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I get e-mails daily from SparkPeople.com (the BEST fitness/nutrition tracking- and info- site I’ve ever used) and one of them is Healthy Reflections.

Living Within Today

Sometimes it seems like we’re always putting off our goals until some vague time in the future called “Once”. “Once the New Year rolls around…”, “Once I have my new job…”, “Once I retire…”, “Once the kids are in school…”, “Once the kids are OUT of school…” Sound familiar? By waiting for Once to get here, we waste time and frustrate our desire to do what we really want. It’s a fact of life that every time one potential distraction disappears, it’s quickly replaced with a new one. There will always be something that can stand in your way – if you let it. Ask yourself: are these distractions real reasons, or just good excuses for putting something off? Goals cannot be started in the future. The laws of time and nature dictate that you can only act in the present. You are here, today. So are your goals. The only good time to start is right now.

Today’s Healthy Reflection reminded me of a conversation I just had the other day and I completely believe it. If you keep saying you will be happy or will succeed WHEN something happens, you never will be happy or succeed. You have to roll with the punches, be happy with what you have, and get back up every time you fall.

Here is a good quote that was included in the e-mail.

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin.

- Ivan Turgenev, novelist, poet, playwright

This rings very true in my life right now. Things are not moving fast enough! I am not reaching my goals or moving ahead in a timely manner and I am working hard to change that.

It is nice to have a journal to be able to reflect in and I hope that posts like this help others to reflect and be inspired as well.

First thing first, HAPPY EASTER!. I wanted to post a few cute pics of chicks and bunnies that would make anyone smile, so here you go!

Secondly, thanks to Janine for all her help getting my Wordpress theme aligned and setup properly. There are still changes coming but THANK GOODNESS we are over that hump. Maybe I will start writing more now that my site actually looks good!

Hope everyone has a Happy Easter

Along the path of my current phase of accomplishing long lost tasks, I upgraded Wordpress to 2.7.1. I also changed the theme and will be messing with it in order to get it perfect over the next few days. If you are knowledgeable in Wordpress and themes with dynamic sidebars, please let me know!

Thanks

I’ve just been ridiculously busy and uninspired (kind of) to blog, update, or re-do my site.

Basically I just haven’t had the time!! I will be doing something with it soon, though. Also, after many requests- I will be adding a Fitness section or something of the like to give people what they want to know.

I honestly wonder who still reads my site even. I am in desperate need of updating Wordpress to 2.7 in addition to fixing up my photo gallery, working on a new theme, and re-writing the basic stuff. Ugh, what a task!

Here is a quick LOL to end with.

Hope everyone out in E-LAND is well.

Happy February!

xoxo
A

The Middle Authority Group [C-List Bloggers]
(10-99 blogs linking in the last 6 months)
This contrasts somewhat with the second group, which enjoys an average age not much older than the first at 260 days and which posts 50% more frequently than the first. There is a clear correlation between posting volume and Technorati authority ranking.

Clearly I don’t update enough…. but I knew that already.

I still need to upgrade Wordpress and install a new theme. I’m sick of the pink. Again….

Twilight Movie in 4 days!

I got this in an email from one of my favorite fitness sites, SparkPeople.com today.  I figured it might be something people would be interested in reading.

As odd as it sounds, sometimes our logical minds can hold us back. Have you ever wanted to attempt a new career, run a marathon, or start your own business? Our brains might scream at us that it is safer to do what has been tried and true in the past, but don’t let the fear of the unknown stop you! We all spend a lot of time worrying and little time examining the calling of our own hearts. What are you passionate about? Is there a way that you can honor these feelings in a responsible way? Trying new things can be terrifying, but following our passions can make us feel alive and become some of our most memorable moments in life. The thrill of love, the depths of grief, and the joys of a new career…all would be impossible without passion.

So the other night, I went to check my site on my BlackBerry and the site came up as a long page of links about Tramadol (the pain medicine). I just went into my header.php file and found codes for link after link of SPAM, and removed it.
WTF?! How did that get there?

So after showing my site (which is what should be my nerdy pride and joy) to a friend who had never seen it, I was a little embarrassed that I have put my site and the “re-vamp” from a few months ago on the back burner.

I won’t have much free time in the next few weeks aside from Bridesmaid duties/planning (for Christy’s wedding), Baby Shower planning (my friend Nicolle is having a baby!), work, working out, and managing my own life…. But my goal is to get the “re-vamp” finished and get my site in order.

I want to totally update everything. The pages I created over two years ago really don’t fit me anymore.  I plan on finishing organization of the photo gallery, updating Wordpress to the version 2.6, updating the About Me/Links/FAQ/Sidebar info/etc.

I’m not going to be like everyone else (including myself) and say that and not actually do it.  I can’t wait to get back into keeping my site current, and I am very excited for you to see the finished product! Stay tuned!

I also plan on doing a cam update and a more detailed update of what has been going on in my life, later tonight. With that said, I’m off to buy a new desk lamp, get a few groceries, rent a movie, & go to the gym! Ciao!

Dear Alesha,
Here is your horoscope
for Tuesday, June 3:

P.S. I am still working on the gallery, subpages, smiley alignment and italic codes….. Stay posted