I am thankful for:
1. I have a roof over my head. (also very noisy neighbors, but...it's a place to live.)
2. My family is together and healthy.
3. I have a job. (I could be like the thousands who are out of work due to the current economic strife)
4. I have a few friends I can truly count on. One of them is at the old dojang, some are at the new dojang, several have left the dojang and are doing their own thing. Some of them aren't even martial artists. All of them, I can count on. I know that despite not being in constant touch with them, I can still count on them being there when I need to talk or have what seem to be silly questions.
5. I have good friends I have never met in person who are also there for me when I need them. (I met them through a couple of groups on Yahoo that I belong/ed to and again, despite not talking to them all the time, I do feel that they're there for me when I need to rant and rave.)
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Christmas wish list
I'm having the kids create their Christmas wish lists today. I figure that we can look at the lists and see what is the easiest and most economical thing to get them. The oldest has put "a television with my own satellite receiver" on her list, along with "a computer", "new cell phone", "DS", "MP3 player--the I-touch" and some other things. She put them on the list, knowing full well I'm not going to be providing all of these things. It's totally interesting to see what happens.
The young man has put things like "a Bionicle", a "DS", "games for the PS3, Wii and PS2" on his list. It is interesting to see the difference between the two.
MY Christmas wish list is as follows:
1. To learn my terminology for my karate class by my birthday (6 months, 1 week)
2. To learn Nahainchi Ee Dan and be able to execute it properly by March.
3. To learn my one-steps and Ho Sin Sul properly.
4. To learn to run and like it...or at least, just to run.
5. To learn NOT to focus on how heavy I am (yes, I'm heavy, but I'm working on it!).
6. To NOT stress out over work.
Of course, I have quite a few wants/wishes that cost money, like a house, etc, but I know that I have more control over the wish list I've posted. I can't afford to buy a house at present, especially since most of the houses I like in the neighborhoods I like are upwards of a quarter of a million dollars!! Unless Santa's going to be leaving me a cool 250-300k in my stocking, that's out of the question.
What's on YOUR wish list??
The young man has put things like "a Bionicle", a "DS", "games for the PS3, Wii and PS2" on his list. It is interesting to see the difference between the two.
MY Christmas wish list is as follows:
1. To learn my terminology for my karate class by my birthday (6 months, 1 week)
2. To learn Nahainchi Ee Dan and be able to execute it properly by March.
3. To learn my one-steps and Ho Sin Sul properly.
4. To learn to run and like it...or at least, just to run.
5. To learn NOT to focus on how heavy I am (yes, I'm heavy, but I'm working on it!).
6. To NOT stress out over work.
Of course, I have quite a few wants/wishes that cost money, like a house, etc, but I know that I have more control over the wish list I've posted. I can't afford to buy a house at present, especially since most of the houses I like in the neighborhoods I like are upwards of a quarter of a million dollars!! Unless Santa's going to be leaving me a cool 250-300k in my stocking, that's out of the question.
What's on YOUR wish list??
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