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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

resolved

Happy New Year! Ok so it is new year's eve.... big deal.

This Christmas break was pretty bad. Just because I spent most of it stuck at home. I have been cleaning and getting Christmas put away. I like to get things done before I have to worry about going back to work. Mitch is off for the next few days- yippeee.

it is the time of year that we all make resolutions so I am actually going to be a bit insane here and write mine online.

First I am going to be a meaner mother. I often give in and let Jo get away with stuff cause she wears me down. Come on mom please please please. I need to make her do her chores, homework and be tough when it comes to her responsibilities. She is a pretty good kid, but like all kids needs guidance and I have not been all that great at limiting her video game time or lap top time. She is going to hate it- but oh well. Joelle and I are pretty good friends which is great, but she needs to also know that I am the mom and what I say goes. Not in a minute or later. I may be pulling the plug a lot.

Next i am going to take better care of me. This is not me saying I will lose 20 pounds or whatever. It is that I need to really take care of me. I have to go to the gym consistently and watch what I eat. I am going to do my best to limit my caffeine and drink more water. I also need to take care of my skin and all that stuff we start to worry about as we get older. I am going to try to deal with stress better and enjoy the little things. Do my best to keep organized and such.

Another thing is my book. I have yet to re-start it. I have a bit of guilt as I should have been working on it while I was snowed it, but I am going to get on it and keep it going. Mainly I think I need to do a bit more research about the historical stuff I want to use in it.

So there you have it. Now I am going to go yell at Joelle and go to the gym- LOL. Kidding.

Tonight we are going to Mike and Kerry's. That is if Micth can move. He hurt his back carrying groceries out to the car- something about a case of beer and three bags in one hand while he was looking for his keys.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year's.

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Oh my head...

OK I have a huge headache. I am not sure when it started, but now I know why I do not coach soccer. Today Mitch and I coached soccer. Jo's team played in a little indoor tournament- for fun. We didn't have the full team but we only need about 8. We had 10 players and they did a great job. Their first game was at 9:50 , their last game started at 3:15. They played four 20 minute games. They lost two and won one. They made it to the quarter finals where they also lost, but they played really well. They do not usually play indoor so they did well. They also played against three top level premier teams and that was tough. They managed Ok, but a lot of it was mental. It was fun though.

Words of Wisdom

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans"

~John Lennon

"Accept the things which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings together, but do so with all your heart"

~ Marcus Aurelius

"We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give"

~Winston Churchill

"There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher"

~Victor Hugo Les Miserables

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved"

~Victor Hugo Les Miserables

"Nothing discernable to the eye of the spirit is more brilliant or obscure than man; nothing is more formidible,complex, mysterious, infinite. There is a prospect greater than the sea,and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul."

~Victor Hugo Les Miserables

"If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."

~Dostoevsky

"Wanting to be a person you are not is a waste of the person you are"

~Kurt Cobain

"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

~John Milton

"A great flame follows a little spark."

~Dante Alighieri

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"

~Dr.Seuss

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

~Maslow

"Look at what your idea of success would be. The more that you take in external motivators, the more it reduces your ultimate satisfaction because it doesn't come from inside."

~Chris Messina

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."

~A.A. Milne (this one is for Mom)