My Blogger Persona

Has anyone else noticed that my blog has multiple personalities? Is it a cooking blog? A family blog? Diet blog? Well my blog, like myself, is quite eclectic... and by eclectic I mean very inconsistent. I like to tell people that I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about everything. I also have ADHD (attention deficit) which means that my mind bounces around like crazy from one thing to another and a lot of the time I become "obsessive" about something and do that one thing for a while and then quickly burn out. Then I'll bounce to something else and then burn out and sometimes I'll go back to one thing that I have previously burnt out on and the cycle continues. While this is great if you are a believer that "variety is the spice of life" it can sometimes be cumbersome if you are trying to be consistent at something. Unfortunately my life has never been consistent so that's something that I'm trying to work on. While thinking about my New Year's Resolutions, I really figured out that my real goal this year is to be more consistent. The things I want to be consistent in are all things I've tried, but never made a habit in my life. Here are things that I would like to be consistent in:

1. Photography and taking more pictures and better pictures.
How I will achieve this consistent goal: Making it a point to take pictures every week. Also I am planning on going to my cousin's studio this summer to shadow him.

2. Staying fit. Story of most womens' lives. I just want to quit fluctuating so much so that ALL of my clothes fit ALL of the time and I don't have to have 3 different sets of clothes (really skinny clothing, normal happy size clothing, and "fat" clothing). Currently I am straddling the normal happy size and fat clothing so I want to work on shedding a few pounds on top of staying in better shape. I don't think that I will ever be one of "those" girls that has 0% body fat and looks awesome in everything, but I can be happy with my weight and size and that's what I truly want.

3. Have consistent hobbies. Did you know that I used to be a competitive inline speed skater? On the golf team in high school? A theatre geek? In junior high choir? President of the Home Ec club? An archaeology major? Highly involved in Student Government? A huge movie buff? A budding photographer? A really good cook? A Fashion Merchandising major? An avid doodler and painter? The list goes on. Do I do any of these things on a regular basis these days? Nope. I just want to be more consistent in my hobbies and doing something twice a year does not a hobby make.




In other news, the new Kings of Leon album is phenomenal. I am also really obsessed with the Cee Lo song "Forget You" (but the unedited version). Check them out.

Rollin' with the Homies

NERD ALERT!

For those of you who were not aware until I was about 16 I had an intense passion for roller skating. Yes I was one of those "Rink Rats" that was at the skating rink 3-4 times a week. It started out with birthday parties and maybe going occasionally on Saturday afternoons with my dad, but it turned into a true passion. I started going Friday -Sunday to every session and when I was 11 decided I would try my hand at inline speed skating (the equivalent of speed skating in the olympics, but with inline skates instead of ice). I joined the East Texas Sprinters and for several years practiced 4-5 times a week and competed at meets all around Texas. It made me so happy, unfortunately it did not make my dad (or his wallet) as happy. I ended up getting burnt out and quit skating and took up golf (that's a WHOOOLE other story). Since quitting I have missed it constantly, but it's hard to find people who love skating as much as you and you never want to be the 25 year old creepy woman skating by herself at the skating rink on Saturday.

A month or two ago my mom gave me this pair of roller blades that her friend gave her but were too big for her (they were a 7-8 which is PERFECT for me!) and I decided I would start skating around my neighborhood for exercise. I thought it would take me a while to get back into the swing of things, but it was like I had never taken a pair of skates off my feet. For the past week or so I've been skating a lot and I have even included Riley a few times. He loves it because he gets to full out sprint while I skate behind him (and I can keep up) instead of him walking quickly when we got jogging. We just got done skating a mile and he is WORN OUT. Riley is currently laying on the hard wood floor panting and trying to cool off and I am about to do the same. Just thought I would share a forgotten passion that is being revived. :)