Sunday, January 31, 2010

Sunday, January 31, 2010 - This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and a giveaway!


On Sunday's, 'Today's Moment of Inspiration' becomes the weekly 'Moment of Gratitude'. While I do still live in Gratitude each and everyday, I decided to change this feature to a weekly to allow a full week of Inspirational messages and focused breathing meditations.

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For a very relaxing weekend!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - I'm also grateful for Ascending Butterfly's wonderful readers and sponsors! A special thanks this week to Pur Minerals who gave us the opportunity of sharing their amazing starter kit with not just one, but FIVE winners/readers!

What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and Great giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! We will be offering multiple giveaways all throughout 2010! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE!

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and a direct link to purchase it:


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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will have no way of informing you if you win, and we will have to select another winner. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Winner Announcement - 2 Giveaways, 6 Winners!


Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ- We have SIX winners to Congratulate today!

Progresso High Fiber Soup Prize Pack Giveaway Winner (1):

Congratulations to *'Cheryl F. {@TheLuckyLadybug}', the winner of Ascending Butterfly's Progresso High Fiber Soup Prize Pack Giveaway! Join us in congratulating our winner. We would like to thank our sponsor Progresso (Via My Blog Spark) we look forward to working with you again soon!

Pür Perfection Starter Kit Giveaway Winners (5):

Congratulations to * 'Bonnie M', 'Nina', 'Ellie', 'Judy G' and 'Happy Enchilada' the 5 winners of Ascending Butterfly's Pür Perfection Starter Kits Giveaway! Join us in congratulating our winners. We would like to thank our sponsor Pür for offering us the opportunity to share this giveaway with not just one, but FIVE winners! We look forward to working with you again soon!

Thank You for choosing to spend a part of your day with Ascending Butterfly; and Remember to enter our active giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page!

--Ascending Butterfly's Editorial Team

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*We post our winner's username/comment name instead of full name.

Friday, January 29, 2010

Friday, January 29, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration and Great Giveaways!


What a Turnout!

I want to thank our readers for the tremendous response to our latest giveaways! We had just under 500 entries for the Pur Mineral Makeup! WOW! All our winners have been notified for both the Progresso Giveaway and the Pur Mineral Makeup Starter Kit giveaway, as soon as all winners confirm we will post a winners list here on the homepage as well as the respective giveaway pages. Thanks also to our wonderful sponsors!

It has been a great start to 2010 with more wonderful surprises to come!

It has been an exhausting week in butterfly land, so the focus of this inspiration and this weekend is pure and total R & R. I wish you a weekend of soul renewing pampering and relaxation.

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I leave the demands and stress of this work week behind and allow this weekend to flow in relaxation and renewal!'

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

ENDING TODAY: Get in your entries ASAP for the Giveaway ending today! Enter to win 1 of 10 Cottonelle gift baskets HERE!
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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

Are you getting the dreaded 'Your Entry Can't Be Processed' message when leaving an entry or comment? Before hitting enter, highlight your comment and COPY it. If you get that message after hitting enter and your comment is still there, just ignore the message and hit enter again, then you will get a screen with a captcha code, enter the captcha code submit and VOILA. If after you hit the submit button the first time, you get the dreaded message and the comment 'disappeared' no worries, that's why I asked you to copy it in the first step. Paste it back in and submit again. This has worked for me when comment boxes have glitched on me, and I hope it helps you too!

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Thursday, January 28, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration, more hope for Haiti, and Great Giveaways!



We temporarily interrupt your daily words of inspiration for a good cause! Our friends at The Sak and Elliott Lucca have joined forces with a great cause to help the people of Haiti. It’s Easy! Simply donate to Doctors Without Borders, between 1/27/10 and 2/10/10, and email your receipt from your donation to customerservice@shop.thesak.com and an email will be sent to you on 2/11 with your 25% off discount code.

