Friday, Friday

Good Friday morning friends... I am back among the living today as I was down and out yesterday with a "migraine." I use that term loosely because I really don't have migraines, per se, but it's the closest way I can associate the pain for people who don't understand. I have severe chronic tension in my neck that causes horrible headaches... migraine-like headaches, headaches where I can't move, or function, and simply being awake is the worst physical agony I've ever experienced. I've been to doctors, lots of them... they all seem to agree on my condition, but we've tried many different treatments and nothing has helped. I've actually been in a good stretch lately where I haven't been getting very many of the headaches, but I got hit yesterday and it was brutal. Anyways, there's more info than you ever needed to know on my headaches... just wanted to let you know why I was missing from the interwebs all day.
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A really big thank you to everyone that linked up with our first Weigh-In Wednesday post! I personally found a bunch of new blogs to follow and I am so anxious to share in your weight loss journey's as well as getting your support in mine. Being the first week of the linkup, I wasn't sure how many blogs we'd have participate so I was really excited to see so many of you hopping on board the healthy train! We'll be linking up again this Wednesday of course, and the one after that and the one after that and the one after that. This weight-loss thing is not going anywhere, my friends.
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Speaking of weight loss... I always find the first of a new year like a fresh start. It rejuvinates me, has me ready to turn the page, to start fresh. You know what I hate? When people are all 'oh, you'll be back to your old habits in no time.' Eff off! Seriously, I know most resolutions don't get stuck with, but what if the clean slate of a new year is all that some people need to light the fire under their ass? Yes it's the first of the year and yes I may just now be kicking myself into gear with the weight loss thing... that doesn't mean that I'm going to quit in two weeks and it really annoys me when people say that. Rant over.
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You guys already know that another one of my goals this year has to do with money. I need to save more and stop the endless spending and I'm going to work hard at that from now on. I already opened a Christmas Club account with my bank and set up an automatic transfer for each week... on payday, right after my check gets direct deposited, money goes directly from my checking account to my Christmas Club account and to my savings account. This year, no matter how many bills I have out there waiting to be paid, I'm paying myself first. If one of your goals is to get in a better place financially, I encourage you all to do the same. Put $10 in each account every week. I promise you that if you don't see it, you won't miss it. And at the end of the year that $10 each week may only amount to $500 if you don't add anything extra throughout the year, but it's $500 more than you had at the end of 2012. Do it... finish reading my blog and then head over to your bank's website and get it started. Thank me later.
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How about that extra day off this week for New Year's? I vote we have a mid-week day off from work every week... that was pretty amazing. I used the day to get my house back in order... Christmas trees down, everything dusted, holiday decorations put away. As sad as it is to see Christmas go, I was so glad to have my house back in order!

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That's all I've got for you this Friday guys... hope you have a great weekend! We're back in the normal routine of baseball and dance this weekend... no soccer this week which means I actually have a Saturday night that I won't be spending at the sports field... I won't know what to do with myself! Enjoy your weekend... I'll do my best to not laugh at my kids when they get hurt if we go sledding again!