The Perfect Day!

Today felt like a perfect day for me! I took a vacation day so I could have some much needed "zen time." My job has been very challenging for me lately and I have plenty to catch up on at home! It felt good to get lots of rest, sleep in late, and sort of ease into my day.... It's so nice when you don't have to go to work! *big grin* I spent some time with my husband this morning before he went to work and then hit Starbucks for a Venti Iced Americano. My favorite as of late! I got a little reading in with my latest book "The Five People You Meet in Heavan" by Mitch Albom. (also the author of "Tuesdays With Morrie") It felt so nice enjoying my iced expresso while reading a good book. I felt relaxed and happy. I needed this! My next stop was dropping 2 huge bags of clothes off to Goodwill, that always feels good! The young man that took the bags from me said "thank you very much" with a big smile. Ofcourse that made me feel even better! After dropping the clothes off, I did some shopping and then got myself some fish tacos at Taco Del Mar on the way home. They were soooo delicious.... They are my latest thing! When I returned home I cranked my favorite music, did some cleaning, wrote financial goals as well as personal goals, and decided to put all of my wedding items that I wanted to keep in a big tote. (finally!) I'm also starting to work on my Honeymoon Scrapbook and more Wedding Photo albums! (who knew there could be so many??! lol) Why is this all so exciting? It's not really, it's just about my day and how for me, it was really perfect! It's important to take time out when you need to. I don't think people do this enough! We should be able to stop once in awhile from our busy lives and have a "me day." To be able to do the things that are important to us and that make us feel good. To have time alone..... to be able to "think" and not be needed. I am constantly reminded of how short life is and I never take a single day that I get to be here for granted! Life is precious, time is precious, and please don't forget to slow down and enjoy it. For we never know what tomorrow brings.......

As my husband's grandmother recently said to him (she is sadly dying from cancer) "Enjoy Life"

Very well said.....I thought. (oddly enough, it's very similiar to what my grandmother told me when she was dying...."Just Be Happy" she said. I have really taken those words from both grandmothers to heart. They are powerful!

All the best,

Kimberly

Best Day of My Life!

Well, the best day of my life happened! (I can't imagine anything else topping it!) I am the happiest woman breathing right now! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect wedding day! Russell and I got married April 25th in Las Vegas, outside at a very nice hotel. We were married in a garden chapel surrounded by palm trees and a waterfall. It was amazing and beautiful. I still think about it and wish I could experience it all over again! It was truly the best day of my life.... I feel super grateful as always and very lucky to have married such an outstanding guy! We look forward to a very happy, healthy, and successful life together! There will be many great things to come for us, this is just the beginning!

Thanks for all of your love and support!

Much love,

Kimberly

Feeling Extreme Joy!

I am feeling so much joy in my life right now! Things have never been better and I absolutely feel at my happiest. One of the biggest reasons why is that I'm getting married in less than 3 months! The big day is April 25th in Las Vegas. My fiance & I couldn't be happier and more excited! All of the planning, preparations, details, ect...have been nothing but a fun and joyful experience for us both. I don't think weddings should be stressful, they should be a wonderful time! I only plan on doing it once, so why wouldn't I want it to be the best time of my life? Why wouldn't I want certain things to be just perfect and exactly how we want them to be? I feel extremely lucky and grateful right now. I am grateful to have such a wonderful relationship with someone that I love more than anything. Someone I could never see spending my life without! That is something to truly appreciate. We've grown so much together and continue to grow and become better people everyday. We share the same goal: to have a happy, healthy, and successful life together! We make a great team and I am so grateful for that one day in March when I was fortunate enough to meet him. When our eyes met for the first time, I was like "wow, he is really something special!" (and so handsome!!) I had a very good feeling about my fiance from day 1. There is no doubt in my mind or his that we just belong together. We know we were meant to find eachother! When you have something so special like this, hang on to it forever....Never let it go!

I am so excited to marry my best friend!!!!!!!!!

Just thought I would share. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

All the best,

Kimberly

Happiness is Music!

One thing that really keeps me in a happy state is music. More and more it's become so important to me! I love music!!! I listen to music when I'm not feeling so great, when I'm getting ready in the morning, on the way to work, sometimes during my lunch break, when I'm working out, driving in my car, and many times when I'm home just cleaning or hanging out. I am so grateful for music! Right now I'd say it's at the top of my list as far as things that make me really happy. What is the one thing that truly lifts you up every time you do it? For me, it's definitely listening to my favorite music.....

I enjoy all kinds of music, but mostly R & B and Alternative Rock. Sometimes I love to go back in time and listen to my old favorites...The Fixx, The Cure, Pink Floyd, The Smiths, (Morrissey) ect... I love to crank it up loud and sing and sometimes even dance! (it's a good thing people can't see me dancing by myself-at home in my living room! ha ha) One of the best times I ever had was taking a road trip to the Grand Canyon with my fiance. (last year) We spent many hours driving and enjoying great music all the way there! (you've got to love Sirius Satellite Radio!) What a great time...

