still not on track...as usual

since this is "supposed" to be my confessions, then i must first confess that i love that i can pick & choose the color & font for my writings, or ramblings as they seem more likely to be. 

as usual, i had tons of things floating around in my head when i set out to start this entry, but alas, they have all gone into hiding and i am left typing whatever comes into my mind as my fingers move across the keyboard. here's confession #2 (in case you're keeping track) my vision is slightly blurry from the 2 glasses of wine that i have had tonight. it's not like bad blurry...it's like end of the month time to change the contacts blurry so i can't blame it completely on the wine.

confession #3: i haven't gotten back on track as far as healthy eating and exercising is concerned...while i'm at it, my budget planning has gone down the crapper, too. all in all not great for me and getting things back on track with the start of the new year. oh, well, that seems to be the story of my life...nothing is ever on track or going the way i'd envision it to go. i have worked out some, just not on a consistent basis. i have also attempted to eat healthier...again, just not consistently. as for the budgeting thing...that's never been an easy thing for me so i'm not surprised in the least little bit about that!

confession #4: i have read 3 books this month, 2 fiction & 1 non-fiction. i'm pretty proud of myself for that considering the fact that i didn't think i would make it through even one book. truth being told, i didn't really like the 2 fiction books, but since i bought them i felt an odd obligation to finish them. i get that way about things that i pay for...well, really, it's just that way with things like books, food, & drinks; i don't want to be wasteful is all.

confession #5 (and the final one for the night): i worked-out tonight while hubby took the kids out. i did a couple at-home workouts that i had recorded on my dvr. as a side note, i love my dvr and couldn't imagine my life without it (materialistic as that may be, it is completely true). anyway, i did 2 gilad workouts and damn if my ass doesn't hurt! i worked muscles that i didn't even know i had! i'm a little afraid of how sore i may feel tomorrow, but am really glad that i did them!

since it is still january (at least for a couple more days) i can say that i'm still trying to get my "new year" routine into gear.  so i'm newly, non-resolving (since i previously said that i wasn't doing resolutions) to read 2 books a month-one fiction, one non-fiction-and really that's the only thing. i can't even attempt to figure out a workout schedule or a healthy eating plan since i almost always play that by ear depending on how i feel each day. i have started trying to bake or cook new healthy type things so that's one step in the right direction.

this has so totally veered away from what i had originally intended to write & for that i will blame the wine!

back in the saddle...so to speak

obviously i took some time off from updating this blog...actually, it's more like i turned my back on it completely since it's been almost a year since my last post! i could say that time just got away from me, but the truth is i just stopped feeling the urge/need/desire/etc to continue writing. but, alas(!), my desire has returned and i'm back to try this whole blogging thing yet again! past journaling/blogging history tells me though that even this attempt at starting over will eventually end just as all the others have...i'm not the best at sticking to things; good at starting them, not so good at finishing them. it's a new year though & i'm gonna try my best to update this blog at least once a week...more if the mood strikes, but i'm trying to keep my own expectations low at least for now. and since this is my "exercising blog", i suppose i should at least occassionally mention exercise...i'll do my best with that, as well.

with this being the close of the first week of the new year i thought i would go ahead and mention that i decided not to make resolutions this year. they've never really done me any good in the past & so i figured why make them. now just because i decided not to make them doesn't necessarily mean that i didn't at least think about making some...i'm always thinking so naturally i thought of lots of resolutions that i could make. here are just a few examples:

resolution 1: same as every year, i say that i'm going to read at least one new book every month for the year. that usually lasts long enough for me to hit up a book store, buy 3 or 4 books that look interesting, read 1 of them & then realize that i have far too many other things to do than sit around reading! therefore, that one bites the dust within the first month

resolution 2: i will make a quilt every month...from start to finish. that one never really gets beyond me going to the fabric store!

resolution 3: i will no longer procrastinate...haha, that's a funny one!

resolution 4: i will workout in some way, every day, for at least 30 minutes. that one actually sticks around for a while in some form or another. i do try to get in some exercise 5-6 days a week.

i could go on and on, bringing up past resolutions that i repeatedly make only to let them slip away before we've made it through half the year. but, like i said, i'm not making resolutions this year so why bother thinking about past ones. time to move on & get back into the exercise groove of things!

here's my exercise confession for the week (so far): i've gone to the y twice this week, working on cardio for 60 minutes each time. on monday i also played around with the new wii fit plus game for about an hour. and yesterday i drove my husband crazy by marching in place while i folded the towels. so far, so good...at least in my humble, exhausted opinion!