Dancing & Life

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What is Dancing & Life? 

Dancing and Life is a company that provides free and premium training and coaching to help you overcome crises and live your best life. It will teach you the power of movement and dance to help you feel better now.

Dancing and Life is for everyone. You don’t have to be a dancer or even have rhythm or dancing skills; what matters is the movement and the intent behind it.*

I am currently working with Dancing and Life to let my readers know about a free program yes it's FREE to help you Dance through Crisis. I was sceptic at first but now that I have done a whole week of the challenges I am sold. I think it is great for people and companies to help others get through those times in life that are hard, or maybe even have been lifelong battles we just never quite got over. I will share a few of these over the next few days but be sure to sign up for your Seven Day Challenge with Dancing through Crisis to see all of the videos and advice to help you on your journey. 

The first challenge was Share your experience in spinning the gratitude wheel. Draw a big circle on a piece of paper; divide it into 4 sections; in each section write what brings you joy; spin a pen and share your experience with whatever joy it lands on.

Remember this is just a small bit of the challenge, for the whole Challenge sign up for free at Seven Day Challenge with Dancing through Crisis to get started on your journey. 

* source from https://dancingandlife.com/

5 Ways to Keep Your Home Clean This Summer

 I know, it may be too early to think about summer but we all know it will be here before you know it, so why not be ready for whatever it has to throw at us this year. 

It may seem that once summer hits, your house is messier than ever. The kids are home, pulling out toys, starting projects and running inside and outside all day. Add in vacations, summer get-togethers and more fun, and before you know it, you're house is a wreck. Read on for 5 tips for keeping your home clean during the summer. 

Make a Schedule 

Making a schedule will make clean-up feel like a manageable task. Instead of spending an entire day trying to get your house straightened up, make a schedule of a couple of tasks to tackle each day. Your house will stay cleaner and you will feel like you're working less (bonus!). 

Pick Up as You Go 

One of the best ways to keep your house from getting too cluttered is to train yourself to pick up things as they are happening. If you are headed to the kitchen, collect any plates and cups along the way and deposit them in the sink. Make a pile of items near the stairs that need to go up or down so that you don't have to make a special trip. If you tidy as you go, you will not have large piles of clutter to sort through when you get ready to clean. 

Spend Time Outside 

Summer is the time of year to get outside. The more time your family spends outside, the less mess you are making inside the house. Try to think of fun outdoor activities for your family that keep you out of the house. Also think about eating outside, paper plates can be a lifesaver if you a in a hurry!

Get the Kids Involved 

Chances are, your kids are playing a large role in the messes being made. Creating a schedule for them to pick up toys, put away dirty clothes and stay on top of the dishes can help. Summer chores can be made fun with incentives like a family trip to the zoo or a day dedicated to the hardest worker.

Hire Professionals 

Consider hiring professional cleaners to help keep your house in good shape. You can get someone to come in once a week or month or on an as-needed basis. It is also important that if you have cleanup job that involves biohazards that you contact Advanced Bio Treatment. Advanced Bio Treatment will help you get the job done safely and efficiently.

3 Key Secrets to Moving & Unpacking Efficiently

 

Moving and unpacking can seem like a tedious process, but when you remember the 3 key secrets to getting the job done quickly and efficiently, it can make moving seem like an adventure.

Hire a Realtor 

If you happen to be looking in the Florida area, Amelia Island Real Estate, will definitely have your search come to an end. They are Floridians who deal with the perfect island home for you and your family. 

How exciting would it be to wake up to a cool Atlantic breeze and access to a full-service spa, biking, and walking trails and wellness and fitness centers? Even if you’re not moving to Florida, real estate agents are deeply connected and helpful when preparing for a move. They will take you through a breathtaking showcase experience of the different houses and property that will suit you and your family. 

Hire Movers

Looking forward to moving to your new home is an adventure, but when we think about moving, we dread the experience. Hiring professional movers, like Suddath is possibly the best decision you could make during this period. It not only saves you time but also it is cost effective. This is why: 

• Your items are safe and insured. Accidents may happen, and when they do, you need not worry about those valuable pieces of art or dishes. The company has got you covered. 

• They have the tools for the job. Once you hire professional movers, they come armed with the appropriate packing and moving equipment at your disposal.

• Efficiency is guaranteed. Professional movers ensure that everything is in order as they do their work systematically meaning they will label all the boxes correctly and offload them to the correct room. 

• Planning is made easy. When you hire professional movers, everything is taken care of from the day and time, and one does not have to deal with the last minute rushes. 

Make Time

Set aside 2-3 hours each night to unpack. Setting aside time each day will help alleviate the stress of feeling like you need to unpack everything within the first 24 hours. We recommend unpacking the bedroom first, and making sure you have clean linens before the move. This will give you a place to rest, and make you feel like your house is your home instantly. Technology must go last, so try to wait on plugging the TV in until all of the room are unpacked. The fewer the distractions the more motivated you will be to finished the task at hand.

