New Year Resolutions

Who here makes resolutions for the new year? I do but not the ones that most people do. For example, last year I resolved too makes new friends and try to be a better friend to the few I have now.

How did that work out? I think I have one or two new friends but still rarely talk to the friends I had. Folks, I swear I do make an effort, per my 2007 resolution. How many times can you call someone or email someone before it just looks pathetic?

So this year, I have some resolutions:

1. Make new friends.
2. Make some changes in the business to help my body out.
3. Learn something new just for the hell of it. Maybe a new language?
4. Increase my Qi gong practice.

I will continue to take my Tui Na classes but I also have to step beyond work stuff. Learn too paint? Learn Japanese or Italian? Maybe French? Learn to weave baskets! Really, the possibilities are endless, I just have to get off my ass and DO IT! Maybe along the way, I will meet new friends!

My goals related to the business are going to be to put more effort into attracting more Asian Bodywork clients. That is my specialty after all so why not let the world know? I also have to be a bit more concrete with my boundaries. Why do I feel like I have to work extra to get everyone in? I need to take care of ME also so I can keep helping others so I have to learn to say no. It is getting easier actually so that might not be a hard thing to implement this year.

So besides contemplating my goals for the next year, my time has been consumed by our adorable Marley and Christmas and work and ....... that's about it.

January 1 I will head back to NYC after 3 months of absence! I think I have gone through a bit of withdrawal. There is no way I will be there for the New Year's Eve celebration, we will get up there while the city is still recovering. On the second we will see the acupuncturist finally! My body will be oh so happy after that. Time will not permit much else, maybe a bit of exploring. If anything, walking will entertain me. God, I love that city. Marley will be going to a pet sitters home for the night and having a bit of a sleep over with another dog and GASP a cat that likes to play with dogs! I am so exciting for him, I know he will have tons of fun! He will be missed for sure and we did discuss bringing him along, thinking the acupuncturist surely wouldn't mind a dog in the office??? LOL

Have a great New Years and be safe!

First Snow

Our first snow was last week but Blogger was being annoying and not letting me post pictures. I was under the pine trees, walking the dog and took these.




Speaking of the dog, Marley loved the snow. Eating it, laying in it, trying to catch it..... he was our little snow bunny. I wish I could have gotten some of him in the snow but I was nervous to drop the camera.

More of Marley

Marley grows! The second picture he is playing with his brother, who just got a hair cut!

Over all his training is going well. I would guess he is about 80% house broken. He had one accident on the floor this weekend. My biggest issue is getting him to walk on the lead better. He likes to be outside BUT he only likes to walk where he wants to walk. So much for me being the alpha. We will keep working on it though. We do at least 2 15 minute walks a day, most days more then that. I found without that walk time, his sleep isn't so sound at night and we prefer he sleeps all night long. He does that about 75% of the time to date.

So for a 4 month old puppy, I am happy with his progress. He also attends training class which isn't going well but only for the fact we don't continue to do the exercises. I really only want him to sit, come and stay on command but the class gets into all sorts of things. It is also very late and I am grumpy when we go. They just changed the class time so maybe it will go better. Unfortunately we are behind in our exercises though. Shrug.

My postings related to ABT and massage have been pretty non-existence I know. Marley is taking up the bulk of my free time and I haven't been on the pc much. Sorry!