Go 30 days without burgers or fries. Well, I must admit I’ve had a few slips since I last reported on this. Not too many though and I’ve turned it back around before a full relapse. I’m going to start counting another 30 days to help me be more mindful and try to break this habit completely. Today will be day 3.
Carm's Life List
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1. go to bed earlier
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2. Leave my office at 6:30 every day
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3. Get organized
4 entries . 98 cheers6,086 people -
4. Declutter my office
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5. Declutter my home
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6. clean up my house and keep it clean
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7. deal with my mail when I get it
2 entries . 114 cheers12 people -
8. go through the newspaper daily and recycle
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9. put my clothes away every night
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10. clean my sink every night
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11. organize my photos
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12. be out of bed by 6:00 each morning
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13. Create a to do list every night and do all the things on it the next day
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14. take care of myself
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15. lose weight
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16. Don't eat fast food
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17. eat at home more often
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18. exercise more
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19. lower my blood pressure
4 entries . 84 cheers134 people -
20. Take vitamins daily
6 entries . 78 cheers786 people -
21. watch less tv
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22. get better at keeping in touch with people who are important to me
2 entries . 80 cheers697 people -
23. reconnect with old friends
2 entries . 59 cheers447 people -
24. write more letters
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25. mail birthday cards/gifts on time
2 entries . 56 cheers2 people -
26. List 100 things I love about my husband.
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27. take good care of my husband
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28. take good care of my Mom
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29. Buy a House
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30. improve our financial situation
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31. go to Hawaii
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32. go to San Francisco
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33. ride The Duck in Seattle
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34. eat healthier
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35. Engage in a tidying zone for 15 minutes daily
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36. Catch up on my blog entries
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37. list five ( 5 ) self-help / self improvement books I've read that I think others might enjoy
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38. learn how to use facebook
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39. maintain the good habits I've marked as "done"
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40. take the bus to work
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41. Celebrate Flirt's birthday with chocolate, flirtinis and anything purple on Nov 11th
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How I did it: I believe it was in about 1994 when our office first got computers with mice. At the time I was working in Word Processing and was having some significant carpal tunnel pain in my right wrist from all the typing.Before we got the new computers and while we were evaluating systems, I visited a friend in another law firm to look at what systems they had in place and how they were using them. I noticed my friend was using the mou… Read how I did it…
Well, Mom was sad when she first heard about not being able to stand on her leg for 6 weeks. But she didn’t understand what that would mean in terms of how long she will have to stay in the nursing home for rehab.
Yesterday I had to break the news to her. She was very, very disappointed. Now she’s quite depressed. And I feel bad because I live in another city and can’t go back to visit her until the weekend. She has others who will visit from time to time, but really all she wants to do is go home. Her doctor originally said she would be in there “a couple weeks.” But that was before her surgery and before they knew she broke the top of her femur as well and that her bones are sooo osteoporotic it required some extra patching.
Ultimately she will be okay and able to walk again, it’s just going to take longer than she wants to be away from home. I hope she doesn’t get too depressed in there.
This photo is of Mom and my Aunt Darlene while Mom was in the hospital. She was in great spirits at the time. That’s before she knew about the complications.
May you have a wonderful day of celebration ahead of you. I wish you a birthday as lovely as you are and a really awesome year ahead. Enjoy your special day!



