One of My 5 Star Girls

I went to 5 Star today even though I seem to have caught this nasty sickness that has been floating around my family. I am so glad I did. It was our last one for this season, awards were handed out and all my girls were there. I have 8 girls in my group, 6 of them I had last year. They are all wonderfully enthusiastic. I also have a faithful group of girls who like to do crafts, I am learning all their names trying to anyway. It always seems as if time goes by so quickly that we hardly have time to talk. When we do talk it's amazing the things you learn. I am so amazed at the things these girls face on a day to day basis. Today I learned that one of my girls lost two grandparents this week, on the same day. They were both her mothers parents. One passed away Monday morning, the other passed away Monday evening. Carrie is the embodiment of joy. She knows Jesus and it definitely shines through all she says and does. In spite of the tragedies in her family this week, she was at 5Star. Not only was she there but she was her usual joyful self. I just wanted to say, Carrie is an amazing young lady and I am so glad she is one of my girls.

Just an Update

Well Thanksgiving has come and gone, so has the company we had. I really do love the holidays. I enjoy hostessing, cooking and yes even cleaning. My parents came in town, my mother-in-law even came over and stayed the night. We also had several friends over for the day. It really was a good day. One of my favorite parts of the day is going through the sale ads for Black Friday. It's a process that takes all day, off and on. On the last go through I pretty much map out the shopping day. All three kids, my dad, my mother-in-law, and myself got up and hit the stores at 4 a.m. We love doing it! We did get some amazing deals. I got a knife set that was originally 170.00 for 30.00. Hilary got a pair of winter boots and a pair of shoes for 12.00. Those are just a couple of super deals we were able to get.

Now I am slowly getting ready for Christmas. We are going to my parents for Christmas this year. My nephew will even be around at some point near or even on Christmas. I have found that the cold weather and snow are a bit depressing. I could honestly live where it never snowed and cold was 40. I came up with a small sewing project to keep me busy in the off times. I enjoy sewing but my skills are minimal so we shall see how things turn out :)

It's Been Quite the Day

What a day! It started with a treacherous trip to Elkhart on the icy roads this morning. It was worth it, I bought enough molding for our dining room at an extremely cheap rate. Then I had a paint issue at Wal-Mart. I have been painting my living room the color was off from the beginning but I decided I would live with it. Then I needed a 3rd gallon and the wrong sticker was on it and it couldn't be matched. An hour and a half later I now have 3 complimentary gallons of paint and a whole bunch more painting to do...I only had one small wall to finish with the second coat. Then Evan's car acted up...wobbly wheel. I picked him up and decided I would get ahead of the game and get a little birthday shopping done. On the way the "malfunction light" on my car came on. I stopped at Auto Zone and had the "codes ran". Could be 1 of 4 things we ruled out one major thing. It could also be that I didn't get the gas cap tight enough yesterday. Have to get that looked at. In the midst of all this my cell phone was going crazy...calls and texts. I am exhausted, physically but mostly mentally, I just want to go home and go to bed (I am at work...done but waiting on Bob). As I read through this it doesn't seem like that much but this consumed my entire day. Tomorrow will be better and hopefully I will accomplish what I was supposed to do today.

Back On-Line....Woo Hoo!

So I have virtually been off-line for the last month! We left SBC/ATT because of connection issues. We went to Verizon, through our cell phone plan. We had a portable modem...the service worked well but it is not "unlimited" like they advertise. With a family of 5 the amount of allotted time was not enough. So I cancelled it and was left with the agonizing decision of who now? I finally decided Comcast would be good, I haven't really heard anyone complain about it. So far so good and it is much, much faster than SBC. I have randomly checked e-mail and facebook but I have really missed being connected. I didn't realize how dependent I had become to the Internet. It was good to do without but it's nice to be back.

Oops

Well I just realized that I was keeping track of my miles on Augusts calendar. The problem with this is that I thought I had more time than I do. The problem with this is that instead of 23.36 miles a week I need to walk 28.44 miles a week to achieve my goal. It's disheartening but I am still in it, I know I can do this.

On Track

My goal for last week was to walk 23.36 miles, I walked 23.50 miles. So far I am on track. I have a heavy week with work this week so pray I get my 23.36 miles in! I only have 398.24 miles to go...woo hoo!

This Journey is My Own

As I was on the treadmill this morning listening to my Ipod, a song by Sara Groves came on. It's title, This Journey is My Own. Kind of like my walk with Jesus, this is my journey. One I have to be responsible for, no one else can do it. No one else can answer for me. I can take people alongside of me but when it comes down to it, it only matters that I choose to make the right choices. In my walk with Jesus the right choices are ones that bring me closer to Him and ones that honor Him with what He has asked of my life. This can be difficult. I have found doing the right thing is rarely easy however it is always worth doing. As far as my 500 mile journey, the right choice is to get on the treadmill. I know this is a journey that Jesus and I are taking together. I pray that I keep on it, I know He will.

To date I have walked 90.36 miles; 409.64 miles to go! I will be back at the gym later today to walk at least 2 more miles...just me and Jesus.