aspir(al)ing

Thirty and a Half.

Posted by terri | Filed under heart, watashi

Another St. Patrick’s Day has passed, which means another reminder that I’m about halfway to my next birthday. Last year I was rather apprehensive about turning 30, but also hopeful for the future and the opportunities that my situation at the time presented me with. A year later, I’ve reached what I had resolved for myself as I am entirely off of diabetes meds and am so far maintaining a fairly healthy lifestyle. ( Yeah, you’re probably sick of hearing about it by now.) It’s feeling more and more like March 17th is my day to make resolutions, as opposed to doing it on New Year’s Day. My following through on my resolution could very well have been a fluke, but I guess it couldn’t hurt to try it again.

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So What’s New?

Posted by terri | Filed under blogmeta, chub chub, health, heart, watashi

There is so much I want to chronicle regarding my journey in managing my diabetes, arthritis, and just my overall well being. I decided to do it in a microblog powered by Tumblr called terri-is.aspiraling. While that blog is meant to chronicle what’s currently going on, I want something on the record to show what I’ve done with myself for the past year as far as my health goes. I decided that I’ll just do the lazy thing and put nearly a year’s worth of updates in bullet points. If I ever find the time, I may, just may, elaborate. And if you have been reading my Twitter (which I update about 5 times a day) you might very well be up to date already.
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De-Scrooged?

Posted by terri | Filed under heart, home, natsukashii, watashi

We are at last in December and with Thanksgiving done and gone, it is time for the Christmas spirit to come into full swing. For about 10 years or so now, December hasn’t filled me with any Christmas spirit for a variety of reasons. I am, however, hopeful that this year will be different.

Kicking off Christmas: Happy December 1st!

Without going into too much detail, I want to say that life this year has definitely been more settled as opposed to the past 10 years, and I think it’s finally time to embrace the Christmas spirit. I’ve been thinking of ways that I could “de-scrooge” myself as I have normally been “bah humbug” about the entire holiday season. I came up with a couple of things, some of which I probably WON’T go through with.

Christmas Tree: The last time I had a Christmas tree in my house was in 1996. Every Christmas tree we got years prior were awesome, though our decorations were a bit ghetto fabulous. It definitely brought a spirit of Christmas that not even the most tricked out gift could. As much as I would love to welcome that wonderful, nostalgic scent into my home, it certainly is not practical enough for me to get one. I won’t have much presents to put under the tree and the electricity bill at my house runs high enough as it is. I admit, I feel a bit of the “mommy pangs” when I think about Christmas trees, because I think I can only justify getting one if I had a child to enjoy it. Not gonna happen this year.

Christmas Baking: I definitely take joy in baking and creating stuff in the kitchen, but my success rate has never been good and so I find that I have not been doing it much lately. I think Christmas time is as good enough a time as ever to start again. I’m thinking of cookies and other desserts that I can try my hand at to give out at Christmas time. And if Hunny volunteers to do the dishes, I can be even further motivated!

Christmas Party: I mentioned back in July or so that I wanted to do some kind of housewarming party to celebrate the closing of the “sale” on the house. I’ve made the house a little more inviting with the removal of a lot of clutter and the addition of a new TV, but I have to admit that I am still a little shy about bringing people into my house as I still feel it’s a bit messy and dare I say it, perpetually 汚い? Well, we shall see… I won’t rule it for this holiday season…

Photo Christmas Card: This tops the “most likely to do” list. It was actually Hunny’s idea that we do one this year. We haven’t discussed execution, but we don’t anticipate it being a huge production as I have seen with other people I know. And I think being the  geeks that we are, we probably will do it with iPhoto.

So my hope is that I will at least do one or two things to for the holiday season. My iTunes library has been rechecked with Christmas songs, and so I’m ready to get this season started…

A Happy Birthday.

Posted by terri | Filed under heart, watashi

Wow, it’s been almost 2 months since I last wrote in here. Maybe I can finally get an entry out today.

I turn 29 today, which starts the countdown to 30. I was one of those who imagined by the time 30 came around, I would have a lot of my life figured out. I’d be in a career that I went to college for, going home to a family of my own with a husband and kids. I guess it was more wishful thinking than an actual plan. And though I don’t have all those things as of right now, I am still pretty happy with how things are.

I felt like I had a glimpse into my future happiness. Not really having plans for my birthday today, I took my hunny, my friend and her daughter out to the North Shore to have lunch and wave watch at Sunset Beach. My friend’s daughter is so wonderfully cute and such a big girl at 3 and half years old compared to when I last saw her when she was a little over a year old. Interaction with her then could only be so much, but now that she’s so talkative, she’s been such a delight. And what’s been more delightful was being able to see my hunny interact with her. They played in the sand, and he still managed to be playful and fun even when she acted a little naughty.

It’s wonderful being with someone so incredibly kind and patient with children as he is with me. I really feel so lucky to have such a great guy, that I am glad that I didn’t settle just for the sake of having the husband and the kids by age 30. And though there are other things to think about, I know that I have happy future ahead, even if it doesn’t come in due time.

Aloha!

Hello from the island of O'ahu in the beautiful state of Hawaii. I am terri, a local girl who at 30 is trying to make sure that life doesn't entirely pass her by. I've recently become engaged and am enjoying living a great life in paradise.