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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Last Day in Texas
Today is our last full day in Texas, and while I'm happy to be going home tomorrow (I miss my dog!), I'll be sad to leave this state. There is so much to do here, and so many different things to see, and I wish we'd had time to see and do them all. It didn't help that I have been sick this whole time, and now Kalen's dad and stepmom are sick too. Oops!
We've had a lot of delicious food while here, and since I knew it wouldn't be easy to track food (and I didn't want to feel like I was limited in what I ate), I haven't bothered tracking on Weight Watchers. I didn't even weigh myself this week, but that was because there isn't a scale. At least not that I know of. This was my little break, and even though I didn't track or limit, I feel like I haven't gained anything, and might have even lost because we haven't eaten like crap in general. I have snacked, but on things that aren't too horrible (alright, except the Jelly Belly's I kept grabbing handfuls of when we were watching TV but that stopped when we were no longer sitting there, watching TV), and we've been constantly busy. Mainly with shopping (Ikea is love), but we did go on about a 2 mile walk one night. It was freezing cold, and I couldn't stop coughing, but I kept up and didn't cut back early even when the option was offered to me. *huge grin*
I am so psyched for all the changes I plan to implement into my life this year. I know I haven't shared my resolutions yet, but I will, I promise!
For now, I'm leaving you with pictures from the Chinese Lantern Festival we went to on 1/1/13. These were just the ones from my phone. I cannot wait to upload what I have on my camera!
We've had a lot of delicious food while here, and since I knew it wouldn't be easy to track food (and I didn't want to feel like I was limited in what I ate), I haven't bothered tracking on Weight Watchers. I didn't even weigh myself this week, but that was because there isn't a scale. At least not that I know of. This was my little break, and even though I didn't track or limit, I feel like I haven't gained anything, and might have even lost because we haven't eaten like crap in general. I have snacked, but on things that aren't too horrible (alright, except the Jelly Belly's I kept grabbing handfuls of when we were watching TV but that stopped when we were no longer sitting there, watching TV), and we've been constantly busy. Mainly with shopping (Ikea is love), but we did go on about a 2 mile walk one night. It was freezing cold, and I couldn't stop coughing, but I kept up and didn't cut back early even when the option was offered to me. *huge grin*
I am so psyched for all the changes I plan to implement into my life this year. I know I haven't shared my resolutions yet, but I will, I promise!
For now, I'm leaving you with pictures from the Chinese Lantern Festival we went to on 1/1/13. These were just the ones from my phone. I cannot wait to upload what I have on my camera!
This is what you see before you walk in.
Walking under these is sort of magical, and this will take you to the other pretty lanterns. :)
This was edited via Instagram, and is just one of the many beauties we saw that night. The top butterfly actually moved (as did many others).
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Last Year's Resolutions and How I Did
Become healthier!!! This means sticking to Weight Watchers, cutting
down on my snacking (which has gotten out of control recently, late at
night), and adding some activity to my life. I bought a workout ball
that came with a DVD from Weight Watchers (it was $30, with a $5 off
coupon I spent $25, and I haven't found any that are cheaper than $20
and this had the DVD, and a stability ring for the ball), and I have a
TON of workout DVDs to use. I'd also like to take up running. Kalen was
doing the couch to 5K in the basement, and I think I'd like to do that
as well.
This was good and bad. I DID try harder at WW and did well at points during the year, but I had a lot of stress-induced eating going on too.
Save some money!!! I've never been great at saving, but once I lost my job, I realized I have to be. I'm sure I will still waste money on stupid stuff that I don't NEED but that I WANT, but as long as I'm setting aside money from my checks when I have a permanent job (because there isn't much to set aside when you work 4 hours a week), that is okay in my eyes.
Oh this didn't happen at all. haha.
Take more photos!!! I babysat my butt off to get a new camera, and I hardly use it!!! I don't even take pictures during big events like birthdays or weddings, much less candid, day-to-day things. I want to start doing that. I used to take pictures (mainly of me) all the time, and I don't now.
