time with three good things maybe the good has pushed the stress off to a corner. Falling asleep on a positive note seems like it would help you have a good sleep. Sleep is a great tool in handling stress. It could be you are happily thinking about your good things as you drift off. Could be, if you have a partner you are talking about good things with, your partners good things are on your mind.
It also seems like this fun exercise would be good for people who tend to think of the negative instead of the positive. This would help direct the negative attention to positive and shift the energy. We all have things going on in our lives that we could dwell on and conduct negative thoughts and energy, so having to think about positive and good things that happened throughout the day and talk about three of them . . . that can really get the good stuff flowing. Not thinking about the negative side of things can really work wonders.
I really like this idea. I am looking forward to reading all the good things at the end of the year that I have document throughout the year, but this is a way to keep that “good thing” idea at the forefront. This can provide “instant” gratification and help shift energy from negative and stressful to positive and peaceful.
Manifest the positive by sharing the good things!
What do you think?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: energy shift, Good Thing jar, good things, negative energy, negative thoughts, Nia, Nia class, Nia students, peaceful thoughts, positive energy, positive thoughts, sharing | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on March 22, 2013
I’ve had a couple of things make me extremely happy this past week. One I took a picture of and one was actually a FB post from a friend. I actually made jpgs of them both and printed them, like I did with the Sharks tickets. To me these are good things I want in my jar.
I hope you are still keeping track. You don’t have to write things down necessarily, it could be a receipt or a ticket stub. Something good. How is it going?
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