WHERE DID MAY GO?...

JUNE 04, 2009

I cannot believe May has passed by so quickly and June is fast-forwarding. I cannot seem to get caught up anymore or get many things accomplished. I noticed last night my calendar on the refrigerator still has April's agenda on it. Wow, pretty bad when you've skipped a whole month of calendaring.

There were end of year school activities, sports activities, weekend trips, painting the dining room (which I must admit, is still not complete) and planting more flowers (one of my favorite things to do). And now we have moved into the fundraising mode. The teens have been involved in several fundraisers this month to raise money for their trip to WOL camp in July and last night we had a spaghetti supper at church to raise more funds. We have a golf tournament scheduled and one more car wash to squeeze in before the end of June. I'll need a weekend of rest after all this.

I want to post some pictures of Rachael that were taken during softball this past year and I'll try and get those done in the next day or two. I also have some additional recipes to post and need to get back on track with sharing some of the weekly recipes from weight watchers.

Speaking of Weight Watchers, I weighed in yesterday and lost 7.4 lbs. This was awesome and I am shooting for my 60 lb star next week. I am going to weigh in on Tuesday of next week because I leave to go out of town on Wednesday so I pray I make my 60 pound loss. The last month has been up and down on the scale and at one point, I lost track of whether I was gaining or losing (haha). I found pounds and lost pounds but as of yesterday, I am definitely back on the path to losing. I needed the big loss to encourage me to get refocused. I have a new vision in my mind to where I would like to be when we take our family vacation to Disney in September. This is the vision I am going to put in my mind to prayerfully keep me motivated.

My step-son Nick called this past week and told us he has placed an offer to buy a house less than 5 minutes from our house. I am excited for him and I know he is looking forward to this next big step in his life. He has been offered a full-time position with Duke Energy as an Associate Engineer and we are happy for him. He has been working part-time for Duke while going to school and graduated in May with an Associates Degree in Electronic Engineering. He graduated with honors and did a fantastic job working part-time as an engineering intern. I received a note of praise on him from the Human Relations Department and I have to admit, I was very proud.

I will share more later but for now, must get back to work.