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I got this in an email this afternoon. I thought it was a good list of things to work towards for the year and thought I’d share it.

 

HANDBOOK 2010

Health:
1.       Drink plenty of water.
2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3.       Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4.       Live with the 3 E ‘s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5.       Make time to pray
6.       Play more games
7.       Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8.       Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9.       Sleep for 7 hours…..
10.     Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11.    Don’ t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12.    Don’ t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13.    Don’ t over do. Keep your limits
14.    Don’ t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15.    Don’ t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16.    Dream more while you are awake
17.    Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18.    Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19.    Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20    Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21.    No one is in charge of your happiness except you…
22.    Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23.    Smile and laugh more.
24.    You don’ t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree…

Society:
25.    Call your family often.
26.    Each day give something good to others.
27.    Forgive everyone for everything..
28.    Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of  6.
29.    Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30.    What other people think of you is none of your business.
31.    Your job won’ t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32.    Do the right thing!
33.    Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joy ful.
34.    GOD heals everything.
35.    However good or bad a situation is, it will change…
36.    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37.    The best is yet to come…
38.    When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39.    Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

 

Right now I’m sitting here trying not to listen to my husband who is a couple rooms away and on the phone with a crisis hotline.

I won’t say more because he reads my blog.

I can only hope that 2010 has better things in store for us than 2009 did and in all honesty, 2009 didn’t suck that much.

Hope you all have a safe and Happy New Year and may 2010 bring you nothing but good health and happiness.

 

While I’m waiting for him to get ready…we’re heading to my sister’s house for New Year type activities…I’ll jot down a little list of things that happened in 2009 that are significant to me. A reflection on the year, if you will.

We are now into the Land Contract of owning our house. – so yes, the house and all of the surrounding property will some day be ours! It’s a great feeling really. I didn’t mind renting, but to actually be OWNing something…it’s a good feeling.

We brought another furry bundle into our home. – while we sadly had to say goodbye to our beloved princess kitty, Beans (she is somewhere at a rescue or in foster care awating her new forever home) we adopted a kitten from the Michigan Humane Society. His official name is Cosmo, but he’s best known as Snorty or Snorts. He will be formally introduced to the interwebz soon.

My husband was officially diagnosed with Lupus. – not the best news, but helpful for his treatment. He was also put on Plaquenil, which, I’m sure, if he took properly would help him feel better.

We booked another trip to Disney World for next year. – I am SOOO excited about this! We’re going in october and staying at the Wilderness Lodge. It should be a really fun time!

My baby sister got married! – nuff said! Her wedding and reception were both beautiful and it was all kind of a whirlwind. 2 weddings in 2 years, whew! Glad they are over!

My Sister-in-Law and her family moved back to the USA from Australia. – they were there because of my BIL’s job and they were gone for 2 years. It was supposed to be a little bit longer, but with the jobs the way they are, they ended up coming home sooner than expected. I’m glad they are home though, I missed the little ones!

President Obama was sworn in. – what a wonderful time for our country. A time of hope and a time of change. He’s got a mess to clean up and I think he’s been doing as well a job as he can.

I decided to go back to school. – this is a biggie for me. I hate school in general. I just don’t like the classroom, but my job offers us 4250.00 a year for tuition!!! How could I not use it! Why wouldn’t I want to?? So I am. I’m starting at a Community College and of course the degree I’m going for is computer related. I’m nervous/scared/excited all at once.

I bought a program to help me customize my own theme. I love the themes I’ve been using, I’ve just wanted to change my blog more often and have more options. So, I broke down and got the program to do so. So please excuse the mess while i get things back in order.

Thanks!

I read a few blogs that do this on Fridays or other days of the week, and I’m totally stealing it!! So here goes………in random order

 

1. Mt. Dew

I can’t help it. I try to stay away from the Dew. I wish I could, but there’s nothing like an ice cold mt dew from a can…mmmmm bubbly goodness and a caffeine rush all at once! Ugh, i am sooo addicted!

2. White Tigers

I like tigers in general, but I really like white ones. They are beautiful, regal animals. I’ve never seen one in person, but I’d really like to one day.

3. Vampire Diaries

I ♥ this show! It took a little while for me to warm up to it completely, but I have really been enjoying it. I haven’t read (or listened) to any of the Vampire Diaries books, but I may have to look into them…although, it may ruin the series for me.

4. And while we’re on Vampires…Twilight Saga Books

Guilty pleasure right here. Love, love, ♥ these books! LOVE them! I’ve listened to them probably 5 times each. Watched the Twilight movie at least 20 times and cannot WAIT for New Moon to come out next week!

