I Promise To Try Harder

A professional blogger, I am not!  I've been pretty bad at it since I started.  Things have been a little crazy and this took a bit of a backseat... not that it was ever actually in the front seat.  The last few months have been riddled with ups and downs... I got sick and tired of the downs, so I decided to suck it up and make things happen.

Trust me, there are still those downers sitting in the corner, just waiting for the perfect moment to trip me as I walk by... but I'm gonna do all I can to make sure they never find that moment!

Let's see... what have I been doing since the last blog...

• Well, I decided that a second job isn't the answer.  I just needed to learn to budget what I have better. This means that I had to find more quick and easy dinner ideas to make at home after working all day, rather than picking something up on the way.  Not hard to do, just had to get it done.
• I've learned that as much as my kids hate me when I say no (which happens more and more often as they get older), they always come back around.
•   Rather than waste away my time sitting around feeling sorry for myself, I've found constructive things to do with that time.  
• I've started speaking my mind more often, rather than biting my tongue, regardless of what others may think. This is huge for me, cuz I've always been one to avoid conflict.
• My whole 'out with the old, in with the new' mindset has extended to my home.  I've been able to declutter more in the last few months then I every thought possible!  It wasn't messy.  I just held onto things that really had no business being held onto.
• I finally, after a couple of years, started back at the gym.  I think this is helping my overall outlook on life more than everything else combined.

So those are my last few months in a nutshell!  Now, if I can only update regularly, we can avoid the cliffs notes version of my life!  LOL

Til next time!