tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17552455219102714012024-03-13T07:16:05.869-07:00This Corny LifeMegDudzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933013924243984354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755245521910271401.post-19401389781594442772012-11-06T20:37:00.002-08:002012-11-06T20:37:47.199-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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Today I am thankful for this:</div>
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I have some really great friends. I have a sweet hubby who makes me laugh a lot. My entire family means the world to me. But there is only one person on this earth who:</div>
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calls me the morning of the presidential election to tell me she doesn't know who she's voting for (neither do I)</div>
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listens as I rant on about how I don't like a person, place or thing</div>
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(neither does she)</div>
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lets me yell at her and then pretends that I didn't</div>
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makes me feel like everything I say, do, feel and think is completely normal</div>
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I'm thankful for my sister. </div>
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MegDudzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933013924243984354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755245521910271401.post-42336484375793320162012-11-05T21:26:00.001-08:002012-11-05T21:26:31.966-08:00<b><span style="color: #666666;">Thankful: Day 5</span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Today I am thankful for Yoga Mondays. Usually when Rob is gone I spend my time being strange and unproductive. I shop after work, eat takeout in my car and meander home around 7:30 with the intention of running on the treadmill.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Two hours later, I realize I've been sitting on my couch for 120 minutes. Looking at my phone or computer or both. And then I sleep there. Sometimes in my work clothes. Like I said...strange.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">But not on Yoga Mondays. On Yoga Mondays, I spend my working hours drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water. I go to my natural chiropractor to get snapped back into alignment. I take the prescribed overdose of Fish Oil and vitamin B, C & E. And I follow up all this holistic preparation with 1.5 hours at Hot Yoga. Today I focused on my breathing and I truly completely let go of everything that was annoying me--work, student loans, and Facebook friends who post their political views and affiliation. I felt so happy, so balanced, so calm. I think if I'd gotten a deep paper cut, I would have bled green-tea. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">Yoga Mondays are a perfect way to start my week and I'm thankful for them. It should be noted that this was my <u><i>first </i></u>Yoga Monday...but it's not my last. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><b>Thankful: Day 1, 2, 3, 4</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">I<span style="color: #666666;">'m going to use the month of November to show daily gratitude. Since we're already on the 4th of the month I'll multiply my thankfulness (x) 4 today. </span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;">I'm thankful for routine chaos. And occasional days of nothingness.</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;">Our schedule changes every week. Since Rob spends three or four workdays in Dallas, we scramble to get everything in on the two weekdays and two weekend-days we have together. It's a bit much sometimes, but it keeps life busy and fun. And it makes me thankful for the days when we have no plans.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;">One or two Sundays a month, when we're in town <strike>and not hungover</strike>, we walk across the street to Embassy Suites and pretend we're guests. Actually, we just walk very blatantly through the front door and make a beeline for the Starbucks counter. I buy a coffee, Rob takes a "complimentary" newspaper. And then we walk our little criminal selves back home<b> </b>to <b>DEAR.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;">I love it so much. Right now I'm reading <u>The Art of Fielding</u>. Sofar, Sogood.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="color: #666666;"><b> </b>We never miss it. It's the perfect end to a routine or chaotic weekend and it always gives me something to look forward to on a Sunday night--to keep me from thinking about Monday morning.</span></span></div>
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A new job (yay).</div>
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Toby Keith at Nebraskaland Days. (I’m-like- 1/28 more
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A trip to Lake Michigan.</div>
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The Olympics (the first time I’ve sat and watched TV since
