Revisiting and LAST DAY for Give Away and Art Journal Design Call

Today we are revisiting "toxic relationships". I will occasionally give examples of toxic relations because many of us don't recognize them when we are in them.

About 10 years ago I mentored a young woman that had multiple challenges. She was in an alcoholic marriage, was an adult child of an alcoholic(her mother had dies of alcoholism) and she had the biggest chip on her shoulder that I had ever seen.

She would often call and each time she would "vent" all her anger.

I found an adult child of alcoholic meeting in our area and drove her to it and even attended with her for the first few times so she would go. She refused to go to an Al anon meeting(meeting for those that have a spouse or child that is an alcoholic). I sought psychiatric help for her and she went to therapy.

The angry negative calls continued. She stopped going to therapy because her therapist was not telling her what she wanted to hear. She would not go to any meeting on her own and refused to read any books...she didn't want to look at anything to do with herself or to change (as we are the only people we can change)..she just wanted to blame and vent. She was convinced that everything in her life was someone other than herself fault (even though she had made some very bad choices) and that everyone owed her. She would not take responsibility for anything but choose to brew in her misery and in the process bring down everyone that was around her.

TOXIC!!!!!!

After playfully consideration, I told her that if she was not willing to help herself in any way that she was not to call me anymore. I told her that when she sought therapy once again she could call me at that time but not until then.

Years past, she moved, she divorced and remarried and I occasionally hear from her. She is doing much better, went to therapy but still is pretty negative and toxic. She knows the deal..when she is seeking help or not blaming everyone else ..she can call me (it still applies)..

Our Prompt today is

Is there anyone in my life that is toxic in this way? What can I do the next time I hear from them or am around them? and/or Am I a toxic person, always blaming and always angry? What can I do today to start turning this around?

If you don't know what to do to start turning this around or what to do with your toxic person email me at smsummerville@hotmail.com . I have several resources that I can recommend.

So now for the reminder...today is the last day to leave a comment for the set of stamps. The winner will be announced on Thursday the 1st.

The Guest Designer will also be announced. I have received links her on the blog, on facebook and via my email. You may link me to your work via any of the mentioned way..but today is the last day. Our Guest Designer will be Featured b0th here and on Bloom (my other blog) and will be promoted through all of my other connections. Your bio will be appear her on July 2nd and you will be responsible for coming with four art journal prompts and submitting you own work on them in July (each Friday). So link mean example of your work (in any medium).

Have a lovely day!

Sending Love,
Susan

What's Your Style,GIVE AWAY and Guest Designer Search

Are you a Country Girl, A Diva, Ultra Feminine, Blue Jean Queen, Ms. Corporate America, A Tomboy (or something else ..you fill in the blank). Do you dress in a way that reflects who you are Inside? Why or why not? What clothing and shoes to you feel most comfortable in?

In case you haven't noticed the prompts usually are in one of four categories.

Getting out of yourself through service and gratitude
Fun and Whimsical
Preserving Your Heritage and Memories
Digger Deeper (these are the prompts that are emotional and difficult but good for you)

We have some of each every month. After a particularly emotional prompts (such as the ones on toxic relationships) I try to have several days of fun ones to balance it out.

Between Blogger and Networked Blogs Your Life Spelled Out now has over 300 follower. SO...I am going to have a giveaway. Every time we grow by 25 I will have another giveaway. All you need to do be entered into this giveaway is to share how you found Your Life Spelled Out and how you use it. Do you use it daily, scan it occasionally, use it for art journaling only? Invite people to join. Tell them to tell me that you sent them and you will be entered again into the drawing for this set of stamps AND a gift card from Barnes and Noble or Archivers (your choice).



DON'T FORGET
ANNOUNCEMENT

Your Life Spelled Out is hosting a Guest Art Journal Designer Call.
Just link your art to a comment here.

