What I did and What I plan on doing

Happy New Year!! So long 2010 and hello 2011!! What a year it was, full of major accomplishments not only on my part, but those of my family & friends.

Goals were set and met and exceeded. Not only was I motivated by so many people to keep my head above water when I (thought) I was flailing, I’m told that I was actual motivation to others. Which I still find funny and am most humbled by this. At the beginning of 2010 I had set my goal to at least run one 10k in 2010, but that goal was trampled a few times over by running more than one 10k but also a 7mi and a full on half marathon. I even threw in a trail run for shits & giggles. So, now that I’ve accomplished those, it’s time to up the ante. It seems as though if we put our goals in writing, or in blog form, we are more prone to stick to them and get ‘em done. So here we go.

In 2011 I’m turning 40. Since it’s still 6months and 5 days away I still have quite a bit of time to let this effect me in any sort of negative way. As of today, I feel like it’s just number. I feel like I’m ready to take on the world and be challenged. We’ll see how I feel about that in July.

With that said .. Mr. Knitpho & I are wanting to run the Chicago Marathon in October. That’s my BIG goal that staring me in the face. But to do that at the caliber I want to do it in, I have a long ways to go. First things first, I need to lose weight. This is holding me back quite a bit. I love eat. I love a good beer. This needs to be corralled. With weight loss, I believe everything else will fall into place for my goals. I will run a faster 5k, 10k ..hell I’ll fun a faster mile. I can do this. I will do this. Of course there are other personal goals, such as patience, time managment and paying it forward. Those I will work on every day as I have every other day. I hope to read more, and sleep more. Yes. Sleep more. I choose quiet Melody time over sleep, which in turn effects my eating, exercising and mood. Everything ties together.

We all know there will be knitting and laughter and crazy antics with my wonderful children. Along with M1 turning 13 this year, I’m afraid to go down that teenager road. EEK!

So, Happy New Year blogland and I hope to read all of your blogs and whats going on in your life. Thanks for hanging with me after all these ramblings!