tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75137182973445663702024-02-21T01:02:51.532-08:00Blue Jeans and TurquoiseFinding adventure in the everyday.Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-8917410670819500362018-10-15T08:11:00.001-07:002018-10-15T08:11:33.470-07:00Moving Past Good Intentions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><i>We can dream and we can plan and we can hope for the best. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Business books and self-help books are my favorites (well, cheesy mysteries run a close second.) I’ve read so many that I can recognize which authors read each other and which ones are just repackaging last year’s top hits. With each book, I just knew it would be the way forward—the key to opening that last door to real success. Each time I would write notes in my bullet journal and plan and think about how to apply whatever the new insight was. And then I would get a new book and do the same. And again. And again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Some might have helped. Some might have been a waste of time. And some might have been actually harmful, but I’ll never know. I wasn’t ready to lead with my heart. And I wasn’t ready to let go of my fear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Fear of failure. Fear of success. Those are two sides of the same coin. What if I fail and everyone sees? Or worse, what if I succeed? What will people think? What will I do then? Will I be the same person? Better to keep my head down and stay in my lane.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Prayerfully. Joyfully. Completely. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What is that one place for you, friend? That place that feels empty and undone. The one that you think about, but stuff back into the corners of your consciousness, until it pops up again. That’s the one, the one you should consider. What will it take to feel success in that place? You know you’ve thought about it. You know you’ve planned for it, prayed about it, and then ignored it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Start today. Figure out that first step. Make it easy. Make it doable. And then do the second step. And the third. So many times when we finally get something done, we discover we have spent more time planning and dreading the thing than it would have EVER taken to just do it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Go make your world a more a beautiful place.</span></div>
Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-35041852343323031942018-10-07T04:00:00.000-07:002018-10-07T19:06:46.143-07:00Dreamcatcher<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That’s my job as a mama and a wife. To be the dream catcher. To catch the bad dreams and watch them disappear in the light of day. To keep the good dreams and help them become real. To believe in a bigger reality. To believe in hope.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This year we have added new ventures, moved on to new places, stopped doing old things and started doing new ones. All of us. We have helped each other grow and cheered each other on. We’ve held hands during disappointment and listened to each other while we worked through some tough decisions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This is what family does. This is what I dreamed of when our family grew. To be a launching pad for new adventures and a soft place to land. In this world that can be so hard and unforgiving, I want our home to be a refuge. I want it to be a place to be honest and raw, but to know we are always loved. Always. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-5596634354445359242018-04-02T06:52:00.002-07:002018-04-02T06:56:48.234-07:00Go Be That<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In the middle of an errand run, I was listening to a string of podcast episodes I had downloaded, running at 1 1/2 times speed because <i>who's got time</i> for regular speed? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In the middle of the busiest season I can remember, making sure all the boxes are ticked, forms filled out, checks mailed and my people making it to all the places they're supposed to be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In the middle of worrying about making sure I am teaching my children to not just <b>do</b> their best but to <b>be</b> their own best selves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">In the middle of all that, I heard those two short sentences. What does it mean to know "what you are"? Who I am is my identity, my essence, my values, my soul. What I am? I don't know. </span></div>
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<br />Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-77122716834025293072018-01-02T19:07:00.000-08:002018-01-02T19:13:48.281-08:00Walk This Way<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Lay down all your bitterness, </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Turn from sin's toil and distress </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Find His grace and perfect rest </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" /><span style="color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">O children come </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #282f35; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-73290067660832707442017-04-24T06:53:00.001-07:002017-04-24T06:53:33.525-07:00Backroads and Alleys<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">They're the forgotten places, the faces we don't
show to the world. They're not shiny or
perfect or polished but often they seem more real in this pre-packaged world we
live in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I accidentally came across this alley while
driving around a little town in west Texas.
The name of the business stopped me and OF COURSE I had to snap a quick
photo. I love that they painted the
building, the whole building--doors, garage, drainage pipes--a vibrant
turquoise and then in big tall letters they proclaimed to the world who they
are. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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side of their store. But they are
calling you to them, welcoming you into their space. They’re ready for you, if you’re ready for
them and I love that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Maybe we need to take a cue from this small store
in this small town. Maybe we need to remember
that people aren’t asking us to be perfect.