I will announce the winner next Friday. It is a one month position for the month of July! You will be responsible for the July prompts and for spreading the word through your blog and other groups you belong to. We have a flickr group set up but I have decided to add a Mr. linky for all my artist and we will have a prize each week. I have several sponsors lined up already!

So Send Me (Link me or Email me at smsummerville@hotmail.com)) Your Art!

Winner will be announced on July 1st!

Have a Great Tuesday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Questions and Blog GIVEAWAY!

Between Blogger and Networked Blogs Your Life Spelled Out now has over 300 follower. SO...I am going to have a giveaway. Every time we grow by 25 I will have another giveaway. All you need to do be entered into this giveaway is to share how you found Your Life Spelled Out and how you use it. Do you use it daily, scan it occasionally, use it for art journaling only? Invite people to join. Tell them to tell me that you sent them and you will be entered again into the drawing for this set of stamps AND a gift card from Barnes and Noble or Archivers (your choice).



Our Prompt today is to finish this sentence. If I could live in another time period it would be____________. Why?

DON'T FORGET
ANNOUNCEMENT

Your Life Spelled Out is hosting a Guest Art Journal Designer Call.
Just link your art to a comment here.

I will announce the winner next Friday. It is a one month position for the month of July! You will be responsible for the July prompts and for spreading the word through your blog and other groups you belong to. We have a flickr group set up but I have decided to add a Mr. linky for all my artist and we will have a prize each week. I have several sponsors lined up already!

So Send Me (Link me or Email me at smsummerville@hotmail.com)) Your Art!

Winner will be announced on July 1st!

Have a Wonderful Monday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Resisting Change

Are you resisting change in your life? Look over the past year of your life. What changes have occurred? In your opinion, were they for the better or for the worse?

Resisting the "change" that comes into all of our lives is exhausting. If change has occurred in the last year, how can you embrace it? How can you BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED?

ANNOUNCEMENT

Your Life Spelled Out is hosting a Guest Art Journal Designer Call.
Just link your art to a comment here.

I will announce the winner next Friday. It is a one month position for the month of July! You will be responsible for the July prompts and for spreading the word through your blog and other groups you belong to. We have a flickr group set up but I have decided to add a Mr. linky for all my artist and we will have a prize each week. I have several sponsors lined up already!

So Send Me (Link me or Email me at smsummerville@hotmail.com)) Your Art!

Winner will be announced on July 1st!

Have a HAPPY Sunday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Just Letting You Know

For all my art journalers..I just wanted to let you know that Dirty Scrap is also having a design challenge that you may be able to submit your If Only art journal page in..Go Check It Out! The prize is also Fab!

http://dirtyscraps.blogspot.com/

Making A Difference

Our prompt today is the question "What I am doing to make a difference in my life, the life of someone else and the world around me"? This will require a bit of soul searching, but I know you are up to it!

ANNOUNCEMENT

Your Life Spelled Out is hosting a Guest Art Journal Artist Call.
Just link your art to a comment here.

I will announce the winner next Friday. It is a one month position for the month of July! You will be responsible for the July prompts and for spreading the word through your blog and other groups you belong to. We have a flickr group set up but I have decided to add a Mr. linky for all my artist and we will have a prize each week. I have several sponsors lined up already!

So Send Me (Link me) to Your Art.

Have a Lovely Saturday!

Sending Love,
Susan

IF and Guest Art Jouranl Designer Call

Our journal prompt today is the sentence. If I knew then what I know now. Free Journal (writing without thinking about what you are going to say but instead concentrating on how you are really feeling).

Our Art Journal Prompt is IF ONLY

So the word IF is a big part of both prompts today!

Your Life Spelled Out is hosting a Guest Art Journal Artist Call.
Just link your art to a comment here.

I will announce the winner next Friday. It is a one month position for the month of July! You will be responsible for the July prompts and for spreading the word through your blog and other groups you belong to. We have a flickr group set up but I have decided to add a Mr. linky for all my artist and we will have a prize each week. I have several sponsors lined up already!

