No, I haven't broken any of my resolutions - yet, but I have had to re-think them. It's amazing how much life can change in just a few weeks. What seemed so important just before Christmas, now takes a backseat to other more pressing concerns. One child gets sick, one loses his job and another almost loses his as well. Lots of reasons to be on my knees these days. But in the midst of bad news comes happiness too as I learn that I am finally going to be the "Mother of the Groom" sometime later this year!! So back to those New Year's Resolutions . . .
One of them was to "spend less". That will be important right up until the time we start having to help pay for a wedding!! Another was to "eat less". Now can I just say that this particular resolution has become, as it must, my only real goal for 2012! If a son's wedding can't motivate me nothing can, right?
I'm sharing this, not because I intend to keep a weight loss journal here. [I know you're relieved about that.] But I do need all the encouragement I can get - even if it's just from my imaginary friends out there on the Internet. Writing about this just might be the one way I can be accountable to, well, to myself. So I may share some insights and some milestones, some stumbling blocks and some tips. Who knows, I may even share some recipes! But don't worry, the one thing I won't share - pictures!!
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Resolved . . .
Have you made any New Year's resolutions yet? I know, it's not even Christmas, but I have to spend at least as much time pondering what resolutions I want to make as it takes me to break those resolutions - about a week.
Last year I had a three page list of resolutions. I remember exactly 3 of them: read more, call my good friends regularly and get more sleep. I do think I've worked on that last one most diligently.
I'm pretty sure that another one had to do with losing weight and getting in better shape. After all, what self-respecting American woman doesn't have that on her to-do list every year? This year I'm paring down my list considerably: spend less, eat less and get more sleep - hey, I've heard that the sleep thing is really important!
Along the same lines as a list of resolutions for the New Year is another list that has become popular in the last few years, a "Bucket List." Have you made one of those? I only have one recommendation, make this list when you are young and stand a better than even chance of accomplishing the things on your list. It's not that there aren't some wild and crazy things I'd like to do at my advanced age, but I realize that the chance of doing most of them is rapidly decreasing.
But I'll share a couple of mine with you. I'd like to go on a cruise - my DH wants to go to Alaska, but I don't care where the boat is going as long as it brings me back to dry land eventually. I'd also like to drive across the USofA, and I'd like to take my grandchildren someplace they've never been before - an adventure for all of us. See, those things aren't too wild and crazy. Once upon a time I did want to parachute out of an airplane but not so much now. I consider that one definite advantage of getting older - getting wiser!
Last year I had a three page list of resolutions. I remember exactly 3 of them: read more, call my good friends regularly and get more sleep. I do think I've worked on that last one most diligently.
I'm pretty sure that another one had to do with losing weight and getting in better shape. After all, what self-respecting American woman doesn't have that on her to-do list every year? This year I'm paring down my list considerably: spend less, eat less and get more sleep - hey, I've heard that the sleep thing is really important!
Along the same lines as a list of resolutions for the New Year is another list that has become popular in the last few years, a "Bucket List." Have you made one of those? I only have one recommendation, make this list when you are young and stand a better than even chance of accomplishing the things on your list. It's not that there aren't some wild and crazy things I'd like to do at my advanced age, but I realize that the chance of doing most of them is rapidly decreasing.
But I'll share a couple of mine with you. I'd like to go on a cruise - my DH wants to go to Alaska, but I don't care where the boat is going as long as it brings me back to dry land eventually. I'd also like to drive across the USofA, and I'd like to take my grandchildren someplace they've never been before - an adventure for all of us. See, those things aren't too wild and crazy. Once upon a time I did want to parachute out of an airplane but not so much now. I consider that one definite advantage of getting older - getting wiser!
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