Blogging Blur

Boy, I'm having a hard time keeping up with my blogs! I'm not sure why I just can't make a commitment to it. Maybe it's because I increased my hours at my "real" job in January, but I'm only working four additional hours per week, so you wouldn't think that would cut into blogging too much!

Any ideas for finally making a commitment to keep up with this? Does anyone want to share their goals or to do lists? Do you have a schedule of things you do every day, once a week, etc? (I could probably use some weight loss tips too LOL!)

To Resolution or Not???

It's that time of the year - the dreaded New Years resolution dilemma - do you make them or not? I know quite a few people at the YMCA made them - I was there on Saturday morning and it was packed! I was happy to tell one of my neighbors that I had been going to the Y fairly regularly for a couple of months already - for once I wasn't one of those people who start up on January 1st and are gone by the end of the month.

This year I decided not to make any official resolutions. I need to lose weight, and I'm starting the diet tomorrow, but I do this every single year and I'm beyond calling it a resolution. I think I'd rather call it a goal. If I don't do something about meeting this goal, I'll have other things to look forward to (like blood pressure medication and cholesterol medication). I think for the first time, I need to lose the weight (about 25 pounds) so I can be healthy, not just to look good or fit into smaller pants.

Other goals I've set are to be a little more devoted to blogging. All three of my blogs are approaching the three month mark, so hopefully I'll get more chances to monetize them. I've also started cleaning out the basement. We'll have a garage sale in the spring and hopefully eventually find the money to finish the basement into a living area. I have a feeling that won't be happening this year though.

Happy New Year everyone!

Chatty Chica's new look

I've been messing around with the template for my blog. It's only a little over a month old and I'm surprised I was ready for a change so soon. I initially downloaded a new template from another site, but I couldn't get it to work exactly how I wanted it to, so I went back to a Blogger template for now. I hope as I get more experienced with blogging and web design, I'll be able to be a little more creative.