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100 Things to do in 2012

2012-01-02T12:29:00.003-05:00

This year i'm journaling in my 2012 Creating My Goddess year workbook and planner. One of the things it asked was to think of 100 things i wanted to do in 2012. It wasn't easy and I had to revert to google and search other lists to come up with ideas, which triggered new ideas for me. I'm going to type this list up in my Cozi todo list and check them off as i complete them. I would like to get as many done as I can this year. And if new ideas pop up throughout the year I will add them to my cozi list. Any not completed and i'm still interested in in 2013 (you know the world won't be ending on 12/21/2012), I will just roll them over.

100 THINGS TO DO IN 2012

1. Walk more
2. A play in NYC
3. Bowling/Duckpin
4. Geocaching
5. Go to a hockey game
6. Wadsworth Museum
7. Ghost hunt
8. Dinosaur state park
9. Earthplace in Westport
10. Boat ride on the CT river
11. Learn to ride my bike and be comfortable on it
12. Art museum
13. More genealogy
14. Learn to press flowers
15. Tetherball
16. Kite flying
17. Apple picking
18. Meditate more
19. Time capsule for family
20. 5k
21. Climb rock wall
22. 365 photos a year or a photo project taking and blogging photos
23. Family blog
24. Intuitive blog
25. Play more kinect
26. Play more board games
27. Try new foods
28. Stand at the today show in the morning
29. Go to yankee candle
30. Learn to can better
31. Organize my recipes
32. Do 100 situps w/o taking a break
33. Do 100 wall push ups w/o taking a break
34. Read @ least 12 books
35. Master the hula hoop
36. Take the family to a concert
37. Create in a keri smith book
38. Write a poem
39. Find a poem I love and journal it
40. Learn to draw w/ kids drawing program
41. Start a nature journal
42. Learn more about rock and minerals
43. Renew my library card
44. Scrapbook more
45. Digital scrapbook
46. Start a gratitude journal or blog
47. Keep a log of mental chatter positive and negative for 10 days
48. Stop complaining for 100 days
49. Become more frugal
50. Jump on my rebounder everyday
51. Make bread w/my bread machine (find a good gluten free bread)
52. Write a haiku
53. Get passports
54. Read a health related article every week
55. Beach days
56. Work on ways to handle emotional eating
57. Block island
58. Walk up hill w/o stopping
59. Listen to a new genre of music
60. Try a new tea
61. Downsize the amount of clothes we have
62. Grow flowers
63. Read a book of jokes
64. Put all videos from camera into a movie
65. Say a daily affirmation
66. Write a persona mission statement
67. Forgive
68. Take time to enjoy a sunset
69. Drum with the family
70. Start a love journal between kev and myself
71. Catch fireflies
72. Go to a baseball game
73. Mindful meditation
74. Blow bubbles
75. Learn more Gluten free recipes that are good
76. Log 10,000 fitness mintues
77. Blog 100 things I’ll do when I make goal
78. Explore a town
79. Paint my living room
80. Paint my kitchen
81. Buy new clothes because I’m losing weight
82. Dress nicer
83. Create a vision board
84. Put this list into cozi for easy check off
85. Declutter my closet
86. Compliment strangers (pay it forward)
87. Create
88. Research more trips
89. Hike sleeping giant
90. Star gaze
91. Learn line dancing (again)
92. Knit a pattern
93. Read a book I typically wouldn’t read
94. Statue of liberty
95. American girl store
96. Create a home I love
97. Celebrate the solstices
98. Dress up for Halloween
99. Reduce sugar
100. Continue to grow and learn

2012-01-02T11:43:00.001-05:00

here are my 2012 goals i would like to complete in 2012. i will write up my 100 goals soon.

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Anderson

Something to remember over the year; is to remember: "Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools." - Napoleon Bonaparte

Healthy and Fitness Goals:
1. Continue with the BLC on sparkpeople
2. Master the hula hoop and be able to keep it up for @ least 10 mins
3. Play the kinect @2x a week
4. Do some sort of exercise 5x a week (kinect, hula hoop, treadmill, bike)
5. Learn to be comfortable on my road bike (will use an indoor trainer during the winter)

Personal Growth, Peaceful Living and Wellbeing:
1. Start wearing some nicer shirts other than t-shirts.
2. Start a meditation practice starting with just 1 minute a day
3. I will craft more in 2012 – doesn’t matter what just something with my hands.