So Send Me (Link me) to Your Art.

Have a Fantastic Friday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Just Five!

You are stranded on an island and you can have just five things with you from home..what are they?

You just won the lottery and are going to go on your dream vacation. You can take only five people with you. Who are they?

Have a Fun filled day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Insight

Yesterday I attended a luncheon where Jessica Clements was the key note speaker. Jessica is a local solider that had a 2% chance of living after being hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan 6 years ago. You may have seen her on Oprah or World News Tonight. She talked about perseverance, about attitude, gratitude, never taking things or people for granted,the importance of giving back or service and not playing the victim card or feeling sorry for yourself . She said one thing that helped her focus on her blessings instead of her tragedy was helping others. Six years later Jessica still has to go to physical therapy. She had to learn to walk and read again and has permanent visual damage. She is attending Akron University with the goal of working at the VA to help other soldiers make through . She is not feeling sorry for herself and is focusing on others instead and has found that to bring a great amount of gratitude and happiness into her life. She also knows that if she had felt sorry for herself she would have never had the strength to work so hard to recover.

What at timely luncheon considering our topic this week.

Today our prompt is to look at how feeling sorry for ourselves and playing the victim only throws us into the pit of despair. Is there any area of your life that you are doing this ? Maybe you hate your job, or you are in a bad relationship or finances are bleak. Perhaps you have lost your job, or your health. The real question to ask is how can feeling sorry for ourselves HELP us? Can it make us feel better? Can it motivate us to move forward? Can it help us think about living in a solution instead of living in the problem?

Some of you are thinking "How dare you, if you were in My situation then......".
Please know that I have no judgment and please know this is coming from a person that has felt sorry for herself and played the victim card at some point in her life and has found that getting out of myself and being grateful for what is RIGHT in my life is the best way to pull myself up and out of the dismal black of self pity. So I am speaking from experience.

Have a GRATEFUL kind of day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Pity Party

Go ahead get it all out..write down everything that is not fair in your life and that you feel sorry for yourself about. We will revisit this on Wednesday to sort it all out.

Our featured blog today belongs to
She is an amazing art journaler.
A Pink Dreamer (love the name of the blog)
www.apinkdreamer.blogspot.com

Have an amazing day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Stuck??

Today we ponder and consider our life. Are we in a rut in any area of it? Do we say tour (situation, self, life style) is going to change over and over but do nothing to implement the change? Do you really WANT the change?

Our prompt today is to free flow journal our answers to the above questions. Recognition of a rut or being stuck is the first step to becoming "unstuck".

Have a jazzy day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Gratitude Sunday

Our prompt today is our monthly gratitude prompt. For our knew subscribers I will go over this prompt in detail.

Each month we journal a list of 10 things that we are thankful for. We detail how we are blessed. They CAN NOT be the same ones that you have written before. At the end of the year you will have 120 things that you are grateful for down on paper . This is a wonderful list to refer to when life is difficult.

Have a Fantastic Sunday !

Sending Love,
Susan

Fighting With Myself

Last night my husband quoted someone that had told him "I was in a room when a fight broke out and I looked around and was all alone". We all laughed but it was because we all knew what he meant. We have all been there.

Our prompt today is What do I fight with MYSELF about? An example for me is getting on that bike in the morning. I know I need to to stay healthy, I know I feel great when I do...but I fight with myself often with excuses and reasons not to..like.."I'll do it later, I am too busy right now..etc. My list goes on and on about things that I" fight" with myself . Things as simple as judgmental thought or completely forgiving are also example of the fight within.

What about you?

Have a lovely Saturday where ever you are.

Sending Love,
Susan

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The Your Life Spelled Out book will be release in late October or early November.

There's an app for that!

Our prompt today is to write about how technology has changed your way of living.

For example, I am connected to several family members through facebook and can just look online and find out what is going on in their day. I can't believe I can check email from my telephone and people are reading books electronically more often than in paper form.

