So folk here the stich. I gain a pound this past week and was not happy about it at all. So this week I am kicking butt and taking names to ensure that I get some more lbs off. I didn't get a chance to stay for the meetings the past two weeks so I want to do that this coming week. I do think they make a difference :)
I do have some good news. I am back on track for reading the Bible in a year. I started over again using this website that you just click a link and the reading for that day comes up. It is so much easier that way for some reason. I thought I would hate it but I don't. If you want to try it yourself this is the link http://www.ewordtoday.com/year/ . I also put a link for girlfriends in God. I know it sounds cheesy but I happen to love this devotional. You can find it at http://www.girlfriendsingod.com/Devotions/TodaysDevotion/tabid/97/Default.aspx
So much change has been going on it is a really good thing. One of the biggest differences was realizing that it is time to stop thinking about doing things and just doing them. I know it sounds so simple but for some reason it took me a long time to get. It is still not perfect because there are more things that I need to just be doing but so much more has been getting done then before. It is amazing.
I encourage you guys to try just doing things this week instead of spending time thinking about doing them. It is revolutionary.
Hope this blog finds you and your family well.
~K
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Milestones
So today my friends I have some exciting news to share with you. I went to weigh-in this morning and now weight what I did when I was in middle school! Big doings. I am so excited and happy. I am looking forward to reaching my next milestone on my journey. Next up will be losing 30lbs which I am close to doing. Hopefully I will reach it next week. I have also decided to look into a personal trainer really soon. I just have to work out how to fit it all in. It will so be worth it though :)
I have had the fortunate blessing to have a little more free time than usual this week. I have been using it to spend some quality time with my friends. I have had lots of good conversations and watched lots of good movies. I saw the Omen which creeped me out but made me more sad then anything else I think. I saw Life As We Knew it which was really cute. We also started to Netflix the 3rd season of Buffy. Let me tell you this show is great. I cannot even tell you how emotional some of the episodes are. I love it.
I am being taught several things by God. I am being taught to have patience, that imperfection is ok sometimes, that my self-esteem should be way higher than it is, that everyone is worthy of love and to appreciate it in whatever form it may come in to you, that family is not just by blood even though your blood family is very important. These are just a few things going on. Life is crazy and for the most part I love it.
Life is a constant process of change and of sometimes making mistakes and learning the hard way. What you do during the change and once you realize that you have made a mistake is what is important. God is constantly working with us and in us if we seek Him and are striving to be more like Him. We are human so we are gonna stumble and fall it is important to get back up and dust off our knees.
Think about what things God is trying to teach you in your life. I bet once you think about it you will realize that it is more than what you originally thought :)
Peace ~K
I have had the fortunate blessing to have a little more free time than usual this week. I have been using it to spend some quality time with my friends. I have had lots of good conversations and watched lots of good movies. I saw the Omen which creeped me out but made me more sad then anything else I think. I saw Life As We Knew it which was really cute. We also started to Netflix the 3rd season of Buffy. Let me tell you this show is great. I cannot even tell you how emotional some of the episodes are. I love it.
I am being taught several things by God. I am being taught to have patience, that imperfection is ok sometimes, that my self-esteem should be way higher than it is, that everyone is worthy of love and to appreciate it in whatever form it may come in to you, that family is not just by blood even though your blood family is very important. These are just a few things going on. Life is crazy and for the most part I love it.
Life is a constant process of change and of sometimes making mistakes and learning the hard way. What you do during the change and once you realize that you have made a mistake is what is important. God is constantly working with us and in us if we seek Him and are striving to be more like Him. We are human so we are gonna stumble and fall it is important to get back up and dust off our knees.
Think about what things God is trying to teach you in your life. I bet once you think about it you will realize that it is more than what you originally thought :)
Peace ~K
Friday, October 8, 2010
Getting Back To It
Hello folk just thought I would give you guys a little update. I think that this week is going pretty good. This whole trying to get back on track thing again is pretty hard.
Wednesdays and Thursdays are Two of the longer days in my week. So hence not that much get done in the way of the goals I am sharing about with you guys. I did however get back into going to the gym before my day starts on Monday and Tuesday. I am planning on going again later today.
I have gone back to tracking with my points since I had been slacking off. It has been going ok. I ate some popcorn when I got home last night that I didn't really have the points for. I also had breakfast at a mom and pop restaurant with my dad this morning while my car was being worked on and thus don't know the exact points of the food. I did not make the best decision that I could have. You live and learn though and I will just eat light the rest of the day and take it easy the for the rest of the weekend. Oh and I have also started to lift weights when I go to the gym in hopes of getting rid of flabby marshmallow arms : P. I will keep you posted as to what happens at the weigh-in. By the way one of my new favorite shows is Too Fat for 15.
I don't think that there is too much else to update you guys on. Oh I almost forgot the highlight of my week was getting Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition.
I am so glad that I am getting back into my blogg. If you guys have blogs let me know and I will follow them :)
Also it is Breast Cancer Awareness month I encourage you all to wear as much pink this month as you can and think about anyone you know who has been touched by breast cancer.
I hope all you guys have an amazing weekend!
Love ya,
K
Wednesdays and Thursdays are Two of the longer days in my week. So hence not that much get done in the way of the goals I am sharing about with you guys. I did however get back into going to the gym before my day starts on Monday and Tuesday. I am planning on going again later today.
I have gone back to tracking with my points since I had been slacking off. It has been going ok. I ate some popcorn when I got home last night that I didn't really have the points for. I also had breakfast at a mom and pop restaurant with my dad this morning while my car was being worked on and thus don't know the exact points of the food. I did not make the best decision that I could have. You live and learn though and I will just eat light the rest of the day and take it easy the for the rest of the weekend. Oh and I have also started to lift weights when I go to the gym in hopes of getting rid of flabby marshmallow arms : P. I will keep you posted as to what happens at the weigh-in. By the way one of my new favorite shows is Too Fat for 15.
I don't think that there is too much else to update you guys on. Oh I almost forgot the highlight of my week was getting Beauty and the Beast Diamond Edition.
I am so glad that I am getting back into my blogg. If you guys have blogs let me know and I will follow them :)
Also it is Breast Cancer Awareness month I encourage you all to wear as much pink this month as you can and think about anyone you know who has been touched by breast cancer.
I hope all you guys have an amazing weekend!
Love ya,
K
Monday, October 4, 2010
Starting Over Part II
Wow it has been like forever since I have blogged. Sorry to keep you guys in suspense. I have been busy trying to adjust to grad school. I still don't think that I am fully adjusted. I am however trying to get things back in perspective. I was consuming all my free time with doing work for grad school. Which is a good thing. However I need to figure out how to fit other things in as well.
I am trying to do my best to get to gym in the morning before my day starts. I am just starting this so we will see how this goes. I am trying to set aside a couple hours a day to get other things done such as devotions and writing my novel. This is just starting as well, so again, we will see what happens. Basically since I last wrote not much has happened and I kind of fell off the bandwagon. It really stinks when things don't go your way. I am writing to say that I am going to be trying very hard to get back on the bandwagon. Consider this starting over part II in a way. It is time to go back to the basics of what I was doing before while I was doing pretty good. They seem to have gone out the window. So here is to being hopeful and optimistic that this really is a new start. :)
I hope that you guys can gain a little hope and optimism if you are working on something and it isn't going that well. I will be doing my best to keep you posted on how starting over part II is going.
On a lighter note I saw the documentary babies which is good. I am finding out that I like documentaries which is weird to me. I went with my roomie to go see Easy A tonight. I thought it was really funny. I also have had an obsession with chicken cesar salad as of late. The best one so far is from Carrabbas!