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summer is </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">just </span><i style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sooo hot </i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">this year. </span> </div>MegDudzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933013924243984354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755245521910271401.post-1192063779316024012012-05-15T21:29:00.000-07:002012-05-15T21:29:22.369-07:00sojourningIt’s mid-<span class="il">May</span>. <span></span>50% of our travel for the month is complete.<span> </span>Nashville:check. Chi-ville: check.<span> This </span>weekend Grace is coming to explore the The Good Life, and in just two weeks, we will be heading to Florida's Captiva Island. I had planned on being super fit for our beach trip, but the aforementioned celebratory weekends killed that dream. <b><span></span></b> <div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’d been looking forward to Nashville for Emily’s bachelorette party for so long, and now, it’s over.<span> </span>[Waaaa]<span> </span>It was, in a word:</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A-mustaching-pedal-pubbing-<wbr></wbr>BLAST.</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s been too long since my abdominal muscles have hurt from that type of oblique-splitting laughter.<span> </span>My friends are good at making that happen, and with that FL trip approaching, I'll take all the abdominal muscles I can get.<span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Here is a little photo essay for your viewing pleasure: A Nashville Story</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Here is the bride-to-be:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0pdNBGpLRQ4/T7MkluIq28I/AAAAAAAAGt0/LhPTCAHn78U/s1600/IMG_0434.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0pdNBGpLRQ4/T7MkluIq28I/AAAAAAAAGt0/LhPTCAHn78U/s320/IMG_0434.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And girls on a pedal pub: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xbDYovAWVkY/T7Mkv9o1JOI/AAAAAAAAGt8/oZ510WNGfoY/s1600/IMG_0244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xbDYovAWVkY/T7Mkv9o1JOI/AAAAAAAAGt8/oZ510WNGfoY/s320/IMG_0244.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Yes, there were mustaches…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9y2-aq84fg/T7MlMgDS_-I/AAAAAAAAGuU/AfDj_t6tM_M/s1600/IMG_0419.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C9y2-aq84fg/T7MlMgDS_-I/AAAAAAAAGuU/AfDj_t6tM_M/s320/IMG_0419.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">…boots…</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TAkhoDyJg58/T7MlBNeMQRI/AAAAAAAAGuM/Ij2n1dfKn_A/s1600/IMG_0471.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TAkhoDyJg58/T7MlBNeMQRI/AAAAAAAAGuM/Ij2n1dfKn_A/s320/IMG_0471.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> …and mini-cowboy hats. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8e4AW24cXI/T7MlYJDFAnI/AAAAAAAAGuc/TlYYAKFDq5k/s1600/IMG_0398.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b8e4AW24cXI/T7MlYJDFAnI/AAAAAAAAGuc/TlYYAKFDq5k/s320/IMG_0398.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> There was tap-dancing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dQvjyXSzQZg/T7Mk59lPY2I/AAAAAAAAGuE/H5Pu9-dlRNE/s1600/IMG_0291.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dQvjyXSzQZg/T7Mk59lPY2I/AAAAAAAAGuE/H5Pu9-dlRNE/s320/IMG_0291.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">There were sombreros.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dghVdV1HLSY/T7Mp1M6N0HI/AAAAAAAAGuo/Jk-lxpwkZbU/s1600/IMG_0318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dghVdV1HLSY/T7Mp1M6N0HI/AAAAAAAAGuo/Jk-lxpwkZbU/s320/IMG_0318.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> Jean vests.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_tH14Wn3Pe8/T7MqWFby53I/AAAAAAAAGuw/TbiPtZYzVn0/s1600/IMG_0412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_tH14Wn3Pe8/T7MqWFby53I/AAAAAAAAGuw/TbiPtZYzVn0/s320/IMG_0412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> And Huskie bests.<span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsMTLSnnemM/T7MrvvJ3p6I/AAAAAAAAGu4/kMLljTDDPTI/s1600/IMG_0203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gsMTLSnnemM/T7MrvvJ3p6I/AAAAAAAAGu4/kMLljTDDPTI/s320/IMG_0203.JPG" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2GnqKCsdcIE/T7MsqMrFXVI/AAAAAAAAGvA/1oq7AwxuYNs/s1600/IMG_0245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2GnqKCsdcIE/T7MsqMrFXVI/AAAAAAAAGvA/1oq7AwxuYNs/s320/IMG_0245.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>And now, I am counting down the days until July 7<sup>th</sup>—Em's Big Day. Which will be the first outdoor wedding I’ve ever attended.<span> </span>And it’s going to be just perfect.<br />
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Chicago was an equally enjoyable trip. Much needed family time. The highlight? Family boxing at Sisty-Sistor's gym. In case you were wondering, I'm an excellent boxer. I've really mastered the art of jumping around the bag and making fierce faces that perplex and disturb people enough to make them look the other way when I "strike" the target. Boom boom, pow. <br />
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<span></span>MegDudzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933013924243984354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755245521910271401.post-4347561898658955642012-04-15T10:16:00.013-07:002012-04-15T10:24:29.209-07:00<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"><b> -PROCRASTINATION STATION-</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">“If you put everything off until you’re sure of it, you’ll get nothing done”</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">-Norman V. Peale</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Well, well, well. What do you know? It’s April 15. That’s 15 days past my self-imposed deadline. Which means that I have been meandering through the first half of this month without any purpose. Without direction. Goal-less! I’ll blame it on ‘The Loony Bin’-which is where I spend my weekdays between the hours of 8:30am and 4:40pm. What was once an undemanding Reading Teacher position quickly became a headache inducing 6<sup>th</sup> Grade Teacher position when a certain Loony did not come back from Spring Break. Gone are the days of no planning, no grading and no thinking. I now have responsibilities and frankly, I’m not ok with it. But that brings me to my top goal for April. