tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19919814057003870702024-03-05T00:19:11.043-08:00Attract A Great LifeWelcome to my Attract A Great Life blog, a place where I share how I live and enjoy my life. There are resources here for you, too. I'm so glad you stopped by.Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-38100657345206415072018-03-29T17:39:00.000-07:002018-03-29T17:39:12.399-07:00I'm back!<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hi everyone!</span><div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been awhile since I've written, but I'm here now, so let's go!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As many of you know, I am a certified life coach and that means I have </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the fun job of working with others to help make their dreams come true.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's glorious when that happens!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I thought about writing this blog, I discovered what I really want to do</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">is to give my readers some tips for designing the life they want.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll do that in posts to come, and I'm going to do that by showing you how </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I live....my life may not be your life, but it's a good one and I've refined it</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">over the years until it seems to 'fit' just right!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Quite few folks have asked me to write about 'how I live'. They also told me they want to have a life like mine and that I 'have it all together'.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's a nice compliment and I love hearing it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There have been lots of lessons along the way and I'd like to pass along what I have learned to you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That being said, there are ways for you, in your life, to have what you want and to enjoy it, guilt-free.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Making your dreams come true isn't about time and isn't about money: so important. Yes, things take time and things cost money. The idea here is that you figure out the dream and lots of wondrous things 'show up'.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Nice, huh?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Getting results and putting it all together with your coach is a time-saver</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I coach on 9 key areas:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>I offer to you a fresh, exciting new coach program I call <i><span style="font-size: large;">9 KEYS COACHING,</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>and it's fun and exciting because:</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Develop <i>your signature life</i>-the one you have been wanting.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Your investment: $299.00 for 3 months of one-on-one coaching with 3 45-minute private sessions by phone (per month) with your coach.</b></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Certified Dream Coach (11 years)</b></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Trained SoulCollage Facilitator (11 years)</b></span></li>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Yes, I'm married and yes, I'm happy to be married to DH (Dear Husband)!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In the meantime, I'll be writing on the blog here about the life I live and sometimes tell you about the lives that others enjoy, as well.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Until next time: I'm going to start by doing a home tour for you each post to show you what life's like up here on the hill.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Sandy Guderyon, CDC</b></span></div>
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Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-28020069554406980922016-12-11T15:08:00.002-08:002016-12-11T15:09:44.260-08:00HAVE YOUR BEST YEAR EVER tele class, 12/14/16<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;"><b>Have you dreamed of your life-as you hope it to be? Perhaps you want to try something new, or head in a different direction?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;"><b>Sometimes, our lives are fine just the way they are, thank you very much!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-size: x-large;"><b>And sometimes, we would like to just tweak a few things ever so slightly.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: orange;">From 7pm-8pm (PST), I'll cover some quick, easy ways to tweak </span><i><span style="color: red;">key areas of life</span></i><span style="color: orange;"> that may help you to get a jump-start on 2017.</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>Sandy Guderyon is a certified life coach as well as a trained laughter leader and Law of Attraction Instructor, who lives in northern California. Sandy specializes in lifestyle design with clients from many walks of life. She also offers expertise with small business development.</i></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;"><i>If you wish to experience a complimentary conversation with Sandy, please contact:</i></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">How do you make food look pretty?</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">My mother made the most delicious food and each item on the plate was attractive. Her prime rib done on a Farberware grill in the kitchen was wondrous: it smelled divine and the drippings were used in her famous gravy, which was like velvet.I don't recall garnishes, like parsley, or the garden Kale used so often these days.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">Salads were crisp and the bowl was chilled-it was so good. Her go-to salad dressing was Good Seasons, in the envelope-Italian.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">My Dad did not care for salads, but there they were and I loved them.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">When I look back on my father's ribs on the grill and the beautiful mahogany finish on them, I think that garnishes don't have to be there-the food speaks for itself, doesn't it? He marinated the ribs in Good Seasons Italian dressing and garlic.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">Dinner on a warm day: salad, roasted squash, apples, cheese, and good ol' Wisconsin summer sausage (delivered to us with love by our Wisconsin cousins)-garnished with wine! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">Working in restaurants when I was a young bride, taught me all about ...PARSLEY!That was the only garnish I saw, except for cherries on sundaes.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">I used parsley on <i>everything </i>in those days.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">It was everywhere and I thought it made food so elegant. I never ate it-I just looked at it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">Recently, on a trip to Sonoma, CA.we lavished ourselves with two meals at <b><i>LaSalette.</i></b></span></div>