I have missed you guys! Have an amazing week!
I am trying to do my best to get to gym in the morning before my day starts. I am just starting this so we will see how this goes. I am trying to set aside a couple hours a day to get other things done such as devotions and writing my novel. This is just starting as well, so again, we will see what happens. Basically since I last wrote not much has happened and I kind of fell off the bandwagon. It really stinks when things don't go your way. I am writing to say that I am going to be trying very hard to get back on the bandwagon. Consider this starting over part II in a way. It is time to go back to the basics of what I was doing before while I was doing pretty good. They seem to have gone out the window. So here is to being hopeful and optimistic that this really is a new start. :)
I hope that you guys can gain a little hope and optimism if you are working on something and it isn't going that well. I will be doing my best to keep you posted on how starting over part II is going.
On a lighter note I saw the documentary babies which is good. I am finding out that I like documentaries which is weird to me. I went with my roomie to go see Easy A tonight. I thought it was really funny. I also have had an obsession with chicken cesar salad as of late. The best one so far is from Carrabbas!
I have missed you guys! Have an amazing week!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Off With A Bang
Ok so I have to tell someone about my morning so far and since most people I know are either at work, school, or still asleep I decided to vent to my fabulous blogger friends :) Well here is how it starts.... I am all jazzed, very sleepy, and tired but still jazzed for the first day of classes. I told myself self this would be a fun way to kind of reinvent yourself because no one knows you. So I was looking forward to this. I show up for my 9am class and no one is there. I start to panic because this is totally like a nightmare come to life. You know the one where you are going to a new school and you show up at the wrong time and place then your professor hates you for the rest of the semester. But then I thought hey I am a little early and lets face it students sometimes get there right one time. So I go to the bathroom and check again no one is there. Full on panic ensues in my mind. Then I decide that I definitely have the wrong room so I need to do something about it. I find the social work offices and am pointed to someone who can help. I explain the situation. They look at the schedule and while giving me a look like you are crazy tell me that the class I am looking for is on Thursday at 1pm instead of Tuesday at 9am. I think oh great I am here WAY before I need to be for my next class now but at least I didn't miss it. I am not crazy though I looked at the class schedule on Sunday night. I didn't think they would make changes AFTER classes had already started! So I think to myself self what the heck are you going to do with all this time. I decide I want to be productive so I head to the cashier office so I can at least pay my tuition since it is now corrected from having been set to OUT OF STATE (those of you who know me know that I was born and raised in Florida). So I get there go to pay with credit card and they tell me that I can only do that online and they will charge a convince fee of 2. 6%...are you kidding me. So now I am sitting in the library finding things to keep my busy because I don't want to go all the way home then come back again. I thought I would write my entertaining tale for you guys to get a laugh. ]
So now for other things. I have exciting news once again. I now have another 5lb star for loosing 15lb since starting the weight watchers program. I have a feeling this week will be a good week. Hopefully I will be able to stick to my guns and buckle down. I want to work out a couple of times too.
This whole going back to school thing is going to be interesting. I still looking forward to this reinventing myself thing. Not that I don't like who I am. I just think it would be fun. No one here knows me at all. Think of the crazy possibilities. It is going to take a lot of discipline to get back into the whole studying, reading, and writing papers thing. I have it in my though :)
My friend Melissa has given me some inspiration for my novel. I just have to actually write all the ideas down. I have written a few more letters to my futures husband. He better come along sometime soon shoot.
I have found a bunch of amazing verses that I want to adopt as life motto's. They are just good verses that my devotional has had in it. I have plans to write a bunch of them down and plaster them everywhere so that if I need some motivation throughout the day I can just look around and read some of them. I will post some of them in a later blog for you guys so that if you want to you can write then down everywhere.
In other news. Carrie bought this program for her computer where you can record your voice while watching something on your computer screen. She bought it for a project of hers. We decided to use it to our advantage and make a recording of us doing commentary on videos. It has been a hoot. We are gonna try to do some more tonight. We started off with two weeks notice which went ok but then we moved on to instant plays on netflix. We found the New Adventures of Superman tv show you know the one with Dean Cain. It turned out to be a gem. I have been reading more Legend of the Seeker it is SOOO good. I also will have to post a picture of the adorable haunted house I bought to decorate for Halloween from Bath and Body Works and my flowers which have gotten really big.
Well I am not going to find other ways to entertain myself. I challenge you guys to find a life motto of some sort for yourself to keep you going on those days that get a little crazy.
~K
So now for other things. I have exciting news once again. I now have another 5lb star for loosing 15lb since starting the weight watchers program. I have a feeling this week will be a good week. Hopefully I will be able to stick to my guns and buckle down. I want to work out a couple of times too.
This whole going back to school thing is going to be interesting. I still looking forward to this reinventing myself thing. Not that I don't like who I am. I just think it would be fun. No one here knows me at all. Think of the crazy possibilities. It is going to take a lot of discipline to get back into the whole studying, reading, and writing papers thing. I have it in my though :)
My friend Melissa has given me some inspiration for my novel. I just have to actually write all the ideas down. I have written a few more letters to my futures husband. He better come along sometime soon shoot.
I have found a bunch of amazing verses that I want to adopt as life motto's. They are just good verses that my devotional has had in it. I have plans to write a bunch of them down and plaster them everywhere so that if I need some motivation throughout the day I can just look around and read some of them. I will post some of them in a later blog for you guys so that if you want to you can write then down everywhere.
In other news. Carrie bought this program for her computer where you can record your voice while watching something on your computer screen. She bought it for a project of hers. We decided to use it to our advantage and make a recording of us doing commentary on videos. It has been a hoot. We are gonna try to do some more tonight. We started off with two weeks notice which went ok but then we moved on to instant plays on netflix. We found the New Adventures of Superman tv show you know the one with Dean Cain. It turned out to be a gem. I have been reading more Legend of the Seeker it is SOOO good. I also will have to post a picture of the adorable haunted house I bought to decorate for Halloween from Bath and Body Works and my flowers which have gotten really big.
Well I am not going to find other ways to entertain myself. I challenge you guys to find a life motto of some sort for yourself to keep you going on those days that get a little crazy.
~K
Monday, August 16, 2010
25lbs WOOT!
Surprise! I am back! Sorry it has been sooo long. It has been a crazy couple of weeks and an emotional roller coast too boot. Let me see where to begin. I guess I will start with some exciting news. I have officially lost 25lbs from my highest weight after gaining a little bit a couple weeks again and then loosing some this week. I am really really close to losing 15lbs since starting weight watchers. I want that next 5lb sticker really bad. I am in the middle of my third month with them. I am going to make it to the end of my fourth month when you get your sas (stay and succeed) charm. If I don't get to my 10% goal by then I might do another month, that is when you get your key chain to put your sas charm on:). I will then attempt to do it on my own. If I find I have problems doing it on my own then I will go back to weight watchers. I have to learn how to cook healthy things for myself instead of eating smart ones all the time at some point too.
I was watching my cat during the time that I was absent from the blog world, while my dad, Liz, Jake and my grandma were away in NY. I thought that it would be really easy and no big deal. It really wasn't a big deal I love my cat. It did however turn out to not be as easy as I thought though because she kept throwing up. I thought it was just a hairball but then to my horror it kept happening. I was finally able to take her to the vet. Getting her there in the car was an adventure in and of itself. Then I found out that she might have diabetes, thyroid problems, or something else wrong. Poor kitty cat. She has to go back to the vet when my dad comes home and have a senior panel done so that they can for sure know what is wrong and get her the proper treatment.
I am getting really close to starting school. My first day of classes is on the 24th. Then my internship starts a couple of weeks after that. I am freaking out that it is going to be really hard. I know that I can do it though. I just have to give it my best and it will be fine!
