The blog that got me going...

..on my workout journey. That is what this blog was.

I recently came back from a family vacation and still managed to get a workout in, yesterday. There have been vacations in my past that have completely derailed my healthy habits. I was able to splurge a little here and there on vacation, and still feel I wasn't overdoing it. Yay!

Yes, I have been quiet here lately, and that is going to continue. This blog began as a test, and at the New Year I thought I would give it another go. However, it has already served its purpose for me, and it is time for me to say, "Yeah, this is nice. I know I CAN have a personal blog but I don't really want one." The Stanley & Katrina team keep me busy enough online.

Additionally, I was recently cast in the production of The Music Man at Steel River Playhouse. I am super excited to play one of the funny Pick-A-Little Ladies under the direction of some amazing talents. If you happen to be in eastern PA in June, check it out!  

As I say thank you and good-bye (from this blog), I leave you with one of the Good-Bye songs that my daughter and I sang over and over in her younger years. Anyone else remember Bear? 

Thank you for reading my blog and supporting me. {{{Hugs}}} and Blessings to you!

~Christine

Friendship Friday: C is for Choices. Healthy Life Linky Party, too!

Choices

I have been working on making different choices, lately. I have made the choice to make workouts a regular part of my weeks. Which means that each day I need to make the choice to follow through on that decision. I have been doing well on these so far, and thankfully, the choice to start this blog to hold me accountable has proven a wise choice. There were days when I did not want to work out but knowing I had to post on Friday about my status, I chose to take a step toward completion. 

The best news is that the workouts ARE getting easier and my recovery time needed is shortening.

Did all of my choices prove as successful this week? Oh, of course not, but rather than focus on my bad choices, I'm choosing to focus on the good choices that I made this week. Focus on the positive, right? 

Interestingly enough, the choice to workout takes time, and leaves me with a bit less time to maintain my blog, and administer Stanley and Katrina's blog. I have had to make the choice to not respond to every email immediately and keep them in my inbox (this is almost painful for me) until I do have the time to respond, or visit the blog that has sent me the update. This choice, while initially was causing me anxiety, is now proving a good one. I'm skimming less through the posts when I have time to read them. 

I have also made the choice to participate in less blog hops and linkys overall. Friendship Friday is (for now) the only one I'm keeping for this blog. The choice here is  to keep it simple. 

In other news, Stanley & Katrina kept me busy this week, with preparing for their participation in the Multicultural Children's Book Day (a fantastic initiative). This has proven to be an educational and fun choice. My daughter also agreed to include videos of guest bloggers/families/students in the upcoming Word of the Week posts, so we have had fun coordinating upcoming guests as well as creating and editing the first video. The choice to add these videos may prove to be a good one, as we always love meeting and making new friends. 

I am choosing now to update my health goals below, and say good-bye for this week. What are some important choices that you have made? How are you working on staying healthy? 

This post is a part of 

"Life is all about choices." Click to Tweet

Action Toward My Goals 

(Weekly Goal Update)

1. Daily Devotional/Bible Reading - Going well. Yay!
2. Eat Better -  I am successfully using my Daily Health Tracker to keep count of my calories, and it is working.  
3. Be More Active -5 workouts in last week and this week. I am on track to get five, this week, as well. 
4. Focus Computer Time - Continually working on this.

  Now it is your turn. I invite you to join me in getting healthy or share with me how you have made your life healthier by joining my Healthy Life Linky Party. Healthy Life - whatever that means to you. I'm keeping this linky list open for the month of January and will have a new one for February. I will re-evaluate making it a shorter time, if it begins to fill up quickly. 

Linky Party "Rules" Requests:
I am thrilled that you stopped by and would love for you to participate in any and/or all of the ways that work for you, below: 

• Join in by linking up a current or old post to our party. A post that shares about "getting a healthier life." This could be nutrition, exercise, simplifying your life, organizing your life, learning to say, "No," etc.

• Top Request: Visit the blog in front of your post on the linky and leave them a comment.

• Comment below. Introduce yourself, if this is our first "meeting" and let me know how you found my blog. Need a writing prompt? Tell me how you are doing on your healthy journey. 

• Tweet about this linky party or share it on your favorite social media network. Click to Tweet.

• Follow my blog via email (sign-up on the right-hand side of this page) or add me to one of your Google+ Circles.

~Christine :)

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