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*** I am into paiting these days. I am working on a new picture using the same kit as last year and "layer by layer" instructions.

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"The Beach", 2011

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*** I have been crooning this song for two weeks already. This song from my childhood.

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"Golden leaves"

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I painted this picture last October.

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".....When we say we are afraid to begin a project, we are actually saying something else: “I am afraid of how I will feel as I continue.” We do not want to start because we do not know that we can continue. It is not the start, it is the finish that troubles us...read more" - Julia Cameron.

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*** Morning walk 30 min

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*** Cooking all day: Hungarian gulyasg, Zuccini Fritte, Stuffed Peppers, Eggplan Saute
*** Aldo restaurant

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*** I went to a Zumba class.
*** We all went to the Russian festival.

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Дорогой длинною

Those were the days my friend

 

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*** Music lesson

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*** Beautiful crowns of trees

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*** Productive morning at my job.
*** I took a camera with me today because I started to see the beauty around me in daily life. I wanted to stop rushing, look around and take a couple of pictures of flowers or trees.
*** I went outside to a square while KK had her music class and took several pictures. It was a lovely day.
***After her class we went to a cafeteria where she had her snack and we laughed so much about jokes we made up together.
*** Quiet time in a bookstore. I discovered the new bookstore, a small one, but they have a great selection.  I bought one book I need to read and spent the rest of my time in the interior design section.
*** On the way back home, it was a beautiful view of downtown's highrise buildings at night. I was driving, I could not take pictures )))

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"True life is lived when tiny changes occur". --Leo Tolstoy:

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*** I cooked a beef-stroganoff by the recipe of my grandma. Love it!
*** An empty highway
*** KK and her friend cooked "Steamy soup" from a kid's cookbook and served it like in 5 stars restaurant. Great job, girls!

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House Beautiful:

Designer Charlotte Moss's message is: Mix the antique with the new.

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"What doesn't kill me makes me stronger" -- Albert Camus

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*** Morning walk - 30 min

*** During the walk I looked around and found out that many trees have turned into yellow and red already. Fall is here.

*** Yellow maple leaves were gone with a wind along the road

*** A beautiful view of the forest-park from the doctor's office

*** A craft store - Jo-Ann.

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Lynn Morgan Design

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      "When we feel anger, we are often very angry that we feel anger. Damn anger!! It tells us we can't get away with our old life any longer. It tells us that old life is dying. It tells us we are being reborn, and birthing hurts. The hurt makers us angry. 

      Anger is a firestorm that signals the death of our old life. Anger is the fuel that propels us into our new one. Anger is a tool, not a master. Anger is meant to be tapped into and drawn upon. Used properly, anger is use-full". -- Julia Cameron

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*** My time in the morning
*** I went to a gym. It wasn't crowded because everybody was at the football game.
*** My goal is to be in a good shape and have a healthy weight of 130 lb (60 kg) by June 13.
*** Beautiful pine trees across the street.
*** I played Monopoly with KK. There is no cash anymore, only electronic transactions in the game.
 

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Nato Welton Photography

 

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"Doing the food creates a steady bowl to hold your life experience.

As it fills, the connection deepens inside and outside".

-- Kathleen DesMaisons, PhD

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*** Reading time in the morning
*** Lunch with my mom and my daugther at the Mexican restaurant
*** It was a sunny, but a chilly day
*** Girls made a musical show after dinner. They were singing and dancing. Everybody was so happy to be the part of the show.

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Turettar Collaborative Architecture

 

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"You'd think it would be easy to be happy, but that's not always the case. You have to be aware. You can't be in a hurry. And you have to welcome the experience". -- Happiness for Dummies

 

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*** Wonderful morning, a lot of laughing with my daughter. She completed her math homework and practice piano. It was very a productive hour before school.
*** Walking and jogging in the morning
*** My job. Good meeting.
*** New turquoise business blouse. I love it!
*** Music lesson
*** Afternoon nap with a guided meditation "A Safe Place".

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"Kathleen has been using this meditation with her clients for more than 25 years. She uses it as the center of her own spiritual practice. Like her food program, it is deceptively simple. Kathleen takes her listeners to a place of safety. Use this CD over and over to train a response that is immediate and fully relaxed. Teach your deepest self to be quiet and still. Open your heart to the light and your life will change"  by  RadiantRecovery.com.

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"Resting when you are tired may seem like an outrageous idea,

but learning to take care of your body is the focus of your path to recovery".

-- Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.

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*** Deep blue sky without any single cloud
*** Jogging and walking for 40 min in the morning
*** Music in the car -  Moldau by Smetana. Beautiful!
*** Gym in the evening. It was good workout.
*** I bought "Mary's Gone" Crackers: No Sugar added, Whole grain - Brown Rice, Organic, Kosher, Non-GMO, Vegan, Dairy Free, Wheat Free, Fluten Free, No hydrogenated oils, No trans-fats

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Turett Colaborative Architects

 

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"A goal without a plan is just a wish"

-- Vincent van Gogh

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*** I have energy in the morning!
*** Morning exercises. I want to keep it up from now on.
*** New online friends
*** Productive time at work.  D helped me to resolve some issues with another company.
*** Reading time
*** I bought an Almond milk: unsweetened, lactose free, non-dairy.
*** On the way back home, I just suddenly recalled a song from my childhood. I remember we sang it together with my mom. I was about 7 years old. Here it is:

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"Take me with you" by Alla Pugacheva

 

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*** Shelves were install
*** Music in the car - Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade - op.35... 
*** KK and her friend cooked Salsa. They found a recipe by themselves in a cookbook. It tasted delicious.

