Inspirational gifts and accessories
Today I finally let Molly put on the Hello Kitty press-on nails that she got for her birthday.
She was soooo happy. I was a conflicted combination of amused, slightly horrified, and a teensy tiny bit jealous.
About 10 minutes later she and Elie were chilling on the couch watching Nick Jr. when Molly discovered one of her nails was missing. She showed Elie the finger with the rogue nail.
Clearly, this is not a happy camper.
Spontaneous date night!! Yay for last minute babysitters!!
I have an invention. It’s a top secret idea for a product you didn’t know you couldn’t live without. I’d tell you about it but then I’d have to … well, let’s just say, I’m not gonna tell you about it. I’ve been procrastinating / too busy to make it to the hardware store to buy the raw materials I need to make some sorta prototype. That is an example of me standing in my own way of my destiny. No More. This morning, after buying my coffee in my regular spot, I looked through the windshield of my car and saw a hardware store that I’ve always known was there, but never, in the 4 years I’ve lived in my house, have walked into.
So today, I walked into the store.
An older gentleman asked me if I needed help and I explained what things I thought I was looking for. I told him I had an idea for an invention and wanted to make a prototype. He said that he was an inventor too- of toys. I said I TOO was a toy inventor! I have a degree in toy design and spent my first two years out of school working at an inventing company.
We got to chatting and he said he’d spent much of his life in advertising. I said my dad spent much of his life in advertising too! When I was a kid he’d written all the commercials for General Mills Cereals (like the famous “Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids” and “Kookoo for Cocoa Puffs“) He said he’d written the stuff for Booberry and I said that I actually grew up with a framed cartoon animation cell of Booberry on my bedroom wall! And then I said “Do you know my dad?” thinking “what’re the chances?” … HE SAT NEXT TO HIM FOR 3 YEARS 30 YEARS AGO…. What ARE the chances??? He even said my dad’s name popped into his head a couple days ago as he wondered about the people from his past. KARAYZEE. I took this as a sign that the universe was working in sync with me and I NEED to prototype this concept ASAP.
I came home in a great mood and found my Advanced Review Copy Of Happier at Home. This is Gretchen Rubin -Bestselling Author of The Happiness Project’s – next book that is due to be released in September! I got a copy to review and share with you, my fabulous readers, her muchtastic ideas for living happier at home!! I can’t WAIT to read it and let you know what I think!
Today’s Muchness Pic- Me with the book!
How’s that for a headshot?
I already think I’m gonna love this book… I took a pic of it in front of my Muchy door and It matches my house. 🙂
This video is an amazing exercise- a great tool to help you to tap into your own past moments of Muchness so you can recreate them in your future…
Tony Robbins’ Emotional Flood Exercise
My Muchness is waning. I have been thinking for a while about taking the challenge and I’ve been intimidated/ overwhelmed to start. I still love and wear the sparkle but it’s now part of me and I need to push outside my comfort zone again. I’ve been asking myself the same questions people often ask me “I don’t know what my muchness is… I don’t have time… I’m not ready yet…” and then I decided to answer myself the way I do them. “Don’t think so hard… Pick something that, in some way, represents you and something you like, and just post it! You don’t even have to write a lot… It’s the culmination of 30 days of these pictures that will collect into something meaningful and powerful.”
As soon as those thoughts passed through my mind, (while standing at the busstop) I took out my phone and took a snapshot of my face. I walk around with this face daily. I should see what I’m showing to the world, right? Get ready to be seeing me for 30 days folks.
—Note to self- you look tired.—
Please, join me and Tine and Holly and Shannon and other Muchness Seekers and challenge yourself to Find Your Muchness! Don’t overthink- don’t scare yourself- it can literally be done in 2 minutes from your smart phone. The rewards are immeasurable. I KNOW that you can do it. I know that you are worth it. We ALL have this light inside us. We ALL have more confidence than we think we do. We ALL have the power to make a difference in our own lives and the lives of those around us. The Muchness Challenge will help you tap into it.
I pinky swear!!
Xox, Tova
…and I’m NOT talking about the price, to which the answer is obvious…
I’ve been stressed a bit and feeling overwhelmed by the idea of blogging, but I didn’t realize till this morning what was stressing me out. Last week the girls went to the dr and Liat got a standard blood /lead test.
It came back two days ago that she’s anemic.
I know that it is usually reversible and diet based so she’s on a iron rich diet and an iron supplement.
But I am a worrier. Especially when it comes to my kids. And I worry because Liat is a great eater and her diet is not lacking in iron so I fear it’s bigger than diet. and I worry because I don’t want the medication to make her nauseous. And I worry because Molly is a very picky eater and eats a lot of yogurt and liat loves yogurt but dairy blocks iron absorption so she’s not supposed to have it around the time of her medicine taking— which is three times a day— and breakfast this morning was a disaster because all she wanted was Mollys yogurt and I didn’t give it to her so she ate nothing and screamed and screamed.
This is her in Florida. She looooves the water and demanded she hold her tube-that’s bigger than her- from The room all the way to the pool. 🙂 I was so proud…