I have been reading my Bible and doing my devotional book that I very much enjoy. I haven't been doing it as much as I have wanted to but I am making an effort. I have been challenged to work toward having a quiet and calm spirit. To me in my mind I feel very far away from actually having a quiet and calm spirit. I feel that if I make a few changes though and work at it then eventually I will reach this goal :) Today's topic was about purity. It was challenging readers to stay away from anything that personally would cause them to take their minds away from the things of God. I was really drawn to a few verses they used to help illustrate these points. One was using the armor of God to combat the temptations from the Devil. The other one was about thinking about whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely. If you fill your mind with good pure things and only concentrate on them there will not but room for evil temptations to get in and lead you to sin.
I have written a little bit more of my novel. I also have started to write letters to my future husband. I really enjoy it and cannot wait till my future husband can read them someday. It was an idea I got from a friend and I just thought it was a really cute thing to do. I very much treasure these letters.
My last day at target was this past Saturday. I am going to miss some of the people that I worked with. In other news I have finished the first Legend of the Seeker book and am now on to the second one. We also watch Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief. It was really good. I want to read the books that it if based off of. We watched Motherhood that was pretty good. We are on a Uma Thurman kick. I love her. I also bought a 4 movies in one combo from target that has 4 of the batman movies on it, of which Uma Thurman was in one. Milan has moved back to town. We went to happy hour today then walked around city place for a little bit. It was fun. I am so excited that she was back. I am looking forward to the fun times that we will have together in the future. I am also looking forward to the rest of the fall stuff coming out at Bath and Body Works soon!
Well until next time, which hopefully won't be as long as last time, I leave you with this though that Jeremy's mom told him day by day, hour by hour, step by step the Lord leads us on our path so stop looking around and look up.
~K
I was watching my cat during the time that I was absent from the blog world, while my dad, Liz, Jake and my grandma were away in NY. I thought that it would be really easy and no big deal. It really wasn't a big deal I love my cat. It did however turn out to not be as easy as I thought though because she kept throwing up. I thought it was just a hairball but then to my horror it kept happening. I was finally able to take her to the vet. Getting her there in the car was an adventure in and of itself. Then I found out that she might have diabetes, thyroid problems, or something else wrong. Poor kitty cat. She has to go back to the vet when my dad comes home and have a senior panel done so that they can for sure know what is wrong and get her the proper treatment.
I am getting really close to starting school. My first day of classes is on the 24th. Then my internship starts a couple of weeks after that. I am freaking out that it is going to be really hard. I know that I can do it though. I just have to give it my best and it will be fine!
I have been reading my Bible and doing my devotional book that I very much enjoy. I haven't been doing it as much as I have wanted to but I am making an effort. I have been challenged to work toward having a quiet and calm spirit. To me in my mind I feel very far away from actually having a quiet and calm spirit. I feel that if I make a few changes though and work at it then eventually I will reach this goal :) Today's topic was about purity. It was challenging readers to stay away from anything that personally would cause them to take their minds away from the things of God. I was really drawn to a few verses they used to help illustrate these points. One was using the armor of God to combat the temptations from the Devil. The other one was about thinking about whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely. If you fill your mind with good pure things and only concentrate on them there will not but room for evil temptations to get in and lead you to sin.
I have written a little bit more of my novel. I also have started to write letters to my future husband. I really enjoy it and cannot wait till my future husband can read them someday. It was an idea I got from a friend and I just thought it was a really cute thing to do. I very much treasure these letters.
My last day at target was this past Saturday. I am going to miss some of the people that I worked with. In other news I have finished the first Legend of the Seeker book and am now on to the second one. We also watch Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief. It was really good. I want to read the books that it if based off of. We watched Motherhood that was pretty good. We are on a Uma Thurman kick. I love her. I also bought a 4 movies in one combo from target that has 4 of the batman movies on it, of which Uma Thurman was in one. Milan has moved back to town. We went to happy hour today then walked around city place for a little bit. It was fun. I am so excited that she was back. I am looking forward to the fun times that we will have together in the future. I am also looking forward to the rest of the fall stuff coming out at Bath and Body Works soon!
Well until next time, which hopefully won't be as long as last time, I leave you with this though that Jeremy's mom told him day by day, hour by hour, step by step the Lord leads us on our path so stop looking around and look up.
~K
Friday, July 30, 2010
You Live You Learn
So friends today has been quite the day let me tell you! Mostly not in a good way. But I have had my ups as well as the downs. I guess let me start with the downs so that we can end on a good note. So I hadn't been able to weigh in yet this week and last night I looked up on weighwatherchers.com the meeting times to see if there was one near my dad's house as I would be heading over there early to take my dad, Liz, Jake and my grandma to the airport to go to NY. Well lucky me (sarcasm) they had a meeting time at 9 (am...booooo). Then I left my car at the house because I have to go back there to feed the cat every day while they are gone. I had a bad feeling about taking my dad's car for the night but it had more room to get all their stuff to the airport. We loaded up and I dropped then off everything was going fine. Then I had to go get fingerprinted so I head over to the place and to my horror the parking lot is SO tiny and there are a lot of cars parked VERY badly and I am driving a BIG SUV and am use to a small car. There also happens to be a wooden pole in the middle of the stinking parking lot (UGH). So after trying to maneuver and go forward and backup several times to park the car. I back into the pole. I was freaking out. I felt so bad and stupid for hitting the dang pole. I called my dad and told him what happened he didn't seem too upset. Then I tried to calm myself down and went to put my name on the list to get finger printed. It took 3 hours, yes 3 hours, that is not a mistake to get them done. All the while people were getting angry it was taking so long and there were children running around and crying. It was like a nightmare. So I had a not so good morning in all!
I am hoping to write down some more ideas for my book later tonight after I get some more stuff down around the house. I will let you guys know if anything happens with that next time.
In other news I watched Thelma and Louise for the first time the other night with Carrie. It was pretty good. I don't really know what to make of the ending still but I definitely liked it. I also have been reading a lot of the seeker series. It is soooo good! We also finished season 2 of Buffy omg sooooooo gooooodddddd! I almost cried. I also have this new obsession with finding things to bid for on ebay.
Well I hope you all have a very lovely weekend do something you enjoy doing and haven't done in a while :)
~K
So now onto the good things that happened. When I weighted in I lost 2lbs even after eating all those princess cupcakes that auntie and I made. They were so cute they had poison apple, Cinderella slipper, pearl, and crown sprinkles. Next week hopefully I should be down 25lbs from my highest weight. I am so close! I am going along the thought process of wanting to get a personal trainer so that I can actually get some muscles going. I don't know about all that and how it would all work out right now though. Just a thought for the near future.
The other good thing that has happened today is that when I got home I was not in the best state of mind and so I spent time doing the devotional book that I have and reading my Bible. I was provided with two good things to share during that time. The topic was about having a gentle and quite spirit. One of the verses that went along with this in the devotional book really stood out to me and I wanted to share. 1 Timothy 6:11 says "But you , man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness." These are not the words of Jesus but Paul had some pretty insightful stuff to share too :) After I finished my devotional I was working on my Bible reading plan and came across Matthew 11:28-30. I have heard this passage I don't even know how many times. Something about it today just hit me though and it took on a deeper meaning. The passage says "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn form me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for you souls. for my yoke is easy and my burden is light." If you read it and actually take time to think about what this all would mean if you truly are yoked to someone. My devotional book asked three questions that helped it to take on a deeper meaning 1. What did Jesus mean when He said "come" 2. What did He mean when He said "take my yoke" 3. What did He mean when He said "learn from me" I am sure you know but in case you don't this is what a yoke looks like. 
