You are a child of God.
You are full of goodness and potential for anything.
Only limited by the stop signs you place in front of yourself.
Each time you put "I can't", "we'll", "maybe", or "but" then putting
stop sign canceling potential positive action.
I am not responsible for how another person chooses to act...
Nor am I responsible for the consequences of another person's actions.
(Doesn't count with raising a child.)
I love you enough to give you space to be yourself.
I love myself enough to give you space to be yourself and I love
myself not to take the blame or cover up if you mess up.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Monday, December 31, 2012
Building funds
We went to church with Bonnie this past Sunday. It was a great experience to find out that they paid off the loan on the building extension. A neat fact of that is in December they needed $28,500 & that's what they received.
I've grown up hearing stories of how the Mormon people suffered to pay buildings off or build temples. Being at church on Sunday and knowing that we helped contribute gave me the opportunity to feel what the early saints felt. Sometimes the ownership is lost since buildings are paid off before built.
I liked that feeling.
Billy quote he likes
If you believe in yourself and have dedication and pride -and never quit, you'll be a winner. The price of victory is high but so are the rewards.
Paul Bryant
Monday, December 3, 2012
Pink pig...
I remember going on the pink pig in Atlanta with my family. We went once. However it was not at Macy's, i believe it was at a store called Riches.
Monday, November 26, 2012
My first project from Pinterest
I created my first project. It looks good for first wreath. I have always loved wreath but never felt creative enough to make. Always had my mom help. This time it was all me.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Brasstown Craft Fair & Decorating Mtn Home
The first place gingerbread house at Brasstown. Then after a swim we had a wonderful lunch at our favorite pasta buffet with soup and salad. It was fun to sit at the fireplace afterwards too. The ladies went to the craft fair and the men sat and waited at the area where the fireplace was in the lobby. Sydney had a fun time speaking with the people that did the wooden bowls and walking sticks. She stood and watched then asked some great questions. When I asked her why she was so interested in the wood working, she said she felt like she was being a reporter. She asked how they got into making the bowls, what do they do with the wood chips, and how long does it take to make a bowl are some that I know she asked.
Syd asking questions
Decorating
This is Tiny Tim on the left. He is 42 years old. He is the first ornament they bought and Billy would play with it every year.
The ornament on the left Great Grandma G. Treadwell made and the one on the right is made by Grandma Bonnie Blitch.
Florida Santa Stocking Holder that we found for $1.00 at a Thrift Shop in Hiawassee, GA on Shop Small Business Saturday.
Oops, I wish someone would have said that my hair was a bit messy.
Thanksgiving from Pinterest
We did two things that I pulled from Pinterest this year for Thanksgiving. A fruit turkey and a waffle cone and m&m cornucopia.
Photos on Turkey Day 2012
We took time for a few pictures and with our simple click and shoot turned out great! I think this is one of the best pictures we have taken.
I was able to get Sydney to smile for one picture too.
Father and Son campout, Blitch Style
Last weekend, it was very cold outside and Conner wanted to watch a movie at home. So, Billy created a palette to lay on in front of the fire and we watched, "The Grinch" with Jim Carrey.
Good old wholesome fun! 11/16/2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Sydney at her RAA Chamber Choir
A wonderful evening of singing at RAA Middle School. 
The really interesting part of us being able to attend this and Sydney to even being in the choir is...... This school year Sydney is taking band and high school level Spanish therefore she couldn't take chorus. If you aren't in chorus then you can't participate in outside of school chorus activities.... Sydney wanted to sing so badly that she begged Mrs. Prescott at the beginning of the year to allow her to be in the choir. I don't know how many times Sydney continued to ask but it must have been enough times because she sang.
Determination that makes me so proud of her. She wants to be Music Therapist so she is smart to do as much as she can with music singing and learning instruments. Then since we live in Florida it only makes sense to learn Spanish and learn it well. A talent to have as she wants to serve a mission.
