Today we were back at it. The kids went back to school and I was back to my regular work routine.
My two challenges for this week are to drink 1/2 my body weight in ozs of water and to eat two vegetables or fruits with breakfast, lunch and dinner. I've managed to get 86 ozs down today. I feel like I have lived in the bathroom today. My hands are super dry from washing them. I had my vegetables with breakfast, because I had prepped my breakfast for the week and I also had my vegetables for lunch because I prepped by lunches for the week also. I did get one vegetable with my dinner. I could have added a fruit but after all the water I just could not ingest anything else today.
Till next time!
Michelle
Monday, January 5, 2015
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Sunday!
I have a love/hate relationship with Sundays. I love going to Church and worshipping the Lord. We recently changed Churches and this experience has been much more enjoyable for me since we made the change.
Please don't get me wrong, I believe that no matter the music or the sermon, that Worship is about me and the Lord and not about those other things. I was determined to stay and work through those things and I had stayed a year past when Jason was ready to leave. However, I believe that the Church should be an example to how we should live our lives, ministering to the community that we live in. When the decision was made by our Church to not participate in a city wide event that ministers to our community, I was done. The very next Sunday, we were in a new Church. I love our new Church and the message today was specifically designed by God, just for me.
I said a few days earlier that this year my focus was on my Husband, serving Christ by ministering to my Hubby. Today's sermon was based on Obedience. Matthew 21: 23-32. The message today was about commitment and passion to our commitments, about saying "yes" and continuing to follow through with the "yes" even when we are done and really want to just do nothing. I jotted down some notes during the sermon today: True repentance means obedience. In Matthew 7:21 it says that not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of God. We have to follow up with action. Commitment is better than Pasion. Does my Passion drive my commitments? Showing Jason that I love him is more important than just saying that I love him. I must live in obedience. Being (change) is better than just saying (change). I just need to do it. I don't need to announce that I'm going to do it. Once I start, people will see and know because of my actions. (Reminds me of that song - "and they will know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes they will know we are Christians by our love.")
I know this is a lot of rambling and what's the point? The point is that this was the reminder that I needed to stay focused to my task for 2015. It's still very early in this new year. We are only on day 4. I still have plenty of time to decide that I no longer want to work towards my mission. Today was just a little reminder and affirmation that obedience to God means that we follow through with our commitments even when we don't want to. My goal is to remember this always.
In other news. . .I did get quite a few things done today. . . I:
Till the next time!
Michelle
Please don't get me wrong, I believe that no matter the music or the sermon, that Worship is about me and the Lord and not about those other things. I was determined to stay and work through those things and I had stayed a year past when Jason was ready to leave. However, I believe that the Church should be an example to how we should live our lives, ministering to the community that we live in. When the decision was made by our Church to not participate in a city wide event that ministers to our community, I was done. The very next Sunday, we were in a new Church. I love our new Church and the message today was specifically designed by God, just for me.
I said a few days earlier that this year my focus was on my Husband, serving Christ by ministering to my Hubby. Today's sermon was based on Obedience. Matthew 21: 23-32. The message today was about commitment and passion to our commitments, about saying "yes" and continuing to follow through with the "yes" even when we are done and really want to just do nothing. I jotted down some notes during the sermon today: True repentance means obedience. In Matthew 7:21 it says that not everyone who says Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of God. We have to follow up with action. Commitment is better than Pasion. Does my Passion drive my commitments? Showing Jason that I love him is more important than just saying that I love him. I must live in obedience. Being (change) is better than just saying (change). I just need to do it. I don't need to announce that I'm going to do it. Once I start, people will see and know because of my actions. (Reminds me of that song - "and they will know we are Christians by our love, by our love, yes they will know we are Christians by our love.")
I know this is a lot of rambling and what's the point? The point is that this was the reminder that I needed to stay focused to my task for 2015. It's still very early in this new year. We are only on day 4. I still have plenty of time to decide that I no longer want to work towards my mission. Today was just a little reminder and affirmation that obedience to God means that we follow through with our commitments even when we don't want to. My goal is to remember this always.
In other news. . .I did get quite a few things done today. . . I:
- Made my bed
- Went to Church (I did skip out on Sunday school)
- Cooked dinner for today
- Cooked breakfast for the whole week for myself (with two vegetables)
- Made my lunches for the whole week (with two vegetables)
- Cleaned up the dinner dishes and started the dishwasher
- Cleaned off the surfaces in the kitchen of all the paper clutter (there are still a few outstanding items but they are charging cords and other items that have always been in the kitchen that I need to find a better place for)
Till the next time!