That we don’t have to be social media ready at all times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Let’s not wait too long to get to that point. Let’s do the work and spend the time to be
who we are called to be and welcome the people God places into our lives into that
space we are creating. Don’t package
yourself into looking like and sounding like everyone you see on the tiny
screens in your hand. Be you—be bold—declare
who you are in giant letters and encourage others to join you and do the same.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-28001685648494414022017-03-14T07:44:00.001-07:002017-03-15T19:16:47.275-07:00Writing Your Life In Pencil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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see it? A pre-printed script that was
handed to you at an early stage? A book
that you don’t find very interesting, but feel like you should finish <b>all the way</b> to the last page? What if we decided to write our lives in
pencil, not pen? With a big fat eraser
to erase the mistakes. And what if we
understood that we can cut and paste and move the parts of our story around to
suit where we are today. That we can
dream and envision the ending and write our own plot to get there. And if we don’t like what we’ve written, we
can erase the bad parts and begin again.</span><span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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writing every day. These words are
important: <i>you are writing every day</i>. The
writer, and <i>that’s you, darling</i>, decides on the main characters, the plot, the setting,
and the overarching theme. Is the plot
one of daily disappointment? Or one of
embracing your season of life and seeing the beauty in it. Is it a story of trudging forward on a path
that seemed right twenty, thirty years ago?
Or is it choosing the best parts and fitting them into the person you’ve
become and following another thread. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We seem to forget sometimes that we get to choose
these parts of our story. What do we
want the ending to be? Everyone’s story
is different—what is yours? How will you
get there? <i>What steps do you need to take today to make it come true tomorrow</i>? It can be a little overwhelming to think of
the whole, so take it in chapters. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>“I
want to grow old with my love.” </b>Then
take care of the two of you now, so, that your relationship grows with time and
care.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>“I want to go on grand adventures and see the
world.”</b> Then plan how you can do that
with your resources. Is it the fancy
hotels and resorts you want to see or is it the heart-stopping beauty of God’s
creation? Those are two very different
things and one is much easier to attain than the other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Who are the characters going to be in your
story? Are there people in your life
that you wouldn’t want to include in your manuscript? Is there anything you can do to change that
dynamic? If not, then begin to release
them, with love. If your interactions
with them are hurtful to you, chances are they are not a good thing for the
other person, either. I know there are
some relationships that are harder to disengage with. Prayerfully consider how you should
proceed. Make sure those people are not
affecting how you love and treat the people who love you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not
everyone should be in your core group of people. Choose wisely.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Where does your story take place? Is most of the action at work? Is that where you spend most of your time and
energy? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is it taking up too much of your heart space and you’ve been neglecting the home
where you long to be, with your people? <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">See if your reality aligns with your
manuscript. Work is a blessing from
above and fulfills a proper space and purpose in our lives, but it’s not the
whole story. Make sure the setting of
your life is appropriate for you and for the story you want to tell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And, lastly:
What is the theme of your life’s story?
What do you want people to think of when they think of the places you’ve
been and the things you’ve done and the people you’ve loved? This should direct all the other
components. This is what matters. Fortunately, we have an Editor who has given
us all the prompts we need to write a life story that matters and that will be
a legacy we truly want to leave. Seek
Him and He will show you the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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forward towards better and brighter days. </span></div>
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write your story, I hope you seek His wisdom and plan for you<i>. </i></span><i style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">“…for
your Father knows what you need even before you ask.” </i><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">(Matthew 6:8)</span><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-20065629396033241642017-03-06T12:28:00.001-08:002017-03-06T12:31:28.989-08:00Make Your Dreams Come True Tomorrow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding: 0in;">Will you start that new project you've been putting
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Will you finally finish the work that has been taking up all your bandwidth?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Are you ready to share your heart and wisdom and love with the rest of us <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-86090722965465750452017-02-06T06:36:00.003-08:002017-02-06T06:39:17.948-08:00Slow Progress is Still Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are days (and weeks and years) where you
feel as if you’re standing still. That
all the world is rushing forward but your feet are firmly rooted in the ground
beneath you. You remember the dreams you
had and the plans you made and think you’re no more nearer to them than the day
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logistical decisions made before setting out on this new journey. Carefully setting out the details in your
mind can help clarify and smooth the path you are about to take.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Perhaps this is a not yet season. I gathered with friends recently and we
talked about the places we were in life.
