160

So yet again, I have fallen off the bandwagon of Weight Watchers...Last week I gained 3 pounds-holy crap! I chalked it up to the Pickwick weekend catching up to me-that's what I am going to say. I am setting a goal for myself-160 pounds by Spring Break!

TheHappiest5KonthePlanet!

Drew and I completed something TOGETHER today...a 5k!  We participated with thousands of other people to "run" (Drew and I walked ;) a 5K today, not just any 5K, but The Color Run!!  It was so freakin amazing and I can't wait to do it again next year-maybe more than once!!

 

WIT (a day late...)

So I have missed the last two WIT because I missed out on the last two WW meetings. I was under the weather and then was out of town last week. Over fall break I went on two different "road trips" and hate HORRIBLY! I also drank WAYYYYY to many points while at Pickwick (cough cough) so to be completely honest, I was not expecting a good number AT ALL, I was totally expecting a gain, but in all actuality, I lost! Now granted, it was only .2 lbs-that's still a loss and to think if I hadn't drank so many of those points, then where would I be???? At the WW meeting last night we talked about planning and keeping track of EVERYTHING, when you go out, look online and make choices BEFORE showing up and that is what I am going to try to do! Drew and I are going to Memphis this weekend and are going to Old Venice Pizza Co and I have already started looking at the menu to decide what I want-I am trying!!!

Chatty-Chatt

Drew and I went to Chattanooga for a quick weekend vacation.  This past summer was very hectic for us and we never got away so we packed up for a long weekend and the beginning of my fall break.  We stayed at the historic (and haunted-via GhostHunters) Hale's Bar Marina.  We stayed in one of their floating cabins and that was fun!  We went to McKay Used books and got rid of a bunch of books.  I have always wanted to See Rock City and I finally got to do that-it was SO much fun walking and hiking with Drew!  Drew wanted to go to the Aquarium and I have to admit-it was fun and interesting-well worth the money!!  The weekend was short and quick, but it was very nice to get away!  Now it's back to the grind stone and work-oh boy! 
 

Not Again...

Back in the Spring a very close family friend (basically family) went through a VERY traumatic time-the sudden loss of a husband, son, father, brother, friend, and faithful follower of Jesus Christ. God called Tim home, according to our time, much too early. Tim left behind a beautiful wife and two gorgeous children and a whole slew of family and friends. Well, this past weekend, God called home another husband, son, father, friend, and faithful follower-Matt Turner. Now I have never met Matt Turner or anyone in his family, but I have followed his wife, Julee's blog for a long time. Matt and Julee lived in AR and had a beautiful baby girl just a while back. I think the daughter is about the same age as Tim's daughter when Tim passed away. I know the pain their friends and family are going through-but I could never imagine the pain that Julee is going through right now-just like I had no idea what Jessica went through (and is still going through). Please send up the entire Turner family, their friends, and all who know the family in that community. Here is the link for Julee's blog with the story and updates.

Patience Please!

Lord, teach me to be patient - with life, with people,and with myself. I sometimes try to hurry things along too much, and I push for answers before the time is right. Teach me to trust Your sense of timing rather than my ownand to surrender my will to Your greater and wiser plan. Help me let life unfold slowly, like the small rosebud whose petals unravel bit by bit, and remind me that in hurrying the bloom along, I destroy the bud and much of the beauty therein. Instead, let me wait for all to unfold in its own time. Each moment and state of growth contains a loveliness. Teach me to slow down enough to appreciate life and all it holds. Amen. 

Prayer Source: Unknown. http://acatholiclife.blogspot.com/2006/05/prayer-for-patience-in-accepting-gods.html

 There are so many things going on right now, family, school, work, and everything else...I can feel my patience meter is running VERY low, I am tired and get frustrated SO easily...Tonight is YADA at church and I FINALLY get to go-the past several times I have worked in the Nursery.  I am beyond excited!  I have also had to make a very difficult decision and to step back form working in the Nursery.  Right now, with so much going on, I have to work on my priorities list and with everything that I have going, I had to make some cuts somewhere and working the nursery was one of them.  I have had SO many weekend commitments that I have missed several of my days in the last few months and with my schedules this semester would miss more before Christmas.  I had to step back and re-evaluate things.  I want to get back in my routine of going to church when I am in town.  I need this for my Spiritual growth (and my sanity).  I also need this for my relationship with Drew.  This semester is going to be rough on us, we are both taking classes (me-2 online, and Drew-3 on campus classes) and he is on the next Chrysalis flight as an ALD so this means, lots of time apart this semester and I feel like that we are going to need our Sunday morning church time to keep our relationship strong!  I really hated to step back from the nursery, but I have to learn how to say no when no is the appropriate answer!  The prayer that I posted at the top was one I found this morning...I feel like I need to pray this about 15 million times a day right now.  Like I said before, my patience level has plummeted and I need to work on it!  

Here's to a renewed sense of patience and priorities! 

 

WIT

So...this week was NOT as positive and exciting as last week...I weighed in this week and actually gained 2 pounds-UGH! I know it's because I drank at the shower and at crappy food but it's still frustrating! Here's to next week-tracking EVERYTHING and NOT GAINING WEIGHT NEXT WEEK!!!!