Well, I may have been away from my Blog lately, but still keeping busy with tonnes of new projects and exciting new personal growth!
I officially now can add to being a Blogger (if you count that still as it's been awhile...LOL!)...
YUP! I'm now officially added Pinterest (pin me...Rhdonda Hattum), Twitter (Tweet me... @haveugotit), to my list and of course I still have my website at www.haveugot.itworks.net, and my facebook page at www.facebook.com/haveugotit plus I even added another fun & inspiring facebook page too at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITs-in-U/213719802045427?ref=hl.
Look at me go! How fun!
I can't wait to connect!
Monday, November 12, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Today I got thinking about all the women I know who go the extra mile to bring in extra income for their family. They choose what they love, and turn it into extra for the family. Love kids=run a dayhome or babysit part time, love to create = homemade art, crafting and adding beauty into the lives of others, love to capture perfect memories and create lifelong art = photography, love beauty = jewellry, makeup, and on and on...you find your passion and you share with others. It becomes a beautiful tapestry of people sharing in the lives of others, a community of supporting each other in our endeavors.
But does the passion fizzel out? When you become successful does it change? Did the passion turn into you doing for others and not yourself? Now you feel like you are raising someone elses children, running out of time for your own, or giving up your weekends events to record someone elses? Are you so popular that you can't create your unique pieces fast enough to make it as profitable as you want and you are running out of time to make your business continue to grow? Or you love your little home business, but can't keep up to the sales you want? What is your struggle? Is it in finding balance? Are you losing passion? Love what you do but still looking for more or feel like you have more purpose? Is it OK to want more? Is it OK to try something outside your comfort zone?
I've been an Independent Distributor with It Works! for almost 3 years. It has blessed me with the gifts of inviting new people, adventures and lessons into my life, and finding myself amongst this community of givers of has given me fulfillment I didn't know was possible from diving into a home-based business opportunity. It always feels good to give to others, and to find fulfillment by giving back to yourself. I get to share how It Works! has given back to me, to my family, and to the people around me. And I do see others start asking themselves those questions. And is it OK to rethink where you are at?
Its OK to look for something more, to be ready for the next step, to look for ways to help your family reach its goals, or achieve its dreams. You are not defined by where you are at, you do not have to be afraid to grow. It's ok to Dream.
I <3 It Works! https://haveugot.myitworks.com/replicatedopportunity
But does the passion fizzel out? When you become successful does it change? Did the passion turn into you doing for others and not yourself? Now you feel like you are raising someone elses children, running out of time for your own, or giving up your weekends events to record someone elses? Are you so popular that you can't create your unique pieces fast enough to make it as profitable as you want and you are running out of time to make your business continue to grow? Or you love your little home business, but can't keep up to the sales you want? What is your struggle? Is it in finding balance? Are you losing passion? Love what you do but still looking for more or feel like you have more purpose? Is it OK to want more? Is it OK to try something outside your comfort zone?
I've been an Independent Distributor with It Works! for almost 3 years. It has blessed me with the gifts of inviting new people, adventures and lessons into my life, and finding myself amongst this community of givers of has given me fulfillment I didn't know was possible from diving into a home-based business opportunity. It always feels good to give to others, and to find fulfillment by giving back to yourself. I get to share how It Works! has given back to me, to my family, and to the people around me. And I do see others start asking themselves those questions. And is it OK to rethink where you are at?
Its OK to look for something more, to be ready for the next step, to look for ways to help your family reach its goals, or achieve its dreams. You are not defined by where you are at, you do not have to be afraid to grow. It's ok to Dream.
I <3 It Works! https://haveugot.myitworks.com/replicatedopportunity
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Starting to think more about a cleaner kitchen, more organized, healthier happier home? A clear mind, body and home? A decluttered and simplier life or healthier you? Enjoy the January Issue of It Works! Living it Up! Newsletter! (Click this link..)
http://www.itworks-shop.com/_access/LIU_1302012/LIU-012712-US-CleanaAndClearForTheNewYear.html
If you would like more information about It Works! The company, the product, or the opportunity, please check out www.haveugot.itworks.net or follow the links provided!
http://www.itworks-shop.com/_access/LIU_1302012/LIU-012712-US-CleanaAndClearForTheNewYear.html
If you would like more information about It Works! The company, the product, or the opportunity, please check out www.haveugot.itworks.net or follow the links provided!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Refridgerator Genius!
