A shop I love: PDthree

Mandala Mirror #4 Handpressed Pocket Mirror, $4 by PDthree

On New year's Eve I was browsing in the forums on Artfire and BAAAAM I saw this! I could I resist to such beauty and perfection??? I couldn't!!

And this is how I came to know Michelle, the sweet owner PDthree and I was super excited when the elegant package came to my house!

The mandala is PDthree's original design, and is not just pretty - but practical too. Feeling stressed? Just pull out your mandala mirror and let yourself be drawn into its center, releasing stress as you focus on the mandala.

Is already tacked in my purse with my latest purchase: the chocolate lip balm that I blogged about last week!

Also a little shout out to Kayla from The Eclectic Element that sent me the cutest Christmas card! Read on her blog how she made them!

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Mamavation Monday

As I explained in my previous post, I'm going to "try" to get fit and in order to do that, there some things that are going to change.

I'm going to pledge to the Mamavation Sistahood, so every Monday I will make a post about health/weight/struggle updates.

The Cupcake Monday Find posts will still be active, bu will be taken place on my Artfire blog.

So I went to pick up the scale and weight myself.....haven't done in years and was a bit scared, but.....voila'!

Yup, it does read 140 lb and I'm only 5 feet tall. eeeek

I used to be 125 lb before kids. I've never been skinny, always a curvy girl and I guess it's ok. But now I'm starting to feel slightly unhealthy.

I sit around a lot and I want to change that. I want to be able to keep up with my children when we play at the playgrounds. So, as I said, one on my new year resolution is to walk at least 30 min per day EVERY day.

I used to drink 2 or more liters of water per day. My skin, my hair were gorgeous. Now I barely finish 1 glass, all the rest is coffee. That's gonna change too. Less coffee and more water. I will need to start tracking down how much water I drink, seriously.

Would be nice if I could kick off 1 lb/month and end up with 130 lb at the end of the year, but I did diet before and I know it can be hard.

But I thought better starting now, at least will avoid gaining more and end up with serious problems, right?

Talk you next Monday :)

Welcome to 2011....

....and to my first post of this New Year.
Time to do a little recap and set some new goals it seems.
At least is what everybody is doing, so I thought I'd follow!

Let's see, let's start with things I've accomplished in 2010....

• I did made some new connections and friend over the web which makes me really happy, but I do miss my old friend Michele :(
• On the business side, I had a goal to focus on my Artfire Studio and finish the end on the year at the 100 sales marks: while this didn't happen, I think I came very close with 95 closed transactions and a new inquiry.
• One of the biggest accomplishment for me personally was to be able to donate my hair to the Locks of Love: my hair still don't reach my shoulders yet, so I think I will have to wait for next year to do it again.
• Also, I'm really proud that I got rid of TV cable, 'cause it's just useless and too expensive.
• Family-wise, I had the chance to have my sister and my mom over to my house this past summer and even tho my PC ate all the pictures we took, nobody can delete the sweet memories I have.
• Also, I got Gabriel out of the ugly school he was going to and found an awesome one, even tho that will start tomorrow, but he also finally gained some much needed weight!
  

I guess not too bad after all. Now, onto with the things that I'd like to accomplish in 2011.

• My own personal goal would be to loose weight. I'm not overly fat, just a bit overweight and when I put my clothes on, it starting to look like I left them in the dryer too long...I guess you get the picture. So I'd like to start drinking more water and walking at least 30 min every day and see what happens. Will be cool to be able to loose 10 lb, it's less that 1 lb/month after all.
• I'd LOVE to find a part-time job, no matter what it is really, anything goes.
• I'd like to be able to make a trip to Italy and finally be able to hug again my dad and my brother (my mom and my sister too of course) and countless uncles, aunts, cousins and new addictions to the family and let's not forget old friends.
• Business-wise I will work hard to get 200 MORE sales, that is I will have a total of 300 sales at the end on 2011. Too hard?? Will see.
  

What's on your list??