I Choose Change

While I try to decide what I'm going to do with this blog (and my others), I figure I can keep posting here and there.  I have a renewed goal to lose weight...here is what I posted on my sparkpeople blog just now:


I'm starting over (which seems to happen more often than not), but this time it's a new start in a lot of ways.  My life has changed in ways I never expected over the last year or so.  I can either change with it or wallow in wishing...I choose to change.


My new years resolutions have always included weight loss in some form or fashion, but with no real motivating factor, other than to look and feel better.  Well, this time I have a real, tangible goal.  I turn 40 this year and for my birthday present to myself, I'm going on a cruise.  My birthday is in June, but the trip will be planned for spring break 2013 (after discussion with a friend who I would love to have go with me, this seems the best time).  It gives me just over a year as well to make significant, visible changes.

In the meantime, I'm also working on some internal changes too.  There is a quote I heard at a workshop I attended not to long ago that said "The more one studies the life of the Savior, the more like the Savior one becomes."  I want to be that one.  I want to study and become more like Christlike.

I have many many projects, but these two top the list...any others are supplemental to these.

And btw, if you have any suggestions for what to do with this blog....let me know.  I would love some guidance!

LDW Blog Post

Here is my post this week....enjoy.

Music

Happily Ever After

Sunday Stealing

1. Song that always makes you sad? 

just one? there are many songs that make me sad....Concrete Angel by Martina McBride comes to mind first, though

2. Last thing you bought?

a set of pens for marking my scriptures

3. Last person you argued with? 

my son

4. Do you put butter before putting the peanut butter on? 

yes

5. One of your stuffed animals’ names as a kid? 

uni...it was a stuffed unicorn

6. Did you ever at one time own a Barenaked Ladies CD? 

um...no

7.  Favorite day of the week? 

It's a toss up between Friday and Sunday

8. Favorite sundae topping? 

cinnamon sugar

9. Did you take piano lessons? 

I did not

10. Most frequent song played? 

currently, "It's My Life" by Bon Jovi, but I just downloaded a few songs by LDS artists...thinking they will get plenty of air time in the coming days :)

11. T.V. show you secretly enjoy? 

It's no secret....Cupcake Wars and Hawaii Five O

12. Would you rather play basketball or hockey? 

honestly, I'd rather not play either one, thanks

13. Date someone older or younger? 

age isn't relevant...maturity, however, is something else entirely

14. One place you could travel right now? 

I would love to go to Salt Lake City

15. Do you use umbrellas? 

when it's raining, yes

16. Do you know all the words to the Canadian national anthem? 

I do not

17. Favorite cheese? 

mozzarella

18. The Smith’s or The Cure? 

neither

19. Do you prefer blondes or brunettes? 

no preference

20. Best job you ever had?

the job I currently have....I love what I do, I love where I work...it's awesome

Mama Kat's Writing Workshop

5.) Okay okay I have to ask...what are your New Year's Resolutions for 2012 and/or how did 2011's resolutions turn out?

The only resolution I had for 2011 was that it end better than it began and better than 2010 ended.  It didn't begin or end the way I ever imagined and my life has taken a path I never expected...but I believe the resolution was met.  I am better.  Maybe not where I want or need to be, but definitely better than where I was.

For 2012..I have a few goals:
     1.  Have a more Christ-like life and home.
     2.  Get my organizing mojo back!
     3.  Lose weight (cliche I know, but what can I say?)

I can happily say all three are in full swing...works in progress, but moving forward!

Jan 2 LDW blog post

Here it is....2012

Sunday Stealing: The 2011 Year End Meme

Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. What did you do in 2011 that you’d never done before?

ate sushi (it was coooked...don't think I can ever eat raw fish...bleh)

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? 

didn't really make any for 2011, and I did set some goals for 2012

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 

no--well, depends on if cousins count as close

4. Did anyone close to you die? 

no

5. What countries did you visit? 

none

6. What would you like to have in 2012 that you lacked in 2011? 

increased financial stability

7. What dates from 2011 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? 

Jan 18--the day my marriage ended

Sept 21--the day my divorce was final

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? 

alot of self reflection...not yet achieved as it is a continual process and not short

9. What was your biggest failure?

saying things in anger best left unsaid

10. What was the best thing you bought? 

family pictures with my children in June

11. Whose behavior merited celebration? 

my youngest son...he's always a gem

12. Whose behavior made you appalled and disgusted? 

no need to mention

13. What song will always remind you of 2011? 

Jar of Hearts--Christina Perri

A Little Bit Stronger--Sara Evans

14. What do you wish you’d done more of? 

praising my children--something I plan to rectify going forward

15. What do you wish you’d done less of? 

yelling--something there will be less of going forward

16. Did you fall in love in 2011? 

NO

17. What was your favorite new TV program? 

trying to remember if I started watching anything new that I kept watching...don't think so

18. What was the best book you read? 

didn't read many....Narcissistic Lovers was the most enlightening thus far

19. What one thing would have made your year measurably more satisfying? 

good question...still figuring that out

20. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2011?

don't have one

21. What kept you sane? 

my faith

22. Who did you miss? 

my son, always my son

23. Who was the best new person you met? 

24. Tell us a valuable lesson you learned in 2011? 

I'll use a quote I posted on my fb a few months ago....

"Nothing is more offensive to a liar than the truth."

25. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

"I know my heart will never be the same, but I'm telling myself I'll be ok.

Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger."

Sara Evans--A Little Bit Stronger

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!