2017

With this new year has brought much sickness to my family. Liam has had both Bronchitis and pink eye in the last week. and tonight as I was getting into the bathtub, I heard Duane yell and pound on the bathroom door and Liam was crying. I grab a towel and rush out to see what the problem was. Liam was standing in a pile of hot dogs and sunny d that he had just vomited. UGH! He has been running around singing and playing since so hoping it was a one time deal but this GI stuff is going around big time.

I HATE winter!

I see myself on a beach in warm weather soaking up sun...unfortunately...that is all in my head. (for now)

As promised, my 2017 goals (and also my first scrapbooking layout of the year). I found this super awesome kit from Sweet Shoppe by Two Tiny Turtles. If you are a scrapbooker, check it out here. If you are tossing around the idea of digi scrapbooking, give me a shout....I will be more than happy to show you where to start! It's a wonderful way to document memories.

Liam sat with me and read this entire post. He now wants me to install Blogger onto his tablet. I often wonder what he will become. He is so smart and can do anything he wants to do. As nervous as I am about him starting pre-school in the fall, I am also very excited to have him screened and see where he ranks. His entire life people have said "he's so smart". I wanna know just how smart. I know he should not be able to read at age 4. (he's been reading since he first turned 3). 

Time will tell. Til then? I'm just going to enjoy him being little because that is all that really matters anyway. 

New Year. New Me.

I have been gearing up for this for quite some time. I have not dieted or even felt like it since the passing of my Mom in October of 2014. In that period of time, I gained 20 pounds, all from stress. I have always always always been a stress eater.

Learning to live without the only person who has been there for me since the first time I opened my eyes has been awful. I didn't care how fat I was. I didn't care what I was eating. I didn't care if I spent my time off on the couch. As 2016 came to an end (and it was a dooozy) I knew there were several things that I wanted to be different in 2017. (2017 Goals....coming soon).

 I have several things on this list but somewhere towards the top is not so much losing weight but living healthier altogether. I owe it to my family. I lost my entire family before I turned 40. (possibly why my Mom's loss hit me so hard) My husband and I decided to have a child late in life and more than anything I want to see him grow up, get married and have children of his own. I want to be able to go shopping in the same store with my daughter and find clothes that will actually fit ME.

At age 41, I have been on numerous diets. Some of them worked, I have actually lost 20-30 pounds...then I get comfortable and it all comes back.

NEW GOALS I HAVE SET FOR MYSELF 2 SUCCEED

• Water. God knows I hate water and this was always one of those things that I was lax on. (it can't be that important I told myself.....IT IS!)
• Protein. I never really paid a lot of attention to nutrients but as a nurse I know they are super important. Protein fuels the body. 
• Eat more fruits and vegetables. I don't buy veggies often because Duane doesn't eat them. (I love them!
• Cardio. This may be the hardest thing for me. When I come home from work, I am dead dog tired and it's so easy to go to the couch! I have a treadmill...USE IT! I get bored with the same thing and I have found numerous videos on You Tube that I can cast to my TV. (Pretty excited about these)
• Sleep. Get 8 hours a night. If I am tired, I'm not gonna wanna workout!
• MOVE...as much as I can. This is so hard for me because the older I get, the less energy I have.
• Find a weight loss buddy and BE ACCOUNTABLE!
• Small goals (i.e. I want to lose 20 pounds by March 1)