Rosie Radio One Year Plan

Okay, okay, okay. I'm starting up this blog to hopefully motivate me (and others?) to get it together!! As a faithful Rosie Radio listener (and Rosie Radio recap reader) I've decided to take "The Challenge". My plan is to set some (realistic) goals, hopefully follow & attain them and/or change 'em as needed.

Here goes nothing...........

1) Mostly eliminate sugar. I say "mostly" b/c I know that realistically I can't give up sugar 100% BUT I'm going to check labels for high fructose corn syrup, cane juice, & other sugars. And mostly avoid.

2) Run a 5K. I'm not a runner. I'm not an athlete. But I've started running. When I say running, I really mean a slow jog :) When I started I couldn't even run for 2 minutes straight. Now I can run 2 miles, but it nearly kills me. So I'm going to start the "Couch potato to 5K" program & see where that takes me.

2a) Go to the gym. Which requires me to call ahead to schedule my daughter (Azalea) in the Child Watch while I work out. I'm aiming for 3 times a week.

3) Lose 25 pounds. How? Well I'm hoping eliminating sugar and running will help. Maybe I need to be more consistent with MyFitnessPal. That might help too. And use common sense when it comes to eating. Like portion control, which I suck at.

4) Be the best Stay at home Mom that I can be. I'm still trying to figure out how to do this. Suggestions welcome :)

5) Live my life as simple and honest as possible. I plan on getting rid of a lot of the crap we have in the house. Purge.purge.purge. We don't need so much stuff. (If you haven't watched, "The Story of Stuff, you should). Buy local (we already get dairy delivery) but buy more from the farmer's market. Cook more. Spend less.

I'm going to start there. Phew! I think I can do it. I think WE ALL CAN DO IT!

Okay time to clean up the dog barf & put away the toilet scrubber & plunger that Azalea just brought to me!! No wonder she was being so quiet!

Good times.

Good luck everyone!

Well it's official, I no longer have my old blog. It just wasn't worth paying the $100 a year for a .mac account when all I was using it for was the 5 people who read my blog.

Not that anyone is reading this....but who knows maybe I'll start posting here more and more.

And I'll start having millions of followers. Who am I kidding?!? I guess Facebook has become my blog. How pathetic. Oh well.

Wow- I just tried putting an image onto my post and it worked! Cool. Here I am. Hello.

Blog on blogger

I'm creating this blog (on blogger or blogspot or whatever it's called). But it's really just to redirect you to my actual blog. 

I've been writing a blog for over a year now on my mac. My (awesome) husband bought me a MacBook Pro and one of the features was iWeb....so I thought I would give it a try. Basically a way for me to keep my family and friends informed on my oh so exciting life.

Granted I have like 6 readers but never mind that. 

So if you feel so inclined to read about me and my random blabbering, please do :)

Check out my actual blog at: http://web.me.com/erika.johnston

PS- while you're at it...sign this petition. Google it if you're not familiar with it.

It's NO GOOD and I encourage you to let your voice be heard.

www.rallycongress.com/make-second-hand-kids-clothes-legal-/1471/