Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter everyone!!!! I know Easter was yesterday, but I didn't get a chance to write so I wanted to make sure I acknowledge it today. What a great day we had yesterday. Church was really good!! The music was great and the message was great as well. Pastor talked about "The God of the Third Day". How the first day was very dark, because it was when Jesus died, and day two was spent waiting, not sure what was going to happen, but DAY THREE....that's when He rose and gave us hope and a new life!!! It was so easy to relate to our lives, we all have those days that are really dark (been there plenty), then the days spent waiting and not knowing what's going on, but then there's always that day when Hope comes in and things look up....that's the God of the Third Day. Thank you Jesus, for raising yourself from the dead and giving me HOPE!!! Hallelujah!!! So anyway, we had a nice day. We went to our friend Steph's (well really they're family)house after church and had a nice dinner and played some games. We met some new friends, Krista & Jima and their family who came to dinner as well. It was a beautiful day. What is even more beautiful, is that the kids and I are off from school today!! Easter Monday....just one of the many benefits of going to a Christian School!! So, I got up made breakfast for the kids, downloaded some pictures, sent some email and I'm about to get on the treadmill when I finish this. On another note....The 21 days of no complaining challenge finished today!! Miranda passed with flying colors, I am not so sure about myself, I may need to add a few more days for me LOL. Actually, as I told Miranda, it's not an attitude we should have for only 21 days, but an ongoing process that we should be working on. So, that's what we're going to do.....be aware of our complaining and stop ourselves before we start. Miranda still gets her reward though....she settled for a new Webkinz rather than a trip to American Girl Doll. Easier and less expensive for me! I'm really proud of her though, she really rose up to the challenge. Maybe she is becoming mature....is that a good thing or a bad thing....I'll have to let you know. Okay...well have an AWESOME day everyone!!

21 Days

So they say it takes 21 Days to either break an old habit or start a new one. I was reading about this Pastor who challenged his congregation to go 21 days without complaining and I thought that was a challenge. I don't think most of my friends would say that I'm a complainer, but if you ask my husband I think he would say I am. I do tend to complain a lot at home, so I thought it would be a good challenge for me. I decide to include Miranda in this challenge, because she too is quite the complainer. It's been 12 days so far and I must say, she's been doing much better than I have. I'm trying, but it's pretty hard. I do find myself catching myself when I start to complain and then I stop myself. I'm much more aware of it now, but it may take me longer than 21 days. Miranda however will get a trip to American Girl Place once her 21 days is up because she has done great. I'll keep you posted how that's going, keep me in your prayers. Well, it's been a couple weeks since I wrote but there's really not much going on. School, work, church, etc. I did update the blog a little though, under the "Songs that I'm feeling" I added a new song and I realized that I could add the link as well. So all you have to do is click on the link and it will play the song from you.tube. How cool is that. So, that's about it for now. I hope you all enjoy the day! Love you.

It's too early to be up on a Saturday!!!!

Hello my friends. Yes, it is too early to be up. I've actually been up since 5:00am when Chris' alarm clock went off. We got a little bit of snow last night and he had to go in to work early this morning to take care of it!! But I have this problem that once I'm awake, I can't get back to sleep!!!! So, here I am on the computer. It's actually nice though, because it's quiet and there are no interuptions. Let's fill you in on what's going on..........................
Well, since my last entry, CJ had his birthday and turned 6 years old. We had a little party at the house and 2 of his friends stayed for a sleepover!! It turned out really nice and the boys were great! They really had a lot of fun. You can see pictures at www.pixagogo.com/2717654221. He has also lost his two front teeth since then. He's getting so big. Last night he went to his grandma's house to stay, because we had plans with Miranda. Miranda & I went into the city and went to The American Girl Place!! It was supposed to be Me & Chris & Miranda, but with the weather Chris ended up being on call :(. We still had a great time though. She got a doll for Christmas and a gift certificate for the store, so we finally went in last night. She got the doll's hair styled at their doll hair salon and she also got a couple of outfits and a book. It took us forever to get in there because of the traffic, but once we got there it was great. The store was not that busy and neither were the streets in Manhattan. After American Girl Place, we walked to Rockefeller Center and saw some people ice skating, then we walked around and looked at all the cool clothes in the windows and we ate at this place called "Goodburger". OMG it really was soooo good. Miranda had a burger and fries and a milkshake and I had the "Texas Steak Chili". The food was really good. It was so much fun being in the city just my daughter and me. This is one thing I really like about living in this area. The city is so close and accessible and so much fun. I'm looking forward to being able to share it with her even more as she gets older. We drove by the theatre district of course and there were so many shows that she'd like to see, so I guess I better get my act together and start looking into some tickets. Now, as for my weight loss efforts. I'm sure last night's food did not help. But this week when I weighed myself I was down 3 oz. But I just weighed myself right now and it says I'm down another 1.3lbs, which is great after the food I ate last night. So let's go with the weight today (I know it's morning and you weigh your least first thing in the morning, but I'm going to use it) That would mean I've lost a total of 28.4lbs. Not too bad!! I'm still losing, not as fast as I would like, but I'm really excited about my size right now. Now, I just really have to start toning up. I know I really need to start sit ups, but we'll see. Let's see what else is there. Oh, I was told last night that I'm getting a new refrigerator this morning. I guess my landlord wants one to match the other appliance. Cool!! Things are going better here. Our family is really happy right now and I feel things are really looking up, so thank you all for your prayers!! Time to hit the treadmill.....Love you guys!