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Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-13549455786965854512016-08-15T13:48:00.000-07:002016-08-15T13:48:58.984-07:00<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Happy Birthday, Julia!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is the birthday of Julia Child. She would have been 104. If I was invited to a party for her, I would wear some pearls and bake her a cake with a frosting made of lots of butter! I wish I could have met her personally.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And yet, I felt as though I knew her, because she and I were 'in the kitchen' together.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julia Child was born August 15th, 1912 in Pasadena, CA.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When World War II broke out, she joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), hoping to be a spy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But, she ended up a file clerk, slept on cots and wore an army uniform.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She met her future husband, Paul Child in Ceylon (Sri Lanka),who loved food and introduced her to cooking.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When they were sent to France, Julia enrolled at the <i>Cordon Bleu </i>cooking school.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Later, with friends Simone and Louisette, the three formed their own cooking school.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When they returned to the states, they settled in Cambridge, MA.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was then that the <i>French Chef </i>tv show was born.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.....and that is about the time when Julia and I 'met'.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was a young bride, living in a rented farmhouse on the outskirts of Waukesha, WI. We had a little tiny, turquoise tv and when I found her show, I was glued to that set...with a notebook!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I wrote down what she said and cooked that day, then went to the grocery store and made it that night!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That's really how I learned more and more about cooking.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">At first, I had just a small, paperback cookbook, but it was my cooking 'bible'.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Later, when <b><i>Mastering the Art of French Cooking</i></b> came on the scene (2 volumes), I bought those.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Julia felt like my friend, all those many years.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She made learning to cook seem like it was something we could do, and I did.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My mother loved to eat and cook and she made wonderful things: prime rib, crisp green salads, gravy just like velvet, homemade bread, fruitcake for the holidays, egg nog, and th best fried chicken ever!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">But: I was in Wisconsin, and my mother was in California!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In comes Julia to fill in that gap!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of course, living next door to Mary Ballard who had 6 children and made incredible pies was a big help, too!</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mary taught me how to make her pie crust and I was good to go!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I remember walking the floor with a baby who was teething and the baby was in one hand and Julia's book in the other.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">When this movie came out, I was ecstatic----it made me want to get that book out and make every single thing in it!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dear Julia-Happy Birthday to you.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>You have a special place in my heart and yes, in my kitchen.</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I dedicate my knives and my cutting board to you!</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I think I'll go buy some butter, in your honor.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Rest well, my friend.</i></span>Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-91295237218093972282016-08-02T12:54:00.000-07:002016-08-02T12:54:41.423-07:00<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>PEACE</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I often think of peace and wish for it in this world of ours, I chose a sketchbook to dedicate to peace. It was to be a sketchbook to exchange with my SoulCollageĀ© group. Each month, we exchanged a book with each other, until they had all been worked in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>At one time, about 8 years ago, this was the extent of my art supplies! I purchased some colored pencils because I thought they were pretty. What were they for? I was unsure, so they sort of 'hung around', on the desk, waiting for me.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>In the meantime, I became a trained SoulCollageĀ© Facilitator, joined Meetup and let people know I was going to hold workshops at my home. Over time, this became the group that now meets every month at my home-8 years!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>I listened to them talk about their own creative projects, and the museums they visited and artists they admired, along with the movies they enjoyed.