A bit of wisdom from a sweet friend stood out in that conversation—<i>this is just where we are right now.</i> It may not be where we will always be, but it’s
where we need to be right now. Maybe,
just maybe, this season in life is preparing us for the next leg of our
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Perhaps you’ve made progress, but don’t even
recognize it as progress any more. The
baby steps aren’t registering and the mile markers seem so far ahead of you
that you don’t think you’ll ever reach them.
We need to know and remember where we started to see if we’re getting
any closer to where we’re going. Maybe you
need a travel journal for your life. To write
down, commit to paper where you’re starting, what you need for your trip, and
where you’re headed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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season you’re in, take time to take stock of where you are, where you’ve been
and what you need to do to move forward.
You may be going full speed, you may be puttering along, moving forward
a little at a time. Or you may be taking
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Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-13457845180007403432017-01-29T18:37:00.001-08:002017-01-29T18:49:19.987-08:00There Is Only One Next Thing To Do<br />
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big trip we can take. Meals planned and
time carved out for exercise and rest keeps me healthy and moves me toward my
fitness goals. Unscheduled and
unstructured time is a treasure to be spent today and builds relationships for
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memories I have as a child. The
suddenness and ferocity of the rain beating down on the arid Sonoran landscape. The warnings of flash floods and long-dry
arroyos becoming raging torrents. The
lightning you could see for miles and the sulphur smell of ozone in the
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>No rainstorm I had seen in my old suburban home could compare to the ones in this new strange place where we now lived. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was like we had moved to another planet,
one with completely different weather patterns and landscape and plants and
even people. Experiencing a desert
thunderstorm used all of my senses.
I was a part of it, not just an observer. It was big, and real, and a gift from God and <i>made me feel like I was, too</i>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes I think about those storms. When I'm rushing around, moving from one task to another, trying to fit everything into the little cubby-holes I've allotted and something happens that throws everything off. When I can't get back to where I wanted to be and I'm so frustrated by my schedule and my plans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not just a gentle rain--a big, beautiful thunderstorm that shakes the earth with thunder and captures me as I feel and smell and taste something so much bigger than myself. This gift from the skies grounds me--takes me out of my own head long enough to see the world around me. How many other gifts do I not see because they're not dramatic enough to get my attention? How many times do I just get wet, without feeling the rain?</span></div>
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sleep I dream of the wide open spaces, the lightning striking the mountains in
the distance and the dry ground soaking up the water as it surrounds me, covers
me, and washes away my little worries, replacing them with dreams of something big and fierce and wild. One day I hope those dreams will capture my days, as well as my nights.</span></div>
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<br />Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-3542338883595717622017-01-24T08:42:00.001-08:002017-01-24T08:42:40.697-08:00This Is My Happy Place<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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it’s the things that happen on a personal level that make this world what it is
and show you how it could be. A sweet
friend sent me this pillow yesterday, just because she “thought of me” when she
saw it. She and I both made our careers
in an industry where there are very few women and she has been a wonderful
example of how to excel and succeed through grace, excellence and focusing on
people. Her smile is infectious and she
makes you feel like the only person in the room when she’s speaking to
you. She’s one of my favorite people and I have
truly been blessed by getting to know her as a mentor (whether she knew it or
not) and a friend.</span></div>
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Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-73145739361075379022017-01-23T12:11:00.001-08:002017-01-23T12:11:13.432-08:00Three Ways to Make Today Your Day One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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if you're like me, some of your goals and resolutions are already looking a
little ragged and beat up. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Write it off to “that’s how resolutions go?” I’ve got a better
idea: let’s regroup and start over. January 1 is not magic. It’s a nice arbitrary starting point, but
when you decide you’re ready to make a serious goal, any old day will do. Let’s choose today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Look at the scope of your goal</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. Was it too hard? Goals are supposed to be difficult, but reachable. Was it not hard enough? If it’s not a challenge, then you probably
won’t take it seriously. Choose a goal
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Look at how you measure your goal</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">. Are there measurable
steps? “I want to lose weight before
swimsuit season” is tough, but not really measurable. How much weight? What date are you shooting for? Once you choose a specific goal, say 20
pounds by June 1<sup>st</sup>, then work backwards from that date and make
specific smaller goals you can meet along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Look at how many go</span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">als you set.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> Much of successful goal setting is changing
your habits. Habits actually take 66
days to change and it takes perseverance to really make that habit stick. Using a chart like the One Thing chart can
help you visually see your progress and keep you from “breaking the chain”. </span></div>
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<u>one</u> goal at first. Just one. Make it difficult and measurable and figure
