Some details & Updates

I've added a few little items to make it more friendly looking here. I've also added a couple notes on the right side to keep us up to date. I hope to have a few challenge set up in the very near future for us to all participate in. Some photo challenges, maybe a written challenge, a physical challenge, perhaps cooking challenges. Just some options, perhaps enough that people will find something that strikes their fancy. I've already got a couple July photo challenges to go through & see what would work best. I am also looking throwing together a cooking challenge & perhaps a home challenge. Might even put together a challenge on spending money, well not exactly spending as much as creatively using as lil as possible?! lol 

I've eliminated the calendar { as that took a lot of time for me to throw together } and opt'd for an "important dates" section, that's what we would find useful anyway right? Perhaps the greeting card challenge will be part of the Friend Challenge? Anyone have any ideas? I've got some other ideas to share with you, perhaps another time.

    ~D

New Sister Blog!

So, I just wanted to make note that our very on Miss Val has indeed started herself her own blog! Check it out! Show her some support! :D

Mama Duck Quacks

I've added a link { down at the bottom of this page.. } to our members blogs, so if you want to see anyone else' blog, please check them out!

Later tonight, I will be adding more content here, more updates & challenges. Plus a new proposal for a special little something!

March Madness! { CL Style! }

To kick off March Madness, I thought I'd start off with some links & information on some of the different things we enjoy getting better about! Check em out, do you do any of this already? Anything you may try? Or perhaps something hasn't worked for you, let us all know.

These links below all come from Woman's Day, I think you'll find some of them surprising!

•     How to Wake Up with More Energy    
    Tips in this article:
     - Try a different wake up call
     - Move your alarm clock
     - Work the temperature where you sleep

•     How to Destress    
    Tips in this article:
     - Oranges!
     - Stretch!
     - Hug yourself!
     - Find the Sun!
     - Laugh!
     - Mantra!
     - Sing!
     - Mental Vacay!
     - Shoulder Stretch!

•     10 Metabolism-Boosting Tricks You Never Knew    
    Tips in this article:
     - Keep calories ABOVE 1,200 daily
     - Pump Iron
     - Keep Moving
     - Eat Seaweed
     - Dress Salads with Vinaigrette
     - Go Fish
     - Switch it up
     - Got Milk?!
     - Watermelon

So after checking out the articles above, I've decided we should probably do some sort of figuring out who we are & what we really want. That way we can prioritize and refocus on what's important now. Please check out the above articles, the "Tips" as I've called them are really just slides, so the articles aren't very long at all. Check them out, see if anything sounds like something you'd to perhaps work on for yourself and make a list of what stands out the most. I'll be back later in the day to see what everyone has to say and we'll go from there! Love to all of you! Have a wonderful day!

~D

Secret Santa Success!

So, I know it was a little rough this go-round. We all had some stuff going on. Mailing issues and what have you.. but after checking everything out and seeing how people have reacted to all their goodies.. I think we can call our official A.S.S. a grand success!

I think we all had a blast with it, the shopping will get easier, the mailing will become easier. Maybe we've all learned little things, like sending from Canada into the States is a lot of trouble, perhaps Amazon is the way to go! LOL Also, shipping from the States to Canada was less of an issue, but having to write out every single item that was in the box, estimate it's value, estimate it's weight, use multiple forms to get it all listed.. I mean and on and on! LOL.. it was all good fun though. I am glad we all got to have that spark of excitement when we got the mail.

I don't know about you girls, but I had a blast! I am wondering if doing a simple themed Card exchange would be fun? Your thoughts? Maybe on a NON-holiday time dealie.. we can figure out some other type of exchange. COOKIES! lol Or.. Candy! LOL.. whatever.. I know that's sorta crazy, but it's just a thought. Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts on how this all went. Perhaps what you learned or what you'd do differently next time.

Thank you girls for giving me something to look forward to this season, I don't typically enjoy this time of the year, so this has been truly wonderful for me. Thank you all so much! Love you all!

<3
~D

Project A.S.S. Details

Good Morning Ladies I am here to send a reminder about the Association of Secret Santa's aka A.S.S. I have got a few questions I wanted to address to everyone so that maybe they can help things go a little smoother. The first rule of A.S.S Club is... Sorry could not resist.
1. DEADLINE DATE???? yes we have that too, Nov 30 you can mail now if you have it ready. We are aiming for Nov 30 in hopes to beat the Christmas rush on mail an dto make sure we get delivered to our lovley ladies we were A.S.S.igned .

