Saturday, July 30th at 3 pm. (All the earlier times were already filled up) I will be running the Warrior Dash. Warrior Dash is a mud crawling, fire leaping, extreme run from hell. I will be ready though. After all, I have 121 days to train for it! I'll update with my progress.
This is part of my list to do a race. I will still be doing the original one I stated. This can get to be an expensive habit!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Writing for myself....
I think I have discovered writing as an outlet of expression and accountability for me. I started this blog to keep myself motivated and happy because I just wasn't feeling it. So you will probably see some "off the wall" posts or think I post too much. You have the option not to read abut the thoughts going on in my head. Trust me, it won't hurt my feelings. I am one tough cookie. (Well, 99% of the time, I do have my moments of weakness)
So, let's start off with an update on the list. I have started my book list with: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". I enjoy reading multiple books at a time. It gives me a break if one of the books is dragging for me.
Trimming the Fat
This is certainly an amusing title, considering the person I am referring to. Once I write about this, I'm not going to talk about it anymore. I don't have time to waste on petty bullshit.
I celebrated my birthday with a small group of friends. I was selective on who I invited and there were reasons why each of them were invited. These are the people who are near and dear to my heart for some reason or another. These are the people I would do almost anything for. I had an awesome drama-free night. We had dinner, than went to a bar close to where we all live. We had drinks, took fun pictures and had a great time socializing. This was Saturday....fast forward to Tuesday.
I posted pictures of the great time we had on Facebook.
Today, one of my "friends" posted on her status 'now that's a slap in the face,' then about 10 minutes later I receive a text message saying 'So, we aren't friends anymore?' and this started a whole conversation about how she always reaches out to me, but I never respond. She didn't ask me to do anything for my birthday. She simply asked me what I was doing. I told her dinner and guess what...we did go to dinner! And it was super yummy and I love Pizza Shoppe! She brought up that I was with one of my friends (the one she had a major conflict with) on New Year's Eve. She didn't ask me to do anything on New Year's Eve...so what's the big deal? Am I not allowed to socialize? She thinks I purposely posted pictures to hurt HER feelings. Oh, sweetheart, it's not about you. No, I posted the pictures for myself and the friends that were sharing the night with me. I didn't do anything to hurt her feelings, nor have I ever. I haven't even been mean to her...still! I have no reason to e. She needs to reflect on her life and figure out why she keeps losing her friends. It's not the other people. It is HER. She is the one losing one friend after another. Why she thinks she can treat people the way she does and why she thinks she can say hateful and cruel things and not have negative consequences to it. You have to be mindful of what you say. Every action has an equal reaction. The conversation ended with me saying "I'm sorry you felt that way". Honestly, it feels like some sort of weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I don't have to worry about that drama anymore!
After our conversation, she posted on facebook "it's really hard to come by quality people and quality friends" Are you that desperate for sympathy and attention that you lower yourself to the high school brand of cyber bullying?
I know I am a quality person and a quality friend. No one can tell me different.
That is the story of a break-up that I am certainly not sad about. It's been a long time coming. I'm not sorry I was friends with you. I did enjoy hanging out with you and having fun. We are in different places in our lives. I am not going to apologize or even respond to your comments or hurtful things you are saying about me to others. I know the truth and I know which friends are there to keep.
I think this meets part of simplifying my life. Even though, I am sure this wasn't exactly what I meant.
"The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life" -- Thich Nhat Hanh
One snippet of advice: Get in touch with reality and when things happen, you will be able to deal with them in the correct way.
So, let's start off with an update on the list. I have started my book list with: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". I enjoy reading multiple books at a time. It gives me a break if one of the books is dragging for me.
Trimming the Fat
This is certainly an amusing title, considering the person I am referring to. Once I write about this, I'm not going to talk about it anymore. I don't have time to waste on petty bullshit.
I celebrated my birthday with a small group of friends. I was selective on who I invited and there were reasons why each of them were invited. These are the people who are near and dear to my heart for some reason or another. These are the people I would do almost anything for. I had an awesome drama-free night. We had dinner, than went to a bar close to where we all live. We had drinks, took fun pictures and had a great time socializing. This was Saturday....fast forward to Tuesday.
I posted pictures of the great time we had on Facebook.
Today, one of my "friends" posted on her status 'now that's a slap in the face,' then about 10 minutes later I receive a text message saying 'So, we aren't friends anymore?' and this started a whole conversation about how she always reaches out to me, but I never respond. She didn't ask me to do anything for my birthday. She simply asked me what I was doing. I told her dinner and guess what...we did go to dinner! And it was super yummy and I love Pizza Shoppe! She brought up that I was with one of my friends (the one she had a major conflict with) on New Year's Eve. She didn't ask me to do anything on New Year's Eve...so what's the big deal? Am I not allowed to socialize? She thinks I purposely posted pictures to hurt HER feelings. Oh, sweetheart, it's not about you. No, I posted the pictures for myself and the friends that were sharing the night with me. I didn't do anything to hurt her feelings, nor have I ever. I haven't even been mean to her...still! I have no reason to e. She needs to reflect on her life and figure out why she keeps losing her friends. It's not the other people. It is HER. She is the one losing one friend after another. Why she thinks she can treat people the way she does and why she thinks she can say hateful and cruel things and not have negative consequences to it. You have to be mindful of what you say. Every action has an equal reaction. The conversation ended with me saying "I'm sorry you felt that way". Honestly, it feels like some sort of weight has been lifted off my shoulders. I don't have to worry about that drama anymore!
