More boring home decorating stuff - but I love it!

Have you ever been extremely happy with the majority of your home decor? Me? Not hardly. Maybe one or two spots but generally I always have the feeling "I want to change this or that but only after I change that first..." And it took Mr. Fitness quite a while to realize this is just how life with me was going to be. I move and change stuff around!

So, I'm delighted to say that I'm at a point where I'm happy with the way our condo is set up and decorated! That like totally never happens to me!

I captured it so ya'll can see.

I'm trying to decide...

if I like lobster or not...I got a whole lobster for the first time yesterday and it was uber messy and not a lot of actual stuff to eat....so I think next time I'll just stick to the tail.

I like tail. LOL.

Operation Holy Cow - A Year Later

Holy Cow! Tomorrow will be one year exactly since I left Birmingham and it’s very hard to fathom. I remember when we decided to do this and our friend Dutchie would say “Just give it a year. If you don’t like it you can come back.”

Um. Yeah. We’re not coming back anytime soon. Because we FREAKIN LOVE IT HERE. L-o-v-e with a capital L! Love! Adore!

Mr. Fitness is totally at home and feels like he lived here in another life. I wouldn’t go that far especially since the sun doesn't exactly like me, but I think this was one of the best decisions we have ever made. And, I'm gonna tell you why.

It’s made me realize that there is an entire world out there. A world where I can decide that I want to become this or do that, and if I really want it to happen, it will. I grew up believing that. My parents told me that my whole life – I would ask them what they wanted me to be when I grew up (didn't want to disappoint of course) and they would say “Jamie, you can be whatever you want to be. It’s all up to you.” Somewhere along the journey, I forgot. You get so complacent with life because it’s still a good life. It’s not like anything bad or horrible happened and you made a huge mistake. Side note: even if you did make a huge mistake, that’s ok too, because that’s what forgiveness is for and it’s still up to you to change it and make the steps towards what you really want. Back on subject: Complacency is a bad thing. You think “oh next year we’ll do this or do that”…then the next year is there and did you go where you wanted to go or do what you wanted to do? Well, ya’ll, sometimes you do and sometimes you don’t.

I try very hard to live my life without regret and so far I can say that I have none, well, maybe a few minor ones but nothing major YET. It’s still damn scary. The weekend that Chad and friends brought me to Florida and before Chad left to get on the plane, I had a full blown break down - and also one documented here. What was I doing? How did we let this go so far? I can’t do this. I can’t be by myself. I can’t do this new job. I need my complacent, comfy life back NOW! Then, Chad consoled me and told me I can do this, I was strong. And he was right. The ups and downs only make you a stronger person.

I feel like I can conquer the world after this experience. Will we stay here forever? Who knows. But I would never let it be out of the question for us to move even to Acapulco (another reference to my parents) for that the next step in our life, career, education - whatever the case may be.

A year later and Operation Holy Cow is definitively not a decision we regret. Friends and family, here is my plea to you: if there is that one thing that’s in the back of your head that you always wanted to do or see. Do it. Start making the steps now to make it a reality for you. You will not regret it, I promise.

You can be whatever you want to be. It’s all up to you.

P.S. There is a 2 Bedroom/1.5 bath townhouse - beach access, pools, wildlife sanctuary for your backyard - that is for rent on the island...hint hint....wink wink....nudge, nudge......