Again, did not happen.
Write, write, write!!! I love to write. Each year I attempt NaNoWriMo, and I never finish. I don't think pressured writing is for me (although I will continue to attempt!), but I want to write. I want to one day be a published author. So I'm going to make this year the year I get serious about writing and actually do it!
Unfortunately this didn't happen either. With all that was going on, writing was the LAST thing on my mind most of the time.
Try to become neater!!! I'm not a slob, but I can get lazy. Kalen washes all our clothes, and it's my job to fold, hang, and put away. Except they will sit in the hamper for over a week before he forces me to fold the stuff. Oops!! I also want to straighten the covers on the bed if I'm not making it, keep my yarns put away, and keep random papers, pens, etc, neat and put away. I want my rooms to reflect that I'm an adult, basically.
Some of this was good to go for a bit. I went in spurts of being neat and organized to just not caring. My yarn is organized though-that counts, right?
Stop drinking pop!!! I feel like this will be what I give up for Lent again (I did so successfully last year, but soon after I started up again, thanks BHBV!), but I want to keep it out of my life. I can't even begin to tell you how much I consume a day! I do think that I will phase out caffeinated pop first though, and stick to diet lemon limes (which are refreshing, yes?), then I won't have too hard of a time come Lent.
I gave up pop this year again, but IMMEDIATELY started drinking it. The reasoning is ridiculous though. Being at Gma's before she died, she "ate" crushed ice, so there was never any ice for a glass of water. Pop or beer were my options. A lot of the time I'd bring stuff over but then I'd end up being there longer than I planned.
Make myself look presentable more often!!! There was a time in my life where I did my hair and makeup daily (granted I was unemployed, and chatting on my webcam), and now I don't. I blame Kalen since when we met in person, I was recovering from a party the night before (I wasn't drunk, but my sugar had gotten high and it made me sick, and I was shoved and locked in the closet with a married man who smelled like BO and rubbed his dick on my face-thanks dude!), so I was in sweats, a t-shirt from a Killers concert, and my hair was a curly mess in a ponytail, sans makeup. So I never felt the desire to impress him because he liked me without makeup. Damn him!!!
This certainly didn't happen. haha.
Budget!!! I also had a budget when I worked and had more expenses, but I almost never STUCK to it. I filed bankruptcy, and I don't want to be in debt like that again. I even just paid off the Amazon card Tawnya had for me with the money from my Grandpa (he gave me $500), so the only bills I'd like once I have a permanent job is rent, cell phone, gas, car insurance, and possibly a car PAYMENT (depending on the job), so a budget is something I will need to have in place, and stick to it!
Yeah, again-did not happen. Oops!
Spend more time with friends and family!!! I see my Mom, Jack, Ashley, Auntie, Alan, Gramma, Alan and Nicky enough, but I don't see my Uncle Jerry, Aunt Amy, Rami, Holli, Jaimi, Garrett and Derrick that often. The rest of my Dad's family has basically shut us out so I don't care if I see them, but this brother and his family are who we grew up with, and I hardly see them. The drive is kind of far from our house now, but that shouldn't be an excuse. As for friends, most of them live far away, but I scarcely see those who don't.
Well, this sort of happened at the beginning of the year. Although my cousins have yet to come to my house and that pisses me off.
Crochet!!! I'd like to start making things to sell on Etsy, or some other online site, and that means I have to crochet like crazy! I realize that scarves will most likely NOT sell in the summer, but if I built up a large inventory, they could sell around Christmas. I'd also like to try other crafty things too.
No Etsy shop for crocheted goods (although one WILL be coming this year!), but I did start making jewelry.
Read more books!!! I read a lot as is (although less than when I worked at BHBV), but I want to read MORE! And newer books, not reading the same things I have before.