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"The Little Engine That Could  is a story of optimism.

It's about how telling yourself "I think I can, I think I can...." can lead to success. It also suggests that:

- Optimism is how you overcome unforseen obstables

- Optimism is an essential part of helping others in need

- Optimism isn't necessary when life is easy - only when it's hard

- Optimism comes in handy when no one around you will help you out

- Optimism is a great antidote to sadness

- Optimism is available even to those who consider themselves unimportant

- There are pleanty of pessimistic people out there

- Optimism is empowering - it provides the energy needed to move mountains

- Everyone loves optimists

Go to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of The Little Engine That Could. Put it in some conspisious place in your home, where you can easily see it, and be sure to read it every day - maybe before you befine your day or the last things at night. It's a nice positive message to start your day with or sleep on". - Happiness for Dummies by W. Doyle Gentry, Ph.D 

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*** Driving and listening on the radio Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet"
*** A scenic view of the forest from 7th floor

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13 bears by Sasha Pokrass

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"You can change your pessimistic attitude by changing your behavior first. Normally, people think of attitude as something that leads behavior - like a horse pulling a wagon. But I want you to turn that around and think of a change in attitude as something that follows behavior - in effect, putting the cart in front of the horse!

This "cart-before-the-horse" approach I'm talking about is the essence of what has come to be called behavioral medicine, a new approach to health and well-being that I was privileged to help pioneer, where you literally behave your way into, in this case, happiness".  - Happiness for Dummies by W. Doyle Gentry, Ph.D.

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*** Cute bunnies at a farm
*** It's nice to be outside on the little farm
*** I bought a new cooking book

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Our vacation, Kaua'i, June 2012

 

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Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy,
loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.      --Shakti Gawain

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*** Driving and listening the Classical Pop Radio Channel
*** Hair salon: new hair style and a manicure
*** A consert at the symphony: Schumann's Violin concerto in D minor and Beethoven's Mighty Eroica.
*** KK went with us. I took a notebook and colored pens, she could pain when she got tired.

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Cynthia Rowley's Dining Room - Elle Decor.com

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*** Fun time completing KK's home work in the morning
*** Jogging and walking for 40 min in the morning. Sunshine.
*** It's already October, but outside is still 76F.
*** My job
*** Fun chatting on the phone with my husband during my lunch time
*** Music lesson. I am learning Chopin's Waltz Op. 64 No. 2

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Evgeny Kissin

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*** Morning walk -20min
*** Few minutes for myself in the cafeteria
*** Baby deer
*** Nice drive to a new gym
*** Fun shopping together for KK's lunch
*** It was so much fun to see how KK planned and packed her lunch

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“The reward of attention is always healing. It may begin as the healing of a particular pain – the lost lover, the sickly child, the shattered dream. But what is healed, finally, is the pain that underlies all pain: the pain that we are all, as Rilke phrases it, unutterably alone”. More than anything else, attention is an act of connection. I learned this the way I have learned most things –quite by accident”. ---Julia Cameron

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*** Morning walk -30 min
*** Discussing a small renovation project
*** Smell of fresh cut grass
*** Reading time

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Exercise and Optimism

      "Some years ago, my colleagues and I conducted a small study of cardic patients at a local hospital, administrating a test of optimism and also seeing how compliant they were with the exercise rehab program to which theyhad been referrd by thier cariologists. Not surprisingly, there was a significant link between two. Those patients who were the most optimistic exercised the most, and conversely those who exersiced the most were the most were the most optimistic.

      This sugests that, even if you don't start out all that optimistic, you will be if you stick to the exercise program". - Happiness for Dummies by W. Doyle Gentry, PhD 

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*** 30 min morning walk under the rain.
*** Rain. I love a rainy weather.
*** Girls were cooking at home again.

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" Beauty will save the world" -- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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*** Morning walk 20 min
*** I went downstairs to buy a cup of tea and noticed a beautiful design in our new cafe

*** Home made lunch and chatting with my co-worker outside, in the yard.

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**The Secret of Self-Esteem **

Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D of Radiant Recovery®

Optimism and self-confidence result from our body chemistry, not our mental attitude.

Sometimes we are ready to take on the world. Other times the bag lady sits at our feet clucking her disapproval of our lives.

Enduring and consistent confidence is a thousand times better than those few moments stolen on the back of a sugar high.I have been fascinated with the beta-endorphin story for years. As you may recall from Potatoes Not Prozac, beta-endorphin is the brain chemical that enables us to tolerate pain. So when I first learned that sugar evokes beta-endorphin, it made perfect sense to me. Sugar as a pain-killer seemed to resonate with what my body already knew.

But I hadn’t thought of sugar as an emotional pain-killer. Reading that first scientific article about sugar reducing “isolation distress” knocked my socks off. When baby mice were given sugar, they didn’t cry as much when they were taken away from their mothers. This wasn’t about physical pain, this was a whole different story. I wanted to piece it together.... read more