Dreams

Ever look at your life and wonder why you didn’t follow a dream or even what motivated you to actually do and even more how supportive were those around you? I am currently in one of those positions that I am pretty sure I should plea insanity but it appears that some friends and family might be in the rooms next to me because they are encouraging me.

As with every family, mine doesn’t always see eye to eye.  I have always been precocious and I have always had someone who, may think I am out of my ever loving mind, will stand behind me and cheer me on and if I fall they will catch me.  I am in the process of a new insane endeavor that I am absolutely excited about and my sister and boys are behind me.  And I know they will be cheering me the entire time and holding me up with I think I need to give up and when I succeed they will be at there at the end cheering louder than anyone else. 

On Thursday’s I go to Zumba and April, the incredibly amazing instructor, always holds encouragement signs up at the end and one of my favorites is "What would you try if you knew you would not fail?"  So the questions are… what would you try? And why aren’t you trying?

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

–Thomas Carlyle

Chapter 2013…

 

Ok, so I rang in the New Year curled up with my fur babies fast asleep!  If memory serves me correctly I rang 2012 in the same way!

After years and years of breaking resolutions I have stopped making them.  Actually two years ago I made one and I am still holding strong with it!  It was to stop making snarky comments under my breath, now I just make them where everyone can hear me! Yea, it has gotten me in trouble from time to time.  I did, however, make a goal for this year… My goal is to complete 201.3 miles and I have 200.25 left to go! My older son and I went out for a walk today and we did a whole mile.  I was hurting the entire way, we even had to make a number of stops but we did it and it felt great to be out there. 

Yesterday I picked two gluten free cookbooks; one of them is even a vegetarian gluten free book.  My primary care doc has been hounding me to give going gluten free a shot so I figure why not.  This week I am weaning off the gluten and upping the amount of gluten free stuff, not to mention using up as much of the gluten products I have in the house.  I have already found a fair number of recipes I want to test out.  Pictures will be posted, but please know my plating skills do my cooking skills no justice at all!!!!

 

Wrap up of 2012…

Ok, I did take a moment today to look at the mileage (or lack thereof) I completed in 2012.  It is obvious I had a rough year.  I didn’t even hit 400 miles, I had to downgrade two races and drop more than I would like to even think about.  All is good, that was last year and we have just started a new year which will be full of baby steps!