HANDBOOK 2010
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18.. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21.. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35.. However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
January 18, 2010
January 12, 2010
Epidurals for lunch anyone?
I got my second epidural injection shot today at lunch and then went back to work! Hopefully this one will work. If not I am giving up on sports! Bah! But I have decided that if this thing doesnt get better in the next month I am still going to go to the IM and probably swim, get through the bike and then walk the damn marathon. It sounds horrible and I dont know if I will even make the cut off time but I am determined to do this thing.... even of it kills me. :)
I seem to have a lot of time on my hands lately because I am just working out and not training and also because ... well you know why. Anyway, does anyone have suggestions on new hobbies I should try? I am going to my first book club meeting next weekend and I am VERY excited. I am also thinking about getting a part time job at one of our local gyms just for fun and a little extra cash!
I am leaving work soon to make dinner! Laurie I want to try your sweet potato recipe! Yum. Tonight I will be heating up some left over grilled chicken, steaming veggies and making some healthy sweet potato fries. And since I have been eating my feelings lately after getting my appetite back I will probably have some form of dessert! I may try a punkin desert that I found on Kellys blog!
PS: It is 65 degrees and sunny today.... LOVE IT
I seem to have a lot of time on my hands lately because I am just working out and not training and also because ... well you know why. Anyway, does anyone have suggestions on new hobbies I should try? I am going to my first book club meeting next weekend and I am VERY excited. I am also thinking about getting a part time job at one of our local gyms just for fun and a little extra cash!
I am leaving work soon to make dinner! Laurie I want to try your sweet potato recipe! Yum. Tonight I will be heating up some left over grilled chicken, steaming veggies and making some healthy sweet potato fries. And since I have been eating my feelings lately after getting my appetite back I will probably have some form of dessert! I may try a punkin desert that I found on Kellys blog!
PS: It is 65 degrees and sunny today.... LOVE IT
January 5, 2010
Here I am 2010
Wow it has been a while. I dont even know where to start.
I have started out the New Year with a bang. I have been to more funerals in the past 6 months than my entire life and I have one more to add to the list. I am going to one of my aunts funerals tomorrow in Waco. She had a long and strong battle with cancer and is now pain free and living the life with her parents! I am also entering 2010 as a single lady which is actually very sad but I think needed. This may come as a shock to some and I am not sure what will happen but am taking it day by day right now. I got my first epirdual steroid injection last week and I think I may need another one because it didnt help much. I have a bulge in L4 and a herniated disk in L5, along with some genetic stuff that they rarely see in someone my age. Thanks Dad for passing this on. So I am dealing with this back and glute issue and am trying to decide if I should give up on the Ironman training now or if I should wait a couple of months. Right now I am just doing enough exercise to get by but I already feel too far behind to ever catch up by June. We shall see.
I would list out some New Years Resolutions but one of my resolutions was to not make any. I think it is a great idea but at the same time I dont want to limit myself and who am I kidding... I usually forget about them after a month or so anyway. I have some goals this year and some things that I need to work on but that should be a constant and shouldnt start at the begginning of the year. I guess the good thing about the new year is that it makes me re-evauluate things and figure out where I am at.
In looking at myself and my situation lately I have much self improving to work on and a couple of things that need more focus in my life.
- I need to get serious about saving money and need to actually follow the budget
- With the budget thing said I need to stop beating myself up about not owning a house. I will get there someday.
- I need to also stop beating myself up about my looming birthday and the fact that I am almost 29 and no where that I thought I would be. I feel so behind and I often compare myself to all of you guys and I feel very behind on the boyfriend/marriage/baby/career/house train. I have a good life and I have many things to be thankful for but come on! It is time for me to stop wishing and do it....
- I need to figure out my priorities and what makes me happy.
- Finding a career that I love would be nice but that will come in steps.
- Get healthy and learn to be lazy more often
- Update my blog more and post my recipes and adventures since I am now obsessed with trying new recipes and stalking peoples blogs.
Ok well I ended up kind of writing resolutions anyway! hahaha. That was a lot to handle.