So tonight, my refrigerator got an overhaul! Actually, only took a few minutes, so overhaul is maybe a big, scary word. And maybe not a total overhaul… there is still sour cream, cream cheese, cheese whiz, and all sorts of other comfort sins inside! A few old condiments got tossed, but I’m still reigning condiment queen!. Let me explain…
I saw a program on TV that recommended putting your veggies on the top shelf for easier access and shove the unusables in the crisper instead. And it didn’t take long to recognize the genius behind this, so I did just that-sort of.
I took all my fruit & veggies out of the crisper, no more “go there to die”! We all know that’s what happens.. No more throwing out wilted full heads of lettuce, ugh who wants to wash a whole head of lettuce just for one sandwich. No more tossing mushy tomatoes… Oh, this was under there? Or soggy long-forgotten cucumbers! As easy as it is to wash some grapes or cut up some melon, it’s SO much easier to open a bag of cookies sometimes!
Of course, whatever fruit n veggies overflowed from the crispers, got shoved just above them on the bottom shelf, and so much rolled to the back of the shelf it’d be months later and I’d say “when the heck did I buy parsnips?”
Nope, all the fruit and veggies are in plain sight and precut…problem…they don’t last long pre-cut…oh wait, how is this a problem?
The bottom shelf, now fairly clear, is set aside for eggs, and the butter, sour cream and cream cheese were banished to the bottom row. But I did, for convenience, still put them in a little basket so I could “slide” them out easier than digging to the back. And now there is space for leftovers. (Although, in this picture, none of those exist... 1) You have to cook! Something I’m avoiding lately! And 2) I just cleaned out my fridge remember.
Now what to do with those bottom two drawers? The foods I’m trying to limit go there now!…All my breads in one, they are an eyesore anyway a mess of twisted bread bags and half eaten loaves. And Although I usually despise cold bread (don’t know why just do) I decided that keeping it chilled means I can buy breads without preservatives and that’s a “good thing”. I just toast my sandwiches a lot more. And I buy a lot more pitas and have open faced sandwiches to cut bread consumption in half.
Then the meats n cheese go in the other bottom crisper. And what about the meat n cheese drawer now, what is in there? Pre-washed lettuce. No more wondering… “If I peel a few layers, you think any of this head is salvageable? No more, I’d love some lettuce on this sandwich, but that means washing that whole thing…Forget it.
And an added little bonus of putting the lettuce where the cheese was, or any of these other little switches, is when I go to grab where I’m used to grabbing, I’ll “accidently” open the lettuce drawer instead of the cheese drawer for a few days, maybe just trick myself long enough to think about my habits.
It’s so much more colorful, so nicely organized in my fridge. And yes I can hear you making excuses already…”But I don’t have time to wash all my veggies when I get home with a hundred bags of groceries and kids screaming for supper” Well yes. But I made my trip to the Grocery store a little earlier, which worked out great because I wasn’t starving and wandering around wondering what to do for supper, and washing them all at once takes no more time than washing each when you need them. In fact a little quicker cause you already have all your prep materials out n ready to go, your knives & colanders and all that don’t get dug out each time, just once. Plus, bonus… ate a lot of them while I was cutting. I sure got my servings that day, and was full by supper!
Overall, my fridge makes for healtier habits, and easier access to actually prepare meals and see whats in there. After all, prep is what seems to take the most time in cooking that I dread… So Maybe I’ll start cooking a little again.
Yes, and The coconut milk got put In FRONT of the regular milk, not behind! I don’t care that the rest of my family is fighting the change, it’s getting a front row seat!
And your keen eye might have picked up 2 cartons of eggs. I always have boiled eggs ready to grab. Great for a sandwiches, salads, on toast for breakie, or just to grab. Easy to do while you are prepping fruit n veggies!
Oh, and what about the freezer. Well, it never changes. I’ve always had pride in my freezer.
