New Wreaths

Some new wreaths just went up on ETSY. Let me know if you are looking for a certain theme or colors. I love making custom wreaths : )

A new week...

Oh, how I am glad that this weekend is over.

To say it was a rough one is an understatement.

I would go into more detail but frankly I don't want to think anymore about it.

Nothing too dramatic. Just one ounce of bad luck after the other.

Like losing my wallet and finding it after I looked for two hours and cancelled all my cards.

What I do want to think about though is my new FitBit which I am so excited about.

I've already had two. One lost at a water park and the other stopped working. This time I just will make sure to keep my receipt.

And this thing is one of the best motivators.

It makes me want to reach my step goal and also beat my steps from the day before.

Yesterday was crazy busy though so I ended up with 11,734 steps. I doubt I will beat that today. I am hoping for kinda a relaxing day today after the weekend.

The new puppy helps too. I chase her around the house more than I do anything. And in about two weeks we are getting another one so it will be twice as much work.

But anyways.

I am happy that I seem to be back in the groove. I mean after doing such a great job exercising I don't want to come home to pig out.

But I do have ice cream in my freezer today that I plan to eat while watching the new RHONY. But it is a smaller version of what I usually eat so I call that a win.

And I am going to start a FitBit post and maybe linkup just to keep y'all updated and to keep track of my results.

I am hoping with the FitBit and going to the Y that the last thirty pounds I have to lose will just melt off.

Yeah, I laughed at that too….

Anyways.

I wanted to post a cute picture of a FitBit but then I found this and I just couldn't pass up posting it here.

I know. I know.

It seems like forever since I last posted.

But to be honest life sometimes just gets in the way.

A couple post ago I wrote about my poor Molly girl having cancer. Well, it grew it seemed overnight and so last Tuesday we lost her.

It was heartbreaking. But I know that it was the right decision to make.

Of course Ryan took it hard.

He cried harder than I've ever seen him cry before.

Telling him that she was gone was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I knew it was going to break his heart and cause him pain that he has never felt in his seven years of life.

We had a very sad couple days and we still miss her everyday.

Knowing how much Ryan loves dogs we knew that we needed to get another one. And last week my husband came home with this surprise….

She's twelve weeks old, a full lab, and we named her Daisy.

And we adore her.

But man does she keep me busy.

I've had to walk away five times just while writing this post. First because she was biting my niece. Then she ran off with my flip flop. Then she needed to go potty. And the list just goes on and on.

It's good for me though. I think just by chasing her around all day I've lost five pounds. Crazy right!

And in a couple weeks we are getting one more. We are going to name her Allie and she is also a full lab.

We can't wait.

So anyways sorry for the break but I am back now.

And off to the Y….

The Y

Last year I was doing so great with my diet and workout. I was going to the Y everyday, running in the afternoon, eating right, and just was in the groove.

I lost thirty pounds which was really exciting. It was nice to be able to just pull jeans on instead of trying to squeeze into them.

But then so many things started happening around us. When I get stressed I become a hermit. So I stopped going to the Y and eventually stopped working out. Losing weight was put on the back burner and I just wasn't as passionate about it with all the stress I was dealing with.

We decided to put a hold on our membership. Because why pay for it when we aren't using it. I vowed to start working out again at the house but that just didn't happen. To be honest it's just easier to sit on the couch with the promise to "start tomorrow" than it is to get up and workout.

So now that things are settled down we decided that it's time to get back to the Y. I just love it and it helps keep me motivated to be doing the things I should be doing.

After working out for forty five minutes on the running machine I don't want to come home and ruin it with a bowl of ice cream. It makes me want to do better especially on the days that I don't want to even be there. It's a good feeling when you go to bed at night knowing that you went to work out and you ate right that day when your mind is telling you just to take that day off.

Plus, Ryan loves it. He loves going to the kid's area and just playing for a couple hours. And during weeks like this when it's Spring Break it gives me a little bit of a break for the day. There are some days when I would just take my bible study up there and did that while he was playing.

So now that I am back at it it is time to start focusing again. Time to lose the last thirty pounds that I have been wanting to lose for months now. I am excited to be going back to the Y but not really excited about the workout part of it. I just hope that once I am there and back at it I will gain my passion back for a healthier life. To be determined to lose this thirty pounds and just be a good example to Ryan. I want him to see his mom taking care of herself and caring what she looks like.

I need to figure out my schedule again. When I lost the first thirty pounds I had a working out and eating schedule. I would have a cheat day once every two weeks and other than that I would stick to MyFitnessPal.

Today I am going to go work out but hubby and I are having a date night do diet doesn't start till tomorrow.

But I will start tomorrow.

A Captain's Duty Book Review

I just finished the book  A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips  and it was a book that I couldn't put down.

So many mornings I would wake up tired because I had been up too late the previous night reading.

Richard Phillips was the Captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship. While in the seas off the Somalia coastline his ship was attacked by four pirates who were looking for money. Eventually Captain Phillips ends up in the lifeboat with the pirates where he spends five days fighting for his life.

This story was all over the news when it was happening. I remember following along and praying for Captain Phillips to be rescued and unharmed.

I am absolutely fascinated with the life of Somali's and Pirates. I have read about four books about them before reading this book. I am not sure why but I just can't read or learn enough about it. I guess because their lives are just so extremely different than the life that I live in Texas.

Even though I highly recommend this book I want to let you know that there is a lot of controversy surround this story. I kept this in mind while reading the book but I still found it a fascinating read. I feel like I learned more about the pirates and they way that they work while looking for money that doesn't belong to them.

I am not sure what I am going to read next. I am reading through a couple samples on my Kindle right now and really like the The Wolf of Wall Street and am sure I won't be able to just stop once the sample is done.

What are you reading right now? Anything I should add to my reading list?

Devestated

There are no words.

She has cancer.

We haven't made that hard decision yet but have been told between one to two months.

But she is still playing, barking at every passing leaf in front of her window, and not yet in pain.

I can't believe I'm posting this.

I really thought it was just an infection that would be cured with some meds.

I hate cancer.

It took my Grandpa last year.

And her this year.