Saturday, December 31, 2011

This is personal....

I have been thinking a lot lately, about me. The kind of person that I am and the kind of person that I would really like to be.
I have decided that to become the person that I would like to be and be remembered as, should I leave this life, there are certain things that I need to change about the way I think and live my life!
So, getting a little bit personal, I have some things that I think I will be working on this year. Since I don't believe in new years resolutions, I am setting myself some personal daily goals. Things I can work on a daily basis so that I can know that each day I have something personal that I am working on or towards!

First, and foremost the goal that I have been working on daily now for 2 years, will continue. My health and fitness will continue! The only reason this is the first goal on the list, is because it is something I have been working on now for over two years and I need for it to be a focus that is for me! Something that makes me a happier person.
Second, I have reflected on the fact that, I am one of the most selfish people I know. A fact that I am not proud of! So this year, in an effort to become an overall better person, I will daily seek to think of at least one other person and their needs over myself, and will do, what I reasonably can, to make their lives in the very least, happier for the moment if not for the long term.
Third, Try to be a better house keeper! There are so many things around my house that need working on! Paint carpet, yard...ect! The list just seems to get longer every time I think about it. So, I will try to work on things a little at a time. Things that I know I can do. Like washing walls and patching holes...things that take time, but are not something tht will consume my life! I would like nothing more than to have everything done at once, but I know that I don't have the money or time to do it all at once. SO if I work on things a little at a time, one day at a time, I might just find that things will come together and look better and feel better for me!
These are some of my personal daily goals for this year. There are a lot more that I nkow that I need to work on, but as I complete some of these goals I will feel more confident about taking on more and bigger goals.
Wishing myself and all of those in my life luck and determination in this new year! My we feel good about the things we have accomplished by the end of it!
Happy New Year!

Sunday, December 25, 2011

T'was...

'Twas Christmas day evening and all through the house nothing was stirring not even a mouse! There was wrappings and boxes strung all through the house, and the tape and the bows hanging loosely about.
The kids have been here, and the kids have been there, leaving nothing to wonder except, beware of where now?
I in my sweats and pop in his undies had just settled in and said hey... lets get comfy...
When what on the door to my room did I hear??? (knock, knock, knock )Hey, guys are you decent? ummm, no not right now....Just give us one minute and then we'll be out... but now my times over and I start to pout!
My sadness was over in less than a flash! My son and his girl friend came to tell me at last, that things had all fit and the gifts had been grand! Nothing left to do but to smile and be glad!
One more line to my poem, I feel I must add! My daughter and her fiancee also were glad!
Now this poem I did write to remind me next year, when every things quiet, it is no time for tears! The love that is present will always be so, trough time and trough distance not matter I know!
SO Merry Christmas to you and your love-ed ones too! May there always be memories to see us all through!
Lame and perhaps a bit corny I know, but I couldn't get it out of my head!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!! :)

Last of a kind...

So,this last few weeks it occurred to me that this Christmas, for us here at the Parker house is the last of it's kind more or less. This time next year, if everything goes according to what is in the plan right now, and according to what I am being told, Chet and I will be spending next Christmas by our selves.
Megan will be spending her first Christmas as a married couple, and Fords plan of the moment is to be going on a mission. If all of these things play out, which I see no reason for them to do anything otherwise, I think that Chet and I should start planning for a get away of some kind! Maybe....maybe not....

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Shopping....

