This is a pic of Babe jumping off the boat in Maui of summer 2005. Peter, Babe and I are heading to Hawaii tomorrow for a few days of much needed R&R. I can't say the thought of a mushy, winter- white body in a swimsuit is really all that appealing right now, but I also don't really care. We're heading to Hawaii and that's all that's important!
"Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality" by Ralph Marston. I read this quote on another blog and I really liked it. I would say doubts AND fears, though. Another quote that I always remember is "Face your doubts, master your fears." I think both of these quotes have essentially the same message.
I find those to be especially pertinent since it is still the beginning of the year. As I mentioned in my 100 things post, I make essentially the same New Years Resolutions every year. Why? Because I never accomplish them. So why don't I just stop making New Year's Resolutions at all? I don't know. Deep down, I appreciate the idea of starting afresh and having goals. Even deeper down, I guess there is always that small glimmer of hope that I might actually reach one of those goals.
Thinking about these quotes, I'm realizing that perhaps I am the one standing in the way of myself. My reality is what I make it. What am I scared of? Why am I doubting myself? Why am I not allowing myself to change my reality? I guess I have a new goal now to add to the list: Allow myself to reach my goals. I'll let you know how it works.
Okay...I am admittedly a TV freak. I have my shows that I have to watch every week. Before the days of Tivo and DVR I might even have been known to rearrange my plans if it conflicted with a certain TV show. Back in the day, some favorites were Friends, Felicity, My So Called Life and Party of Five. I'm not saying this is a healthy habit by any means, but I don't see it changing any time soon.
With the addition of DVR, I now watch so much more TV than ever before. I can't figure out if I'm maximizing my TV time because now I don't have to watch commercials and I can choose when I watch shows, or if I am just wasting even more time. Probably the latter.
Anyways...at the risk of looking (and being) completely pathetic, here is what is programmed on our DVR. Some of it is purely Peter, but most of it I watch. Let me know if I'm missing out on any unforgettable shows and I will add them on.
Weekly Programmed Time Suckage:
24, Family Guy, Friday Night Lights, Grey's, Heroes, The Hills, Lost, Men in Trees, Oprah, Roswell, Ellen, The Office, Simpson's and random things like Killer Squid, LDS Conference, and Under the Tuscan Sun.
Excuse the crude title. You are probably wondering what these two things have in common. Let me tell you. Those are the things that our new neighbor, Rob, found on the porch of Patrick's house after they had moved out and left the place "spotless". This is on the PORCH!! Inside, he was greeted by piles and piles of junk. i.e. empty pizza boxes, old food, syringes, trash, and other drug paraphanelia to name a few. Are you kidding me that this house wasn't condemned by the freaking health department? Rob took us on a tour yesterday (all of the junk has been thrown out), and I felt like I could have been on an episode of one of my favorite shows....COPS! Imagine a house that has NEVER been cleaned, yet has the grossest, messiest people and all of their trashy friends living there for years. I guess we are lucky that the place never burned down from a kitchen meth fire or something. Luckily, it's going to be knocked down soon and a new house will be standing in it's place in a few short months. And all I will have left are all of those wonderful memories...in other words, I can't wait!
So...after reading these on a few other blogs, I kind of want to try it. I think I could be a little more introspective, so this will be good practice.
1. i am the oldest child in my family
2. i have been graduated from high school for 10 years in june!
3. i love the outdoors
4. i take pleasure from eating good food
5. i hate scary movies
6. i love dogs
7. i think it is important to recycle
8. i want to have a big family
9. i love the color green
10. i have a hard time getting out of bed in the mornings
11. i love when it rains
12. i get attached to people quickly
13. i am interested in architecture
14. i become obsessed if i'm reading a good book
15. i cannot refuse a cute pair of shoes
16. i wear size 11 shoes (explains #15)
17. i love anything that is vanilla, almond or coconut
18. i rarely wear perfume
19. i don't think of myself as high maintenance, but i always wear make-up
20. i have an irrational fear of ice since i slipped
21. i am worried that my ankle will never be normal
22. i was on the tennis team in high school
23. i love to play board games and card games
24. i skipped a grade in elementary school
25. i love to travel
26. i want to live in a foreign country
27. i wish i spoke another language fluently
28. i admire people who can sing
29. i have always wanted to learn how to play the guitar
30. i wish i could sew
31. i want to be a better writer
32. i love little kids
33. i used to be really shy
34. i regret quitting piano in high school
35. i have to close the closets before i can sleep in the night
36. i rarely have dreams that make sense or that i can remember
37. i am addicted to certain tv shows
38. i love to get pedicures
39. i think it is super fun to go out to dinner and a movie
40. i make the same new years resolutions every year
41. i hope that i have twins
42. i love clean sheets
43. i like to come home from vacation to a clean house
44. i love the smell of pine sol
45. i had braces twice
46. i always peel my nails off, never cut
47. i have never broken a bone
48. i want to get lasik some day
49. i never throw up
50. i am finally starting to like my curly hair
51. i like to open all the blinds first thing in the morning to let the sun in
52. i take vitamins every day
53. i gag if i hold anything in my mouth
54. i want to run a marathon one day
55. i always sit on the couch with a blanket, regardless of the temperature
56. i admire my husband's grandparents
57. i like to wear my retainers to bed
58. i have great friends who i could trust with anything
59. i love to water ski
60. i don't like it when it is over 90 degrees
61. i put my pajamas on right when i get home, regardless of the time
62. i prefer skirts to dresses
63. i love the first snow of the year
64. i am excited about my sister getting married
65. i love my family
66. i feel lucky to have such great in-laws
67. i enjoy baking
68. i wish i was more motivated in a lot of aspects
69. i love listening to good music
70. i love the beach
71. i could eat rice pudding every day of my life
72. i am lactose intolerant
73. i have never had any kind of surgery (unless you count wisdom teeth)
74. i hate taking medicine of any kind
75. i have always had the same car my whole life
76. i am not very good at saving money
77. i love to look at past pictures and reminisce
78. i am not as organized as i would like to be
79. i always wear sunscreen
80. i feel that i have lived a charmed life
81. i hate being late
82. i think about the future a lot
83. i don't play video games
84. i always close the blinds in the night
85. i love seeing other people's homes, it tells about them
86. i can't wait to be a mom
87. i can fall asleep at the most inopportune times
88. i am not afraid to fail at something
89. i am happily married
90. i rarely feel "down"
91. i wish there were more hours in the day
92. i am a horrible liar
93. i love to laugh until my stomach hurts
94. i can play a song on the harmonica
95. i don't really like surprises
96. i can remember numbers easily
97. i love period movies...much to my husband's chagrin
98. i make wishes on shooting stars
99. i am excited about the prospect of a new year
100. i am surprised that i could think of this many things!