Family and House Goals:
1. Declutter my clothes current sizes and even smaller sizes get rid of what I don’t love. I don’t need to keep all those smaller sizes either. I need to have something to look forward to while I lose (buying new clothes)
2. Continue to declutter kids toys and clothes
3. Paint living room
4. Paint kitchen
5. Finish ½ bath
6. Get kev to finally organize the garage

Financial Goals:
1. Set up a plan to start paying down credit cards
2. Continue to pay more with cash

Reading List 2012:
1. I will read at least 12 books in 2012, I will track the books in Cozi after I read them
2. I will read books that I enjoy, on aromatherapy, and book to help me grow as an individual.

Social, Fun and Recreational Goals: some of these are from my 100 Things todo in 2012 list (in cozi) which I will be enjoying this coming year.
1. 100 things todo list how many did I complete
2. A play in NYC
3. Geocaching
4. Go to a hockey game
5. Wadsworth museum
6. Dinosaur state park
7. Boat ride on the CT river
8. Explore a town
9. Beach days
10. Stand at the today show
11. Family game night
12. Apple picking

Impeccable Word

2011-12-14T11:10:00.004-05:00

I have an impeccable word when it comes to my friends and family. I've been thinking this morning do I have an impeccable word with myself. I don't! I say I'm going to do something for me and I never follow through. Do I not deserve my impeccable word? I DO! So why don't I follow through? I don't know. This is something i'm going to have to work on during 2012.

It's time to be true to myself just as much as I am to my friends and family. Maybe this is what they mean about always putting others first and not yourself. I told myself for every holiday movie I watch I will do 10 mind of exercise while watching. I've done that once. I tell myself I'm going to lose this weight, but I don't. I say I'm going to keep a clean house then I slack. I don't keep my promises to myself. Now how to learn to do this. I deserve it!

How to do this? First I need to sit down and write down what I want and then think about how i'm going to get there. I know there will be times that life will vary and I will have to be flexible in getting to my goals. I can do this!

I need to remember this.

Girls Jamming "death of the ghosts"

2011-10-27T09:41:00.000-04:00

On some Thursday nights I take a class and the girls get daddy time. When I got home from class this past Thursday night, the girls are really excited, daddy had recorded them playing and singing. He pulled out his mics, he set up his program that records his music on the computer and the girls banged away on the guitar and sang.. (A) likes to make up lyrics and that is what she is doing this time.

The first one isChloe and Amber playing and singing together. The second is a recording ofChloe's guitar parts and then Amber recorded 2 seperate tracks of her vocals,then we played them all back at once for fun!!! The Mash up.
enjoy.....

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Turning 40 next month

2011-10-20T09:44:00.000-04:00

My goal before turning 40 was getting below 200 lbs.. This did not happen. But other things have happened on my weight loss journey. I have found who I am, for me this is an amazing feeling. I have also gotten stronger. I hired a trainer earlier this year and even though I didn't lose much weight. I got stronger, my core got stronger. I feel more confident. I feel much free'er. I can't really say I didn't reach my goal, because the things I did reach are so fantastic and I feel are steps I had to reach before reaching my goal.

My Internal daily battle of who I am

2011-10-19T08:07:00.000-04:00

I'm a loving mother, wife, friend, cousin, niece, aunt. I believe in god, I am spiritual but Im also a sensitive or an intuitive. These gifts are a gift from god. It helps me understand others. Basically I sense others feeling and emotions. I hid this because I don't want people not to like me. But in the end I wasn't liking myself and what is most important is I like myself and hiding who I am, well isn't liking myself or loving myself. I know part of my gaining weight is to have a protective layer to hide behind. I've had other traumas from my childhood that I use the weight to hide behind too. And it's time to strip away the layers.

I've had dreams over the years that have eventually come true. My dad has visited me and so has my uncle. Dad has even warned me about another uncle then later my mom tells me he has to have surgery on an artery. These things have happened all my life. I'm finally paying attention, listening and loving myself.

I know some people will accept and love me no matter who I am or what I believe. There will be others who will struggle and then in the end accept and love me and there will be others who will no longer want to be around me or try and change me. Don't try because I bet you wouldn't want me to change who you are. Losing these loved ones does scare me but a true loved one will always be there.

I have a wonderful hubby! He's been there every step of the way pushing me to find who I am, accept who I am and love who I am. He loves me for me and I love him so much for not making me be who he wants me to be or what others expect me to be. Many probably are going to be shocked about this. Cause some have an image of him being the perfect religious person, he believes in god, yes.. But he believes in so much more too and is just an amazing person when you get to know who he really is and not just an image. I just love talking to him about everything. He is my soul-mate and my best friend and marrying him was the best thing in my life.. cause if i didn't marry him i wouldn't have the best kids in my life.