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>As I made collage cards every month, I was growing inside, finding my magical, creative self. We all were.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>My art life was expanding, just like <i>me.....</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>In 2014, I joined a group called <i>Awesome Flying Sketchbooks, </i>we drew in each other's little books and mailed them off to the next person. This book was being sent to lady named Gill in the UK.....that was fun. Receiving them was fantastic!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>And then...I took a year-long, online class called Lifebook 2014 with Tamara LaPorte (also from the U.K.) and there were about 20 teachers during the year.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>I did some work during that class that showed me possibilities in myself I never even knew I had. The next three pieces of work astounded me-I LOVE them!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>His name is <i>Christophe </i>and I plan to paint a wife for him.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>Look at his eyes-they are warm, and loving.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>My teacher: Tamara LaPorte</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>I kind of froze when I found this class involved drawing a <i>face </i>with charcoal. I said things like, "I can't draw faces-I can't make eyes". Again, I took the steps I was taught, one by one, and applied them. The amazing part? It was all done in 30 minutes, even the journaling I did in her hair!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>This one really threw me for a loop-stopped me cold, at a loss for words. Why? Because I actually did it.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>Because someone <i>showed me HOW, </i>that's why.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>I contacted my teacher and tried to explain the feeling that came from this portrait. She wrote back, "I know-I've been there, too. It's what we do".</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><b>And then, somehow, I found another teacher who has captured my heart: Paivi Eerola, in Finland</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We recently visited the wonderful town of Volcano, California-population 103. The sign said "100", but someone crossed it out and wrote "103"!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Coming into Volcano on Main Street<br /><br />The Volcano Playhouse (outdoor amphitheater),<br />was presenting "Our Town", by Thornton Wilder-people brought their food and drink and enjoyed the show-weather was lovely, too. Terrific production of this Pulitzer prize-winning play.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Playhouse<br /><br />Sunday morning, we visited THE.Best.Bakery.<br /><b><i>Kneading Dough Bakery</i></b>, Jackie Tarchala's place.<br />Jackie is better-known as 'Nana'.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saturday morning Potato Plate at the Kneading Dough Bakery, 16154 Main Street, Vocano.CA<br />209-296-GOOD (4663)<br /><a href="http://www.kneadingdoughbakery.com/">www.kneadingdoughbakery.com</a><br />Jackie came to Amador County in 1992, bringing her love of cooking, baking, and gourmet foods. In 2011, Jackie started her own business and now sells and shares her goodies from her retail bakery located in the old Jug & Rose building in Volcano.<br />We sat at one of those beautiful, old metal tables-black and white. I wanted that!<br />I love good ol' fried potatoes, don't you?<br />Saturday evening, we bought a picnic lunch there to take to the play. Sunday? Yep, you guessed it! We came back to the bakery and loaded up on Pumpernickel bread, dinner rolls, quiche, chili-cheese souffles, giant peanut butter cookies. YUM!<br />Thank you Jackie-it was a pleasure to meet you and receive your big smile and partake of good, old-fashioned hospitality. You're proud of your craft, and rightly so.<br />To top it all off, Jackie is a certified Master Gardener, so there you go! Jackie sets an example for women everywhere to help make their dreams come true and to do what you truly love.<br />All the best to Jackie and her crew!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Saying goodbye to Volcano...<br />Be sure to visit this wonderful hospitable town, just three miles off Highway 88, out of Jackson, California, in Amador County.<br />We give it 5 stars!<br />We'll be back!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">How was your retreat day?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">I heard from lots of people! Most of them wanted to be near the water, or nature. Others were inside, like me. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">A young mother went to the marina to sit awhile</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">A pastor and his wife were given the gift of a condo near the ocean and walked on the beach together for two hours</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">My husband re-created a drawing of a John Deere tractor he started over 60 years ago and did not complete. He finished this one, and painted it green with yellow wheels</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">A friend took care of herself by lounging the whole day</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">A friend, visiting his ailing father, still managed time outside</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">A quilter found time to go through a stack of magazines</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Spending time in her backyard studio, an artist spent time playing</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Remembering a stash of pots of paint, an artist who has a herd of goats painted a string of lights to brighten the outdoors</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Another artist visited an exciting exhibit and enjoyed a class</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Myself? I began a new art journal in preparation for a journal exchange in my SoulCollageĀ© group (pictures below). I was free from meal-making that day, as DH (Dear Husband) took over. Thank you!</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Two years ago, in our SoulCollageĀ© group, we did an art journal exchange and each month, worked in each other's books.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">I can tell you, it's a real treat.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Here's how my <i>Peace Journal </i>came together:</span></div>
