Wednesday - The little voice

You know the little voice that tells you to slow down when you're driving or reminds you to turn off the coffee pot in the morning, that little voice is God. So next time he whispers to you, listen. It could help.

Blessings,
Magnolia

Tuesday - Still Crazy

I've found that the only good thing about crazy days is that they go by quickly. Thank the good Lord. I was up to my eyeballs today with lots. But I am thankful every day that I have a job that I love. And when I'm busy I don't even think about eating candy. That's right folks, another day without candy at work! And a weird workout. I het a little thrown off when I can't get on my favorite treadmill. So I ended up on the elliptical for 10, running the track for 15 and then on the treadmill for 20. Like I said kinda crazy!! But again, I'm so very thankful to be able to exercise. I guess what I'm saying is that even though it's been a crazy day I'm still grateful for it!!!

Blessings & Thanks,
Magnolia

Monday - Crazy Monday

Just back from Thanksgiving break and I'm covering for 2 other supervisors. Talk about a bit of crazy!! But I did get some much needed relief in the gym. Oh how I missed my treadmill. I felt so much better when o got home. And yet another day with no candy at work!! Yeah me! So did all of you get back on your schedule after eating too much this Thanksgiving? Of not there's always tomorrow.

Blessings,
Magnolia

Thanksgiving

I am very thankful today. Thankful that I ate too much, that means that we had a place to be and food to eat. Thankful that my husband irritates me. That means I have someone in my life I love and who loves me. Thankful that I have to slow down and wait on my Mom. That means that a year after her stroke my Mom can walk and talk. God has given me so very much. Much more than I deserve. Thank you Lord all the wonders in my life. May I never take them for granted.

Blessings & Thankful,
Magnolia

Sunday - Cookies & Cleaning

Cleaning the house for Thanksgiving and baking cookies for J to take to work. All that and church, lunch out and the grocery store. I think that's a pretty full day. But I thank God for every minute!!

Blessings,
Magnolia

Saturday - Nice Day

Ok, just to update you....I didn't eat candy at work all week long! I know right!!! Am I sick? Nope, just busy and that led to a "can I do it everyday" type of challenge. Which is good I think. Challenging yourself with small things can be such a confidence booster. So, I'm very proud of myself. Now onto what we did today. Not a whole lot, just some eyebrow waxing and grocery buying. Except for the desserts that we indulged in (mine was a red velvet cupcake). And no I'm not going to eat the whole thing in one sitting!!! Or at least I don't think that I will. I guess we'll just have to see won't we!

Blessings & Challenges,

Magnolia

Thursday - 3 Whole Days

That's right. 3 whole days with no candy at work!!! And I changed my workout tonight so that I'm not struggling so much and work from that point. Needless to say my workout was way more enjoyable tonight. My lesson for the week (or month) is if you're struggling then just dial it back a little. You need to enjoy what you're doing.

Blessings & 3 Days,
Magnolia

Wednesday - still no candy

Woo Hoo! Yeah me. Another day with no candy eating at work. I'm afraid that one of these days I'm just going to go nuts. So please pray that I don't. So there is a lesson here. If I can do it you can too!

Blessings,
Magnolia

Tuesday - not too bad

So my first day back at work after a couple of days off - wasn't so bad. Busy but things were mostly like I left them. I even left work on time and did a little workout. And best thing today was that I didn't eat any candy at work today!! That might not sound like a lot to you but it's a major milestone for me. You see I'm a candy freak. Red hots, jelly beans, chewy spree I love them all!! So yeah me. Hopefully tomorrow I can keep the candy drawer closed.

Blessings & no candy,
Magnolia

Monday - good start

So I'm off to a good start this week. All except for I'm blogging from my cell phone since my computer decided to die. Oh well if that's the worst of it then I guess things aren't so bad right!?!?! I did have today off and j and I went to the gym and didn't end up eating out which is a good thing. So hopefully this good start will end in well also.

Blessings & Endings,
Magnolia

Friday - Stuff

Severals things lately...

• First and foremost, Happy Veterans Day to all the past and present members of our military! Especially my dad and my hubby! I love you both more than you know.


• My hair is back in shape after a trip to my hair girl this afternoon! Yeah me! I feel much better now!


• Thank you to my sweet baby doggy Sam, she found another snake in our back yard! The problem was this time it was still alive. I'm more than sure that my neighbors thought that I was Norman Bates' mother from the movie Psycho! Except with a shovel! That makes 2 in the last 2 weeks! Oh yeah!

So that is pretty much it lately. I did struggle with my workout yesterday. I had a raging headache when I went in the gym and thought maybe if I did my workout, it would calm down and go away. Well it did calm down for about an hour and came right back. So pray that I don't have any more any time soon. It's hard to workout with your head pounding, even harder when you're trying to run with it pounding.

Blessings & Stuff,

Magnolia

Monday - Typical

Typical Monday today. You think that you're ready for the work week and something pops up and throws your whole day off. Yep, you guessed it, it happened today and unfortunately will continue into tomorrow. Thank goodness I'm taking a couple of days off the end of the week. I'm thinking that I might need it after all this. The good thing was that I had a good workout, my running is becoming less stressful this week, hopefully that will continue. The only not so good thing was I'm pretty sure that I ate way too many pumpkins left over from Halloween. Okay, so I did eat too many, I admit it. I paid for it after my workout though, with a little acid reflux. Guess you could say that I'm just trying to keep the makers of Pepcid in business. I'm feeling a bit better not after my turkey sandwich though. So now that you know about my day, how was yours??

Blessings & Mondays,
Magnolia

Sunday - Realizations

So where have I been you ask, well the answer is no where and everywhere. I don't have a good excuse for not blogging, well that was until I realized something.....when I blog it makes me accountable to someone other than myself. I suppose I just didn't want to feel accountable to anyone. Then I realized that maybe I needed to be. It makes me determined to do what's right and what God really wants me to do. I know that might sound scattered so stay with me a minute here....
#1. If I don't blog then I don't have to explain myself to anyone.
#2. If I don't explain myself I don't have to feel guilty about some of the things that I've done or not done that day/week.
#3. If I don't explain things I seem more "super" human or grand (which I'm not).

So you see where I'm going here. I recently had to pray for God to "re-program" my brain. I'd begun not feeling so good about myself and what I had been doing. I guess you could say that I was becoming complacent about my routine and not very motivated. Dont' freak out, God was definately looking out for me, he kept me going with my routine until I finally decided to ask for help. So I did. And what a relief. I'm slowly getting back to my old self and felling better about myself and why I started all of this in the first place. So my suggestion for today is stop and have a heart-to-heart with God, ask him to keep you on track and "in the zone".

Blessings & Realizations,
Magnolia