Friday, December 16, 2011

The holiday season is always a busy one. I know this from trying to make plans with friends and realizing our schedules don't allow it until NEXT YEAR!

That is crazy! One, how did I become so busy? And two, is it really almost next year?

I can't believe another year has gone by and it's time to think about New Year's resolutions. I have the same one every year and it never fails me... I don't set one! I don't think I have ever known anyone that fulfills their resolution. I know... a bit of a negative Nancy when it comes to the topic.

So with that I give you a challenge... Make your resolution and come the end of January let me know if you are making progress or have in fact met your goal. Perhaps you will restore my faith that New Year's resolutions can be met. 2013 could be my year! I will be standing by.

Happy Friday! 

Sara Payne
Sara@aQuiretraining.com

New diet plan...

My friend Kimberly announced that she had started a diet to lose some pounds she had put on recently.

"Good!" I exclaimed. "I'm ready to start a diet too. We can be dieting buddies and help each other out. When I feel the urge to drive out and get a burger and fries, I'll call you first."

"Great!" she replied. "I'll ride with you."

Your resolution...

Quitting smoking...

Jack, at a New Year's party, turns to his friend, Harry, and asks for a cigarette.

"I thought you made a New Year's resolution to quit smoking," Harry responds.

"I am in the process of quitting," replies Jack with a grin. "Right now, I am in the middle of phase one."

"Phase one?" wonders Harry.

"Yeah," laughs Jack, "I have quit buying."

Random Fact...

The elephant is the only animal with 4 knees. Elephants are also the only mammals that can't jump. 

This Weeks Quote...

"Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle."

~ Eric Zorn

Friday, December 9, 2011

One of my favorite parts of Christmas is hunting for the perfect tree. Sometimes this involves checking out more than one tree lot. Finding the right one is truly an art.

This year we decided to check out a new place that had ANY tree for only $10. There is a reason for that!

We decided to go back to our tried and true tree farm and once again we underestimated the size. When you are outside scoping out trees they don't look that big... get them inside and they are 3 times the size it seems!

Nevertheless we have an amazingly huge, beautiful tree and can't wait to get some shopping done to get presents under it. I still have two weeks left... plenty of time to start right?!

Happy Friday!

Sara Payne
Sara@aQuiretraining.com

An axe to grind...

A boy begs his father to get him a Christmas tree this year.

Each year, the boy asks and the father tells him, "I don't want to pay for it."

But the son kept begging. Unable to bear his son's whining, he picks up his axe one day and heads out of the house.

Thirty minutes later he returns with a great big Christmas tree.

"How did you cut it down so fast?" his son asks.

"I didn't cut it down," the father replies. "I got it at a tree lot."

"Then why did you bring an axe?"

"Because I didn't want to pay."

New dog bowl...

Top signs Santa is actually a woman...

• Santa remembers it's Christmas. 'Nuf said.
• Never explains what exactly you did to deserve that coal in your stocking; if you have to ask, maybe that's the problem!
• A man simply would not care if you were naughty or nice.
• Matching shoes and belt? Only a woman would accessorize a pantsuit like that!
• No guy would ever name his animals Dancer and Prancer.

Random Fact...

Ostriches are often not taken seriously. They can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.

This Weeks Quote...

"He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

~Roy L. Smith