Billy, Conner, Thomas, Beth, David and myself attended.
Have videos too...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuMaPCZSgHE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuMaPCZSgHE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuMaPCZSgHE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Fall Colors
I love the fall colors! It's kinda weird if ya think about it though... The leaves are dying and it's beautiful but in the spring the trees have a rebirth.
It's amazing to me how this earth works. I will give my praise and a grateful heart to a wonderful God and to his son.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
2012 Election Day
On November 6th, I was up early helping monitor polls. Here are two pictures I was able to get taken at the end of the day. The most interesting part of my day was that the poll workers couldn't figure out what 100 feet was and I went and purchased a measuring tape so that I could help figure it out correctly. They had me across the street behind trees. When actually it was not even across the street, but I was nice and went across the street. It was so cold.
I liked both pictures so I posted both.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Greek Food Festival
So fun! We went to the Annual Greek Food Festival... Yummy to my tummy. It think I enjoyed the most. It really was great going all together. We just switched when we get the kids so instead of getting on Friday, it starts on Wednesday. Well, Sydney starts on Wednesday and maybe soon Conner can. He came over Thursday because Daddy Ray was visiting.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Principal of the month... Guess who?
William Blitch, that's who.
Billy was the Principal of the month for October 2012.
Way to go! I am so proud of you! Billy works so hard for his students. He is at work by 6:30am to 3:00pm and then his day doesn't end there. He has parent's calling him in the evening about their child. Being a principal is hard work!
Look at that handsome happy man of mine.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Billy is Kiwanis President
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Want what...
Don't wish for what you want. Don't wait for what you want. COMMAND WHAT YOU and watch it come to you like MAGIC!
Friday, August 17, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Brian Johnson – 50 Things I Am Going to Do Today
Today, I listened the reading twice
Brian Johnson – 50 Things I Am Going to Do Today
1) Grow. We’re growing or dying, either stepping forward into growth or back into safety. Seize every moment as another opportunity to expand your soul.
2) Dream. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
3) Floss. Do the little things to the best of your abilities. When you get in the habit of living at your potential with the mundane things, it becomes second nature to do the second stuff.
4) Breathe. Take a deep breath in, exhale.
5) Smile.
6) Sweat. Our bodies were made to move.
7) Shower.
8) Be nice. Wayne Dyer, Science of Kindness.
9) Be grateful. Think of three things that you are grateful for every day.
10) Drink water.
11) Take responsibility for your life (learned helplessness).
12) Meditate. Slow down, breathe, and quiet your mind for a moment or two or three.
13) Be here right now, the present moment.
14) Turn off the TV.
15) Open a book.
16) Learn out loud (audio books).
17) Pay your bills with a smile. Never let a dollar come in or go out of your hands without gratitude. Honor the exchange.
18) Get a journal and use it.
19) Ask yourself what you would do if you weren’t afraid –and then do it.
20) Ask yourself that question again and do it again and again. Do it ten times and you’ll be a different person. Do it every moment and you’ll be telling your story to the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “always do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain”.
21) Create a new habit. Ask yourself what is the one thing you know you should be doing that would most dramatically change your life, and then commit to creating that habit.
22) Become aware. When you’re aware you’re awake, not asleep. You’re not just going through the conditioned moments of your habitual life, you’re consciously creating it. Buddha – budh – one who is awake to reality.
23) Step forward. In any given moment you have two options, you can step forward into growth or you can step back into safety. Become aware of your behavior. Become aware of the decisions you’re making every moment of your life. Be conscience of who you are and the decisions you’re making, how you’re expressing yourself and what you’re actually doing. Your destiny is shaped by your moment-to-moment decisions so choose wisely and step forward.
24) Say yes.
25) Quit worrying about what other people think. There’s no way you can please everyone all the time. By worrying about what other people think of you and working hard to try to please them you’re losing the essence of who you are.
26) Listen.
