Pound for Pound

Ok, so watching Biggest Loser tonight and they advertised Pound for Pound.  It's been agreed that every pound I lose will help donate a pound of food for children in need in America.  So I have set my amount to lose between now and May 1.  I feel that helping children may be a great motivation.  I have a few pounds left over from Alexis.  It doesn't help that I gained 5 pounds while being pregnant for 9 weeks.  So I hope with some motivation, it will finally melt away.  We'll see.  I'll post periodic updates on my weight loss, even though I'm totally embarrassed.

Baby It's Cold Outside

Today's temperature is 32 degrees and falling.  It's super chilly out there, and we are staying in to keep warm.  I have a love/hate relationship with these icy cold Texas days.  I love them because it's an excuse to stay in my PJs and do whatever my heart desires.  If I want to watch trashy daytime TV, read a good book, nap with my daughter, or sip on hot chocolate I can.  However, I despise these days because I end up thinking about the one million things I need to do.  And I end up try to be responsible by doing house chores.   So that's what I'm doing.  Between entertaining and playing with my little sick girl, I'm doing laundry, dishes, and packing.  I HATE laundry so I guess that's where my despise for these days come in.  Don't get me wrong, I am grateful I have clothes, a washing machine, detergent, and all that goes with it.  But I hate pulling clothes out of the dryer to fold and put them away.  

So with that....why do we run ourselves ragged?  God has given us the perfect excuse to relax, stay in, and "be still."  Yet, I'm running around my house like a mad woman getting as much as I can get done.  The only difference between today and most days is I just run around in a smaller area of the world.  So I'm taking the rest of the day and relaxing a bit more.  I will still have to finish laundry and pack, but I will do it without all the stress.  God is good and I'm grateful for my mini lesson today. 

 

Like a Virgin....

Alright, so technically I'm not new at this, however I am new at having a "grown up" blog site.  I have posted my thoughts, opinions, and perceptions of life to MySpace and I have a special site dedicated to my daughter's  life http://babysites.com/sites/jen0508.  But I figured it's 2009, I'm a year older, and it's time to have a respectable blog.  I follow a few blogs now and they have inspired me to get one.  Especially since I have so many things to say, but would rather write than talk.  I hope I can get savvy at this by posting pictures, links, and really neat things like my fellow bloggers.  I can't promise I will have important things to post, but my perception is my reality and I hope you will enjoy reading...or at least nosy enough to check it out once in awhile. :)