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Getting the Swing of Things...

          Hey everyone!  Hope you are all doing well, thank you for catching up with me once again!  So basically, last blog post I informed you guys about the "organizer" spreadsheet I created.  It's meant to help keep myself up to date with all things house, kids, food, husband and myself related HAHA!  I also mentioned the two other resources I use for my chores list and Dinner planning.                   I must say I have been even more organized than I had even planned.  I was able to effortlessly have dinner ready when I wanted, the house stayed clean(for the most part considering I have a "make mess" programmed 2-year old), I was even able to add-in unplanned visits to the hospital for my grandma and my brother and aunt coming from out of town to stay at my parents as well.  I'd say for the first week this was a hit!           In all of our efforts as p...

Organization Skills, or lack there of...

              Hey everyone! Thank you for joining me. I am finding myself so very busy these days, I'm certain I can't be the only one.  Today I'd like to talk about organizing your day without making yourself feel like you're restraining your time.                For many of us with children, that alone can make you feel like time is being sucked out of your day without even being aware it has come and gone...am I right?  I have two young boys; Angel 6, and Gianni 2.  Between waking up and bedtime there are times nothing has been truly accomplished and yet I can't keep my eyes open; it's so late!  Then I think of how, on days where there is so much going on the day feels never ending... What gives? !!! LOL             The other day I was going through a few thoughts about school for my older son starting soon, while thoughts of my own classes starting up ag...

Welcome back?

                  Well hello everyone!  I am a bit rusty on blogging, yet eager to start again.  I can't understand what makes the days fly by so quickly when we want to savor them and drag on for days when we wished them to hurry up!  Maybe it's that old adage "you always want the opposite of what you've got"... or something to that effect.  There never seems to be much time for anything lately but here I am.  I have come so far from my last post.  So much time has passed and things have changed... I'd like to reintroduce myself.        After this post I will try to see if blogging can be a part of my hectic life.  My husband, two children and trying to find what I love doing again has me pretty consumed.  I feel good writing to you guys again.  This almost feels so natural I can't recall how I stopped.  Yet, as I look away from my computer screen it's easy to remember...

I WILL MAKE MY MARK ON THIS GENERATION!!!

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Hello everyone! First Id like to take a moment to say a prayer for those who have lost their lives may God bless your families and loved ones with love, strength and Peace. Thank you for following my blog post today. I feel a very special message to give today and I pray you are all listening. THIS IS ME!!!. . . I am not a best selling author, or a movie star. I do not have a large bank account or a fancy car. BUT I am truly RICHER than I ever thought I could be... Because I am determined to believe these words by Helen Keller "I am only one, but still, I am ONE. I cannot do everything, but still, I CAN DO SOMETHING. And because I cannot do everything, I will NOT refuse to do something that I CAN DO!" We can all learn from this and start making the changes in our lives BIG OR SMALL that will DO SOMETHING! I AM DETERMINED TO MAKE MY MARK ON THIS GENERATION!!! I am hoping that you are still reading and you are willing to pledge to live by those words in s...

Let me know!

Hey everyone first lets start off by taking a moment to remember those who have recently passed away and ask God to send the family and friends strength, love and peace. From time to time I find inspiration come to me to write on many emotions, some not even my own. So I like to see where you, the reader see things going in my writing. As if you read my poetry line by line and foreshadow the ending. I would love to know where you see the poem below going so here it is. The start of a poem.... Tell me which way it should go and/or what you think it could turn into... A firm grip I need to keep or God knows I'll fall fast. All in a moments time I see my life fly past. I hold on to this breath inside as it seems to hurt so good. The pleasure and pain inside is so misunderstood. ©Deanna M Julbe 4/2014 PLEASE GIVE ME FEEDBACK to my email deanna.julbe@gmail.com or comment in my blog comments I will continue with alternate endings depending on the way you see this poem developing...

The new ME!