I read new books and old books. :)
Watch movies!!! Kalen and I have a collection of movies, and we basically never watch them. I'd like to watch all the movies we have this year. That would be a fun little undertaking, and it would make me feel like we spent our money on all those blu rays wisely.
We did this and we didn't do this. We watched more of the TV series we bought than anything, but that's a start.
Spend more time reading the Bible and devotions!!! I realize this one should have been posted first, but this also isn't in any order. I want to spend more time with God. I want to read my Bible daily and devotions, I want to say prayers, and have a relationship with God. I hear all the time how close people are to God, how they converse with him, and I want that in my life.
The devotions didn't last, but I DID read the Bible in under 90 days, in it's entirety. And then I didn't for the rest of the year.
Improve attendance at Church!!! I used to always attend church, and then I went away to school, and then it phased out even more, and I hate that. I love my Pastor, I love going to church. I just DON'T. The services are a casual one on Wednesday at 6, Saturday at 6, and Sunday at 9. I used to go on Sunday at 10:45, but they changed it. 10:45 worked for me, and then it was stolen away. How cruel! So I'd like to improve how often I go. It's also further now. Before it was MAYBE 5 minutes away, and now it's 20-30 minutes away. Since I'm attached to Pastor Nagy, switching churches isn't an option, even though there is a Lutheran church right down the road from us. I'm also set on marrying Kalen in that church. My Mom and Dad, Mom and Jack, and Auntie and Alan were married there. I was confirmed there, I attended that school, I was friends with Pastor Nagy's daughters-that's my church home. Going somewhere else isn't possible. I've been to other churches, but it wasn't anything I liked much.
I went to church last on Easter. This was a big fail. :(
Be a better person!!! This is just a general one. Basically, sometimes I'm a bitch. I will be mean to Kalen, make fun of people, etc. I want to stop doing that as often. I have no room to judge or insult. There is a difference between being hurtful and joking in a friendly manner. More often than not, I'm hurtful, usually without meaning to be. I don't think before I speak.
Did not do as well as I'd have liked.
Be mindful of what I post online!!! This pertains to Twitter and Facebook. Sooo many times I've posted something when I'm upset, and then immediately regretted it. I need to think before I tweet, basically.
Lots of passive-aggressive posts from me this year.
Take Kalen to meet my Dad. This might sound weird. If you didn't know, my Dad died June 12, 1999. The last time I was at his grave site was in 2008. I used to go, and then I'd visit my Gramma Wight (his Mom), but she died in January 2008, so I haven't been out there since. I feel like a horrible daughter. I miss him so much, and my Mom and I were talking, and I told her I wished he could have met Kalen, and she said he'd have liked Kalen. I know he would have, I just wish he was still here. It's crazy to think I was 14 when he died, and we're almost to the point where he's been gone as long as I had him in my life. I can't remember what he looks like in my mind, or how he sounded (although my Uncle Jerry sounds about the same), or how he smelled or felt. I miss him so much it hurts, but there isn't anything I can do about it, I know that. I don't hate God for taking him away anymore. But I miss him with every breath and blink of an eye.
Kalen did go to the cemetery this year, twice. Once with my Aunt Diana after she unloaded her belongings on me, and then we were there for the graveside service part of my Aunt Anna's funeral.
Cuss less!!! I swear like a sailor. Worse than a sailor even. I need to cut down on it, because I know it isn't an attractive habit to have, and I know it's going to be hard to stop.
Just..no.
I'll post THIS year's resolutions soon-although most are the same or similar. ;)
This was good and bad. I DID try harder at WW and did well at points during the year, but I had a lot of stress-induced eating going on too.
Save some money!!! I've never been great at saving, but once I lost my job, I realized I have to be. I'm sure I will still waste money on stupid stuff that I don't NEED but that I WANT, but as long as I'm setting aside money from my checks when I have a permanent job (because there isn't much to set aside when you work 4 hours a week), that is okay in my eyes.
