She's Baaaacccck!

Ahh, the daily rants of the infamous Callie shall return.

I have been MIA for the past couple of months. I know I had made myself goals, and planned to stick with them.. and I'll be the first to admit.. I failed. Horribly! But that's ok. It's a new month, and I'm determined to be a new me.

First on the list? This blog. This morning I created a whole new header, and even changed the name up. No longer will I be a 'beautiful DISASTER'. Instead, I will simply be "Scraps Of Me!". Personally I feel it fits be better. And the bright colors are more me too. I'm not a dark and timid person like my last layout made me appear. This time around, I plan on sticking with this blog. Promise.

Second - Daily To Do Lists. Yes, I'm doing them. I LOVE lists... but... well... I never follow them. I usually end up sticking something else on top of them, or forgetting them when I leave for the store. I spend a good amount of my time - when I'm not tending to the kids or hubby - at my computer. It is my escape zone. And with a hot pink post it slapped to my monitor.. you can't really miss it. There are 2 things on this list that will be there daily.. Blog & Exercise. Now only if I could find the umph to exercise.

Third - Exercise is a must. I keep telling myself I am going to do this. That I need to drink more water, eat better, etc. But in all honesty - I really need to stop slacking and step up to the plate. I always swore to myself that I would never let myself become the weight I am now. And I'm here. I cannot stand to look at myself in the mirror - I get disgusted. Pictures? I get soo mad that there are hardly any pictures taken of me with my kids and family because I'm usually the one taking all the photos.. but at the same time - I don't let anyone else take pictures of me because I'm so self-conscious about my appearance. I printed myself out a chart so I can track my measurements, weight, and water/fat percentages. Yesterday I did all the measuring work, and I will continue them once a week. I have made myself a plan to exercise Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday each week. Paul and I are also going to start walking/jogging together every morning.

Fourth - my scrapbooking and paper crafts. I miss working on them, but it is just such a pain to drag everything out to work on something, and then have to put everything back later. We live in a small 2 bedroom apartment, so there really isn't much room for me to leave my scrapbook area out. We are trying to buy our first house here within the next 2 months or so, and then I will finally have my own scrapbook room!! woot! But until then, I have decided to spend most of my scrapbooking time doing digital scrapbooking. This is a new adventure for me, so I am gradually learning new things daily!

Well, I am off to get lost on Pogo!! Feels good to be back in blogger world!