Sweet Life in the City

This is going to be a short post because I am beat. It was a crazy Monday. My kids at school are so off schedule and it shows. Anyway, despite the stress of today I did really well on my diet and not spending any money. We had community group at our house tonight and I did make a dessert. I made a peach cobbler like dessert and I tried to eat only the peaches. I also chose peaches instead of the cheery filling because I would probably still be eating on the cherry dessert, so good choice. I also just finished a 20 minute P90X workout with Jeremy. If you are not sure what P90X is I will tell you, it is the hardest workout I have ever done and I am surprised that I am alive to write this post (maybe a little dramatic), but I am sweating like crazy and I know I am going to be sore in the morning. I also had a small victory today when  I did not have my usual cup of sweet tea. At school the cafeteria staff put out a pitcher of yummy sweet tea every single day for the teachers to drink. The...

I was not sure if I should call this day 1 or day 100, but I have decided that I am going to count down to 1 instead of count to 100. It seems to be motivating to count down instead of up:) So, how did I do today? Pretty good. Sunday's are tough to stick to a diet. We usually go out to eat after church on Sunday's but I made a good choice and I decided to cook lunch. So I saved some calories and some money=success. I did however decide to eat three cookies today=fail. Then Sam, Lucy and myself took a walk in our neighborhood= success. I do realize that I still have several hours to go before I can say that day 100 was a success, but I think I can make it. I have decided that every 10 days I will give more details on how I have done (weight loss, money saved, ect.). I also am going to take a picture every 10 days to see if you can tell if I have made any progress.  I know that with fibromyalgia the idea of losing some weight is going to be tough but I am going to try. Well, toda...

Wow what a difference a few days make! We went from 5 inches of snow to 65 degree weather today. It was so nice to see the sun again but the news is talking some more wintery weather some time this coming week, oh brother! The kids and I enjoyed a nice day outside. The kids were able to ride their bikes and I took a little walk up and down our driveway. I am really excited about moving to the city but I think I will miss days like today. The kids playing in our huge yard. The dogs chasing each other in the yard. Enjoying the quietness of the country and enjoying a traffic free road. Anyway, I snapped a few pictures of the kids while we were outside. I also posted a picture from the other day. The sunset was so beautiful I had to get a picture! Well tomorrow we start the launch of the 2nd campus for our church. Last week just the volunteers met to go over everything and have a time of worship and prayer together. Tomorrow it will be open for the community to come and join us. We are rea...

Usually when I take a break from blogging I return with not much to report. Well our family has been making some BIG decisions around here. I know most of you that follow me are also my friends on Facebook but I will go ahead and share again. The first decision we made around here is that we got a puppy. Yes, it is a little crazy of us. Having s puppy was so much easier when we did not have kids:) Her name is Lucy and we are still working with her on behaving herself. She is a little wild when the kids are awake but she is so sweet! The last time I wrote I was trying to decide about a trip to Guatemala. Well, that Sunday I went to church I found out that the meeting had been the following Sunday. I almost decided to just forget about it but I really felt like it was something I needed to do. I knew money would be a problem so I decided to ask 150 for $10. I was not expecting the awesome outpouring of people! Within 26 days I had all my pledges met! I will blog more later about the trip...