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Tomorrow marks the one year mark before we take our son (about to be 3 years old) to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  My husband, of 10 years, and I have been many times over the years and have been anxiously awaiting the day that we can share one of our passions with our little guy.  We LOVE Disney, even the miserably sore feet and muscles at the end of every trip.  This time I plan for it to be different.  Being goofy this morning I said that to get ready and in shape for our Disney trip that I should just walk there.  Then I had a light bulb moment.  I don't have to actually walk to Disney but if I walked the equal number of miles in the next year then I would feel (and hopefully look) like Mrs. Incredible and that would be Incredible!
 

 Me and my dear husband at Walt Disney World

(50 pounds lighter than I am now - Ugh)

 

Lets calculate this: I live in Texas and it is a measly 1,339.65 miles from my front door to the our hotel at the Happiest Place on Earth.  That means I need to walk an average of 3.67 miles a day, for 365 days, to reach this goal.  YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I am the worlds WORST about finishing projects I start or meeting goals so I hope that keeping this blog will help.  Just some background on me and this journey.  The past year has been the hardest of my life as we lost my father to Cancer just over 5 months ago, at age 57.  He fought a tough battle and it was heartbreaking to watch the struggles him and my mom went through because of this horrible disease.  He was a marathon runner and one of his biggest worries about me was my weight and health.  He never made me feel bad or voiced his concerns to me but I know he worried.  He was a marathon runner and coincidentally his favorite marathon to run in was the Walt Disney World Marathon.  He was in amazing shape and we were blessed to have him with us as long as we did because he had such a strong heart and was in was in great fighting form. Over the past 13 years I have gained a scary amount of weight to the point that I really have to find a way to get it under control or I worry about my future.   I have many more Disney trips to look forward to and I want to be around to watch my grand kids and great grand kids grow up so this momma has gotta get her rear into gear!

 Our little Pirate - Love this kiddo!

So I am going to do this, I will walk the distance from my home in the Lone Star State to Disney World in the next 365 days.  Step 1,  to buy a pedometer tomorrow and dust off the old handy dandy tread mill.  I honestly think this journey is going to require lots of 
Faith.....
               Trust.....
                              and Pixie Dust!