one little word®

Well how totally cool is this?!! I love getting your Newsletter Ali, I set aside time just to pour over it, am never dissapointed! Anyway, onto my word .. first I thought of balance (much needed in my life), but JOURNEY kept popping into my head and this is how I feel about 2007. I have set a few specific goals with my BPS 'Year to Remember' course, and I am really happy to see where this journey takes me. Thanks for the continued inspiration, best of luck in your new home, we moved in November and I know how it feels to move to somewhere that makes you HAPPY!

My word for 2007 is growth. I'm living it everyday and life is good.

As a matter of fact, I have chosen a word for this year.
I'm gonna JUMP
http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=57776&ppuser=658
Jen

I was very torn about the word i was going to chose this year but after much thought my word is HAPPY.
I want to fill things around me that make me/others happy.
With this new found happiness, I can be a better all around person.

such a great challenge. My word is BREATHE. (In other words... take the TIME to BREATHE)... it's all about simplifying this year! :) I hope I get to make my layout this weekend! :) Thanks for the challenge!

The word "stewardship" has been floating around my thoughts. I take the definition to mean "caretaker"; of my family, of our memories of everyday life, our money. It's been interesting to ask, "Am I being a good steward of whatever I'm doing?"

I have chosen the word Believe. I blogged a bit about it here:
http://www.untroubled.org/lori/article.php?story=20070106233559735
Thank you for prompting me to think about this.

My word for 2007 is Peace.
Blogged here http://rooruu.blogspot.com/2007/01/vintage-french-doors-word-of-year.html (and don't be fooled by the French doors, they're all part of it).
Thanks for the newsletter, Ali, and your wonderful attention to the everyday, to the small and telling details which make up our daily lives. It's the game I play with my blog, Patterning the World (http://rooruu.blogspot.com/), and it's enriching. Brings you back to now, rather than the unchangeable past or wishing your way into the future.

POSITIVE. I find that the physical challenges of last year have left me negative...less happy...more stressed...more worried. My challenge for he upcoming year is to return to being a positive person. Have a more positive attitude. Get rid of the negative.

when i read your challenge i immediately new i wanted to do it! i first though my word would be SIMPLIFY. i need that very badly. yet the more i thought about it a few other words floated around in my head. well it just hit me plain and simple- ENJOY!
it will sum it up hopefully in everything i do! i've already had some fun experiences with it and hope to keep up on this through my blog! i'll have something up on monday!
thanks so much for the awesome inspiration you bring to us!

My word is "DO". Too often we talk about the things we want to do, but that's all that happens--talk. This year, I want to DO those things I've been talking about. LO in the future. You can check here: http://tosdkrn.blogspot.com

i am focusing on CHANGE for 2007
we have many things on the burner
cheers!

Thank you for this challenge, Ali. You have been a genuine inspiration to me ever since the first time I met you when I TA'd for you at CKU SJ 2004! I think of you as the scrapbooking Oprah! You make us all better people. :)
I've been sitting with several words but the one that sticks is DESIGN...as in 'she designed a life she loved' (I totally got this quote from Heidi's BPS class theme). It makes me feel empowered. It makes me conscious that I have more influence than I think or believe or actually do about my life. I want to design my life to be as fulfilling as possible.

I agree with all the others it is really cool and inspiring. The one word that instantly popped in my mind was "challenge". So this will be then my word for 2007. I assume there will be more than enough challenges in daily life coming up to deal with. Another reason for why I also want to take this word for me, is that I am really have to force me to take some more ART challenges such as attend classes (just started my heidi BPS class) and create more layouts.
And thank you so much for beeing you Ali! Aou are really wonderful and talented. Everytime you update your blog I get a boost of creativeness and inspiration, no matter what you talk about.

Ali, Thanks for the inspiration. My word is CHANGE. FOr so many reasons this word is right for me this year.
Tammy

REMINISCE
I do that A LOT!!!

JOY resonated with me immediately as my word for the year, but then when I went to look it up, BLISS jumped out at me. So I'm going to go with a phrase...
Seeking Bliss, Embracing Joy.
I know you'll say, "it is okay." :-)

After thinking about it for a few days, I am choosing Blessings for my word. How I can be a blessing to others and enjoy the many blessings I already have. Thanks for the challenge!

Ali, I come to this blog everyday for inspiration and a reminder that the everyday moments, the ones that we let slip by without much notice, are true and real and worth documenting. My word for this year is GRATITUDE...gratitude for those everyday moments, for the ordinary that is truly extraordinary!

Commitment. to myself, my husband, my children, my art, my words.
WORD!