so sleepy but need to post....

ahhhh. Where has the weekend gone?! Yesterday was very productive....I actually slept in until 8:00. Woo hoo! Then I went for a nice 6 mile run with Starla. Our next half marathon is in 3 weeks so it was time to get our butts (and legs...and respiratory system...and circulatory system) in gear! I am really looking forward to this race. I wanted to do something special for a dear friend of mine who happens to be in my family too (yes, I am blessed to have several family members who I am priviledged to also call friends:-)) So....I am running my race in memory of Ava and Mackenzie, Jamie and Daniel's two sweet girls who taught many about the precious gift of life. These two girls lived, bonded, loved and were loved (and continue to be loved). They were knitted together by the God who loves them more fiercely than anyone ever could. They were such a blessing and will forever be missed. The rest of my weekend went well. We did yard work until in started to rain on Saturday (ok, ok, so I just pulled a few weeds while Mike mowed the yard...but hey, I just ran and was tired!). I did clean a little bit inside and then Mike took me to lunch and to the Christian book store. Lunch and books from my hubby? Score! He bought me "Me. My Country. My God" . Really good. Of course I love American History. One of my hobbies is memorizing American History...like the American Presidents, The Gettysburg Address, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, etc, etc. Not really normal I guess, but I enjoy it:-) I really do love this country and am so proud to be an American. Obviously we have our flaws and looks like we are in a downward spiral in more than one issue but I am still proud of what my country was founded on. Having a strong desire to break out into the chorus of Lee Greenwood's "Proud to be an American" right now. lol:-) Still loving the house! Last weekend was D-Now weekend and Mike had middle school guys at the house while I was with middle school girls. Last Saturday night we had a joint Bible study and everyone met at our house...it was so nice! Had 13 people in our living room and it didn't feel cramped. This is what I want to do! I want to use the house for Bible studies, for get togethers, for outreach. I feel so blessed! God knew the desire of my heart to entertain and to open our home up and although our home is not large, it works. In a couple weeks we will be holding a seafood boil at our house for the young married Sunday school class and college students. Can't wait!!! Oh, and back to D-Now...I had 2 girls in my group make decisions for Christ! It was so exciting and I will tell you why...these girls didn't lightly enter this commitment. They knew it wasn't a "Lord, forgive me from my sins, live in my life and now all I have to do is go to church every week and go to Heaven when I die" . No! They were excited about what they would DO. They realized that taking the narrow path is what God calls us to. And they realized it would be hard. They realized the importance of sacrifice and really living what they believed. Such a blessing to see! I am currently reading David Platt's "Radical". If you have not read it yet PLEASE go get it! It will change you! It will challenge you and put you in an uncomfortable spot until you change. I am dealing with these uncomfortable areas right now (praise God!) and so looking forward to living out my faith and doing what I have been called to do! Again, go get this book! Wow, I realize I have sooo much more to write, but it is late and about my bedtime. Work will be extremely busy this week. All I have to say is "yay for overtime!"

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I love how every weekend I attempt to sleep in just a little and then end up getting up before 7:00. Oh well. I guess that is sleeping in for me now:-) Don't have too much planned this weekend...Project Go (local missions with our church) and then lunch or dinner date with my hubby. And then some errands. Wow, what an exciting weekend, lol.

My kitchen is a wreck at the moment. I really should get up NOW and clean it....yep, I should. The other night I ended up cooking 2 dinners for us (yes, I guess I am just that good)....I decided to cook a healthy dinner of "chicken", rice and green beans. You may be wondering about the "chicken". It was actually a soy protein substitue made to look like chicken. I had been toying with the idea of doing a meatless night and I know that you get tons of protein from soy. It looked good in the package, smelled good while it was cooking in the tomato sauce it came with...and then we ate it. ok, so Mike ate it...I ate part of it....and then ended up throwing a frozen pizza in the oven later on. Oh well. I made up for it last night when I made cheesy shrimp and grits. It is one of my favorite meals:-)

I did work out this morning and it felt great. It has been quite a while since I have done anything...and considering I have a half marathon in 5 weeks....ugh. This could be interesting. I think I am more concerned for this race than I was for my full marathon. I have felt so unfocused in that area. I hate feeling out of shape. I know that it's probably not as bad as I think it is...but, heck, it's my opinion that counts in this, right?:-) I had every intention of doing a karate tournament at the end of the month but I could never get to go train with my instructors (who happen to be a couple of hours away) and I won't do a tournament without some serious training first. The last tournament I did was with my brother in Athens, Greece almost 7 years ago so it's been a while. It was the best tournament for us as far as synchronized forms and we actually beat black belts who were higher rank than us. I kind of like having that memory as my last tournament:-)

ok, so work out is complete, I just started taking some new vitamins and looking forward to making some healthy changes....I'm afraid cutting coffee out of my diet is next. There's no time like the present, so I might as well stop today. I will miss coffee. It is so nice to just sit with a cup of coffee and read on a cool morning. Oh, I've got to go! Have to get ready for Project Go!