The Sak & Elliott Lucca support Doctors Without Borders and their Haiti relief efforts. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe. There is a page on their website that focuses on the relief efforts in Haiti, it's called 'Haiti Earthquake 2010' you can get there by pressing HERE. (Don't forget to come back here for your daily words of inspiration!).

When you get your discount code, I would highly suggest using it on one of the sakroots artist circle bags, these bags are helping to support The Nature Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees Campaign. These bags are eco-friendly, stylish and also help support a good cause! This is a win/win all around, and the true meaning of 'power shopping'.

It is truly inspiring to see the many ways the nation has come together to help the people of Haiti at this time. And remember it is the efforts of each individual that has been combined to make the whole, one person does matter, no gift is too small!

Let's let the power we each contain within us be what we use to inspire us today. Realize just how important and powerful you are!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'In day to day living and giving I make powerful choices. I am a powerful person. My efforts count'.

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

ENDING TODAY: Get in your entries ASAP for the Giveaways ending today! 1) Progresso High Fiber Soup Prize Pack Review And Giveaway! Enter HERE and 2) Pür Perfection Starter Kit Review and Giveaway - (There will be 5 WINNERS!) Enter HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

Are you getting the dreaded 'Your Entry Can't Be Processed' message when leaving an entry or comment? Before hitting enter, highlight your comment and COPY it. If you get that message after hitting enter and your comment is still there, just ignore the message and hit enter again, then you will get a screen with a captcha code, enter the captcha code submit and VOILA. If after you hit the submit button the first time, you get the dreaded message and the comment 'disappeared' no worries, that's why I asked you to copy it in the first step. Paste it back in and submit again. This has worked for me when comment boxes have glitched on me, and I hope it helps you too!

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration, a review, and Great Giveaways!




Are You Evenly Gorgeous?

Ascending Butterfly loves to explore ways to make you beautiful from the inside out. We love to help you live your best life. Our daily words of inspiration are meant for you to take a moment to make the hustle and bustle of your daily life with it's ever increasing demands STOP for a moment, we like to help you center yourself.

Do you find the most peace in the shower or bath? I know I do! Many people use 'tub time' as a meditation of sorts. They visualize problems being scrubbed clean and washing away down the drain. I think that is an excellent idea!

Another way to help maximize your meditative 'tub time therapy' is to use aromatherapy. Scents can trigger all kinds of emotional responses due to the memories they conjure up!

Do you want to make your skin evenly gorgeous, AND have a transformative 'scent' experience? Of course you do! With burnt brown sugar and karite butter, Caress Evenly Gorgeous Body Wash and Beauty Bar gently exfoliate and moisturize to reveal sensually smooth skin. It will help make your outside feel as beautiful as you feel on the inside! The scent is amazing! I have probably tried every shower gel and scrub out there and have to say this one is my absolute favorite! The exofoliation is gentle,  it's not rough at all. (I tend to favor Caress Body Washes and another personal pick includes Caress Brazilian, Moroccan, and Japanese Exotic Oil Infusions Body Washes!)

I have been using Evenly Gorgeous now for over one month and my skin is certainly much smoother, and I love the scent, and it seems many celebs also site this as their favorite body wash (including Kim Kardashian and Wendy Williams! <--Hey Wendy, 'How You Doin'?) and I can see why!

And you know I love that I can stock up on it at a great price here:



Now let's swing back to the 'inside', internally speaking, being 'evenly gorgeous' means being centered! Take some time away from your ever increasing list of 'have-to's' and give yourself a moment of 'want to's', you deserve it!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I take the time I need to feel evenly gorgeous from the inside out!'.

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

Are you getting the dreaded 'Your Entry Can't Be Processed' message when leaving an entry? Before hitting enter, highlight your comment and COPY it. If you get that message after hitting enter and your comment is still there, just ignore the message and hit enter again, then you will get a screen with a captcha code, enter the captcha code submit and VOILA. If after you hit the submit button the first time, you get the dreaded message and the comment 'disappeared' no worries, that's why I asked you to copy it in the first step. Paste it back in and submit again. This has worked for me when comment boxes have glitched on me, and I hope it helps you too!

