Happier things!

As most of you who may have read any of my blog over the last year know that i have been going to Weight Watchers. A few weeks ago was one year but just this week I got to a big goal. This is not my final goal but it was a major one that I wanted to get too. This week I was down 2.6 pounds which put my total at 76.8 pounds. I wanted to get to 75 pounds and I finally did it. I still have 31.2 pounds to get to my goal but I was very excited to reach this goal. It has been a long hard year at times but I am so much happier with how I look and how I feel. As soon as I can I will post a new picture. Recently the lady who lead the Monday night meeting that I attend had to take a leave of absence because of traveling for her main job. We've had a new lady leading the group who just does not do a very good job. I've had several of the people who I have met while attending the meeting tell me that they would love it if I was the leader. I have to reach my goal first but it is something that I have really been thinking about. It would be extra income, but I would love to be able to help others with their weight loss journey.

On another note Justin has received a job offer from the franchise owner of a couple of Donatos in the area. Just pray for guidance as he looks into this and explores a few other things.

I should be scared

I should be scared about the fact that Justin lost his job on Monday. I should be scared that he has no income at this moment. I should be, but the crazy thing is I'm not. Justin has hated his job for so long and has hated working for Donatos for so long that I feel his getting fired was a blessing. There are a lot of extenuating reasons as to why he was fired. There is the one main reason but then there are other things that we figure made this a great reason to let him go. He has filed for unemployment but we don't know yet if he will qualify. He has sent his resume out to several places and is actively looking for a new job. There is one possibility which is with Donatos but on the franchise side and not corporate. The guy who owns several of the franchise Donatos in the area has called Justin and wants to talk with him and see what he can do for him. Justin likes Don and he would be doing something that he already knows, but he isn't sure that is what he wants to do. I am trying really hard not to push him into anything. I just keep praying that the right door will be opened as he sends out his resume and all that God will guide us as to what to do. We need a lot of prayers as we go through this time and all the changes that may come with this.

A Very Special Lady

Today is a very sad day for me. A very special lady who has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember passed away last night. Her name was Barb and she was an amazing women who loved God and loved children. Barb never married but she had lots of nieces and nephews and lots of kids at church whom she touched. Growing up Barb taught my Jr. Church class, she organized and directed the Children's Christmas program. The thing that I will always associate with Barb is camp. Every summer Barb went down to Camp Begomi in Pike County, Kentucky. You had to drive through a narrow creek to get to the camp. Barb started taking me to camp when I was seven and as I got older I would go for more than just the one week. I would go and stay for several weeks and work. I loved camp and made so many friends there. Barb loved camp too and loved reaching out to kids who needed help. Over the last several years Barb's health hasn't been the best. She had to wear oxygen all the time and often had a hard time getting around. Her health never seemed to keep her down for long. A couple of years ago she started a quizzing program for the kids at camp. She would send them monthly verses to learn and a newsletter with everyones birthdays in it. She would come here to church and I would help her get it together and run them for her. I really enjoyed the time I had with her each month. Last year Barb spent 30 days in the hospital but kept praying that God would let her get out in time to go to camp. Sure enough she was still able to go and had a great time with the kids. She was an amazing women who has left a wonderful legacy of how God can use one person to touch so many. I will miss Barb very much but I now now she is with her Father in Heaven and she is so happy to be there.

It's Almost Christmas

It's the Saturday before Christmas and I have so much to do. Well okay not too much. Today was supposed to begin 6 days in a row off for Justin, but as with being the boss you have to make sacrifices. His Assistant General Manager has pneumonia and can't work today so he has to go in. We can deal with that because he still has 5 days off and we will have Tuesday - Thursday off together. The only problem is we were all going to go out today and get the rest of the food that we need to host his family on Tuesday for brunch and my family for dinner. Now i have to take all three kids out on my own and get the things that we need. I just pray that the kids will not make this too hard for me today. The one I worry about the most is Kaleb. He is get bored and walk away and sit somewhere sometimes and as crowded as places will be today I worry about him getting lost or taken. Trust me when I say that we will be going over in great detail how we will act today and what we will do and of course I will bribe them with some kind of treat if they behave. Well I better go and get ready so we can get this done and over with.

The Weather Outside is..........Confusing!

This morning around 8a.m. the snow started falling and falling fast. Within about 2 hours we had almost 3 inches of snow. Then it started sleeting and then it all turned to rain. Now it has been raining most of the day. The tempeture has been just above freezing hense the rain and not snow. Tonight its supposed to switch back to snow and drop a couple more inches. I don't know I guess I'm glad that it wasn't all snow today but at the same time I would have really liked the snow. We're supposed to have a Live Nativity at our church tomorrow night. It's not just one of those drive by ones either. It is more like a dramatization of the night Christ was born. We have shepherds and Roman guards and live animals and all kinds of things. Now with the weather I'm not so sure how many people will come. I don't particularly want to stand outside in the cold and the snow (the high is only 28 tomorrow) and I don't really want to deal with my kids in the cold and snow either. Luckily this is one of the things that I am not involved in. We'll just have to see how tomorrow is.