Now write how you feel about it. Do you like the changes. Do you think they bring people closer together or further apart?

The winner of the journal is donnalee. Donna please email me your home address. My email address is smsummerville@hotmail.com

THE ART PROMPT this week is the word UNDECIDED!

Starting Monday we will be featuring blogs again.

Have a fantastic day!

Sending Love,
Susan

So tell us what you dislike!

Our prompt today is to make a list of things you dislike. For example, mine would include okra (blahhhhh), mean actions, self righteousness, being too hot etc.

So what's on your list?

Remember this is your last day to leave a comment and be eligible to win the journal book. The winner will be announced on Friday.

Hope you have a day that you "like"!

Sending Love,
Susan

2010

It is June already and 2010 is half over so..

Our prompt today is to journal about this year. What is the most significant thing that happened in your life the first half of the year? Is there anything you are looking forward to in the last part of this year.? Are you working on a goal this year? How are you progressing with your goals? Anything going on in June of 2010 in the world that you would like to commentary and journal on?

Have a Great day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Reach Out!

It is that time again. Reach out today and make someones day a little brighter. Could be as simple as doing a house chore, letting someone in front of you at the grocery store, a sincere compliment. Whatever it is, do it and journal about it. Why do you think that I make a random act of kindness and a gratitude prompt a priority once a month? Write the answer in your journal.

If you are a new follower you will find that this is a monthly prompt for us. One day out of every month we look OUTSIDE of ourselves and try to make a difference. One small act at a time.

Have a blessed day!

Sending Love,
Susan

What did you want to be?

From the time we are very young the question "What do you want to be when you grow up" is posed. Was there something that you KNEW you wanted to do or be? Did you follow that dream or was it derailed by others desires for you to "do" or "be" something else or even by life itself?

Yesterday on the CBS Sunday Morning show, Ben Stein's commentary addresses this in a very different kind of way. His advice to recent high school graduates was to follow your dreams, do what you love, do what you always knew you wanted to do .In other words, do what you are passionate about, NOT what others want you to do but what you are led to do.He went on to say that a psychiatrist friend had told him that most of the people that he works with are unhappy and feel like they didn't really do what they wanted to do in life. They, for whatever reason, let others(like their parents) make those decisions for them to please them or life itself derailed their dreams. They are stuck in a job or profession that they lack passion for and dread going into each day, OR they are doing NOTHING with their lives. That , in my opinion ,is real tragedy. There are millions of people doing NOTHING with their lives.

What about you? It is never too late.

I always wanted to be a photo journalist and although I did not go back to school to get my degree in that field, I am an avid photographer , a freelance writer and am in the middle of writing a book on journaling. I found an outlet for my dreams and even picked up a few new ones along the way.

Today our prompt is to write about what it was we always wanted to be or do. We will journal about what we can do that would be an outlet for what we love to do. If you let others influence you to do or be something else with your life, write about how you feel about that. But, remember, we are not jounraling this to find blame with anyone (including ourselves)but to help us discover how we can incorporate unmet dreams into our lives and turn our passions into something good for ourselves and for others.

As promised, I have a list of books that I recommend for those that are struggling with Toxic Relationships. (Our topic last week)

The Emotionally Destructive Relationship
Seeing It! Stopping It! Surviving It!
Leslie Vernick

Toxic Relationships and How To Change Them
Dr. Clinton McLemore

PLEASE seek help if you are in a toxic relationship and if you are in a physically abusive relationship, I beg you, please immediately share what is going on in your life with someone, seek professional help and separate yourself from the situation.

Have a Blissful Monday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Teacher Teacher

Our prompt today is to journal about a teacher or person that really made a difference in your life. Who believed in you, encouraged you or inspired you to be a better you? Were you fortunate enough to have a teacher that did this? Was there someone else in your life that did?

Have a beautiful Sunday.

Sending Love,
Susan

Give Yourself A Hug

You have worked really hard this week. Today your prompt is to do something nice for yourself and then journal about it.

