tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.comments2022-01-26T22:58:03.526-06:00Life is a GardenShawnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-65081701764183966232022-01-26T22:58:03.526-06:002022-01-26T22:58:03.526-06:00Offering you an amazing Rishikesh camping experien...Offering you an amazing Rishikesh camping experience, Camp Phoolchatti promises an extremely fun-filled and exciting outdoor experience. Nestled amidst thick and evergreen forests <a href="https://www.phoolchatticamp.com" title="Resort in Rishikesh" rel="nofollow">Resort in Rishikesh</a>Riddhika Developershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044635778295129321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-28970838810014246702022-01-26T22:57:51.549-06:002022-01-26T22:57:51.549-06:00Offering you an amazing Rishikesh camping experien...Offering you an amazing Rishikesh camping experience, Camp Rattapani promises an extremely fun-filled and exciting outdoor experience. Nestled amidst thick and evergreen forests, this wonderful campsite is located on the banks of the Ganga River with the Garhwal Himalayas serving as its backdrop. <a href="https://www.rattapaniresort.com" title="Camping in Rishikesh" rel="nofollow">Camping in Rishikesh</a>Riddhika Developershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09044635778295129321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-22145793805516482592012-01-25T18:59:47.443-06:002012-01-25T18:59:47.443-06:00This post (below) from Cindy at Cottage Instincts ...This post (below) from Cindy at Cottage Instincts was helpful. Her posts about blogging inspired me to try harder. I will look for others, I am not sure what links I used from blogs to get to them. <br /><br />http://cottageinstincts.blogspot.com/p/blogging-tips.html<br /><br />Donna at Funky Junk Interiors has good advice also. They are both decorating blogs and I know yours has a different focus, but I believe that the advice is applicable across the blog board, so to speak. ;)<br /><br />http://funkyjunkinteriors.blogspot.com/2010/05/blog-tips-on-fji.html<br /><br />They both encourage me because they did not start out as "pro" bloggers, but as women who wanted to talk about what they were interested in. It makes blogging feel do-able. I hope that helps. I will try to do a post eventually on one of the blogs and include my inspiration blogs and links.Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-84559840928388315102012-01-25T18:50:34.025-06:002012-01-25T18:50:34.025-06:00What things did you read about upping your blog tr...What things did you read about upping your blog traffic?Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452006958272459073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-65673982139604734402011-12-28T09:28:58.058-06:002011-12-28T09:28:58.058-06:00LOVE this beautiful pic Shawna! Hope you all had ...LOVE this beautiful pic Shawna! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Love, angAngeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646908701395974764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-22194553019540432342011-09-18T21:59:10.351-05:002011-09-18T21:59:10.351-05:00hobby lobby sell picture frame ornaments at christ...hobby lobby sell picture frame ornaments at christmas time (which, for hobby lobby, should be starting any time now ;) ) and they have ornaments half off quite often during that season. probably at least every other week :) if you want to make more, you should check it out!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155786643255950070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-30966241984953644472011-09-16T23:47:24.810-05:002011-09-16T23:47:24.810-05:00Well thank you sweety! I had to laugh though beca...Well thank you sweety! I had to laugh though because I went back, reread it and corrected most of the verb tenses. Haha. I finish and I just see editing. I am glad you enjoyed it. Love you too!Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-3132516425202726652011-09-16T21:03:53.851-05:002011-09-16T21:03:53.851-05:00Your posts flow mine just blah. ;) Love you Shawna...Your posts flow mine just blah. ;) Love you Shawnamomma!Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452006958272459073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-19975325991894912902011-09-14T11:23:14.719-05:002011-09-14T11:23:14.719-05:00But not my mom! Trying to stay out of trouble her...But not my mom! Trying to stay out of trouble here! ;)Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-56500609992888557982011-09-14T11:17:05.013-05:002011-09-14T11:17:05.013-05:00I have a similar reason for being careful in that ...I have a similar reason for being careful in that regard. It is not healthy though when I let it go so far that I am afraid if I don't please others (or do not offend them)that I won't receive love. Then there is the whole, if I say what I think, even if I try to do it with kindness, people won't like me anymore. It is sad that my happiness used to depend on that. (Using past tense there but it isn't all gone yet!)Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-84470545555695722772011-09-13T22:21:11.173-05:002011-09-13T22:21:11.173-05:00I have been terrified for years that I will become...I have been terrified for years that I will become like my mother - controlling, locked in to self, not wanting to get involved. I catch myself doing or saying something that she would do and I stop. These genetics are the festering wound that I don't want my children to experience or inherit. I so appreciate your honesty - it is refreshing - to be real and not hide behind being the person that others think we are. A hard journey.Aspiring Mom2threehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13823281380825825244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-19636327059360921302011-09-13T22:17:46.886-05:002011-09-13T22:17:46.886-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.bbwsheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627805619548299507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-8038520853475865412011-09-05T08:52:49.853-05:002011-09-05T08:52:49.853-05:00It's hard to put yourself out there and dare t...It's hard to put yourself out there and dare to let people love you and your family for who you are and what you've been through. To put your heart out there. So I'm more careful now. People can be so judgmental. People who have no idea... I share our struggles with those who are facing similar struggles because I know I would've liked to know that everyone doesn't have it together, they just LOOK like they do. I waver back and forth between sharing my heart