yummy

so today is started and I still have lots to do before we leave tomorrow. I still need to find some snow pants and boots, didn find any yesterday although I did get all of the grocery shopping done, so yay! This morning I had Greek salad for breakfast, nath offered eggs when he was making his omelet, but the liquid eggs whites make me want to ...So i had salad, yummy.

So the short little plan for today is eat well, exercise if I can fit it in but the truth is I have a ton of stuff to do and I am not sure if there is time, so eat well, be positive, think happy thoughts and today should run hopefully okay!

On plan-making great choices....

well so far so good today, I am on plan and making my way to some new and exciting things! Today I am packing for Mt. Washington, we are heading up there on Wednesday to spend a couple of days in the snow! I am looking forward to a couple days of light thinking and relaxing, I am determined to be pink and fluffy this week all about fun and NOTHING else!No stress, no real stuff, just the fun, fluffy stuff this week. I am going shopping today to look for boots and snow pants i didn get to go the other day so I will head out today to do that. I am making naths dinner right now, doing laundry, washing dishes and packing our suitcases. My sweet hubby needs a couple of days off and we will get a mini vacation away! 5 days to spend together. Yay! i am so happy about that, I really miss him while he works.

So in order to stay on plan I have decided to take a walk down photograph lane today and remind myself what 50 pounds looks like and realize that even though i am not done i am a work in progress and even though 50 feels like 10 it isn't and it does make a difference! So the rest of today s plan is:

Pilates again -ouch

weights

food, protein for breakfast-done

plan for lunch is 3.5 ounces of protein and lots of veggies

same for dinner with 2 servings of bread substitutes and 6 strawberries for dessert.

keep going yay! it will be worth it!!!!!!!!

yesterday church was perfect for me, i was miserable in the morning my hips were so unhappy with the weather, silly arthritis, I didn't think I would even be getting out of bed but I did and service was so worth it, every song felt amazing. This morning i got up and read a few chapters of the book , The awesome power and privilege of a woman's voice, so good , it was for me , I love it all. It really spoke to me, just amazing. I can have strength in ways I am not used to , I can change things for my family and loved ones by using my voice in kindness and so many other strengths, i do not need to be afraid I need to trust God and believe He is guiding my steps, trust His leading . I am not alone. I love it!

change everything

Today i woke up and i want to change everything, not just a few things in my life, everything. I have this desire to sell most of our stuff, pack the rest up and move somewhere exotic. Where there is lots of sun all year round and where I will wake up every morning beside the ocean, yes in my mind I am a obvious millionaire as well but this is the dream today. I also would like to be a children's author who is actually talented enough to write and illustrate her own books. I would love to work from home on my lap top and on the side I would share a photography business with my closest friend. I want more knowledge than my energy level seems to have time for. I want to drink homemade fresh squeezed orange juice every morning after i swim in the warm ocean beside my house, eat a banana and peanut butter sandwich for lunch everyday while I read Persuasion and have BBQ veggies on a pineapple chicken skewer every evening for dinner, I want to do yoga before i go to bed on my veranda beside the ocean and fall asleep peacefully for 8 hours. Now some of these things are possible, I can eat all those foods if i want and read the book and do yoga, but unfortunately the house on the beach isn't going to happen anytime soon, but in my head it is lovely. Today I want something different than I have ever had, i am not sure even what but something different, I want to make big changes and learn to let go of some things I am holding onto, i am trying to figure out if I am falling into the same routine as usual by doing what is expected of me and I am wondering why i choose to do it this way? Can I walk away from expectations and ever have peace within myself because I am making my own decisions. What does God really want from my life? I know I want to please Him more than anything. So today this is what I want to know, what should I change, what should I keep the same, what should I plan for my future and what to let go of.

i am having a teddy bear in the dumpster day, once upon a time Port Alberni had a lot of flooding going on and we lost a garage full of stuff, and in the midst of us cleaning out the garage my husband picked up this old ratty one armed bear and said it needed to go into the dumpster, then came the water works, here i am sobbing over the thought of this poor one armed bear laying in a heap of garbage at the dump, i thought it was the saddest thing ever( needless to say i was a little emotional that day)so i cried and he laughed his head off and hugged me.

It's just one of those days. Today is a day for silly tears and hugs.....

sunshine, engagements, workouts.........

Well this is a very good week, my brother in law has proposed and is engaged to a beautiful girl who is already my sister and now it will be official we will be legal, yes I am a goof , I know. I still love that saying that friends are the family you choose, i have so many I am so close to and who feel like they are my family. I am so happy for Jon and Steph, it should be quite the party. Or parties, they will all be soo much fun!!!!

Wedding planning can be so much fun or way too stressful, I hope it is fun and not too stressful for them. I loved planning mine, my mother in law told me at the beginning to pick a few things that were really important to me and then be willing to compromise on the other things, so I did and it worked out pretty well, there were a few moments that I wished we had eloped but only a few and when it was over i was very happy with how the day went. Lots of flowers, little fairies, a dress I loved and nathan , of course.

So yesterday I did a really hard workout with weights in the evening , nath showed me some exercises from his men's health magazine and today i am paying for it dearly my thighs want to run away from me, far far away, I hate lunges. So I guess that is how you make a change! And that is how I will have more fun at nanaimo river this year!

Yay! weddings! Yay! camping