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1 page of a 2-page spread: Peace Bird<br />Daniel Smith artist-grade acrylic paint, FW Acrylic Artist's Ink (white), Finetec Gold Paint<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spirit Peace Boat<br />Materials: Coffee-painted tracing paper. Finetec Gold Paint, brown embroidery thread,<br />Daniel Smith paints, white colored pencil<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Finished 2-page spread: "Bringing Peace To The World"</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And, I LOVE my new book.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Geninne Zlatkis-Peace Bird</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lindsey Bugbee-Calligraphy, botanical wreath</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jennifer Ewing-Spirit Boat</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Just have a good time, whether you are going somewhere...or not.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Whether you are doing something...or not.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><b>Marty Marsh</b>: <a href="http://www,martymarsh.com">www,martymarsh.com</a> For promoting the retreat to his communities in the U.S. and beyond</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><b>Anne Berit Olsvik</b>: For promoting the retreat to her Facebook community in Norway</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"><b>Raine Boyd</b>: <a href="http://www.limetreefruits.com/freebies">www.limetreefruits.com/freebies</a> For gifting us with free pages to print such as <i>Self-Care, Self-Care List </i>and <i>Gratitude</i> <i>Cards, </i>all beautifully hand-designed.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Woo Hoo! You are in luck! The most generous</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><b> Raine Boyd</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;"> of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Lime</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Tree</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange; font-size: large;">Fruits</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: lime; font-size: large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">planner pages has kindly offered some pages for you to print just for your self-care efforts and your special retreat day!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Simply go to: <a href="http://www.limetreefruits.com/freebies">www.limetreefruits.com/freebies</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All pages are designed, drawn and watercolor painted by Raine herself.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I do subscribe to Raine's planner pages and they are wonderful and fun-to-use. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She mentioned that anything that's a freebie there is yours to use.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you, Raine</span>Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-84705694769627431202015-08-10T14:24:00.001-07:002015-08-10T14:24:33.787-07:00My Retreat Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thinking about what I want to do on my retreat day has been fun. I like that part.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband is on retreat that day, too.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will be all day Saturday and maybe even run into Sunday, who knows?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The picture above is my Treasure Box, where I store really special pieces of art I have created during various online classes. This piece is called <i style="font-weight: bold;">Peacock</i> and I love it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It decorates the lid of the box as suggested by my teacher, Paivi Erola in Finland.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The treasures inside represent quite a few women that I have learned from:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paivi Erola-<i>Inspirational Drawing <a href="http://www.peonyandparakeet.com/">www.peonyandparakeet.com</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carla Sonheim-<i>Year of the Fairy Tale <a href="http://www.carlasonheim.com/">www.carlasonheim.com</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tamara LaPorte-<i>LifeBook 2014 <a href="http://www.willowing.org/">www.willowing.org</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kate Thompson-<i>LifeBook 2014 <a href="http://www.fracturedangelics.com/">www.fracturedangelics.com</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Joanne Sharpe-several classes <a href="http://www.joannezsharpe.com/">www.joannezsharpe.com</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Martha Lever-<i>Calligra-Fun <a href="http://www.marthalever.typepad.com/">www.marthalever.typepad.com</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lindsey Bugbee-<i>The Postman's Knock <a href="http://www.thepostmansknock.com/">www.thepostmansknock.com</a></i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Valerie Sjodin- Embellished Edges <a href="http://www.visualblessings.blogspot.com/">www.visualblessings.blogspot.com</a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Ann Moss-inspiration, sketchbooks on her blog <a href="http://www.dispatchfromla.typepad.com/">www.dispatchfromla.typepad.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So- what I plan to do (for one thing) is this: I'll bring out this lovely box and go through the various art pieces and reflect on what I have learned and how far I have come with my work(s). I want to honor these women and <i>their </i>work, too.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After I've done that, I plan to write a poem for them, and send it to each one. I don't think I've ever thanked them enough. Now, I will.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sacred Eye"-Teacher: Tamara La Porte<br />This was in a book that belonged to someone else-I was in a sketchbook exchange.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Christophe"-Teacher: Tamara LaPorte</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Sacred Eye"-Teacher: Tamara La Porte</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Charcoal Girl-Teacher: Kate Thompson<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">These are some of the special pieces I store in the box.