thoughts…about my future

Lewis J. Walker was asked, “What keeps people from being successful?” Walker replied, “Fuzzy goals.” For example, you may have a goal of owning a cabin in the mountains someday. That’s a fuzzy goal. Someday is the problem. Your goal isn’t specific so it’s not likely to happen. If you truly want a cabin in the mountains, you will need to go find the mountain, find out how much the cabin costs now and how much it will cost later. Then you need to determine how much to save per month. If you do that, you will probably get a cabin. If you don’t it probably won’t happen.

Goals are necessary. But fuzzy goals, uncoupled from an action plan, are delusions. They are rusting boxcars on a sidetrack.

Since the first day of the year I started thinking through my goals for 2015, plus my life goals. And have really been defining them…taking the time to research the cost of “my cabin”.

So I’ve come to the solid decision that this year will not be about shopping, concerts, new clothes, eating out, vacations, hanging out with friends. But my focus will be on:

Working - Saving Money (you probably guessed that by now)

The inner me - getting healthy (spiritually, physically, and mentally).

Simple life enjoyments - my horse, running, gardening, reading (random history and science (my silent love) books

Study – bookkeeping/accounting and hey I might even pick up some photography books. Also I hope to learn some more of the necessary web skills to better my blogging=)
“One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things” John Burroughs

“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of you success is found in your daily routine”. ~John C. Maxwell

Source: Business Digest

casey crocker’s Fried Chicken

It was so nice visiting with Casey last Sunday. We didn’t meet in December, because of all the holiday craziness, and I didn’t realize how much I had missed this beautiful face. Every time I go to her home, Carl and she have finished one more room and this time it was the dinning room, I felt like I had walked into room straight from pinterest…like those don’t seriously exist, but hey. I’m a believer now=) It’s so lovely!!!! Their entire house is just darling and the more the they do to it the cuter it get=)

So onto the fried chicken. Now this was the coolest thing for me to watch her make…coming from a person who’s never fried anything in their life. But after seeing this process, I’m confident that I can make fried chicken. well about 90% sure…haha. But she honestly made it look so easy. But then I shouldn’t be to ambitious, Casey makes everything look easy.

This is the messy, but most significant, part. I sounded like a little kid (haha, I squealed) when she started turning them the first time. Like seriously she’s made fried chicken!Looks so good!!!!

I sorta got carried away with the after pictures, I was so amazed! That I actually witnessed fried chicken being made! and the kitchen wasn’t covered in grease. But knowing me, my kitchen probably would be.

Jump over to Casey’s blog for this fried chicken recipe=) you know you want to make it.