I want to write today about a good friend that moved away recently. What a blessing she and her husband were to my family. They joined our church 3 or 4 years ago and we hit it off from the start! They didn't have any children at the time but now have a beautiful one year old. I know that God put them in our path for a reason. I have some great friends, but my husband and I wanted friends that we could hang and run around with. He answered a prayer with Melinda and Travis. Their families lived far away and we quickly became their extended family. With the economy in the dirt, we stopped eating out on Sunday's and they would come over to the house and eat with us. Since they lived 30 minutes from church and we lived 5 it just made sense to hang at our house.
What a great time we had for a few years! We would come home from church, eat, play games or watch a movie, play outside, take walks, eat some more and just enjoy each other's company. But all good things must come to an end. Travis got a job in another state and now we are long distance friends. If I need a prayer warrior, I know who to call. We will still visit and they will always be a part of our lives, but I miss them terribly.
Now on Sunday's, we come home, eat and take naps, or watch t.v., sometimes play games. We've been in a slump lately. Sometimes I slip in my room and read my Bible, pray or journal. If you have great christian friends, cherish each moment. I hope we were as much a blessing to them as they were to us. God has opened up some doors with some old friends that homeschool and has introduced new friends! I thank Him! He is so good to me. I will always miss my Sunday buddies and the memories we made, but God has a plan for both of us. I'm so thankful he is in control!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Full Steam Ahead!!!
It's official. I joined Weight Watchers a week ago and when I went back last night to the meeting, I had lost 5.8 pounds!!!! I was super excited! I have not told anyone in my family. Why, you say? Well, this is a routine I need to establish just for me, something I need to do for myself. I honest to goodness want to wait until someone notices that I have actually lost weight, then I can gleefully tell them my secret:)
It's important to me that I do this for myself. I don't even recognize myself anymore. Everything hurts, I have no energy and I am extremely overweight. I even worked at the YMCA for two years! I did not take advantage of the facility and was very much in denial about my weight. I was the heaviest person that worked in my department. Talk about humiliating. When the staff is so health conscious and I just did not care something is wrong! Well, maybe deep down I did, but I put on such a cool facade. Aren't we good at that? Put on a smile when inside we are crying? God has blessed and been so good to me and I am ashamed of how I have treated my body. I hope to correct that this year. The enemy wants me to fail. But I have something he doesn't. God. "I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strenghtheneth me" With His help, I will succeed! Because I sure haven't been able to figure it out for myself, lol!!!
I hope in the next few weeks to start posting pictures. My digital camera is on the blitz and I will hopefully be able to buy a new one soon.
It's important to me that I do this for myself. I don't even recognize myself anymore. Everything hurts, I have no energy and I am extremely overweight. I even worked at the YMCA for two years! I did not take advantage of the facility and was very much in denial about my weight. I was the heaviest person that worked in my department. Talk about humiliating. When the staff is so health conscious and I just did not care something is wrong! Well, maybe deep down I did, but I put on such a cool facade. Aren't we good at that? Put on a smile when inside we are crying? God has blessed and been so good to me and I am ashamed of how I have treated my body. I hope to correct that this year. The enemy wants me to fail. But I have something he doesn't. God. "I can do all things through Christ Jesus who strenghtheneth me" With His help, I will succeed! Because I sure haven't been able to figure it out for myself, lol!!!
I hope in the next few weeks to start posting pictures. My digital camera is on the blitz and I will hopefully be able to buy a new one soon.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
My roles defined!
I was recently reading a friends blog and she issued a challenge: What are your roles? So I thought for my post today and to start off my new year, that I would get my roles out there, write about them, think about them, dwell on them.
What are my roles?
First and foremost I am a Christian. My first obligation is to God. I would be nowhere with out His amazing grace! I have desired a deeper relationship with my Heavenly Father this year, like never before. I want people to see the love of God on my face, in my actions. It doesn't always work out that way, but I am trying.
Wife: I love being a wife to Frankie. He is my best friend. He is so funny and such a good provider. Now before you think he's perfect, he has flaws too! He loses his temper way too quickly and easily and is not patient. But my job is to be the best wife and helpmate I can be for him. Sometimes I feel like when he comes home, he gets the worst of me, because I am so exhausted. So I am going to work on that this year. He deserves better!
Mother/Homeschool Teacher: This is a job I take seriously. I love my children to the ends of the earth. They were given to me by God to love, nurture and cherish and I try to do my best. I am also their teacher. I am responsible for their learning. It's important to me that they learn, but that they also have a heart for God and people. I always tell them I don't care what they grow up to be, as long as it honors God and that they serve Him gladly. It's a tall order, but I will do my best. The bible says, Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it. I am holding on to that promise.
