Welcome to my New Blog...

So, "Right Up My Alli"... kind of a take-off from "Right up your alley"... I dunno, it's silly, but I like it, and my husband said once that if I had a column in a paper, that I should call it that, so since that'll never happen, here's my chance... heh heh.

Anyway, my dear friend CaliAlly told me that I really do have plenty to blog about, and so I realized that I do have plenty to say, but didn't want to post it to my "family" blog page, so I decided to give this a whirl and make a page of my own to vent off all my random thoughts and all that jazz. We'll see! I've never been a good diary/journal person, but perhaps this will be different?!

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So my thoughts for today are that I'm concerned that I always have to have something new and exciting going on in my life to be happy... like, when we were in Colorado Springs, I was always wanting to move to Denver, and then we took a TDY in California, so I was excited for that experience to happen, and then while there, I spent most of my time pining for the move back to Denver and buying the new house and all that, and now we've made the move back and I'm wanting what's next... I am not very good at living in and enjoying the present. I need to make that a better priority. For instance, even this morning I was thinking "maybe we should do another TDY somewhere"... Whoa. Stop the press. I am happy here in my fabulous new home in Colorado, loves it. Sheesh! Simmer!

How can I help myself to enjoy what I have now and live in the present. I'm always looking so far forward that I forget to cherish what I have in the moment.

Sure, I may be a bit job-frustrated now, and it's okay to be proactive and trying to find an avenue that better suits me long-term for my career... but in the meantime, I shouldn't let that run my life and dampen my spirits.

So let today's blog be a reminder to myself to "Live in the NOW, Dude..." (I forget what movie that's from, but I can totally hear the guy saying it...)

Thanks for listening!