Hola Snaileritas

Hello Ladies! Today i'm going to do something i'm not comfortable with. I'm going up to my friends house, she's extremely crafty and i'm going to let her help me with a work project that I just can't do by myself. For me, asking for help is torture, I am extremely independent and that's an issue because I won't ask for help even when i desperately need it. Diana is the craftiest woman i know and she does the most magnificent job (hence the reason i turn to her!). I have to turn in a proposal for a walking program at work by Friday (i got the assignment yesterday!) and we're going to press with it on Monday......uhhh no pressure no need to rush Andrea (Andi for those that didn't know my real name)! I wanted to have a breakdown when my boss said she needed it Friday but i'm buckling down, asking for help and i WILL have it done! What are you doing today to take you out of your comfort zone?

Good for you Andi Asking for help is one of the hardest things I know how to do. For me, I know the issue of pride has a lot to do with it, which I hate admitting even to myself. Mindyou, I have found that the best friends I have made have been because I was forced to ask for their help! Anyway, I'm going to a line dancing class tonight for the first time which is definitely taking me out of my comfort zone. I just hope that my friend doesnt' back out otherwise that's even more of a step to go by myself

Well I went - my friend turned up 1 hour late - so it was like going on my own. 2 1/2 hours of line dancing - my legs are killing me. I never realised it would be so active, we hardly stopped. Didn't really get my heart rate up but must have worked on my leg muscles. Will go back next week and see how I go. At least I was more active than I would have been normally sat on the couch watching tv!

Good For You Sugar! Sometimes it's not about aerobic activity it has to be about anaerobic activity as well. I did Yoga last night, didn't get my heart rate up but my muscles are certainly letting me know they got a work out! I'm so proud of you for doing the whole class AND doing it mostly on your own. Keep going back, you may find you like it or the people are wonderful. There is a woman who i yoga next to, next week i'm going to introduce myself so I remember her name! Hugs, ANDI

comfort zone. I swear, I have not seen my comfort zone in ages. we have so much tormoil and stress going on in our home for the last 5 months, okay, last 5 years... there is just no end in sight. it is always drama drama drama. ;)

I never get involved in the family drama, i rise above it like cream on the top of milk! If it doesn't concern me directly i let the others handle it.....not for everyone just works for me. ANDI

with a nuclear family, there is no cream, it is all homogenized. 5 kids under 21 (mostly in the house) 1 hubby (in the house) 1 exhubby (augh) 1 lawyer (augh) 1 grand (baby in the house) 2 son in laws (augh) 2 grandparents in the house 1 house (augh)(augh) 1 home based business (augh) 1 fortune 500 business (augh)(augh) it is the stuff that Days of Our Lives is made of. heehee

My day is pretty same old so not much to say. I do have a call for work today that is a bitt out of my zone and I prefer not to do these kinds of calls. Cant say much about it but it seems the individual is having a medical issue that is not usually my call. I will have to see when I get there. With my job every time you go to a first call it can be tough. You dont know what you're gonna get til you get there. I have had some that are very tough calls.. is there abuse going on in the home.. I've had a sexual abuse case pop up.. so anytime I go to a call its a crap shoot as to what I am gonna get.

So, how was your call? My job has totally taken me out of my comfort zone, which is why i think i like it! Hugs, ANDI

Oh man, I am SOOOOO jealous! I love crafty projects! If I lived by you, I would be begging to help you! I'm sure your friend will absolutely love to help you; I know I would! Today I am going to the gym and I'm going to do my weight lifting by myself. Usually I only do it when my husband is with me so I'm definately breaking out of my comfort zone to lift all by myself! Then I'm going to run afterwards. I still have to force myself to go and run on the treadmill because I still have this fear that everyone is watching me and laughing at me behind my back. I could think of a ton of other fun things I'd rather do but I told myself I'd go workout and now I need to JUST DO IT!!! Deanna