My writing reaches a varied scope of readers from the young to the experienced at life and the single to the married for a long time. Gay, straight, many different races and ethnic backgrounds. People who are well traveled and people who are homebound read my blog. So, how many of you have ever been blessed to find someone who came into your life as a friend and then that friend turned into a really good friend and then you and your friend w/o even knowing how, morphed into a relationship where you began to care for each other as more than just friends?
I have been blessed to have had this FINALLY happen to me. How does this happen? I have no idea. It was certainly not either of our intentions to be anything more than friends, but somehow it has beautifully blossomed into something so much more.
I can't explain it and why should I have to?
I have someone who cares for me. Someone who worries about me. Someone who is on board w/ me being me. Someone who thinks having blue hair and being sassy are turn ons. Someone who teases me for being very sentimental and sappy, but is glad that I am so since it's to their benefit. Someone who from day one has had only one intention and that is to get to know me from the inside out. Someone who speaks of inner beauty being what really only matters and who sees me as beautiful and tells me I am beautiful everyday. Someone who loves my mind and thinks I'm smart and that I come up w/ things that are ingenious. Someone who appreciates the small things and thinks that I am sweet, tho I'm only being me.
I could keep going on. We make a great pair. I have deep down lasting joy like I have really never experienced long term. I have a lot of s**t that I am facing financially, but because I am not alone and have someone so wonderful by my side supporting me every step of the way, I am able to face each day w/ a smile. I am certain that in the not too distant future we will be making things official and I will be blogging my announcement right here so inquiring minds... be on the lookout. We're not in a hurry (well, maybe I am a little), but we both want to take our time, REALLY get to know each other and make sure we are making the right decision before we make any big decisions.
Trust me... I will be happy to change my relationship status on Facebook to "In a Relationship"!!!!!
Stay tuned inquiring minds,
~A
Friday, August 22, 2014
Monday, August 4, 2014
Motivational Mondays Weeks 26, 27, 28 ; Switching it up for a bit
Hello Guys and Dolls!
Well, you read the title correctly. This blog incorporates not 1, not 2, but 3 weeks of Motivational Mondays. I know, I know. Save the blogger bashing for someone else.. ha ha. I am beating myself up well and good enough, thank you!
At this stage in the game I plan on continuing w/ my blog I just think that it should take on a different aspect--one that represents my life now as my life has evolved quite a bit since Week 1.
I'm not going to say that all of the sudden I am hunky-dorey about everything and am comfortable w/ everything and so stepping out of my comfort zone is no longer a problem.. let's face it..we all, myself included, have things that we have to do or should do that are out of our comfort zones and daily we make choices to stay in our cocoons where everything is safe and we feel laid back and mabe even a lil lazy or we CHOOSE to make a change..even if it's just for that day.
At the beginning of the year, getting out of my comfort zones at any capacity was a struggle as you can probably tell by some of the most menial items to conquer on my to do list. Yes, it is uncomfortable for me to go even a DAY w/o using color in my world. I write with it, I wear it on my face and my clothes are bright, my accessories are cheery not drab, and I refused to take a multi-vitamin until the day I spotted a bottle of bright, purple gumball-like chewables on sale at the Medicine Shoppe.
Most of what I have left are things that have to do more w/ getting me out of the house and blessing others...which is getting me out of my comfort zone as I am a homebody due to 2 facts: 1. I have no one to hang w/ regularly and 2. I'm broke
So, what direction am I going to take my blog for the future, you may be asking? Well, all I can say is that I feel that my blog should be representing my current journey and since it no longer does that's why the changes need to be made. I hope that what I have to offer will still resonate and touch at least one soul and we can each one, reach one.
So, let me round out Motivational Mondays w/ my last accomplishments on my list of 52:
Week 26 # 8: Go one day w/o getting on the internet
This was surprisingly easier than I imagined. I forgot what it was like and how preoccupied one can be (hence my falling behind in my blogging) when my time became entertained w/ a new and budding relationship. I think there was actually a point where I didn't get on the internet or even **GASP** FACEBOOK for a week!
Week 27 #49: Take a local unfamiliar road and see where it leads
I have a GPS. I am not sure if it's that I am directionally challenged or if it really just boils down to I am PETRIFIED of being lost. So, as I was leaving my job a few weeks ago, not knowing until hours later it was my last day, I decided to take a different route home and see where it lead. Well, it doesn't do me any good now, but here I was SOOOO close to my one Dr. going this route and all along I had been literally going almost in a complete circle out of my way by not stepping out of my comfort zone to see what would happen if I went right instead of left. Hopefully I will remember that and there will be a lesson learned for next time.