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Hey everyone first lets start off by taking a moment to remember those who have recently passed away and ask God to send the family and friends strength, love and peace. Thank you for staying with me... I apologize I have been out of touch with my blog, but for good reason. In January I had slacked a bit with my blogging  but then was going through a bit of a rough patch with my health (Long story short...had a miscarriage) and kind of lost track of blogging whatsoever. But in recent weeks I have found a deeper connection with myself spiritually and I can't help but try to find optimism waiting around each corner of my life. I know everything happens for a reason and I am determined to find what God has in store for me! I would like to invite you all to my Facebook page www.facebook.com/speakyourheartpoetry please check it out and give me a LIKE! This is a page I post to almost daily and try to share inspiration. I invite you all to write to me, share your poetry, inspire and sprea...

Special Happy Birthday!!

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Hey everyone first lets start off by taking a moment to remember those who have recently passed away and ask God to send the family and friends strength, love and peace. Thank you all very much for checking out my blog! Today's post is to give a huge shout out to my beautiful niece Asia and my sweet sister in law Jennifer today (meaning December 11thmeven though I am posting this after midnight, my sincere apologies)  is both of their birthdays!!!  To my dear niece Asia, I truly pray for nothing but love and blessings to come your way, you will never know just how much you mean to me! I love you, you have so much potential never sell yourself short. Life will give you what you put into it, you are young and and smart and blessed with beauty inside and out. Remember that you can do anything you set your heart and mind to with hard work, dedication and determination. I am very lucky to have you in my family and hope we can start seeing more of eachother, you all mean so much to ...

Contest? As Sweet as Apple Pie!

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Hello everyone, first lets take a moment to reflect on those who have recently passed away... May God bless your family and friends with peace, love and strength. Thank you so very much for joining me on my blog tonight. I just want to share a challenge... I have always loved to cook, mostly Italian and Puerto Rican food (considering those are my nationalities) but the last few years I have really tried to expand my kitchen. I've tried different foods with pretty great success! Nothing has been too scary for me to try and whip up, maybe not all have been the greatest but hey, always fun trying lol. I recently discovered the joys of baking, and let me just say there is NOTHING like made from scratch baked goods or foods. I have made the following items so far from scratch....  Biscotti, pie crust for pumpkin and apple pie, pizza dough, PASTA noodles(which are like ribbons of silk when made at home, soooooo very much better than store bought) coffee cake, banana nut muffins, rice pud...

Family really does matter...

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Hey everyone, first I'd like to take a moment and reflect love and blessings to those who have passed away recently, to your friends and family God Bless you with strength, peace and love. Thank you all for joining me on my blog, this post is technically for yesterday but I've been cooking and baking and just really enjoying family today. This is why my post is at 2am lol.  I'd like to try and bring us all closer tonight, bring your hearts into a thought that is near and dear to my own heart... I always try to bring everything back to what really matters in my life and that is FAMILY. Now family has come to have a bigger and deeper definition in my life. I have family which is blood and we are close, super tight and even the ones who live a little too far, they are still my family. Their distance makes their importance in my life more relevant. It's funny (not literally) how when you have family close we can tend to take that for granted. But one thing my hubby always l...

Inspire, teach and preach... Love

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Hey everyone! First lets take a moment to pay our respects to those who have passed away recently, may God keep you, and bless your loved ones with strength, love and peace. (A Special RIP today to  Nelson Mandela). Thank you al so very much for reading my blog! Since I haven't received any special requests yet for topics I will talk today about inspiration and love. There's many things in life that can inspire something in each of us. For me personally I think a huge inspiration is words...song lyrics...poetry. I just find something so powerful in what you can say and how things can be put in such a way that can literally be said in different ways to persuade a reaction. Take that age old adage "you can get more with honey than with vinegar"... My cousin Pauline is one person that I always remember saying this lol. But truth be told is is exactly right. You can say the harshest of things but if your words are not malicious I think that it makes all of the difference....

Love you.....

