My Piano Dream is alive. I have been practicing my scales and warming up my fingers. Everyone is very supportive. "What, honey? Oh, the earplugs are in the drawer!" Anyway, I learned a new song... "What, dear? I can't turn it down, it doesn't have electricity!" So... "Sweetie, I'll he ...
08.31.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
This weeks inspirational video actually features two videos with respect to a new movie out in theaters titled, Julie and Julia. The women of 8 Women Dream enjoyed a Sunday movie outing today and went to watch this Nora Ephron film about two women who achieved their dreams through food. You gotta ...
This was the endless week! A full week of back to school mornings with my son that followed an intense nonprofitable weekend at the Tiburon Festival. All I can say is that I am thankful for my part time job teaching art in Sonoma and that I am looking forward to my regular pay checks! Another ...
08.30.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
I have tried the raw food diet, vegetable soup diet, master cleanse diet, no sugar diet, grapefruit diet and the list goes on. After putting some real thought into this dilemma, I was struck with an inspiration, one so great it had to come directly from the Almighty Himself. I don't have a dog. ...
This week while working on the writing part of my dream, I have been thinking about the process of change (or transitions) and how much they can scare us. Michael Fullan, a Professor Emeritus of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, who is recognized as a wo ...
The ongoing quest for the ultimate dream of multiple streams of income continues. In a lovely twist, one of my fellow dreamers (Thanks Alyse!) reminded a mutual friend of my jewelry and viola… Two pairs of earrings are sold! I got a boost of creativity this weekend and after spending 30 minutes ...
This week I am still stuck with my dream and rather than go on about that I'll leave you with some of the 8 top equestrian blogs on the Internet: 1. Savvy Equestrian - It is the number 1 independent equestrian product review site and features 4 blogs - Andy's Blog - Ariel's Blog - Bella's Blo ...
08.26.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
As I sit in my living room looking at the blank page before me I am reminded how difficult it can be to write. The page is blank, nothing but white staring back at me. I decided to just start typing; just put letters together into words and see if something made sense. This technique is calle ...
08.25.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
Do you want it back? I am living my greatest dream. Giving my children the best childhood I know how. One that I had as a kid. I am the most confident as a mother. They are my passion. But is that enough? Is it OK just to be known as a good mother? Is all your focus on the kids healthy? Even t ...
08.24.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
This weeks inspirational video features Dr Daniel Amen. In his pioneering new book, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Dr. Amen explains how you can "optimize" your brain to achieve your fullest potential. Many of the difficulties associated with anxiety, depression, excessive worrying, anger, a ...
I am writing this post after working a thirteen hour day at the Tiburon Art Festival. Since I have managed to delete the last twenty sentences I wrote, I am now forging ahead. Please excuse any sentence blunders since my brain feels like mashed potatoes and my bed is calling to me. No sales ...
08.23.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
Passion. Passion keeps us moving - it gives us the momentum to keep going when the going gets tough. Is it possible to create passion? Can a dream be obtained without passion? Without passion you wouldn't want to stay up late studying for school. Nor would you feel motivated to figure out ...
Can you tell it's the beginning of the school year? I can. My son started his first week of school and everything else in my life has taken a back seat to peanut butter sandwiches and homework. What dream? Actually this isn't entirely true. I have managed to continue to meditate every day ...
My new website TwitterAndBeyond.com version 1.0 officially launched on Tuesday August 18th! Cue the balloons and parade. Our latest venture is an offshoot of our company and a huge step toward my long term dream of multiple streams of income. We are in Phase One - build traffic. Want to offer us ...
I really feel like my dream of becoming an accomplished equestrian is at a standstill. As I mentioned before, progress with Nikki has been negligible to nil. So now I feel like I'm faced with the question of whether or not Nikki is really the right horse for me. That's a hard decision and here ...
08.19.09 | Past Dreamers | Read more
