My journey continues

I am still working hard at losing weight even though it has been coming off sooooo slowly. I have been so excited to be dropping pant sizes but now I'm so sad because my engagement and wedding ring no longer fit they are too big. I've been trying to decided if I should have them re sized or just buy a temporary replacement? I'm not sure?!?!?!

Happy Day!!!!

Tonight for FHE friends came over and after 10 years of pulling the things out by the roots we finally picked enough black berries to make homemade ice cream with. Of course my arms are all scratched up from picking them(this I think is the reason you never see anyone post about blackberry picking with their kids) but the reward was oh so sweet!!!

Home Again

I'm home again and so relaxed!!! I enjoyed the beach every day, the new furnature at the house, watching my kids play with my husband, and realizing the blessing of having a place that I can look forward to going to every year.

See you soon

We are off for our yearly trip! We have a house and cat sitter so off we go........

Over Loaded

I went to the doctors today(thanks Kayla for babysitting) and grabbed this little book knowing that it's super short and so much fun to read. I love the metaphors she uses. Emily explains that she teaches her children to do laundry but starts with harmless towels. One of her children was running a load of towels, as she was working in the kitchen when she heard a terrible noise in the laundry room. "I rushed downstairs too find my washing machine rocking and groaning like a wounded animal." Hurrying to lift the lid she finds a very overloaded washer(fourteen full size bath towels to be exact). She uses this metaphor: I am a fourteen-towel woman in a ten-towel-capacity life.

I LOVE this metaphor, it reminds me of doing laundry as a kid and wondering why the washer would always rock when I did laundry(OOPS) my mother explained to me that I needed to readjust or lighten the load. Finding balance is one of the things I struggle the most with. On Sunday my Bishop said "we may need to prioritize and adjust our schedules." He was talking about saving on gas, but I think this also pertains to finding balance in our lives as well.

I hope that I will be able to find balance in my life as I adjust my load.

Thanks to all of you who have been so patient and understanding with me.

Swimsuit Search

I was reading Rae's post about swimsuit season and got to thinking that I would ask if anyone out there has any idea where to buy a swimsuit in triple letter cup sizes???? I have been searching for two years and cannot find one that is not super ugly. PLEASE let me know if you have any ideas.

I DID IT!!!!!

I found motivation from Rae's 6 week weight loss challenge, I set my own goal to lose 20lbs by July 5 and am happy to report that as of today I have lost 20.4lbs.

Thanks for the motivation Rae