I am hoping to write down some more ideas for my book later tonight after I get some more stuff down around the house. I will let you guys know if anything happens with that next time.
In other news I watched Thelma and Louise for the first time the other night with Carrie. It was pretty good. I don't really know what to make of the ending still but I definitely liked it. I also have been reading a lot of the seeker series. It is soooo good! We also finished season 2 of Buffy omg sooooooo gooooodddddd! I almost cried. I also have this new obsession with finding things to bid for on ebay.
Well I hope you all have a very lovely weekend do something you enjoy doing and haven't done in a while :)
~K
Monday, July 26, 2010
The Climb
Hello again friends. So this blog is gonna be a short one because I plan on blogging again after I weigh in next which should be soon. I want to talk about the importance of the mind a little. I was going a little insane with worry the other day. I gave it over to God because I know that worrying doesn't help the situation. Sometimes though my mind just gets the better of me and for whatever reason my worry will stick with me. So I was stressing out when all of a sudden the climb came on. Totally one of my life motto songs and I definitely needed to hear it. It helped to make my attitude to shift and remember the important things in life. I am gonna post the lyrics below in case you haven't read them. Even if you aren't a Hannah Montana or Miley Cryus fan the lyrics really are good. Life really is about the climb! As they say in the movie life is a climb but the view is great.
I can almost see it.
That dream I'm dreaming, but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make Feels lost with no direction,
My faith is shakin'
But I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most
I've just gotta keep goin', and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, but
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep faith baby
It's all about, it's all about
The climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, woah
If there is something that you are stressed about this week try to remember that it is about the climb and we are gonna come up again struggles but you just have to keep climbing over them to get to where and to become who we are meant to be in life sometimes.
I well hopefully be writting again very soon guys
~K
I can almost see it.
That dream I'm dreaming, but
There's a voice inside my head saying
You'll never reach it Every step I'm takin'
Every move I make Feels lost with no direction,
My faith is shakin'
But I gotta keep tryin'
Gotta keep my head held high
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No I'm not breaking
I may not know it, but
These are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most
I've just gotta keep goin', and
I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, but
There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose
Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waitin' on the other side
It's the climb
Keep on movin'
Keep climbin'
Keep faith baby
It's all about, it's all about
The climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, woah
If there is something that you are stressed about this week try to remember that it is about the climb and we are gonna come up again struggles but you just have to keep climbing over them to get to where and to become who we are meant to be in life sometimes.
I well hopefully be writting again very soon guys
~K
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
5% Never Felt So Good
Hello again my readers. I hope all of you have been doing well. It is late but I have been wanting to post since Monday night so I figured why not and I don't have to be up early tomorrow thank goodness. I have several things to share with you so let me begin.
First up is that to every ones shock and surprise I lost (drum roll please) a lb this week. That means I got to get my 5% sticker. It is a big star that says 5% on it. If you don't know by now I LOVE stickers and shiny things. So I was very excited to get it. After I recovered from my shock and almost falling over off the scale I kindly (ummm aka I was a little intense) pointed out to the guy who was weighing that I got my 5% sticker which he kindly gave me and congratulated me on. It is really funny it seems that every time I think that I have had an awful week and am going to finally gain something back I lose. Just the irony of life I suppose...and not having a very accurate scale in the house. My eating has been pretty go so far this week so hopefully I will be able to lose more. I did the Jillian Michaels video again tonight and was able to go a little be longer :)
Along my journey I have been taking I have been learning several life lessons. I wouldn't say that this one is something that I didn't already know but it was just a fun reminder from God. It seems that whenever I feel as if I am not doing a good job at something, in one of my oh I stink at everything type moods, or just stressed about life something good happens. I like to think of it as Gods way of encouraging us. These moments are there to pick you up and show you that you are a beautiful and wonderful creation and no matter you have a Heavenly Father that loves you. More specifically I was at work today and thinking about working while going back to school and sorta stressing about how I was going to make it all work and if I really am a good employee when my manager told me that I was the highest seller yesterday. It was completely unexpected and was the little be of encouragement and reassurance that I needed.
I am getting nervous about going back to school. I feel like this is part of the path that will get me to, what I feel and believe, my calling is of working with camps. I know I can do it. I don't doubt that. It is just going to be an adjustment. I have to go 16hrs of field work per week, still work, and go to my classes. It is gonna be nuts. I though that this would be an easier schedule than working all the time. I am not so sure about that now. I am also nervous that I am going to go through all this and then still won't be able to find a full time job when I get out. I am working hard on putting my worries and stress aside and trusting that this is all part of the plan for me. I know that the doors were open for me to go to school pretty easy and I trust that God will help see me through :) I always get nervous before starting new adventure especially new school years. I would drive my mom nuts when I was younger stressing about going back to school each year. Now I have learned to in my mind think of what the worst thing that could happen and then realize that even that isn't that bad. I am very excited to start this new adventure of grad school though!
Oh Oh Oh I have other exciting news! I starting writing my novel. I don't have much down yet but I at least got a couple little parts and some ideas written down in a composition book, a pink one of course. Also I started a dream journal that has been a trip let me tell you. I have dreamed about Jennifer Love Hewitt, the Duggar family, and my middle school gym. I have no ideas what that all mean...any suggestions? There was also lots of food and I was exercising in the gym. So I guess that means that I was hungry the one night and then the next night I thought that I should be working out. Who knows, dreams are so crazy! It is really hard to motivate yourself to roll over and write the dreams down when you can just go back to bed.
In other news. I watched In Her Shoes tonight with some friends and 17 again last night with Carrie. I loved 17 again and In Her Shoes was pretty good. I wouldn't say it was the best movie every but I thought I was going to hate it and I didn't. I have been watching a lot of movies lately. I would LOVE to be a movie critic.
Well it is getting late. I am going to go for now. I have off of Friday so I will try to post again sometime in the afternoon. I have my interview for my field practicum that morning. Wish me luck! These next few days try looking for those little encouraging moments. I am sure if you pay attention they are all around you!
~K
First up is that to every ones shock and surprise I lost (drum roll please) a lb this week. That means I got to get my 5% sticker. It is a big star that says 5% on it. If you don't know by now I LOVE stickers and shiny things. So I was very excited to get it. After I recovered from my shock and almost falling over off the scale I kindly (ummm aka I was a little intense) pointed out to the guy who was weighing that I got my 5% sticker which he kindly gave me and congratulated me on. It is really funny it seems that every time I think that I have had an awful week and am going to finally gain something back I lose. Just the irony of life I suppose...and not having a very accurate scale in the house. My eating has been pretty go so far this week so hopefully I will be able to lose more. I did the Jillian Michaels video again tonight and was able to go a little be longer :)
Along my journey I have been taking I have been learning several life lessons. I wouldn't say that this one is something that I didn't already know but it was just a fun reminder from God. It seems that whenever I feel as if I am not doing a good job at something, in one of my oh I stink at everything type moods, or just stressed about life something good happens. I like to think of it as Gods way of encouraging us. These moments are there to pick you up and show you that you are a beautiful and wonderful creation and no matter you have a Heavenly Father that loves you. More specifically I was at work today and thinking about working while going back to school and sorta stressing about how I was going to make it all work and if I really am a good employee when my manager told me that I was the highest seller yesterday. It was completely unexpected and was the little be of encouragement and reassurance that I needed.