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration and Great Giveaways!



Know your Don'ts

We all mostly think we have a handle on knowing exactly what we want. But do we? And we are all mostly sure we know what we don't want, yet patterns, habits, and the same type of people continue to emerge AND repeat in our lives.

It is just as important to identify what you don't want for yourself, and what you absolutely will not accept in your life. Knowing your don'ts means you won't allow the same type of person in your life. You know the one. The friend who always seems to want something, but disappears in YOUR time of need. The guy who cheats, the guy who is physically or emotionally abusive. Men, do you attract women who keep using you?

Know your 'DON'T'S'. Knowing what you won't accept under any circumstances allows you to take a firm stance on the people, situations and even patterns of behavior that no longer serve your highest good.

Your Don'ts may not all be external sources such as other people, some can be patterns of behavior you yourself are exhibiting. Are you listless, restless, tired or depressed? Are YOU contributing to that feeling, are you going to bed late, are you drinking or eating things that are causing you harm both in the immediate and the long term?

Knowing your Don'ts will help you create the life filled with 'want's' and 'joys' that you deserve!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I now know what I don't want for myself and I won't accept people, situations or patterns of my own behavior that no longer serve my highest good!' (Visualize what your life would feel like without all those 'don'ts')

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

Are you getting the dreaded 'Your Entry Can't Be Processed' message when leaving an entry? Before hitting enter, highlight your comment and COPY it. If you get that message after hitting enter and your comment is still there, just ignore the message and hit enter again, then you will get a screen with a captcha code, enter the captcha code submit and VOILA. If after you hit the submit button the first time, you get the dreaded message and the comment 'disappeared' no worries, that's why I asked you to copy it in the first step. Paste it back in and submit again. This has worked for me when comment boxes have glitched on me, and I hope it helps you too!

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Monday, January 25, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration and Great Giveaways!



Mind Over Matter

The first month of not only a new year, but a new decade is quickly coming to an end. How are you doing with your New Year's Resolutions? Have you been keeping them?

Don't abandon ship! This year's resolutions/goals are the most important you've ever made! They will set the tone of not only this year, but this decade!

Keeping Them:

1) Identify WHY you have made this resolution. - Is it because you want to, or you feel you HAVE to? Is it to impress everyone else or to better yourself? - Once you have identified the true WHY, you can make the HOW happen!

2) Get a Buddy! - Enlisting the help of a friend will help you stay on track! That friend doesn't have to have the same resolution as you, they just need to support you and want you to achieve your best. Pick the most straight shooter you know, the friend who tells it like it is!

3) Break it down - Break your goal down into bits and give yourself a deadline to accomplish them. Tackling your goals in phases will make you way more likely to make it to the finish line!

Do you need help getting to the finish line with your goals? Don't let them disappear, share them. Post them here, or the NING group, or just like the popular T.V. Game show, 'phone a friend'.

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I will not lose sight of my goals/dreams/desires and resolutions for 2010, I know that if I can conceive it, I can AND will achieve it!'

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Sunday, January 24, 2010 - This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and great giveaways!





On Sunday's, 'Today's Moment of Inspiration' becomes the weekly 'Moment of Gratitude'. While I do still live in Gratitude each and everyday, I decided to change this feature to a weekly to allow a full week of Inspirational messages and focused breathing meditations. New Year/New Gratitude! I can't wait for all the new opportunities that 2010 will present to me to be grateful for!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For an opportunity that this week presented to me to remind me of just how strong I really am!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - For watching the nation come together to help the people of Haiti, it was a call to action and everyone rose to the occassion!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - I'm also grateful for Ascending Butterfly's wonderful readers and sponsors! Thank you for sharing a part of your day with me!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - I also wanted to add my gratitude for a wonderful mention we received today from UK Blogger Jacqui Jones' blog, Uplift Antidote, you can read  her top 10 list called '10 blogs I like' by pressing HERE - It is quite a shortlist,  and we are humbled to be included!