out how you’re going to keep yourself motivated. Once you’ve accomplished this first goal and
made it a firm habit, <i>then</i> you can move
on to your next one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I chose the goal of getting to bed by
9 pm and it has been TOUGH. I chose more
sleep because I think it will also help with my weight loss goal and
productivity goals, so, I <i>really</i> want to nail this habit. My 66 day chart looks a little sad, but I am
choosing TODAY as my new day one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day one towards reaching your best goal. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-41782993097068438472017-01-09T06:48:00.000-08:002017-03-12T14:15:35.871-07:00Hello, Monday.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This one feels like "for reals"--holidays are in the rearview mirror
and the new year is here to stay. I've done my goal setting for the week, meal
plans are set and I'm looking forward to our first trip of the year in a few
weeks. Diffusing a little stress away + a little peppermint to wake me up and
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Blue Jeans and Turquoisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15674025347987221535noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7513718297344566370.post-33395420076517455762017-01-02T11:43:00.000-08:002017-01-02T11:43:18.991-08:00Dream Big and Work Hard: Goals for 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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family is still working on choosing our word of the year. Last year's was
adventure and I drew this on our kitchen chalkboard wall:</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/195220562/be-adventurous-nursery-art-mountains?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=Adventurous&ref=sr_gallery_1" target="_blank">buy the 8x10 print here from Maine Mom Design's cute etsy shop</a></td></tr>
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to travel to and what outdoor activities those places offered, like snorkeling
and paddle boarding. We didn't get to as many as I would have liked, but
we had fun on our trips to Garner State Park and Red River, New Mexico.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic",sans-serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">What I have found is that having these aspirations visibly in
front of me makes me more mindful of them and more likely to make plans and
make those adventures happen. So, I'll be writing 3 things on my
chalkboard wall this year, as an addition to our not-yet-chosen word o' the
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I read motivational books all the time and the best productivity
tip I've come away with is to make your goals big, specific and measurable.
Saying "I want to lose some weight" is a good start, but a
better goal is "I want to lose 20 pounds by June 1st." You have a
specific, difficult challenge set and the time frame in which you want to
achieve it. After setting a goal like that, it's easier to work backwards and set smaller checkpoint goals and action items to make you successful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804137382/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0804137382&linkCode=as2&tag=eacdayshar-20&linkId=ae07a131ec2a6513f781889ffc6ba6d9" target="_blank">Greg McKeown's book Essentialism</a></td></tr>
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Greg McKeown's book <u>Essentialism</u> is one I usually read at
least once a year because I need the reminder to step back and choose the most
important thing. I apparently didn't read it as many times as I should
have in 2016 because I very much overloaded myself with commitments and I am
determined to not let that happen in 2017. I want to focus on my dreams
and find the essential steps to make those dreams happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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realizing your life doesn’t fit your heart’s journey anymore, it’s time to pave
a new road, building on what you’ve learned.
Each mile of hard-won knowledge is another step into wisdom. Every stone you’ve stumbled on is a gem of insight
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a winding road. At big moments, we come
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sometimes? Sometimes, we come to a dirt
road leading off the highway we’re barreling down. If we’re moving too fast, we’ll miss it. If our lives are too loud, we won’t hear the
call to go off-roading; to follow what seems like a whim but is actually our
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of the year was Adventure. New <a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/08/trailer-talk-tuesday-1st-edition-1967-Playmor.html" target="_blank">hobbies</a>, trips with school friends and
<a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/09/trailer-talk-tuesday-our-misadventures-Garner-State-Park.html" target="_blank">camping trips</a> in <a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/09/trailer-talk-tuesday-shasta-red-river-new-mexico.html" target="_blank">Sundance (our Shasta Airflyte)</a> are some of the most memorable
adventures we've had in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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these wonderful oils into our daily lives. I started with diffusing these
beautiful scents into our home and workplace. Knowing that these oils
have beneficial properties makes it even better and I love the lift I get to my
mood when diffusing them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/300967187583576973/" target="_blank">miracle face serum</a> are two other favorite ways I've been using these oils on a
daily basis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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laundry. I've been placing a couple of drops on a washcloth and throwing
in with the load going into the dryer. It makes the house and the laundry
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and to reduce wrinkles without using dryer sheets. Now that I'm using
essential oils in my dryer, I decided to make my own felted wool dryer balls so
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balls, with Patons classic worsted wool. It took two washes in hot water for them to
felt. I wanted to try a looser weave, but I couldn't find anything
similar that was 100% wool in our town, so, I ended up ordering a couple of
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<span style="font-family: "ms reference sans serif" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">According to her tutorial, this kind should felt a little easier.
