New Year's Resolution ... The New REVISED Me in Progress!

I love the New Year! I especially love making new resolutions.

I always feel like my life is a series of experiments on "getting it right", so when I have a particularly tough year, the "NEW" Year signals in my mind that it's OK to start over and give it another try.

I'll sit down and evaluate the past year and edit out the bad elements, just get rid of those things that didn't work.

Like this past year...

1. Suffering with uterine pain is OUT! My uterus is gone so the fresh new healthy me is ready to go.
2. A less than satisfying career. There's got to be something out there at stimulates all my talents!!!
3. A Negative attitude bye bye ... only positive influences, people and self talk in my life.
4. Destructive sabotaging people ... asta la vista, baby! (You know who you are.)
5. Procrastination (Oh, this is the thorn in my side) It's so GONE, first thing tomorrow!


Wow only five things... I thought there was more! (Thats the new positive me talking)

I see that my life is going pretty good and perhaps I am "Getting it Right" more than I thought.

Here is what's right and I plan on keeping and developing further this year...

1. My Marriage ... Love makes my world go round! Having the best support system around sure makes life great!!

2. My Daughter ... She makes me proud every day and knowing that my love and support is helping her become the amazing person I know she is, makes me feel like I'm doing everything right!

3. Running ... It's challenging and tough at times, but everyday I run I feel happy and inspired and knowing I ran a bit better and further than yesterday makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something important. (That may just be the dopamine talking, but I'll take it!!).

4. My Art ... I've been "practicing" this one my entire life. It stays on my list every year. What my art has taught me is, never give up on a dream, there is always room for growth and development, and even if no one else likes what you do, if it makes you happy keep doing it!!!

Here are a couple of new pieces I'm happy to share with you...

All Together Different

Play Often

5. Writing ... It's a big insecurity and I feel extremely vulnerable to ridicule and criticism, but I love writing. I've got hundreds (No exaggeration) of journals that I have been writing since my teen age years, I have three blogs that only a very tiny select few even know about (just my most trusted friends and family) and I never seem to follow through with the consistency of writing, but It really makes me feel happy when I write. So write I shall, (maybe I'll even share it with the general public. .. hmm that might be a 2015  improvement goal)

6. Positive Influences ... There seems to be a lot of negative people and events and influences being bombarded towards me daily and when I don't pay attention, I sure do let those things in and effect my thoughts and actions. But this year I am going to intentionally deny, block and prohibit the negative into my life. I'm blocking those negative nellys' on face book. I'm turning off the news (expect NPR). I'm walking away from those who choose to argue, fight, bicker or speak ill of others. I choose to see the good in life and people.

Reach for the Stars

Resolutions are not bad things that we may or may not achieve, they are side notes and edits to a life in progress and I welcome a new year that allows me to correct mistakes and start over ...

so I raise my glass and toast to a brand new and exciting year ahead!!!

(Insert whistles and horns and throw the confetti now.)

Farewell my uterus!

Well here it is a few days before I expell the traitor in my abdomen ... My uterus!

Yes that's right a hysterectomy!

I fought hard for the past 8 years to keep the bloody thing! (Pun intended)

It turns out that my fibroid tumors, which supposedly don't cause most women any trouble at all, have been wrecking havoc in my uterus for years. Probably even the cause for all the horrendous PMS bouts I've suffered with all these years!

I do want to honor my uterus for the one good thing that did come from it...

My daughter Lyndi-Rae. Even then though my uterus didn't want to cooperate when it came time to expell that giant baby! She was two weeks past due and 9lb 4oz and we had to force my uterus to cooperate with drugs and a team of doctors and nurses forcing the issue for two days!

But it did make a really healthy wonderful baby girl for me so kudos to you, uterus!

But now the time has come to say farewell, sinanara ... 

Don't let the door hit you on your way out!!

In the beginning

Here is the beginning of a sketch I'm doing for my new painting!!

Just thought I'd share!!