Making Progress...

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Like mostly everyone else in the world I have goals, personal and professional. Yet, I have a habit of becoming stagnate and not always following through with my goals and this has caused me some frustration. I will say that I'm much better in follow through with my professional goals that I am with my personal goals. I don't understand that thought process of  why I don't value my own personal goals more that professional but it's something that I'm starting to work through and overcome.

As I sit here at my desk I've decided to implement a goal each month and work on it daily so that I becomes a habit. Some things will be incorporated in groups and others individually. Over the last week my goal has been to establish an evening routine after work that prepares me for an early bed time so I can have an early rise time. It's funny how one little thing has a great ripple effect. I hate the mornings and I'd love it I could start my daily around 9am instead of 6am.

Do you set goals and do you revisit them to see how you're coming along?

Back In the Day...Wednesday!

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This was one of my most favorite things to play with as a kid. Play-Doh offered hours of endless play and fun. I actually had the set that is pictured above and I tell you, I never got tired of making different things. The only time I got mad is when my Play-Doh got all mixed up and it wasn't the right color anymore.

Did you play with Play-Doh outside of school and did you have any of the gadgets that made it into different shapes and whatnot?

Life Right Now!

I had the worst reflux last night and I ended up drinking pickle juice to help settle it down and it totally works. I felt so much better and was finally able to go to sleep.

My nephew is the cutest thing around and I want to kiss his face off! I'm headed home in 2 weeks to kiss on him and hug on my sister!

Last night I decided to just get up and do what I wanted to do around my home instead of waiting on my husband to do it. My hubby likes to move when he wants to and at times he holds up my efforts because he "doesn't feel like doing it right now". My kitchen was a mess with two dirty sinks and dirty dishes on the counter. He is the kitchen cleaner and I was tired of waiting on him to clean it up. I got up and set the timer on the stove for 30 minutes and I was able to completely clean the kitchen and sweep with 5 minutes to spare to look up a recipe.

I need to get back into my meal planning and budgets! My financial outlook has been so bad since I stopped keeping up with a firm budget and I have to repair that ASAP! I guess I'll go home and work one out by the end of the week.

My mommy and I watch "Downton Abbey" every Sunday night on PBS and we get on the phone and cackle about the show afterwards. I love it!

What's going on in your life right now?

Laziness Will be the Death of Me!

I'm lazy. A simple truth that I've been wrestling with for years. I have such an issue with getting up and doing things, especially getting out of the bed in the mornings. Lawd, that's the toughest thing to do and I suck at talking myself into getting out of bed!

Letting It All Go!

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Everyone in your life is not there to benefit you, even if they are family. That's a lesson that I've had to learn over the last 4 years or so when it comes to a certain family member. Now, I'm not talking a cousin or someone distant, I'm talking about a sister.

I have an older sister that is hard to get along with. She is the type of person that enters a room and immediately posts up and evil eyes everyone, even though no one has done anything to her. How can I explain this without writing a dissertation? She's hard to get along with, always plays the victim, has the nastiest attitude, is an instigator and loves to wallow in her own pain and wants you to join her. She has very toxic behavior and I have just gotten so tired of even trying to deal with it for "family sake".

It has taken me a while to come to that decision, hence the 4 years, because I felt conflicted due to our familial relationship. Now, I just don't care! I'm not going to live my life tip toeing around a grown overly sensitive person, girl bye! You can take or leave it and I prefer if you left it. My feelings won't be hurt at all. This past year is the first where I've limited my contact with her and I tell ya'll, it's been the best one yet! So, while I was home this time, and after a confrontation with her, I decided that I would be better off with no communication with her at all. It may sound selfish but why do we have to put up with someone that adds no value to our life? We don't and I don't plan on it anymore.

Have you ever had to cut someone out of your life that was family? How did that go?