Always around the first week of the year, everyone talks about their New Year’s Resolutions. By the end of January, the resolutions are out of sight, out of mind. This post, I’m revisiting my resolutions/goals to see how I’ve been doing.
1. Catch up in scrapbooking: I have now scrapbooked through May of 2006. I got on a scrapbooking kick for about 2 weeks and trudged through 2005 and half of 2006.
2. Make the Australia scrapbook: Zero progress.
3. Drink more water. 4 out 7 days a week, I’m good. The other days are mediocre, but I have been making Ryan drink more water. Does that count?
4. Create a health and fitness plan that gradually builds: I spent January reasonably dedicated to one workout a week and no eating out. Then birthday and Valentine’s day madness came around and I fell off the wagon, hard. I’ve since reached an all time high in weight and then come back down off the edge of a tall cliff. I’m back on water and the treadmill.
5. Move to a new city: Orlando is looking more and more realistic.
6. Make new friends: I haven’t exactly made new friends, but I have been more active with current friends and people from work.
7. Build up my savings account: I mailed a check to my mom yesterday to be deposited in my new MM account. It has a higher interest rate. I’ve been much better about controlling the urge to eat out. I’ve cut back drastically on how often I run downstairs for a coffee or bagel. I bought creamer for when we make coffee in the office and buy regular coffee instead of the fancy stuff (twice as expensive). This has been my greatest success in terms of making new year’s resolutions.
8. Figure out my career choices: I have been switching back and forth between nursing and teaching for months now. Finally, I decided that, either way, I have to take the GRE. So I have books and notecards courtesy of Maggie and will be taking the test by the end of April.
9. Religion: Not sure where this is going yet.
As for number 8, the latest issue of Real Simple touches on our greatest decision-making problems. In this case, I have gone through every road block in deciding what career I want to pursue. I’ve waffled, procrastinated, polled people’s opinion, been over cautious, etc. I’ve now set a deadline to decide. April = GRE. June = application deadline. I will have a decision and I will pursue something. Not because of a last minute decision, but because putting it off will only keep me more miserable.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Lovely.
Valentine’s Day is my second favorite holiday (Christmas is the first, of course). I love giving people chocolate and I loooooove flowers! Candy hearts are yummy (almost yummier than candy corn). Everyone is super nice to each other. It’s during the cold season, even in Florida. It’s just a lovely holiday.
Ryan and I went out to dinner on Tuesday to celebrate because Valentine’s Day is soo busy and because he’s working tonight (lame). He got me 2 of my favorite movies, the Little Mermaid and Bridget Jones’ Diary, for my birthday. Then, he got me a spa gift certificate for Valentine’s Day! Perfect. I got him a date in a box, dinner gift card for Sonny’s, dessert gift card for Coldstone, a movie – The Departed – and a snack for the movie, raisonettes. The candy is already gone, but the date night is yet to be had. He always asks me to go to Sonny’s, but I’m not quite as enthusiastic about it as he is, so I figure now we can definitely go to Sonny’s just for him.
I must say, I love the man with all of my heart! He got a haircut, trimmed his beard and shaved for our special night out. We got all dressed up and went to Bonefish Grill. He looked so handsome I could hardly take my eyes off of him! About 2 weeks ago, though, he made it painfully obvious that there was some sort of gift in the apartment that he was hiding from me. When I asked him what it was or when I’d get it, he just kept saying “I’ll tell you when you’re older.” Well, the most torturous thing you can do to me is tell me I have a surprise but not give it to me. Sooooo, last night he said I wouldn’t get to have it this mysterious thing until we moved to Orlando! That’s not until the END OF JULY! Are you kidding me?! I am not that patient! I can’t stand it! I want to tear the apartment up in search of this “perfect hiding space” of his. I like surprises, but geez, couldn’t he have kept the secret until closer to the time he was planning on giving it to me?! Oy. My life is very hard.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE! I hope your day is filled with love and romance.
Ryan and I went out to dinner on Tuesday to celebrate because Valentine’s Day is soo busy and because he’s working tonight (lame). He got me 2 of my favorite movies, the Little Mermaid and Bridget Jones’ Diary, for my birthday. Then, he got me a spa gift certificate for Valentine’s Day! Perfect. I got him a date in a box, dinner gift card for Sonny’s, dessert gift card for Coldstone, a movie – The Departed – and a snack for the movie, raisonettes. The candy is already gone, but the date night is yet to be had. He always asks me to go to Sonny’s, but I’m not quite as enthusiastic about it as he is, so I figure now we can definitely go to Sonny’s just for him.
I must say, I love the man with all of my heart! He got a haircut, trimmed his beard and shaved for our special night out. We got all dressed up and went to Bonefish Grill. He looked so handsome I could hardly take my eyes off of him! About 2 weeks ago, though, he made it painfully obvious that there was some sort of gift in the apartment that he was hiding from me. When I asked him what it was or when I’d get it, he just kept saying “I’ll tell you when you’re older.” Well, the most torturous thing you can do to me is tell me I have a surprise but not give it to me. Sooooo, last night he said I wouldn’t get to have it this mysterious thing until we moved to Orlando! That’s not until the END OF JULY! Are you kidding me?! I am not that patient! I can’t stand it! I want to tear the apartment up in search of this “perfect hiding space” of his. I like surprises, but geez, couldn’t he have kept the secret until closer to the time he was planning on giving it to me?! Oy. My life is very hard.
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE! I hope your day is filled with love and romance.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Saturday, February 2, 2008
the good with the bad
The judge had no mercy. Not only did I have to pay for the full ticket, but I was assigned to take the class to avoid any points. I was a basket case in front of the judge, a nervous mess. It is over, however. After putting myself under restriction for the last month, the cost of the ticket and the class have not at all affected my bank account. Ryan and I avoided eating out as much as possible. We have not been to Papa John's in over a month now and I did not go to Panera or Moe's at all. There were times when we got subs or sushi and 2 trips to Olive Garden. However, Ryan paid for a couple and I had a gift card for OG. I paid for a couple, but eating out twice is much improved. The fact that I can count the number of times we "slipped" is a good thing in and of itself.
All in all, it was an expensive lesson. My self discipline has paid for my moment of irresponsible driving. I'm rather proud of myself for not allowing myself to stop the growth of my savings account for a careless mistake. We are hoping to continue the trend of not eating out. With the exception of my birthday/Valentine's Day dinner and an occassional bagel, we will continue to avoid Moe's, Panera, Papa John's and Arby's. We are also meeting my brother and sister in Orlando next Friday for a double birthday celebration. We're all going to a late lunch and then to Islands of Adventure for the evening.
February is going to be a good month, especially since I don't have the ticket looming over my head anymore.
All in all, it was an expensive lesson. My self discipline has paid for my moment of irresponsible driving. I'm rather proud of myself for not allowing myself to stop the growth of my savings account for a careless mistake. We are hoping to continue the trend of not eating out. With the exception of my birthday/Valentine's Day dinner and an occassional bagel, we will continue to avoid Moe's, Panera, Papa John's and Arby's. We are also meeting my brother and sister in Orlando next Friday for a double birthday celebration. We're all going to a late lunch and then to Islands of Adventure for the evening.
February is going to be a good month, especially since I don't have the ticket looming over my head anymore.
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