Our new view!
So let's visit last year's word shall we. Action. Such a great word. Although it didn't really present itself until around April. That's when something clicked in my brain that I had to get healthier. I wasn't a fan of the baby weight anymore and I was just all around feeling blah. I was tired all the time, overwhelmed & stressed. So that is when I decided to take action. Then around the beginning of summer I decided to make a list of 40 things to do before I turned 40. Which has since grown so now I guess it's turned into my Life List. This was to help me make the most of my time and not be idle. Some items are big and some are pretty small. The point of it was to make more of life. Then this fall we really got sick and tired of living in an apartment so we started to look into moving to a house. We are bursting at the seams in our two bedroom town home. So it has now turned into a necessity to move up in the world. Action has been taken in all three of these areas!
This year I lost 20 pounds and generally all around got myself healthier. I won't tell you my before weight or what I weigh now. I will just say I met my goal & I'm really proud of myself. If you were to ask me 2 years ago if I would ever be this size again I would've laughed in your face. With loosely watching my calorie intake and running about 3 days a week for a half hour each time the weight came off and I'm feeling more physically fit than ever! Lo and behold diet and exercise DO work!
My Life List has changed the way I view life. I get so excited when I get to cross something off the list. I plan my time off now consciously thinking if there is anything I want to to do from my list. We were able to cross several things off this year. Even a couple of big things. It brings me so much happiness to know that I'm not sitting around wasting my time. I'm checking things off my list!
Finally our last big decision that required action this year was finding a house. When we started out we weren't sure if we would rent or buy. Then we decided buying is what we wanted most and we could afford it. We were surprised when the option to build came our way and we could actually do it. So we found the perfect piece of land located at the end of a very quiet cul-de-sac with a wonderful view of the Texas Hill Country. It's amazing and we start building this month (I think). I'm excited and terrified all at the same time. Most importantly I know it's the right decision.
So 2012 was good for us. Action was the absolute perfect word for the year. Now I'm looking forward to a lot of changes and great things to come in 2013. I'm still applying muchness (2011) & action to all I do in life but now it's time to add a little bit of gratitude. I can't wait.
Also this blog will be under going some big changes this year. Some changes are going to be pretty drastic. Denny, the Mister, will be posting every now and then. So in order to accommodate him the name and look of the blog will probably have to change. Also posts might sometimes be a little wordier. We've been talking about blogging together for a while now and I'm excited to finally get that going! Be patient with us while we work out all the kinks! Thanks!
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