I am getting nervous about going back to school. I feel like this is part of the path that will get me to, what I feel and believe, my calling is of working with camps. I know I can do it. I don't doubt that. It is just going to be an adjustment. I have to go 16hrs of field work per week, still work, and go to my classes. It is gonna be nuts. I though that this would be an easier schedule than working all the time. I am not so sure about that now. I am also nervous that I am going to go through all this and then still won't be able to find a full time job when I get out. I am working hard on putting my worries and stress aside and trusting that this is all part of the plan for me. I know that the doors were open for me to go to school pretty easy and I trust that God will help see me through :) I always get nervous before starting new adventure especially new school years. I would drive my mom nuts when I was younger stressing about going back to school each year. Now I have learned to in my mind think of what the worst thing that could happen and then realize that even that isn't that bad. I am very excited to start this new adventure of grad school though!
Oh Oh Oh I have other exciting news! I starting writing my novel. I don't have much down yet but I at least got a couple little parts and some ideas written down in a composition book, a pink one of course. Also I started a dream journal that has been a trip let me tell you. I have dreamed about Jennifer Love Hewitt, the Duggar family, and my middle school gym. I have no ideas what that all mean...any suggestions? There was also lots of food and I was exercising in the gym. So I guess that means that I was hungry the one night and then the next night I thought that I should be working out. Who knows, dreams are so crazy! It is really hard to motivate yourself to roll over and write the dreams down when you can just go back to bed.
In other news. I watched In Her Shoes tonight with some friends and 17 again last night with Carrie. I loved 17 again and In Her Shoes was pretty good. I wouldn't say it was the best movie every but I thought I was going to hate it and I didn't. I have been watching a lot of movies lately. I would LOVE to be a movie critic.
Well it is getting late. I am going to go for now. I have off of Friday so I will try to post again sometime in the afternoon. I have my interview for my field practicum that morning. Wish me luck! These next few days try looking for those little encouraging moments. I am sure if you pay attention they are all around you!
~K
Friday, July 16, 2010
Keep On Keeping On
So are you surprised that I am blogging again so soon? I know I am. Well folks yet again I haven't had much time to get much done lately. At least it feels like I haven't had much time. I am starting to think that it is more about how you look at it though. I know that I have talked about it before in one of my other post but it is really about taking action when you have even a few moments. This could even mean getting up a earlier or staying up later. I don't really want to admit it but while I have been working a lot I have been slacking in the other things I want to be getting done when there is time. I have a feeling that there are reasons behind this. Let me tell you that I am going to be doing my best to try to figure out what that is but for now I am gonna blame it on laziness, which is sad I know but hey at least I am being honest.
I know that it can take years to learn how to make the most out of every "free" moment that you have. I am not going to be beating myself up over not being the expert on it yet. While I have been feeling like I have been slacking a little. I do not consider myself failing. I am human and I am not perfect I can totally admit that. So what if I am a little behind I am learning other things along my journey that is called life that may be more important. I have this problem of saying that I want to get something done and then I will be all for it and then I get sidetracked and don't finish it. I really want to accomplished the three goals I am aiming for though. I may end up going back and forth and lose interest along the way but I am determined to finish them no matter what or how long it takes.
So I didn't lose any weight this week. I didn't gain anything either though which is good. I am trying to have a better week this week but I am not so sure that it is going that good so far. I have purchase a Jillian Michaels workout video which is exciting beyond belief. I love her! I did it for the first time the other day. I was only able to make it through the warm-up, 2 circuits out of the 7, and the cool down but it was a start. I will hopefully be able to work up to doing the whole video eventually.
I have only read one more day of Bible readings. It was a good one though. I read about Noah and the flood. It is so hard to imagine that it rained straight for more than a month. I would go so stir crazy. Then the Earth stayed flooded for a while. I would probably go nuts stuck on a boat with all those animals for that long of a time!
I haven't done any more work on my Children's story book for my Novel. I think I might start writing my book soon though. I know I said I wanted to wait to finish my kids book first but I figure why not at least begin working on my Novel.
Something that I have learned is that you may not know what you can mean to someone. I have really enjoyed getting to know a couple of my co-workers. Every time I go into work and I see that I get to work with them it makes me happy. It makes my feel good that they take the time to try to teach me things and get to know me a little better. It has taught me that you may not know how important you are to someone or what you mean to them but to always take the time to get to know those around you. You should also make sure that those you appreciate having in your life and are important to you know that you care about them :)
In other notes. I got to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice on Wednesday. It was so good. It had an amazing soundtrack. I recommend Secrets by One Republic, very good song! I also got to see My Life in Ruins it starts off kind of slow but the last half is very cute. I had the pleasure of going out to dinner with my Aunt tonight, it was fun. We went to this new place called Doc Side which was small but cute. You get to sit and look out onto a lagoon while you eat. Good times! I have been watching a lot of Buffy with my roommates. Such a good show! I have also been reading the Legend of the Seeker books, I love one of the main characters Kahlan. I want to be her!( actually I want to be a combo of several of my favorite female kick butt characters) They have also made a TV show out of these books. We are still uncertain if they have canceled the show forever but it doesn't look good :(
This time I want to leave you guys with the challenge to get to know someone you work with a little bit better. As always will be working on this one along with you guys :)
~K
I know that it can take years to learn how to make the most out of every "free" moment that you have. I am not going to be beating myself up over not being the expert on it yet. While I have been feeling like I have been slacking a little. I do not consider myself failing. I am human and I am not perfect I can totally admit that. So what if I am a little behind I am learning other things along my journey that is called life that may be more important. I have this problem of saying that I want to get something done and then I will be all for it and then I get sidetracked and don't finish it. I really want to accomplished the three goals I am aiming for though. I may end up going back and forth and lose interest along the way but I am determined to finish them no matter what or how long it takes.
So I didn't lose any weight this week. I didn't gain anything either though which is good. I am trying to have a better week this week but I am not so sure that it is going that good so far. I have purchase a Jillian Michaels workout video which is exciting beyond belief. I love her! I did it for the first time the other day. I was only able to make it through the warm-up, 2 circuits out of the 7, and the cool down but it was a start. I will hopefully be able to work up to doing the whole video eventually.
I have only read one more day of Bible readings. It was a good one though. I read about Noah and the flood. It is so hard to imagine that it rained straight for more than a month. I would go so stir crazy. Then the Earth stayed flooded for a while. I would probably go nuts stuck on a boat with all those animals for that long of a time!
I haven't done any more work on my Children's story book for my Novel. I think I might start writing my book soon though. I know I said I wanted to wait to finish my kids book first but I figure why not at least begin working on my Novel.
Something that I have learned is that you may not know what you can mean to someone. I have really enjoyed getting to know a couple of my co-workers. Every time I go into work and I see that I get to work with them it makes me happy. It makes my feel good that they take the time to try to teach me things and get to know me a little better. It has taught me that you may not know how important you are to someone or what you mean to them but to always take the time to get to know those around you. You should also make sure that those you appreciate having in your life and are important to you know that you care about them :)
In other notes. I got to see The Sorcerer's Apprentice on Wednesday. It was so good. It had an amazing soundtrack. I recommend Secrets by One Republic, very good song! I also got to see My Life in Ruins it starts off kind of slow but the last half is very cute. I had the pleasure of going out to dinner with my Aunt tonight, it was fun. We went to this new place called Doc Side which was small but cute. You get to sit and look out onto a lagoon while you eat. Good times! I have been watching a lot of Buffy with my roommates. Such a good show! I have also been reading the Legend of the Seeker books, I love one of the main characters Kahlan. I want to be her!( actually I want to be a combo of several of my favorite female kick butt characters) They have also made a TV show out of these books. We are still uncertain if they have canceled the show forever but it doesn't look good :(
This time I want to leave you guys with the challenge to get to know someone you work with a little bit better. As always will be working on this one along with you guys :)
~K
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Magical Times
Hello friends, I am sorry that it had been so long since I posted. It has been a crazy week. I celebrated the 4th with friends, had a weight-in, worked a lot (including a double), went to Disney, and had a fun Christmas in July day. Because of all this craziness and the necessity of sleep I haven't had much time to get far with my other goals. I know this is going on the second week of this. I am kind of disappointed in myself and am going to be trying extremely hard this coming week. I have however learned several things and have been working on changing some things within myself.
