Random thoughts

We had a terrific weekend with my family in Michigan last week. I have forgotten how beautiful Michigan is at this time of year, absolutely gorgeous, and it was nice to see all of my family in a very good mood. They just adored Ellie, gave us some clothes and enough diapers to last a couple of months...what a Blessing!! I enjoy going back to my roots but i am also very humbled by it as I realize everytime how very blessed I am to have a redeeming relationship with my Lord.

Carl's parents are coming for a visit today. We're all really excited and looking forward to having a great time with them. They haven't seen all of the new arrangements to the house so this will be special and fun!

Counseling is going very well...i'm still learning, still growing, and learning to implement changes slowly and one at a time...it's amazing what a little discipline can do for one's life.

We're trying to save money in the budget, learning how to cut back and save in little area's like groceries, it's almost like a game to be played when shopping,, "how much money can i save today.." while also trying to maintain healthy eating habbits.

I'm going to discipline myself to get more healthy, so you can pray about that if you want. I need to lose weight, i know i'm beautiful just as I am but I want to be healthy, and while i'm healthy right now I know that someday the extra weight will catch up to me and I just don't want to wait until the doctor tells me that i need to in order to live. So, i'm going to a calorie counting system...i hate it in some ways its a lot of work to do but I know of many people who disciplined themselves in that way and have lost over 100pds just by changing their food intake. Some of my biggest motivators...I want to have more children and be able to play with my children. So I guess it's kind of my goal to lose 80-100pds (and yes i need to lose that much) before we have another child...and since we would like 4-5children i figure i better get started now. So this blog may just turn more into my thoughts on the weightloss journey...but i don't think it would be a bad thing to have a semi-support system.

I've got the hickups, need to wash the sheets and blankets, I have dishes to be done, laundry to put away and a beautiful baby to care for...I wish my camera was working so I could show you how big she's gotten already.