...in one month! Not great but I'm trying to be more prompt in adding to my blog. Unfortuantelly my life is pretty boring and I don't have much to say!
As far as my effort to diet have gone I've managed to lose 13 lb. in 3 week and hope to have 2 more gone in the next 2 days but I'm not holding high hopes. This counting calories is getting tedious and it bothers me that so called healthy foods that are good for me still have a lot of calories.
My journal of books read this year is up to 10 with some of them being teen or junior books and a couple of graphic novels. I guess it's not a bad start considering all the other things I've been trying to do. I'm currently reading Jayne Ann Krentz's new book All Night Long. The title sounds pretty racey but I'm half way through and there has only been one kiss. I think the title comes from the fact that both of the main characters have been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder and neither of them can sleep at night. It is pretty good so far. I'm also starting the One Book Fifteen Communities book selection, The Living Great Lakes, by Jerry Dennis. It is about his trip through the Great Lakes and out to the Atlantic Ocean on the tall ship Malabar. Not my first choice of reading but pretty easy to read.
It has been a wonderful week with Josh at Mom and Dads. Once we passed the homicidal rage at my brother-in-law for being idiot enough to give a nine year old a tattoo, it has gone well. If you are a prayer keep Josh and his baby brother Chevy in them please. God really needs to keep His hand of protection on them if the things Josh shares are true.
Bruce and Jen are enjoying their new house. With Jen working at the school now they are staying busy. Mom has Coleman on the days she doesn't volunteer at the school and helps with his homeschooling. He is doing well with his kindergarten learning if he could just get his stubbornness to evaporate he would be a real joy to have around at all times. (He's still fun in small doses.)
I keep praying for Greg and Jeanette's house to sell so if anyone wants to move to Nashville, TN area let them know. They have a place for you to buy!!!!!
Signing off now I don't know what else to say.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
Yes, Jeanette...
...I remembered. As my sister reminded me yesterday it has been a long time since I updated my blog so here is the 411 of my life since Dec. 16th.
I aced both my classed and was happy to be done with them. The Christmas season was really special although I missed not having the whole family together. I had a new nephew born on Christmas day and he arrived health and whole.
My new year didn't bring new changes right away but on the 7th I decided to do something about the shape I'm in. After watching the changes on The Biggest Loser, and reading several articles in Your Diet Magazine, I decided that if they can do I can do it too. So I am currently on the 7th day of a new 'diet' (I hate that word) where I'm counting calories, eating more small meals throughout the day, and trying to do some form of physical activity each day. (Even if it's walking through Wal-Mart and Meijers for an hour!)
I pray regularly that God will help me see success this time around the weight loss program. Last night I blew it and ate more than a days worth of calories in one meal but I went home and exercised and then got right back on track today. It doesn't pay to hate myself for failing but to be encouraged that I didn't give up!
With the time I'm using to prepare menus and meals I've had less time to read. I've started keeping a record of books I've read this year. One of the better ones I've read is Iris Johansen's new one On the Run. It wasn't as great as some of her earlier suspense ones but it was definately better than her last two. Other books that I have read this year have been fun romances without a lot of depth. (I love those kind) In Sunday School we are doing the book Captivating: understanding the heart of women. It's pretty good but I missed a lot of it while staying in Lansing for classes.
I will try to keep this updated more often and maybe get around to posting pictures.
I aced both my classed and was happy to be done with them. The Christmas season was really special although I missed not having the whole family together. I had a new nephew born on Christmas day and he arrived health and whole.
My new year didn't bring new changes right away but on the 7th I decided to do something about the shape I'm in. After watching the changes on The Biggest Loser, and reading several articles in Your Diet Magazine, I decided that if they can do I can do it too. So I am currently on the 7th day of a new 'diet' (I hate that word) where I'm counting calories, eating more small meals throughout the day, and trying to do some form of physical activity each day. (Even if it's walking through Wal-Mart and Meijers for an hour!)
I pray regularly that God will help me see success this time around the weight loss program. Last night I blew it and ate more than a days worth of calories in one meal but I went home and exercised and then got right back on track today. It doesn't pay to hate myself for failing but to be encouraged that I didn't give up!
With the time I'm using to prepare menus and meals I've had less time to read. I've started keeping a record of books I've read this year. One of the better ones I've read is Iris Johansen's new one On the Run. It wasn't as great as some of her earlier suspense ones but it was definately better than her last two. Other books that I have read this year have been fun romances without a lot of depth. (I love those kind) In Sunday School we are doing the book Captivating: understanding the heart of women. It's pretty good but I missed a lot of it while staying in Lansing for classes.
I will try to keep this updated more often and maybe get around to posting pictures.
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