Empowered~ Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation; Acting with confidence
I am going to start the Biggest Loser bootcamp this week. I have done it before and loved it and then something derailed me and I don't remember what it was!
So for the next week I am going to be this <------> much more grumpy! I will be this <------------> much more tired but I will be this <-----------> much more on track!
Will I be derailed again? I sure hope not! I will try my hardest not to be!
My biggest inspiration is my big sister! My sister who has been doing such a fantastic job working out, having fun and learning to take leaps to enjoy life and to just run with it! Congratulation "my sista" you are amazing and I am proud of you!
So yes here I am running after the wagon again. But I want a long life with my children and my husband! I don't want to have health problems simply because I can't control myself!
This is( believe or not ) my life time goal! NOT to be THIN...but to be healthy!
What is your goal?
God gave you today make it count
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
woohoo!
Woohoo! We made it to Friday!!
Oh how I love you Friday!
Ok this is from my heart to all the ladies that I know! It is short <3
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails...
Even God tells us how love should be. Yet we THINK we know better and we except something far less. You can love someone and them not love you back. Someone can love you and you not love them back. Love doesn't have to be a two way street! So when you find love that is a two way street hold on too it with everything in your soul!
If you except something that falls short of what Paul wrote then you are cheating yourself.
Why?
Why settle for less?
Do you not believe that love like that exists? Oh it does! I have seen it.
If you can not count on the person who "loves" you most to pick you up and help you reach the stars..who will? Because know one ever made it with out LOVE and support.
Keep dreaming, keep reaching..you will find the love and support you need...because it has always been right in front of you! Your family.
I believe you can love many people. You can even be happy with them... but you only have ONE true love, one person that truly completes you.
Love is wonderful.
So hold the people you LOVE. Love them with all your heart! Love should make you a better person and NEVER hold you back!
"Give of yourself to someone who needs you."
Oh how I love you Friday!
Ok this is from my heart to all the ladies that I know! It is short <3
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails...
Even God tells us how love should be. Yet we THINK we know better and we except something far less. You can love someone and them not love you back. Someone can love you and you not love them back. Love doesn't have to be a two way street! So when you find love that is a two way street hold on too it with everything in your soul!
If you except something that falls short of what Paul wrote then you are cheating yourself.
Why?
Why settle for less?
Do you not believe that love like that exists? Oh it does! I have seen it.
If you can not count on the person who "loves" you most to pick you up and help you reach the stars..who will? Because know one ever made it with out LOVE and support.
Keep dreaming, keep reaching..you will find the love and support you need...because it has always been right in front of you! Your family.
I believe you can love many people. You can even be happy with them... but you only have ONE true love, one person that truly completes you.
Love is wonderful.
So hold the people you LOVE. Love them with all your heart! Love should make you a better person and NEVER hold you back!
"Give of yourself to someone who needs you."
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
What is lost? What is lost in our families?
I have been really thinking about this a lot lately! Why are family's so different now than they were?
Time. I remember when I was a little girl my grandmother would let me help with EVERYTHING! She never made me feel like I was in the way. I remember her teaching me how to dust. ( Oh how I still love the smell of Pledge! ) I remember picking dandelion greens with her for salad. I remember making bread with her! She always made us cover up our hair!
I am guilty of rushing. I am guilty of telling my kids "just let me do it." But what will they learn? What will they remember?
Family dinners! Oh Lord we had the biggest family dinners! My grandparents lived in an old farm house more than enough room for all of us! The young kids would go play while every one cooked! The kids ate on the steps and the adults ate at the table. Just the way we liked it. Gram and Pap were never rich, but your tummy was always full and you were always grateful! What a great way to spend time together! At home we ALWAYS sat down at the table! It didn't matter if we were having mac and cheese and hot dogs everyone sat! Dinner was the same time everyday with out fell. It was a time to reconnect as a family.
I am guilty of not making my family sit at the table..which anyone that knows me..knows I hate this flaw of mine! But when we do sit we play "one good thing, one bad thing." Everyone takes a turn telling us about one good thing about their day and one bad thing. Our biggest problem is we need a huge table and a large space to fit my family of 7! But oh how I miss the big family dinners with everyone!
Tv. Yeppers I am saying it! When I was young..we had cartoons on Saturday morning ONLY! The rest was spent playing! Now tv shows for kids dominate the tv from 8-4 EVERY.SINGLE.DAY! If it isn't TV then it is the computer! I remember sitting as a family and watching a show after bath time as a family. Forget it! There isn't much in the way of a family show anymore!
I try to make my kids stick to websites that teach them something like starfall! But there are lots of times where the go on and just play useless crap games and sometimes when I am tired I just give up! Terrible I know!
I guess we are losing our family's because we think we know better than our parents and our grandparents..the reality of that is a big resounding "NO" We don't.
Remember what I said about small goals? Do some for you..do some for you family too. Spend time together. Love each other.
God gave you today...make it count!
I have been really thinking about this a lot lately! Why are family's so different now than they were?
Time. I remember when I was a little girl my grandmother would let me help with EVERYTHING! She never made me feel like I was in the way. I remember her teaching me how to dust. ( Oh how I still love the smell of Pledge! ) I remember picking dandelion greens with her for salad. I remember making bread with her! She always made us cover up our hair!
