30 Day Challenge Day 2

Day 2 – 30 Day Challenge

Where you’d like to be in 10 years 

In 10 years i'd like to be a successful business owner, of Love, Laugh, Dance & Play Daycare and Community Center. I would like to have made an impact on my community and the people in it! I would like to have 3 very happy children, a happy husband and be happy myself! 

I would like to be financially stable to go on vacations to wherever I want and be able to visit my family and friends in Virginia more often! In 10 years I hope to have degree's in Education, Psychology and Business.

In 10 years I just want to be happy, I want to be doing what I love, and loving what I do! OOO and I want to own a house :)  

30 Day Challenge Day 1

Day 1 -30 Day Challenge

Your current relationship. If single, discuss being single.

My Current relationship status is Married, I am married to a wonderful man who completes our lives and works very hard. My Husbands name is, Cedric Coleman, He is a Flight Paramedic with Black Hills Life Flight, he also works as a substitute for the Bennett County Schools, and works as a Paramedic at Bennett County Hospital! He loves to cook (Which is the main reason I married him!) Just kidding but it was one of my top 10 things i needed in a husband! LOL 

He is an awesome Father, wonderful Husband and overall really great guy :) 

We like to photograph together, travel, talk about plans and dreams for our futures and our childrens' futures. He has taught me many things in life, and like all couples we have had our struggles and continue to have small struggles but we are made stronger from them. 

30 Days About Me

I have been wanting to do this for quite a while now.... I really hope I stick with these for two months! Now look I am already 3 days behind I better start writing :)  

Starting December 1st, I will be answering each of the following prompts so please check back every day for my latest ramblings. I got this Blog Idea from : http://imamomtoo.wordpress.com  who got it from http://randomosityblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/30dayblogchallenge.jpg

Day 1 – Your Current Relationship. If Single, discuss bring single.

Day 2 – Where you'd like to be in 10 years

Day 3 – Your Top 5 Pet Peeves

Day 4 – Your Views on religion

Day 5 – Your Favorite comfort foods and why

Day 6 – Your zodiac sign and if you think it fits your personality

Day 7 –Your favorite childhood toys

Day 8 – A moment you felt the most satisfied with your life

Day 9 – If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?

Day 10 – Your guilty pleasure (or pleasures)

Day 11 – Put your iPod on shuffle and write the first 10 songs that pop up 

Day 12 – Bullet your whole day

Day 13 – Somewhere you’d like to move or visit

Day 14 – Your earliest memory

Day 15 – Write 15 interesting facts about yourself

Day 16 – Your views on mainstream music

Day 17 – Your highs and lows of this past year 

Day 18 – A book you could read over and over again and never get sick of 

Day 19 – Your biggest regret in life

Day 20 – How important you think education is

Day 21 – One of your favourite TV shows

Day 22 – How have you changed in the past 2 years

Day 23 – Post 5 pictures of famous people you find attractive

Day 24 – Your favourite movie and what it is about

Day 25 – Someone who fascinates you and why

Day 26 – If you had a million $ to spend, how would you spend it?

Day 27 – A problem you have or have had in the past

Day 28 – Something that you miss

Day 29 – List 10 people, dead or alive, you would invite to dinner.  Include the dinner menu.

Day 30 – Your goals for the next 30 days

Another “30 Days About Me” blog challenge, this one prompted by A Daily Dose of Toni. Starting January  1st, I will be answering each of the following prompts so please check back every day for my latest ramblings:http://juststopscreaming.com/2011/07/30-days-about-me-starts-tomorrow-august-2

Day 1 – Favourite Song

Day 2- Favourite Movie

Day 3- Favourite Television Show

Day 4- Favourite Book

Day 5- Favourite Quote

Day 6- Most Treasured Item

Day 7- A Photo That Makes You Happy

Day 8- Something You Hate

Day 9- Something That Makes Your Life Easier

Day 10- A Photo Taken Over 10 Years Ago of You & A Current One

Day 11- Favourite Band/Artist 

Day 12- Something you are obsessive about

Day 13- Something or someone that has had a huge impact on your life

Day 14- Somewhere You’d Love to Travel

Day 15- Describe Your Dream Home or show us a picture

Day 16- Who Do You Do the Most Crazy Things With OR What is the Most Crazy Thing You’ve Done?  

Day 17- Your Biggest Insecurity & Something About Yourself You Are Proud Of

Day 18- Wedding Talk 

Day 19- A talent/hobby of yours

Day 20- Something you wished you could forget

Day 21- A recipe you love

Day 22- Some of Your Favourite Websites

Day 23- Something you love to watch on youtube

Day 24- Where Do You Live?

Day 25- Who is/are your best friends?

Day 26- Favourite clothing store

Day 27- Worst Habit

Day 28- What’s in your purse, backpack or computer bag?

Day 29- Who has gotten you through the most?

Good News and doings :)

So today, is supposed to be a day of rest.... I did a lot of cleaning and getting ready for daycare tomorrow morning! I cooked dinner which will serve as lunch tomorrow as well :) I sure love being a stay at home mom/business woman!!!!

Today I talked with another fellow business owner who gave me many more great ideas and venues to look at! I am so very excited about everything!!!! Today I worked a little on possible floor plans and places for the Daycare and Community Center! I thought about how life would be if i acheived all my goals with this project!!!! I imagine my life in the future and truly beleive that I will love it just as much as I love it now!!!!!

