Archive for the ‘General’ Category
January 7th, 2010
I’m not making New Year’s resolutions this year. Resolutions are too easy to break. What I’m making are some permanent changes.
First, I’m doing my Wii Fit exercises at least 5 days a week. I used to be really good at working out on a consistent basis, but lately (like the past 3 years) I’ve been terrible at it. I have a friend and my husband to keep me going, so I’m going to stick with it this time.
Second, Thomas and I are getting in better financial shape. This part of the plan is already well underway, but this is going to be the year that we say goodbye to all our debt and save up a down payment for a house. Tough goal, but we’re determined.
Third, I need to work on my attitude. I have been very negative lately, and I need to stop it. So if you see me being negative, tell me to knock it off.
Last. I need to cut out the non-essential activities in my schedule and just focus on what’s important. Part of this plan is already in place…deadlines and such. Part of this is also DOING something important…something to actual help someone…something to make a difference, if only a small one. I’ve been wallowing in self-pity for too long, and I really have nothing to complain about.
So that’s my plan for 2010…no…for the future, starting now. I’m not living the life I should be, and it’s all because of me. So it stops now.
October 11th, 2009
I realize all I’ve been posting lately is worship sets. This post is my lame attempt at correcting that. Life has gotten crazy again, and Thomas and I have been insanely busy for the past couple of weeks…completely by choice though, so I guess it’s okay. Now I’m wishing that I had taken full advantage of my free time back when I had it. I wouldn’t be nearly as behind on sleep as I am now.
Every spare moment I have has been spent knitting since I’m doing a craft fair with a friend in two weeks. I want to have as many knitted products as possible so I have a greater chance of selling as many knitted products as possible. My hands are holding up pretty well…so far, anyway.
I’m really starting to look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas, not because of the holidays themselves, but more because I know I’ll have some time off work and will be able to rest at least a little bit.
Oh…and I’ll be updating my template again. Thomas updated Wordpress for me, and I have to do a little tweaking to get the themes I like to display properly…
August 24th, 2009
Until about five minutes ago, I had all of my posts from this site being imported on Facebook. I decided to stop because I found that the more people I know could potentially read what I write, the less likely I am to actually speak my mind…not because I care what they think, but because I hate feeling like I have to constantly defend myself…not that I can’t or won’t defend myself, but I’d like to have a forum that is mine. Hyperballea is MY forum. If you would like to discuss what I’ve posted, please feel free. But I’m not writing for you…I’m writing for myself.
June 23rd, 2009
I know you guys will believe it when you see it, but I’m going to start updating my blog. I think the reason I haven’t been writing is either because 1) I’ve never really been comfortable expressing myself openly or 2) I sometimes feel the need to censor myself so as not to offend anyone or hurt anyone’s feelings. I’ve decided that it’s not my problem if I offend anyone on here. It’s my blog, and if I somehow offend you, you no longer have to read what I write. I always thought I was a person who didn’t care what people think, but apparently I was wrong.
So I’m going to give this blogging thing another try and not worry so much about what I write this time around.
March 31st, 2009
Thomas and I celebrated our two year anniversary today. Thomas took the morning off, and we went out for a lovely breakfast. After work, we had a potluck dinner with our friends from Bible study. It’s been a great day. I can’t believe two years have flown by already.
In other news, I realize that my blog updated have been (very) few and (extremely) far between. I think I’ve been tweeting all my random thoughts lately instead of blogging about them. Perhaps I should go through my tweets on a daily basis and see if any of them need to be expounded upon.
If you see more frequent updates, that’s probably what happened.
November 15th, 2008
Just a short blog post to announce that after lots of thinking, praying, contemplation and consideration, I am now officially an Avon representative. I don’t want anyone to feel obligated to order anything, but if you are interested either ask me for a catalog or visit my Avon site at http://youravon.com/alleaingram.
September 23rd, 2008
For so long it seemed I was down just about every day. Now it seems to be every other day. One day I’ll feel fabulous, the next I feel like crap again. I suppose I should be thankful for the improvement, and I am thankful, but it gets really frustrating on the days I don’t feel so great. There’s nothing different between yesterday and today except for the way I feel. Nothing bad has happened. I actually got 8 hours of sleep last night. I haven’t had a whole lot to do today. I get to hang out with friends tonight. Really I should be in a pretty good mood today.
I guess that’s one of the mysteries of depression. There often isn’t a rhyme or reason to it. It just happens sometimes. Thank God for little steps in the right direction. Three months ago, I didn’t think I’d ever see an end to this, and now I feel like I’m really close to overcoming it completely.
Actually, after writing all that, I’m in a much better mood. Just needed a little perspective, I suppose.
July 19th, 2008
That’s me, apparently.
Life’s been a little less crazy lately. Thomas and I are taking a break from a lot of our extra-curricular activities for the summer to just relax, and so far it’s working nicely. Right now, I’m contemplating a bit of a career change…or more like a career addition. I love teaching piano, but I’m thinking I want to do something else as well. I’m thinking about taking some cooking classes (since cooking is my new love) and seeing where that takes me. I might look at condensing my lessons schedule and getting a part-time job for a little variety, too. At this point, these are all just thoughts I’m having. I’ll write more if I make any definite decisions.
And I’ll try to update more. I know…you’ll believe it when you see it.
March 8th, 2008
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks around the Ingram household. Thomas and I have both been SO sick. Thomas was sick all of last week. I started getting sick at the end of last week while Thomas was starting to feel better. I got really sick over the weekend (ear infection AND sinus infection), but Thomas was feeling pretty good until Wednesday when he came home coughing up a storm. We sent him to the doctor on Thursday morning to find out that he had bronchitis. So now we’re both home sick pumping antibiotics into our systems and praying that the bacteria will leave us alone.
On the up side, I think I’m finally starting to catch up on all that sleep I lost in college.
February 7th, 2008
Several people I know have decided to give up TV lately. Each time I hear someone mention it, I am convicted of the fact that I spend, or rather waste, way too much time sitting in front of the TV and not enough time attending to my responsibilities, bettering myself, and, most importantly, talking to God. I don’t think I’m going to quit watching TV altogether, but I am going to seriously limit what I watch. I will allow myself to watch the show or two I actually care about and movies with my husband, but then the TV goes off and I will do something more productive. There are so many books I want to read but never “have the time” for. There are so many things that need to be done around our house that never get done because they obviously aren’t a priority to me. There are so many more important things in the world than television. How does it have such a power over me? Why in the world would I rather spend time with an inanimate object than with my Lord? It kind of hurts when I think about it. I think it’s time for a change.