So it's the Christmas season. It's official, there's no running away from it now. And, as much as I love this season, the lights, the cards, the people rushing everywhere to shop, the traffic....I also acknowledge the statistics that say that the Christmas season is the peak season for tragedies like suicide, depression and killing of family members. And so, I've decided to share something with everyone that always makes me feel better. It's a little list I've compiled from years of reading Glamour magazines. You can argue with me later about reading beauty magazines such as Glamour, but this particular list is a list of things that we shouldn't feel bad or even a little guilty about doing. They are not all Christmas related, but rather life related and they make me feel better about the little mishaps or personal sillinesses of my days. So for this Christmas season, just give yourself (and others) a tiny break and realize sometimes you just have to say....Hey, It's Ok!
...Again, I make the disclaimer that although I agree with these things, I did not come up with them, they are from Glamour magazine. Enjoy :)
HEY....IT'S OK....
....to crow for a while about losing a couple of pounds
...to have more than one picture of yourself on your desk (I currently have 6 on my computer alone :)
....to hang on to a wilty bouquet
...not to have fully mastered long division
...not to need both of your hands when counting your past conquests
....to take a 2 hour lunch
...to worry about whether the Backstreet Boys will muddle through
...not to own a cell phone (MOM!)
...to believe you will someday invent something revolutionary
..to wear heels to the laundromat ;)
....to get your Hepburns mixed up
....to have a few regrets
...not to own an iron
...to like your age
...to skip the Pedicure till Spring
...just to hold hands
....to dry clean your jeans
...to see your first gray hair as a sign of progress
...to make Tuesday Nights Boggle Night
...to like super stinky cheese
...not to make it from scratch
...to fake your way through a Monday meeting
...to wear the shoes you just bought out of the store
...to open the door for him
...to sleep in a long flannel night gown
...not to bite your tongue for once
...to think salsa counts as a vegetable
...to snore
...to make cake from a box and fib!
...to like how you look in pictures
....to fall asleep without brushing your teeth
....to require some maintence
..not to want your boss' job
...to do your Christmas shopping at 11:50 on December 24
...to NOT take yourself seriously
...to find humor in everything
...to tell the whole truth and hit 'send'
...to sit out the polka dot trend
....not to give a crap about carbs
....to yell at your computer
...to admit you got it at Wal-Mart
...to let them see your freckles
...to only pretend youre trying to find the 'door open' button on the elevator when someone's racing to get on
....to retake a group photo simply because your hair isn't just right
...if you consider the season finale of Grey's Anatomy a much bigger deal than the Super Bowl
....to have popcorn for dinner every once in a while-It's a whole grain
...to change outfits seven times...and then back into the first one
...to think the solution for dying batteries is pressing harder on the remote
...to consider riding on a swing a form of cardio
....if you still don't have an ipod
...to want your mom when the going gets tough. Whether you're running a small country or Scout Troop 145, no one else really knows how to make it better ♥
...to eat it right out of the box
...to use a binder clip as a barrette
....to stage your own "blackout"-candlelight and no TV
....to give up on the whole boyfriend hunt for a while...all winter even
...to truly stink at something you love doing, the world has enough experts
...if you haven't quite kicked the tendency to overthink, overeat or oversleep
...not to share the credit if you did all the work
...to really, really like turkey skin
....to have a rude day at work (Sometimes "rude" equals "productive")
...if, no matter how hard you try you are still a serial killer of plants
....to use your old high school slang whenever you get, like, totally excited
....to suffer from Scrabble rage
....to consider your life happy and on track, even if it doesn't involve a mortgage or a man
...not to want to see your neighbor's vacation photos
...to be moved to tears by a well-timed HUG
...not to be the thinnest girl in the room-She envies something you've got, Guaranteed!
....to believe in yourself above all others, no matter how egotistical some people think that sounds
....to prefer Dr. Seuss to Dr. Phil
...to eat the garnish
....to love your beauty mark
....not to call back
....to think brunch is for wimps
.....not to know exactly why you're crying
....to pick your doctor because A) he's good and B) he looks like Patrick Dempsey ♥
....not to share your dessert
.....to get excited about a guy you haven't even met yet. The world needs a little more enthusiasm, not to mention, faith.
...if your idea of home decor is to throw a blanket over it and cross your fingers
...to dance around the living room and call it exercise
...to cry a little bit in private when your boss or even your sister is short with you
....to ask for what your owed, 20 bucks, an apology, a back rub whatever!
...to let yourself get shaggy in the winter, this is why God invented tights
...to wish the results were more exciting when you Google yourself
...to wish they would've given up on Bond movies a couple of 007's ago
....to insist on carving the turkey yourself, even if you hack it up beyond recognition. Men have hogged the knife-wielding spotlight for too long.
....to say "I knew that" when what you really meant was "Um, I know that now..."
...to turn off your cell phone when you're with the one you love
....if you still need to think "righty tighty, lefty loosy" to screw and unscrew stuff
.....if your idea of 'changing a flat' is putting on a pair of heels ;)
...if you've never seen the classics-Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, even Bambi
...to insist on treating your friend to dinner then cross your fingers that she doesn't order the steak
....to, when everything is going wrong, simply take a nap
...not to be a skim milk, dressing on the side hold the bacon kind of girl
...to start your to-do list with a task that's already been done
.....to smirk when the big tough guys at the gym trip on the elliptical
...to demand to be taken off speakerphone
...to start thinking about lunch at 9:35 am
....to RSVP without a plus one
....To bail on plans because the Grinch is on, you don't turn your back on Little Cindy Lou Who
And I made one of my own....It's Ok...
....to wear alarmingly bright red lipstick and consider yourself adorable.... ;)
Merry Christmas ♥
I've decided that New Years' is one of my new favorite holidays (right behind Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day ;) ) It is such a great time to start fresh, to make new goals and to realign things. And this year, I was even on top of it. I usually make New Year's resolutions and try to stick with them throughout the year. Last year, I even made mid-year resolutions in July, hehe. So for my 2009 resolutions, I decided to get a head start (..that's not cheating, right??..) and I got my head start on one resolution the last two weeks of December. I decided to jump on the 'health and fitness' bandwagon and get more fit for 2009. So I started around the week of Christmas, heading to the gym every morning before work. And I've continued it!-which is the biggest suprise to me. Excluding holidays and Sundays, I've worked out everyday since. Yay! I have learned a few things along the way too. First of all, that number on the scale is meaningless. Like I said, I've been to the gym everyday for about two weeks and not only has that number not gone down, it's even gone up! Ack! Talk about discouragement. So I decided, it is just a number and it's not gonna get me down. Also, I've noticed other signs of improvement, I'm happier and I feel healthier, and to me that matters more than a number on the scale. Also, I've been able to track my progress by a remarkable mile time. I run on the elliptical (I'm still a little intimidated by running on the treadmill...) and I decided to try to run a mile under 10 minutes. Well, first I made it in 9:45 and then I topped that by running it in 9:38! That might not seem like an accomplishment to you who run a mile in 6 flat, but I was coming in at like 12 minutes before, so running a mile in 9:38 is a huge accomplishment for me. Take that number on the scale! :) So that is my most accomplished goal of the new year, others I'm still working on... we'll see. Other than accomplishing resolutions, I'm really excited about 2009. I am thinking about moving in with an amazingly great friend (props to Heather!) in April and hopefully making a trip home in May to see everyone there. We'll see. Happy 2009! 
