Helpful kids are happy kids

I do not agree with this at all. My take is a good mom has kids that know responsibility and are happy to help. We do this world a great injustice when we cater to our children and than wonder why they are so unhappy. Someday they will have roommates, and maybe a spouse. If they are use to not helping and being taken care of that is just what they expect. Everyone wants a friend or partner to help and not begrudgingly. When we help each other we feel good. They may not like it at first but my boys help and feel good about it. A happy house needs kids that help. Give this world the gift of a helpful responsible person who cares for themselves and those they love. Don't do everything for them so they feel like they should be waited on. There is not a person in this world that will be happy with them. Love them enough to teach them to take care of themselves and others!
Love your kids so that others will love them not loath them:)
Enjoy this glorious day and let your kids help with the dishes!
Celeste

Happy craft

Happiness jar! I know it's big, but I have a high expectation of joy! Painted with acrylic paint and sharpie marker. Everyone that comes to our house can write positive things. Anything that happened or a feeling and put it in the jar. When it's totally full we will have a happiness party and read them. After we do I will put them all in a book. Hope this will inspire you to find your joy! I have done a tremendous amount of crafts in my life, this makes me happier!
Enjoy this glorious day!
And send me pics of your jar!
Xo
Celeste

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
~Thict Nhat Hahn

Happiness and painted stairs

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, about 2" in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full ?



They agreed it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full.



They agreed it was.
The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if
the jar was full.



The students responded with a unanimous, "YES".

The professor then picked a bottle of red wine from under the table and proceeded to pour the entire contents into the jar effectively filling
the empty space between the sand.



The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.



The rocks are the important things - your family, your health, your friends - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car.



The sand is everything else - the small stuff."
"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your life. If you spend
all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to care about your health. Go out dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, and fix the disposal.



Take care of the rocks first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.

This photo is of my steps to my upstairs, it reminds me that every day we choose to live our dreams and that your beliefs don't make you who you are your actions do.
Enjoy this glorious day and dream on!
Celeste

"It's not just a daydream if you decide to make it your life!" she's on fire is the song by Train

Fudge without the pudge ...

For all my chocolate loving friends who like to eat real chocolate and still be healthy! I use greek yogurt to add protein to them. If you really want to go for it put a small scoop of fro-yo between two and freeze! I also make mine like cookies with a small scoop because to me the edges of the brownie are the best:)

No pudge fudge brownie

Servings:
16
Units: US | Metric
1 cup sugar
¾ cup flour
½ cup cocoa
2 egg whites (this is for cake like brownies and is optional)
2 teaspoons cornstarch
¼ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2⁄3; cup non-fat vanilla yogurt (a 6 oz. container, Dannon works best)
nonstick cooking spray
Directions:

1
Preheat oven to 350°F.
2
Mix all dry ingredients.
3
Add yogurt and mix well.
4
Batter will be very thick.
5
Spray an 8x8 pan with nonstick cooking spray.
6
Spread batter evenly.
7
Bake for 30-35 minutes.
8
Remove and cool.
9
Dip a knife in warm water and cut into 16 squares.

Blind faith

There are many times in life where you just have to have blind faith. Today, even before a full cup of coffee, I had a moment to challenge that faith. Not to long ago I got a speeding ticket. Yes, I was speeding. I took my ticket. I thanked the officer and proceeded to do as I should and paid a rediculious amount in the sum of $175.00.
Today I got stopped after dropping my son off at school. I was driving up a hill and saw a police officer stopped to my right on a side street at the stop sign. As I passed him he pulled me over. Told me he clocked me at 33 in a 20 school zone. I call bull! Right away he can tell I am not buying it. I surprise myself by basically telling him he is wrong and at that point he starts to apologize and explain he will be giving me a warning. Warning? Come on, like he was doing me a favor? Here is where I realize why he backed down, he was not buying the radar either. Afterward, I drove back to see that I was not even in the school zone when he stopped me, I was between two school zones and after a little research found this...

Traffic Radar Reliability

The use of police traffic radar is so widespread that we naturally assume the technology is reliable. After all, if there were questions about radar's accuracy, would the courts process speeding violations with such assembly-line efficiency?

We tend to take the answer to this question on faith. That may be unfortunate, because radar makes mistakes. Lots of them. Some experts estimate that 10-20 percent of all radar-backed speeding tickets are issued in error; and in the case of radar that is operated from a moving police vehicle the number of bad tickets may be as high as 30 percent!
Our Hope is that more people will realize that traffic radar is not infallible, and will challenge speeding tickets they know they don't deserve. The end result will be a greater effort by the radar industry to build better products, and by law enforcement to use this technology more responsibly.
10. Terrain Error takes place when hilly or curved roadways affect radar's ability to process information. When the patrol car is at the crest of a hill, it is very easy for radar to overshoot the nearest vehicle and instead take a reading from a vehicle on the next hill. Because traffic radar is "direction blind," differences in reflectivity may cause instant-on readings to display the speed of a receding vehicle rather than of an approaching vehicle. So that vehicle "on the next hill" need not even be traveling the same direction as the supposed target vehicle.
So, as much I felt bad giving the nice officer a hard time, I'm glad I did.
He didn't even seem shocked when I said "I see your radar gun, but I don't believe it." and now I know why!
So, stick up for yourself. Technology isn't always correct. If you get a ticket and you think it was false, go to court.
Enjoy this glorious day!
And, um... Slow down;)
Celeste