My husband spoiled me

 Way before Christmas even before our anniversary he ordered me a new recliner so that I could sit in the living room with comfort. It took about 8 weeks to get here but came just days before Thanksgiving. He also ordered me new L.L. Bean slippers. My last pair lasted over 20 years and my slippers went missing during one of our moves so he asked which ones I wanted and ordered them for me. Christmas time was coming so I didn't really expect anything much if anything for Christmas. 

My computer has been chugging along like a old decrepit dinosaur hardly ever merging with our internet even with update, rolling it back, emptying cache, getting rid of cookies etc. We tried everything except for resetting to factory settings. I just have so much that we would have to save and his computer just does not have the room to hold my information and his while he could do this. 

I kept just using my computer and having things take twice as long, sites crashing, and my screen blinking. Zoom meeting were no longer working well, and my computer had to be restarted many times to get things accomplished, many times losing what I was working on and having to start all over again from scratch. I ended up scrapping most with frustration. 

Christmas morning came and I sat down and was about to tell the girls to take my computer into the bedroom when I noticed my black computer had turned silver. He had ordered a computer for me after asking me what I needed and he said it had came much earlier then expected so he had time to covertly copy my old computer files and transfer them to my new one. He had been saving money up and spent it on me. 

I wondered how he got it past me and he said it actually came one day when I was taking a nap so he didn't have to do anything too much out of the way. With the prices of computers going sky rocket he was waiting for a sale and ended up buying one right from HP themselves and was able to find exactly what I needed at a much lower price then others were asking for computers with less capabilities. 

I feel both loved and blessed for the gifts he bought me. Now I can breeze through sites, responding and posting things with little effort. Life is so much easier and to think I have only had my computer in my hands for a little over 24 hours. Now I can post more often and get back to reviewing products without fighting to get things posted. 

Do you have a hateful child?

 Do you have a child that is very different from the rest of your children? You know the one who you try to make happy and all they do it find something to complain about. Well I have one. We have 6 children and not one of the other children complained about almost everything they were given. From food, clothes, shelter, gifts, friends, family members, siblings, to us being her parents. 

She has never made friends easily or kept them very long, she finds fault in everything while as an adult you can see it is her that is at fault. It really is sad. It is not that we don't love her because we do. We are worried about how she will do when she is out on her own in the world. 

Take for instance this Christmas. She looked at her pile and then at her sister's. There are just two of them left in the home now. She said it seems like everytime I was bad you bought my sister another present. Funny thing is, is that I was thinking the very same thing the night before. Maybe subconsciously I did. 

We live with a daughter who finds fault almost everywhere, she doesn't like how people talk to her, while she thinks swearing is just fine and dandy. She doesn't follow directions causing things to go wrong often, and while we remind her following directions is important for future job employment, she reminds us that she will do what she likes and if her boss doesn't like it they can go *#@! themselves. By the way words like this are generally in every sentence she makes. 

I told you she is quite the character. She tells me almost daily that I should just die, or hopes I will die soon. She says this to her father and siblings as well. She is abusive to her siblings verbally and sometimes even physically. She thinks all old people should be killed off, that adults have to work for her respect. All the while she is sure to put people down until they just can't take anymore and move on to a better relationship. 

She is remote learning for her Senior Year and got a referral for responding to a teacher inappropriately. They couldn't really punish her too much because she isn't actually in school, so even though we stressed how much she should not do this she sees nothing wrong with what she did. She is now 18 and I can't wait for her to move out so we don't have to be stressed about what she might do on any given day. 

It is so hard to say this when as a mom you never really want your kids to move out, you want them little forever so you can protect them from everything, but as a parent you are to teach them how to survive when you are no longer around to pick up the pieces or help them get on the right path. It is heartbreaking to see a child or in this case young adult struggle so much. 

We took parenting classes and they worked for the most part with the other kids, but for some reason not with her. Somedays we are scared to be in the same home with her. She is really abusive, but not so much where we need to call the police although there have been a few close calls. 

Now with all of that being said, she can be good. I have seen her in public do the right things, helping an elderly person, being nice to children, and being polite, so I see the qualities we instilled in her. Things did get through to her. I just hope and pray they continue to grow inside of her. She is beautiful on the outside, just something on the inside, is inside out and twisted. 

I don't want to hear about we should have done this or that, we tried everything in our own upbringing and what the State sees as appropriate and nothing works. Now that she is an adult she has to start making those choices on her own. 

Until that day comes and maybe even after , the older children  and younger will continue to have those on the side glances, questions, and conversations on why is she so different. I know she will read this someday and I am OK with that. It doesn't' change the fact that I love her with all of my heart and soul and would give just about anything to keep her safe. As a parent I can only do so much with the rest being  up to God and her to deal with. 

My hopes is that someday she will be in a much better place mentally and can look back at her upbringing to find joy where we could fit it in. I want her to reach for her dreams with determination and confidence. I wish her well on her journey into adulthood. 

As a parent thinking these thoughts are hard much less sharing them with my readers, but I wanted those out there going through what we are going through to know you are not alone. Don't lose faith. Pray continually for your children. I know prayer works, it can just take years to actually see the results. Lovingly support their dreams along the way, while trying to instill in them best qualities you can in the short time you have to raise your child before they venture out into the world on their own.