27) Put the sock straight in the hamper. Wash the dish and put it away. Do the little things the way you know you should.
28) Push yourself. William James, “you have enormous untapped power you’ll probably never tap because most people never run far enough on their first wind to ever find their second”. The training effect – 1, overload your body with more stress than it can currently handle, enough so you’re out of your current comfort zone and 2, overcompensation, the body repairs itself so next time it’s stronger.
29) Move. Take action. Flow (river vs. pool of water). Don’t let the pond scum grow.
30) Be authentic (authentic means to be your own author). Be you. Don’t pretend to be anyone or anything else (read “The Way of the Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Milman).
31) Stop. What one thing do you know you should STOP doing? It’s not serving you anymore and it never did. Replace that old behavior with a positive one.
32) Act “as if”. Who do you want to be? Get that image. On a moment-to-moment basis act as if you already were that person.
33) Regain your balance. Put your arms straight out. Spin around five or six times to get off balance. Stop spinning, put your hands together like you’re praying and stare at your fingertips, then look all around you. When things get stressful you can look all around you to get perspective or focus on what you know to be true, what your intention in life is.
34) Go straight at your problems. Take them head on (read Pilgrim’s Progress). Problems kick your butt when you avoid them, don’t show your backside.
35) Serve. Give yourself to the world (read Man Search for Meaning by Victor Franco). “Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it; for success, like happiness, cannot be pursued, it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintentional side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself, or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself”.
36) Be the change (Gandhi).
37) Fill your water pot and hit the rock. Consistently train yourself to be your best. Buddha, “little by little a person becomes evil as a water pot is filled by drops of water, and little by little a person becomes good as a water pot is filled by drops of water”. The stone cutter hits a rock with a hammer, people say “wow, he’s strong” because he broke a huge rock with a single blow but they don’t know he’d been hammering a long time. No one is lucky enough to reach any level of excellence without an equally diligent and consistent effort. Hit the rock.
38) Be consistent. Focus on consistency not intensity. Aristotle, “we are what we repeatedly do”.
39) Be inconsistent. Be willing to change your mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”.
40) Embrace opposites.
41) Make your room your cave. Bedrooms are for sleeping and baby-making.
42) Support someone in the process of achieving greatness, anyone and everyone who has the courage to follow their dreams and try to make them a reality, including you.
43) Follow your bliss (not someone else’s or what you think it should be).
44) Use a dictionary. Write your new word down. Expand your mind.
45) Quit comparing yourself to others (you have to be either inferior or superior, and neither is a good basis for a loving relationship).
46) Brush your teeth. While you’re doing it, look yourself in the eyes and say “I love you”.
47) Squeeze the old Kiegle.
48) Stretch.
49) Quit milking the cow (eliminate dairy).
50) Say thank you. Go to bed with those words, wake up with them, and pop them in during the day.
Brian Johnson – 50 Things I Am Going to Do Today
1) Grow. We’re growing or dying, either stepping forward into growth or back into safety. Seize every moment as another opportunity to expand your soul.
2) Dream. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.
3) Floss. Do the little things to the best of your abilities. When you get in the habit of living at your potential with the mundane things, it becomes second nature to do the second stuff.
4) Breathe. Take a deep breath in, exhale.
5) Smile.
6) Sweat. Our bodies were made to move.
7) Shower.
8) Be nice. Wayne Dyer, Science of Kindness.
9) Be grateful. Think of three things that you are grateful for every day.
10) Drink water.
11) Take responsibility for your life (learned helplessness).
12) Meditate. Slow down, breathe, and quiet your mind for a moment or two or three.
13) Be here right now, the present moment.
14) Turn off the TV.
15) Open a book.
16) Learn out loud (audio books).
17) Pay your bills with a smile. Never let a dollar come in or go out of your hands without gratitude. Honor the exchange.
18) Get a journal and use it.
19) Ask yourself what you would do if you weren’t afraid –and then do it.
