God is Good!!!!!!

Well, today I've officially had my first experience with complete fright where my children are concerned. We were all outside in the garage visiting with some friends. Kacie was sitting by the door to the house playing with our shoes; Stephanie was playing with her table and chair set by her daddy's workbench (also by the door to the house). My friend looks over toward the door and says (calmly I might add), "Ummm, there's a snake over there." Now mind you my baby is sitting right by where I now see this black snake slither by. I, not as calmly, pick Kacie up and grab Stephanie's hand and move them back away from the area.

Now my husband and my friend's husband, armed with shovels, attempt to remove the snake from the garage. However, the cunning snake hides underneath the shelving unit containing all of our outdoor chemicals (not a shelf you want to tump over). They start moving the shelf very carefully and the snake only moves further away from them. Charlie gets a piece of PVC pipe to "push the snake out" so that our friend's husband can kill it. Yeah!!! Mom's REAL happy right now.

Needless to say they did finally kill the snake. It was about a foot long, and Charlie thinks it was a water moccasin (nice huh?). Now, to why God is so good. Kacie had been sitting there the whole time and never bothered the snake and the snake never bothered her. I know God was watching over my baby today. And someone else was there who could help Charlie take care of the snake without it having to be me.

Thank you God for watching over us today!

It's Been A While

Yes, I know it's been a while...two weeks to be exact. However, God has been dealing with me a lot lately, and I've been doing some reading on how to master the goals I have set for my life. I've been reading two books by Joyce Meyer, my new favorite person. The first one was Eat and Stay Thin (that's exactly what I want to be able to do) and the second was Look Great, Feel Great: 12 Keys to Living a Healthy Life Now (I think that's the title). They really didn't tell me anything I didn't truly already know, BUT she put the thoughts in ways that really ministered to me and gave me no more excuses for my behavior. I'm going to be outlining all of my learning while I'm on vacation this week. Please pray that I will stick with what I've been doing while I'm gone. I will begin implementing some of them as soon as I get back, so you will be seeing what I've learned soon. I'm not sure I'll be posting daily, but I am going to shoot for at least every other day.

I hope everyone has a safe and restful holiday.

Eventful Week

This week has been an eventful one. We had VBS all week long in the evening, so our days were spent recovering from the night before. Stephanie had such a great time; every night she got in the car and said she had a "blast"!.

Here is a recap of my week.

Food
I did very well on my food intake this week. However my new problem is that I'm not hungry during the day and as a result I'm having a hard time getting the right amount of food for my body IN my body each day. I'm glad I'm having this problem, but I also hate this problem b/c often I don't realize it until late in the afternoon and then I have to make sure I get it in before bedtime. I'm going to have to start planning better.

Exercise
I haven't done much excercise (except for dancing with the kids at church) this week with VBS. I did go to the library and check out a few workout videos to use at home now that it's a million degrees outside. I'm looking forward to using them this week.

Cooking and Cleaning
I did cook most nights this week, and the others we ate leftovers. Last night we took my dad out for an early Father's Day and I think that's the only night we ate out.

Devotionals
I'm still having trouble in this area. I am reading my Christian fiction books, so I'm getting some faith based time in there. I hope I can get back on schedule soon. I know I'm needing the time.

The great news on this post is that I'm down 15 lbs since I started this and it's been mostly done by changing my eating habits. It's amazing what small changes can do to help our bodies. Now I just need to keep working on getting the water into my body.