Thursday, January 6, 2011

Jan. 6

Dear Diary........
So today is a gray day outside.  Not much happening this week.  Thank God.  I have the flu or a really really bad cold.  It has been kicking my butt this whole week.  Luckily, I have several children that want to take care of me.  The only problem, some of them are now sick with the crud.  Even my husband is feeling not to hot.  I can only pray that this leaves quickly.
I feel a little more peace in my life.  My sister Amy is somewhat talking with me now in a positive manner.  Not sure how long it will last but I am grateful for this stretch of road.  It is very refreshing.
This is the first year that I failed to capture Christmas with the camera.  It saddens me a little because I would like to show my children as much as I can how they were when they were young.  I know we have memories but pictures are always so much fun to look back on.  I also didn't care to think of any new year resolutions.  I always seem to maintain the same ones year after year and so this year I decided to not think about it.
I have long term goals in my mind and that has caused a lot of excitement and pipe dreaming.  I used to think it was odd as a child that my parents used the phrase "pipe dreaming" however, it fits.  I love to dream.  I love to achieve my dreams.  The hard part is getting the wheel turning but once it is turning I keep on rolling until it is accomplished.
My ever growing list of lists is still determined to keep adding up.  I swear I must have an accordion file full of lists; all in my brain of course.  Have you ever sat down and just thought about the things you want to accomplish in your life; your bucket list?  Oh I have.  Many many times.  I have so many fantastic adventures on this list. I have been able to cross some off but not many.  Not yet.
My birthday is this month.  I will be turning 36.  My mother told me I am getting old.  Thanks!  What does that make her then?   I don't feel 36.  I surely don't act 36.  However, I must say I look 36 and then some.  Aging is not something I am doing to gracefully.  BTW I want to try the Olay product that "allegedly" can erase or lighten dark spots.  I did a lot of tanning in high school and now I have these spots showing up on my face.  Back in the day I think people referred to them as liver spots.  I also had some really weird stuff happen to my skin when I was pregnant with the twins.  I think those two situations probably have caused these spots to appear.  I refer to it as my Michael Jackson syndrome accept I am turning black and not white.  I only have 4 spots but they bug me.  So I am hoping in the next few weeks to get this product and try it out.  It can't hurt, right?  If I had money and by money I mean over 100k in the bank I would seriously consider plastic surgery.  I would love to get certain parts of my body back to where it is suppose to be.  One of my lovely daughters asked me why I had 4 chins.  4 chins?!?!?!?  I looked at her and I said "What did you say to me???"  She replied "Why do you have 4 chins"  I bluntly stared at her with a bit of hurt and anger in my eyes.  I calmly asked her "You are in 3rd grade, and you do know how to count, so how can you say I have that many chins?"  Her reply "Because you do"  Then she proceeded to touch and count.  Good grief!  I got up and ran to the bathroom.  I know the weight has crept up on me this past year.  I do by all means, intend to get it off.  It is alot harder to get it off then to put it on.  I will do it though.  So to help me with that, I am going to take a before picture (not visible to people on the internet, muahahahahahaha) and keep a chart of my weight loss.  I might even measure inches.  We will see but I will do it and my start date will be posted in another blog.  I might even break down and put a before picture.

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