Friday, January 04, 2008

Goals - I haz dem


I don't support outdoor kittehs, but this was a pretty cute lol kitteh, and a good lead-in to my goals for the new year.

1. Bird more often, even if it's just going out on the marsh--which is linked VERY closely to #2.
2. Get up earlier on weekdays so I can bird or exercise before work. Normally, I get up around 7:20, shower and dress, and leave the house as close to 8 as possible. It's always a harried drive to drop Kat off at school and then get to work somewhere close to on time. (okay, I'm usually at least ten minutes late. I admit it. But I have a cool boss.) This year, I'd like to get up earlier so I can spend a little time filling and watching my backyard feeders, or maybe even exercising. God knows I can stand to shed some weight. Which leads me to...
3. Eat better and do actual exercise. I own all these exercise videos and stuff, and I never do them. I need to lose about twenty or thirty pounds this year, so I'm counting on all of you to hassle me about exercising. I've cut out sodas and a lot of the junk I used to eat, but unless I start moving this old body, it's not going to make a bit of difference.
4. Keep up with my commitment to my Bigby year, taking at least one long birding walk per week.
5. Read other books besides Harry Potter. I read A LOT, but I tend to re-read my favorites most of the time, because I love them. I've probably read Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows at least ten times each, and that's just ridiculous. I would like to read some of the other books I got for Christmas instead of just lazing around with Harry and Hermione and Ron.

I have a few others, but I won't bore you with those "be a better and more thoughtful partner" ones. That's just too mushy!

So--I thank you in advance for yelling at me about exercising. I was in the best shape of my life back when I had a pal in the air force who yelled at me constantly. Perhaps I should've been a G.I.Jane. ...Or not.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bigby rocks!

Anonymous said...

Great goals! I'm with you on them. Except I didn't mention the birding, but I'm going to keep track better of the birds I see.

Thanks for the idea.

dguzman said...

Hi Rick, thanks for coming by! Yes, I'm really glad someone did something like Bigby.

Dcup--that's cool; you always see great birds in your area. Look for a painted bunting for me this spring; I'd love to see one of those.

Dr. Monkey Von Monkerstein said...

Don't get mad at me in June when I remind you to go exercise more. Now get off that butt and go walk some.

Mary said...

I have goals, too. But right now, I don't know what they are :o)

Susan Gets Native said...

My vote for being a more thoughtful partner is to take Kat to Magee Marsh in May. Isn't that your anniversary?
Northern Ohio is very romantic. Really! And the birds are great, too.

dguzman said...

Susan--our anniversary is Feb 1; I think we'll be going to D.C. for a museum blitz weekend. But I'll be sure to mention how romantic northern Ohio can be in May! However, she used to live in Cleveland, so I don't know if she'll buy it!

pissed off patricia said...

Birding is Mother Nature's best entertainment, if you ask me. You get to be outside, you get to see beautiful things and since I have been keeping a log since like forever, you get to search for and learn stuff. I love it!

dguzman said...

PoP, you're the coolest.

I always think I ought to keep a log of everything I see out there, but I never do--it's all I can do to remember to write down all the birds I see!

Susan Gets Native said...

What the heck am I thinking of, then? Is it the Minnesota trip?

Amy said...

Hurray for getting up earlier! I set the alarm 45 minutes earlier to allow for brisk a.m. walks around the neighborhood, where I get to see/hear a nice variety of birds. You're not the only one who needs to shed 30 pounds. Sigh.

KGMom said...

I usually avoid New Year goals like the proverbial plague. But this year, I took on two. So far, I have stuck by them--but then, the year is less than 2 weeks old. Check back in. . .oh, say, February.

dguzman said...

I was considering the Minnesota in Feb trip--you must've been thinking about that--but Kat wasn't too keen on spending her anniversary in the zero-degree weather of the frozen north, for some reason.

Larry said...

Sounds like a plan.-My goal is to write a set of goals.I need more cardio workouts too.

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