So, January is almost gone and yet I am still working on the New Year's resolutions I made. I think this is some kind of a record for me. I think the last 22 years worth of New Year's resolutions have been to eat healthier, lose weight, and get on a workout routine regularly. With the exception of having gone on vacation for 5 days, I am actually finding a rhythm! Whoo Hoo! And I can honestly say it feels pretty good. My sis and mom have been very encouraging, which is nice. My sister (who is a twig and doesn't need to lose an ounce but is trying to lose a few more pounds) has turned me on to a great online tool that I have been using to track what I am eating. It's called "The Daily Plate" and it's FREE to use! To check it out you can click here. I was really quite impressed with how it works. Basically, after you create an account (which is totally free--you can upgrade for a price to gain more features but I have been completely happy with just using the free features) just type in what you have eaten and it gives you options to choose to add to your "plate". It has a very large data base I have found and even has a lot of restaurant listings as well. If you eat something that is not in their data base, you have the option of adding that item along with whatever nutritional information you might have on it. There are also suggestions made on alternate healthier options you could have chosen in lieu of what you did eat. You can also track how much water you are drinking and enter what activities you have done. There is a menu that give you an estimation on how many calories you have burned, depending on the type of activity you have performed and for how long. Pretty neat-o. If ya haven't checked it out, you might want to when you get a minute. I am liking it. Down about 7 1/2 lbs so far, so maybe 2009 will be the year! Time will tell....
Another thing I am determined to do this year is to read thru the Bible. Always start the year with good intentions and then life gets in the way. A friend of mine sent me a great link that is a daily prompting of my heart's desire...via email! (What a technological world we live in!) It is thru CBN and you can sign up here. Basically, it sends you a link to go to and read a daily Old Testament Passage and a New Testament Passage and if you complete all 365 readings sent to you via email, you will have read thru the Bible in a year. If you miss a day or two getting on the computer, no worries. You can "catch up" because the readings are available beyond the day you receive them. So, that is something I have been doing too. How did I ever do life before getting a computer?
What else? Kirk is off saving the world again and I am a single mother for who knows how long. All those ice storms that are happening down south has once again taken a toll on the power lines. So, Kirk's company has been called out to assist getting the power back on. They are expecting more outages as some winds are suppose to be sweeping thru those areas in the near future which will likely break the lines that are still currently intact but are sporting big ice on the lines. So, we will see how that story ends too.... Kirk is suppose to send me some pics of what he is doing so if he does, I will post them here. But he has gotten reports that he is working in Missouri (which is where he currently is) and will likely move east--potentially working in Ohio and maybe New York. Such the world traveler!
Guess that about sums up what is currently floating around in this brain of mine. Things are unusually quite upstairs which can only mean one thing....either the kids have gotten into the Nyquil again or something is about to implode. So, I am going to go and check on them....
Until next time....
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