I feel so naked finally coming out from my protective layer, I feel vulnerable and tears are rolling down my face. But it is time I've hidden long enough. This is me no different then the girl you met. You just now know the whole me and I hope you love her just as much as I do. Cause she is pretty super.

love micki michelle

2011-09-18T10:51:00.000-04:00

At the beginning of the year I created a list of goals and my promise to myself was to review them each month to make sure I succeed in reaching my goals. I have not done this, this is the first time all year I've looked at my goals. So here it goes:

The major reason for setting a goal isfor what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always bethe far greater value than what you get." - JimRohn

Somethingto remember over the year; is to remember "The Four Agreements": [1] Be impeccable withyour word; [2] Don't take anything personally; [3] Don't make assumptions; [4]Always do your best.

Healthy and FitnessGoals:

I will lose even more weight in 2011. I will get to my first big goal of under 200 lbs and then set my next big goal when I reach my first goal. I will use baby steps, weights, cardio, and pushing myself to get there. REALLY STRUGGLING WITH THIS
I will work out 5 days a week for at least 20-30 mins. WAS DOING THIS THEN GOT PHYSICALLY SICK
I will eat 5+ freggies a day and track them on sparkpeople. DEF DO THIS
By the end of the year I will be walking no less than 10,000 steps everyday. LUCKY I GET 5000 UGH
Start each morning with stretches, crunches and pushups TOTALLY FORGOT THIS ONE

Personal Growth andPeaceful Living:

I will meditate 5 mins a day for my peace of mind NOT DOING
I will get a massage table so I can start practicing reiki and get my 20 hours I need to finish level 2. I DID GET THE TABLE BUT NEVER STARTED PRACTICING
I will continue to connect with my spiritiual side by reading, retreat or classes. DOING THIS

Family and HouseGoals:

I will work on creating and sticking with chores for the girls to help out more around the house. STILL WORKING ON
I will teach the girls the importance of goal setting - I HAVE
I will create an oasis in our bedroom. – I START TO THEN IT SLIDES

Financial Goals:

Get a plan to pay down debt - WORKING ON
Pay more with cash - LOVE MORE COMPANIES USING PAYPAL SO THIS IS HELPING

Social, Fun andRecreational Goals:

I will take time to have lunch/dinner with friends more often. - SORTA
I will make more time to Geocache and hike with the family and friends. - UGH
I will learn how to do a mosaic art piece. – STARTED THIS
Take more pictures of everyday life. 2010 I did not take enough pictures of everyday life. - SORTA
I will either use my current blog or create a new blog and blog about every day life, my weight loss journey or whatever floats my boat, who cares if I’m not the best writer or best speller in the world. Maybe I’ll start it off by posting my 2011 goals - HMMMM SORTA.. BETTER POST THIS ON MY BLOG TOO
I will read more books for enjoyment. – I AM
I will have a picnic lunch at the beach with the family - DID THIS WITH THE GIRLS NOT FAMILY
I will make a list of 100 things that make me laugh - NEVER DID THIS
As a family we will explore the northeast corner of CT - HAVE NOT DONE LACK OF MONEY AND TIME
As a family we will take a day trip to NYC - HAVE NOT
365 project – I will take a daily picture to document 2011 it will be of my kids, animals, hubby, outdoors basically anything and I will blog about it. – STARTED THIS BUT HAVE NOT STUCK WITH IT
Decide on a few museums to visit. – NEVER DID THIS EITHER UGH.

Just thinking.....

2011-09-07T18:39:00.001-04:00

Over the past few days i've been thinking about my weight. Why I just can't let go of it. I do really well i had lost almost 30 lbs and i've gained back about 20 lbs. I hired a trainer and was working really good with him i could feel myself getting stronger yet nothing was releasing and I was working on my own really hard too. Then I crashed (that's what i call it when i get in some weird funk and just can't move or have energy). I have no idea what causes or how i can prevent it.. I'm in a funk right now. I don't know how to get out of it. seems this whole summer i was in a funk.

I eat right, and I pretty darn healthy with my food choices. In a busy life eating out is inevitable so I try to make really good decisions not to ruin what i have done. But somehow it's creeping back up.

I'm wondering if I should try gluten free or limiting it a good bit. I've done it before but weight did not release then either. So I'm not sure what i should do. Low carb didn't work, WW didn't work (that made me even worse).. I hate anything complicated, eating shouldn't be complicated.

