Written on August 17, 2009
I am going to start out with my thankfulness theme with something I’ve been apparently lacking lately.
Sleep.
I have been soooo tired lately that I haven’t been making wise choices. Not only in the food realm, but in many facets of my life. I know that what I need to do is get to bed on time and somehow make my brain stop working. Problem is that I’ve been on the computer too much recently too close to bed and it’s then that I really have problems (yes, I have noticed the correlation. Typically after I’ve been playing one particular Bejeweled Facebook game, I lay in bed and can see what I’ve missed or “play the game” in my head. I try to stop myself, but until I’m actually sleeping, it doesn’t work.
I need to get back in the habit of going to bed EARLY and reading for an hour or so (and it’s not like I don’t have anything to read… I just started Twilight!) That totally helps my mind to relax. Maybe it has something to do with my eyes actually working rather than staring at a screen for hours on end.
This week is going to be different. I’ve been eating like it’s going out of style (even though I definitely know better!) and it has GOT TO STOP. When I wake up tomorrow morning, it is a new day… new adventure… and I have 13 days (I think) to try to recover and get back to goal for the month of August. If I can do that, I might still be able to salvage my goal for the year… to get another lifetime key.
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Written on August 16, 2009
I’ve been following
Beth Moore’s LPM blog for a while and am now publicly committing to learn scripture with them. Each month on the 1st & the 15th the “siestas” (followers of the blog) post the scripture that we memorize. The cool thing about it is that we each get to choose the verse we want.
Why? Because God is working in each of in different ways and is speaking to us through these verses.
The verse I have chosen is one that has been speaking to me for quite sometime. I’ve actually been pretty humbled by it a number of times in the past few months.
“God is able to do far more than we could ever ask for or imagine. He does everything by His power that is working in us.”
~Ephesians 3:20 NIRV
Written on August 15, 2009
Yup, I’m causing it. Still working on blog changes, and I totally screwed it up. Hopefully over the weekend (when there always seems to be less traffic anyway) I can get this whole thing figured out… and then you all can see the wonderful by-product of what I’ve done! 
Anyway – sorry if you’ve been trying to access it and run into problems. I’m working on it and hopefully will have it up and running again shortly!
Thanks for your patience!
Written on August 13, 2009
I’m starting a new “series” on my blog. I need to start something “new” here because for some reason I haven’t been feeling the need to write. I don’t know why, but I just have been neglecting it.
First the updates. Life has been busy lately. I think sometimes I have too much on my calendar, but then I realize that it really is about me and my time management. Or actually lack thereof. I have decided that I am going to work on this in the coming weeks, to stay on top of things… & still be able to check in with my “online” friends via the message boards and blogs. I really feel so far behind with each of you…
While it sounds like things are pretty negative and/or busy, I’m actually really happy. I am at peace with everything that will be happening. Why? Because I know that God is behind it all. I know that my creator has His hand moving in my life and cares so much for me. I have felt for a while that something major would be happening in my life… but until recently I didn’t know what that was. I still don’t know totally… but I am ok with what it is.
Anyway… the new series I’m going to start… and I’m going to try to make this a daily column for a while.
What I’m thankful for…
The idea came from a “friend” I have on Facebook (a guy I went to school with years & years ago…) that, on many days, writes out the things he’s thankful for. Sometimes they are profound, sometimes it’s a simple thing that you don’t think about, sometimes it’s silly and sometimes it’s something that simply can’t be repeated in many of the “circles” I surround myself with.
Because today was simply giving you all some updates, I will spare you from reading what I am thankful for today… and will start this tomorrow (or maybe Monday… I don’t know if I should start something like this on a Friday…)
Hope all of you are well… going to catch up on your lives now.
