Are you Ready to RISE?

I will never know what it is to be of another race

I will never know what is to face that life.

I will never know what it means to struggle in the face of THOSE adversities.

I will never be Black, or Asian, or Hispanic, or Latino, or anything other than white.

I will never be able to put myself in YOUR shoes in those cases.

I will never know what it means to be judged by those standards.

I will never say I understand because I don't.

I have however been molested, raped, beaten, abused, homeless, lost custody of my children when they were young, lost a father when I was young, faced suicide, suffered anorexia, and now had cancer.

I may not always understand or empathize with your struggle, your trial, your strain of adversity, but I have had quite my own.

I can empathize with that.

I have overcome all that life has thrown at me.

You can overcome that too.

You can overcome ANYTHING you face.

Life is a set of hurdles and obstacles.

We are in the race of life to win.

Face your fears.

Face your adversities.

Face life, love

You do not have to be in the constant pursuit of happiness.

It is already there, waiting for you to see it.

Life is beautiful.

YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!

YOU ARE AMAZING

YOU ARE FABULOUS.

It is up to YOU to own that fabulous inside of you.

"I have suffered much in life. In fact, that is the biggest understatement of every century in every existence I have ever known and I am not kidding. I found myself by finding what I didn't want and what I did through dating, business, entrepreneurship, and more. I overcame; I was not just burnt, I was singed. I truly believe I went through the refiner's fire and I was left with nothing but ashes. I rose from the ashes and I came out a Phoenix." ~Trisha Trixie Hunter-Merrill

It's time to RISE UP.

Are you ready to rise?

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Vintage Homeaking: Trixie Style

I was scrolling one day last week discussing with my man about how one didn't need to go to the gym or fitness club because the regular day of chores would be workout enough. I know already that when I do certain household tasks I am worn out at the end of the day, and I don't get worn out too often.

Now that I am refocusing my energy towards cleaning, moving and being a true retro housewife, I wanted to updated my cleaning list. For years I have used Fly Lady Routines and for the most part they work for me. I of course, had to adjust a few here or there and ended up slowly moving away from ALL the tasks and sticking with ones that really speak to me, like Always Shine Your Sink, and Put Shoes on Everyday etc. Eventually I wandered off to www.the goodwife.com Houe chores list and have mostly used that for the past few months. However, it still wasn't cutting it, but I just made a sticky note list and worked off off both lists.

Until this weekend. In looking for these retro chores for a good workout, I  instead found some great sites I want to share with you....

http://glynniswhitwer.com/2013/08/vintage-homemaking-tip/

http://the50shousewife.com/2014/07/a-real-1950s-daily-cleaning-routine/

http://glamourdaze.com/2011/02/1940s-fashion-housewifes-daily-routine.html

http://tipnut.com/make-a-household-organizer-notebook-buncha-links/

The one I have downloaded and am using now is this one....

This one for my daily http://www.newbienesters.com/2013/09/a-1950s-housewife-daily-cleaning-list.html

This one for weekly for each day's tasks http://www.newbienesters.com/2014/11/a-1950s-housewife-weekly-cleaning-list.html

Aside from the "put the kids to be" or there NOT being something on there for pets, I real;y like these so far. I have only done Sat, Sun, Mon and Tues so far but I must say it really has helped me be more organized and like my house is in order.

At least until I make my OWN Cleaning routines. Trixie Tasks for Retro Living anyone?

Have a Fabulous day! Enjoy the links and tasks.

Xoxo Trisha Trixie