Ready For 2010!

Happy New Year Everyone!

Hello again, and I hope everyone had a great holiday. I really enjoyed my holiday break. I got a chance to go home to Indiana, and I just had the best time. Because there are no more small children in my family, the excitement of gift giving and doing all the cute holiday things just wasn't there. But, that made it easier to focus on the true meaning of the Christmas holiday. Nevertheless, I had a great time.....and yes, my dad had my wrapping all of his gifts for his friends and colleagues.

Well, I'm ready for 2010! As I stated in my previous blog, 2009 was so wonderful, and I'm so ready for this year. Ever since I moved here to Georgia in 2007, I've said that my 26th year is going to be full of larger than life blessings. Well so far, I've been correct. With graduating with my masters and winning this title, the huge blessings have only begun to arrive.

A project that I am working on is my second figure fitness competition. For those of you who don't know what that is, allow me to explain. I first want to say that figure fitness is NOT bodybuilding. It is the softer, more feminine side of that. Yes, we have to work out hard, but instead of being bulky, we have to be extremely lean. We don't do the manly poses that bodybuilders do, but we wear heels, makeup, and jewelry and pose in a feminine manner. We are judged on our physique, grace, and beauty.

Well, I first competed in October of 2008 with Supernatural Bodybuilding & Fitness (SNBF), but unfortunately, I did not place. I didn't get serious with my diet when I should have. But, this time, it's going to be different. I am looking for individuals and businesses to make a pledge to donate for my participating in the show (we call competitions shows as well). The catch is, the higher I place, the more they donate. I will have more information out in the future stating the different levels of pledge donations people and businesses can make. All of the money will go to a non-profit organization called C.H.O.I.C.E.S., which stands for Centers Helping Obesity In Children End Successfully. This is the organization that I will be working with throughout my reign. I have not picked a show to do, but since I began with SNBF back in 2008, I feel the need to conquer it. I will keep you posted.

Other than that, I'm just trying to balance, work, my queenly duties, and writing. Many don't know, but I'm also an aspiring children's trade book author. So, I've been researching many publishing companies. Let me know if you have any suggestions for ones that I should look at. But, that's a whole nother blog.

Until next time.....ttyl! :)

Ronelle Shellen Keglar
Miss Black Georgia USA 2010