The condo has a new coat of paint, new blue christmas lights and Flitz and Tuck, 2 new fake snowbirds  perched in the fake Christmas tree, while Georgia, a 5 month old siamese kitten and newest edition to the house, is three-quarters of the way up it mewing in her attempt to eat the white feather tails.  I suspect she will fall out any minute.  If the Dalmation is the dumb dog of the canine world..the Siamese is the dumb cat of the feline world. 

Another new thing is my remortgage for a special assessment.  I decided to take the opportunity to get a little extra dosh afterall, I bought the place, might as well make it work for its living too.  With all the new things going on,the idea to remake me seemed very attractive.  Extreme make-over it's not but its about as close as I can afford.  So, off to London Place Optical to see if I am still a candidate for laser eye surgery.

The idea of getting my eyes fixed has lit a fire under me and this year I am doing something that I do not usually do and am getting rid of 3 years 'student' fat and starting to take care of myself.  So along with my eyes and my teeth, I went out hunting for a gym to see if a gym was my 'trigger' to motivate me.

However, in my travels, I stumbled upon Cardo CDs.  I purchased them to play when and if I decided to climb up on my cobweb ridden stationary bike.  Yesterday, I pulled the dorment machine out of storage and clammered on it, waited for the CD to play and Boom!  My house was instantly transformed into a gym with the music.  It was like my body perked up and said "Hey, we're in workout mood, let's go!"  After all these years, my trigger wasn't a machine, a gym or a class, it was good old fashion bounce bounce bouncey music.

It is only Day 2 but the whole fear and groan and peddling my way through 30-60 minutes is no longer a chore to me.  I never knew that all I needed was the 'music of the gym' and not the actually gym itself.  That is such a cool feeling.

This year I foresee big changes and it is all starting with my eyes.