I am guilty of rushing. I am guilty of telling my kids "just let me do it." But what will they learn? What will they remember?
Family dinners! Oh Lord we had the biggest family dinners! My grandparents lived in an old farm house more than enough room for all of us! The young kids would go play while every one cooked! The kids ate on the steps and the adults ate at the table. Just the way we liked it. Gram and Pap were never rich, but your tummy was always full and you were always grateful! What a great way to spend time together! At home we ALWAYS sat down at the table! It didn't matter if we were having mac and cheese and hot dogs everyone sat! Dinner was the same time everyday with out fell. It was a time to reconnect as a family.
I am guilty of not making my family sit at the table..which anyone that knows me..knows I hate this flaw of mine! But when we do sit we play "one good thing, one bad thing." Everyone takes a turn telling us about one good thing about their day and one bad thing. Our biggest problem is we need a huge table and a large space to fit my family of 7! But oh how I miss the big family dinners with everyone!
Tv. Yeppers I am saying it! When I was young..we had cartoons on Saturday morning ONLY! The rest was spent playing! Now tv shows for kids dominate the tv from 8-4 EVERY.SINGLE.DAY! If it isn't TV then it is the computer! I remember sitting as a family and watching a show after bath time as a family. Forget it! There isn't much in the way of a family show anymore!
I try to make my kids stick to websites that teach them something like starfall! But there are lots of times where the go on and just play useless crap games and sometimes when I am tired I just give up! Terrible I know!
I guess we are losing our family's because we think we know better than our parents and our grandparents..the reality of that is a big resounding "NO" We don't.
Remember what I said about small goals? Do some for you..do some for you family too. Spend time together. Love each other.
God gave you today...make it count!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
So after Terrible Tuesday is it Wonderful Wednesday? Only time will tell.
I can tell you that today is a day where I am truly going to start evaluating very specific things in my life.
Sometimes as a mom of many I kinda do the "wash rinse repeat" thing. I lose sight of goals, hopes and dreams. Things that make me giddy. That make me go " YEAH I did that!"
Even if my goal is simply getting to the bottom of the laundry basket and drinking 8 glasses of water in a day! Some may think seem these are such minimal things to achieve but they aren't! You have all heard " it is the little things that count" this is true in every part of life. The more small goals I set for myself the better I feel! The better I feel the bigger the goal! It is a wonderful loop! The only hard part is breaking into that loop...bummer huh!
But it doesn't have to be! Make a small goal...something like drinking a glass of water before anything else in the morning! Do it for a week and you will feel GIDDY..Reward yourself with a wonderful bubble bath on Friday! Then stack on top of that goal...Maybe read a book a week and drink a glass of water every morning!
My goal is to lose weight and I fail and fail and fail but I get up and get on that horse again and again and again! I will never give up! Ever!
But it can not consume my entire life! I have one life to live and five wonderful children and a caring husband to enjoy it with...I want it long (hence losing weight) and happy (hence pruning the toxic people out of my life)
So I have said it before....
Go on make today count!!!
God gave you today don't waste it!
I can tell you that today is a day where I am truly going to start evaluating very specific things in my life.
Sometimes as a mom of many I kinda do the "wash rinse repeat" thing. I lose sight of goals, hopes and dreams. Things that make me giddy. That make me go " YEAH I did that!"
Even if my goal is simply getting to the bottom of the laundry basket and drinking 8 glasses of water in a day! Some may think seem these are such minimal things to achieve but they aren't! You have all heard " it is the little things that count" this is true in every part of life. The more small goals I set for myself the better I feel! The better I feel the bigger the goal! It is a wonderful loop! The only hard part is breaking into that loop...bummer huh!
But it doesn't have to be! Make a small goal...something like drinking a glass of water before anything else in the morning! Do it for a week and you will feel GIDDY..Reward yourself with a wonderful bubble bath on Friday! Then stack on top of that goal...Maybe read a book a week and drink a glass of water every morning!
My goal is to lose weight and I fail and fail and fail but I get up and get on that horse again and again and again! I will never give up! Ever!
But it can not consume my entire life! I have one life to live and five wonderful children and a caring husband to enjoy it with...I want it long (hence losing weight) and happy (hence pruning the toxic people out of my life)
So I have said it before....
Go on make today count!!!
God gave you today don't waste it!
Tuesday!
I have not written on here in so long. Yet when I logged in I read my last post.... IT WAS EXACTLY what I needed to hear! Today was a very hard Tuesday. I am not the ugly person some people have made me out to be. I realized I need strong friends that can think for themselves and not be sheep. I need friends that don't lie about everything.
A very wise friend of mine said people generally spit venom when they don't want anyone to look at them.
Pruning hurts but is necessary for growth and with all the pruning I have done I am ready for a growth spurt!! Good bye dead burdensome weight! I now have room to grow.
So here is to writing again. I hope you all stick with me :)
A very wise friend of mine said people generally spit venom when they don't want anyone to look at them.
Pruning hurts but is necessary for growth and with all the pruning I have done I am ready for a growth spurt!! Good bye dead burdensome weight! I now have room to grow.
So here is to writing again. I hope you all stick with me :)
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