Day 362 ~ "Unbelievable" "Victory"!

What I Learned About Me... from A to Z

What have I learned about myself this past year {blogging}..?  hmmmm... First off... I would like to make sure you know up front... I never had blogged before until I started this blog 349 days ago.  Secondly... I never intended on learning anything.  HAHA! LOL!  No but seriously... It wasn't my intention...   Check out what my intention(s) were/are here.

So here goes... What I Learned About Me... from A to Z

1967 - 1975 Los Angeles Kings logo

"U" is for...  Unbelievable.  What I can't believe about myself... 

I just can't believe that I am on Day 362.  I mean really.  I'm not going to start sugar coating anything to you now... honestly... there were a couple of nights early on... well ... let's just say that I forced myself to post that night.

So when I see that I have Day 362 in my title and 3 days left in my footer... well I find it to be unbelievable.


On another {personal} note and along the same line... The {my} Los Angeles Kings just won Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals and lead the series 3-0.  Go Kings GO!! This is unbelievable.!!


THIS IS HUGE... so pardon me while I share my absolute happiness here!  If you do not follow hockey; the Kings have been a team since 1967 and have NEVER won the Stanley Cup. (one of 12 teams).


I've been a Los Angeles Kings fan for over thirty-nine years now, thanks to my dad.  My dad was such a Kings/hockey fan, that we had to plan events around the hockey schedule.  He played street hockey for over twenty-five years up until months before his death in the spring of 2006.  He was buried in his hockey uniform, skates, stick, gloves, puck and all!

Current logo of the LA Kings

"V" is for...  Victory.  To be victorious is an amazing feeling.  A feeling of euphoria that no one can take away.

I feel victory because of my blogging achievement.  Oh YEAH!!  I feel awesome right now.  I feel victorious!! 

I do not mean to come across so strong about this... it's just that THIS IS BIG!  This is a major accomplishment for me.


SO much so... that I feel that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to.


...victorious...

Which brings me back to the Kings!

Talk about  victorious ... what a beautiful game!


I know that I am a bit "tunnel-vision" tonight with the Kings victory... and not meant for it to take center stage to my blogging... however... hockey, my dad, games, fights, early games, late games, every weekend ... etc... they all were a big part of my life since I was ten years old.  So ... by all right... the Kings deserve a shout out and a spot light in my blog for once.

LA Kings historical moment...

Things had all come together at once for Jack Kent Cooke the eccentric owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers, with a spectacular arena in the Great Western Forum about to open and the NHL about to expand. Cooke who was Canadian Born and missed hockey had long dreamed to bring hockey to Hollywood and with expansion he had that opportunity, as the Kings are one of six expansion teams to join the NHL. Placed with the other five new teams the Kings wearing colorful purple and gold uniforms would finish second in the Western Conference with a record of 31-32-11. However in the playoffs the Kings would be beaten in seven games by the Minnesota North Stars.   

source:  http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/losangeles/LAKings.html 

Tomorrow...  What I Learned About Me... from A to Z ... the letter(s) "W"

[here's to you finding your... ]

Peace...

3 days to go... {UnBELIEVABLE?!?...}

read about this count down in my "About my Blog" page

... for a, l & c.  you are my sunshine(s).

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Day 174 ~ My Do It Yourself Project

I have a feeling that this time next week I will be banging my head up against the wall wondering what I have gotten myself into!

courtesy of Bing images...

Honestly... It could not have been a better time for Calley to be sick... the fact that she is sleeping most of the day away has been a great help.  Especially since I have spent a better part of it working on my new blog.

In just a couple of days I will be launching my "new blog."  Although... I have to let you know that I am starting to get a little anxious.  However, knowing that this is good for me.  Plus, why should I worry?...  after all I have all of  you to keep me in check!  right?

There is no greater motivation than one that forces you to be accountable not only to yourself, but to others.  I always did do better going to the gym with a friend, rather than alone.  Not that I didn't go, I just had a better work out with a work out buddy.  I worked harder, and it was always more fun and enjoyable doing so with a friend.  So, now I have you as my life work out buddy.  

I am almost certain that some of you might think I am insane for not only starting a second blog, but to do it right before the holidays.  I could not agree with you more!  (ha ha I think I am crazy! ha ha) [just kidding, for those of you that do not know me,  I am not crazy, nor do I seriously think that about myself.] This is my lame attempt to humor(at my expense.)  still laughing, I don't know... but now I have the "giggles." 

Okay, seriously... that is the beauty of it all.  I need to face life head on... right at the holidays!  Test myself, better yet learn about myself.  I need to start thinking of what I want my "reality" to be.  How do I want to live my life?  What kind of life do I want to have?  Do I want to live a long healthy life?  Do I want to be mobile, active and have fun?  and Do I want to do so over weight?  Or continue to go up and down with my weight?  How do I want to see myself as I age?    

So, why not start at the holidays?  Why not now, instead of continuously putting it off... 

I feel that I am still young enough to do something about my life, the quality of it and improve upon my health.  I thank God that I am healthy and that I have not suffered any severe ailments.  

At the age of forty-four years old my father had been diagnosed with severe cancer, had a twenty-two plus pound tumor removed from him, and was near death,  WOW!  When I think about that... I am forty-eight (almost forty-nine ...yikes!) and I thank God that the times I have been in the hospital were for three different c-sections, when my babies were born.

Alright, enough said.  I am as ready as I will ever be for my new project.  Project me.  I have been working on the design end of my blog... so we'll see when it's all done what you think.  And if I experience anything near to what I have writing this blog, then I know it will be enlightening, empowering, educational, life cleansing, and above all I will keep it LIGHT and FUN!

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.  ~Napoleon Hill

One characteristic of winners is they always look upon themselves as a do it yourself project.  ~ Denis Waitley 

I am thankful for the times my family is together.

Blessings to all!!

191 days to go...

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