{"id":711,"date":"2010-12-31T16:37:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T16:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2011-12-14T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T11:20:42","slug":"new-years-eve-fortunate-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"New Years Eve- Fortunate Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #d87093;\">Happy New Year&#8217;s Eve!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fortunate Friday<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I am fortunate that my grandma was able to spend Christmas Day with her two sons, and four grandchildren, even at 96!<\/li>\n<li>I am fortunate that I was able to give presents to those close to me, and had amazing gifts given to me. \u00a0Thank you everyone, I was spoiled and am super lucky. xo<\/li>\n<li>I am fortunate that I have two sweet cousins that are willing to sleep on my couches in order to spend Christmas with me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since tonight is New Years Eve, I thought I would take the time to brainstorm things to look forward to in 2011. \u00a0I found this idea floating around on various blogs that I stalk\/read and I traced it back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reverb10.com\/the-prompts\/\" target=\"_blank\">reverb10.com<\/a>, a website that offers prompts for bloggers! \u00a0So neat.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the prompt from December 11, 2010: <em>What are 11 things your life doesn\u2019t need in 2011? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life? <\/em>(Author: Sam Davidson)<\/p>\n<p>Here is my spin on things:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #d87093;\">11 Goals for 2011<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1. I am not going to <strong>gossip<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2. I am going to read (at least) one <strong>book<\/strong> a month<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3. I need to learn to let go of things that I have no <strong>control<\/strong> over. <em>Water off a duck&#8217;s back . . .<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4. I am going to train to <strong>run<\/strong> a distance &gt; 10k.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">5. I am going to learn to be more <strong>forgiving<\/strong> and <strong>patient<\/strong> with others. \u00a0They are not me, I am not them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">6. I am going to learn how to work on\u00a0<span style=\"color: #d87093;\">Cookies, Cupcakes and Cardio <\/span>while balancing my full time <strong>teaching<\/strong> job.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">7. I am going to stick with a <strong>gym<\/strong> routine that works for me. <em>M\/W\/F 6:00am+ spinning = gym routine!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">8. I am going to learn to be less <strong>selfish<\/strong>. \u00a0This one is going to be difficult as I&#8217;ve been working this way for 32 years!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">9. \u00a0I am going to learn to work my Sony Alpha 200 DSLR <strong>camera<\/strong> and take (amazing) food pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10. I am going to learn how to decorate beautiful <strong>cakes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">11. 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