It can be as simple as sit for 15 uninterrupted minutes with a glass of ice tea, spend time in prayer, read the book you want to read or get a manicure. Whatever it is, your prompt is to write about how it feels to intentionally do one nice thing for yourself.

Share on here what you did and you will be entered into a drawing for a beautiful journal book.
The winner will be announced next Friday.

Have a NICE day!

Sending Love,
Susan

And She'll Have FUN FUN FUN!

The first few days of this weeks prompts may have been difficult. We are ending the week with fun prompts to help settle your soul. PLEASE don't forget what you discovered through the difficult prompts. What will you do with the information you now have? Are you in a toxic relationship? If you are in a physically abusive relationship I urge you to seek help ASAP. There are battered women shelters (safe houses) all over the United States. I will post a list of books and resources on Sunday for those of you that need to investigate this topic or the topic of toxic relationships further.

Your prompt today is to write the word FUN at the top of your journal page and then write everything that comes to you as you ponder that word in the first 10 minutes of your journaling. After you have done this, read what you have written and write a thoughtful paragraph describing what you think of as FUN in your own life.

Our Art Prompt today is MY WONDERLAND.

Please share your work with us in the Your Life Spelled Out Flickr Gallery. If you would like an invitation to the group simply email me at smsummerville@hotmail.com.

Have FUN filled day!

Sending Love,
Susan

What will you write on your billboard?

Imagine that you have your very own billboard. You can write whatever you want on your billboard and put it anywhere in the world that you wish.

Your prompt today is to write out what you would say on your billboard and where you would place it.

Share your answers if you wish.

Have a fantastic day.

Sending Love,
Susan

We All Have At Least One

We all have or have had at least one person in our lives that is (what I like to call) an energy sucker. You know, the person that you shudder at when their name appears on the screen when your phone rings. You feel worn out just thinking about them..Well my friend, this is another form of toxic relationships. This is also one of the hardest types of relationships to break away from. They are usually nice people but their drama, negativity , critical disposition or neediness completely drain you. You sometimes feel guilty not wanting to take their call or spend time with them.

Your prompt today is to identify those people in your life from the past and from your life today. Write any feeling down that come with this prompt. Free write 9don't think about what you are going to write or how it is going to sound)..just get it all out.

Our prompt Thursday will be a little late as I will be traveling on business for a week and my schedule is often not my own during such travels.

Have a energy filled day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Toxic Relartionships Part 2

Like many people, I though toxic relationships were only classified by obvious abuse . I had had toxic relationships in the paste and was happy to be beyond that. But then something interesting happened. I had a dear friend that I loved deeply, but every time I was around her she was negative and critical of others. She had many wonderful qualities as well which is why I formed a friendship with her in the first place. She and her husband were like an Aunt and Uncle to me. I had done much for them as they had me and spent a great deal of time with them (just like family) for years. One day things started to change in my life. My grandchildren started to be born, our business was growing rapidly, there were medical challenges etc. This left me little time outside of my family to do the things I had always done (like long visits etc). My friend became bitter and when I actually did get the time to visit all I heard about was how I didn't visit and she was very critical towards me. She never called but placed blame on me for not calling. They never came over , even when invited but placed blame on me for not visiting . I always left their house feeling beat up and badly about myself.

I had to make a difficult decision. I had to cut ties. The relationship had become toxic for me and I had even found myself waking up in the middle of the night feeling badly about myself and starting to believe all the negative rhetoric. TOUGH STUFF. VERY DIFFICULT DECISION. But..I had to do it. I still miss them but I do not miss how I felt each time I was with them.

Your prompt today is to look closer at ALL of your relationships. Are there people that you associate with that always make you feel badly about yourself? Maybe now is the time to examine how others might feel after being around you. Are you negative or critical?

This is a great deal to reflect on and think about.

i know by the amount of private emails and postings that I received yesterday that we have landed on a subject that is very near relevant to many of you.

