"Let's Roll!"

"Let's Roll! Finding Hope in the Midst of Crisis" by Lisa Beamer


I found this book thanks to one of my guard girls. This book is the story of Todd Beamer, one of the Heroes on United Flight 93, the flight that went down in Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. It is written by Todd Beamer's widow, Lisa Beamer. It is a touching book and I would highly recommend it to anyone. In the book, Lisa Beamer talks about Todd's childhood and his college years, as well as her own childhood and college years. She tells of how they met, fell in love, got engaged, got married, and started a family of their own. She also talks about the relationship she and her late husband had with God. She tells the reader how her faith helped to get her through some of the toughest times in her life. Those times included the death of her father when she was only 15 and the loss of her husband in 2001.



Since finishing this book, I have found myself examining myself and my actions. I have started to think about things in a different way, and it's all for the good.



So...long story short...this book is a MUST READ if you haven't already read it.

Challenge and vacation plans

So the challenge ended up being a bust....Let me explain. My partner and I were talking this past week and we decided that neither of us really had the time to work out the way we needed to in order to stay in the running to be able to win the challenge. After talking about it for a couple days, we decided to pull out of the challenge.

That being said, I still plan on maintaining the eating habits I had formed while we were in the challenge. I do not have an official weigh in for this past week. I will be weighing in on Friday mornings on my home scale, so I will still be keeping up with my progress. I still want to get in shape and feel better about myself. I have kind of volunteered Brian to keep me in line and stay on track for my progress. It also helps that we are planning a vacation this summer.

Speaking of vacation...we aren't sure what we are going to do. We talked about Hawaii...but when looking at plane tickets we have decided to look into something else, as well. Hawaii is not completely ruled out, we just want to look at other options we have before we decide what to do.

Enough rambling from me...for now anyway.

7 months

Today is the 7 month mark for Brian and me as a married couple. It doesn't seem like we have been married that long. Time really does fly. The past 7 months have been great! I have had some stressful times because of work, but I have been able to come home to my husband and he has comforted me and helped me through those stressful times. Well that's all I have for now. It's early and I still have to get ready for work.

Weigh-in Results and randomness

I lost 2 pounds this week. I didn't really exercise very much, so I was pretty happy with the results. I have lost 5 pounds since starting the staff challenge on January 5! I have noticed a few pairs of my pants fitting a little loose!

On another note...I am extremely excited for tomorrow night! Two of my favorite bands will be in Springfield and Brian, Matt, Jenn, and I are going! I can't wait to go!

On yet another note. Brian and I are planning a trip for our anniversary in June! I am super excited! I think we may try to go to Hawaii!! YAY for paradise! He is going to check on what he has to do as far as applying for leave, and then we will probably try to make reservations sometime this weekend! I am so excited!

Doctor's Office

I went to the doctor last Friday, and of course the doctor I go to is in an office where A LOT of people take their children. Friday was apparently the day for all the cute babies to go see the doctor...I'm talking cute. Not the ones you say are cute so you don't hurt their mom or dad's feelings...these babies were all about as cute as this...

The babies weren't dressed up like the little one in the picture, but man...they were just about as cute as this little one. Talk about not helping with the baby fever I am experiencing right now. We have talked and we are wanting to wait for at least another year before we start a family. We want to get a few bills out of the way before we have a baby. I guess I will have to "cure" my baby fever by looking at cute baby pictures on the internet...

Challenge

At school we have a staff challenge for those who want to participate. We are in teams and we weigh in each week on Fridays. The team that reaches February 27 with the most weight lost (in percentage) will win new warm up suits. Not the best prize in the world, but at least there is some motivation. I decided to participate in this challenge with one of my lunch buddies. Last week we lost a total of 7 pounds. She lost 4 and I lost 3. Let me say this...we weighed in on Monday after school and then again on Friday before school. I was pretty proud of the two of us for what we lost. We didn't really work out very much, we walked together one day after school. We both changed our eating habits though.

Some may be wondering why I am writing this for the whole world to see, although I'm not sure there are many people who read my blog. Oh well, I will give my reason anyway...I want to be held accountable to more than just my partner at school. I have been saying for a couple years now that I want to shed a few pounds and I want to be more fit. I'm great at talking about it and what I will do to achieve this goal, but I am also really good at putting off getting in shape. I am not happy with myself right now. Don't get me wrong, I'm not completely unhappy. I just want to be more in shape than I am right now. I want to be able to get into a bathing suit and not feel as self conscience as I do. So...from now until at least February 27, if not longer, I will be reporting how many pounds I shed on Fridays. I will weigh in in the morning at school and update with a post at some point on Friday or during the weekend. Maybe this will help keep me motivated once the school challenge is over.

Busy, busy

It has been a busy couple of days. School started back up on Monday, which means winter guard practices have also started. After practice yesterday, I have mixed emotions about this season. I was excited, but I'm not sure now. The girls are great. They are getting along really well and they seem to want to work hard, or at least they did during camp in December. I'm not sure what happened yesterday, but a majority of the girls did not seem to want to be there. They weren't putting their best effort into the practice. I'm hoping it was just because they were all tired from the start of the school year. Hopefully practice on Thursday will be better.

Hello 2009

I can't believe it's 2009. It's amazing how quickly time goes by. I have seen a lot of posts about New Year's Resolutions. I don't know that I want to make any resolutions. The main reason I say that is because I don't want to feel like a failure if I don't follow through with one. I may change my mind later, but we'll see.