My Meme of Fours

So I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning and stumbled upon Laddie's Meme of Fours post.  This was the first one I'd seen, but evidently there are many, many, many, many, and more.  In her post she stated that she had plenty of ideas for blogposts but was suffering from an extended bout of laziness.  I know the feeling.  I have so many ideas floating around my head of what I could/should write, but my brain won't release them to my fingers. 

I am hoping this Meme of Fours will help reconnect my brain to my fingers and get me posting again.  So here goes:

1. Four names people call me other than my real name:

1. Mommy
2. Sweety
3. Keeper of all Knowledge useless and otherwise
4. Mama Bear

2.  Four jobs I've had:

1. Accounts receivable
2. Stay at home mom
3. Pet store attendant
4. Food service

3.  Four movies I've watched more than once:

1. Gone With The Wind
2. Powder
3. Meet Joe Black
4. Contact

4.  Four books I'd recommend

1. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
2. Outlander (and the whole series) by Diana Gabaldon
3. American Assassin (and the rest of the Mitch Rapp series) by Vince Flynn
4. Holy Bible

5.  Four places I've lived:

1. Hurricane, UT
2. St. George, UT
3. Kingman, AZ
4. Flagstaff, AZ

6.  Four places I've visited:

1. Chicago, IL
2. Ensenada, Mexico
3. Disneyland
4. Leavenworth, WA (much better than the one in Kansas)

7.  Four things I prefer not to eat:

1. Pasta
2. Pork
3. Sushi
4. Tilapia

8.  Four of my favourite foods:

1. Brownies
2. Chips 'n Salsa
3. Homemade Spaghetti sauce
4. Chimichangas

9. Four TV shows I watch:

1. Once Upon a Time
2. Amazing Race
3. Suits
4. CSI

10.  Four things I'm looking forward to this year:

1. Diabetes UnConference
2. Wood flooring
3. Christmas
4. My birthday

11.  Four things I'm always saying

1. I'll be reading.
2. You gotta look at the other side.
3. Loves you bunches.
4. That's my head. (to my cat who insists she needs to paw at my forehead EVERY night)

This has been fun, and challenging.  There are areas that I could list at least 40 things and others it took me some serious thinking to come up with just the four.

Exercise check in

Here we are at the beginning of February 2015.  How is everyone doing on their new year's goals?

Me?  So far so good, even though I lost.  But losing is just a bigger motivator.

Let me explain.

My best friend and I are in a friendly exercise competition this year.  I talked about it in my last post.  Each month we have a fresh chance to beat the other. 

In January, thanks to a very large home improvement project, my friend was able to get her 40 miles in by the 24th.  I was in the lead just the day before.  It is further proof that exercise is often hiding where we least expect it. 

So on Monday I shipped off the special $10 prize for reaching the goal first.  On Tuesday (27th) I crossed my 40 mile mark.  I ended up finishing the month with a total of 44.49 miles.  I found areas where I could increase my productivity and get more miles in.  This is vitally important because come April our monthly goal is 50 miles.

In the meantime I'm resetting my mile count and trekking along to 40.  So if you need me I'll be outside.