Have a peaceful day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Toxic Relationships

Toxic relationships can be between you and your spouse/partner or it can be between you and a family member OR it can be between you and a friend. Often people only think of toxic relationships from a marital viewpoint but it is SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT! Did you know being involved in a toxic relationship can actually make you physically ill?

What is a toxic relationship? I searched the Internet to find this for you
http://www.sunflower-health.com/resources/soul.htm
The first part of your prompt today is to go to this website and read what it has to say about toxic relationships. The second part is to pick up your pen and write in your journal any thoughts you have on this subject. Are you in a toxic relationship with anyone? Have you ever been in one? Remember that a toxic relationship is defined by any one of the behaviors listed on the website. Look up other websites and books on Toxic Relationships if you wish. If you find one that you would like to share with us, post it through a comment.

That is all you need to do today. We will take the next step on Tuesday.

I made the decision last night that during this series on toxic relationships , we will not feature a blog of the day. This is too serious of a subject to stray from it until it is finished.

Ending today with a subject that is important but that I really am sorry I have to bring up. It has come to my attention that my blog (my words, my writings) have been copied and reposted on other peoples blogs as if it were their own.

In the upper right hand corner of this blog you will notice that everything I write or create is copyrighted. That means that you can not post anything that is written here without written permission from me.

If you want to share anything that is on Your Life Spelled Out simply link this blog to your post or ask me if you can. Simple as that.

This is especially important as I am writing a YOUR LIFE SPELLED OUT BOOK that will be out (estimated time) in late October or early November. Some of the material I have used in my blog will also be in the book.

Questions? my personal email is smsummerville@hotmail.com

Have a Beautiful day!

Sending Love,
Susan

When You Are Emotionally Spent

After spending all day yesterday creating art with children suffering from cancer I am emotionally spent. I have been emotionally spent in the past and have forged ahead full speed ahead into life. I suffered both physically with my health and emotionally for it. I am learning to take care of myself. Sounds funny doesn't it. It seems like taking care of ourselves is something we would automatically do..but we don't. Many of us keep on going like the Ever Ready battery bunny long after our batteries need recharged....until finally we stop...not because we want to but because there is nothing left.

Today I will recharge by resting, spending time with my husband and basically having a down down.

Our prompt today is the questions:

What do you do when you are emotionally spent?
Do you feel emotionally spent or like there is nothing left right now?
When was the last time you took care of You?
HOW do you take care of yourself?

Starting Monday we will take on very difficult subject for a few days . We will end the week with a few just for fun prompts to help you recover from all the work you will be doing earlier in the week.

Have a great day!

Sending Love,
Susan

Bright and Early

I am up today bright and early at 4:50a.m. getting ready to go to Camp Chops (camp for children with cancer) to do all of the art activities with them today.

16 years ago my son was diagnosed with bone tumors. We all (including the doctors) thought he had cancer. He did not. He has a rare disease called McCune Albright syndrome.

After being on the cancer ward post surgery we both left led to do do something with children suffering from cancer. His idea was to give Teddy Bears to every child (he was 11 then) and so we started Project Ed Bear. Project Ed Bear is an not for profit all volunteer organization dedicated to providing comfort and needs for pediatric oncology patients in Ohio.

To say this little idea has grown into something huge is a great understatement.
I am running the art program for Camp Chops but Project Ed Bear pays for the entire camp for all of the children.This is just one of many many things that Project Ed Bear does now. We even have college scholarships. Our accountant is working on an exact number for an appreciation event that Children's Hospital is doing for Project Ed Bear but I feel it is safe to say that over the last 16 years Project E Bear has given the children and the hospital over $350,000 in gift and services.I will let you know the actual number when i get it. Praise God!

So drawing from this example our prompt today is to name a time in your life that seemed bad or unbearable at the time that when you look back on it was a good thing or when something good has happened as a result of something bad happening first. Write in detail. You may need to meditate on this a bit but it will come.