and over-guarding it. Through my tears, David has heard me say more than once that I would rather be tenderhearted than have a heart of stone. We are all a work in progress, but some don't seem to know it. Chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140185689314420981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-28812241528257585702011-09-04T00:25:34.289-05:002011-09-04T00:25:34.289-05:00I don't have an answer for everything, but you...I don't have an answer for everything, but you feeling like you could post that is reason for me to be authentic. Just knowing that someone else is afraid makes it worth it for me. I was very tender hearted when I was younger and was hurt-- a lot--and at some point I realized I was becoming a little jaded. So I prayed. And sometimes it was the only prayer I could muster, "Lord, please soften my heart." But the journey between the young me and the painfully honest me seems longer than the physical years. I think it is harder being a tender, compassionate person, harder to let yourself "be" simply because you feel everything. I'll be praying for you and I want to think more on what you said, but I think you are amazing and brilliant and lovely. Love you girl!Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-2458490223334365472011-09-03T23:22:36.351-05:002011-09-03T23:22:36.351-05:00that's good - 'the weight of expectations&...that's good - 'the weight of expectations'... and 'pride smeared over all'. but.... but what about when you've tried authenticity and been burned for it. when you have durned good reasons not to trust people? i hardly blog anymore about anything really important - been there, done that, have the scars on my heart to (not) show for it.<br />i know i am not genuine to most people, and i hardly care anymore. most people don't care to know the real me, so why should i let them? and how much to tell? and it backfires. wellmeaning people gossip, or they share stories not meant to be shared, sometimes they turn things back against you later. I do not know how to trust people in general, or even if i should. <br />although, i did confide in a friend recently, explaining why i hadn't been talking to her lately, that i just didn't feel like talking to anyone, and she admonished me gently, 'i would have been praying'. and... i know that, i deserved to be 'fussed at'. and i can trust her (i think, but sometimes i think i can't trust anyone in the world) to not be judgemental, to be understanding and loving. and maybe it shouldn't matter if she WOULD be judgemental - do you think it is wrong to care that people are judgemental, or gossip about you? i am not brave. i don't know if i even want to be that brave. ...your post is beautiful and i think i need to have this epiphany you had, but... i do not know how to actually be ME... i can read this, but i do not know how to change, or even how to really want to. <br />we wear the mask. (http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15888)<br />thanks for the food for thought, sorry for the ramble, though obviously not sorry enough to delete it ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04155786643255950070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-56372343765214954542011-08-26T16:51:09.207-05:002011-08-26T16:51:09.207-05:00LOVE this, thanks for sharing your sweet heart :)LOVE this, thanks for sharing your sweet heart :)Angeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646908701395974764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-86361667733663771362011-08-26T15:18:19.520-05:002011-08-26T15:18:19.520-05:00Beautifully written...by a beautiful lady!Beautifully written...by a beautiful lady!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038446006021977496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-14182045912034588252011-08-22T07:08:57.046-05:002011-08-22T07:08:57.046-05:00Oh I'm so proud of you!! So glad ya'll had...Oh I'm so proud of you!! So glad ya'll had a good time riding, and happy about the new job too! Having said before as well... ~Thangs is lookin up!~ Tiz true, HE never lets us stay down for long... it just seems like it when you're in the middle of it... and believing lies from the Hated One. Love ya sweet friend, can't wait to hang out again! ;p ~angAngeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646908701395974764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-18658354260128639682011-08-21T22:20:38.336-05:002011-08-21T22:20:38.336-05:00wow!wow!neisimartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190279422154989802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-62420988883267486492011-02-17T13:00:42.224-06:002011-02-17T13:00:42.224-06:00Shawna,
Pier 1 has something similar. It's a w...Shawna,<br />Pier 1 has something similar. It's a window frame (no glass) with little clothes pins... $50!!!!!!! This is really cute, love this kind of crafty stuff...wish I could do it...<br />angAngeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14646908701395974764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-54978043054469366422011-02-10T12:48:55.604-06:002011-02-10T12:48:55.604-06:00Well if I can do it anyone can!! I marked my cale...Well if I can do it anyone can!! I marked my calendar this time to see how long it lasts us.Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-64372368021377210772011-02-07T12:34:29.416-06:002011-02-07T12:34:29.416-06:00I want to make soap now!I want to make soap now! Chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10140185689314420981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-69033676512655889042011-01-26T19:21:00.029-06:002011-01-26T19:21:00.029-06:00Maybe a little over a year? I cannot remember exa...Maybe a little over a year? I cannot remember exactly. That is why I stopped doubling it. I had to dissolve it in hot water to use it!Shawnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218482589274504320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-82821446387830571472011-01-26T18:29:06.686-06:002011-01-26T18:29:06.686-06:00I thought you had been making it longer than that....I thought you had been making it longer than that. I remember coming over one day and looking at it. It was like the cornstarch mixture that you can slap and not sink in.Rebekahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452006958272459073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25688265.post-33192352929405778972011-01-17T12:01:07.592-06:002011-01-17T12:01:07.592-06:00Shawna, all I can say is "WOW!".
I love ...Shawna, all I can say is "WOW!".<br />I love you!!<br />Sydrasgl20https://www.blogger.com/profile/06346429687113189880noreply@blogger.com