Sister/Daughter: In my family, we are close. I have three sisters and I love them all dearly. I have a blessed mother whom I thank God for. My father has always provided for us and I admire him greatly. It's important to me that I focus on being the sister and daughter they need. I want the love of God to shine on my face for them to see. We have been through a lot over the past few years and nothing matters more than family. I didn't get to choose my family, God did, and I reckon He knows best!
Family Chef: I am the only cook in our family. Frankie can boil water, cook hamburger meat and peel a potato. It's up to me to do the rest. I love to cook, I don't like to shop for food. But I will do it because it's my job. This year, I want to incorporate more fresh healthy meals and get away from the same old, same old stuff. I do have picky eaters, but they are just going to have to get over themselves already:)
Some things I have given up: employment: I was employed by the YMCA for two years. I just gave that up last week. Was it hard? Yes and no. I love all the people I worked with, but I didn't enjoy the job. I think for me, the fact that I homeschool, I am with my children all day and I was going to work with tons of children and never getting a break from children! It stressed me out to work there. So now, I am going to take one of the evenings that I would normally work and go grocery shopping and have an evening to myself. I need this mental break from my children for my sanity and health!
Some things I hope to gain this year: My health: it's really fallen by the wayside. I don't take care of myself like I should. I don't want to be selfish and hog all the spare time for myself, but 30 minutes to an hour each day is not too much to ask to exercise, read, pray, blog, cry, whatever it is I need to do. I am overweight. I am not proud of that. How much overweight, you say? Well, let's just say I would qualify for The Biggest Loser! I have been pondering on joining Weight Watchers. I think I would benefit from the group atmosphere and interaction. I'm still pondering on it. I know that I want to honor God by honoring my body and what I put in it. I haven't been doing that and I'm ashamed of how unhealthy and heavy I am. But God has never left nor forsaken me and I know that He won't now.
So as you read this blog, what is your role? What defines you as a woman, mother, wife, sister, friend and christian? Happy New Year!
What are my roles?
First and foremost I am a Christian. My first obligation is to God. I would be nowhere with out His amazing grace! I have desired a deeper relationship with my Heavenly Father this year, like never before. I want people to see the love of God on my face, in my actions. It doesn't always work out that way, but I am trying.
Wife: I love being a wife to Frankie. He is my best friend. He is so funny and such a good provider. Now before you think he's perfect, he has flaws too! He loses his temper way too quickly and easily and is not patient. But my job is to be the best wife and helpmate I can be for him. Sometimes I feel like when he comes home, he gets the worst of me, because I am so exhausted. So I am going to work on that this year. He deserves better!
Mother/Homeschool Teacher: This is a job I take seriously. I love my children to the ends of the earth. They were given to me by God to love, nurture and cherish and I try to do my best. I am also their teacher. I am responsible for their learning. It's important to me that they learn, but that they also have a heart for God and people. I always tell them I don't care what they grow up to be, as long as it honors God and that they serve Him gladly. It's a tall order, but I will do my best. The bible says, Train up a child in the way they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it. I am holding on to that promise.
Sister/Daughter: In my family, we are close. I have three sisters and I love them all dearly. I have a blessed mother whom I thank God for. My father has always provided for us and I admire him greatly. It's important to me that I focus on being the sister and daughter they need. I want the love of God to shine on my face for them to see. We have been through a lot over the past few years and nothing matters more than family. I didn't get to choose my family, God did, and I reckon He knows best!
Family Chef: I am the only cook in our family. Frankie can boil water, cook hamburger meat and peel a potato. It's up to me to do the rest. I love to cook, I don't like to shop for food. But I will do it because it's my job. This year, I want to incorporate more fresh healthy meals and get away from the same old, same old stuff. I do have picky eaters, but they are just going to have to get over themselves already:)
Some things I have given up: employment: I was employed by the YMCA for two years. I just gave that up last week. Was it hard? Yes and no. I love all the people I worked with, but I didn't enjoy the job. I think for me, the fact that I homeschool, I am with my children all day and I was going to work with tons of children and never getting a break from children! It stressed me out to work there. So now, I am going to take one of the evenings that I would normally work and go grocery shopping and have an evening to myself. I need this mental break from my children for my sanity and health!
Some things I hope to gain this year: My health: it's really fallen by the wayside. I don't take care of myself like I should. I don't want to be selfish and hog all the spare time for myself, but 30 minutes to an hour each day is not too much to ask to exercise, read, pray, blog, cry, whatever it is I need to do. I am overweight. I am not proud of that. How much overweight, you say? Well, let's just say I would qualify for The Biggest Loser! I have been pondering on joining Weight Watchers. I think I would benefit from the group atmosphere and interaction. I'm still pondering on it. I know that I want to honor God by honoring my body and what I put in it. I haven't been doing that and I'm ashamed of how unhealthy and heavy I am. But God has never left nor forsaken me and I know that He won't now.
So as you read this blog, what is your role? What defines you as a woman, mother, wife, sister, friend and christian? Happy New Year!
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