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I adore Christophe, the stag. It took some erasing to get those eyes right, but when I did, oh, boy! I fell in love and named him Christophe. I will paint a wife for him, one day.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">When I drew the charcoal girl and journaled in her hair, I was bowled over that I could even do it.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I sat down to take the lesson and 30 minutes later, there she was! I wrote to Kate Thompson and told her about my amazement. She told me, "I have been there, many times. This is what we do".</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">There are lots more pieces in that box, but these above are in my heart, big-time.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Honoring these women seems fitting, to me.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I'll take time to spread the work out, light my candles, play some soft music and just think back on these experiences, doing things I never knew I could do.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Then: the poetry.</span>As for the rest of the day, we'll see how it unfolds!!<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Thanks for stopping by.</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING ON YOUR SPECIAL DAY?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>Send me a smoke signal!</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-8312165280640781082015-08-05T14:43:00.001-07:002015-08-05T14:43:33.373-07:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The One Where It's Messy</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Only 10 more days until <b><i>The Great Retreat</i></b> launches!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Here are some pictures of the mess on my desk, in preparation.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">This helps! It's what I see from my studio window. Deer wave at me, sometimes! That's a retreat in itself, especially when they are leaping as they go. Keeping them company are wild turkeys.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">When they're gobbling at 5:30 am? Not. So. Much.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I created these last week at my SoulCollageĀ© workshop.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">...and to think they started life as vases!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I have found my calling, making Vase Girls!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /></span>Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-10295636065159710082015-08-04T13:40:00.000-07:002015-08-04T13:40:28.504-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><b>What People Are Saying:</b> "Where would you go for a retreat"?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Brian: Lounge chair-must come with a beach and a cooler</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Elke-No plan-see what develops that day</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Marty- A hike in a nearby state park or to the woods(the one with ferns)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">In his book,<b> </b><i><b>The Art of Stillness-Adventures In Going Nowhere,</b> </i>author and speaker Pico Iyer comments:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still. You can go on vacation to Paris or Hawaii or New Orleans three months from now, and you'll have a tremendous time, I'm sure. But if you want to come back feeling new-alive and full of fresh hope and in love with the world-I think the place to visit may be Nowhere".</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">* Pico Iyer's 14-minute TED talk, available for free at www.ted.com is the companion to <i>The Art of Stillness.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Related Talks On TED.com</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Pico Iyer: <i>Where Is Home?</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">www.go.ted.com/Iyer</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Carl Honore: <i>In praise of slowness</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">www.go.ted.com/Honore</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Matthieu Ricard: <i>The Habits of Happiness</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">www.go.ted.com/Ricard</span></div>
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Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-38552271382659869682015-07-30T14:40:00.000-07:002015-07-30T14:40:05.584-07:00Welcome to Attract A Great Life, a blog for enjoying life and business, too. Here, we'll talk about some of my favorite things: good food, organization, places to visit, books to read, art, and especially how to bring all this into your life.<br />
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New event:<b><u> Saturday, August 15th</u></b> is <b>National Relaxation Day......</b><br />
I've decided to go on retreat that day, and I hope you will join in, wherever you are, for <b><i>THE GREAT RETREAT!.</i></b><br />
Retreat means taking time out for yourself, and getting away from 'it all'.<br />
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There's no cost to join in and no special group to sign up for.<br />
There's just a decision on your part to take the time you deserve.<br />
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You can retreat for a few minutes, half an hour, a day or however long you can.<br />
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Next post, I'll be writing about tips and ideas for you about retreating.<br />
Some folks are already designing their special day-how about you.<br />
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Comments: can be left here. This is where you can report in about your retreat experience.<br />
Celebrating: I'll host a free conference call on Wednesday, August 19th at 6 pm PST. We'll get together to celebrate and tell our retreat stories there.<br />
Participate: email me at- sandycoaches@comcast.net<br />
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This is a nice little spot near where we live-there's a lovely little bench nearby to sit for awhile and watch the ducks and the fountains and perhaps journal a bit. Do you have a special place near you?<br />
