Doin' Choreography

A few recent observations:

1. I don't realize how crazy my hand motions are until I see the person I'm talking to watching my hands, not my face.

2. I LOVE my old school jams! Case in point, my recent downloads have been:

• Nivea- "Don't Mess With My Man"
• Mya- "Case of the Ex"
• Salt n' Pepa- "Shoop"
• SWV- "Weak"
• Brandy- "Sittin' Up in My Room" and about 5 other songs! :)
• Joe feat. Mystikal- "Stutter"
• Blaque feat. JC Chasez (my *Nsync boyfriend)- "Bring It All to Me"
• Toni Braxton- "He Wasn't Man Enough for Me" and again, about 5 other songs.

I think this list is pretty indicative of the music mood I've been. Bring on the JAMS!!!

Say You Wanna Revolution?

I have had a life revolution. Or revelation? How about both! My lovely mother-in-law sent us this "Change Your Brain Change Your Body" DVD after we talked about it at Thanksgiving, and I am in love. In love with Dr. Amen and in love with changing my BRAIN! And my body, too. :)

So, what I'm saying is, go read, watch, or listen to some Dr. Amen. I've been watching calories and working out a lot more recently, which I think might make all this Amen stuff a little easier to take. I'm not saying I'll never eat cake again, because that would be a joke, but I'm definitely improving what I eat. Cucumbers or bell peppers instead of tortilla chips? You got it! Simple changes like that can really change your life, and prolong your life. It's all about high quality calories in-- and I am all for it!

I think this is the perfect time in my life for this. In the past, I have been too quick to give in and indulge. Now, I have time to think about what I am putting in my body, and I actually do care! I have had way too many low self-esteem pitfalls, and I'm over it! In the past few months I have really surprised myself-- at work I have turned down free cake, a chocolate chip muffin, and other goodies. I KNOW! Can you believe it?! Just one of the few signs that I am ready for a life change.

So I'm taking fish oil (odorless! holla!) and vitamin D (sunshine in a supplement... Utah is too drab these days) and eating the rainbow (squash, berries, spinach, bananas, etc.). I'm continuing to workout, and I got a yoga DVD at the library yesterday. I think I need to de-stress a little more.

I am loving this revolution and I am loving the changes in my own thought processes. I am glad that I can change and improve.

And on that note, here is my theme for 2011:

"Your life is your own, to develop or to destroy. You can blame others little and yourself almost totally if that life is not a productive, worthy, full, and abundant one. Others can assist or hinder you, but the responsibility is yours and you can make it great, mediocre, or a failure."

-Spencer w Kimball

So Fresh & So Clean

Well friends, I am pleased as punch with this new blogger design stuff! I had so much fun this morning! What's even cooler is representing with this cool "Hatch" photo. I looked up some Stubbs ones (holla!), but I'll have to save those for another day. Hatch is the new Stubbs, ya know. :)

This week has been pretty bizarre. We thought we were moving to this AWESOME place, and now we are NOT. In fact we can't get out of this joint until March 31st. We can't even look for a new place for like a month. But we have high hopes that we will find something just as fabulous. Cross your fingers!

One of my coworkers passed away this week-- very unexpectedly. He always got to work at like 6am, he had a heart attack, and one of our other coworkers found him later, called 911, and he passed away at the hospital. I have never had anything like this happen. He was a heavy smoker and we have several other smokers on our crew. He was only 56. So sad, and I still can't believe it's real.

Death still eludes me, especially with its finality. It's hard to imagine never seeing a person again. Thank you "Plan of Salvation!" Makes things a little easier.

I got to talk to one of my best friends from back in elementary school. I think I've said this before, and I'll say it again. I LOVE those friends who you can not talk to or see for ages, and when you get together you pick up right where you left off. Those are true friends. I have some bangin' ones.

So, all in all, 2011 is off to a rocky start. But I have dreams! My friend actually wrote down her goals this year, and that is a great inspiration to me. I have never really done that for my personal life. But I mosdef.com do it at work!

From now on, I'm taking charge of my life. I will not claim to be a victim of circumstance; I own my decisions. My biggest goals (which, so far so good!):

~Lose weight! I'm rocking it on loseit.com and I'm apparently the only person who uses the gym in this apartment complex. Yay for me, cuz that means I can sing along out loud. :)

~Become debt free! Dave Ramsey is my best friend in this quest, and he doesn't even know it! He doesn't even know how many times we ask ourselves,

"What would Dave Ramsey do??"

Seriously folks, read "Total Money Makeover." It's not even boring! It's inspiring! I think we'll get free in just enough time to become indebted with Josh's school loans. But I don't care!

~Take more pictures! I'm tending to shy away from the camera these days, and I hate when other people do that. Let's document and embrace it!

Much love!

-M

Lessons Learned

HaPpY nEw YeAr!

Here's are a 2 quick lessons that I have learned recently:

1. NEVER buy generic brand foil or saran wrap. It just doesn't work.

2. The BEST place for Hot Chocolate (or HoCho as I affectionately call it) is... the gas station! They the creamy good stuff, you can put whatever creamer you want in it, and you can get a huge one for like $1.50. I love me some Starbucks, but I'm changing my ways, folks!

And on that note, here's to a great 2011! I will be more disciplined, more productive, more active, and continue to be fabulous. ;)

Love!