This is a favorite side around here. We just love it beyond what words could describe. It is super easy to make and is also really quick for those nights when you need to throw something together for the family or to impress unexpected guests. I ALWAYS keep several cans of carrots on hand just [...]
When I make this bread it gets really quiet around my house. That means I make it often! Quiet around this place is SACRED! Usually there is a dull roar. But a roar none-the-less. And at times it is louder around here than a rock concert. So if I make something where everyone just sits around [...]
Iron Skillet Pork Chops With Muscadine Glaze
Recently when I was at the National Cornbread Festival I came across a booth that was selling Muscadine Juice. Not wine…JUICE! I was so thrilled…and then I tasted it. OhhhMyStinkinHeck, that is the best stuff I think I have ever put in my mouth. As a kid I can remember being at my grandparents house [...]
Today’s Mom and The Seagate Slim (GIVEAWAY)
“Thanks to Seagate for supplying product for giveaway and some of the information in this post.” I have been a Mother for 22 years. Saying that out loud just seems absurd to me. It is so hard to fathom that I have a 22 year old and a 15 year old child. Think of the [...]
Wow, this weekends flew by. And I can tell that it is Monday. I think I am going to need bags and bags and bags of coffee bags to get me through today. Notice how I wen from cups to bags. Even skipped the pots of coffee. Heck, I just need a coffee infusion I think.
Oh, who am I kidding? I can’t think. After all it is Monday…and I haven’t had near enough coffee yet.
Oh my goodness. I forgot today was Monday!! How did I forget today was Monday? Well, there are many days when I have no idea what day it is. It just isn’t something that I really keep up with. I know that sounds crazy but I work from home. I home school Tate. And we just go from day to day doing what needs to be done and not worrying about the day, date or time. I usually know it is a weekday because Bric gets up and goes to work, but he was on call all weekend and went to work both days so it sort of messed up my usual way of knowing what is going on.
I have been BAD, BAD, BAD over the past week. Bric bought himself some powdered doughnuts…and I found them. Then Tate wanted some homemade French Fries and I made them…and ate some. It went downhill from there. I haven’t even weighed which I usually do ever Monday because I know just how bad I was last week. But it is all ok. I knew when I started this journey there would be set-backs. I knew that I wouldn’t change all of my habits over night and that it would take time to get to where I want to be. I will get there, set-backs and all. Today I will just start over, be diligent and ban Bric from bringing home more powdered doughnuts.
I have hit that place.
You know that place where everything seems like it is standing still.
Not moving forward, but not falling back either.
Standing Still.
So, I have made myself a challenge, it is time to step it up a notch.
How will you challenge yourself?
This says it all!
I remember years past when I just kept thinking I would start tomorrow.
Tomorrow never came.
The above is so very true. All it takes is getting started, that is the hardest part. It doesn’t matter what your goal is, you will never meet it if you don’t take that first step. When I first started on this journey I am on…I could barely walk for 5 minutes on the treadmill. I am not up to running a marathon or joining a gym like the gym in richmond va but I can now at least walk much more than 5 minutes. It just took getting started….each and every day. And there are some days when I feel like I am starting all over, but I KNOW that the results are worth it!
How are you doing on your goals?
I am proud to say that I have gone from a size 20 in pants to a size 14!! Yes, I still have a ways to go, but I got started, have you?
