Still Reinventing after all this Time

Seriously it's been 2 years since I started this blog?  And I haven't made any entries in a year and a half?  Well, I am still Reinventing Me.  I just took a break......a long break. SO, where did I leave off?  The weight loss challenge?  Well, I took a break on that too.  However, I will just pick up where I left off and add that to my Reinvention.

Today I signed up for real estate classes in Dallas. I have wanted to list and sell homes for years!  YEARS! My classes start next week and the course work will be completed before Spring Break.  I'm not sure when I will sit for the test but I am confident I will be a licensed realtor before Summer.  So excited! (squeal)

Reinvention:

Step 1: Enroll in Real Estate Classes > Done

Snowy Day

There's snow on the ground and it's freezing outside. The sidewalk is slippery. How am I supposed to start my work out routine today? I guess I can settle for indoor stretching and calisthenics.  Besides the work out doesn't do much without the proper diet......and I had cheese and crackers for breakfast. Of course, starting now is better than putting it off until tomorrow...or next year.

Did I mention I LOVE the snow? Watching it fall yesterday was so wonderful. I love the way it blankets everything in a pure white. Covers up all the dormant, dead looking shrubs and dusts them with tiny ice crystals. I had the most wonderful day dream about riding Teddy bareback through the snow yesterday. Of course it was just a dream since I do not ride and Teddy was a wild, curious infant in the snow yesterday.

Here's another goal...when I lose a little weight I am going to learn to ride.

Chitty Bang Bang!

My boobs droop, my butts not tight, my hips shake from the left to the right.....

Hmmm! What to do about that situation. Boob job, liposuction, short skirt?  Probably not the right solution for me.

Diet, exercise and the hula. Getting closer I think to the right solution, but that blasted hoop always falls down.

I think I don't need a complete reinvention of me.....just a tune up.  How about half my size in 6 months? That sounds like a goal. I think I'll choose that one.  Half my size....what will I do then....(imagine thought bubbles floating above my head here).

I will walk Yellowstone National Park with my children this summer.
I will wear shorts not capri pants.
I will swim at the pool.
My friends will ask me to lunch and I WILL eat salad with dressing on the side. (Bubble POP)!

Oh how I want the results with out the effort! Best place to start is the beginning so here is my beginning...AGAIN!

Re-Charged

Well I am back from Spring Break and my batteries are re-charged. I have so many new ideas about what to do  with myself. If it all works out, I will be a thinner, business owner before years end. More details to come as I work my way through the maze.

Come along for the journey if you wish. I will be blogging more now that my energy is back. Gym tomorrow and then step one of my new venture. Soon you may get to vote on a name for my business......it's pet sitting still but with a broader purpose. Why should I be the only one who has all the fun?

For my creative friends, send a gender neutral company name to me. The Furry Godmother can't be for men so I will most likely have to re-brand. My local clients most likely won't care.......they all call me by my name anyway.

Push

Well last week was a push. Nothing lost and nothing gained. I know that is going to happen sometimes but I still want to run out and buy some cheddar popcorn and Dr. Pepper. I kind of feel like having a "party in my mouth" as Dr. Phil would say.

I am re-directed in a new area at home. I am finally washing a million loads of laundry a day to keep up with my busy family. After everything gets caught up I am calling in a maid for the work I am incapable of doing. I am only incapable because I can't seem to get everything together all at one time. I think a little help would go a LONG way. It would be nice to know if those baseboards are still white:)

The kids sporting activities are getting back into full swing. Lacrosse, baseball, soccer and horseback riding. Each kid wants to play additional sports this season.....you know,"Mom my life is so BORING! I only have something to do after school 3 days a week."   AY, Yi, Yi! Why do they think being so busy is so wonderful?

Just Do It

I am going to the gym, I am, I swear.....sometime today I am going to the gym, it's just down the street. I am going to get there......sometime today. UGHHH! The weekend is coming. I need to go to the gym. The fat isn't just melting away on it's own.

Okay so I talk to myself sometimes. I'm sure I'm not the only one. But sometimes it's an all out war with myself. I  know I need to go to the gym today but I just don't want to. At church last week we talked about discipline. How lots of people have good thoughts but it's the follow through that is hard to summon. I guess that's where Nike gets it's "Just Do It" campaign. I guess they are talking directly to me. Well I guess in a lot of ways I am saying the same thing to myself. Just do it! Discipline. Follow through. Go to the gym.

I am getting motivated. If I go right now I can still make it to the Parent/ Teacher conference with a shower. oHHH! I'm outta here....I am really going to the gym. I won the war in my own head. YAY!

Boot Straps

I think I lost my boot straps. But I am going to try to find them. It's been hectic and crazy around here lately. The kids had a four day weekend. Lots of snow, lots of kid food, lots of fun.  

I guess I took the whole week off last week. But I am going to find my momentum. Luckily the weight loss momentum kept rolling and I lost 2 pounds. Which makes a total of 10 pounds so far. YAY! I lost one unit! 9 more to go. 

I am going for my facial today. Then kids parties at school.