Something a friend said to me the other day about pain and that issues we have suppressed can come back in the form of body pain. I wonder if the same can be for weight issues. Anything i guess can be possible. But how to find out what issues i'm suppressing now that is the million $$ question. I've also been told that when you are trying to protect yourself from things you put on the pounds.. again if this is the case what is it.

I just don't know which direction to go in now. Right now i just want that magic pill to give me energy to just move.

Irene is almost here

2011-08-28T07:47:00.001-04:00

We are now without power went out about 6am and the worst is yet to come. Guess she will make landfall around 10am. Couple more hours to go.
The pic is of my view not to many branches down or leaves just a river flowing down my street.

Preparing for Irene

2011-08-27T08:00:00.000-04:00

We have been busy preparing for Hurricane Irene arrival sometime tonight into tomorrow. She is to make landfall somewhere around New Haven (at least that is the last I heard last night).. We have gotten the yard picked up, we just have to tie down the table and grill and i think the pool shed. I have prepared some foods that we can eat if we lose power. I need to do some more cooking and preparing today so we have a little more.

If sears gets their order in today we will be picking up our generator, they are trying to get an emergency order in and we placed an order for one. I'm making sure we have enough frozen water bottles to help keep the freezer cold just in case we don't get the generator. We have part of our 1/6 of a cow in there along with a lot of other meat.

Connecticut doesn't get many hurricanes, from my understanding they get a good one about every 20 years or so and well we are do. I believe the last one was in '85 and her name was Gloria. I was not living on the East coast during that one. I was in IN, we only had to worry about blizzards and tornados. :)

Testing out blogger on my phone

2011-02-07T11:21:00.001-05:00

I decided to download bloggers app to my cell phone to see if it would work for me. Sometimes when i'm out I think of something to blog but later I either forget or don't have time to blog.

testing blog

2011-01-30T10:35:00.001-05:00

testing

Snow Armageddon 2011

2011-01-27T08:15:00.001-05:00

This is the snow after storm #7. Yesterday before it started snowing we had 44.1" in hartford, CT. We are now in upper 50" from the snow we had overnight.

This is of my puppy going out to potty.. she stays close to the house now because she can't even get in the yard.

What I learned in 2010

2010-12-30T12:44:00.000-05:00

Exercise is key for me in losing weight
Eating freggies helps me feel good
Being 20 lbs lighter gives me more energy and little more bounce and better reflexes
Drinking tea (white, red, green, black and herbals) is not only tasty it's good for me.
Learning Reiki is teaching me a calmer way of life. I still have aways to go in this lesson, but i like the path it's taking me
That setting goals and actively working to achieve them is a AWESOME feeling.
Did a lot of decluttering this year and it's so freeing not having things i don't love around me.
It really pays to buy the extended warranty on TVs
Learned how to track my pulse to keep my thyroid more level.. I've felt awesome this year.

What lessons have you learned this year.

2011 Goals

2010-12-29T12:23:00.000-05:00

For the past 3 years i have set Goals (not resolutions) for myself. The first year i didn't do the greatest, this year i did pretty awesome. And i'm planning 2011 to be even awesomer. (if that's even a word but sounds cool). I like to review these every month or so to make sure i'm staying on track and to refresh my memory of what i want to achieve.

So here they are:

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get." - Jim Rohn

Something to remember over the year; is to remember "The Four Agreements": [1] Be impeccable with your word; [2] Don't take anything personally; [3] Don't make assumptions; [4] Always do your best.

Healthy and Fitness Goals:

I will lose even more weight in 2011. I will get to my first big goal of under 200 lbs and then set my next big goal when I reach my first goal. I will use baby steps, weights, cardio, and pushing myself to get there.
I will work out 5 days a week for at least 20-30 mins.
I will eat 5+ freggies a day and track them on sparkpeople.
By the end of the year I will be walking no less than 10,000 steps everyday.
Start each morning with stretches, crunches and pushups

Personal Growth and Peaceful Living:

I will meditate 5 mins a day for my peace of mind
I will get a massage table so I can start practicing reiki and get my 20 hours I need to finish level 2.
I will continue to connect with my spiritiual side by reading, retreat or classes.

Family and House Goals:

I will work on creating and sticking with chores for the girls to help out more around the house.
I will teach the girls the importance of goal setting
I will create an oasis in our bedroom.

