Welcome June

June is my birthday month.  On Friday the 3rd I will be turning 44 years old.  I remember not to long ago I thought 44 was really old - but you know what you are as old as you make yourself be.  You can be an old lady at 20 something or a young lady at the age of 50, 60 or even 70 ;) .  I definitely plan to be that young lady.

I have to admit that I love my birthday!  I love all birthday's and think that they are the most important day of the year for that person.  It is just YOUR day.  Yes you may share it with people you know and even those you don't but it is YOUR day.

My parent's are the ones that instilled this importance.  When it was your birthday - you were in charge -you choose the meal and what type of cake you wanted.  My grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins would come over after dinner and celebrate YOU.  

I am passing this on to my kids.  When it is their birthday - we wake up to a birthday song - presents are opened right away - they pick the meals and activities for the day (as long as school or sports aren't neglected).   Then we have a big party for the extended family.

Life....

Sometimes life seems to beat you down.  Sometimes you LET life beat you down.  This is what happened to me over the past week.  I let things just beat me down that should not have...  I let them envelope my life so much that it caused me to get sick. 

Last week I mentioned I was carrying hatred in my heart and this manifested into a migraine that lasted nearly 3 days.    I do get migraines but they almost always get better with my medication.  This one did not.  I realized that I had to let my anger go - so I prayed for myself.  I normally do not pray for myself - I find it odd and like I am begging/bartering with God, Mary, Jesus, Saint (insert a name) and I do not like that feeling.  I think that is why I have a hard time with prayer.

But on Friday morning - after spending Thursday in bed and Wednesday in pain - I decided to suck it up and pray.  Guess what it helped.  It helped me let go of some (not all) of my anger towards this person.  It shifted the anger to sadness.  Once some of this anger left me so did my migraine - it was a mild headache after that and I can live with that. 

prayers needed

Normally when prayers are requested some is sick or in great need.  I need prayers because I feel great hatred towards someone right now.  I need to get right of the anger that is just sitting inside of me and eating me up.

Lazy Days and Sunshine

This weekend was to be a lazy weekend for the family.  We have a birthday packed weekend next week, then Easter, then my sister in from Scotland, then Mother's Day and finally my In-Laws wedding anniversary.  So we will be running - running - running for the next month.  So I decided that it would be a lazy nothing planned weekend. 
Friday - my brother's family stopped by on their way home from Athens county.  They just finished their spring break trip.  My kids were so excited to see COUSINS!!!!! as Miss C shouted.  We visited and went out for pizza

Saturday - I did not do much but laundry, hang out, make dinner, & watch TV (Ghost Whisperer marathon).  Hubby worked on the fridge - trying to fix the ice maker.  Kids played on the Wii, outside, and watched some TV.

Sunday - We hung around the house.  Went to Mass at 11 instead of our normal 8.  That in itself throws the entire day off.  Kids played on the Wii and outside.  I was not feeling well so I stayed indoors and hung out with Miss C.  Hubby went to help a co-worker of mine with her Finance class.  We had dinner and all went outside to check out the new rail-to-trail path in Marion county. 

It turned out to be a great weekend!  I hope this week goes smoothly.  P turns 10 on Saturday!!! we have a friends party planned for Friday and family on Saturday. 

10 facts about my better half and me....

1. We met in business school in passing I thought he was annoying (he had this huge duffel bag that blocked my mailbox)
2. We met at a party over Christmas vacation and I thought he was adorable (he was sitting on a sit-n-spin playing with our friends little girl)
3. We met several other times at school's Thursday Night Social Club before I asked him if he was going to ask me out or what
4. I would have married him after 3 months of dating
5. But we dated for over a year before he popped the question at a Stop Light.  I did not believe him 
6. We were married 23 months after our first date
7. We have three children born within the first 3 years of our marriage
8. Everytime our wedding song plays I must sing it to him even though he does not like that so much... the song was "From this Momment" by S Twain
9. He is my sanitiy - he keeps me on track; I am his laziness - I remind him it is OK if it does not get done right away
10. I can't image my life without him

Please visit Betty Beguiles to share your facts...

Day 10 weigh in

Today is day 10 of the cleanse -- only 14 more days to go in the jump start kit. 

I was weighed in today and I weighed 159 - looking toward 155 and less!  YEAH for me.

Thank you Power Factory, Jen (my trainer), & my husband (for doing this with me),