My freezer is 4 baskets. Two larger baskets, one for frozen fruit & spinach for morning smoothies, the other for purees, which you may remember from my previous blogs, and Two smaller ones, one basket usually leftover pancakes or waffles for the toaster (no eggos here, and in there right now is a multigrain frozen oatmeal I found and love), and lastly the fourth is for quick lunches, leftover chicken fajitas rolled into wax paper make great quick grabs, and sometimes pre-cooked bacon or turkey bacon which is so easy to pre-bake and freeze on wax paper and perfect for fast breakies or BLTs for lunch.
In the door of the freezer is always frozen yogurt tubes for the kids instead of ice cream treats, ice packs for lunches, frozen mugs for dad, and mommy’s crutch, coffee to keep it fresh.
A few little changes to make a healthier life just a little easier!
I saw a program on TV that recommended putting your veggies on the top shelf for easier access and shove the unusables in the crisper instead. And it didn’t take long to recognize the genius behind this, so I did just that-sort of.
I took all my fruit & veggies out of the crisper, no more “go there to die”! We all know that’s what happens.. No more throwing out wilted full heads of lettuce, ugh who wants to wash a whole head of lettuce just for one sandwich. No more tossing mushy tomatoes… Oh, this was under there? Or soggy long-forgotten cucumbers! As easy as it is to wash some grapes or cut up some melon, it’s SO much easier to open a bag of cookies sometimes!
Of course, whatever fruit n veggies overflowed from the crispers, got shoved just above them on the bottom shelf, and so much rolled to the back of the shelf it’d be months later and I’d say “when the heck did I buy parsnips?”
Nope, all the fruit and veggies are in plain sight and precut…problem…they don’t last long pre-cut…oh wait, how is this a problem?
The bottom shelf, now fairly clear, is set aside for eggs, and the butter, sour cream and cream cheese were banished to the bottom row. But I did, for convenience, still put them in a little basket so I could “slide” them out easier than digging to the back. And now there is space for leftovers. (Although, in this picture, none of those exist... 1) You have to cook! Something I’m avoiding lately! And 2) I just cleaned out my fridge remember.
Now what to do with those bottom two drawers? The foods I’m trying to limit go there now!…All my breads in one, they are an eyesore anyway a mess of twisted bread bags and half eaten loaves. And Although I usually despise cold bread (don’t know why just do) I decided that keeping it chilled means I can buy breads without preservatives and that’s a “good thing”. I just toast my sandwiches a lot more. And I buy a lot more pitas and have open faced sandwiches to cut bread consumption in half.
Then the meats n cheese go in the other bottom crisper. And what about the meat n cheese drawer now, what is in there? Pre-washed lettuce. No more wondering… “If I peel a few layers, you think any of this head is salvageable? No more, I’d love some lettuce on this sandwich, but that means washing that whole thing…Forget it.
And an added little bonus of putting the lettuce where the cheese was, or any of these other little switches, is when I go to grab where I’m used to grabbing, I’ll “accidently” open the lettuce drawer instead of the cheese drawer for a few days, maybe just trick myself long enough to think about my habits.
It’s so much more colorful, so nicely organized in my fridge. And yes I can hear you making excuses already…”But I don’t have time to wash all my veggies when I get home with a hundred bags of groceries and kids screaming for supper” Well yes. But I made my trip to the Grocery store a little earlier, which worked out great because I wasn’t starving and wandering around wondering what to do for supper, and washing them all at once takes no more time than washing each when you need them. In fact a little quicker cause you already have all your prep materials out n ready to go, your knives & colanders and all that don’t get dug out each time, just once. Plus, bonus… ate a lot of them while I was cutting. I sure got my servings that day, and was full by supper!
Overall, my fridge makes for healtier habits, and easier access to actually prepare meals and see whats in there. After all, prep is what seems to take the most time in cooking that I dread… So Maybe I’ll start cooking a little again.
Yes, and The coconut milk got put In FRONT of the regular milk, not behind! I don’t care that the rest of my family is fighting the change, it’s getting a front row seat!
And your keen eye might have picked up 2 cartons of eggs. I always have boiled eggs ready to grab. Great for a sandwiches, salads, on toast for breakie, or just to grab. Easy to do while you are prepping fruit n veggies!
Oh, and what about the freezer. Well, it never changes. I’ve always had pride in my freezer.
In the door of the freezer is always frozen yogurt tubes for the kids instead of ice cream treats, ice packs for lunches, frozen mugs for dad, and mommy’s crutch, coffee to keep it fresh.