2. What about an address? Well that one is a bit tricky as we have a lady our sweet Kelly in Canada, so automatically when you get a package form Canada it is going to be Kelly. Unless one of our ladies just for kicks went to Visit Kelly and mailed her package to confuse someone :). So a Address? WILL NOT make a difference or ruin the Secret Santa the Inside of the package is still secret. so if you feel the need to put your name and address on the package it is no big deal, I will be putting my address on my ladies, just to ensure it's arrival or return in case.

Also Fed ex is shipping back to normal which means UPS and U.S.P.S should be after the wake of Sandy.

3. This is going to be the hardest part for you ladies when you receive your box do not open the contents. you have to wait closer to Christmas. We were aiming to open them Christmas day, but... I think everyone will be busy that day and the eve with activities of their own. So I will place a poll for a Secret Santa Date we can all vote on to open and Share our goodies with Pictures.

4. Enjoy Enjoy Enjoy. and then Smile because every one here this is Conquer life's first Secret Santa and every one participated.

Please don't forget to vote!

Ok ladies, you've got a little time left, please cast your vote for names on the right hand side. I know some of you already have,thanks! This is for those of you that haven't had the chance yet!

Additionally, I will be going back to FB and getting Lisa's instructions on A.S.S. and posting them here to make finding them easier. As the group tends to participate and it can become difficult to locate information.

If you've any ideas please let me know!

In the spirit of the season!

Just wanted to embrace the season & switch up our look! Lemme know what you think of the Fall themed site. I will attempt to keep up with that and will switch the closer it gets to Christmas. Also, please let me know, via group if not here, if you are having issues commenting or posting. I've set it to allow members to post. Which means you need to be logged in. But, you should be able to still post. Also, if you plan on making a post and it won't let you, please let me know that too, I might have to tweak the settings for the Authors.

Have a great day!

Santa's Little Helper

Ok my lovely ladies!

I would like to ask you to please do 2 things for me.

First:
Please create a list of small items that you'd like to get for Christmas. Not necessarily for the A.S.S... but I'm sure it would help your Secret Santa make their task a little bit easier.

Ex:

• Votive Candles
• Tea
• Stickers

Second:
Please create another list, a list of 15-20 { or up } of words that make you feel good, or inspire you, or otherwise give you a positive feeling.

Ex:

• Serenity
• Peace
• Success

Growing our site..

Not exactly growing, but I figured, via Blogger, we can have only 10 independent pages. Since we are already pretty close to that, I am going to hijack another of my old blogs that I never REALLY spent a lot of time working on. But it's a shame since it fits right in with what we are doing here on CL. The site I am going to "join" us up with is called XoXo Cupcakes.. surprisingly has quite little to do with cupcakes. It was more along the times of Beauty, Organization, DIY projects. At least that was the intent of it. So, since we do much of that here at CL, I figured we'd have a softer side too. Give us a 2nd place to post whatever we find suits our needs.

I'm not trying to make it more complicated, I just want to make it easier for us to locate what we are looking for. So.. I'll have a direct link over to XoXo and I'll have one there to link right back here, you'll never have to worry about getting back to either site, it will all just link up. Let me know what you think.

Also, feel free to join there & if you want to be able to post to that blog, just let me know I'll go ahead and add you as an author.

:D

Fitocracy

So, random update..

I just joined Fitocracy. I tried SocialWorkout, found it to be cumbersome & counter intuitive. So, since I know some of you already use Fitocracy, I thought I'd give it a shot. I like how you can pick your items from a list to add them to your workout. It's all brand new to me, so if anyone has tips or advice, please do share!

PS.. How do I find you on Fitocracy? I found Lisa.. LOL, but that's all.

Have fun with it!!

Ok Ladies!

I've sent the emails out to you to invite you to be authors. Check your inbox! Also, check out the inspiration page for a couple goodies!

<3

Join The Group

On the left side of the page, you'll see a Members section, below that is a button that says "Join this site" please click that and sign up. It will keep us all connected and allow you to post and such. I believe it also allows you to send messages to one another.

Thanks ladies!

Welcome!

Coming Soon..! We are going to have our very own page! To help make finding things even easier! Also, to keep us connected to our goals & make tracking everything better. This is meant as a supplement to our Facebook group. You girls are absolutely the BEST & I want for us to continue to have the BEST experience with Conquer Life! We'll keep our FB group for our private discussions & photos and use this site primarily for the Events & Projects so they don't flood over everything else we've posted on the group!