New Years Eve!

Well, it's time again to say goodbye to another year. A lot has happened this year for my family and me. We lost 2 of my aunts, Claudia and Louise, 2 uncles, Hicks and Vernon, my stepfather, EJ and my sister, Carol. My son, Adrian and his girlfriend, Summer got married on August 27th and they are doing well. My little brother, Jonathan, was in a terrible car accident and crushed his kneecap and found out he was epileptic. I finally got finished being a real estate assistant for other agents and started being an agent myself and I have done well. My Grandfather has found a home to rent that is closer to my Mom and me so he is really really happy. I have started working out more and within the last week have started logging my calories because I need to get a handle on what I'm eating.

When we first moved to TN I weighed in at 180 pounds!!!!! Now, I'm only 5'3 so that is a lot of pounds! It didn't help that I was drinking 2 margarita a night, every night - not because I'm an alcoholic but because I loved the taste (anything lime gets my attention) and it was my way of just relaxing after stressful workdays. Once I stopped doing that my weight slowly got better and I started adding in exercise. But, as it goes, life gets in the way sometimes of my goals and I was on again, off again with exercise BUT I am consistently getting back on the workout wagon once I get off so that is a good thing. I am down to 154 now and working hard to get it lower.

My goals for this year are to continue with exercise and eating better but also to pay off some bills and get them out of my hair. So, needless to say, I will be working hard to make that money to do that. I still have my goal of becoming a millionaire - and I will make it happen!

This year I will make the decision to switch companies or not so along the way I'll be gathering facts.

Today was a good day too! It felt good to sleep in and get some things done around the house. Also cooked dinner for the family and it was good and we all had a good time. My grandpa is just so excited and so happy with his new house. He's like a little kid again.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I know this is going to be the very very best year ever for our family!!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!! Today was such a great day! I was blessed enought to give my son the presents on his list plus give my husband some things he wanted! Also had my Mom and Grandpa over for Christmas dinner and it turned out fantastic. Everybody was just so mellow and in good humor and the day was wonderful.

I also got in a workout today to start my year of health and fitness off right. I was exercising so well before my step father and sister passed away then it kind of fell by the wayside. I started on Saturday getting back to it and today I had a great cardio "Turbo Jam" workout. Those workouts are the best for the music and the sweat they bring!! My cats continue to entertain me to no end. I'm so glad we got the new kitty for my old kitty. He's like a young cat again and they play constantly and make me laugh constantly!

Well, got to get a shower and get ready to sleep for workday tomorrow! Here is a quote I found on sparkpeople dot com that I loved:

"From now on, try paying attention more to your direction and less to your speed. Be patient, focus on a little bit at a time, and soon enough, you'll be further than you ever thought."

I believe 2007 will be mine and my family's best year ever! Good night!

CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE!

I love Christmas! I always have and I always will. There is just something that seems magical about it. This year we'll be without my sister and my step father and without 2 of my aunts. It was a long year and very sad in that we lost a lot of family members. I believe this year will be great though. I'm just the type of person who just pushes through stuff like that and get through it the best I can.

Yesterday I started back with the workouts! I was really going gung ho with them until October when my step father died then had to take my mom to FL for the funeral then got back and one day later my sister died then had to go to MS for that funeral. After all that I just didn't seem to have the energy. Plus right after I got back work picked up in an extremely big way. I sell houses by the way. Right up until the week before Christmas I had hardly any time to do anything at all except work. Luckily I did fit some Christmas shopping in there here and there. So I let the workouts and the healthy eating slide.

My eating still needs some work and I will work on it this year along with paying off some bills. If I could just get up early in the morning to work out that would just solve all the working out issues. I'll have to work on that too!

Well, happy Christmas Eve to you all and I hope your day is wonderful!