5. Domo

No clue why, I just love this little monster. RAWR!

6. Christmas @ Walt Disney World

Disney is my most favorite place in the world, other than home, but Christmas at Disney is AWESOME! They really decorate the place up and go all out. It’s beautiful and magical and I wish I was there right now…

7. Fireflies by Owl City

I could totally turn into a electrica music lover over this song! It was a freebie from iTunes one week and I have been itching to buy the whole album. It’s a catchy little song.

8. Fall/Autumn

I love this season of the year! It’s starting to get cooler, the leaves are changing colors…it’s a beautiful thing. I like the crispness of the air, the smell of the leaves.

9. My iPod Classic

I ♥ my iPod!!! I listen to it everyday at work. It’s chocked full of audio books, movies and all my music. ♥!

10. Tulips

Simple. Beautiful. One of the first signs of spring. Need I say more?

 

So there you have it. 10 things I’m loving today.

Wedding was yesterday! Everything went smoothly, the day was BEAUTIFUL! Here are a few photos:

My sister and my Dad.

Instead of the Unity Candle, they dumped Sand in a vase.

I haven’t had time to blog…but I have lots to blog about. I’ll get to it soon.

We finally have made a decision about our cat. She’s had 2 more seizures since I last blogged about them.

One was again with the vacuum on and the other was this week.

The one this week was kind of the eye opener one. Like, this isn’t just a fluke thing. I could go into the many reason why we’ve made the decision we have, but I don’t think the excuses or reasons are as important as us realizing that we can’t care for her in the way she needs, and what kind of life is she living here.

So we’ve decided to contact some no-kill shelters and see if they will take her in. If not, then we will probably put her down. Unfortunately.

It’s such a hard decision to make. But we know our limits and this exceeds them. it’s not a money thing, or anything like that. Really, we’ve put so much money and emotional energy into Topaz, so it’s nothing like that. We honestly don’t think she’s living much of a life here…and someone could do better.

She’d be a great cat as the “only” cat and with someone who will care for her seizures.

So, it’s a sad decision for us, but hopefully a good one for her. I hope we can find a rescue to take her in and not have to go through the alternative.

Anyway, that’s where we’re at right now.

The rest will wait.

I don’t want to make a blog for her, but I almost need to at this point. It’s been a little over a month since her last one.

This one was pretty much the same and happened at 5:12pm. Todd was vacuuming at the time…so maybe…stress? I dunno.

I will update here after a while. I have dishes to do…

Keep our little girl in your thoughts and prayers.

…yeah, I get border really easily! So I tend to change things up.

Which is ironic because I don’t like change in general. Maybe this is change I can control which is why I like it…and I like to figure it out and tweak.

Anyway…decided to brighten things up a bit and went with this wonderful theme by the lovely Flergs.

Oh, and I renamed the blog…much better…and I made the header super busy! So me.

Overall…blog redesign…total WIN!

But I will catch up tomorrow.

Today wasn’t the best of days.

I slipped getting out of the shower on Friday before work and hit my back on the toilet on the way down. OUCH! I had a really sore weekend, but I am so much better now. Thank God. And my husband did a great job taking care of me and dealing with my hurty, crabby ass. Thanks a lot, hun! (heh, I KNOW he reads this!)

THEN…tonight, our poor epileptic puppa, Topaz, has not one but 2 Grand Mal seizures. They were a few hours apart, but both were weird and not the norm…which worries me a bit. We’re gonna keep an eye on him and hope and PRAY he doesn’t have another one anytime soon! Poor P!

So basically, I spent my weekend on some killer pain meds and sleep aids, and just crabby! YEAH…great weekend.

Ugh, it’s back to work tomorrow! At least it’s a pay week and I get to play with some of the money…woo hoo! I already have a little list going.

• External “A” drive (I have a TON of pictures on Floppy disks (I had a Sony Mavica) and need to transfer them to CD…but the PC we have doesn’t even HAVE an “A” drive! LOL)
• Blank CD’s for the pictures!
• USB hub for my desk…too many USB type things, not enough ports!
• Something to hold papers! (So stupid, but good lord, I could use this!)
• New Glasses!

I think I’m forgetting something…but that’s all I can remember right now. It’s written down and in my iPod case.

Also, I want to do some home improvement type things…a gutter for the front of our house, a new storm door on the back…a new towel bar for the bathroom since I pulled the one we have down off the dam wall! LOL

Hopefully nothing comes up between now and then and I can play with some of this money. New things are fun! LOL I need a bit of retail therapy in my life!

Anyways, if anyone out there is reading this…hope you had a better weekend than I did, and have a great week!