A few little changes to make a healthier life just a little easier!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Tears of Gratitude
When you were little, I bet you had one of those Aunties that cried at every wedding.
And, with your childlike curiosity you probably asked...”Auntie, why are you crying? Are you sad?”
It wasn’t until you were an adult that you finally understood what tears of joy meant, and perhaps felt like. Maybe something so overwhelming in your life brought a tear to you eye, and you felt what it was like to be overwhelmed with joy.
But today, I woke up full of gratitude and I felt my own tear of joy welling up inside of me for almost no reason at all, just a nice word from a friend. And perhaps, yes for a moment, I thought I might be loosing my marbles! But I also had a memory.... My beautiful Gramma, so full of love each day, would cry at Grace. Not some big elaborate wedding, or overwhelming life experience… just saying Grace.
I understood it then, I felt it then, and have cryed tears of joy in my life. But today I felt a complete knowing… that feeling of being so full of gratitude that when you, even if briefly, truly understand even those smallest blessings, and you feel SO full at that moment, that to be any more grateful completely overfills your cup. I suppose your gratitude cup!
When you witness someone so full of gratitude that they have a tear of joy at even the saying of grace, you are truly in the presence of someone who is truly grateful, truly understanding of all that they know in life that there is to be grateful for. And it’s viral. It’s contagious. You can feel the gratitude in the room, you can’t help it. It’s a great thing to spread.
So I share my personal story, so that maybe today, you can see something it is that you can be grateful for and say Thank you. And feel true gratitude. It doesn’t have to be grand, or great. In fact, it’s the littlest things that sometimes carry the biggest gifts to be thankful for.
When you can no longer fill yourself with gratitude, you just may bring up a tear at Grace tonight.
And, with your childlike curiosity you probably asked...”Auntie, why are you crying? Are you sad?”
It wasn’t until you were an adult that you finally understood what tears of joy meant, and perhaps felt like. Maybe something so overwhelming in your life brought a tear to you eye, and you felt what it was like to be overwhelmed with joy.
But today, I woke up full of gratitude and I felt my own tear of joy welling up inside of me for almost no reason at all, just a nice word from a friend. And perhaps, yes for a moment, I thought I might be loosing my marbles! But I also had a memory.... My beautiful Gramma, so full of love each day, would cry at Grace. Not some big elaborate wedding, or overwhelming life experience… just saying Grace.
I understood it then, I felt it then, and have cryed tears of joy in my life. But today I felt a complete knowing… that feeling of being so full of gratitude that when you, even if briefly, truly understand even those smallest blessings, and you feel SO full at that moment, that to be any more grateful completely overfills your cup. I suppose your gratitude cup!
When you witness someone so full of gratitude that they have a tear of joy at even the saying of grace, you are truly in the presence of someone who is truly grateful, truly understanding of all that they know in life that there is to be grateful for. And it’s viral. It’s contagious. You can feel the gratitude in the room, you can’t help it. It’s a great thing to spread.
So I share my personal story, so that maybe today, you can see something it is that you can be grateful for and say Thank you. And feel true gratitude. It doesn’t have to be grand, or great. In fact, it’s the littlest things that sometimes carry the biggest gifts to be thankful for.
When you can no longer fill yourself with gratitude, you just may bring up a tear at Grace tonight.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
HI!! Did anyone Miss ME?
Wow! It has been forever since my last blog! Where did I go?
Well, I’ve started writing so many new blog articles, but I am maybe guilty of a teeny tiny bit of overthinking! I have a folder FULL of writings, unedited, and perhaps a TAD over-chatty for just a simple BLOG post!
So, if you pair that with a handful of Procrastination…
And an Excuse or two, like … “there is never enough time” ….
OR a really good one… like…
And you find that they are all just another way to hold yourself back!
So...I could keep beating myself up over all my excuses,
but that wouldn’t be very encouraging would it… so with a little self-forgiveness,
I figured out that perhaps
And that life is not about the urgency,
That perhaps time is necessary for inspiration
And that
So maybe, just maybe, even when you think you’re doing nothing, you still are learning something!!
But even with that said…
...and...becuase...
It's time to stop putting off until tomorrow…
And get back at it!!!
So here is to the first BLOG of the NEW YEAR!!
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