20) Ask yourself that question again and do it again and again. Do it ten times and you’ll be a different person. Do it every moment and you’ll be telling your story to the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “always do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain”.
21) Create a new habit. Ask yourself what is the one thing you know you should be doing that would most dramatically change your life, and then commit to creating that habit.
22) Become aware. When you’re aware you’re awake, not asleep. You’re not just going through the conditioned moments of your habitual life, you’re consciously creating it. Buddha – budh – one who is awake to reality.
23) Step forward. In any given moment you have two options, you can step forward into growth or you can step back into safety. Become aware of your behavior. Become aware of the decisions you’re making every moment of your life. Be conscience of who you are and the decisions you’re making, how you’re expressing yourself and what you’re actually doing. Your destiny is shaped by your moment-to-moment decisions so choose wisely and step forward.
24) Say yes.
25) Quit worrying about what other people think. There’s no way you can please everyone all the time. By worrying about what other people think of you and working hard to try to please them you’re losing the essence of who you are.
26) Listen.
27) Put the sock straight in the hamper. Wash the dish and put it away. Do the little things the way you know you should.
28) Push yourself. William James, “you have enormous untapped power you’ll probably never tap because most people never run far enough on their first wind to ever find their second”. The training effect – 1, overload your body with more stress than it can currently handle, enough so you’re out of your current comfort zone and 2, overcompensation, the body repairs itself so next time it’s stronger.
29) Move. Take action. Flow (river vs. pool of water). Don’t let the pond scum grow.
30) Be authentic (authentic means to be your own author). Be you. Don’t pretend to be anyone or anything else (read “The Way of the Peaceful Warrior” by Dan Milman).
31) Stop. What one thing do you know you should STOP doing? It’s not serving you anymore and it never did. Replace that old behavior with a positive one.
32) Act “as if”. Who do you want to be? Get that image. On a moment-to-moment basis act as if you already were that person.
33) Regain your balance. Put your arms straight out. Spin around five or six times to get off balance. Stop spinning, put your hands together like you’re praying and stare at your fingertips, then look all around you. When things get stressful you can look all around you to get perspective or focus on what you know to be true, what your intention in life is.
34) Go straight at your problems. Take them head on (read Pilgrim’s Progress). Problems kick your butt when you avoid them, don’t show your backside.
35) Serve. Give yourself to the world (read Man Search for Meaning by Victor Franco). “Don’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it; for success, like happiness, cannot be pursued, it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintentional side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself, or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself”.
36) Be the change (Gandhi).
37) Fill your water pot and hit the rock. Consistently train yourself to be your best. Buddha, “little by little a person becomes evil as a water pot is filled by drops of water, and little by little a person becomes good as a water pot is filled by drops of water”. The stone cutter hits a rock with a hammer, people say “wow, he’s strong” because he broke a huge rock with a single blow but they don’t know he’d been hammering a long time. No one is lucky enough to reach any level of excellence without an equally diligent and consistent effort. Hit the rock.
38) Be consistent. Focus on consistency not intensity. Aristotle, “we are what we repeatedly do”.
39) Be inconsistent. Be willing to change your mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson, “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”.
40) Embrace opposites.
41) Make your room your cave. Bedrooms are for sleeping and baby-making.
42) Support someone in the process of achieving greatness, anyone and everyone who has the courage to follow their dreams and try to make them a reality, including you.
43) Follow your bliss (not someone else’s or what you think it should be).
44) Use a dictionary. Write your new word down. Expand your mind.
45) Quit comparing yourself to others (you have to be either inferior or superior, and neither is a good basis for a loving relationship).
46) Brush your teeth. While you’re doing it, look yourself in the eyes and say “I love you”.
47) Squeeze the old Kiegle.
48) Stretch.
49) Quit milking the cow (eliminate dairy).
50) Say thank you. Go to bed with those words, wake up with them, and pop them in during the day.
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