The 4th of July was so much fun. I did have to work but I got time and a half holla! Plus I only had to work till 5 so I got, off freshened up, and had some yummy BBQ. Then we watched first wives club. If you guys haven't seen it is a must. I love that movie. We ended the day with watching fireworks.
Christmas in July was so much fun. My friend Jeremy and I watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. It is one of my favorite Christmas movies that I have to watch every year. Then we painted water colored Christmas pictures while having good conversation. I hung my picture on the fridge :) 
The 4th of July was so much fun. I did have to work but I got time and a half holla! Plus I only had to work till 5 so I got, off freshened up, and had some yummy BBQ. Then we watched first wives club. If you guys haven't seen it is a must. I love that movie. We ended the day with watching fireworks.
One of my friends Liz is moving back home to NY for at least 6 months and wanted to go to Disney before she left. So of course we went! I have been to Disney so many times in my life that I decided to spice it up a little by looking for hidden mickeys in the park. There are tons of them throughout the parks they can be in and on anything. For example in small world there was a key in the back of one of the animals that turns and the head of the key looks like mickey. I found several on this trip and was very excited.
Christmas in July was so much fun. My friend Jeremy and I watched A Muppet Christmas Carol. It is one of my favorite Christmas movies that I have to watch every year. Then we painted water colored Christmas pictures while having good conversation. I hung my picture on the fridge :) I have been learning that when it comes to eating it is about balance. If you have a not so great day then try to balance is out by keeping it more under control the next day. If you know that you are going to have a busy day and will be burning more calories then you can afford to eat a little more if you want or need to. If you are out with friends or if you REALLY want something then don't always deny yourself. Just don't go overboard eat say two cookies instead of 4 or more.
I have learned that it is important to cherish the times with your friends. There are several lessons that you can learn from friends. I am all about conversations and so I love just talking with friends while hanging out. It is amazing how having a friend to talk to who will truly listen and really cares can help. The lessons you learn from friends can be more valuable then taking time to get other things you want to get done done.
Also another lesson that I have been learning and attempting to put into action is that sometimes you have to put yourself last. We all have selfish moments it bound to happen but I am coming to see that there are appropriate times to speak up and ask for what you want and times not to. I can be beneficial to put your wants aside sometimes. It can be hard to figure out when those times are appropriate though.
So for now I leave you with the challenge to do your best to live each moment in the moment.
~K
Friday, July 2, 2010
Lifegoals
So sadly to say not much progress has been made the past few days. I have been pretty busy. I have seen two movies, done some shopping, worked a double and even had arts and crafts time with Milan! I saw Eclipse. I LOVED it but I am obsessed with the Twilight Saga. I cannot wait for Melissa to come back from her mission trip at the end of this month to see it again. I also Saw The Last Airbender. I cannot even tell you how good that movie was. I had my jaw hanging open for half the movie. It had everything a movie can possibly have in it romance, action, suspense it was great. I also had the pleasure of being able to spend time with Milan today. It was so fun. I miss having here living in the area. Thanks to hanging out at the mall with Milan today and working a double yesterday I have made it to OVER 1o,000 steps two days in a row!
I am thrilled about finishing my life goal poster. When I say finished that is a relative term because I will probably think of more things that I want to add to it as I go along. The list I made is really long but I will tell you what some of the fun ones are and some of the ones that make the top of the list. Here is goes~going to all 50 state and 7 continents, getting married, having kids, writing and publishing a book, opening a summer camp, losing 55lbs more, take cooking classes, get my masters degree, have a vacation house in Europe, have a house that looks like the one in the Notebook, meet Chip Coffey and Ellen, and learn to sword fight. I have several more. If you want the full list just ask :).
The bad part of having all this fun with friends is that I have been slacking on what I have been trying to accomplish. Now for me it is hard to get "back on track" once I have had a couple days of non productivity. It tends to make me freak out and think that oh my gosh how am I going to keep doing this. Well the reality is that life is gonna be hectic sometimes. I know that I am not perfect. I am able to accept that about myself. The hard part is just trying to embrace that imperfection and just do the best you can with what you have. I then worry well was I really doing the best I could have been doing with what I had. So over the next few days I will be doing my best to get back on track and not think or worry about the could haves and would haves. It is in the past and as the wise Rafiki , yes the one from the lion king, said you can either run from it or learn from it.
I leave you with this verse from Philipians 3. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
~K
I am thrilled about finishing my life goal poster. When I say finished that is a relative term because I will probably think of more things that I want to add to it as I go along. The list I made is really long but I will tell you what some of the fun ones are and some of the ones that make the top of the list. Here is goes~going to all 50 state and 7 continents, getting married, having kids, writing and publishing a book, opening a summer camp, losing 55lbs more, take cooking classes, get my masters degree, have a vacation house in Europe, have a house that looks like the one in the Notebook, meet Chip Coffey and Ellen, and learn to sword fight. I have several more. If you want the full list just ask :).
The bad part of having all this fun with friends is that I have been slacking on what I have been trying to accomplish. Now for me it is hard to get "back on track" once I have had a couple days of non productivity. It tends to make me freak out and think that oh my gosh how am I going to keep doing this. Well the reality is that life is gonna be hectic sometimes. I know that I am not perfect. I am able to accept that about myself. The hard part is just trying to embrace that imperfection and just do the best you can with what you have. I then worry well was I really doing the best I could have been doing with what I had. So over the next few days I will be doing my best to get back on track and not think or worry about the could haves and would haves. It is in the past and as the wise Rafiki , yes the one from the lion king, said you can either run from it or learn from it.
I leave you with this verse from Philipians 3. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
~K
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Goodbye 20lbs!
So I know it has been a few days since I last posted. I was waiting for my next weight-in until I wrote again. Today begins week two of officially starting big change plans and I am proud to report that I have obtained my 10lb gold start from weight watchers :). I have lost a little bit over 20lbs total now! I haven't been this weight in years. It is so thrilling. I am also pleased to say that I was able to get some new clothes this past weekend in a size smaller than I was before. Thank goodness because my other stuff was starting to get way too loose. I have a goal of being able to fit into American Eagle in a couple months. Auntie and I went to the Gardens Mall on Sunday to do errands, it was so much fun. I love going on outings with her. By the way Gap is having an amazing sale where you get 40% off everything that is already on sale! Just in case you need some new clothes yourself ;)
I did read through all the chapters I needed to in order to stay on track for reading the whole Bible in a year. I read about Job. God really had faith in Him and he in God, but poor Job. I read the creation story. I am always amazed at the effects of what the original sin did. I have read this part before but every time I am just like wow! Did you know that we have to grow crops through hard manual labor and that women have horrible pain in childbirth all because of Adam and Eve. I feel kind of bad for Adam because Eve was the one who got him to eat the fruit. However he did have a choice so I don't feel that bad. It also always makes me think about the debate people have about if it was a literal 7 days that God make the Earth or were they figural and just 7 periods of time. I think it is more period of times verses literal 7 24hr days. I do think that if God wanted to He could have done it in 7 24hr days because after all He is God. Let me know if you have any strong thoughts.
I haven't had much progress on the book front. I need to wait till I have time to sit down and finish the illustrations on my children's book before I work on my novel. I want to finish one project before I move onto the next. I did however show my book to my Auntie. She thinks that I should get it published. I love her!