Oh this didn't happen at all. haha.
Take more photos!!! I babysat my butt off to get a new camera, and I hardly use it!!! I don't even take pictures during big events like birthdays or weddings, much less candid, day-to-day things. I want to start doing that. I used to take pictures (mainly of me) all the time, and I don't now.
Again, did not happen.
Write, write, write!!! I love to write. Each year I attempt NaNoWriMo, and I never finish. I don't think pressured writing is for me (although I will continue to attempt!), but I want to write. I want to one day be a published author. So I'm going to make this year the year I get serious about writing and actually do it!
Unfortunately this didn't happen either. With all that was going on, writing was the LAST thing on my mind most of the time.
Try to become neater!!! I'm not a slob, but I can get lazy. Kalen washes all our clothes, and it's my job to fold, hang, and put away. Except they will sit in the hamper for over a week before he forces me to fold the stuff. Oops!! I also want to straighten the covers on the bed if I'm not making it, keep my yarns put away, and keep random papers, pens, etc, neat and put away. I want my rooms to reflect that I'm an adult, basically.
Some of this was good to go for a bit. I went in spurts of being neat and organized to just not caring. My yarn is organized though-that counts, right?
Stop drinking pop!!! I feel like this will be what I give up for Lent again (I did so successfully last year, but soon after I started up again, thanks BHBV!), but I want to keep it out of my life. I can't even begin to tell you how much I consume a day! I do think that I will phase out caffeinated pop first though, and stick to diet lemon limes (which are refreshing, yes?), then I won't have too hard of a time come Lent.
I gave up pop this year again, but IMMEDIATELY started drinking it. The reasoning is ridiculous though. Being at Gma's before she died, she "ate" crushed ice, so there was never any ice for a glass of water. Pop or beer were my options. A lot of the time I'd bring stuff over but then I'd end up being there longer than I planned.
Make myself look presentable more often!!! There was a time in my life where I did my hair and makeup daily (granted I was unemployed, and chatting on my webcam), and now I don't. I blame Kalen since when we met in person, I was recovering from a party the night before (I wasn't drunk, but my sugar had gotten high and it made me sick, and I was shoved and locked in the closet with a married man who smelled like BO and rubbed his dick on my face-thanks dude!), so I was in sweats, a t-shirt from a Killers concert, and my hair was a curly mess in a ponytail, sans makeup. So I never felt the desire to impress him because he liked me without makeup. Damn him!!!
This certainly didn't happen. haha.
Budget!!! I also had a budget when I worked and had more expenses, but I almost never STUCK to it. I filed bankruptcy, and I don't want to be in debt like that again. I even just paid off the Amazon card Tawnya had for me with the money from my Grandpa (he gave me $500), so the only bills I'd like once I have a permanent job is rent, cell phone, gas, car insurance, and possibly a car PAYMENT (depending on the job), so a budget is something I will need to have in place, and stick to it!
Yeah, again-did not happen. Oops!
Spend more time with friends and family!!! I see my Mom, Jack, Ashley, Auntie, Alan, Gramma, Alan and Nicky enough, but I don't see my Uncle Jerry, Aunt Amy, Rami, Holli, Jaimi, Garrett and Derrick that often. The rest of my Dad's family has basically shut us out so I don't care if I see them, but this brother and his family are who we grew up with, and I hardly see them. The drive is kind of far from our house now, but that shouldn't be an excuse. As for friends, most of them live far away, but I scarcely see those who don't.
Well, this sort of happened at the beginning of the year. Although my cousins have yet to come to my house and that pisses me off.
Crochet!!! I'd like to start making things to sell on Etsy, or some other online site, and that means I have to crochet like crazy! I realize that scarves will most likely NOT sell in the summer, but if I built up a large inventory, they could sell around Christmas. I'd also like to try other crafty things too.
No Etsy shop for crocheted goods (although one WILL be coming this year!), but I did start making jewelry.