Michelle
Saturday, January 3, 2015
Saturday
Today is Saturday. I generally enjoy Saturdays. It is typically the one day of the week when I do NOT have to get up at any predetermined time. I can stay up as late as I want on Friday, and still get my 8 hours of sleep, because I do not have to do anything in particular on Saturday. Today was one of those Saturdays and it was wonderful.
I was able to sleep in and take my time with getting things done today. I feel like I accomplished quite a bit today. I:
He said that RJ "kinda" shot this turkey today. I'm not exactly sure what "kinda" shot means, but I know that RJ is completely stoked about this.
It also means that we will have turkey for dinner for sure coming up. Hopefully it will be ground turkey, I feel we will eat that the best.
Today has been another evening of just Makenna and myself at home. Hayden popped in briefly and then was gone again. He is staying the night with a friend tonight. He did say that he would meet me in the morning for Church. He really is a good kid. It is so very hard for me to believe that he is a Senior and that in 5 months he will be graduating from high school.
I have been trying really hard to not be overly restrictive with his activities with his friends. Every fiber in my body wants to just say "no" and make him stay at home with me but I know that I have to let him go, so I resist the urge to say "no" and I let him go out and hang out with his friends and stay the night with them even if it is two nights in a row.
Tomorrow will be a crazy busy day, especially as the day winds down. We have to get back into the school routine. The kids have been off for two weeks for Christmas break but now it is time to get back to reality.
Till next time!
Michelle
I was able to sleep in and take my time with getting things done today. I feel like I accomplished quite a bit today. I:
- Washed the sheets on my bed and then put them all back on
- Washed all of our towels and other "whites" and put everything up
- Vacuumed my bedroom
- Bought groceries
- Helped Makenna wash two of her loads of laundry and dry them
- Cooked 5 lbs of ground beef and put it away in the freezer to use for meals later
- Made a re-usable checklist for daily tasks that I need to complete
It also means that we will have turkey for dinner for sure coming up. Hopefully it will be ground turkey, I feel we will eat that the best.
Today has been another evening of just Makenna and myself at home. Hayden popped in briefly and then was gone again. He is staying the night with a friend tonight. He did say that he would meet me in the morning for Church. He really is a good kid. It is so very hard for me to believe that he is a Senior and that in 5 months he will be graduating from high school.
I have been trying really hard to not be overly restrictive with his activities with his friends. Every fiber in my body wants to just say "no" and make him stay at home with me but I know that I have to let him go, so I resist the urge to say "no" and I let him go out and hang out with his friends and stay the night with them even if it is two nights in a row.
Tomorrow will be a crazy busy day, especially as the day winds down. We have to get back into the school routine. The kids have been off for two weeks for Christmas break but now it is time to get back to reality.
Till next time!
Michelle
Friday, January 2, 2015
2015 - page 2
I promise that I will not number each post page by page, it's just that I am tired and not feeling very imaginative today.
The Hubby and the middle child are gone. They left yesterday for the deer lease. These leaves me at home with the oldest and the youngest children. The oldest, of course, being the self-sufficient individual that he is, has left the youngest and myself to fend for ourselves.
I worked today. It was wet and cold today and I did not want to go to work. Once I got there though, it was not that bad. If it was not for the fact that it was Payroll Friday, I probably would not have even gone into work. However, payroll needed to be done and two of my three Team Leaders were on vacation so I went in.
Once I actually got to work, it was not really that bad. I got quite a bit accomplished. Not as much as I had wanted to get accomplished, but I did make some headway.
Overall, today was good. I
Till the next time!
Michelle
The Hubby and the middle child are gone. They left yesterday for the deer lease. These leaves me at home with the oldest and the youngest children. The oldest, of course, being the self-sufficient individual that he is, has left the youngest and myself to fend for ourselves.
I worked today. It was wet and cold today and I did not want to go to work. Once I got there though, it was not that bad. If it was not for the fact that it was Payroll Friday, I probably would not have even gone into work. However, payroll needed to be done and two of my three Team Leaders were on vacation so I went in.
Once I actually got to work, it was not really that bad. I got quite a bit accomplished. Not as much as I had wanted to get accomplished, but I did make some headway.
Overall, today was good. I
- Made my bed
- Ate breakfast at home with two different fruits (my goal for next week is two different fruits or vegetables for each breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Fixed my lunch (no fruits or vegetables, gotta go to the store)
- Ate my lunch (granted it was almost 2 pm, but I did finally stop for a minute and eat)
- Cooked dinner at home (again, no fruits and veggies)
- Washed the dishes
- Read my Bible plan
- Created my Household Binder (it will eventually hold my cleaning lists and other household information)
Till the next time!