What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and Great giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! We will be offering multiple giveaways all throughout 2010! It's just our way of saying Thank You! for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE!

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and a direct link to purchase it:



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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will have no way of informing you if you win, and we will have to select another winner. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Saturday, January 23, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration and great giveaways!



Spin to Support Save the Children (and you will get a chance to win a Frigidaire Affinity Washer and Dryer)!

I have been sending out Tweets about this for the past few days and then remembered I hadn't posted it here yet! Frigidaire and Jennifer Garner are teaming up to support Save the Children’s U.S. Programs, dedicated to helping children living in poverty in the United States. We should all continue to participate in ways to help the people of Haiti, but let's not turn a blind eye to the children of the United States who are living in poverty, and suffering from hunger.

Their new Spin & Win game gives you the opportunity to win gift cards for spending quality time with your children, whether it’s curling up with some new books, starting a craft project or having a family movie night. They’re giving away a prize every day! Plus, you could also win a brand-new Frigidaire Affinity washer and dryer, with time-saving features that give you more time for the important things in life. (My washer is on it's last legs, so you can count that I will be making sure I spin daily!)

The best part is that every time you play, Frigidaire will donate $1 to Save the Children, as part of their $250,000 commitment to support Save the Children’s CHANGE program, dedicated to providing nutritious snacks and promoting healthier lifestyles for children living in poverty in the United States.

Visit http://www.maketimeforchange.com/ to participate. You can play every day through April 26, 2010!  (Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous U.S. & D.C., 21 or older. Void in AK, HI and where prohibited.)

Remember, with every spin Frigidaire will donate $1 to Save the Children, so even if you don't want or need any of the prizes, please participate to help the children!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I find new ways to give and share daily, keeping my spirit open to the generosity and abundance of the Universe'

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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This is not a paid insertion, all opinions expressed are my own, and I did NOT receive any compensation for alerting readers of Frigidaire's giveaway and Save the Children initiative. (however if Frigidaire would like to send me an Affinity Washer and Dryer for an honest review I would certainly be open to the idea!) :-)

Friday, January 22, 2010

Progresso High Fiber Soup Prize Pack Review And Giveaway!

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This giveaway is now CLOSED. Thanks so much to our wonderful sponsor Progresso, (via MyBlogSpark), We look forward to working with you again! The winner has been notified and upon confirmation his/her follower name will be posted both here and on our homepage. Remember: There are still some great giveaways active on the upper right hand side of the page!
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Win Some Winter Time Comfort Food!

While I'm a whiz at food for the soul, I'm sometimes not always as careful as I should be when it comes to food for my body! My diet is not as high in fiber as it should be, and I wanted to find ways to remedy that this year.

I'm begining to 'get' the secret, because everytime I ask with purpose, when I am truly 'aligned' to the intention, lately the Universe has really responded! As if someone had read my mind,  I received a box of comfort food that was also good for me in the mail!

Progresso in conjunction with MyBlogSpark™ sent me their new Homestyle Minestrone High Fiber Soup, two bowls and two soup spoons. (I don't know how they knew I accesorize my Kitchen in that same color blue, but not only am I love with the soup, the bowls have become my new favorite!).

The new high fiber soups from Progresso have 28% of your daily serving of fiber! Just what the Doctor ordered. And better still, it tastes GREAT! It is not bland, it is not boring, and I did not feel the need to 'doctor' it, which is what I usually end up doing to food I didn't prepare myself.  Progresso’s High Fiber Soups include the Homestyle Minestrone, Creamy Tomato Basil, Hearty Vegetable and Noodle & Chicken Tuscany. The soups have no MSG and no artificial flavors.


WIN IT! - Ascending Butterfly and our friends at Progresso and My Blog Spark want to help you get more fiber in your diet, the tasty way! One lucky 'Ascending Butterfly' follower will have the chance to win a Progresso High Fiber Soup Prize Pack of their own!

