ahhh WHERE IS MY FACEBOOK?

Cut off - Naked - Despair - Confused

Some of the feelings I felt when I read the words:

Account temporarily unavailable

Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few hours.

This is what popped up when I tried to log onto my facebook account this evening.

>insert absolute freak outttttttttttttttt<

We joke about it but IS IT true?

Can we live without it?

FACEBOOK

In my world I have several business pages, plus I admin a few for people. It is also a networking place for certain things and of course my group page for Mama’s Gonna Try.

I was just doing some research tonight on some potential stalls holders for a charity event I’m working on when it happen – Temporarily unavailable WHAT THE?

Are you serious?

Why?

Why me?

Am I in trouble?

Has someone hacked into my account?

What does that mean NO facebook? Am I shut out from the world? And why was MY account temporarily unavailable? Who is that person making it temporarily unavailable?

Life with no facebook I’m just not sure... and is Mama gonna Try to shut off facebook for 1week? 

I’m just not sure if I can do it..just the thought makes me a little sick and yes I did admit that out loud!

It’s my work, my social, my contact with so many..

I need to think about this and would love your feedback...

Need to sit and have a cuppa to calm down... actually where is my Instant Calm?

FH

Another Mama who is going to try...

I have been on my Facebook group page 'Mama's Gonna Try' and seen the latest post from a

Mama in Melbourne and I am feeling so inspired and joyous right now I wanted to share:

I'm trying Yoga! Have only ever done pregnancy Yoga, 7 years ago! Don't have a lot of time to go out to classes, but with lots of stress at work I thought Yoga might be a good outlet. Borrowed some DVDs from the library and have been trying it at home - really enjoying it! The girls have even joined in a couple of times. Would like to try Pilates next! 
Oh - and I now have 5 hours on Thursdays to myself with kids at school/kinder, so I have been going to a Pump class every Thurs morning. My aim is to be toned by 40 (not liking that number btw) - 9 months to go! AND I'm going to enrol for a 6 month Cert IV in Workplace Training and Assessment course - kickstart my career change. Now I've written it I must do it! You're one hot Mama Motivator Fi xx



Now this is what I am talking about - the words motivate, inspire, challenge.. to be happy come to mind 
when I think about trying new things and following 
through.
Where action creates further action...
Thank you Rebecca you truly are the motivator and Inspiration 
Tonight!


FH

Baby Steps

Very happy with myself ... 
I told myself I was going to bake as my indoor 'trying new things' and I did TODAY!

So last time it rained procrastination came to visit and stayed the whole afternoon, I know how rude, but I baked today with the boys.

It was POURING and today was the day.. starting with cookies, baby steps leading to the Grand finale!  
Cookies you say.. I know would you believe I have never baked a cookie.
Oh sigh so many women I know are just simply horrified that I don't/can't/won't (not sure) but I have started the journey... I will certainly be no Martha Stewart but I'm giving it a go.




Lesson #1       The cookie dough expands so I have really big cookies 
                     (the boys are happy)
Lesson #2        Don't try to roll the mixture into balls just spoon onto tray with a teaspoon 
                     (way to sticky and wet and got all over my hands)
Lesson #3       Don't poke your finger into the cookie to see if it's ready ... they are soft

                     until they come out of the oven and cool 
                     (So those ones are mine x 4)

I am pretty happy with these but I will test them tomorrow at morning meeting.

                                         


I would love to hear your tips or stories about baking, maybe I can learn 
from some of your mistakes? I have done the cookies so I am thinking I
 have moved up to - Muffins but not just any THE BIG ones!


Check us out on our group facebook page where we all share 
our daily efforts in trying new things!


FH

Look what happens when you try ...

Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

Louis E. Boone

When I originally decided that 2012 was the beginning of Trying new things my vision wasn’t just about skateboarding, surfing, trapeze or learning another language it was about creating a momentum in my life.

I could see a pattern where I was picking and choosing things to what the little birdie on the shoulder was saying or what societies expectations were of perhaps a mother of 2 in her mid 30’s should be. Why was I doing this?

I believe the light globe is always on but it only flashes every now and then – sometimes we catch it other times we ignore it.

I really and truly want to help people catch it! Catch that moment where you are not fearful of failure.

Learning and trying new things is not necessarily about boring hohum drag. We are adults who have choices about how we learn, communicate and DO things.

Learning and trying is an enjoyable process that people should begin to embrace and be applauded for.

Unfortunately in our lives we will have the ‘neggers’ who question some of these crazy things you may want to try and they are there for a reason too.

They question it and you DEFEND it and use that as another form of motivation & inspiration rather than a reason to STOP.

Does this make sense?

In other words TRY IT, it’s not about being the best at everything - it’s about giving it a TRY.

I’m not sure how well I will skateboard but I have tried which is leading to a momentum of TRY NEW THINGS within my personal life and work life and that’s GOT TO BE GOOD! Right?

The video below is a great example of TRYING new things.. like Susan Boyle or not she tried and WOW the rest speaks for itself!

Enjoy.

FH