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Keep on Keepin on:</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"> until the end of the year. May 18<sup>th</sup>. Just 29 work days left. I can do it. And hopefully the 6<sup>th</sup> graders will be able to learn <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">something</i> from my meager math lessons. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2-30wtR1ygI/T4r9EmKTrmI/AAAAAAAAGtc/KMpf8b2C4PI/s1600/castelar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2-30wtR1ygI/T4r9EmKTrmI/AAAAAAAAGtc/KMpf8b2C4PI/s400/castelar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Here's the Loony Bin back in its prime. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Other goals for (the remainder of) April are as follows:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Travel:</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"> to NASHVILLE! For my favorite Kentuckian’s bachelorette party. My boots are already packed and ready for walking and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pedaling</i>. In THIS…</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qO_FgYtEoF0/T4r9cmCx66I/AAAAAAAAGtk/UYVyE-GcnI0/s1600/pedalpub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qO_FgYtEoF0/T4r9cmCx66I/AAAAAAAAGtk/UYVyE-GcnI0/s400/pedalpub.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> can I getta hell ya?</span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">…and then on to Chicago for Mother’s Day and MaryG’s birthday. Both on the same day this year. Talk about a double whammy. Better think of a good gift. (My presence is your present?)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Create: </span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">some of <a href="http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-beaded-bracelet/" style="color: #f1c232;">these</a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BJ36zO6ch-s/T4r_mOzZY0I/AAAAAAAAGts/sWpkolrWbcA/s1600/beadbracelet13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="277" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BJ36zO6ch-s/T4r_mOzZY0I/AAAAAAAAGts/sWpkolrWbcA/s400/beadbracelet13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">as well as some more blog posts. Because now that I have my fancy header from <a href="http://www.doubleacreative.com/" style="color: #f1c232;">this guy</a>, who is married to <a href="http://icrossmyart.blogspot.com/" style="color: #f1c232;">this girl</a>, I can’t NOT blog on the reg. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Read: </span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">My book club assignment-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b><u><a href="http://kathleenflinn.com/books/kc/" style="color: #f1c232;">Kitchen CounterCooking School</a>.</u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Get</span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">: A new job. The time has come. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">Drink: </span></b><span style="color: #7f7f7f; font-size: 12pt;">More water. Kind of a lame goal, I know. But I am somewhat of a camel. I often have zero glasses of water/day. I’m a bit sick right now. I think I coughed up approximately 8 lungs yesterday. But I’ve been hydrating more than usual and my skin feels refreshed. Imma try to keep that up after this congestion is gone. </span></div>MegDudzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933013924243984354noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755245521910271401.post-61581031998481898822012-03-09T07:27:00.010-08:002012-03-09T08:58:52.554-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold;">-resolutions are corny-</span><br /></div><br /><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif][if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> 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mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![e--><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I dislike making resolutions on January 1st.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">They seem too daunting and my feeble attempt at making them results in a piece of paper covered with more doodles than realis</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">tic goals.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">On the first day of the brand new year, I’m pale and freezing.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> can’t make p</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">ositive life changes during a time of so little sunlight and so much sno</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">w.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I’m partial to Spring Resolutions.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">This is when I feel excited. When I feel motivated. When I feel warm.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I want to get healthy, I want to travel, I want to eat and </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">drink on patios.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">So now that I am in a reso</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">lution-state-of-mind, I am making my monthly goals.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">And I am sharing them with you.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Not because I think you care, but because if <span style="font-style: italic;">I</span> know that </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-style: italic;">you </span>know, I will be more inclined to follow through.