How to Win: (1) You must be a follower of Ascending Butterfly to be eligible for this and all giveaways. Indicate in your entry that you follow (if your 'comment name/user id' differ from your profile id, please let me know what name you follow under) and (2) Post a comment here telling me how you try to incorporate more fiber into your diet. (3) You must also leave your email address somewhere in your comment. (You can format it this way for security, example: ascendingbutterfly AT mail host DOT com). Please follow the easy 1, 2, 3 steps to winning! This giveaway is open to USA residents who are 18 years of age or older.

Please follow directions or you will be disqualified! All comments are moderated, they may not appear on the site right away (comments like "I want this or I want to win" will not be entered). You have from Friday, January 22, 2010 until Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 11:59 PM (EST) to comment and be entered for a chance to win. You will have 48 hours to confirm if we do not hear from you we will be forced to move on to an alternate. (We only notify winners DIRECTLY via email, so if your profile or your comment does not have an email your entry will not be processed)

EXTRA CREDIT:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Blog about this giveaway, linking to this giveaway post. Leave the URL in a comment

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Grab our Button and put it on your Blog. Leave the URL where we can see it in a comment (if you already have our button, just let us know, you will still get extra credit!)

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Follow me @Tracy_Iglesias on Twitter (this is ascendingbutterfly’s editor) and give me your twitter ID in a comment

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Tweet this: Follow and RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly Progresso High Fiber Soup Prize Pack #Giveaways! Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - http://tinyurl.com/yhg6ncj

(Leave a comment with the tweet’s url so you can get a valid entry (click on the time your tweet was sent to get the direct URL and then copy and paste it here). You can Tweet ONCE A DAY. If you Tweet more than that, that entry will be disqualified.)

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Digg this giveaway and leave your digg username in your comment

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Fave this blog on Technorati and leave your Technorati user name in your comment

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Vote for Ascending Butterfly on: Fuel My Blog

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Follow Ascending Butterfly on Facebook HERE

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Follow Ascending Butterfly on Networked Blogs HERE

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Join Ascending Butterfly's Ning Group HERE

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - Subscribe to receive Ascending Butterfly emails using our Feedburner widget on the upper right hand side of the page below the follower thumbnail pictures!

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This is NOT a paid endorsement/insertion. All opinions are expressly my own! Progresso via MyBlogSpark provided me with samples of the new high fiber soup line to review and are providing the prize pack for this giveaway.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Winner Announcement - BedLounger® Giveaway Winner!



Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ -Congratulations to *'Buttons and Bows', the winner of Ascending Butterfly's BedLounger Giveaway. Join us in congratulating our winner. We would like to thank our sponsor The BedLounge®, we look forward to working with you again soon!

Thank You for choosing to spend a part of your day with Ascending Butterfly; and Remember to enter our active giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page!

--Ascending Butterfly's Editorial Team

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*We post our winner's username/comment name instead of full name.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration, a review and great giveaways!




Positive Images of Beauty

When you were little was there someone that looked like you on T.V.? Was there a face or a family that you could relate to?

While there were some positive shows I was allowed to watch as a little kid, I didn't always see images of myself on the screen. (OK with one small exception, I won an art contest in Kindegarten and it landed me a small one time appearance on the television show, Romper Room, if anyone finds that video, please don't post it on You Tube!)

My niece really wanted to see Disney's The Princess and The Frog, and so I thought a trip to the local theatre with her and her BFF, (and of course a big tub of popcorn) was in order! We all greatly enjoyed the movie. I appreciated that it was age appropriate for the girls, but also fun for me! (The movie is a Golden Globe nominee for Best Animated Feature!)

Disney describes the main character, Princess Tiana, (voiced by the amazing Anika Noni Rose) as having a cool quirk: 'Can hold down three jobs and still have time to dream.' - Now that my friends is a 'Princess' of TODAY. This is not the same Princess waiting along for some 'Prince Charming' (no pun intended, no really) to come along and  make her life complete!  This is what I want my niece and all young girls to understand, that you can work hard to achieve your dreams and still enjoy the adventures that life presents to you along the way!