Week 28 #26: Try a new seafood
This was also a wonderful surprise. I bought a mix of chopped seafood ready for like soup etc and in it was shrimp, mussels, squid and clams. I have only ever tasted shrimp so I was trying 3 new seafoods. The mix was a steal at under 4 buckaroos and I consulted w/, who else, but my mom to figure out the best way to prepare these (hopefully) delectable new delights. We decided that steaming them w/ rice or using the crockpot and adding some broth would probably be the best choices for a first time go at these new flavors.
I decided to use my handy dandy steamer and steam the brown rice and seafood combo together. When it was finished it smelled divine. I mixed it together, placed it in a bowl, melted some butter and cream cheese over it and let's just say I will be having that at least twice a week. It made 2 servings and the total cost about $5.00 That thrills me to pieces since I have an expensive palette that loves seafood but can't afford to have it as often as I would like...I now have an option that allows me to treat myself w/o breaking the bank.
On a scale of 1-10 these would all be 1's They didn't really involve me being very uncomfortable at all. Did I try something new and switch things up a bit and step out of my comfort zone? Sure, but it ended up being an amazing experience.
So, inquiring minds. I will keep you posted and try to do so weekly, however I believe that w/ the direction my life is going right now strapping myself down to only ONE certain day of the week is no longer an option for me. I believe weekly blogging still will be and that is indeed my goal, however, I just know that I can't stay accountable to just one particular day of the week.
Stay tuned for what I have in store. If it isn't motivational, insightful, or profound it's at least sure to be random, oozing of hints that the writer is more than slightly A.D.D, vaguely comical, everyday applicable or entertaining.
Thank you for joining me on my journey and I hope that you will continue w/ me onto the next phase!
Later loyal gators,
~A
Just 24 more to go... Here's what's left:
1. Do not sit in the back row at church.
2. Do not sit alone in the back row at church.
3. Introduce myself to someone at church I don't know.
4. Audition for a stage show.
5. Go out to eat alone.
6. Do not eat in bed for one day.
7. Do not eat in bed for one week.
8. Go one day without getting on the internet.
9. Post NO STATUS UPDATES on Fb for a week.
10. Write a very personal song and share it with someone.
11. Use of the computer is restricted to the dining room downstairs for one week or if I move.. anywhere in the house except the bedroom.
12. Sit in a chair instead of being on the comfy sofa for one week of therapy.
13. Spend one evening watching TV downstairs.
14. Spend one week watching TV downstairs.
15. Divulge something personal I have never told anyone before.
16.Eat lunch at work in front of my peers.
17. Go out to eat with someone (non family) and not ask to be hidden away in a booth somewhere.
18. Go w/o nail polish, even clear, for one week.
19. No texting (except my therapist) for one week.
20. Do not stay in bed past 9 a.m. on a Saturday.
21. Hug a stranger.
22. Invite someone over to my place and cook them dinner.
23. Make a dessert to share at work.
24. Go one week eating nothing from a can.
25. Go one week eating nothing purchased pre-prepared.
26. Try a new seafood.
27. Cook a meal for Mom and Mike.
28. Iron clothes for an hour straight
29. No FB for a week.
30. Go one week w/o eating leftovers
31. Wear something leg revealing
32. Go to work one day with no make-up on
33. Write left handed for a day
34. Give $20 to a stranger
35. Pay for the persons order behind me at the drive thru
36. Bless someone I know with at least $100
37. Cook dinner for my pastor and his wife
38. Go one day w/o using the microwave
39. Go 1 week w/o using the microwave
40. Wear my rings on opposite fingers
41. Get another piercing
42. Get another tattoo or get mine fixed
43. Dress up on dress down Friday
44. Use no emoticons for one week
45. Use no abbreviations or special characters when I journal for a day
46. No abbreviations or special characters when journaling for a week.
47. No use of color for one week
48. Work on broadening my circle of friends
49. Take a local unfamiliar road and see where it leads
50. Have lunch with a co-worker
51. Eat in public in front of a stranger
52. Eat fruit everyday for a week
Well, you read the title correctly. This blog incorporates not 1, not 2, but 3 weeks of Motivational Mondays. I know, I know. Save the blogger bashing for someone else.. ha ha. I am beating myself up well and good enough, thank you!
At this stage in the game I plan on continuing w/ my blog I just think that it should take on a different aspect--one that represents my life now as my life has evolved quite a bit since Week 1.
I'm not going to say that all of the sudden I am hunky-dorey about everything and am comfortable w/ everything and so stepping out of my comfort zone is no longer a problem.. let's face it..we all, myself included, have things that we have to do or should do that are out of our comfort zones and daily we make choices to stay in our cocoons where everything is safe and we feel laid back and mabe even a lil lazy or we CHOOSE to make a change..even if it's just for that day.