Michelle
Thursday, January 1, 2015
Chapter 2015 - page 1
Well, here we are again, January 1st. It is crazy to me how time flies. How in 1 second I can be in the moment of January 1, 2014 and in the next second I am here in 2015. So much happened in 2014. It was a HARD year, but at the same time it was one of the most AMAZING years of my life.
My Mom took us on a family cruise, the Ennis Lions won a State Championship in Football, I was promoted at work into a Divisional Director Position, We found a new Church Family, I started back with CrossFit (and then quit because of my foot), I started some cleaning and organization for my home (it looks better than it ever has, but still has a long way to go).
These are the things that just immediately pop into my head. I'm looking forward to 2015! I am expecting big things this year from myself. I have declared this year to be the
My Mom took us on a family cruise, the Ennis Lions won a State Championship in Football, I was promoted at work into a Divisional Director Position, We found a new Church Family, I started back with CrossFit (and then quit because of my foot), I started some cleaning and organization for my home (it looks better than it ever has, but still has a long way to go).
These are the things that just immediately pop into my head. I'm looking forward to 2015! I am expecting big things this year from myself. I have declared this year to be the
YEAR OF THE HUSBAND
I've decided to focus my efforts on our relationship and making it stronger. One of the great things about this is that by focusing on him, I will be taking care of myself also and meeting many of the other goals that I would like to accomplish. While focusing on Jason, I will be improving my Spiritual Life as I learn to pray for Jason and the needs of our family; I will be improving my health as I learn to eat healthier and be more active; and I will be improving our home as I work on decreasing the clutter.
My birthday was yesterday. Jason and the kids gave me a new FitBit. I am really excited about this. This will be my third one. My previous two have died. I had decided after the last one went kaput, that I was just going to do without but I'm excited about having a new one. I charged it last night and put it one this morning. I've got it all set up and I'm ready to start tracking again. It's been a few months since I last tracked any data. I'm a techie kind of person. I LOVE gadgets and things that help me collect data.
It's been a really good day. I've read quite a bit. One of my favorite new blogs is A Slob Comes Clean. I see so much of myself in her posts. They are funny and many times I have caught myself laughing out loud at her posts. She is very open and honest about her home and the process that she is going through to get her home in order. It's why I like the blog. Dana has been writing this blog since 2009. I have gone back to the very beginning and have been reading her posts from the beginning.
I have also designated a box in the "game room" of our house that is to collect items that need to be given away/decluttered. The "game room" is just a fancy name for a room in our home that should be a guest bedroom but since I don't have an extra bed, it is an eclectic room that has my desk (office), craft supplies, gift wrap and gift bags, storage for all unwanted/unloved items, x-box, TV and several chairs for people to sit on as they "game".
Other things I accomplished today include tracking all the food I have eaten today (I went over my allotted calories by 1200+). I also set out my breakfast for tomorrow and packed my lunch.
I have to work tomorrow, it's Payroll Friday! Payroll has to be done, the fortunate thing is that I have chosen to work in Waxahachie tomorrow, so I will be close to home. My focus is getting payroll done and cleaning out my inbox so that come Monday, I can call IT and hopefully get my email fixed. I think I will also spend some time tomorrow setting some goals for work and getting some decluttering and organizing going on over there also.
Till the next time!
It's been a really good day. I've read quite a bit. One of my favorite new blogs is A Slob Comes Clean. I see so much of myself in her posts. They are funny and many times I have caught myself laughing out loud at her posts. She is very open and honest about her home and the process that she is going through to get her home in order. It's why I like the blog. Dana has been writing this blog since 2009. I have gone back to the very beginning and have been reading her posts from the beginning.
I have also designated a box in the "game room" of our house that is to collect items that need to be given away/decluttered. The "game room" is just a fancy name for a room in our home that should be a guest bedroom but since I don't have an extra bed, it is an eclectic room that has my desk (office), craft supplies, gift wrap and gift bags, storage for all unwanted/unloved items, x-box, TV and several chairs for people to sit on as they "game".
Other things I accomplished today include tracking all the food I have eaten today (I went over my allotted calories by 1200+). I also set out my breakfast for tomorrow and packed my lunch.
I have to work tomorrow, it's Payroll Friday! Payroll has to be done, the fortunate thing is that I have chosen to work in Waxahachie tomorrow, so I will be close to home. My focus is getting payroll done and cleaning out my inbox so that come Monday, I can call IT and hopefully get my email fixed. I think I will also spend some time tomorrow setting some goals for work and getting some decluttering and organizing going on over there also.
Till the next time!
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