Can't wait to make some more! There was something soothing about
rolling the yarn into balls. And it turned out a lot better than my
previous crocheting projects...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 21px;">It is finally feeling like fall today and I couldn't resist adding the beautiful orange leaves from the vines on the front of our home to this photo. Today I'm sharing a great way to use two of the oils that come in Young Living's essential oil starter kit: Purification and Peppermint. Peppermint is great for adding to your tea to aid in digestion and also to add to your daily water bottle. I like to use it in my diffuser in the morning to wake me up (I need all the help I can get!)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 21px;">After I've added the drops of oil to the pad, I clip it onto the air vent in the car with a cute wooden clothespin. I buy them in the dollar bin at Michael's whenever they're available because I like to have them around for attaching cards to gifts, closing chip bags, and lots of other little needs. Here are some cute ones I found:</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: , "arial" , sans-serif;">I went home this week to a place I haven't lived in for thirty years. This little town will always be home in my heart even though all the family has moved on. As I drove down the highway that connects me to my memories, I thought about all the different roads we'd all gone down. Some of my childhood friends stayed; some of us moved on but still carry those rolling hills and muddy creeks close when we think about home.</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: , "arial" , sans-serif;">My friends and I met to see another one go Home. Her journey here on earth ended far too soon and we joined together to remember and laugh and cry. Together. To wish we had done it sooner. To wish we hadn't waited for when we weren't as busy or for when our children were grown. To promise each other that we would all find a time to get together and share our lives with friends who "knew us when."</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: , "arial" , sans-serif;">My sweet friend would have loved seeing us there. She would have been in the middle of us all, laughing about driving out to a country cemetery to find the glowing tombstone, driving down a one-lane rickety bridge across the river, carving notches in her dashboard every time she had a wreck in her old car. She was smart and funny and, most of all, loyal to her friends. She loved with a big heart and I will miss her always.</span><br />
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: , "arial" , sans-serif;">Driving back, I thought about the home I've made with my family. I wish for my kids the happy memories I have of growing up and the kind of friends you can just sit down with and pick up right where you left off. Those are the things that matter; the things that count. I haven't always remembered that but I want to. I want home, no matter where they go, to be that safe place where they are known and loved. And I think that's about the best thing you can wish for in this life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This fall I have been trying to be more mindful about my health and taking time and care to make good choices. One step I've taken is essential oils and I am brand new to the Young Living Essential Oils family. I have been curious about them for a long time and finally took the plunge to see what all the fuss was about. I have really enjoyed exploring my starter kit! This week I took a short road trip and I made sure to take these two new favorites along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have been adding 2-3 drops of lemon vitality oil to my water bottle every morning and love how it helps my digestive system. And--big bonus--it actually tastes good and makes me actually want to drink water. Oils shouldn't be used in plastic bottles, so, I use this glass bottle, with a protective silicone cover. (Note: the vitality line of Young Living is designed for internal consumption.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These bottles are a perfect size (which means it fits in my cup holders in the SUV) and there are three different kinds of lids that come with it--a wide mouth cap with a carry loop, easy flow straw cap and a simple flip cap. I kind of like it. A lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The little bag I carry them in is a make up bag I won at a silent auction once upon a time. I sewed some elastic to the inside lining and put my little bottles in there to carry with me. Lemon and Stress Away are always in there!</span><br />
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This photo makes me smile every time I see it! And every time I see it, I try to pin it which makes the<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/bluejeansandtur/2015-shasta-airflyte-reissue-1967-playmor-140/"> Pinterest</a> ghost-in-the-machine says "<strong style="background-color: white; color: #7e4300; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Pssst!</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #7e4300; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> Looks like you've already </span><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/bluejeansandtur/2015-shasta-airflyte-reissue-1967-playmor-140/" style="background-color: white; color: #bd081c; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">saved this Pin to 2015 Shasta Airflyte Reissue & 1967 Playmor 140</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #7e4300; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3", "Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro", メイリオ, Meiryo, "MS Pゴシック", arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">.</span>." Eventually my message will look something like "For the love of all that is holy, WE KNOW YOU LIKE THIS PHOTO!"</div>
