Alright - so - yesterday I walked enough to make to Stranahans - now I need to actually go there for a tour and a taste, and a second tour.. and a 3rd fourth and 15th tasting  nomnomnom!!!

Today it snowed - alot - I only made it to 2065 steps - which is one Mile - I gazed at the beautiful snow falling and the path around the lake and decided that with all the colds going around I will walk when it's a little less cold and damp.  But I have to step it up - walking one mile at a time per day - is not going to get me there very fast!!

I have 1290.85 miles left to New Orleans  and 26.7 miles to Castle Rock

So the written part of my journey begins - the lifestyle changes it's creating and the actual "journey" that is taking place.  I have gained 35 pounds since i started my new job a year and a half ago - I weigh more now than I did when I left my husband.  I have a supportive boyfriend that has loved me the entire time and regardless of weight see's an amazing and beautiful woman.  I am blessed beyond words!  That being said - I also don't like being 175 pounds - the weight is hard on my knees, lungs organs and life.  I am out of shape and becoming less and less limber.  This will not do - so I am making changes to my life.  Habit.RPG.com was the beginning of that change - and is still a daily tool I am using and have been for a couple weeks.  When i started seeing the changes there - I started sharing my new found game and talking about it.  A friend told me about the walking challenge - I grabbed it like water in the desert!!  what fun!!

So here I am - walking the miles it takes to go to New Orleans.  It hasn't been in huge leaps, or over extended hikes - it is in small steps recorded on my 3DS around my work and on trails I find and talking with friends and my children.  Right now it is small steps - but those small steps are leading to longer walks!!  The Aquarium was my first goal - I made it there!!  I walked 10.1 miles!!  it fueled me - and realizing that I had already walked to my second goal that night when I posted was so very exciting!!

Now I walk to Castle Rock - where I lived for 6 years - where I have friends and an art guild that I miss dearly and have not seen since July of 2012.  All these places I have planned on my journey are actual places I want to visit and see and play and talk and enjoy!!  as I get out of my territory it will be post card pictures of places I would like to see and visit - and when I actually do drive down there I will see them and take pictures and celebrate.

Take the time to invest in yourself - it is worth the effort - it is worth the time, and it is worth succeeding!!