How will you spend it?

Well another successful and full of love Thanksgiving is in the books. I was thankful that we had the chance to celebrate Thanksgiving with my older brother Chad, his wife Jen and their little girl Elle. We had a good time being together and for me it was another realization that simple is always the best. SO many things to be thankful for and I continue to pray that no matter what we will never forget.

We had great food yesterday and I have to say that I over did it a little. I was feeling it last night, but it was 1 day, not that we eat that way everyday...at lease I hope we don't. But when I got on the scales it didn't lie, it was honest and exactly how I felt about yesterday, thankful and full!

Have a blessed weekend enjoying your families, being blessed and getting ready for the next celebration! Only 24 more days till Christmas....makes you freak doesn't it! :)

Weight loss: +2

Total Weight loss: -124 pounds

Another year older....wiser...not so much.

Last night I took a moment to read through my journal. I don't do that often, mainly because it makes me sad. But last night I went back to a year ago and what I was dealing with. WOW, I can only say that there was so much pain and hurt in my life that I hadn't delt with and I was encouraged to look back over this past year and see how I was FINALLY able to deal with it and move on. I was pretty shocked when I came across and entry from May 2009...I went into detail about my weight and how unhappy I was and that I wish I'd just change it. I wanted a quick fix, something fast to get me to a size 8. Funny how even then I had no desire to change my life but I just wanted to complain about it. It took losing a dear friend and seeing that my life was headed in the same direction for me to finally make that change. I'm so thankful that I finally did! I'm not sure how many people keep a journal but I highly encourage it! I think it's a great way to get your thoughts out and keep your mind moving forward. It's good to reflect back and realize how far you've actually come. I'm thankful that I have my journal even though sometimes it's harder to read but glad to remember and move on.

It also hit me last night that it will be 3 years on my birthday that my grandma passed. How quickly time goes and how much I miss her. I miss my grandparents. But I have to share that when my birthday comes around I like to think that my Papa Johnson, Grandpa and Grandma Dutka are standing in Heaven singing Happy Birthday to me. They of course have the best celebration! I'm ready for another year, to keep moving forward and being thankful for all the blessings we have in our lives.

Give thanks in ALL we do!

Weight loss: 0

Total Weight Loss: -126 pounds

Eat Pray Love

I know I've mentioned this before, but if you haven't seen this move, Eat Pray Love...you need to. Put it on your Christmas list! It's worth it, and if you don't like it as much as I do, I want to know why...or maybe we'll just take a trip around the world to figure out why you didn't care for it. :) But honestly, there have only been a few movies in my life that I've been inspired by and this is one of them.

A part of the movie talks about "word". What's your word, normally we say we're "a daughter, mother, friend..." but that's not the word, that's what you are...so what's your word?

Mine....I haven't found it yet, I am a woman in search of my word. :)

Weight loos: -1 pound

Total weight loss: -126 pounds

A Story....

I never have blogged twice in one day...so this is a first. But I was thinking about this today and it couldn't wait till tomorrow. Over the last few days I've been cleaning out my drawers and closet with all the clothes I can no longer wear. I now have two dressers empty and a closet that looks way bigger then I had imagined. I was able to put together a large clothes basket and a trash bag of clothes. I took them to a consignment shop to see if they'd want them...the rest will end up at Goodwill. While I was in the consignment shops I had a chance to walk around and look at what they have....and it hit me. All of these clothes have a story and I wonder what's behind it.

Now before you think I've lost my mind, wait...at one of the consignment shops they had a room totally dedicated to formal and wedding dresses. That's what I mean by a story, all of those dresses represented something special in someone's life. It got me thinking...what is my story? What would the clothes I wear tell in my story of life? Have there been certain clothes that have meant certain things in my life...my wedding dress, my prom dresses, the dresses I've worn in others wedding...what's my story? Makes you think...what's your story?


Have a good day telling your story~

Being Thankful

Well all of us know what this week is about, being thankful, giving thanks and most importantly not forgetting.... Yesterday in Church Mike talked about remembering the little things that we take for granted. For instance, there are people in other countries that don't have running water and they go down to a river to get water. The river is full of crocodiles and normally results in death, the water is dirty and full of disease. We turn our faucets on and don't think twice about it. So much to be thankful for that we tend to give Thanks...

So this week, think of those things that your thankful for and spend sometime thinking on those things. I'm thankful!

Weight loss: 0

Total Weight loss: -125 pounds.