Today is the last day of March. Where has the time gone? Easter has passed, so has the first day of spring. I look outside my window and what do I see?

Well  at this moment it is raining. Just a bit of a drizzle, but it is making everything look so green. I have a tree outside my window and that is basically all that I see is that tree, but it gives a beautiful green to everything. And it blocks out the neighbors yards and houses.

Many people are still having snow. And sometimes I look out my window and picture that. Hard to do in Georgia, but I still do. I am a northern girl. I love to ski, and you know I wouldn’t even mind the occasional snow shoveling chore.  So I would enjoy seeing snow outside my window.

How does this motivate me this last day of March? Well let’s see…

I read somewhere that the hardest part of the writing is the thinking. When you see a writer staring out the window, admiring the view, guess what? They are thinking. Who knows what out there will inspire me. It may be that little blue bird that come by periodically, or the gecko that climbs up the screen on my window. Thank goodness he is on the outside! I am really glad I have that window. I don’t work as well when I can’t look outside, even if all I am looking at is the tree with the rain coming down.

Looking inside is great too. My house is clean today. We had company over the weekend so everything is nice and tidy. It was a bit of a disaster, so seeing it all picked up makes me a bit motivated. Even more so was yesterday when I was cleaning. I found 3 pairs of my daughters socks underneath the desk of her computer. Now you are probably wondering why that would motivate me? I could hear my Daddy saying to me, “Judith! I can tell where you spend your time, by where I see your socks!” Reminded me how much my daughters are just like me!

Motivation on Mondays is sometimes hard to find. Look around you. Surround yourself with things you love and the reasons for doing what you do. Don’t have a window in your work area? Put up pictures of loved one. Go out and buy yourself a poster of a nice scene that you like and put it where you wish your window was.

Have a great week! I hope you stay motivated all week long! I know I am going to try!!!

What a week this has been. I have a deadline early tomorrow morning so I have been busting my chops writing for that. But it is for a great project and I am getting to write on topics that I love, so it has been great fun.

I had a lovely opportunity to talk to Marie Ynami yesterday on Women and Nutrition for Celebrating Women’s Day. Finally my education is starting to pay off! I love this topic and think it is so important to all women. So take a listen if you get a chance. And if you ever have any nutrition questions drop me a line! If I don’t know the answer I will find it for you. One great thing about the school I attended, even after you graduate you have access to the instructors and their huge reference library.

Lastly I was lucky enough to purchase a great site last week. I am so excited! Natural From Home. This is right up my alley. And to top it off the woman who sold it to me, has agreed to stay on and write. LaTara is a woman who knows her stuff and I am so excited to be working with her on this. I have some great ideas for articles and info on aromatherapy in the home, how to make natural cleaning products, product reviews on these new natural cleaning products that have hit the market, and don’t even get me started on the natural body care articles. My list is over flowing! So expect great things from this site in the future.

Then to top it off we are getting ready for a yard sale and cleaning up our conversion van to sell. Anyone want a ‘97 Ford Conversion van? It’s pretty red and smells like carpet cleaner at the moment. The kids found my Ipod charger under a seat in the back, haven’t seen that for a few years! Goodness guess I should of cleaned it out earlier!

And all this is buzzing around my head I still am feeling very motivated and ready to write! I have even been trying to work on my work of fiction! Funny how that works isn’t it? You get busy and you get even more motivated and produce even more. My mother says I work better under deadlines!

Have a great Thursday!!!

Well here it is 5:30 on a Monday afternoon. It has been a very productive day, but I still have several articles left to write.

I was up early this morning. I set my alarm. Haven’t done that in years, but it really helped tremendously. So we were all up and at ‘em early this morning. I had articles written before the girls and I took a 5 mile walk this morning. Yeap you read that right, we walked 5 miles this morning. Came home to write some more and then take the kids to subway and return the movies.

So what made this Monday morning different from say last Monday morning? I would have to say it was all in the frame of mind. One of those things were you convince yourself to get up and get going. And beyond that, that you can get up and get going and do it very well.

You do your WAHM better than anyone else. You are unique, motivated and your work is valued. Yes I am sure we have all heard this but it is very true. WAHMs are special. It takes a unique woman to be able to do this. We all may do different things in different ways but WAHMs are all the same at heart. Take pride in that.

If that doesn’t motivate you take a look at your kids. They are the reason that many of us do this. That makes this week so much better than those before it. Gives me the motivation to write and to keep writing!