I absolutely loved being 7, and I love having a daughter who is 7!
Several weeks ago Beth moved out of the Sunday School class for the younger children in our church, into an all girls’ class for those who haven’t reached their teen years yet, but aren’t quite considered “little” anymore. (insert sniff sniff here!) [...]

My oldest daughter Daisy is becoming quite talented at repurposing items around our home. I had a denim skirt that I bought when I was hugely pregnant with LuLu, and after I got it home I realized the elastic waist was totally shot. A blessing for me at the time because my own waist was [...]

I was just sitting here (at 2:20am) thinking about the lessons I’ve learned in life, about…well…how to get along in life! Do you know what I mean? Things you learned as an adult child…like don’t run with a sucker in your mouth, or don’t drink orange juice after you’ve brushed your teeth, and don’t rub [...]

I was “surfing the net” a few days ago and came across this lovely, yet very humbling poem. Donna Reish had put into the words of this poem that she wrote several years ago, the very things the Lord has been showing me in my life in 2009!  In this big wide web of a [...]

For several weeks there has been a quotation on the sign in front of a local church that says “Choosing not to follow Christ, is still a choice”. When I first read it I thought what is that supposed to mean? It’s just not left my simple little brain though so I [...]

As a busy wife and mother, I daily ask the Lord for grace! However, as I was saying my prayers this morning, I wondered what exactly grace from a Biblical standpoint IS. When I ask for grace, what exactly am I asking for? The condensed definition in my own mind was that I was just [...]

Where is the time going this year?
Well I’m still going at it, at the gym at least 3 days a week and slowly but surely I can feel myself getting stronger and hopefully healthier in the process. My weight is currently 229lbs so it’s still coming off…also slowly but surely. Like everyone else though I [...]

A funny thing happened between my last post in the category from December and about the end of February…I gain more weight! ACK! Still not everything I lost but enough that I’ve lost 5lbs a month since then and I’m now at 235 as of this morning. As per my motto, “slowly but surely wins [...]

In case anyone wondered how I was doing on healthy living and maintaining my weight during the pregnancy. I think I’m still doing OK! Here is all the measurements and weights I done since I started this journey in December 2007 for your viewing pleasure! LOL

Time to weigh in! I missed February! LOL
This morning I’m at 212, so I’m doing OK at maintaining. I haven’t met my exercise goals I planned but I am exercising, so that’s a good thing! I’m 18 weeks along and morning sickness is completely gone! Be sure and check out my pregnancy updates and pics [...]