I wonder if it is a standard procedure for people to wax poetic on their first blog post. It is for me. Well, actually, this is not my first blog post. I have written a couple on my myspace page, and a couple on our family’s homepage, but this is my first “official” blog on my very own spot. I have set some incredibly lofty goals for myself for this year. Most of them have been a long time coming…some I have already worked on but fell off during December for some reason. lol…Anyway, I want to capture my journey here, to be able to look back on myself and what I thought from day to day. I am afraid it won’t often be pretty. I have a tendency toward dark thoughts when it comes to myself. But I am hoping that some of my goals will work me out of that. Anyone who wants to keep up will see for themselves!

I won’t use the “r” word….this is just a list of things I want to do to create a new me.

1. Read Bible daily…I am actually doing the daily Bible with a group of people from our church. I know I can do this, I have done it before. Bible reading has been sorely lacking in my life recently, and I need that to change. I need to be in the Word.

2. Live a healthy lifestyle…I am about 25-30 pounds overweight. It is causing me to have high blood pressure as well as self-image problems. I plan to eat better, drink lots of water, and exercise at least 5 days a week. Ugh. I hate exercise.

3. Get organized. This may be a funny one to those who know me well..I keep my movies in alphabetical order, for Pete’s sake! But I feel that my days are wildly out of control. Our family desperately needs a schedule. I can never fit everything in and that leads to my beating myself up…again. I know there is enough time in a day. I have got to stop wasting it.

Today is day one. Did I eat right? Well, I ate better than I have for the past few weeks. I can do better. Did I exercise? No. Have I read my Bible yet? No. But I will before I go to bed. I am not beating myself up for not reaching goals. I will be a work in progress, and when I fall down I will get back up. I heard the Natasha Bedingfield song “Unwritten” today. Today is where my book begins. The rest is still unwritten…..