So we added a family member to the Carr Family! This is our new dog Brutus! He is a full bred Great Dane that we got from the local SPCA! We are all in love with him! We know that we have a ton of good memories to come and that Brutus will fit right into them!
As we all should know, life is a work in progress. Progress is being made here in life. Shred has not been a daily activity and though i am dissappointed by this, I know that I haven't given up. I shred friday morning but I didn't saturday and Sunday. I got right back with it on Monday. I can feel it working and I feel so good about myself after I do it. I have decided that my goal is everyday but, this weekend we were going non stop from morning to night--I need to be reasonable with my expectations! At this point it looks like I need to shred 26 more times and as close together as possible.
This weekend we planned our menu for the wedding with our caterer and we tasted wedding cake. I knew wedding cakes had a price but I think our eyes were opened to what they are. We are going back and doing some more research on what to do for that part of the wedding. Mike is thinking about going to JoAnne's and taking cake decorating lessons. I think he would do an amazing job!
WE BOOKED OUR HONEYMOON!!! Wow, that was a bit of an experienced. We look for deals on cruises like 3 or 4 times a week. We are excited about the possibility of this one but need to double check it is all going to work. We have until March 21st to decide and get our deposit back. At this point we are going on a 7 day cruise to the Caribbean. Actually the same one I went on last May... but hey it was amazing and it will be a different experience getting to go with MY HUSBAND!!!!
Just wanted to check in with you all. I need to put some pictures up. I took the kids bowling yesterday and we celebrated Mike's moms birthday on Sunday night before he left for Oki-ville!
Have a great one...I'm off to a basketball game where my girls are cheering for their first time this year!
So they say it takes 21 days for something to become a habit... so almost the time I will be done with the shred thing... it'll be a habit. Maybe that means I'll keep it going. Hm.. That is probably the point huh?
So I shred again last night. It was almost 11 by the time I got to do it, but I did it. I forgot my tennis shoes at work, but I wouldn't let that stop me. It really is a good work out. I can feel my muscles doing their thing and thats always a good feeling. My upper arms feel tight tonight, now if only they stay that way.
I started writing this last night, fell asleep writing it. Whoops.
Point of this all is that I did it a second day. Right now I'm not looking forward to the third day but hopefully I will be by this evening!
Well--I decided if I didn't write this down for others to see, I won't do it. So for the next 30 days I will be documenting my 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels. The lady is crazy. I think I can see how people on the Biggest Loser lose over 100 pounds in their 12 weeks with her. No Mercy.
I think it will be exciting to see where I am today and see where I am in 3o days. I started on the first level and would like to see if I am doing the 3rd level by the end.
It's hard to imagine what can happen to you in your 20 minutes with crazy lady, but I walked up the stairs afterwards to take a shower... my legs were quivering... then I tried to wash my hair.... lets just say lifting my arms to shampoo my hair was a task. Ah. It feels good to have the pain, to know you have worked yourself out well!
So the goal is to get rid of my "massive" arms (that's for Mike, a comment he will NEVER live down!) and to have to have my wedding dress taken in...oh and to look hot on the honeymoon :) there are 130 something days til the wedding... seems like eternity, anyway plenty of time for the 30 day shred, healthy eating and other habits to work their magic.
So here it goes... the 30 day challenge, 29 days left. The challenge end date is: Thursday, February 11th.
I am also competing with one of my friends, Jen, in a Nike Plus challenge. We set up 2 week to 1 month deadlines and the person with the most miles wins. Not being competitive at all (cough cough) I will do whatever it takes to take her down! :)
Well the realization of life has set in a little more. The crazy Christmas season is over, we are making major plans for the wedding and our life together forever is coming... not as soon as we would like but hopefully it will seem like it. The joke of eloping comes up oh... every other day... we are excited to be under one roof all the time.
I'm home sick today, Mike is out of town.. pretty much for the next three weeks, coming home for the weekends. It's hard for us to be away from each other. His mom started a new job so she can't get the kids to daycare in the morning, so while Mike is gone I'm staying with the kids being mom. I have been mom to them for quite a while, but sometimes it sets in a little more with different things. I am getting a taste of what I put my mom through and for that, I am truly sorry mom. I'm quite thankful I work with kids and junior highers to give be a bit understanding on emotions and changes and needs and wants. It sometimes feels like a 1000 piece puzzle with all black pieces but other times I understand the complete joy that comes with parenting.
I think I'm getting it down more and more each day. We are making lunches together, picked out clothes for the whole week, getting some homework done early, trying our best to keep back packs organized and getting family time in. We also have our dinners all picked out for the week. I think we are going to be just fine. Now if the kids and I can get the house cleaned and if I can for once conquer the laundry by Friday I think we can find this week a true Victory.
Sometimes I wonder if there is a normal pace to life. I feel like there is always someplace to go or something to do. Do you ever feel that way? It was so nice last week to get away to a cabin that had little to no access to the outside world. It still felt like the days flew by and our time away from insanity were coming to a close way to soon, but it just felt like that's how life should be more often.
But its not.
I like being busy sometimes, as long as it isn't to the point of there isn't even time to stop to go to the bathroom. (I had many of those moments in December but I won't go there). I often feel like there isn't enough time in the day or days in the week. A pastor at a conference I went to last year said this, "being a pastor [or churchworker] is like giving birth on Sunday and then finding out you are pregnant again on Monday" I feel like that so much.
You make boundaries but something always comes up and the cycle keeps going. How do you get through a day or week or month without feeling like you are letting someone down by not spending enough time with them. Sometimes I feel like I can't win with it all.
My Fiance', our relationship and our family are my priority. I think its going to continue to be an adjustment for some people to realize that... its ok... life is a work in progress.
I don't know why I am sharing this. I guess there are a lot of days where I feel like I just can't do it all. I have felt like I am continually letting someone down and really don't like that feeling but am trying to embrace the fact that my life is changed and my life intertwines with many other lives and so that's going to cause those lives to change as well. Domino's.
Back to trying to solve the world of Sunday School (if it ever gets solved I will be in complete awe) so I can go plan a wedding! :)