Love yall
-
I have started out the New Year with a bang. I have been to more funerals in the past 6 months than my entire life and I have one more to add to the list. I am going to one of my aunts funerals tomorrow in Waco. She had a long and strong battle with cancer and is now pain free and living the life with her parents! I am also entering 2010 as a single lady which is actually very sad but I think needed. This may come as a shock to some and I am not sure what will happen but am taking it day by day right now. I got my first epirdual steroid injection last week and I think I may need another one because it didnt help much. I have a bulge in L4 and a herniated disk in L5, along with some genetic stuff that they rarely see in someone my age. Thanks Dad for passing this on. So I am dealing with this back and glute issue and am trying to decide if I should give up on the Ironman training now or if I should wait a couple of months. Right now I am just doing enough exercise to get by but I already feel too far behind to ever catch up by June. We shall see.
I would list out some New Years Resolutions but one of my resolutions was to not make any. I think it is a great idea but at the same time I dont want to limit myself and who am I kidding... I usually forget about them after a month or so anyway. I have some goals this year and some things that I need to work on but that should be a constant and shouldnt start at the begginning of the year. I guess the good thing about the new year is that it makes me re-evauluate things and figure out where I am at.
In looking at myself and my situation lately I have much self improving to work on and a couple of things that need more focus in my life.
- I need to get serious about saving money and need to actually follow the budget
- With the budget thing said I need to stop beating myself up about not owning a house. I will get there someday.
- I need to also stop beating myself up about my looming birthday and the fact that I am almost 29 and no where that I thought I would be. I feel so behind and I often compare myself to all of you guys and I feel very behind on the boyfriend/marriage/baby/career/house train. I have a good life and I have many things to be thankful for but come on! It is time for me to stop wishing and do it....
- I need to figure out my priorities and what makes me happy.
- Finding a career that I love would be nice but that will come in steps.
- Get healthy and learn to be lazy more often
- Update my blog more and post my recipes and adventures since I am now obsessed with trying new recipes and stalking peoples blogs.
Ok well I ended up kind of writing resolutions anyway! hahaha. That was a lot to handle.
Love yall
-
September 17, 2009
September 14, 2009
You are dead to me Kanye!
I use to like Kanye and even saw him in a restaurant recently, but pooooor Taylor! How could you do that to Taylor swift! Boooo Kanye.
I heart Taylor Swift :)
I heart Taylor Swift :)
September 9, 2009
Random pics because I forgot to post them in my earlier blog
Swim start, Ironman Canada
Rachel and I before our "corn dog" sushi... haha dont ask.
Susie and Mandy and I on the beach!
Susie and Mark made me climb a mountain before I got on the airplane. That pic is at the end!
I love this pic with my dad, roy boy. UT football time baby. Yeah dont hate me Razorbacks.
Spilled Coffee
I am grumpy this morning and I just sat down at my desk, decided to try and have a positive attitude, took a sip of coffee and BAM. I spilled coffee all over myself and parts of my desk. Krupa came to my rescue with her awesome stain stick but now all I am smelling is that damn stain stick. So that is my fun story. Arent you glad I blogged this morning?
I have been really bad about blogging. My life is a little bit of a mess right now and so I dont always feel like anything I do is "blog worthy." I have traveled a lot lately and got to see Mandy, Susie and Tyler in Canada! I had a lot of fun and got to watch my fist ironman. I got to know Mark a lot better and he is an awesome guy. Now I know how perfect him and Susie are for each other :) I met new friends as well like Allison and Ramsey, who are more intense with the working out thing than I am! I also met Scott who is very funny, and a nice guy. I was able to see pretty mountains, and water and I slept in a VW van for 2 nights... oh yeah... I know you are jealous. Thank you for a great time although I did come back exhausted and not wanting to work and did I mention that I miss you guys?
I came back to Canada, worked for 2 days and then headed to Minn. to visit my friend Rachel for her bachelorette party weekend. It was a nice relaxing time and Minn is cozy, beautiful and fit for Rachel and Dales new life together! I met Rachels sister Abra and her friend Susie. We are all very different in our own ways but also similiar in a lot of other ways. I think it is cool to see what aspects of ourselves Rachel can pull out and "mesh" with. It shows a lot about her character and how diverse she can be, but at the same time holds on to certain qualities and morals.