A little about me: My name is Deanna Coleman. My maiden name was Deanna Smith! I grew up and graduated from Bennett County, Martin, South Dakota in 2003! I taught dance here in my high school years and after. I attended Black Hills State University with intentions of becoming a High School Counselor and was on the Dance team there. I then moved home and attended Oglala Lakota College for Psychology. I worked with Bennett County Extension office and 4-H for about 6 months before moving to Charlottesville VA as a Nanny! There I met my now Husband, Cedric Coleman. We lived in Lynchburg, VA and had our first daughter Brooklyn in 2006. I worked at Old Dominion Job Corps Center from 2005 to 2008 as a residential advisor! In 2008 I got a job as a HUC (Health Unit Coordinator) at Lynchburg General Hospital where I worked until we moved back home to Martin! We had our son Easton in 2010 and Azylen in 2012! I have had an in home daycare since May 2011, here in Martin and really enjoy being part of these childrens lives!!! The added plus to loving my job is I also get to spend everyday with my children :)

I have observed the past year and a half the lack of jobs here in Martin, the amount of people struggling to make a living, and even find childcare.... Every home daycare in Martin is either completely full or over full, The newer families are either not able to work because there is NO daycare openings OR they are not able to pay for daycare. It would be really nice to have more young people staying in our community and more things to do for younger adults as well as older adults! :)  I am so excited to begin this adventure!!!!!

Asking for Donations.....

How do you ask for Donations for something you've dreamed about for forever?!?!?! How do you Accept Help from someone you don't know? Many things have been going through my head the last week.... How am I going to do this? Where is the money going to come from to build my business from the ground up?!?!?!?


So here Goes: I am asking for any Donations.... ANy Ideas on Funding from you! I have outlined in an earlier post what I am working on doing for the Martin Community! I have a dream and I'm going to achieve it! My goal is to achieve it within ONE YEAR!

I have started planning on two fundraisers for the coming year:

• A Block Party and 
• A Formal Gala or in other words (Adult Prom) 

I will be looking into grants, and also will look into Loans.... But i need to raise the majority of the funds by myself with your help.... Please help me built the very needed and wanted Daycare Community Center here in Martin SD. 

Any Donations can be sent to:

Deanna Coleman

PO Box 314

Martin SD 57551

Love, Laugh, Dance & Play Daycare..... :) Its a dream..... It will happen :) 

Christmas Ornament Craft

So I was looking on Pinterest which seems to be one of my NEWEST favorite websites and was specifically looking for something the kids could make as a christmas present for their parents!

I found this on: http://forums.canadianbride.com/Topic807804-15-1.aspx  It is a Handprint Christmas Santa Ornament! I am SO EXCITED to try this with the kids :) Last year we made Construction Paper Reindeers! Those were pretty adorable too, but mine got torn in a spot and they didn't last long :(

Check out the website for how to make it for your daycare or even for your family :) I hope you're doing great!!!!

Ideas on Funding my Future Daycare Center

I have owned and operated my very own Home Daycare since May 2, 2011. I absolutely LOVE what I do. I have been filled to capacity for over 6 months now and there is such a huge need here in the Martin, South Dakota Community. I am looking to start the only Daycare Center here in Martin. I would like to have it be a Daycare Center and a Community Center. The location is negotiable but I would love to be on Main Street or Hwy 18! My biggest issue is funding.

The Daycare Community Center would include:

A Fully Staffed Daycare Center for Infants to 5 years old.
An Indoor PLayground for Daycare and community use. (Mommy & me PLaydates, and winter fun)
An Outdoor Playground for Daycare use.
A community Room.
A Dance Studio (This would be used for Daycare and dance classes which are not currently offered in Martin)

I know Martin is a small community and funding to start and keep this going would be hard in the first few years.... But I have dreams and I feel like our community NEEDS all of this :) I grew up here and LOVED to dance, I taught the Millennium Dance Team in 1999-2003 and again in 2011/2012. I also had my own dance group in high school and went on to teach a jr. high-12th dance team after graduating from Bennett County. I then taught dance in 2005-2008 while working for Job Corps in Virginia.

The Community Room would be used for VERY many different things.... I thought if this room was not used as much as it needed since there are like 4 different places in Martin with community rooms that I would turn it into another Daycare room....

The Indoor PLayground is something I utilized with my own children in Virginia... Its great, Since winters are so cold and so long here in South Dakota I thought it would be awesome to have the FIRST indoor playground in Martin, this would be used for Daycare, Mommy & Me PLaydates, Birthday Parties, ect.... It would be open to the community as long as everyone was respectful of the rules.

I would offer jobs to the community something that this community NEEDS! It would eventually add about 25 new jobs for Martin South Dakota community! I would also make hours available to people in College and working at the BC Hospital and Nursing Home.... The hours would be from 5:30 am till 8:30pm..... That is when I get staffed and started :)

I"m looking at quite a steep price but I figured I would try to see if anyone else would like to help me support my dreams for this community?!?!?!


I need to Purchase

Land:
Building:
Toys/equipment:
among many other Start up and maintaining costs..... I have so many ideas and thoughts.... Just looking to find ways to fund it.... If you think you have any ideas or would like to donate please let me know :) Thank you
Deanna Coleman
Love, Laugh, Dance & Play Daycare,
Mommy & Me Playdates