I've also had the privilege to see many great shows in my life! Lets see if I can remember all of them..... Journey, The Lilith Fair (Sara McGlocklin was my favorite artist there) Portland Jazz Festival, (many great artists there too such as Erykah Badu!) Everclear, Morrissey, The Cure, Neil Young, "X", Psychedelic Furs , Beck, and Romeo Void. I'm sure there are many more that I can't think of right now!

I've also had the honor of a few friends sending me their own cds. They are very talented! What a great thing! I listen to their music often and have such an appreciation for that kind of talent....

I love and appreciate music so much. Aren't we so grateful for these talented people who bring so much happiness into our lives? I know I am! What would my life be like without music...don't want to imagine!

What's your favorite music? What do say- time to crank it up??!!!

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. -Sir Thomas Beecham

If music be the food of love; play on. -William Shakespeare

Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent. -Victor Hugo

Thanks for stopping by!

All the best,

Kimberly

Love

Love is a beautiful and powerful word. How lucky that we get to experience love! Think about everyone you love, everyone who loves you, and everything you love to do. What a wonderful feeling to love and be loved. What a wonderful feeling to be doing things that you love the most in life. Think about how much you love. Are you giving enough love? Are you saying I Love You to the people who mean the most? Are you doing what you love as much as you should be? It is important to reach out and love those even when we don't feel like we have it to give.

It is important to give love to total strangers, to love those that need it the most, and to love ourselves no matter what. Your loving gestures will never go unnoticed. And what you're giving back to yourself is just simply unmeasurable. It is important to be doing those things you truly love and to fill yourself up. What puts a huge smile on your face? What brings you a ton of happiness? Do it more! You will have so much more to give this way...... Help others to feel more loved in any way that you can. There are so many that need it!

I feel love from people everyday....whether it's in a smile, nice comment or conversation, a hug, a phone call, a note or card, a message, ect.... It never goes unnoticed with me! I love everyone and when you meet me, you usually know it right away. I feel good about that. I feel good that I am able to be a loving person and be there for others. I want people to have a good, warm feeling when they walk away from me. I want others to know that I was there for them and will always be. I have made making others feel good and loving everyone a top priority in my life. And no, you won't please everybody. But you can keep trying. You can continue to love them. We all deserve to be loved. And we should all be giving the love right back. I'd like to see more of this in the world.

Love More!

Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.

-Barbara DeAngelis

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don't have it, no matter what else there is, it's not enough.

-Ann Landers

Love is a choice you make from moment to moment.

-Barbara DeAngelis

Take A Big Interest In People!

I think it's very important to take a big interest in other people. I've always done it and I always will. Not only is it creating better relationships, it's also being a contributor and making others feel good. You can learn so much from other people too! So give people your time, really acknowledge and listen to them, remember names as much as possible, give them your full attention, look for the good in people, show a big interest in their life, be there for people! You will see that the rewards are endless. We all need to feel important and appreciated. I have many fans just at my job alone! (patients and employees) Not trying to boast, just making a valid point. I believe the reason I have so many fans is because I care about people, I invest my time in them, I'm always complimenting or encouraging them, and I make sure I'm enjoyable to be around. I make people feel good whenever they see or talk to me. I always try to make it a good experience when I come into contact with people. Everyone is important and I want them to feel that way when they walk away from me..... We are all in this world together and we all have something great to offer! I love being that person to remind someone when maybe they aren't feeling so important.....

I think we can have a positive effect on others if we'll just take the time. Our life will be better for it.

“We sometimes encounter people, even perfect strangers, who begin to interest us at first sight, somehow suddenly, all at once, before a word has been spoken.”

-Fydor Dostoevsky

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

-Albert Schweitzer

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thankfulness....

I am feeling extremely thankful today and I want to express it! I think it's important that we express our thankfulness every single day. I say "thank you" a lot- it's something that is very important to me and that I've always done! There are many reasons to be thankful and many people to be thankful for! I've come to realize how important my friends and family are. There are many that are loving, supportive, kind, strong, inspirational, and successful. I'm thankful for all that they are and all that they mean to me. I am thankful for total strangers who have shown an act of kindness to me or made a difference in my life, even if it's just in some small way. When someone holds the door open for you, do you thank them? When someone does something nice for you, do you thank them? When someone gives you a call, do you say thanks for calling? Are you thankful when you have an 'Aha Moment' or when someone inspires you? Are you thankful for the good and the bad? Are you thankful for the lessons you have learned? Thankfulness makes me feel incredibly good and I know when I express it to others, it makes them feel good as well. I will never stop saying Thank You and being extremely Thankful! Express your thankfulness and help make the world a better place!

"I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expect everything of the universe, and is disappointed when anything is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, expecting nothing, and am always full of thanks for moderate good. . . . If we will take the good we find, . . . we shall have heaping measures." -Ralph Waldo Emmerson

"Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life." -Robert Stevenson

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. -Buddha

Thanks for stopping by!

All the best,

Kimberly