So now I am back from jet setting, sitting in my cube pondering life. All these trips have really made me think. I feel like I am going backwards right now. Everyone that I have seen in the last couple of weeks seems to have things figured out and is settled into a nice life. I am just floating, hating my job, too busy to get shit done, and stressing about the smallest things. I mean I know I am making it sound like I just hate life but that isnt it. I am just at a crossroads. I am very lucky to have things that I have and to be able to even think as much as I do about things, but at the same time I need to figure things out so that I can be happy... not just content and so that others around me can be happy :) I think the main downer in my life is my job. I am tired of being stuck, tired of being unmotivated and bored. I want to be a go getter. I want to be proactive and take charge and to lead my team into new things. But I feel like I am drowning in quick sand and it is starting to suck the life right out of me. Anyway that is enough complaining for now.
Upcoming races and events and things to look forward to:
Seot 12- my 10 year high school reunion that I will not be attending but thought I would address the fact that I am OLD. Thank you.
Sept 20- All womens Olympic Tri
Sept 21- Steve and I are starting a swim clinic every Monday for 6 weeks and we get paid!!!
Sept 24- Rachel in town
Oct 10- Lake Travis 12 mile swim relay
Oct 25- Big Kahuna Half Ironman in Cali
Nov 7- Rachel and Dales Wedding here in Austin
Nov- Maybe San Antonio half marathon depending on my glute
Feb- Maybe Austin half ironman depending on my glute
April- Half Ironman in Galveston
June 27, 2010- Couere D Alene Ironman, Idaho
July- Colorado again for fam reunion... cant wait. I dream about that place all the time...loved it last year.
Peace out homeys. Time to stare at my computer screen,
Corey
I have been really bad about blogging. My life is a little bit of a mess right now and so I dont always feel like anything I do is "blog worthy." I have traveled a lot lately and got to see Mandy, Susie and Tyler in Canada! I had a lot of fun and got to watch my fist ironman. I got to know Mark a lot better and he is an awesome guy. Now I know how perfect him and Susie are for each other :) I met new friends as well like Allison and Ramsey, who are more intense with the working out thing than I am! I also met Scott who is very funny, and a nice guy. I was able to see pretty mountains, and water and I slept in a VW van for 2 nights... oh yeah... I know you are jealous. Thank you for a great time although I did come back exhausted and not wanting to work and did I mention that I miss you guys?
I came back to Canada, worked for 2 days and then headed to Minn. to visit my friend Rachel for her bachelorette party weekend. It was a nice relaxing time and Minn is cozy, beautiful and fit for Rachel and Dales new life together! I met Rachels sister Abra and her friend Susie. We are all very different in our own ways but also similiar in a lot of other ways. I think it is cool to see what aspects of ourselves Rachel can pull out and "mesh" with. It shows a lot about her character and how diverse she can be, but at the same time holds on to certain qualities and morals.
So now I am back from jet setting, sitting in my cube pondering life. All these trips have really made me think. I feel like I am going backwards right now. Everyone that I have seen in the last couple of weeks seems to have things figured out and is settled into a nice life. I am just floating, hating my job, too busy to get shit done, and stressing about the smallest things. I mean I know I am making it sound like I just hate life but that isnt it. I am just at a crossroads. I am very lucky to have things that I have and to be able to even think as much as I do about things, but at the same time I need to figure things out so that I can be happy... not just content and so that others around me can be happy :) I think the main downer in my life is my job. I am tired of being stuck, tired of being unmotivated and bored. I want to be a go getter. I want to be proactive and take charge and to lead my team into new things. But I feel like I am drowning in quick sand and it is starting to suck the life right out of me. Anyway that is enough complaining for now.
Upcoming races and events and things to look forward to:
Seot 12- my 10 year high school reunion that I will not be attending but thought I would address the fact that I am OLD. Thank you.
Sept 20- All womens Olympic Tri
Sept 21- Steve and I are starting a swim clinic every Monday for 6 weeks and we get paid!!!
Sept 24- Rachel in town
Oct 10- Lake Travis 12 mile swim relay
Oct 25- Big Kahuna Half Ironman in Cali
Nov 7- Rachel and Dales Wedding here in Austin
Nov- Maybe San Antonio half marathon depending on my glute
Feb- Maybe Austin half ironman depending on my glute
April- Half Ironman in Galveston
June 27, 2010- Couere D Alene Ironman, Idaho
July- Colorado again for fam reunion... cant wait. I dream about that place all the time...loved it last year.
Peace out homeys. Time to stare at my computer screen,
Corey
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