On my way home tonight I decided to pick up salads, and baked chicken for dinner, that way my sweetie could take the evening off from cooking tonight! So, after I got home and we had our dinner, I decided to watch some episodes of Oprah, I have 3 on my DVR!!! So, I watch the season premier and honey, I tell you that, I am sitting here with a big roll of toilet paper blubbering like a big ol’ baby! I would like to tell you that I haven’t slipped into the ugly cry yet, but that might not be true!! I just LOVE Oprah Winfrey! I remember my mom watching her when I was little, and myself watching her on and off throughout the years. I am sad to see that she will be leaving her television show this year, but she’s not dying y’all!!! I can’t wait to see what she does next. My life has been blessed because of Oprah, and if each of us could have just a smidge of her compassion for the world around us, and enough gumtpion to make change happen this world would be a much better place.

If not me, who? if not now, when?

Alright so most of you may know that I am working on getting healthy, and what you may not know is that I have been doing HORRIBLY!!! I am an all or nothing kinda girl, and that is probably my biggest downfall in my quest to get fit! I spend a lot of time beating myself up and then just quitting! So I am trying to have a change in my mindset. I want to do at least one thing better today, then I did yesterday.

So today:

• I visited our hospital’s community health library and checked out two educational programs to watch
• I had baked chicken instead of fried for dinner
• I have eaten 6 servings of fruits and vegetables today
• Watched Oprah, always uplifiting, inspiring, or educational
• I cleaned out my car
• Drank water all evening
• I have put my laundry away (thank you, Jason for folding all of that!)

I have one quote that I wanted to share today. This is a quote that I heard while watching a movie called The Answer Man earlier this week, and ever since I’ve heard it, it has been repeating over and over in my head. The lines of this movie are:

Kris Lucas: Why can’t I do the things I want to do? There’s so much I know I’m capable of that I never actually do. Why is that?
Arlen Faber: The trick is to realize that you’re always doing what you want to do… always. Nobody’s making you do anything. Once you get that, you see that you’re free and that life is really just a series of choices. Nothing happens to you. You choose.

Isn’t that deep??? I am not sure why, but these lines really created an Ah-Ha moment for me!!! I am working on remembering this! It is all a choice, no one is forcing me to do anything!!

Deep!!!

Have a FABULOUS evening! 😉