learning to fly...(and in the process, learning to fall)

Monday, January 2, 2012

A great weekend

New year's eve has always been my favorite holiday. It is generally spent with friends and ends up being pretty memorable. This year was no exception. Jason and I spent 3nights in Tahoe with a group of our good friends in a huge, beautiful cabin. The weekend was spent laughing, talking, drinking, hiking, eating, and just being ridiculous among great people.

We couldn't have picked a more awesome and fun way to spend the weekend. Everything was awesome - there wasn't any drama and everyone got along so well. We tend to hang out a lot in San Diego so I figured there wouldn't be any problems in Tahoe but you never know when people are put in close quarters for extended periods of time. However, the weekend went without a hitch.

In any case, I'm pretty thankful for an awesome weekend and am definitely not looking forward to returning to the reality of work and Jason going back to los angeles tomorrow for the rest of the week.

As for what I hope to accomplish in 2012...

1. Ultra marathon in march
2. Get my arthritis under control
3. Finish my MA (or at least get as close as possible within the year)
4. Take the kids camping and on special trips/do special activities often
5. Enforce once weekly "date night" with hubby
6. Spend more time outside (doing things that don't constitute "training")
7. Start swimming again
8. Ride rocket twice a month (long rides)
9. Blog every day and take a "daily photo"
10. Get back into photography
11. Find volunteer work in my intended/desired field (psych/human services)
12. Redo resume
13. Continue to deepen and improve all relationships
14. Cook more
15. Declutter, organize and clean
16. Budget and stick to it
17. Plant a small garden
18. Focused, driven self improvement
19. Live more, love more
20. Accomplish as much of this silly list as possible so in 2013, my list isn't twice as long

:) ready, set, go!

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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Yum

Gf vegan pizza

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Trying this again

Last year, I said I was going to blog every day of 2011... And it didn't happen. This year, I'm going to try again and see if I can actually DO it. I'm going to post a photo as well.

I don't make resolutions. I feel that I am always striving to improve myself, my overall life and my relationships. Therefore, it seems kind of silly to promise just at the beginning of the year to try to do things to make life better.

I do have several goals for the year and will elaborate in another post (as right now I'm typing on my iPhone)

We rang in the new year with some of the best people I could have gotten in one room.

Here's a photo to sum up the night ;)

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Thursday, December 29, 2011

Body image

I have struggled with body image my whole life...however, since having kids, I've realized the importance of being a good influence on my daughters by having a positive outward body image. I make sure to celebrate myself and them in hopes that when they hit awkward stages and the time (that will undoubtably come) when adolescents lean towards hating themselves... They will have enough of a positive body image base from childhood to carry them through.

Right now, they both stand on the scale and celebrate weight gain. I know it is foolish to believe that this will carry through to adulthood... But for now, let us celebrate their gains and bodies and relish in the fact they are their own biggest fans.

In other news, we are of to lake Tahoe tomorrow for an awesome weekend with some of our favorite people. My mom is coming as well and she and the girls are staying in a nearby cabin. They should have an amazing weekend although it is warm up there right now with limited snow.

I'm looking forward to 2012... 2011 was a great year and I think life will only get better!

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