33

This Saturday, I will be 33.
So, here are my 33 resolutions for the upcoming year:

1. Grow my hair out a little. Between chin & shoulder length sounds good to me
2. Take a bicycle maintenance class
3. Wear more hats
4. Be less flaky
5. Spend more one on one time with each of my 4 kids
6. Take a dance class
7. Visit my family in my hometown way more often
8. Have a family picture taken
9. Build up my savings account
10. Go to a professional football game
11. Have people over for dinner
12. See live music once a month
13. Always have my nails painted
14. Remember to take movies back on time
15. Re-learn to drive stick-shift
16. Get that Sylvia Plath tattoo I've always wanted
17. Go to the DeYoung museum
18. Put the laundry away as soon as it's done
19. Go to a play
20. Have more picnics
21. Buy a real camera & learn still life photography
22. Take/teach my kids (and husband) to ride a horse
23. Learn to hit a baseball
24. Return phone calls & messages
25. Say no when I need to
26. Hike Mt. Tam again
27. See the Sundial bridge in Redding
28. Volunteer somewhere
29. Teach my teenager to drive
30. Lose 33 lbs
31. Take an all girl's trip
32. Write more
33. Watch a sunset from Muir beach with my family

I like the number 33, it has a nice ring to it. I think it's as good a time as any to get going on some simple life goals, don't you? :)

Getting it together

<------ I think I've been doing a little too much of this, and not enough of anything else.
In other words, I have fallen off the exercise wagon. Again. At least I have a cushy spot to fall on, right?
I need to get my butt in gear (I mean that quite literally) and get in fighting form.  I promised myself I would create a plan and stick to it, but I haven't been doing anything.
I think my mistake was not setting any kind of goal.
Now, to be clear- I'm not overweight.  I eat great. My cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, hip-to-waist ratio are all amazing. But I'm not in shape, and I SO want to be. Don't get me wrong- I have zero desire to be a stick figure. I like being curvy.  I don't think I'd feel sexy if I were ultra skinny.
That's just me, though. You can be skinny-sexy if you want.  I just want to be fit.


Anyway, my point was that I need a goal, something to keep me motivated.
So, my best friend from High School is getting married in October, and the ceremony & 2 days worth of festivities are all taking place in Yosemite National Park.  Now, a normal girl in my situation would make a goal of being able to fit into some teeny tiny dress. But, that's not my style. Shoot, I will rock a teeny tiny dress right now, I have no problem with that. No, my goal is to be able to do some hiking without feeling like: a) my legs are on fire and b) my lungs are going to burst.
And in order to meet that goal, I am going to have to put down the ice cream cone & pick up some hand weights.
I started yesterday off by fixing up my hand-me-down bike for evening rides, and this morning I reinstated my daily swim, which helped me shed a ton of weight last year.  My next step is....well, steps.
There's an outdoor amphitheater about a mile form my place, so I figure it'd be a good idea to bike over there & run the steps. they're nothing crazy- I think my toddler could do that just fine, haha. But hey, I won't be sitting on the couch eating my nightly snack of sunflower seeds so there ya go!
I would love to hear advice/suggestions from people who have been in similar situations!
Remember- I am not  going for the Madonna look here, let's aim for something a little more like Beyonce.
That, I think I can do.