Camren Jase . . .

Welcome Camren Jase Davis

Born: June 11, 2013

Parents: Melodi & Michael Davis

Paizlee Rae . . .

Welcome to the world Paizlee Rae Gearhart 

Born May 22, 2013

6:00 PM

Parents: Cati and Mitchel Gearhart

We Still Have Time.....

So, I was sitting here at the computer this afternoon listening to my iTunes on shuffle, Barry Manilow came on singing We Still Have Time. Now, Barry Manilow himself brings back many a memory - concerts in college with my most favorite roommate, Cindy; driving right past him in his limo while he was waving right to us driving in my cousins mustang, but that is a whole other story, for a whole other time.

Anyway, I was half-listening while messing around online and started thinking how we always think we still have time, but really, we don't know how much time we have. This has been brought to my attention a couple times in the last couple years most recently in December when I thought I was having a heart attack and was going to die (yes, I'm being a little melodramatic, but seriously, I definitely was scared to death!)

That experience has made me take evaluation of my life and really get serious about changes that I need to make. I have been working on losing weight for some time, but now, I am really serious - I even exercise! (I HATE to exercise) but I am attempting to play tennis and am doing boxing on my Wii Cardio game.

I want that time  (I want to be around for my kids, husband and grandkids, all 7 of them so far...)- I am not ready to face the alternative. I mean, I know it is going to happen eventually, and I AM going to be 50 this year (as my son so nicely put it earlier, "Mom, you are going to be half a century this year!) OUCH! But the truth is - I am. And in order to continue adding years to that calendar, I need to make some serious changes and so, this is the year I am doing it. I am down 26 pounds, which isn't a whole lot BUT it is a start and I am quite happy with it! I want to continue to go down the scale and am looking forward to watching that number continue to decline.

So until next time, I'm
~just being me

Welcome 2013

 

It is hard to believe that today is already the 2nd day of 2013. I used to think that the 2000s were so far off and that I would probably never see them, but now here it is 2013 - 13 years into the millennium I didn't expect.

Well, since I am here, and not planning on going anywhere I may as well make it a great year.

So, you might ask,  what am I going to do to make this year a great one?

Well, here are some ideas - call it my 2013 bucket list, in no particular order.... (and I reserve the right to add more to the list as I go through the year....)

*Read the Bible more
*Exercise more
*Train myself to run a 5K
*Eat healthier
*Continue to lose weight - working towards my goal - 20 pounds at a time :-)
*Go to Yosemite (believe it or not, I have never been....I'd love to see it this year)
*Participate in a 5K
*Ride my bike to work more (when the weather warms up a little)
*oh yeah, get a bike so I can ride it to work :-)
*Finish a couple of my projects that I am working on
*Link Conrad Bausum to our family tree, which is the missing link that I have looked at for at least 6 years now....

*to be added as I think of more


Okay, I think that is it for now....
Until next time I'm
...~just being me