Have a blessed day.

Sending Love,
Susan

The Golden Rule and ART JOURNAL PROMPT

We have all have heard of THE GOLDEN RULE (Treat people the way you want to be treated). Today we will ask ourselves the question "Am I treating others the way I wish to be treated"? Not just the people we love but also the people that it is hard to be around. We will look at our conduct in every area of our lives.We will journal about this!

ART JOURNAL PROMPT

You will find this weeks prompt at the bottom of this list. As promised I have put all of the prompts from the beginning of the year in one place.

What is the COLOR of your Mood?
My Pandora's Box
Mirror Mirror
My Voice
Ouch
I am NOT afraid
Through Rose Colored Glasses
Victory
Inside Out
Outrageous
Between
My Wall
The War Within
Free
The Color of my Soul
Done
Fixed
My Hiding Place
Beautiful Dream Left Out
Survivor
Complicated
Bitter Sweet

Our Blog Spotlight is a manufactures Blog that I personally LOVE. All my artist friends will want to check this out. The offer free tutorials and feature great projects. http://modpodgerocks.blogspot.com/


Have a fantastic Friday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Courageous

Our prompt today is the What is the most courageous thing you have ever done?
Is there anything that you need courage for now? How does reflecting on your past courage help you muster up the courage you need today?

Our Blog of the day is a Challenge Blog for all of you that love to scrapbook, create altered art, make cards and other paper craft projects. You will find it at http://divascreativas.ning.com/. They have an online crop with prizes coming up on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Have a wonderful (almost Friday) Thursday!

Sending Love,
Susan

Character

I recently heard someone describe character as what you do when no one is looking.
That really made me take a look at myself. I thought about how I acted when I was angry, weary, tired, irritated , proud and happy. My behavior changes based on what I am FEELING. I really am not happy about that and am working on it.

So...time to get painfully honest. Pick up your pen and write about how you act when no one is looking. Write about how you act when you are angry etc. Are you happy with your answers? Was anything revealed to you about yourself with this prompt?

I am Guest Designer over at Tallyscrappers this month. Over there I am know as victoriangirl. Come and join us this month. We have several amazing challenges planned and you are going to love the group of artist that reside there! http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook/

Our BLOG OF THE DAY is She Scraps. This is the blog of Sarah Rice. Sarah is a published scrapbook artist. She has served on many design teams and is serving on Tid Bitz In Time as well as others at this time. She is the creator of the challenge blog SCRAP THAT BABY . She is an amazing cook and has a fabulous recipe blog A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR. There is something for everyone there. I know you are going to love her. Check out her blog at http://shescraps.blogspot.com/.

Have a wonderful day everyone!

Sending Love,
Susan

Define This!

Your prompt today is to write your own (NOT WEBSTER'S) definitions of the following words in your journal. How do you define...

Justice
Love
Faith
Hope
Temperance
Character
Charity
Virtues

Did you know that you own personal definitions of these words actually helps define who you are? There are no right or wrongs answers here, just truth. When truth is written out it often opens our eyes to things about ourselves we have not discovered.

THE WINNER OF THE DRAWING FOR THE GIFT CERTIFICATE IS KIM!
Kim. please post and let me know if you would like a Barnes and Noble or an Archivers certificate and it will be sent out to you this week. Congratulations!

I need to address a concern of one of my readers. She posted: Do we really need a featured blog of the day?? I hate sites pimping others. Do they pay for you to do this? I come here for your great prompts!!

Sharing other blogs helps PROMOTE TRAFFIC to BOTH places, and it's part of blogging. NO, I do not get paid for it and I do not promote blogs that I do not visit and approve. By law, we are all required to disclose compensation for post/products if we receive it, and if I do not state that I have been compensated, I have not. I hope that clears things up for you. And Yes, I will continue to feature the Blog Of The Day starting Wednesday for the above stated reasons.

Have an outstanding Tuesday!

Sending Love,
Susan