Working Out

Well I have been working out for the last month and 5 days.  Bill and I went on vacation last week and I worked out everyday that I needed too.  I either jogged/walked, hiked, or rode a bike (which hurt - the seat was not comfortable).  I'm so happy that I didn't let getting out of my routine stop what I'm trying to accomplish.  I'm feeling more healthy by the day.  I'm hoping in a few weeks I will be able to jog the 3 miles to do a 5k if I so choose.  Getting excited towards becoming a step healthier.

Can't wait for Hawaii!!!!!  Only 2 months away!!!!

Ramping Up

Well, we got back from vacation and our yard work has definitely begun.  I hurt in places that haven't hurt for such a long time but our yard is starting to look so good. 

Beginning

 

Week Two

 

Now

Bill had the brilliant idea that the dirt we dug up would be the base of the raised flower bed in the back yard.  That way we don't have to spend very much on top soil.  I'm happy that he even thought about it.  I definitely wasn't.  My mind didn't go to the "where do we put the dirt" part.  

More pictures will follow of course.  We have 7 weeks before Bill's fathers surprise party and that's the goal that we are hoping to reach for our yard to look presentable and nice.

Purpose

I want a purpose for my life.  I have always just wanted a purpose in my life.  Growing up I never knew what I wanted and never knew what I wanted to do.  When I married Bill my dreams slowly morphed into wanting a family.  That didn’t happen.  So slowly I lost my way.  I’ve lost it completely.  Every now and then I get close to finding my way back and then I get derailed again.  Apparently it’s not that hard to get derailed.  It’s so much easier to get sidetracked and drop back into old ways.  I know that for a fact.  I’ve been working out off and on since I was 18 and just this last month I have finally found a routine but I know that I have to keep up with thinking about it so that I continue it and not stop.  So for life I need to find a routine that works.  I need a purpose.  I don’t know what it needs to be though. 

It is so hard to think that the last 7 years of my life has been exactly the same.  I do mean exactly the same.  It is really, really, really, really starting to bother me.  I need to find a way to change up my life and find my purpose.

Finding the first step to finding my purpose would be only through…Prayer.  That’s where it starts.  However the waiting for the answer is so hard and usually so long but it is worth the wait.  It is something that I have to keep in mind at all times.  It is WORTH the WAIT and it will always be better then I could ever think of.

I found a quote that I love but unfortunately I forget it frequently.  It says “Disappointments are just God’s way of saying: “I’ve got something better”. Be patient, live life, and have faith.”  I love this quote and it brings my joy and peace whenever I read it.  I just need to write it down EVERYWHERE that way I don’t forget it.  

I NEED to start praying on a daily basis for myself.  PRAYER it's what it is all about.  GOD will help me find my way.  He's the only one that can.

The Healthier Life

So goals...yes the talk of goals.  Isn't it exciting.

My goal is to start loving myself and taking the time for me to work out.  

You would think that loving yourself is easy but I find that it is by far the hardest thing to do.  You would also think that taking the time to work out would be as easy as that sounds considering I just have a husband but it still takes a lot of time and effort to remind myself that I'm worth it, that it will be good for me, and that I will feel great afterwards.  

So Working out.  Yep.  On a regular basis.

  

I have a plan that I have been sticking with so far.  Now I'm still at the beginning stages - Two Weeks but I'm feeling good about this.   I am alternating a couch to 5k jog and a Jillian Michael's Strength workout (weights).  I also even worked out when I was down in LC staying in a hotel.  That is a big step for me to have actually done it.  I usually give up when my schedule changes but I'm so proud of myself.  It is now just the keeping up with it even when my schedule changes.

OK I CAN DO THIS!!!! 

Front Yard

I didn't do this.  I will say that.  Bill, my wonderfully awesome husband did.  He worked so hard today weeding the front flower bed by the street, mowing the lawn, fixing the bell tower at the church.  We had a talk and we have come to the conclusion that we need to get our priorities in row.  So we, both of us are going to start working more and more on the yard.  I'm glad that everything is slowly coming together and it's beginning to look like a real yard again.  One that people actually care about.  It's starting to make me happy to come home and have a nice yard to look at.  We still have a lot of work to do but one day at a time.