And so the New Year starts

What was that saying I always heard growing up? Jump in feet first.....something like that. Well the new year has started and I am on a roll. Lets run down the list real quick.

1. Get back on the weight loss track. Check
So far I have been eating right and going to the gym. Tonight I actually had a really great workout and feel great.

2. Blog more Check
Here is my blog for this week so much be going well....Only time will tell on this one.

3. Set a budget. Check (for the most part)
I have eaten out but when you cook for one or 2 people, some times it is cheaper to grab a 5.00 foot long. But I did find something on eBay today and told myself I did not need it and resisted the temptation. Go me.

4. Be more active in my community. Hard to check this one off yet but I am planning on going to the ROKICT meeting at the Library this weekend, so that is a start.

5. Spend more quality time with my family. Check
I was surprised when my family came down this weekend to help me with a few things around my house. It was nice to see them and spend the time with them.

6. Work on my relationships. A work in progress

7. Carry a Journal with me. Check/fail
I have written in it everyday this week, but not as much as I would like. Also still looking for that perfect journal. I want 1 blank page with the date at the top, if you know where I can find one like that please let me know.

8.......Here is one I thought of. I have decided that this year I am going to audition for some type of Musical. If that is with the Mosley Street Melodrama, or the Music theatre of Wichita I am going to put myself out there and try something new. Jumping in feet first.


Now for something more than just my resolutions again.

I think I am really weird. Yes I know that is a stretch of the imagination for some of you, but bear with me.

I have this need to constantly look for the new "thing" and have a thirst to have it. I am so very much a kid at heart, (must be that now I can buy what I want when I want it) that I collect a variety of different toys. I collect Power Rangers (if you have any old one lying around I will take them off your hands) I also collect Bakugan. Some of you with young kids around your house might know what these are. I don.t collect them to play the game (how weird would a 28 year old be playing a kid game?) I collect them to collect them. It is like looking for that buried treasure. And there is nothing like ripping into the new package and seeing the glorious toy that you found.

But what kills me is this. Right now I am looking for 1 more to finish off my current collection. I have to go to every Target, Walmart, and ToyRUs as often as possible looking for that one Bakugan that I need to finish my collection. And I don't mean every so often I really mean as much as possible. I have this thing in my head that if I don't go they will put the one out that I need and some one else will snatch it up. It is so hard to describe but that feeling when you find it is so great. I think that is what keeps me out for the hunt. I guess I might have been a Pirate in a previous life. That is the only thing I can think of. Not sure what I told you all that but it makes me feel better knowing people know I am freak......AAARRRGGGG shiver me timbers.

Anyways I am off for the night more to come soon.

~Ryan~

New Years Resolutions

Well it is that time of year again. And how many of us actually make those New Years Resolutions, but don't stick to them? I know I fall guilty to that every year. The one year I thought rather than give something up or what not I would try to do something that bettered mankind. Well that didn't work either. Well I have decided that this year I need to stick to them. I do have a few that are on top of my list.

1. Get back on the weight loss track.
I was so good about this come August. Then I went to Florida and that fell through. Well I have only gained 10lbs back but I need to lose 50 more. So starting on the 2nd I am getting out my point calculator and hitting the gym like no bodies business.

2. Blog more
I am not much of a blogger, but I have found that it helps me get a lot off my chest when I have no one to talk to. (Granted I am not a great speller and my grammar isn't the best but I do what I can.) I will hold myself to Blog at least once a week.

3. Set a budget.
Now this isn't your typical budget, other then I am cutting back on everything I do. No more toys (only on those special occasions), No more eating out, No more heck anything that I don't need to survive. If I could get away with not paying bills I would so do that. But I kind of need my house and other things to survive.

4. Be more active in my community
I want to be someone that knows what is going on. And by getting out there and trying to make a difference will help me achieve that. Not sure how I will accomplish that but I will be on the look out for it.

5. Spend more quality time with my family.
I want to see my family more this year. Even if that is going home for the weekend just to see them. Family is precious and something that should not be taken lightly.

6. Work on my relationships
Not limiting myself on this one. But I need to work on my relationships with people. Being there for my friends/family/lovers no matter who. Also try to stop being so critical. I tend to over react to things, and that is my downfall. People do not like that. (Note to self this is a MUST)

7. Carry a Journal with me.
I want to carry a journal with me so I can write down funny things, phone numbers or whatever I come across this new year. You would be surprised at how much stuff one misses.

8. ........
I am leaving the rest to things I think of though out the year. Why make all the great choices right now when I know new things will show its ugly head in the near future.

Well that is what I am going to be doing for the New Year. I hope that I will be able to stick to this.

I will keep you all up-to date on the status of these things. I hope all of you have a great New Year and you keep your resolutions this year as well.

~RYAN~