Hello friends, first lets take a moment to say God bless the sweet souls of ones we have lost recently.....  Thank you for taking the time to read my blog, I know it's been a while but I am once again able to be a stay at home mom and I have more time to update everyone on my day to day! I want to leave my mark somehow on this world and writing is one of my deepest passions. I feel with my entire being and it is easy to transform my own emotions as well as other peoples emotions into my writing, especially poetry. Well I guess for me most of my writing has always been poetry lol. I am doing so many things lately to try and find what will bring joy and happiness to my life and the lives of those around me and so far I've found that my cooking/baking, church and writing has been a hit. So with that being said here I am and I pray you will all take my journey with me and let me inspire you they way you inspire me.  I want to hear ideas from you all on what type of things you'd...

Live, laugh, love and most importantly LEARN!

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Hey everyone and thank you for joining me tonight. I first would like to send love and blessings to those who have lost loved ones! God bless! I know it has been a while since my last post, I was really busy trying to do a million and one things but a lot of my plans have changed so my focus needs to be prioritized! I loved blogging daily and sharing my thoughts on topics so here's to my passion again :-) I have recently learned a lot about myself and how I have really grown within these past few months. I am learning to give myself advice in my blogs and to actually listen to it myself! I feel as though this life is so short and I have to make it my business not to let daily frustrations and minuscule arguments control my "time"!! I apologize A LOT, and though at times it may not be my fault and the other person should really apologize or make things right I make it my business to make amends. Especially when it comes to family we really need to show our children th...

Happy New Year!!

Hey everyone and thank you for joining me on my blog today!! First of all lets take a moment to remember those who were not able to make it with us in this new year a special dedication to my brother who passed away a few years ago on this very day Steven A. Mercado RIP! Today my personal journey begins I will be getting married and therefore I will be starting my weight loss mission! I would love feedback on exercise ideas for toning arms and abs!! I will be posting daily (I hope!) so that I can get opinions and maybe even help from you all out there! So don't be shy my email is Deanna.Julbe@yahoo.com I will be using Skinny Fiber ( www.GetSkinnyWithDeanna.SBC90.com ) so that I can be sure I make goal! Follow my journey and everything else that will come with it lol. Lots of love everyone WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTION?? As Always Stay Blessed and Inspired xoxoxo -Deanna

Am I really THAT boring???

Hey everyone and thank you for joining me on my blog tonight! This post is especially for my (Scadetti Head) cousin Stephanie... I was having a nice conversation with my little cousin tonight and I have come to realize they think I'm a square. Lmao I am the boring one! Ugh, I knew this day would come lol. When I was younger I was the type of kid who worked all throughout high school, never partied, always liked just hanging with close friends at the mall or a good restaurant. My immediate family even calls me bubble girl....go figure. I am afraid of heights, I once flew frequently to and from NY now I hate flying I do not like boats either....Geez I guess I should be in a bubble huh? Well recently I have been wanting to change this, especially since I do not want my son to inherit these horrible traits. I would love to be more adventurous and carefree, I just don't know how to change my phobias. Maybe you can help..... Let me know different things I should try! To start my tr...

NEW YEARS RESOLUTION!!

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Hey everyone and thank you for joining me on my blog tonight. First I'd like to take a moment to give thanks to God for all of our blessings and pray for those who have lost their lives... I know Christmas is the next holiday for many of us but I'd like to take tonight and focus on my New Years Resolution.... Mine is the same as most people Lose Weight. But I think that with this Skinny Fiber I am taking I really have a great chance to actually following through with this resolution! I will officially be starting my diet/exercise plan as of the new year so now my skinny fiber is going to melt away my pounds, if it has helped me without diet and exercise I KNOW there is no failure if I actually try to help it along! If you want to hear more about Skinny Fiber you can email me Deanna.Julbe@yahoo.com If you want to join me in the Skinny Fiber New Years 90day Challenge you can go to my website www.GetSkinnyWithDeanna.TheNewYearsChallenge.com Or look me up on Facebook and I...

Gone But not Forgotten...