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Anyway... This little backyard oasis is what I have in mind for <a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/09/trailer-talk-tuesday-vintage-camper-renovation.html">Jolene</a>, our 1967 PlayMor 140. I want enough of a shelter to keep the rain and occasional hail off of her, a little porch, and some groovy chairs to hang out in next to my random cactus plantings. </div>
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On the Jolene front, there isn't much to share. There hasn't been a lot of free time the past couple of weeks to work on her. Painting is something that is going to have a certain amount of blocked off time and I'm trying to set that aside very soon. Meanwhile, I go out in the garage, pat her and reassure her that her makeover is coming. Pinky swear.</div>
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So, instead of a super cool paint job on my sweet little canned ham, I thought I'd share some other ideas for backyard camper getaways.</div>
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I love this little porch and pergola. If you wanted to protect the camper more, you could build it taller and wider so that you could pull the camper under it. </div>
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This is a custom RV shelter, so, I guess you could order it in a smaller size. I love the roof and design.</div>
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Here's another large shelter for a bigger RV. It could be sized for smaller backyard campers, too.</div>
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I always come back to these little garden spots, though. Love the flamingos!!<div>
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I'll end with this little gem. What a gorgeous garden! I don't think I'd ever go inside if this was my backyard.</div>
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I would love to hear about your own camper adventures! And if you're looking for more great ideas on vintage campers, renovating tips and more backyard getaways, be sure to follow my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/bluejeansandtur/2015-shasta-airflyte-reissue-1967-playmor-140/">camper Pinterest board</a>! </div>
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Last week was the CMA awards and I watched it for the first time in a long while. One of the acts got a lot of media attention, but this was the one that stood out to me. <i>Seven Spanish Angels</i> is one of my all-time favorite songs and Dwight Yoakum, Chris and Morgane Stapleton killed it. Enjoy!</div>
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It's Trailer Talk-Day! I plan to have these up on Tuesdays, but life gets in the way sometimes. Last week there wasn't much to report on <a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/08/trailer-talk-tuesday-1st-edition-1967-Playmor.html">Jolene, our 1967 PlayMor</a> camper that we are renovating--just more goo-removal. This week we're 99% done and ready to do some final clean up and paint. To take a break from the monotony, I thought I would do one of the little interior projects and do a refresh on the dinette tabletop.<br />
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The formica was stained and scratched and the hinges were a little worse for wear, too. We unscrewed it from the wall of the camper and removed the hinges. They got a couple of coats of my <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0049XUN74/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325">favorite spray paint</a>: </div>
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Then I got busy painting the table top. I taped it off and applied several light layers of<a href="http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW6783-amalfi/#/6783/?s=coordinatingColors&p=PS2"> Sherwin Williams 6783-Amalfi</a>. This color is one I'm planning on using as an accent color on the exterior of the camper. <br />
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After the paint had dried and cured for a couple of days, I brought the table into the garage and started the fun part.</div>
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The Adventure print is a free printable I found at explorationamerica.com</div>
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The vintage looking postcards are from a set I bought from this cool online shop,<a href="https://www.andersondesigngroupstore.com/"> Anderson Design</a>. <br />
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Mister and I chose our top 12 bucket list national parks that we want to visit and I arranged those cards around the adventure printable.</div>
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After mixing the resin in my handy Rudy's BBQ cups and stirring them for the required time, I poured the resin over the cards and smoothed it out. I turned the heat gun on low and passed it over the table top to make sure any bubbles popped. </div>
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All looked great until I realized that my garage floor is not level--it slopes<i> just</i> a little. Because the postcards weren't completely glued to the table, they started to float--swimming, as it were, in a pool of resin. I used a popsicle stick to move them back into position, several times, and waited for the resin to set up enough so they wouldn't move anymore. The cute gal in the video actually leveled her trailer and then poured her tabletop in place. That sounds like a good idea, but resin can run off the edges, so, you have to be ready for that, too.</div>
