I don't do New Year resolutions.......

...but this year it kind of seems like I do.  I've always been resistant to make resolutions. Maybe because no one ever seems to finish them. So I've never made them. This year tho I've just happened to start things around that time of year. So does that count??

For example - I've started blogging again. I actually started doing it again because I recently read Heaven is Here by Stephanie Nielson. You know - the survivor of a plane crash. Anyway - loved the book and I know she is a blogger so I logged onto hers and started reading it. Which then led me to go back and check on mine. Then I started reading thru and was so happy reading and seeing my family grow. So I decided to start it up again.

Second - Sam asked me a few weeks ago if I would try something with him.  I was hesitant to even ask what is was. Then totally against it once he told me his plan. A month of no dairy, no flour, and no sugar. No sugar!!  Ahhh.  I thought it was a good idea for him but not for ME! haha. But after I thought about it and thought about it I decided that I would give it a try. I need to be a lot better at being aware of what I am putting in my body. This is helping with that. We also started taking fish oil. It is helping both of our eczema and my skin all around. Well I actually I am not sure if its the fish oil, the no sugar, the no diary or no flour that is making the difference. But something is doing something. Plus I've already lost 4 pounds, which was not really my goal but still is fine. So at the end of the month we can add things back in and see what effects it has and if we need to keep it eliminated or not. We can also have treats every once in a while after our month is up. Before I had at least one treat every single day. Treats were pretty much my main food source. So I thought this was going to be extremely hard but so far it really isn't too bad. It's far from over so we'll see if I still feel like that down the road.


I have been finding that eating things without a bun is super messy! A bun does so much

Third - I've started going on bike rides every week with my friend Carley. We've had some interest from other friends in joining us so we might become a bike gang pretty soon. We started by just biking around our neighborhood loop which is around 5 miles. Then jumped right into a 23 mile ride that goes from our house out to Newport Beach around the back bay. It's a beautiful ride and I am really enjoying it.

So I guess - Happy New Year