Hey everyone and thank you for joining my blog tonight. I just want to be sure everyone is continuing their prayers for the victims, the families and the sweet children devastated by the Newtown Massacre!!! Days pass by and those who weren't directly impacted can kind of forget... But it's important to always keep PRAYER in mind for all near and far. The parents of those poor children need them more than ever! God bless us all, may he bring peace and love to our Nation and to the world! I was very happy listening to the presidents search to the people of Newtown and the Nation! Even if there is ONE THING we can do to be better LET'S DO IT!! Our children are the future and without positive guidance and self respect and love and respect for others they don't stand a chance.... So make it your mission to be better for THEM... For our future And theirs!!!! So as always stay blessed and inspired! XOXOXOXO -Deanna

God Rest their Souls.....

Hey everyone and thank you for joining me again on my blog today. First lets have a moment of prayer and silence for those innocent people who lost their lives today's and those poor sweet harmless children! I cannot begin to understand, the news I heard today. My heart is aching from such sadness, I don't know what to say. The coward that took all these lives, will meet his own doom now. But that doesn't begin to repair the pain or help to drown the doubt. There's too many questions unanswered too many hearts in pain. How could he take so many lives and take his own the same? What ever could a child do that would make him point that gun. What kind of demon haunted him that he couldn't let them run. His life was going to be over, he knew this from his plan. Why not just get some help or confront them as a MAN. He should have never ripped away these children from the innocence of life. They had so much to live for how will their parents sleep at night? ...

Stop the Bullying!!!!!

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Hey everyone and thank you for joining me on my blog today! I'd like to take this time to pay my respects to a beautiful 16 year old girl who took her own life under the pressures of #Bullying most importantly #Cyberbullying !! I think the time has come when we need to all start getting a little more REAL! Stop treating your children as if they are adults and they NEED to be watched, and challenged and GUIDED!! Don't take ANYONE'S word for it and always keep them close and double check everything they say and do. I remember when I was younger my mother never let me do anything without talking to the parents of each friend I was hanging out with and you'd better believe if my family didn't know you and your family.....I was NOT allowed to hang out with you unless it was at school or in the park where my mother could see me from any window(I lived in New York and had a park across the street). Our children need discipline, love, encouragement, guidance, respect and t...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES!!

Hey everyone and thank you so much for joining me tonight on my blog! I apologize for not posting in a few days, and there is no excuse but things have been a bit hectic for me between work and my family events but HERE I AM! Today I want to give a special dedication to  my beautiful Niece Asia!!! May you be blessed everyday of your life and I pray this birthday is one of the best ones thus far in life! I really hope everyone has been doing well, as for me ahhhh I can't complain.... Life is too blessed to dwell on what we are NOT blessed with! I really would rather relish in my blessings... I have been hoping for more emails on different topics you'd like me to discuss so starting tomorrow I'll be starting on requested topics. If you would like to submit your topic request or questions, etc please email me at Deanna.Julbe@gmail.com thanks in advance for your support and views!!! As Always Stay Blessed and Inspired and Please feel free to friend request me on Facebook ...

TGIF!!

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Hey everyone and thank you for checking out my blog! As I sit here with my son I have to say I'm very excited that ill be able to spend all day with him tomorrow since its Friday :-) I don't work full time at my job but any time away from my son is not my idea of fun lol. Today I am happy to say that a friend of mine Neeka was a preferred customer on my skinny fiber through my website www.GetSkinnyWithDeanna.Sbc90.com has now become a distributor!!! She is an amazing woman and I know that we are lucky to have her on board!! I do lots of promoting for different things I do and I hope you have a chance to check out some of the following websites: SKINNY FIBER (Weight loss and healthy helper) www.GetSkinnyWithDeanna.Sbc90.com AGELESS (anti-aging) www.GetSkinnyWithDeanna.TryAgelessToday.com MY BOOK: Speak Your Heart (Poetry) Ebook for Kindle OR Paperback http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_16?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=speak+your+heart&sprefix=...