Financial Goals:

Get a plan to pay down debt
Pay more with cash

Social, Fun and Recreational Goals:

I will take time to have lunch/dinner with friends more often.
I will make more time to Geocache and hike with the family and friends.
I will learn how to do a mosaic art piece.
Take more pictures of everyday life. 2010 I did not take enough pictures of everyday life.
I will either use my current blog or create a new blog and blog about every day life, my weight loss journey or whatever floats my boat, who cares if I’m not the best writer or best speller in the world. Maybe I’ll start it off by posting my 2011 goals
I will read more books for enjoyment.
I will have a picnic lunch at the beach with the family
I will make a list of 100 things that make me laugh
As a family we will explore the northeast corner of CT
As a family we will take a day trip to NYC
365 project – I will take a daily picture to document 2011 it will be of my kids, animals, hubby, outdoors basically anything and I will blog about it.
Decide on a few museums to visit.

2010-11-09T16:41:00.001-05:00

leveling back out on armour thyroid

2007-02-23T16:45:00.000-05:00

well i started to take iodoral about a month ago. I started out just fine. Started out on 12.5 mgs and then after 5 days i went to 25mgs, then shortly there after i went up to 50 mgs. My hair started falling out, i started feeling blah and sick. so i up'd the Armour. At 4 grains and 50mgs of iodoral my pulse started to get above 100. So i backed the iodoral back to 25mg and then 12.5 and then 2 days ago decided to stop it. I just didn't feel right on it. Also in this time i started taking vitamin C. Vitamin C helps the iodine in our body to work right. I'm thinking the vitamin C has something to do with the change in my body. So i'm now back to 3 grains of Armour instead of 4 and no iodoral. I get iodine in my multi from kelp. So i'm going to get a kelp supplement to take instead of iodoral.

I got my lab work done on wed and that will tell me how hyper i got, but i felt miserable. I was not sleeping, heavy breathing, felt sick. I'm starting to sleep again. That was one of the worst!

Starting blog

2007-02-21T19:25:00.000-05:00

I'm starting this blog to document my life of thyroid disease, antidepressants, overweight and all the things i have learned and will be learning along the way.

I was diagnoised with Hypothyroid in sept 2001, but i started suffering way before blood work showed i had a problem or had a dtr that would listen.

In '96 i started having panic attacks and thought i was suffering depression, i probably was i was depressed, i didn't know what was going on with my body. I felt like i was out of control. So I went to the dtr. I was put on an antidepressant can't remember which one I got worse on it. So i got a new dtr and he put me on paxil. I was having tell tale signs of being HypO, i don't even know if the dtr tested me for it. I didn't even know what a thyroid was back then. But i went in one day for bleeding in the butt and well i got a colonoscopy for it. I was constipated because i was hypO. Everything makes sense now. Why couldn't a dtr see it. I was 100 lbs back then now i'm 100 lbs more. No thanks to paxil and being undiagnoised HypO for so long. Oh i also gained 50 lbs in 1 year, took metabolife to lose it and lost about 25 lbs. I guess if i didn't take the metabolife a dtr might of caught it, but they still should of caught it while the weight was creeping up. because i didn't start taking metabolife till i was around 150 lbs. uuugghh.

I had leg pain like in the shin area and well i was told to see a bone dtr, once i was put on synthyroid this went away and when they hurt i knew something was wrong, but the dtr wouldn't always check. Ya know it was all in my head.

My TSH result back in 2001 was 97. now i have seen worse, but that is still really bad. I had just had a baby almost a year prior and everythign was just chalked up to having a baby. I started getting treatment and then got Pregnant again and was diagnoised gestional, i lost a little weight. Then had my 2nd baby and a few months after i started gaining again. All this time i'm on synthyroid which i'm told will help me. WEll it didn't help that much. I got worse. I was on synthyroid for almost 5 yrs. I went undiagnoised with HypO for 5 yrs, being told it was all in my head! I knew something was not right with me. But i could not find a dtr to listen. I lost a lot of years. But i'm going to get them back!!

So now it's 2006 i get new insurance that accepts naturopaths and i go to one that a couple friends recommend. In the last year, i have come off 1 of my antidepressants (trazadone - was taking it for sleep), i'm weaning off effexor. I have come off synthyroid for a more natural product called Armour Thyroid. I started feeling better, then i went hypo again and now i'm working on adjusting Armour as i went up to fast and caused myself to get hyper. another uuuugghhh. I think i went hyper because i started taking iodoral for iodine deficiency and well i felt i went hypO and then i cut back on idoroal and now i'm hyper. Just had blood tests done so we will see if i am hyper in a few days. This has been a journey for me. I"m finally getting answers and seeing results.

I'm sure i've missed some stuff that will come up in later blogs. But this is the jist of my journey.

thanks for reading
micki