I mean the plants and such seem to agree. :D ;) *my white rose bush getting some buds and new leaves*
*Slippery Elm with buds
Over by the nursing home some of the trees are heavily budded out and trying to pop out into the blooms you usually see more into like March or so. Meanwhile it is freezing cold here right now. *ICK* I hate the cold myself. I know it is a necessary thing in a way to keep the mosquitoes and such at bay but still. I don't have to like it. ;) I am looking forward to starting to go to the lake again, going for walks, and doing some gardening and outside projects.
icy out
This is the mockingbird that follows me all over the yard. I was taking pics of him eating berries and he couldn't quite decide what I was up to so he flew up in the top of this tree. For now though til I warms up I am keeping busy with my knitting, art, and other projects. I am working out every evening and following myfitnesspal religiously (I am also on mapmyfitness and runkeeper etc they are all intergrated with myfitnesspal) Even my hubby is working out some now. (My son comes in and just grins at me and walks off LOL He humors me with a cup of coffee sometimes LOL He does like to take walks though as does my youngest but still too cold) I find my old stand by of belly dance is still good for me because while I have some good aerobics/strength training dvds and such it is too hard on my feet with having trouble with stress fractures and my knee soooo..... I stick with my belly dance because it is fun and it still works your stomach (some moves like the camel actually works them as much or more than a crunch or sit up), arm muscles, and hips, and thighs where I need the most work as well as just burning calories (if you do it right you can burn as many as an aerobics work out w/out stressing your knees and feet). Also they use Yoga with some of it. I try to make sure I don't eat back any of the calories I burned which is where I had so much success before before I fell into that rut. Plus another thing that helps now is I actually have a space to do this stuff where I don't have to wait on anyone else if I want to do it . I can just go do it. (that was one thing making it difficult as well) Still going strong so far though ;) I am noticing the difference in a loss of inches in upper arms, thighs, hips, and stomach and even neck. Anyway I also am doing my karaoke. Something else I am working on is getting more into my photography. I have found my favorite brand of camera (Kodak Easyshare really any of the models due to the ability to best capture the color of what you are photographing) and yeah it is a point and shoot but it fits my needs and I have exactly what I am wanting right now. I am excited about getting out and taking pics when the weather warms up. My son is getting that itch to go to the local lake and I kinda am too but waiting til it is warm enough to be enjoyable. (maybe this weekend?)
All in all life is pretty good right now. I worry about some of my friends and family who are going through hard times. I hope that this year starts to go much smoother for them. Several of them are going to be starting new parts of their lives this year. Moving, weddings, babies, new jobs, schooling all that sort of thing.
(all the previous was old blog that I had started and not finished though it is recent so here is the new parts...)
It looks like we are getting some of the warmer weather I was hoping for. At least for several days but you can bet I will be enjoying it. I am hoping to make it to the lake this weekend while it is nice. My youngest is sick (seems to have a sinus cold ...every time they always say allergies and every time they turn out to be wrong we shall see what they say this time) I hate that she got sick as it starts getting nice out. Though I am glad that this year we only had to battle one really major illness that I can think of with her which was hand foot and mouth. She was miserable. Last year we were all sick a lot. I think this year I feel very lucky. This warmer weather hopefully means a day or two I can clean up the carport some. Sweep out some leaves and such.
I've all ready posted this on my feed but this is a drawing I am currently working on. (Digital drawing)
There is actually a newer version where I'd started flowers but still have a ways to go. May go work on those here in just a few. I have my music going and I tend to get absorbed in that when I draw. :) I will do another blog soon and while this one isn't exactly much of anything I still wanted to finish it and post it. :)
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