In other random life news. Milan came down and surprised me by coming over to hang out a couple days before I thought I would get to see her. I was so surprised and excited, we had such a good time and laughed a ton. I cannot wait to go see Eclipse at midnight tonight with her! Gosh tomorrow is going to be a long day. Also we are making life goal posters on Friday. I will post my list for you guys when I am done making it. I am ecstatic to finally be making one. My friend Ashley made one back in college as a dorm floor bonding. Ever since then I have wanted to do it.
I also am starting to feel the "oh gosh I don't know if I can keep doing these things, it is so much easier to sit around and do nothing" rut coming on. I know it has only been a week and you are thinking wow that is pretty early to be feeling that way. I was kind of shocked myself that I was having these thoughts already. I came to the conclusion that it isn't about when you get those thoughts because they are bound to happen, at least for me. It is about what you do when you have those thoughts to help you get through them instead of giving up.
I choose to think about songs that I have adopted as life motto's for the time being. Now don't laugh but here are my top three songs right now The Climb by Miley Cyrus, Lifetime by Katherine McPhee, and Bring it Back by S Club 7. You guys are probably dying laughing right now. I look at them more for the words than who sings them though. I also have several verses in the Bible that I think about. I feel like a lot of my negative thoughts come from spiritual attacks and so I think about Ephesians and putting on the armor of God. That way I can stand strong in the Lord who will give me strength. Another good one is Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God".
If you guys have a favorite life song or a verse let me know. I would also love to hear about any life goals you might have. If you guys could be praying for my great Uncle Skip I would really appreciate it. He is in the hospital. They think he might have had a stroke but they are not sure yet. He also can't remember my great Aunt Anne which I am sure is really upsetting to her as yesterday was their 63rd wedding anniversary.
Till then next time my blogger friends
~K
I did read through all the chapters I needed to in order to stay on track for reading the whole Bible in a year. I read about Job. God really had faith in Him and he in God, but poor Job. I read the creation story. I am always amazed at the effects of what the original sin did. I have read this part before but every time I am just like wow! Did you know that we have to grow crops through hard manual labor and that women have horrible pain in childbirth all because of Adam and Eve. I feel kind of bad for Adam because Eve was the one who got him to eat the fruit. However he did have a choice so I don't feel that bad. It also always makes me think about the debate people have about if it was a literal 7 days that God make the Earth or were they figural and just 7 periods of time. I think it is more period of times verses literal 7 24hr days. I do think that if God wanted to He could have done it in 7 24hr days because after all He is God. Let me know if you have any strong thoughts.
I haven't had much progress on the book front. I need to wait till I have time to sit down and finish the illustrations on my children's book before I work on my novel. I want to finish one project before I move onto the next. I did however show my book to my Auntie. She thinks that I should get it published. I love her!
In other random life news. Milan came down and surprised me by coming over to hang out a couple days before I thought I would get to see her. I was so surprised and excited, we had such a good time and laughed a ton. I cannot wait to go see Eclipse at midnight tonight with her! Gosh tomorrow is going to be a long day. Also we are making life goal posters on Friday. I will post my list for you guys when I am done making it. I am ecstatic to finally be making one. My friend Ashley made one back in college as a dorm floor bonding. Ever since then I have wanted to do it.
I also am starting to feel the "oh gosh I don't know if I can keep doing these things, it is so much easier to sit around and do nothing" rut coming on. I know it has only been a week and you are thinking wow that is pretty early to be feeling that way. I was kind of shocked myself that I was having these thoughts already. I came to the conclusion that it isn't about when you get those thoughts because they are bound to happen, at least for me. It is about what you do when you have those thoughts to help you get through them instead of giving up.
I choose to think about songs that I have adopted as life motto's for the time being. Now don't laugh but here are my top three songs right now The Climb by Miley Cyrus, Lifetime by Katherine McPhee, and Bring it Back by S Club 7. You guys are probably dying laughing right now. I look at them more for the words than who sings them though. I also have several verses in the Bible that I think about. I feel like a lot of my negative thoughts come from spiritual attacks and so I think about Ephesians and putting on the armor of God. That way I can stand strong in the Lord who will give me strength. Another good one is Philippians 4:6 "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God".
If you guys have a favorite life song or a verse let me know. I would also love to hear about any life goals you might have. If you guys could be praying for my great Uncle Skip I would really appreciate it. He is in the hospital. They think he might have had a stroke but they are not sure yet. He also can't remember my great Aunt Anne which I am sure is really upsetting to her as yesterday was their 63rd wedding anniversary.
Till then next time my blogger friends
~K
Friday, June 25, 2010
Lots To Think About...
So folks new day new blog :). This blog makes me very happy, I can't even tell you. So I have several tidbits to share today. Up first is the topic of balance. Now let me tell you this is something that I struggle with on a daily basis. I came up with this "brilliant" idea of trying to replace the time I would normally spend doing something relaxing doing something more productive. Well I don't think that was the smartest idea I have ever had. I have come to a conclusion it is more about being conscious of what you do spend any "free" time you have doing. Instead of watching several hours of mind numbing television go do something productive after an hour of it, it can make a big difference. If you have 15 minutes before you have to do something else make good use of that time by getting something done. I am constantly being surprised by what I can accomplish in a small amount of time. So I think that is enough about balance. In the end it is probably something most of us struggle with and something I will probably always struggle with, but something that is necessary.
Discipline is an interesting and sometimes scary word. It is also something that I can often times be lacking in. I have been thinking about it a lot lately. Then the other day discipline was the topic of my devotional book, Becoming A Women Of Excellence, which I recommend. I am only half way through the chapter but already the book made several good points. I think that one important one, which you may think is obvious, and even though I already knew this it hit home was that God has blessed us with the gifts that we can not achieve on our own, such as salvation. It is up to us to do what we can with any other gifts God has given us, I like to think of it as our gift back to Him. The Catholic churches around where I live say a pray every week before the offering and it mentions being a good steward of the time, talent, and treasures that God has give you. Discipline if you look it up in a dictionary will mention self-control. Another thing that I struggle with, especially with my emotions and with what I say. Self-control is so vital to our well-being and something to always be working towards if you lack it. Proverbs 25:28 says "Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control".
I am still doing pretty good on the Bible reading plan. I read more from Joshua yesterday. All I can say is that I want to have a sea parted in front of me and then walk through it. I think that would be the coolest thing ever!
Ok so now for an interesting thought that someone mentioned in weight watchers. They were having people hold different weights to show them what the weight they had lost felt like. Someone mention that a previous leader had told her that 4 sticks of butter is equal to 1 lb. So now you can imagine for every lb you have lost 4 sticks of butter have come off of you. I think this is gonna be another saying that will never leave me. Also a tiny rant that has to do with weight. I had my field orientation for my masters program today. So I was at FAU and excited that I will be attending there. Naturally I wanted to get some FAU merch. Let me just tell you the shirts they had for girls were as tiny as can be. Now I know I am not tiny but come on people! The sizing scale that they use is grossly askew. It can be very discouraging. But I won't loose heart because one day I will be able to fit in one of those shirts!
Oh my gosh I almost forgot I have very exciting news. I made it to OVER 10,000 steps the other day!!! I was so excited. Granted it was partially due to Carrie wanting to take the long way back from our little firework setting off excursion but still I did it. I still have a goal of being able to do this every day, I'll take it for now though. I really want to encourage you to not sell yourself short either. If there is something you want in life, as long it is within God's will, go for it and do whatever you possibly can to achieve it. Don't let anyone talk you out of it or tell you that you can't, this includes yourself. The mind is very powerful and if you think you can then that is half the battle.
