I signed up with Run The Year - Run the Edge 2018 - runtheedge.com/run-the-year-2018/ Yep.... 2018 miles in the year 2018... will I get that many miles? ... I don't know.. my goal is to shoot for at least 1200 miles. That is 100 miles a month. Today, on New Years Day, I knocked out … Continue reading What Have I Done?
Last year I read the book, The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin. She talked about writing her 12 Commandments to help her on her journey to find happiness. She described her commandments as "overarching principles by which to live her life and not just average resolutions to help her form a new habit." I like … Continue reading The 12 Commandments of Debbie – Revisited and Revised for 2018
Hard to believe another Christmas has come and gone and the New Year of 2018 is upon us!! I am excited for what this New Year has to bring. Last year, I really dived into focusing on my One Little Word for the Year (alieedwards.com). My word was Focus... and I really learned a lot … Continue reading On Happiness and Planners
December 1st - the first day when the Christmas season officially starts here in this household. Up til now it has been the Holiday season but December 1st brings the beginning of the Christmas season. We kick off the Christmas season on the first with my middle child's birthday and prepping to put up the … Continue reading Making Glitter Ornaments
I just noticed that my blog just got it's 50th follower!!! I want to thank everyone who is following me. You are all important to me. I would love to give something to everyone - but since that would be impossible - (except for giving my time) - I do want to do some type of … Continue reading Crafting Time Giveaway
Welcome my friend Helen, as she guest blogs for me, for my emotional eating series. I think she covers the struggles of emotional eating really well in her blog post and I love her poem at the end. You can visit her blog at http://helenspointstoponder.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-struggle-is-real.html What an honor to be asked to share a guest … Continue reading Guest Blog: The Struggle Is Real
What a busy day today!!! I am going to keep this blog post, short and sweet. I have spent most of the day getting ready for a craft fair tomorrow. I had to go get somebody to cut the lock on my storage unit since I lost the key. I got the stuff I needed … Continue reading Count Your Blessings
I came across an article, in one of my fitness magazines, that gave this statistic: "Nearly one in five Americans has been diagnosed with anxiety...and the average American diet promotes anxiety. The processed foods that we say are our comfort creates "biochemical conditions that weaken emotional resilience and spur anxiety." Maybe that's why I feel … Continue reading Emotional Eating Day 2 – Comfort Food and Life
Emotional eating - probably my number one downfall to nutrition. I eat when I am sad. I eat when I am depressed. I eat when I am mad. I eat when I am happy. Pretty much, I can constantly be eating, cuz I am a very emotional person. So during the next 30 days, I … Continue reading Emotional Eating – Being Debbie
Day 12 #Write31days - Ugggghhhh - I really did not want to write this blog post tonight. I had just gotten comfortable and relaxed and then remembered that I did not write my blog post yet. Then I started a battle in my mind with all the excuses I could think of. But the fact … Continue reading Consistent vs Consistently Inconsistent
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