Good morning everyone!

I am in a particularly good mood today. Not really sure why, but I feel like I have a special appreciation for life today. Maybe it was because my father in law came to stay with us for the past couple days. Maybe it is because Ally woke up with such a smile on her face that it always melts away my problems. Or maybe it was simply the good bye kiss Mykal and I exchanged this morning before heading off to work. Any way you look at it, it’s a good day to be alive. Heck, it’s a good day to be me!

I know I said that my next post was going to be about gamer girls, but I am still working on perfecting that one. I can be a bit of a perfectionist sometimes, which is funny because I am also a procrastinator. A procrastinating perfectionist… sounds like an oxymoron to me. That’s ok, I’m pretty sure I’m a walking contradiction sometimes. *In my best little girl voice*: It’s what makes me special!

So lately I have been a little stressed out, as is much of the general population these days. Times are hard for everyone. But I’m trying to be a little more optimistic about it all. Being negative isn’t going to change things, and it won’t make them any better. So I might as well just look at the bright side and love life for what it is. I have my wonderful husband, my beautiful and healthy daughter, my loving family, and my awesome friends. Ok wait… is that getting a little day time talk show-ish? Eeek! But seriously, those are the greatest part of life and I often take it all for granted. Everyone starts to appreciate their blessings in life around the holidays, but I want to appreciate my blessings all year long! This is my goal.

Speaking of goals, it’s that time of year again. Everyone is talking about New Year resolutions! Most of them are usually to lose weight and get fit. And while this is one of my goals, I didn’t make it my New Year resolution. It’s been a goal since I gave birth to Ally, seven months ago. I’m back to my pre-pregnancy weight, which I am excited about. Now I just need to tone back up. I also really want to be in shape so that if the world really does end, I’ll be able to outrun the zombies. I told Mykal he needs to be twice as fit as me so that he can strap Ally to his back and keep her safe haha. You’ll come to learn that I have a serious phobia of zombies. I’m slowly getting over it though. An article I saw on Cracked.com helped with that haha.

A big resolution of mine is to start seeing things through. I keep starting projects and they end up just laying around the house, half finished, until Mykal gets tired of looking at them and throws them out. I remember last year, before Gears 3 came out, I was going to make a Ticker costume for my dog. I had the barrel done, it was painted and had a handmade Locust emblem on it. It had the little mini chambers in the side. All it was missing was straps, and I had chains I was going to use for that. It wasn’t too bad. But then I got pregnant and never finished it. So when we moved from our apartment, I threw it out. What a waste of effort.

Another resolution, or goal, I would like to accomplish is that I would like to eliminate my credit card debt. I am about to drop my insurance so that I can save a little extra money each week ($105 extra each week to be exact), and hopefully pay everything off fatser. I don’t really want to drop my insurance because I like it covering Ally, but I wish I could get it just for her. I never go to the doctor or anything, it came in handy last year when I got pregnant, but I don’t plan on that happening for another couple years. Truth be told, I think when I got pregnant last year, it was because I subconsciously wanted to. But I digress, why can’t insurance companies have single plans for children? Why do I have to cover myself as well when I never use it? It’s all just one big rip off. Darn evil companies.

Well I think that is enough ramblings for one day. Then again, it is the weekend and I may get some time tonight to make another post. We’ll just play it by ear. Until next time, have a great weekend and live life to the fullest!