Read more books!!! I read a lot as is (although less than when I worked at BHBV), but I want to read MORE! And newer books, not reading the same things I have before.
I read new books and old books. :)
Watch movies!!! Kalen and I have a collection of movies, and we basically never watch them. I'd like to watch all the movies we have this year. That would be a fun little undertaking, and it would make me feel like we spent our money on all those blu rays wisely.
We did this and we didn't do this. We watched more of the TV series we bought than anything, but that's a start.
Spend more time reading the Bible and devotions!!! I realize this one should have been posted first, but this also isn't in any order. I want to spend more time with God. I want to read my Bible daily and devotions, I want to say prayers, and have a relationship with God. I hear all the time how close people are to God, how they converse with him, and I want that in my life.
The devotions didn't last, but I DID read the Bible in under 90 days, in it's entirety. And then I didn't for the rest of the year.
Improve attendance at Church!!! I used to always attend church, and then I went away to school, and then it phased out even more, and I hate that. I love my Pastor, I love going to church. I just DON'T. The services are a casual one on Wednesday at 6, Saturday at 6, and Sunday at 9. I used to go on Sunday at 10:45, but they changed it. 10:45 worked for me, and then it was stolen away. How cruel! So I'd like to improve how often I go. It's also further now. Before it was MAYBE 5 minutes away, and now it's 20-30 minutes away. Since I'm attached to Pastor Nagy, switching churches isn't an option, even though there is a Lutheran church right down the road from us. I'm also set on marrying Kalen in that church. My Mom and Dad, Mom and Jack, and Auntie and Alan were married there. I was confirmed there, I attended that school, I was friends with Pastor Nagy's daughters-that's my church home. Going somewhere else isn't possible. I've been to other churches, but it wasn't anything I liked much.
I went to church last on Easter. This was a big fail. :(
Be a better person!!! This is just a general one. Basically, sometimes I'm a bitch. I will be mean to Kalen, make fun of people, etc. I want to stop doing that as often. I have no room to judge or insult. There is a difference between being hurtful and joking in a friendly manner. More often than not, I'm hurtful, usually without meaning to be. I don't think before I speak.
Did not do as well as I'd have liked.
Be mindful of what I post online!!! This pertains to Twitter and Facebook. Sooo many times I've posted something when I'm upset, and then immediately regretted it. I need to think before I tweet, basically.
Lots of passive-aggressive posts from me this year.
Take Kalen to meet my Dad. This might sound weird. If you didn't know, my Dad died June 12, 1999. The last time I was at his grave site was in 2008. I used to go, and then I'd visit my Gramma Wight (his Mom), but she died in January 2008, so I haven't been out there since. I feel like a horrible daughter. I miss him so much, and my Mom and I were talking, and I told her I wished he could have met Kalen, and she said he'd have liked Kalen. I know he would have, I just wish he was still here. It's crazy to think I was 14 when he died, and we're almost to the point where he's been gone as long as I had him in my life. I can't remember what he looks like in my mind, or how he sounded (although my Uncle Jerry sounds about the same), or how he smelled or felt. I miss him so much it hurts, but there isn't anything I can do about it, I know that. I don't hate God for taking him away anymore. But I miss him with every breath and blink of an eye.
Kalen did go to the cemetery this year, twice. Once with my Aunt Diana after she unloaded her belongings on me, and then we were there for the graveside service part of my Aunt Anna's funeral.
Cuss less!!! I swear like a sailor. Worse than a sailor even. I need to cut down on it, because I know it isn't an attractive habit to have, and I know it's going to be hard to stop.
Just..no.
I'll post THIS year's resolutions soon-although most are the same or similar. ;)
Monday, December 31, 2012
Happy New Year!
Stay safe and be smart!!!
I hope everyone has a fantastic evening and you are all safe and sound. I'll be posting resolutions once we return from our trip.
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