The beginning of a new year is always fun and daunting.  Everyone has a new year's resolution.  I have a hard time with these, because I pretty much never keep them.  This year, I have one resolution, though, that I think I'll keep:

I want to stand up on my surfboard

I started surfing last year, and I'm doing pretty well:  I can paddle, I can catch waves on my own, I can stay on, I can fall correctly.  But, I can't stand up.  I'm not strong enough.  I also weigh too much.  (Well, I might not, technically, weigh too much, but hoisting the extra 60-70 lbs or so that I carry  (I'm tall, so I don't look as gigantic as I could, but it still isn't healthy, and I'm still not happy with it.), is DEFINITELY not helping the process. 

In fact, when we flew to Florida over Christmas, and I put my 50 lb suitcase on the airport scale, I sort of freaked out.  No WONDER I have such a hard time trying to stand up on a moving surfboard.  It's like doing major yoga on an unpredictably moving surface. 

I love surfing.  You can read about my surfing adventures and see pictures of my flabby self at http://chicksonsticks.wordpress.com  I love surfing so much, and plan to make is so much of my routine (when the water is at least 62 degrees), that I think it is the key to helping me stay on task this year.

Really, what does this have to do with the spa?

Well, at Head to Toe, everyone is heck-bent (can't swear on the blog!) on helping everyone look and feel their best.  Even as a larger version of myself, when my brows are nicely shaped and my hair has a style that isn't "never cut it and wear it in a ponytail every day," I feel better about myself and it is much easier for me to work on the rest of the parts, like watching my food and exercise.

Maybe I'm shallow, but I LIKE to be and feel pretty.  And, it is hard to do everything I need to do to feel pretty re: diet and exercise if my hair looks like crap, my brows look like caterpillars (thanks guys!), my toes are ugly and my face is a moonscape of whiteheads. 

Head to Toe helps me with this.  Because I see all of them regularly, and they are so nice, and so, how should we put this, GENTLE  (usually), about suggesting services that will help me out, I consider them an integral part of my health AND beauty routine.  If I don't feel good about the parts of my exterior that I CAN easily control, I won't feel good about the parts that are harder to control--interior and exterior.

So, THANK YOU Head to Toe technicians for helping me on my New Year, New Me journey.  When I stand up on my surfboard, you'll be partially to thank!