</span><span style="font-family: times new roman;"> </span><span style="font-family:times new roman;">(my goal structures are inspired by the new years resolutions found </span><a style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.thedaybookblog.com/2012/01/new-years-resolutions-i-thought-about.html">here</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> and</span><span style="font-family:times new roman;"> </span><a style="font-family: times new roman; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.shaunaniequist.com/blog/2012/1/12/four-words-for-2012.html%29">here</a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">.)</span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">-goals for march-</span></span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >create</span>: a blog.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">I’ve been talking about doing this for months.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>My inspiration comes from friends and acquaintances.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>When I say acquaintances, I mean complete strangers who’s blogs I have stumbled upon and, unbeknownst to them, proceeded to <s>stalk</s> follow. Religiously.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>These “pals” are all uber-crafty or wildly hilarious or professional photographers in training. I’m not any of these things.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>[Though I do love to fantasize about—one day—doing a craft.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And my dream in life is to be one/twentififth as funny as Tina Fey or Kristin Wiig.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>And my new in-laws did just give us a pretty snazzy digicam.] I’m also not sure that I can “pull-off” a blog.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I feel a bit corny.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But I live in Nebraska now, and I think it’s in my best interest to embrace all things corny. </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: bold; font-family: times new roman;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >travel</span>[near]: to <a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.lauritzengardens.org/">Lauritzen Gardens</a>...</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">Hubzinski and I have a membership here because the same day we got married, we turned 80.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Our motto for success is: “less daydrinking, more botanical gardens.” I love it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But haven’t been there since October-ish.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So it’s time to go back and smell the tree-buds.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">...and to DeSoto Bend.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>It’s a bald eagle refuge and I feel like getting patriotic. </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: times new roman;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >travel</span>[far]: to Chi-Ville and Kentucky.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">To my favorite city for this<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana;" >:</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5qbNpTSwJjc/T1olXKZBUxI/AAAAAAAAGsU/EEYBoRVmUKU/s1600/green-chicago-river.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5qbNpTSwJjc/T1olXKZBUxI/AAAAAAAAGsU/EEYBoRVmUKU/s200/green-chicago-river.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717923756756783890" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">With my favorite party people:<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gru3WibsEHg/T1opL-S-cyI/AAAAAAAAGss/ESvIW2IUUG8/s1600/girls%2Bst%2Bpats.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gru3WibsEHg/T1opL-S-cyI/AAAAAAAAGss/ESvIW2IUUG8/s320/girls%2Bst%2Bpats.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717927962578154274" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">And to my home-ville for a little bit of this:</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U3SInMDsXWc/T1oqosX3BDI/AAAAAAAAGs4/3oWuSZBq5mo/s1600/family.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U3SInMDsXWc/T1oqosX3BDI/AAAAAAAAGs4/3oWuSZBq5mo/s320/family.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717929555494634546" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing">And a lot bit of this:</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_4Hbl1QvDR8/T1os2ZF46EI/AAAAAAAAGtE/4RdfLhAd2ws/s1600/cray%2Bfam.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_4Hbl1QvDR8/T1os2ZF46EI/AAAAAAAAGtE/4RdfLhAd2ws/s320/cray%2Bfam.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5717931989860411458" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style=" font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">read</span></span>: </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Extremely-Incredibly-Close-Jonathan-Safran/dp/0618329706">Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close</a>, <a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Love-Overwhelmed-Relentless-God/dp/1434768511/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331310452&sr=1-1">Crazy Love</a>, and (finish) <a style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" href="http://www.amazon.com/Bossypants-Tina-Fey/dp/0316056863/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1331310507&sr=1-1">Bossypants</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Thank goodness for the book clubs and Bible studies that keep me literate.</p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family:times new roman;" >run</span></span>:</span> 7 miles twice a week. </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style=" font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:arial;" ><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;">pray</span></span>:</span> Each day. And be thankful. </p>MegDudzinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09933013924243984354noreply@blogger.com0