I realize it has been a while since I have posted so I thought I would do that now! Let me just tell you....it has been so CRAZY busy in life lately that it is making excited for February! The only exciting thing happening in February is the Lady Antebellum concert...which I am very excited for! Other than that, life should slow down a bit. I am currently working two jobs. A full time job at the hospital and a PRN job at the Cancer Center. If you aren't familiar with PRN, it just means less than 20 hours a week. I do have to say, it is starting to wear on me! I am kind of ready for a nice vacation....which isn't until June! But...it will be well worth the wait because my friend and I are going to...wait for it....CMA COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL in Nashville! I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am about this! I already know I am going to be ready to move to Nashville as soon as I get there! But....we will just have to see what happens with that!
So let me tell you what has been going on lately! I am not really one to set a lot of New Year's resolutions but this year I have! I realize that I am a couple weeks late on this boat but...I have set 4! And here they are:
1) GET SPIRITUALLY FIT- I want to grow more in my walk with the Lord. I feel like I have been slacking quite a bit this past year and I want to get better! So far I have improved in my reading of the Word which let me just tell you...does SO much for you! I can always tell when I haven't been consistent in reading the Bible because everything else in my life is off too! I get stressed out, I get a poor attitude, I am lazy, and so on and so on. I read a Pinterest board that said something like "The grass is greener where it gets watered." You can totally apply that to the Christian walk. You will always be wanting more from everything else in life until you drink the living water. LOVE IT! I am also going to be working on ways to encourage and serve others and improve in my prayer life. So if any of you need ANYTHING contact me! I'm on facebook, twitter, pinterest, and instagram. Or you can email me!
2) GET FINANCIALLY FIT- I want to get most of my debts taken care of this year! I have decided that instead of using any tax return money that I get on something fun that I don't really need at all...I am going to use it to pay off my car. Don't ask me why but I have this thought looming in the back of my mind that something is going to happen to my car in the near future. And if that does happen, then I need to have it paid off so I don't have to come up with way more than I have. Also, it's not wise to have debt. I know there are a couple things like, my mortgage and student loans, that aren't going to get completely paid off but, if I can get rid of those pesky credit card balances and car payments then I will be able to start chunking away at the bigger ones! SIDE NOTE- not sure if chunking is a real word or not and if it is I'm not sure if I used it correctly but, it sounds good to me so I'm going to make the assumption that you all get my drift. :) Also, I want to be able to have money to help out others who need it more than I do. I hate hearing about someone who is in need financially and feeling like I am unable to help them due to payments that need to be made.
3) GET PHYSICALLY FIT- I already mentioned in my first post that I am working on losing weight this year so I won't go into extreme detail. I will say that so far I have lost 2.8 pounds in the last couple weeks and I am ok with that. Normally I would want more than this...I mean....who wouldn't?! But, I am trying to do this the right way and take it one step at a time. When I don't lose a whole lot in a week, I look at the areas I need to improve for the next week. Like cutting out that Dr. Pepper, not eating that sweet thing that was oh so delicious, or hopping on the bike for another 20 min. I was so stinking excited last week! I found a baby kale and baby spinach salad mixture at SAMS Club. Made my day! I now try to incorporate at least one salad into my daily meals. I have also increased my fruit intake and decreased my bread. I have not cut carbs out completely, but I am trying to be more careful of how many I eat. I am doing Weight Watchers so that is helping me to monitor what I eat. I also started exercising more. I have been taking Riggs out for more walks, hopping on the bike AND.....I started up T25. If you are unfamiliar with T25 it is intense!! It is a high intensity workout that is 25 minutes long. It's made by the makers of the P90X and Insanity workouts. Let me just tell you....my legs are so sore and...I was just doing the modified versions...hahahaha....yes I am that out of shape. But it will get better. It has to...because of my next resolution. How was that for not going into extreme detail?
4) RUN THE RIVER RUN 10K- Every year here in Wichita we do this event called Riverfest. And at the beginning of Riverfest they have a 2 mile and a 10K run. This year they are adding a 5K into the mix. A 5K is 3.1 miles so a 10K is 6.2 miles. My goals last year were to run a 5K and a 10K. However, when the 10K came up I was having some knee issues and was unable to run it. I did get 2 5K's in though! So I am upping my game this year! My dad and I ran the 2 mile a couple years ago...and when I say WE ran....I really mean HE ran and I walked most of it. But this year I am hoping the two of us can do the whole 6.2 miles together! We will see!
Well that sums up my New Year's resolutions for you. I hope to get back on here tomorrow with some cooking things. I am off tomorrow so my goal is to get a meal fixed. I love the site skinnytaste.com so I will probably try to concoct something from there. Have a great night!
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