After our conversation, she posted on facebook "it's really hard to come by quality people and quality friends" Are you that desperate for sympathy and attention that you lower yourself to the high school brand of cyber bullying?
I know I am a quality person and a quality friend. No one can tell me different.
That is the story of a break-up that I am certainly not sad about. It's been a long time coming. I'm not sorry I was friends with you. I did enjoy hanging out with you and having fun. We are in different places in our lives. I am not going to apologize or even respond to your comments or hurtful things you are saying about me to others. I know the truth and I know which friends are there to keep.
I think this meets part of simplifying my life. Even though, I am sure this wasn't exactly what I meant.
"The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life" -- Thich Nhat Hanh
One snippet of advice: Get in touch with reality and when things happen, you will be able to deal with them in the correct way.
A Tale of Two Fish....
Yes, you wouldn't believe the things my mind conjures up. My fish at work, made a friend. His name is Goldfish. But he left unexpectedly and made my fishy very sad. Maybe, he will visit again soon. Who knew Bettas and Goldfish could be such good friends?
Diet Dr. Pepper is the devil!
No more, I tell ya! No more for me!! Will drink the water in the bottle next to it! :) Keep me accountable people!
Clean Mush!
Something fun to do with your children! All kids like things messy things to play with! And to please the parents, this is a CLEAN MESSY Mush!
Here is the process:
Get three rolls of toilet paper. I know sounds like a lot, but it's not. Have your children unroll all of it! Yes, I said it, ALL OF IT! Have fun with it, let them run all around the house seeing how far the toilet paper can get them. After you are all done with that, put it in a big bucket. I used one of the pretty orange Home Depot "Homer Buckets" (Also, VERY useful for camping gear!)
Next, grate some Ivory Soap. Ivory soap is super soft and easy to grate, so let the kids in on it. We used three bars of soap. Combine the Ivory soap with 1/3 cup of Borax. Now, dump that mixture into the toilet paper. Fun part coming up....add enough warm water to saturate the mixture. Use your hands to mix it up! Now, put it on a table and go wild with your imagination creating stuff....oh and don't forget to let your children in on the fun. Let them create whatever their heart desires.
My heart desired to create a mountain. When I created that mountain, I thought of climbing a mountain. The mountain I want to climb is Everest. I only want to go to Base Camp. Well, maybe Advanced Base Camp, but no further. A lot of people die on Everest each year trying to summit.
Here is the process:
Get three rolls of toilet paper. I know sounds like a lot, but it's not. Have your children unroll all of it! Yes, I said it, ALL OF IT! Have fun with it, let them run all around the house seeing how far the toilet paper can get them. After you are all done with that, put it in a big bucket. I used one of the pretty orange Home Depot "Homer Buckets" (Also, VERY useful for camping gear!)
Next, grate some Ivory Soap. Ivory soap is super soft and easy to grate, so let the kids in on it. We used three bars of soap. Combine the Ivory soap with 1/3 cup of Borax. Now, dump that mixture into the toilet paper. Fun part coming up....add enough warm water to saturate the mixture. Use your hands to mix it up! Now, put it on a table and go wild with your imagination creating stuff....oh and don't forget to let your children in on the fun. Let them create whatever their heart desires.
My heart desired to create a mountain. When I created that mountain, I thought of climbing a mountain. The mountain I want to climb is Everest. I only want to go to Base Camp. Well, maybe Advanced Base Camp, but no further. A lot of people die on Everest each year trying to summit.
Hmmm.....seems quite fitting
"If you reach out and help someone today, you'll earn triple karma points that will be redeemed sooner than you think. Try not to worry too much about things that happened in the past."
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Starting with an easy one....
The list of 30 Books I am going to read this year!
+ The Whole Harry Potter Series....which I am not including in this list.
So friends, I need 3 more books. Who has suggestions?
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- The Girl Who Played with Fire
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
- Water for Elephants
- The Lovely Bones
- The Lost Symbol
- The Notebook
- The Canterbury Tales
- Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
- Son of a Witch
- A Lion Among Men
- Mirror, Mirror
- The Pilot's Wife
- A Reliable Wife
- Eat, Pray, Love
- A Discovery of Witches
- The Kite Runner
- Peyton Place
- The Bell Jar
- City of Bones
- Deaths on Pleasant Street
- There By Hangs A Tail
- The Help
- The Last Lecture
- Fahrenheit 451
- The Glass Castle
- The Secret Life of Bees
+ The Whole Harry Potter Series....which I am not including in this list.
So friends, I need 3 more books. Who has suggestions?
Monday, March 28, 2011
Carpe Diem!
Why did I start this blog? Let's see. The day before my 29th Birthday, I all of sudden got a feeling that all was not right in my universe. Something was not revolving the way it should be. I've been thinking and thinking about. (BTW, my Birthday totally rocked....I appreciate everything from my friends and family. I love you all.) I realized, I feel like a failure. I am almost 30 and feel as though I haven't accomplished what I have wanted to in my life. I've made a list of what I want to accomplish by the time I am 30. Some of them might seem silly to you, but there is a reason I have put these on my list.
So, I have 361 days and I have started my list. I will keep adding to it. It's good for me to have goals.
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." -- Joseph Campbell
So, I have 361 days and I have started my list. I will keep adding to it. It's good for me to have goals.
"The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are." -- Joseph Campbell
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