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Still gathering my pictures to put together my December daily, hope to finish that up soon, along with some projects with my Work in Progress January kit!
Usually January is my favorite time of the year, after Christmas that is where life seems to calm down and the obligations are less.  But right now I'm still searching for the calm?




Completed a project that I've been wanting to...

Resolutions don't have to start on the first of the year!  If your still trying to figure things out, its not too late.  I set a goal to quit smoking the first of the year in 2003 and then kept finding excuses not to follow through until the night of January 6th when I decided I'm doing this tomorrow and smoked my last cigarette January 6, 2003.
It was one of my most rewarding decisions/goals I've...

Signed up for our first two races for 2011 and plan to fill in many spaces in between.  So excited about our first race being The Disney Princess marathon!  We wanted to do this one last year, but I had just started running and wasn't quite ready, so we thought how perfect for Chels 21st birthday! Our hotel and flight is booked and now its just time to prepare for running! 
February 27, 2011...

Ahh what a fun NYE we shared with family!  With my brother in law in town for just a few more days we wanted to enjoy some time with him and of course be sure both the grams had something to do.  We've gone bowling before and its always been a blast and it had been years since both my mom and mother in law had bowled so we decided that would be perfect!
If you made reservations in advance you got...

2012 Miles
January 01, 2012 ran 6 miles  total miles run                         6January 03, 2012 ran 8 miles                                                14January 05, 2012 ran 1 mile in 8:03                                     15January 06, 2012 ran 7 miles                                             ...

In 2013 I barely fit reding into my life and I so missed it!  This year whenever I have time instead of checking facebook I plan to read a book.
The Longest Ride by Nicholas SparksMetomorphosis, Surviving brain injury by David GrantThe first phone call from heaven by Mitch AlbomSycamore row by John GrishamBroken openWonder by RJ Palacio - I actually read this in one day... thanks Amy!The invention...

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.  ~Oprah Winfrey
Have you found your word yet?  Here we are the beginning of a new year where all things are possible, what possibilities are you looking for in 2011?
My word for 2011 is Challenge. 
And with this challenge I signed up for Ali Edwards ONE WORD class at Big Picture and plan on following along with Jill and her 52 weeks...

So I set forth many goals for 2010 and I'm quite happy with the results. Using my "word" I tried to simplify my life and finding a new passion for running I changed things about my mind and body along the way.  

December 31, 2009 - not the best picture, but...
Here I wrote about making changes - 6 changes and I think I did quite well, although there is always room for improvement.
workout and...

and yet it has come and gone so quickly!
Still recovering from all the festivities!  Thankful for family and friends and looking forward to the coming new year!


 

 Coming to the end of the year, so here I go in the spirit of marking my favorites of  2010!
favorite radio station... XM radio McCartney's Band on the run radio, loving it!favorite place to eat... Cheesecake factory (I think I'm addicted!)favorite activity... running (did you think otherwise?)favorite running song - The dog days are over by Florence and the machinefavorite household project......