Tiana, is Disney's first African American Princess, and I'm just letting the folks at Disney know that it's time to represent and get us a Latina Princess soon! (I'm inserting a snap my fingers gesture here since you can't see me!) The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Tiana merchandise is outselling other Disney princesses by double-digit percentages! That's right moms, keep Tiana's numbers high! Young girls need to be able to see themselves reflected back to them in positive images! Tiana is the PRINCESS, she is not the side-kick doll and she is no one's roller-skating buddy, she is the star of the show, she is can-do; she is the Princess that should be in the hands of our daughters, nieces etc. We have spent time here discussing how we should be careful and selective with what we watch, and what we hear and how those influences affect us, let's be sure we do the same for our children.

Shortly after taking my niece to see the film (hoping the nice folks at Disney will add Ascending Butterfly to it's screenings list!), I was offered an amazingly timed opportunity! The BlogRollers Media team offered me the chance to sample Carol's Daughter's new line of products for children, The Magical Beauty Collection!




The Magical Beauty Collection:

Beloved for its genuinely natural products, Carol’s Daughter was a natural choice for creating a Princess Tiana-themed hair and body collection. Gentle enough for children and appealing to parents, the fanciful product line delivers the benefits of natural ingredients such as aloe leaf juice, sunflower seed oil, cranberry fruit extract and lemon peel (Notice it's all ingredients you can pronounce!). The Magical Beauty Collection captures Princess Tiana’s unique experience in one universal collection, making every aspiring princess feel like Tiana at bath time. Each product features an inspirational message reflecting the values and lessons that Tiana learns during her journey, making the Magical Beauty Collection a way for girls to connect with Disney’s newest princess.

Now you know how much I love my inspirational messages (so much so that I began this blog to offer words of inspiration daily and how to apply them to your everyday life)! I will say I had a brief pang of jealousy and wanted to keep the collection for myself (hopefully I'll get a chance to host a review and giveaway with Carol's Daughter for some yummy adult bath time treats!), but I'm proud to say that I called my niece and let her know I had a special surprise for her during next sleep over. She came over this weekend and quickly agreed to test the collection, it probably sounded more like 'really? all mine? This is so cool!' (And in my imagination I'm inserting 'You are the best Aunt EVER!' - which of course, I am!)

I wanted to share that my Niece LOVED it, and I think I've created a product snob in training, because she has been dropping hints that she has a birthday coming up! OH! OH! I'm thinking she's going to want the 'A Magical Beauty Gift Set'  which includes:

Shampoo "The Beauty Within" - 8 fl. oz.
Conditioner "Inner Shine" - 8 fl. oz.
Bubble Bath "Sharing Means Caring" - 8 fl. oz.
Loofah

I can officially say that Carol's Daughter's The Magical Beauty Collection, is niece tested, and blogger/Auntie approved! And remember, the products are Pediatrician-tested and Paraben-free!

About Carol's Daughter

In the early 1990’s, Brooklyn native Lisa Price (a.k.a. Carol’s daughter) began experimenting with fragrance, essential oils and natural moisturizers to make gifts for her family and friends. Soon after she packaged her home-spun creations, word spread like wildfire and the demand for her unparalleled hair and body care products led to a highly successful mail-order and web-based business. Within a few years, Carol's Daughter counted celebrities like Jada Pinkett Smith, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, Brad Pitt and Chaka Khan as loyal fans, or as she refers to them, "friends of the family." Nature, family and love are words that resonate for Carol’s Daughter and as business expands, Lisa makes sure that detailed care and attention is given to each product.

It is truly an inspired partnership! Lisa Price has proven that pursuing your passions and combining it with hard work truly reaps dividends!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I inspire the young people in my life and encourage and promote positive images of beauty and self-esteem within them!'

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

ENDING SOON ALERT: Remember readers our BedLounger giveaway (ARV $127) ends TONIGHT at 11:59 EST. Be sure to get in your entries NOW, before it's too late!

