Bound and Determined........

.... to get back on the exercise-bandwagon!  I figure if I put it 'out there', it will make me stick to the goal!  AND what is a goal without a reward?  HMMMM, so let's see!  This time last year (PRIOR to fracturing my ankle, which lead to no exercise for nearly a year) I weighed 130-135 on any given day. 

THEREFORE, my goal is to lose 10 lbs.  I am NOT putting a 'timelimit' on this goal.  However, when I do reach it, I will reward myself with some new exercise clothes!  Until then, I will just have to look as bad as I feel!  HAHA!  I will look dumpy and frumpy, but just temporarily! 

I am not going to limit my foods and snacks, though.  I will just limit the PORTIONS of them.  One oreo is better than three, and a few chips is better than a handful, right!?  AND I will start drinking water.  I HATE THIS PART, but I know that this is what got me down to 130 lbs for like 10 minutes, HAHHAAAWW! 

(Ain't I funnay?!!!)

Ok, so that's the deal!  If anyone wants to join in on this challenge with me and set yourself your own goal and share your experiences of treading through temptations and stuff like that, then please sign on!  I am needing some motiviation and support, myself, so if you would like to share a goal, then I encourage you to do so!

Have a great week!

Words to live by

I used to stalk this blog called NOTES FROM A COTTAGE INDUSTRY, then got a laptop and didn't switch over my favorites to my new computer....

Well, I was stuck down in Josh's room today and went down my old favorites in his computer and came back across this blog.  My sister reminded me of this blog just the other day, so I decided to browse quickly through it....

AND I came across this BLOG POST HERE:

What you do speaks so loud

that I cannot hear

what you say.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Followed by this:

How you treat your spouse.

How you take care of yourself.

How you speak to others.

What's important to you.

How you handle stress.

How you cope with hardship.

Who you spend time with.

What you spend your time on.

Your order of priorities.

How you speak of others.

What you value.

What you don't value.

Maybe it will make you think
about a few things in your life,
it did me. 

QUICKIE UPDATE

on my life!

BUSY WITH BEADS!  Orders keep coming, which is AWESOME!

HAD AN AWESOME BIRTHDAY! (read about it here)

ETA: after that post above, Scott made me Spaghetti with garlic bread for supper, cleaned the kitchen, and while I was at a 12 hour Scrapbook Crop fundraiser for Susan G Komen, he cleaned the entire house, even the kids rooms, which were tornado-like and did ALL of the laundry which he DID put away, because he KNOWS how much I hate doing that part!  OH and a few of my girlfriends gave me some Raspberry Chocolate truffles and chocolate covered coffee beans, too!

TRYING TO GET AHEAD! with the cards for DT responsibilities so I can make more jewelry for This Olde House to start selling in their store!  Karen has asked me to bring out some keyblings, so I need to get crackin'!!

LOVING MY NEW BIRTHDAY PRESENTS! I get to lather up with my body washes every morning, get to play with my Copics and new paper sets almost daily and today used my Eddie Bauer gift card Scott gave me for my birthday to purchase a new pair of shoes HERE!  I used to wear these in Junior High and High School and loved them!  You can wear them with casual denim skirts, shorts, pants, khaki pants, jeans, almost everything!  So I am excited to get those and also ordered a new bag, too!

GETTING READY FOR SPRINGBREAK!  Josh is coming home from college on the 13th and will be home all week, then Eli and KayLee have their break the following week.  Too bad they weren't at the same time so they could all spend time together!  The kids and I really miss Josh!

LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THE GARDEN STARTED!  I am going to put a LOT more effort into the garden this year.  Last year I didn't and we didn't get much at all.  My lack of watering made a huge difference, unfortunately!

Ok, sorry, that wasn't so quick of an update, was it?  LOL!

Hope you are all doing well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!