JENGA - The Game of Life

Take turns removing the three-inch blocks one at time, using caution to keep the structure intact while stacking the removed pieces back on the top of the tower. As the tower rises, its base begins to teeter--one wrong move and it collapses in a heap! Game over.

This is how I view life for the most part. I always feel that one wrong move and all the hard work will be for nothing and everything will come crashing down. I know they say that out of adversity comes opportunity but I have not been able to embrace this philosophy. My husband says that if I have nothing to worry about I make things up to worry about. My parents have said the same thing. So maybe it is just who I am. I worry things may go wrong or I will take the wrong path while in reality my life is good and there is no reason to waste time thinking of what might happen. Instead, I should enjoy the calm and stop thinking of the potential storm on the horizon. Getting there is the problem though.

New Year Goals

I try to set goals for myself each year. Some people call it their life list but I view my list as something that will grow with me and as a result my goals will change. Last year it was to skydive which I did in September. This year I am going to try to accomplish a bit more. I do not want to list to get to an unmanageable size though because that would defeat the purpose of setting goals. maybe if they are written down I will be more likely to do them. We will see.

1. Compete in a Sprint triathlon - Signed up for the Silverlake Sprint Triathlon

2. Buy a Digital SRL camera

3. Start revisiting my passion of photography

4. Be more proactive when it comes to socializing/making friends - Working on it

5. Take a knife skills training class - Hubby and I took class April 14th

6. Take a cooking class - something Greek or Thai

7. Try a new recipe once a month -January/Beef enchiladas, February/potstickers, July/macaroni and cheese bites

8. Learn Spanish

9. Try to post 2-3 entries in my blog a month

10. Get a group together for a paintball game - I have always wanted to do this

11. Learn more about web analytics - blogs, books, something

12. Take a wine tasting class

13. Go to the gym at least 2x a week - Took bootcamp March 23rd - S.C.O.P.E. 5k 29:32

14. Try Indian food - Completed 2/2/09 Also tried Persian & Turkish

15. Travel somewhere new - Miami and Cancun

16. Focus on myself more

17. Clean the house more often - Why not get a maid already

18. Go to an art gallery once a month

19. Go on a girls trip - no boys allowed

20. Become better at tennis

I think this is a good list for 2009. I am going to think of it as a work in progress. Hopefully I will be adding to it and not taking away from it. I wish now that I had started a blog earlier because it would help me see what I accomplished in 2008. The only things that really stand out are:

1. Traveled to London, Norway, Denver, New York, San Antonio, New Orleans, Austin, Las Vegas, South Padre and Dallas

2. Completed 2 Houston Adventure boot camps - warm weather only for me

3. Started a new job in February 2008

4. Went skydiving for the first time.

5. Susan G. Komen 5K - 31:24 time

6. Learned NetTracker, ExactTarget, EpiServer and Sharepoint