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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This is not a paid insertion, all opinions expressed are my own, and I did NOT receive any compensation for this review.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Monday, January 18, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration and great giveaways!



Be A Change Agent!

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Did you know that Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is one of four United States federal holidays to commemorate an individual person? (The other three federal holidays honoring individuals are Washington's Birthday (often called President's Day), Columbus Day, and Christmas.).

King was the chief spokesman for nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement, which successfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. And while he was assassinated in 1968, his legacy lives on.

January 18, 2010 is officially 'The King Day of Service' this year. In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading this effort. Taking place each year on the third Monday in January, the King Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service – a “day on, not a day off.” The King Day of Service empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, addresses social problems, and moves us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.” Learn more about this initative HERE

For those of you that do not have the day off today, you can still be a 'Change Agent' today, just pro-actively decide to do something today to make your neighborhood better, to make your City better, to make your World better! From large scale to individual you can make something better for someone today. Do you have an elderly neighbor who doesn't get out much? Maybe you can add their grocery list to your own, or accompany them on their errands today. Do you have a sick neighbor or co worker who could use some chicken soup? Have you made your donation yet to help those in Haiti?

Hopefully we will all aspire to be 'Change Agents' on a daily basis, but making today the day you begin, couldn't be more profound and couldn't be more perfect!

You can visit Serve.gov to find a volunteer opportunity in your community and for learning more ways to continue to Serve After King Day.

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I aspire to be a 'Change Agent'!'

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010 - This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and great giveaways!



New Year, New Fruit!

On Sunday's, 'Today's Moment of Inspiration' becomes the weekly 'Moment of Gratitude'. While I do still live in Gratitude each and everyday, I decided to change this feature to a weekly to allow a full week of Inspirational messages and focused breathing meditations. New Year/New Gratitude! Can't wait for all the new opportunities that 2010 will present to me to be grateful for!

This week, I am grateful for:

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - We are 17 days into a new month of a New Year of a New decade! and I am grateful for the new opportunities that this year has presented so far and am looking forward to the many opportunities to come! Did you make resolutions? For those of you who did make resolutions, where do you stand? are you keeping them? Do you need motivation? Ascending Butterfly is happy to be your sounding board, you can post here, or you can visit our NING group, we have real-time chat there and you can reach out to fellow members to help you keep your resolutions and act as a sounding board!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - I am grateful for Ascending Butterfly's wonderful sponsors who are helping to ring in this New Year with GREAT giveaways! We have four great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page!

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - I'm also grateful for Ascending Butterfly's wonderful readers. Many readers missed the gratitude feature, and we are happy to say it's back! And thanks to our readers who share their gratitude list here and on the NING group each week!

What are you grateful for today? I'd love for you to write in and share what you are grateful for this week. The more you say it, the more you speak it, and the more you live in gratitude, the more you will find reasons to be grateful for. So join me on this journey of gratitude and inspiration. And you can post here daily (even though my list will be posted weekly).

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field at Twitter:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias This Week's 'Moment of Gratitude' and Great giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! We will be offering multiple giveaways all throughout 2010! It's just our way of saying Thank You! for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE!

For those of you who are interested in keeping a gratitude journal this year, here is my recommendation and a direct link to purchase it:




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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will have no way of informing you if you win, and we will have to select another winner. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Winner Announcement - 6 Custom Notecards from Pretty & Personal Papers!



Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ -Congratulations to Peggy Gorman, the winner of Ascending Butterfly's 6 Custom Notecards from Pretty & Personal Papers Giveaway! We would like to thank our sponsor Pretty & Personal Papers, we look forward to working with you again soon.


Thank You for choosing to spend a part of your day with Ascending Butterfly!

--Ascending Butterfly's Editorial Team


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Friday, January 15, 2010

Friday, January 15, 2010 - Today's Words of Inspiration and great giveaways!



What's so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding?

Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ - At Ascending Butterfly we are all about Peace (especially inner peace), Love and Understanding! I love finding ways to literally 'wear my message', and fashion accessories are a great way to do it!

Introducing the sakroots Artist Circle Weekender, featuring artwork from artists who share in our hope of cultivating peace and harmony...and the best part? They are eco-friendly (The Exterior is 50% recycled Nylon and the interior is made out of 100% Recycled Cotton). And in keeping with our theme of 'shopping with purpose', proceeds go to support The Nature Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees Campaign!




We affirm positive messages everyday, and I love how this bag has words like 'Peace', 'Happy & Free' and 'Nature' written on it.

Nature has a played a very strong role in our threads this week, I hope you have taken some time to get out in  it. This weekender would certainly provide a good reason to indulge your wanderlust, and best still, it's on sale! Originally priced at $99, it is on sale right now for $69.50! And with proceeds going to support The Nature Conservancy's Plant a Billion Trees Campaign, it is virtually 'Guilt-Free Shopping'.

Continue to let Nature speak to you and inspire you this week! I have, and I've really enjoyed what I've been learning!

Use 'Today's Words of Inspiration' as a breathing meditation to still your mind, quiet your thoughts and bring in positive energy. As you inhale bring in only positive energy by saying in your mind, I breathe in positive energy (or you can say creative energy if that is what you wish to create more of) and as you exhale, Affirm out loud today 'I will spend time in Nature this weekend and allow it to both teach and inspire me!'

Spend some time each day enjoying focused breathing AND soul guided meditative visualization, in doing so, you can bring about amazing, profound and powerful changes in your life.

Visualize yourself manifesting something unique, guided by universal forces that emerge spontaneously from within your soul. Do this at least twice today and see how by taking a moment away from the hectic pace and breathing in positive energy and affirming what you wish to create, your thinking will become different.

Remember, attitude really does determine altitude.

It is OK to *Re-Tweet* the link to this post and You can find me (@Tracy_Iglesias) on Twitter here! Twitter love: re*tweet by copying and pasting the following into your update field:

OK to RT: @Tracy_Iglesias #ascendingbutterfly - Today's Words of #Inspiration and Great #Giveaways! - http://tiny.cc/n4Thx

Make this your best day ever, Bless and Be Blessed!

Don't forget to enter the great giveaways on the upper right hand side of the page! It's just our way of saying Thank You for choosing to spend part of your day with us. We are really happy you landed HERE! Don't forget to use the share button below any inspiration to stumble, digg, tweet or share with your friends on facebook and twitter! And if you want to share inspiration with other members, Ascending Butterfly has a NING group with real time chat HERE

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NOTE: Readers have asked us to make entering the contests and giveaways, faster and easier. Your wish is our command! We have moved our 'Today's Butterfly - Featured Site(s) of the day, which is where we host our giveaways, to the upper right hand side of the page. It will be located here from now on to make entering the giveaways faster and easier. Keep the suggestions coming, remember we also have a NING group with real time chat, you can give us your comments and suggestions in REAL time, how cool is that?

NOTE 2: Twitter followers: please remember you must also follow Ascending Butterfly using Google friends connect on the upper right hand side of the page for your entries to be processed. And remember if your profile does not have an email and you don't leave your email in your entry, we will not accept your entry. Make sure your entry or your profile have your email address!

Just a helpful Reminder: How to Follow Using Google Friends Connect:

Please look to the upper right hand side, where the follower pictures are. (Note the number of followers before you start this process)

1) press the follow button - the google pop up wizard will open, this is not an ad and your pop up blocker will not block it

2) tick the option that reads 'follow this blog publicly' once that button is selected, hit follow again - it should now read 'you are now following'

3) if the follower count went up you know you did it succesfully, if your profile has a picture, that picture will be the first one on the left side. If your profile doesn't have one, it should still be searchable on the members list. (Remember, following a blog, does NOT subscribe you to receive emails, you have to subscribe separately to do that, you will not receive emails for following)

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