What was I thinking...

I guess I should have known better than to think that I would keep up with my blog this year ;)
Not that I have been really busy...just don't want to.

Anyway, here I am...almost February and what a year it's been. I won't bore you with all of the details but so far this counts down some of the people in my life...
3 broken legs
2 serious falls
2 deaths
1 cancer development
AND IT'S STILL JANUARY...really people, I love you all so be careful!!!!

On a happier note...I have just booked my first ever trip to Vegas...I am going in April!! Can't wait. I will warn you that I am going with my friend so watch for postings in April!!! I am sure they won't disappoint!!!

I just got news that my cousin is having her first baby this fall...VERY happy for her...wish her very well. My only thing is I hate hearing about this so early because any number of things can happen in the first few months...but we are thinking POSITIVE thoughts for her :)

Got a raise at work.

Have been moderately successful at keeping up with my friends. I need to work a little harder at it though, branch out a little more if you will :) I think about you all on a regular basis but at the end of the day wonder where all the time went and think I'll do it tomorrow...and here we are...tomorrow.

The trying to lose weight thing is still not working for me. I have started a core fitness class that is kicking my butt and I am getting on the elliptical at home at least twice a week. My goal is to get back to the gym at least twice a week by the 10th of February. I think I'll get there.

Keep in touch if you can --- hope to talk to you all soon :)

Day Two...I'm on a roll!!!!

Since I am not inclined to leave the warmth of my ever so cozy cube to venture out into the cold to grab lunch I am using this time to continue my goal to post more frequently -- Yeah me :)

So am I alone in that I am excited that the new seasons of Deadliest Catch and Ghost Hunters are starting soon. They had a marathon on Discovery last weekend and I was so excited because that means that the new season will be starting soon!!! And next week there are several new episodes of Ghost Hunters INTERNATIONAL!!! They did one last season in Ireland...way cool!! My drunken cousin, as I have now dubbed her :), comes over on Wednesdays and we cook dinner and watch Ghost Hunters. Way to much excitement!!

On another note I have decided that the road commissioner in Jackson County is a cheap, lazy, son of a motherless goat!! Now let me say that I know I live in the middle of the middle of nowhere but COME ON!!!! Last night I got home and had to floor the gas all the way down to my street through town and then gun it to make the corner!! We got about 9 inches of snow on New Years Day...all of it still sitting on my street!!! Compounded by the fact the the snow we had gotten the week prior was still on the street because they hadn't plowed that EITHER!!! They haven't even salted...yes I know it only does you any good if the temperature is above 17 degrees and average temp here the last week has been 7 but come on...then one has to think that it wouldn't help anyway because they would salt making a sloppy melted mess ... then they wouldn't plow!!! I will move on now... :) Thank you :)

For happier news...I finished the scarf I was knitting last night!! It is a cream color...very soft and fluffy, very warm!!! Loving it!!! Then promptly started one for my niece who's birthday is in a few weeks :) glutton for punishment I guess :)

Hope you are all having a good new year so far!!!

So here's to another New Year

I have been such a slacker about writing on this that I felt I should today to start the new year off on a good foot...so to speak.

I had a very low key Thanksgiving...baked cookies for three days straight with the aid of my EXTREMELY hungover cousin (Carrie...can I do something besides the marshmallows...I can't watch them swirl in the pan...it's making me sick) had a fun night out with the girls for our Christmas party...played a fun new game but decided it would be much more interesting if one were smashed while playing...hosted Christmas breakfast for my family...got a lovely Kitchen Aid mixer from my husband...spent New Years Eve at home watching Ben sleep on the couch and knitting a scarf that I am ready to be done with.

I have been thinking about what I can resolve for this year...nothing is coming to mind. I could do the usual...lose weight...make more time for me...actually use my gym membership...keep up with my friends better...blah, blah, blah...I have thrown it all out the window. I do OK for like a week then I have a million things come up I can't keep up with any of it and all of my good intentions go up like smoke.

So to this I resolve...
To wake up each morning and hope for good things
To take the stairs at work
To get Internet access at home :)

That's the best I can do. I wish you all a very happy new year and I hope to talk to you all more this year and keep in touch on a weekly basis...but I'm not making any promises :)