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I love the glossiness of the table and I think one more coat to fill in the low spots will fix those problems. The cards on the right side aren't in perfect alignment, but not much on Jolene is in perfect alignment, so, I'm okay with that. While I was working on this tabletop, I was listening to the Cool Tools podcast and they were interviewing Adam Savage, host of Mythbusters.</div>
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At some point in the discussion, Adam brought up the Japanese concept of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi">Wabi-sabi</a>, which sees beauty as "imperfect, impermanent and incomplete." How freeing that would be to so many people, (including me) if we could see the beauty in what was already there. Our goal should be to just try to make it as good as it can be and perfection gets in the way of all that. <br />
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This little tabletop is a prime example of that. I've never used resin before but have always been curious about it. I did a lot of research about it, but nothing I ever read said anything about paper floating in resin. Live and learn! I love trying new crafts and using new gadgets and this renovation of Jolene is tailor made for that. The new tabletop brings in color that will tie in to the exterior paint job and also provides a place to display art. There isn't much wall space in a little camper and I love that these beautiful postcards and Adventure printable are a part of the camper now. </div>
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I'll leave you with this awesome youtube video. Someone took Dolly's original recording of Jolene and slowed it down to 33 rpm. It gives me chillbumps and even <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=jolene%2033%20rpm">Dolly</a> said it made her smile.</div>
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Hello! It's Trailer Talk Tuesday again, where I share our progress on <a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/08/trailer-talk-tuesday-1st-edition-1967-Playmor.html">Jolene</a>, our 1967 Play-Mor 140 camper. I am proud to say (cue drumroll), that we have finally removed all the paint from her exterior and are almost done removing all the silicone, tar and various sticky stuff the previous owners used to prevent leaks. The final process we came up with to get the tape and tar residue off is:</div>
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It really feels like it takes about 30 minutes per foot, so, it's been a slow go since we have limited time to work on it. But we're in the final stages of this process and we've been checking out what to do about the trim. Some of it looks a little rough, but we can't decide whether removing it will bring more trouble than it's worth. </div>
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Here's where the community comes in. There are so many cool vintage camper groups on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bluejeansandturquoise/">Facebook</a>. They freely share photos, tips, ideas, and advice for newbies like me.<br />
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This group is very specific to PlayMor campers like Jolene. It's been a great source for pictures of PlayMors, since there aren't that many of them out there on the internet. I've had lots of questions answered and they've pointed me to different sources for vintage camper parts and trim.</div>
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This group is for people who own the 2015 Shasta Airflyte Reissues, like our <a href="http://www.bluejeansandturquoise.com/2016/09/trailer-talk-tuesday-shasta-red-river-new-mexico.html">Sundance</a>. There were some warranty issues with these when they first came out and this group was absolutely the reason those problems have been dealt with by the manufacturer. They are a fun group and share camping photos and tips, as well as different ways they've tricked out their darling Shastas.</div>
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This facebook group is all about fun photos. Some are Shastas, but there are lots of photos of Airstreams and other brands of vintage campers.<br />
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This is a great page where people share photos of their "canned ham" vintage campers.<br />
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Vintage Camper Trailers is a great source of information about rallies and vintage campers for sale. I like these posts because a lot of the for sale photos show before and after shots. Lots of good ideas!<br />
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bluejeansandturquoise/">Instagram</a> is also a fun source of vintage camper eye candy! Some of my favorite feeds are:</div>
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Some of the great parts websites I've been pointed to by the vintage camper community are:</div>
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They have a wide variety of trim and mouldings, as well as great photos of these cool little tear-drop trailers.</div>
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Not a commerce site, but they have links to a lot of resource websites. And cool pics.<br />
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This site is an absolute jewel. Great resources on parts, information for DIYers, completely restored campers for sale and lots of lovely photographs. <br />
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Well, friends, next week, I hope to have some lovely photographs of my own. Until then, have a great week and happy camping!<br />
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