GOOD NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY, BUDDIES!!

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Registered: 03-19-2003
GOOD NEW YEAR'S EVE DAY, BUDDIES!!
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Wed, 12-31-2008 - 8:18am

Are you ready?  We're about to enter into a shiny, brand-new year!  Have you been making plans already?  Do you have a vision of yourself at the end of 2009?  Where do you want to be?  How do you want to feel?  What do you want to accomplish?


I've been thinking about this a lot lately.  I'm not really a resolutions person, but I think maybe it's about time I became one.  There are some changes that I need to make, and I want to put them in writing. 


1 - I want to get healthier.  As I get older, I find that the extra weight I'm carrying makes me miserable in so many ways - aches and pains, lack of energy, and perhaps the worst - worries about my health. 


2 - I want to continue my recovery from the big bomb that dropped on our lives when Dan lost his job.  In many ways, things are improved, but I know I carry around a fear that something bad is going to happen any minute.  It's tough to really enjoy anything when you're always worried that someone or something is going to snatch it away from you.  I need to get back to trusting in God to make the best decisions for me.


3 - There are several events coming up in the next few years for which I'd like to look good as well as feel good.  First is J's graduation from high school.  Lots of pictures were taken when K graduated, and I'm not too thrilled with the way I looked in any of them.  Next is my 50th birthday -- I reeeeeeeeeally want to be a fabulous 50 year old!  After that comes K's graduation from college, and (if things continue the way they have been - yikes) potentially a wedding.  I know the focus is supposed to be on the bride, but I'd still like to be one hot mother of the bride someday!


So, that's my thinking.  I want to be a big ol' LOSER in 2009.  I want to celebrate the next New Year's Eve feeling and looking good and basking in the glow of a major accomplishment!


Does anybuddy else have some "resolutions" they'd like to share?  I'll help you get to your goals if you'll help me!  Let's use our buddy power to make 2009 a fantastic year!


(((((HUGS))))) - Karen


 


          



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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 10:46am

Love your way of thinking!!

Becky

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 10:48am
Good thinking on no more quick diet fixes!

Becky

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 10:51am
G- I can so relate to hair ties, at least, when I kept my hair long.

Becky

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 10:54am
"Nothing will feel better than taking care of ourselves the way God wants us to."

Well said, Roni!

Becky

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 10:57am
Great resolutions, Amy!

Becky

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 10:59am
Congrats on the 45#s!!

Becky

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Registered: 11-12-2007
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 11:01am
I'm here to help as well!

Becky

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Registered: 07-26-2005
Wed, 12-31-2008 - 8:47pm

Good evening Karen and buddies!

Its been a long day for me and I have decided to ring in the new year sitting comfortably at home with my wonderful husband. I too have been thinking about this past year and the new one ahead. I have to say that I am seeing my life pass me by and I am scared. In just a few months I will be turning 30 years old and that is something that terrifies me. I have also watched another year come and go without accomplishing the things that I want to accomplish. And I have also watched another year go by and we still have not been blessed with anymore children. I am now the mother of 10 year old daughter that desperately wants to be a big sister. All of these things are things that scare me. I am afraid that I will end up like my mother and my grandmother. That scares me as well. So I have come to a conclusion, I can keep on living with the fears that I have or I can learn how to accept the things that I can not change and live my life the way that I want, and the way that I want is to be happy, healthy and thankful for the things that I do have and will accomplish. 2009 is a new year, a new time to start over and thats just what I am going to do, start over!

Have a good night buddies, be safe, be happy and make 2009 your year!




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iVillage Member
Registered: 06-11-2003
Thu, 01-01-2009 - 9:05am
I wish you luck in attaining all of your goals this year, Mary!

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-11-2003
Thu, 01-01-2009 - 9:06am
Great list of goals, Andais!! I can't wait to celebrate them with you!