Be quiet...

I grew up in a house full of kids.  There were six of us ... it was a noisy house and I was as noisy as the rest of them.  Sometimes the noise and confusion was so bad you just wanted to yell "SHUT UP!". I only did that once and by the time my mother was done with me I never did it again.  Don't get me wrong...she did not hit me...but the lecture I got was enough to keep me from ever doing that again... " What right do you have for trying to control what another person says or does?" she asked me. "just because I wanted something didn't mean the other people in the room did"  She stated.  "If you wanted quiet, I could go to your room and be alone where it is quiet..."  Granted my room was share by three other sisters so you were never alone and it was rarely quiet ... I'll never know why she was so passionate about the subject, but she was...  As a result, I never liked the words "shut up" either.   When I hear someone say them...the hair on my neck stands up....

For the last few days, no matter what I say it is not being heard... it is just noise ....so today.

I need to be quiet.

And if I could, I would yell " SHUT UP!"

Now if I could just silence the thoughts in my head too...maybe I could have some peace....

OK...so that did not work real well...

Well it did but it didn't...I got so backed up with my Christmas todo list and all that I posted one time...about a month ago.  So today is a new day and this week.  That is the greatest thing about a new day.  You can always start over.  I really do want to do this so today we start again.

This week I have been working on my exercise routine...or should I say the lack of.  Along with the busy Christmas schedule and the changing weather, my daily walks became nonexistent some time this fall... With my HDL levels going down and my triglycerides going up, my annual cholesterol numbers are telling me to get back to work.  The doctors keep telling me that I need to get regular exercise...and I know that I do but it just seems as though I allow the busyness of the day to get in the way.  I need to find a way to make exercise a priority.  I need to just DO IT!  As Nike would say...

So with the new year I am trying to work on this change... at least 30 minutes every day.  If the weather is really crummy...I can do the elliptical down stairs...but I just have to do it!