I'd love to hear your ideas!Sandy Guderyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097636407490198963noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1991981405700387070.post-83054152217526904552015-07-22T15:12:00.000-07:002015-07-30T14:40:53.714-07:00Introducing: <b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">RETREATING</span></u></b><div>
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Retreats-taking care of YOU by taking time for YOU, is a topic that I want to teach you about</div>
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(for those who aren't familiar with this form of self-care. Lots of people I know do this regularly, in all sorts of ways. On the other hand, lots of people I know never take time for themselves.</div>
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My philosophy about taking care of yourself is this: Self-care begins at home.</div>
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That means it starts with you, in your mind and heart.</div>
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On this blog, you can come here to get tips, resources and encouragement to start to experiment with how to go about retreating, or retreating more often.</div>
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This is more about <i><b>deciding</b> </i>to give it a try. I'll provide you with information so you can choose how, when, and why.</div>
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So, I've come up with an idea: Here, we can form a community of people in the world who wish to care for themselves.</div>
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You can leave comments here about your retreat experiences to share with others.</div>
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<u style="font-weight: bold;">National Relaxation Day</u> is Saturday, August 15th, 2015.</div>
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This will be our first launch date together. (If you can't make it that day, please choose another time that works for you)</div>
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There is no charge to be part of the Attract A Great Life community</div>
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At this time, there is no Facebook group to report in to-just comment here.</div>
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I also put out a free newsletter online: Contact me at sandycoaches@comcast,net to subscribe.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><u>WHAT'S A RETREAT?</u></b></span></div>
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<li><b>Taking time for yourself</b></li>
<li><b>It can be a moment or two, half-day, full-day, a week, a month</b></li>
<li><b>Perhaps you will be still and rest</b></li>
<li><b>Maybe you'll run and play</b></li>
<li><b>Working in the garden</b></li>
<li><b>For a young mom, 2 minutes in the bathroom alone is a retreat</b></li>
<li><b>Renting a cabin</b></li>
<li><b>A spot near the water</b></li>
<li><b>My son-in-law says it would be with a fishing pole at the lake</b></li>
<li><b>At home, there might be just the spot-perhaps a comfy chair</b></li>
<li><b>You can retreat alone, or with others</b></li>
<li><b>Parks are wonderful</b></li>
<li><b>You may use the time to remember others</b></li>
<li><b>A retreat can be silent~or not</b></li>
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WHEN TO RETREAT</div>
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<b>The time is up to you. Often, we must plan ahead, which is a great thing!</b></div>
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<b>This way, you get to look forward to your special time that is just for you.</b></div>
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<b>You may need a baby-sitter or help at home</b></div>
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<b>Usually, I pack a small tote bag, because I often retreat at home, often in my studio-home office.</b></div>
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<b>I put little treats in it and maybe a book, DVD and some art to do. When the day comes, I can't wait to go in there, light a candle and sit quietly. Our little patio works, too.</b></div>
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<b>I notice my breath and appreciate it.</b></div>
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<b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">HOW OTHERS HAVE DONE IT</span></u></b></div>
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<b>A friend went to a retreat site to sing, dance and write poetry to honor her mother</b></div>
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<b>Someone else goes to a Buddhist retreat in the mountains for 12 days of silence</b></div>
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<b>My husband sits quietly a few minutes before leaving for work</b></div>
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<b>Another friend calls Monday mornings her 'Soul Spa'-she does what she wishes</b></div>
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<b>I'm on retreat when I chop veggies in my kitchen-relaxing, to me</b></div>
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<b>A park bench is a welcoming retreat spot, isn't it?</b></div>
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<b>At the beach, the mountains, the city, the country, the RV</b></div>
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DO NOT 'GO ON RETREAT' WHILE DRIVING!!! </div>
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DO NOT LEAVE BURNING CANDLES UNATTENDED</div>
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DO NOT TELL YOURSELF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS-YOU DO!</div>
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Make a decision to begin to relax, refresh, and restore yourself.</div>
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There's no time like the present!</div>
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NATIONAL RELAXATION DAY IS SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH</div>
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HOW WILL YOU RETREAT?</div>
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RESOURCE:</div>
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The Woman's Retreat Book-Jennifer Louden (great for men, too)-tons of ideas on ways to take a retreat, books, movies and music to choose from.</div>
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