Any one who knows me, or who has spent any amount of time with me, knows, that I was NOT born to shop!
I am not the girls kind of girl, who could spend all day just wandering up and down isles of clothing and goods of any kind! I am more the guy type of shopper! I know what I need, I go in for said needed item, purchaser said needed item, and get out as fast as I can! Most of the time that is!
Today, would be one of those type days! Megan talked me into going wedding dress shopping for her?! Let me just say, that if she wanted this to be an enjoyable occasion for her, she really should have left me home!
First of all, her idea of a simple/beautiful dress, and mine, are obviously quite different!
I think of simple beauty as something pretty that won't make anyone uncomfortable! Which certainly would not encompass the dresses that she tried on and liked today!
I suppose that I should be glad that the dresses she is liking are cheaper than they could be, now that I have something to compare them to.
I honestly am not sure at all how all of this is suppose to work! At this point though, I am not at all excited about paying for a dress that makes me or her Dad uncomfortable, walking her down the isle! Wish I felt like I could tell her that without pissing her off. Still I told her I wouldn't pay for the dress that she is looking at. If that is the one she is set on, she will have to figure out a way to do it herself! :/
Have I said lately, I HATE SHOPPING?????? If not, well, now you know! I HATE it!!!!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Do you ever feel....

Do you ever just feel like you are falling apart? I try not to gripe and complain on this blog, but as it is a journal of sorts for me, I want to keep track of a few things for myself as well.
This week has reminded me that although my mind may still be in its twenties, my body has taken this time to represent, and let me know that it is NOT in its twenties anymore! Both of my elbows are giving me fits, and I have had a migraine now for going on 3 days! It comes and goes in it's intensity, but it hasn't gone away for this entire weekend! Not sure at all if that has anything to do with age, but it has made my body feel old and tired! I don't like it at all!
On the bright side, I did not throw up, and I did finally get some sleep last night. I do have a Dr apt tomorrow for my elbow, and if the headache still persists I will for sure be asking about it! I am hoping above all hope though, that it will be gone by morning! I have no idea how I will be able to work, if it isn't!
So, here is to sleeping and hoping the pain is gone in the AM!

Monday, December 5, 2011

Accomplished



Well, I did it!!! I really did it! I finally accomplished the goal I set for myself at the beginning of this year! I finally ran my first race!
Thanks to JoAnn (my lovely friend) for asking me to run the race with her! It was an experience I won't forget. I am not much into Santa, so dressing up like one was the part I disliked most. Oh, and the pain associated with running, after the race was over. I will be doing it again though. At some point that is :) It really was a blast! There were 4 people that I knew that I started the race with. JoAnn, Richard, me and Brad. Brad was a last minute...Oh, I think I should go run this race....even though he had never done any running before, he kept up with me through the whole race, and even held my hand up in the air as we crossed the finish line together! It has certainly made me want to work harder, and set some different goals for myself. What a great way to bring up the end of the year! Accomplishing a personal goal, while hanging out with great people! Thanks guys for running with me and inspiring me to work harder!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

What a nice.......

What a NICE day!!!! Although it was more cold than I would like for it to be, it turned out to be such a nice day!!!! We stayed up way later than we should have, which lead to us sleeping way later in the day than either of us had planned. By the time we got ready for the day, it had almost left us behind! Note to self...DON'T do that again! You feel worthless and lazy, just go to bed like a normal person and start the new day fresh...
Anyway, we had been invited to my Mom's place to have dinner with my Mom and Dad. They really are giving it a full out effort to work things out. I hope they really can make it work. Any way, got to spend the evening with them and my sister Mindy, Megan and her fiance Justin. I ended up such a nice evening! Thanks everyone, mostly Chet for going with me, any place I ask!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Aahhh....

What a good day! So much better than yesterday! Thanks Chet for making me feel so loved, and allowing me to spend my unplanned day off with you, and wanting me there with you! :D

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Holy freaking WIND!

So today I must say that I am totally grateful for not being blown away or destroyed by the wind! I can honestly say I haven't seen wind this bad for a long long time! The wind was so bad today, that they had to shut down some of the schools and Davis county is completely shut down tomorrow due to some of the destruction. It was crazy! 60 year old trees up rooted and toppled over like dominoes. Roof ripped off houses and buildings, trucks blown over.....the list goes on and on.
Out of all the elements, wind is by far my least favorite! Today just made that even more solid!