Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Birthday Resolution

I hate New Year's resolutions, but this year I broke my
resolution to make a birthday resolution.

As you know, my birthday was yesterday and I was
lying in bed the night before thinking that I truly have
to start gettingsome sort of excercise (I truly despise
excercise!!). And a thought came to mind that with all of
my extra or spare time (implied sarcasm here), how can
I do this?

And the thought was "You Can Walk, can't you" ?(and I
can do that much easier these days thanks to a new right
knee) for at least 20 minutes a day and you can do it any
time of the day. And you'll feel better for doing it.

So, yesterday I started to walk and today I did it again.
It's great in the cold weather. It is nice and brisk and
crispy clean outside. I once heard somebody say if you
can do something for 21 days straight it becomes a habit.
So here's to a new walking habit.

Not to mention life got a little more enjoyable with the
MP3 player Keith gave me for my birthday. So that will
help a little bit more with the push to do it. Thanks honey
for the great gift.

Not only did I get the MP3, but I got a portable DVD
player for the car ( I think this may have been more for
him than me!), and my family gave me a digital
camera/recorder. It was a very electronic year. Now I
just have to figure out how all of these work. Wish Me Luck!

3 comments:

Shanda said...

Well happy Late Birthday! Good job on the resolution! You can do it!

Kerri said...

Happy Late Birthday to you! I am very impressed that you've already set and started your resolution...I'm still trying to decide if I'm going to make any. Keep up the great work!

Ben & Carly said...

Gaylene
thanks for keeping in touch with us, Ben and I love to read your comments and enjoyed your christmas letter too. I didn't get a picture of Ben in his boots, but you should have seen Andrew's handlebar mustache.....that was even funnier! I love the new years resolution to walk, it really is one of the best things you can do. and walking outside gives you two benefits...exercise and it is mentally refreshing. keep it up, habits always become easier! love, carly

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Keith and I were married on October 12,1996 in the Manti, Utah LDS Temple. We have no children but raised one child, Kassie, who is actually my niece. We have 3 adorable grandchildren, Austin 5, Ashlynne 4, and Andrew 1. It has become apparent that our home has an OPEN-DOOR policy, since a lot of people have come and gone through our doors. I retired from the medical profession in Aug of 2007 after nearly 30 years and spend my time taking care of these three very lively, often funny,and very active children. My mother lives with us, however she is serving in the Illinois Peoria Mission and will return in July of 2011. Keith is an R.N. and works at a local rehab center in the Mental Health department. One day we hope to finish our home and travel more;