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So, I have been doing this project playing around with this idea for several months now and as time passes I see many new things about myself…things that aren’t real easy for me to take.
- I suck at completion of projects
- I suck at completion of projects
- I suck at complet
See what I mean? I get bored too easily with sticking with one thing and want to jump ahead to something else. My mom, the sweetheart that she is, says I have trouble finishing things because I am so intelligent and get bored easily so am constantly on the lookout for things that will keep my brain busy. You know how moms are though – their children are always brilliant, mine included.
The point is, the discovery of what I really need to do (or at least, what I think I need to do) has presented itself to me. In trying to keep up with setting this entire website up, marketing it, trying to constantly work on art projects, then taking pictures and posting them here on the blog has shown me that I have a new found respect for all those people who blog each day for a living! I had no idea the amount of stress and work involved! An idea I threw around for a while was to just write stuff and post pictures of other people’s work and hope to eventually make some money with it but now that I have had a taste of it, I don’t think I am cut out for that.
What I love to do is design websites. What I love to do is think. What I love to do is laugh. What I love to do is have a schedule to follow on a daily basis. Trying to do art each day has driven me more crazy than I already am so I thought I would just go ahead and post that I have basically made the decision to drop the whole idea I first created on here of doing an art project for 365 days. I enjoy doing my art as a hobby. Since this whole thing was started back in January, I have lost my creative urge and that really pisses me off. I have put too much pressure on myself to create and thus ended the creative juices from flowing, so now I say stop the madness!
Now that I have spilled my guts about that, I will work on changing the site up a bit and head off on another tangent which will hopefully lead me to the original goal when I first lost my job – creating a business for myself which is suited to my needs and desires. Wish me luck!
My granddaughter’s birthday is coming up on May 7 and I wanted to give her something a little special. So, I called her on the phone and asked what her favorite color was and what she liked the most. All of the things she mentioned I put into the painting. I really hope she likes it!
This is something I am very passionate about – driving safely. I get real pissy when driving and see someone not paying attention, speeding, texting, reaching for things in the back seat, etc. I am very proud of the fact that I have a Class A CDL with endorsements and have never been the cause of an accident since I was 17 years old, and I am almost as old as dirt!
People, when you drive a vehicle, don’t have your attention on anything else!!!
Now that I have gotten that out of my system I have to show this to you. I am a straight forward type person and it is my belief that sometimes all the talking in the world doesn’t do any good so you have to just give a visual, so here is the visual:
In the past 5 years I have gained 60 pounds and the majority of it is in my middle section, specifically my stomach. Imagine carrying around an extra 60 pounds strapped to your stomach on a daily basis. Today was the last straw and I am taking positive action. My height is 5′7″ and I have watched my size go from a size 14 at 140 pounds to a 18 tipping the scale at 202. My face has expanded out, my chin has doubled, and my arms are like two pieces of meat flapping in the wind whenever I do anything physical. Not a pretty picture from my side.
As I sat here on the computer today I made the decision to change my eating habits because I believe if a person eats a healthy diet and exercises, they can lose weight and maintain the loss. The kicker is, a person has to actually DO this to make it work. I admit to being horrible at sticking with any type of diet but I used to have no problem with exercising regularly. Now I have so much more weight to move around!
Enter this book I happened to find when I went to Walmart tonight to purchase some good healthy foods. I stood there and quickly scanned some of the pages and liked what I was reading. Why? Because it is not a diet and it has been tested for a long time and plus, it makes sense to me. The scientifics are explained in detail of what happens to the body when certain foods/drinks are consumed on a daily basis and how it affects the organs. I like how all that is explained because I am such a nerd. Prior to going to the store I was also reading up on some other types of things I can do to lose weight so I am taking it all and doing it.
I started drinking this stuff called “low carb whey protein”, chocolate flavored of course, and it seems to be curbing my need to munch. I must say that it is actually not bad tasting! A little note here – I don’t like anything to eat or drink that even looks like “artificial”. I eat real butter, drink whole milk, eat real eggs, and use real sugar. It is my opinion that these items are not the cause of my gaining weight, but rather my lack of controlling how much of these things I have consumed over the past 5 years. For years prior I have always eaten “real” food but the difference was, I exercised on a daily basis so I had no problem with gaining weight. Of course though, I was younger then too and that probably makes a difference.
Anyway, just since eliminating the sugar and caffeine today I already feel much better. Yes, I have a slight headache, but I can manage that. I even got on the clothes hanger tonight! That’s what my husband calls my treadmill. There was some burning smell when I first started walking on it – must have been all the dust bunnies being roasted.
I will do my best to keep my progress updated on this new lease on life I have found.
