New Year's Resolution

The new year is upon us and every year I contemplate on what my resolution should be.  As normal people we all make these resolutions, stick with them for about a month, three if we are lucky... and then just let disappear as if they were never promised to begin with.  I can hear my family in the back of my head now... you should make one of your resolutions be to quit cursing (or at least a lot less).  Again, it would be an empty "promise".  Cause, let's be honest, that's really not going to happen and I personally control it when I am at work or around children.


So this year, instead of the age old promise of losing weight.. I am going to track my cardio fitness better.  I have my treadmill now and have a routine pretty squared away, so I will now on a calendar notate my miles vs calories burned.  Once it gets warm again, I will also use the watch/pedometer I have to track my outdoor activity, as well.


Secondly, I am going to go to the bank and set up a retirement/401K plan.  Since every company I've ever been with has had one, I am going to merge all of those into one and get my self set-up with just one.  This way I have better visibility of my financial future and can properly plan for that part of my life.


The one I am most excited about is fine tuning my cooking skills.  I am going to try one new recipe a week for the entire year.  I will also post pictures and recipes here for everyone to see.  If you are around my house and lucky enough, you might just get to try some for yourself!  I will be working on a six style rotation, some of these categories/methods cross over into each other, but this way I will continuously try new and different things!  The rotation is as follows: a Main Dish, a Side Dish, Dessert, Crock pot, Stove-Top (not the box crap!), and Bake.  To be able to stick to this, I will also be tracking this on my handy dandy calendar.  As not to set myself up for failure, I will give myself a week to prepare the dish, Sunday-Saturday.  What ever day works best for me.


Lastly, I feel like I am at a point in my life where I really have worked hard and want to have something nice to show for it.  Yes, I know I have my house, but I guess I am talking a little more extravagant!  I will buy a "new" car.  The reason for the quotes you ask?  I will probably never buy a brand spankin new car, but I do want something pretty darn new.  I've never had that and I think it's time.  Right now the options I am looking into are the Dodge Charger SRT8, Chevy Camaro or Dodge Challenger.  I have my little SUV that I plan to keep for Home Depot trips, but I'd love to have a nice car!


So there it is!  My resolutions for 2011.  Let's see where the year takes me and hope that I am blessed with a positive future!!

Re-Discovering poetry...?

The more I think about what I want to do here, the more I realize that this is going to be a lot more than just poetry.  This is also going to be a lot of me finding out about who I am and who I want to be.  The times I did the things I wanted to and listened to myself, was when I was writing back in college.  So I guess that it should be no surprise that there will be questions answered here about who I am... Then as I feel so inspired, the writing will follow. 

So where do I go from here?  Do I start answering my own questions about life or do I post old poetry that I have since edited to my current liking?  Or do I do a little bit of both?  I guess I will start with the questions...

Re-Discovering Poetry

As we go through life we begin to realize the passions that we have let slip away.  Then we are faced with the choice to rediscover them, or let them continue to fade into the darkness.  I've decided that I am going to cling to my old passions and share them here.  Everything posted by me is my original work and is not to be used in anyway without permission.  Please respect the work presented and allow me to take your mind to different depths...