So another part of my change process is learning how to take care of something and be responsible for it. I am talking about the plants I am growing :) It is in turn is teaching me how much care you need to take care of yourself, how to be more conscious of those around you, how to be more selfless, how you have to stay on top of yourself to grow properly, and of course how to be more responsible. Who would have thought growing plants could teach you so much! I am going to work on posting pictures with my blogs soon and I will post one of my adorable babies. I am still trying to figure out how to add music but I am so hungry that I decided to post and then go make dinner.
Until next time guys think about this....what have you done today to make you feel proud?...gosh I love the biggest loser!
tootles
~K
Discipline is an interesting and sometimes scary word. It is also something that I can often times be lacking in. I have been thinking about it a lot lately. Then the other day discipline was the topic of my devotional book, Becoming A Women Of Excellence, which I recommend. I am only half way through the chapter but already the book made several good points. I think that one important one, which you may think is obvious, and even though I already knew this it hit home was that God has blessed us with the gifts that we can not achieve on our own, such as salvation. It is up to us to do what we can with any other gifts God has given us, I like to think of it as our gift back to Him. The Catholic churches around where I live say a pray every week before the offering and it mentions being a good steward of the time, talent, and treasures that God has give you. Discipline if you look it up in a dictionary will mention self-control. Another thing that I struggle with, especially with my emotions and with what I say. Self-control is so vital to our well-being and something to always be working towards if you lack it. Proverbs 25:28 says "Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control".
I am still doing pretty good on the Bible reading plan. I read more from Joshua yesterday. All I can say is that I want to have a sea parted in front of me and then walk through it. I think that would be the coolest thing ever!
Ok so now for an interesting thought that someone mentioned in weight watchers. They were having people hold different weights to show them what the weight they had lost felt like. Someone mention that a previous leader had told her that 4 sticks of butter is equal to 1 lb. So now you can imagine for every lb you have lost 4 sticks of butter have come off of you. I think this is gonna be another saying that will never leave me. Also a tiny rant that has to do with weight. I had my field orientation for my masters program today. So I was at FAU and excited that I will be attending there. Naturally I wanted to get some FAU merch. Let me just tell you the shirts they had for girls were as tiny as can be. Now I know I am not tiny but come on people! The sizing scale that they use is grossly askew. It can be very discouraging. But I won't loose heart because one day I will be able to fit in one of those shirts!
Oh my gosh I almost forgot I have very exciting news. I made it to OVER 10,000 steps the other day!!! I was so excited. Granted it was partially due to Carrie wanting to take the long way back from our little firework setting off excursion but still I did it. I still have a goal of being able to do this every day, I'll take it for now though. I really want to encourage you to not sell yourself short either. If there is something you want in life, as long it is within God's will, go for it and do whatever you possibly can to achieve it. Don't let anyone talk you out of it or tell you that you can't, this includes yourself. The mind is very powerful and if you think you can then that is half the battle.
So another part of my change process is learning how to take care of something and be responsible for it. I am talking about the plants I am growing :) It is in turn is teaching me how much care you need to take care of yourself, how to be more conscious of those around you, how to be more selfless, how you have to stay on top of yourself to grow properly, and of course how to be more responsible. Who would have thought growing plants could teach you so much! I am going to work on posting pictures with my blogs soon and I will post one of my adorable babies. I am still trying to figure out how to add music but I am so hungry that I decided to post and then go make dinner.
Until next time guys think about this....what have you done today to make you feel proud?...gosh I love the biggest loser!
tootles
~K
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
New Beginning
So guess what?...I decided to start blogging! I am very excited about this. Forewarning there will probably be many grammar and spelling mistakes. I have never been good with those things. I hope you guys read this and continue to read this despite that :). I used to have a blog years ago and am thrilled to be doing it again. I wanted to keep a blog about the progress I am making on several things I want to change about, or do, in my life. A few examples are losing weight, reading through the entire Bible in a year, and writing a novel. I want to become healthier on an emotional, spiritual, and physical level.
So as far as the weight loss goes I have joined Weight Watchers. I have done this once in the past and failed, I am not planning on doing that this time. I bought a pedometer and have a goal of getting to 10,000 steps every day. I did about 8.500 yesterday and 7,000 today. I am learning that you can be full as long as you make the right choices through out the day. I heard a quote once that has never left me it goes "a moment on the lips says forever on the hips". I also want to get into a regular exercise routine but for now I am just watching what I eat every day. Planning is a big part of this. It can be a pain in the butt, but it is worth it in the end. I have a feeling this will get easier with practice. So far I have lost 18 lbs from my highest weight.
As for the Bible reading. I have always wanted to read the WHOLE Bible. I have read lots of pieces from almost every part of the Bible but I have never covered the whole entire thing. I found a reading plan online that breaks it down so you can read through the whole Bible in one year. I have been doing fine with following the plan for far this week. I have Joshua 1-3 and Psalms 1-2. I love Psalms (my fave book in the Bible) and Rahab was a brave women to hide those spies.
Writing the book is going to be the hardest for me to do I think. I don't have a really good idea of what I want to write about yet. I just know that I have wanted to write a book for a long time. I figure now is as good a time as any to start it. I want to be the next Stephanie Meyer. Not in the sense that I think that she is the greatest writer or that I want to write about vampires or that I am obsessed with twilight. I want to be like her in the sense that she had a dream, wrote about it, and made millions. A good first step to this goal is working on a make your own fairytale book kit and hadn't done it yet. Last Friday I had off and I spent the night working on it while watching Anne of Green Gables the Continuing Story and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. I haven't finished the illustrations but I finished writing out the whole story out. Jeremy then read the story to Melissa and Liz and they pretended to be children and it was SO cute!
Sorry this blog was so long I just was letting you guys know where I was at in my life the next ones probably won't be as long. I hope you all have an amazing day tomorrow! xoxox
So as far as the weight loss goes I have joined Weight Watchers. I have done this once in the past and failed, I am not planning on doing that this time. I bought a pedometer and have a goal of getting to 10,000 steps every day. I did about 8.500 yesterday and 7,000 today. I am learning that you can be full as long as you make the right choices through out the day. I heard a quote once that has never left me it goes "a moment on the lips says forever on the hips". I also want to get into a regular exercise routine but for now I am just watching what I eat every day. Planning is a big part of this. It can be a pain in the butt, but it is worth it in the end. I have a feeling this will get easier with practice. So far I have lost 18 lbs from my highest weight.
As for the Bible reading. I have always wanted to read the WHOLE Bible. I have read lots of pieces from almost every part of the Bible but I have never covered the whole entire thing. I found a reading plan online that breaks it down so you can read through the whole Bible in one year. I have been doing fine with following the plan for far this week. I have Joshua 1-3 and Psalms 1-2. I love Psalms (my fave book in the Bible) and Rahab was a brave women to hide those spies.
Writing the book is going to be the hardest for me to do I think. I don't have a really good idea of what I want to write about yet. I just know that I have wanted to write a book for a long time. I figure now is as good a time as any to start it. I want to be the next Stephanie Meyer. Not in the sense that I think that she is the greatest writer or that I want to write about vampires or that I am obsessed with twilight. I want to be like her in the sense that she had a dream, wrote about it, and made millions. A good first step to this goal is working on a make your own fairytale book kit and hadn't done it yet. Last Friday I had off and I spent the night working on it while watching Anne of Green Gables the Continuing Story and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat. I haven't finished the illustrations but I finished writing out the whole story out. Jeremy then read the story to Melissa and Liz and they pretended to be children and it was SO cute!
Sorry this blog was so long I just was letting you guys know where I was at in my life the next ones probably won't be as long. I hope you all have an amazing day tomorrow! xoxox
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