I Need to Get Serious About Me!!

The Canter Family Homestead was Established in 1978

Is it any wonder why we are so addicted to sugar? Compare sugar's chemical make up with that of cocaine: cocaine {C17 H21 NO4} and sugar {C12 H22 O11}. For all practical purposes, the difference is that sugar is missing the "N" or nitrogen atom. Interesting, huh?

I want to do more of this....

....and this

Psalm 149:3 - Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you; and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive foods." Proverbs 23:1-3

Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price, therefore glorify God in your body. I Corinthans 6:19-20

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I Love to Crochet

and knit, too!

Goals for 2010

1) Finish painting the living room.

2) Paint my bedroom. (almost done--just need to paint the closet)

3) Crochet one blanket a month for nursing home. (I only got six blankets done this year)

4) Knit two teddy bear vest for Salvation Army Bears. (I knitted three!)

Goals for 2009

I haven't been very good about accomplishing my goals, but I guess a person has to start somewhere. So here's an incomplete list of them for now:

1) Everyone knows I have a weight issue and I'd really like to work on it. So whatever I can do to lose a few pounds or increase exercise would be an improvement.

2) Paint and re-do the 'office'/bedroom. (Done)

3) Paint the living room. (In progress)

4) Finish painting the kitchen. (Done)

5) Crochet/knit a lot more. (I crocheted nine blankets for Gary's nursing home.)

6) Travel more in our RV. (We have gone more places this year.)

7) Get out of debt. (We are so getting there!)

8) Save more using coupons.

Goals for 2008

1. Get my business going. (Well, I did get it set up, but then had second thoughts about it and didn't go through with it.)

2. Complete the details for the Cystic Fibrosis "Great Ride for Great Strides" motorcycle run. Ride will be June 7, 2008!!!

We did it! We had our first annual Great Ride for Cystic Fibrosis. We made $2,100.00 and we had around 70 bikes participate. Next year it's gonna be bigger and better

3. Clean and donate stuff to the Salvation Army. I have boxes and bags to go! We finally made a delivery to Goodwill today, Nov. 30, 2008! We had the back of Donald's pickup packed. They took everything except our magazines. Weird.

4. Get finances in order. This year we have paid off the truck. We are working towards the credit cards now! We have reduced some of our debt and we continue to chip away at it.

5. Enjoy life more. I'm not sure I've accomplished this goal.

Goals for 2007

1. Clean and organize bedroom and office (getting rid of stuff I don't need).

*note: As I started cleaning out the bedroom I have tons of books, good books, that I hated to give to the library. (I did sell alot on half.com, but in 2009 it was overwhelming and I ended up donating the books to the library.)

2. Finish cross stitch kits (hey Bev, you know which ones I'm talking about.) Failed

3. Get on the exercise machine and exercise whether I lose weight or not. Failed

4. Save money (wow, this one's hard when I don't have much anyway). Kinda sorta did

5. As of 1-28-07 I have made numerous 6x9 rectangles that I donated to a group who puts them together and delivers them to our soldiers at Walter Reed/Bethesda Naval Hospital. I will continue to do that until I run out of scrap yarn.

Goals for 2006

1. Lose 50 lbs. Didn't happen

2. Crochet 10 blankets for bil's nursing home ministry. I got four done

3. Start and finish all cross stitch kits for Christmas. Didn't happen

4. Learn how to have a CF motorcycle run in memory of Katrina. I'm still getting ideas *This wasn't a goal, but something that happened to Donald and I. We were asked to be the Area Reps for the State of Maryland for the Christian Motorcyclists Association. We accepted. We have finished the Youth Ministry Tapes and we write our own newsletter for the Maryland state chapters.

Goals for 2005

1. Finished crocheting flag afghan and gave it to the person whom I was making it for in April.

2. Took motorcycle lessons and got my motorcycle license.

3. Make at least one blanket a month for bil's nursing home ministry I only made three!

4. Lose at least another 10 lbs. Failed

5. Be organized. Failed

6. Self-esteem boosters...1) I started writing a monthly column in our CMA Chapter's newsletter. 2) A few months after writing I was asked to do the whole newsletter. 3) I've been able to go on motorcycle rides that I never thought I could, for example, Donald and I went to Delaware for the CMA tri-state rally and we had to drive over the bay bridge! And not only did we go over the bay bridge, we went over the Solomon's Island Bridge and the Wilson Bridge. 4) I finished the Servant's Ministry Team tape and can now wear my CMA back patch.

Goals for 2004

1. Lose weight. Lost 15 lbs!

2. Learn to ride a motorcycle. (Drove and bought motorcycle-Buell Blast.)

3. Get out more. (I attended different meetings (CMA; HOG; WW); went out to eat in restaurants; traveled to Virginia; been to a bike rally; been interacting with new people.) I was finally able to break free of fear!