At the beginning of the year, getting out of my comfort zones at any capacity was a struggle as you can probably tell by some of the most menial items to conquer on my to do list. Yes, it is uncomfortable for me to go even a DAY w/o using color in my world. I write with it, I wear it on my face and my clothes are bright, my accessories are cheery not drab, and I refused to take a multi-vitamin until the day I spotted a bottle of bright, purple gumball-like chewables on sale at the Medicine Shoppe.
Most of what I have left are things that have to do more w/ getting me out of the house and blessing others...which is getting me out of my comfort zone as I am a homebody due to 2 facts: 1. I have no one to hang w/ regularly and 2. I'm broke
So, what direction am I going to take my blog for the future, you may be asking? Well, all I can say is that I feel that my blog should be representing my current journey and since it no longer does that's why the changes need to be made. I hope that what I have to offer will still resonate and touch at least one soul and we can each one, reach one.
So, let me round out Motivational Mondays w/ my last accomplishments on my list of 52:
Week 26 # 8: Go one day w/o getting on the internet
This was surprisingly easier than I imagined. I forgot what it was like and how preoccupied one can be (hence my falling behind in my blogging) when my time became entertained w/ a new and budding relationship. I think there was actually a point where I didn't get on the internet or even **GASP** FACEBOOK for a week!
Week 27 #49: Take a local unfamiliar road and see where it leads
I have a GPS. I am not sure if it's that I am directionally challenged or if it really just boils down to I am PETRIFIED of being lost. So, as I was leaving my job a few weeks ago, not knowing until hours later it was my last day, I decided to take a different route home and see where it lead. Well, it doesn't do me any good now, but here I was SOOOO close to my one Dr. going this route and all along I had been literally going almost in a complete circle out of my way by not stepping out of my comfort zone to see what would happen if I went right instead of left. Hopefully I will remember that and there will be a lesson learned for next time.
Week 28 #26: Try a new seafood
This was also a wonderful surprise. I bought a mix of chopped seafood ready for like soup etc and in it was shrimp, mussels, squid and clams. I have only ever tasted shrimp so I was trying 3 new seafoods. The mix was a steal at under 4 buckaroos and I consulted w/, who else, but my mom to figure out the best way to prepare these (hopefully) delectable new delights. We decided that steaming them w/ rice or using the crockpot and adding some broth would probably be the best choices for a first time go at these new flavors.
I decided to use my handy dandy steamer and steam the brown rice and seafood combo together. When it was finished it smelled divine. I mixed it together, placed it in a bowl, melted some butter and cream cheese over it and let's just say I will be having that at least twice a week. It made 2 servings and the total cost about $5.00 That thrills me to pieces since I have an expensive palette that loves seafood but can't afford to have it as often as I would like...I now have an option that allows me to treat myself w/o breaking the bank.
On a scale of 1-10 these would all be 1's They didn't really involve me being very uncomfortable at all. Did I try something new and switch things up a bit and step out of my comfort zone? Sure, but it ended up being an amazing experience.
So, inquiring minds. I will keep you posted and try to do so weekly, however I believe that w/ the direction my life is going right now strapping myself down to only ONE certain day of the week is no longer an option for me. I believe weekly blogging still will be and that is indeed my goal, however, I just know that I can't stay accountable to just one particular day of the week.
Stay tuned for what I have in store. If it isn't motivational, insightful, or profound it's at least sure to be random, oozing of hints that the writer is more than slightly A.D.D, vaguely comical, everyday applicable or entertaining.
Thank you for joining me on my journey and I hope that you will continue w/ me onto the next phase!
Later loyal gators,
~A
Just 24 more to go... Here's what's left:
3. Introduce myself to someone at church I don't know.
7. Do not eat in bed for one week.
11. Use of the computer is restricted to the dining room downstairs for one week or if I move.. anywhere in the house except the bedroom.
13. Spend one evening watching TV downstairs.
14. Spend one week watching TV downstairs.
16.
18. Go w/o nail polish, even clear, for one week.
20. Do not stay in bed past 9 a.m. on a Saturday.
22. Invite someone over to my place and cook them dinner.
23. Make a dessert to share at work.
25. Go one week eating nothing purchased pre-prepared.
27. Cook a meal for Mom and Mike.
33. Write left handed for a day
34. Give $20 to a stranger
35. Pay for the persons order behind me at the drive thru
36. Bless someone I know with at least $100
37. Cook dinner for my pastor and his wife
39. Go 1 week w/o using the microwave
41. Get another piercing
42. Get another tattoo or get mine fixed
43. Dress up on dress down Friday
46. No abbreviations or special characters when journaling for a week.
47. No use of color for one week
50. Have lunch with a co-worker
51. Eat in public in front of a stranger
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