Starting all over, Again...

Ok, so here is something you may or may not know about me, I get REALLY fired up about something and then in a short amount of time(when my next period rolls around) I lose interest. So, I have learned to strike while the iron is hot! I bought the book Brenna has been sharing about on Thursday, read 3 chapters, went to the farmers market and joined LA Fitness Friday. I had a great day of no soda, no coffee, no sugar, no white flour and no milk. I went to the gym, did a water workout for 20 mins, sat in jacuzzi, then sauna. Shared my faith with the girl who signed me up. Told her the only way I would stand on the stupid scale in public is if she would promise to come to church, she did, I did.My goal is to lose 25 pounds by January 1st, 2014. To be stronger, pain free(I can dream) and be

able to stand up on a surf board, on an actual wave by the beginning of summer 2014. Please pray

for me, I need them. 

"Patience, Iago, patience."

Waiting on God is easier said than done. I am a 'doer'. I like to get stuff done, so I can play. Our family is in the middle of a huge transition and I am in a situation where all I can really do is wait. The more I try to do, the more God seems to say, 'Wait'. It can be confusing and frustrating. But I believe, like all situations, there is a lesson for me to learn. 
I am grateful to God for prayer, friends to listen, give advice and help, and most of all for God's word.


Ps. 5:3 says, “In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.” 


Ps. 27:14 tells me to, “Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD.” 


Ps. 130:5 encourages me with these words: “I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.”

2 Chronicles 20:12

English Standard Version (ESV)

¹²O our God, will you not execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you."

Oh My Gosh! What is My Problem?

First of all, I want to thank all of you who have read any of my blogs. I am honored and flattered that anyone takes time out of their busy schedule to read my ramblings. So, it has been a month and a half since my last post and I am still battling the same issue of my weight, my organization and my 'carbon footprint'(whatever that is!) My plant is still alive, super proud of that! I am still 5 pounds down from the first of the year, but like David Spade says in Tommy Boy,'I can just hear you getting fatter.' Well, since I got back from Disneyland with my family, I can just feel me getting fatter! And, I am still trying to figure out how to get and stay organized. So, I found my password and started blogging again, 'cuz I realize that is really why I blog, to be funny(as often as possible) and to be held accountable somehow. I love finding out who reads this. It has been so encouraging to hear from friends all over the country who read it and have a chuckle. It makes me happy. Until next time...

Look What I Did This Afternoon...

A little craft project for my sweet daughter's room. Thanks Martha!

WHAT HAPPENED?!?

I'm not sure what happened, but it seems like I fell off the blogging map. I realized last night that I WANT to get back to it because I like it. It is therapeutic for me on some level and I can use all the therapy I can get.

So... today I went the 7th acupuncturist that I have ever seen in my life and boy was it a doozie! I have been getting acupuncture off and on for 10 years for a herniated L4-L5 disc. Well, being 42.5 years young, I am officially premenopausal, which means I am even MORE emotional(if you can believe that) and I get more and worse migraines. So, I go to see this guy and he sticks a needle in my eyelid, in the soft tender spot near the tear duct. I cried like a baby! I have NEVER, in all of my hundreds of treatments had a reaction like that. But he said that I had a "blockage". I was just thinking that that is why we don't stick needles in our eyes. Hopefully I am cured of premenopause. :)

I Am Back

Wow, what a crazy couple of weeks it has been. Ok, so I have been focusing on prayer this month and it has been great. I am reading a book about all the prayers of the Bible and have been loving it! So cool to see that in Genesis men just spoke to God, God just spoke to men. They walk with God. It wasn't this formal, forced thing. It wasn't a timed thing. It was a need thing, a relational thing. I love that. So, I scratched the pray for an hour a day deal and I am focusing on disconnecting from technology to be connected to God. A fast so to speak. Spending time with God before spending time on the computer, phone, Facebook etc. I have focused on listening to God first, stilling my heart, my mind and MY spirit, so I can better listen to HIS Spirit. I have been trying to be creative and dancing with God, holding hands with God, singing to God and laughing with God, crying with God. My best prayers, as of late, according to me, you'll have to ask Him if he feels the same have been me just asking over and over, "Please help me. Please help me."

On a continued note, I am eating better than I did a year ago, my plant is still alive and I am buying plants for Valentine gifts for my kids instead of chocolates this year. Pretty leaner and greener if you ask me.

Pray for Me!

OK, so I am feeling led to have month long focuses to help keep me on track for my pursuit of the disciplined life. The month of January was my detox, the month of February, I am feeling led to do prayer and March exercise. The thing about my prayer life is that it reflects my free undisciplined nature, 10 minutes here, 2 minutes there, a sentence here, a thought there, a request here, a thanks there. I do believe there is biblical backing for that 'style' of a prayer life. 1 Thessalonians 5:17
pray continually,

But I also believe the culture and climate that we are living in contributes to this distracted, disrupted mindset. With the technology of texting and social media, our communication is becoming short little bursts of thoughts and encouragements, etc.

So, I believe God put it on my heart to devote the month of February to prayer. And the first thing that came to my mind was to pray for an hour a day. Now, I don't know if I thought that because that is what my husband has been doing and he has been a great example and has been sharing about it. I don't know if I thought about that goal because that is what God wanted me to think. I don't know if I thought about that because it seems super challenging to me to pray an hour a day. It was one of those Ghostbusters moments, like, "Oh no, not the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man." So, I am praying about it.

I have identified that the reason praying for long periods of time for me is hard for me, is the boring factor. Again the repetitious discipline of anything is challenging to this Sanguine Person(ality). So, maybe a half hour of solid uninterrupted prayer combined with a half an hour "popcorn prayers" as I have heard them called. Either way, I am going to study out all the prayers of the Bible this month and books about prayer. The purpose of prayer, the power of prayer, passionate prayer, other 'p' words and prayer. :)

Anyhoo, I do believe the true key to my being 'Cleaner,Leaner,Greener without being Meaner' is this, my reliance on God for help with true, sustained change.

Pray for me...