Category: General

Google has a “Top 20” of search query information. How cool! For more info, visit Zeitgeist. (Link snagged from BiggerHand)

Serious laughter was caused when I read this at all dogs love me:

“my stepfather was reading the news to my mother this morning: “buffalo buried under 4 feet of snow” my mother said, “oh! was it all right? how did they get the buffalo out?”

Please note, unlike many single women (and unlike my own goals in the past), I do not have anything close to “find a man” on my list of goals. Why? Well, I want to move away from Houston. What is the point of meeting someone that may have reasons and ties to the city that make him want to stay here? More importantly, I have reached a point in my life where I don’t *need* a man. Do I want a relationship someday? Yes. But I am not on a hunt for one – I am quite happy right here where I am at this place in my life, single. I have learned to enjoy the quiet moments alone – because I like me. It took effort for me to learn this, but now that I have – I treasure it. Like me? Heck, I love me. I just have room for improvement!

My biggest goal for 2002 is self-improvement in various areas. It’s a goal, and it’s all mine, 100% me. I realized tonight that there is no reason I should not share my goals. There is no reason to hide them, I am actually really proud that I am working towards them. The whole purpose of the project is accountability, so not posting the link would defeat that purpose. So on that note, I present…

The Resolution Project

It’s there for support. If anyone wants to join me in tracking their resolutions, their self-improvement goals, their parenting missions, their FlyLady progress, their “TaDa” journal, or is following along with the S.H.E.’s in Touch system, let me know. My system (I think) is going to be to pick one item a week to focus on, and then add to that. This week it is the basic FlyLady steps. Next week I will add more, and then go from there.

I was watching “Yes, Dear” tonight, and when the sister Christine was talking about her life it hit home. She said, “Yes, I’ve made mistakes in my life, but now I am here and I have to live it.” That’s me. I have never claimed to be perfect, I know that. I have said many times before that I am grateful for all of the help and the support network that my parents have provided for me and in turn for Jason. I know I have made mistakes in my past – but I truly have been working hard, steadily, to improve. I can’t do anything about the mistakes of my past other then learn from them – and I have done that. I can’t change them though, even though there are days when I wish I could.

2002 is a new year. I am starting with a clean slate, the only baggage is the lessons I have learned from the years that have already passed and the dreams of the years to that lie ahead.

I realized that my reading list has grown to the point where it is simply way too long, and I had to shorten it. I couldn’t find things, there are others I want to add, but not to the main list yet, and so forth. So – there is now a “More Blog Links” list that pops up in a new window. I will be adding to that list soon as there are a lot of links missing from it.