Happy Birthday to my Bestest Friend Ever!!

My sister, my friend my partner in crime ... Happy birthday !!

Today was Marisa's 30th birthday surprise party! Boy was she surprised!! Poor Girl she actually was disapointed and thought that I forgot to plan something!! Well all turned out well. Lots of friends and family came out to help us Celebrate.. Here is to 30 Years my friend!! Love you!

Confidence

I am soooooo amazed at how confident I feel. Let me explain.... I have always been a confident woman. I was always comfortable with who I was. But, and this is a big But... I have so much more confidence now, that it excites me. I feel that my new life has given me a different approach on life it self. I feel like I can conquer anything!! When I went into my first interview today, I was so determined to land that job, I think I blew the lady away!! She offered me the job on the spot!! I had another interview following that and this is the one I really wanted. Because of my confidence, my second interview went even better !! I did land the job, and so I will be working from home three days a week. I am excited about my new adventure. Life is so much different now. I have a whole new set of eyes , well and body!! My outlook is this: Life is too short to sit around and do nothing literally. For the past 12 years I sat inside cause I was too tired to go out and walk or jump or dance, I was too tired to take a stroll with my husband, or too tired to get out of bed and just enjoy the creation that God has placed in front of me. I am truly truly blessed that God allowed me to take this path and this journey to begin a "new" life! I am even more blessed that I have a supportive husband, friends and family that support me and this new life . I wish I could explain the joy that I have inside of me, the joy that God has placed in my life . The love and take that I have for life now is soooo much different. So I leave you with this....
Live , walk, dance, jump, sing, jump out of a plane..... but don't miss out of life cause it passes you right by. Then 12 years later you wake up and think... How did I get here???

Thank you Lord for this joy and new take on life that I have. Thank you for your strength and continued mercy and grace. I am nothing with out you , absolutely nothing.

Getting out there

Well I told Mike today that I would like to build my business at home. So I started sending out my resume and guess what??? I got bites!! I have two interviews this week.. I pray they go well.

My job

I was laid off today :( However I think it will be okay. I am going to try to pick up files on the side and work from home. I need to be very careful cause I know being home means being around food all day long. When I am at work I pack exactly what I am going to eat for the day. I usually pack protein of some sort chicken or tuna , string cheese and apple or grapes. I eat about every 3 hours to ensure that I don't ever get hungry . So plan is to do the same here.

Lord I pray for strength and guidance ..

WHOO WHOOO!!

100 lbs Down !! Yeah I am so excited!! It seemed like forever to get here especially with my crazy past few months!! So this morning I got up to run and I ran 1.56 miles without stopping!! Then went home to shower and weighed my self and I am down!! I was soooo excited! I have 12 more pounds till I hit goal of 140!!! Wow !! I am so close I can taste it!! I am currently a size 10 and a size medium / large in clothes.. it varies. So Mike and I decided to bump up our routine. We are both running in the morning, seperate times and then we are going to run before our hikes now and then make sure we get in Raquet ball or some kind of fun. I really want to get down to size 9!! So wish me luck.

Thank you Lord.. for your guidance, your patience, your GRACE!! I could not ever and can not do it with out your strength!!!

A beautiful day

Today we went hiking with Becky, Dom and the girls and the baby. We had lots of fun and it was a beautiful day to be out and about. I love how the girls enjoy life, I sat back and just watched as they ran so free in the trail , running and chasing after things with no fear. I want to be just like them!!

Mean time all is well here in my world. I am still excersising and trying to lose that last 2 lbs to hit my 100 goal mark from date of surgery. I am going to double my routine, I really need to stop talking about bumping up my run and do it!! My goal is to run 2 miles constantly by the end of the month.. Lord give me strength. Thank you for Life.. Only through you I am standing :)