Year in Pictures

August 9th

I've been wanting to do a sort of daily photo diary for the longest time. I know you've seen them, they're everywhere on Flickr. A person documents their year by snapping one picture- good, bad, boring, exciting each day for 365 days.

Some people do self portraits, but alas, I am not that brave. Nor do I look put together every single day. (Did I mention it's 105 here in Texas today and I don't have a drop of makeup on?) So I'm forgoing the self-embarrassment.

August 11th

I tried it once at the beginning of this year and lasted 3 weeks. OK...two and a half.

But instead of waiting till next New Years Day to start, I figured I'd give it another shot mid August. Why not? There are not a set of rules I'm bound to.

 August 12th

      

And maybe I'll post my pictures each Friday? We'll see.

Hope everyone has an awesome Friday the 13th. ::insert creepy music here::  

Ohm-ing

Did I mention I've been reading Eat, Pray, Love?

Yeah, I'm on the EPL bandwagon, so sue me. I just started the India part of the book and I've loving every minute. I'm devouring every word. I was meant to read this book at this point in my life. I'm particularly loving this section because Southern Hubby and I have been to India, so it's bringing back lots of nice memories.

Because of this, I'm starting to pick back up my yoga. Not that I ever had a "my yoga"; I piddled around with it in classes, but I never really studied it. But I'm giving it another shot.

I'm also trying meditation.

I cringe even writing this because it sounds SO Uptown Dallas. And if you're from Dallas, you know what I'm talking about. And Uptown Dallas is decidedly not me.

But I quietly began researching meditation last year when migraines and fatigue were taking a firm hold of my life. At that point in my life, I was tired of taking prescription medications for something that I thought I could control. I didn't want to pop pills like candy. When I told my doctor about this, he suggested I try meditation and/or yoga, as it has been known to help. He said it almost quietly, like he didn't want me to think he was crazy.

I didn't.

I did try here and there but I found it very hard to quiet my mind. But I don't think I was really ready to give it a true shot.

Finally I'm ready.

We'll see how this goes. I'm learning. I'm sitting. I'm ohm-ing And I'm trying to not feel like an uber-goober when I'm sitting there absolutely still and quiet. I feel like I should be doing something- cleaning, laundry, running, catching up on blogs, reading, picking my nose, anything but sitting doing nothing. I don't think us Americans handle 'nothing' very well. We have the mentality that if we're not productive, we're not useful.

I'm out to change that. For myself, at least. Wish me luck.