Back to juicing...

(Granny's Swing)

I haven't been feeling great the past couple of days. Looking at my diet, I know why. Too much sugar, bread and dairy. Not enough fruits and veggies. So I am hopping back on the juicing wagon. I have to admit, I feel fantastic when I'm on it. Getting all those fruit and veggies a day makes me feel great. I can't wait. Today I am starting with a cup of Nettle Tea... then a carrot, celery, cucumber!





I have a lot of cleaning to do today. Laundry, packing and dishes. I am hoping to get the majority of all the little stuff floating around the house either thrown away or packed. The kitchen will be done today leaving the bare necessities... and the rest of my closet needs to be dealt with. (shoes, scarves, pj's and purses... oh my!)





Tomorrow night is my official last night of work. Then we are going to the city to visit my Hubby's brothers for a day or two to get our goodbye's in. Time is flying and things are moving along nicely! Cant wait to see my Sister!!

32

Today is my birthday. 32 years have gone by fast! I can only imagine that in another blink of an eye I will be a grandma and my girls will be in their 30's. LOL I look forward to it! For now I will enjoy them as little girls with big hearts. They picked out every single flower in the arrangement above and gave it to me last night before we went to the family rodeo. (No, I didn't quit my job, just called in sick). I'm glad I went. I got some great pics of my girls and their cousins! Tonight Granny is babysitting and Hubby is taking me out to dinner. Couldn't ask for anything more!

Job or Family??

(my daughter at the park)

Its Friday. Once again, I wish I could be excited about this but unfortunately it means a very busy and long night for me at work tonight. I am having a hard time going to work now. I want to stay home and play with the girls. I want to finish packing my house and get stuff done around here.





Tomorrow night Hubby is taking the girls to a rodeo put on by my father in law. I want to go, but I'm scheduled to work. Normally I would not be so sad about it... but since I wont be seeing my FIL for a long time, I really want to go. Do I sacrifice the last week of my job?? or do I finish what I started and miss my FIL's rodeo???





I'm being pulled both ways. :(





I won't lie, having an excuse to leave my job early is kind of nice. The past couple of nights at work have been hellish. Terrible customers, terrible food, running out of everything and just plain yucky. I've been wanting to quit every night I come home...

Sorry for the whiny post.

I'm getting soft... time to CrossFit!

I may not be gaining weight... ok, so I'm gaining and losing the same 5 lbs over and over again... but my body is getting soft. Without my running and doing my daily workouts I have lost the bodacious curves, the muscular feel and the all around 'tightness' that my body was getting. So, in desperation to get those muscles working again I have started a crazy thing called CrossFit.

Hubby has been doing it for the last couple of months, and while it is only stuff like push ups, pull ups, box jumps, dead lifts, squats and jump rope... it is a kick ass workout. He is looking fantastic and doing well on it, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Today's workout.... you can check it out on their website for free... but here is what I did:

Do as many rounds as possible in 30 minutes of:

5 Dead lifts
13 push ups
9 box jumps

This may sound easy, but I could only manage 5 rounds. *Hubby did 15*

I am back on my juicing diet and getting rid of carbs and dairy (yes, it snuck back in again). Its time to get back on track. Moving across the country is no excuse to get soft. :P

Feeling a little 'boxed' in.

This is my living room right now. I went to the grocery store this morning and grabbed as many boxes as I could fit in the back of my truck. I still have our walk in closet, the girls closet, the hall closet and the kitchen to pack. I think I'll need to make a couple more trips to that grocery store!

I took the past couple of days off from packing. Hubby asked if I was losing my enthusiasm to move... I said "NO! I'm just pacing myself!" We have so much stuff it is unbelievable. I have actually given away, donated or thrown out half of what I packed! Hubby's dumpster out front has been filled and emptied once already, and its getting filled up again fast. We burned leaves, tumbleweeds and trash over the weekend. The grass, trees and bushes are turning green.... here is something funny.... the last time we had fruit on our fruit trees was the year we moved in (6 years ago). This year they have bloomed and it looks like they will be bearing fruit again this year... the year we leave. Hmph. I'm not sure if I should be offended.

Well, I'm off to make a dent in those boxes and get a closet or two taken care of!! We leave in 3 weeks, 4 days!!!

Driving in nuetral......

Yesterday afternoon was spent teaching the girls how to ride their bikes, again! Hey, 8 months of winter can make you forget!! It was a beautiful day and we all got a little bit of sun. Even the dogs joined in the fun, cheering the girls on by running a little ways, then stopping until the girls caught up. It was cute.

I havent been talking a lot about my weight the past couple of weeks. Its not because I have fallen off the wagon.... just kind of put it in nuetral for the time being. I'm trying to make good decisions, watch my portion size and drink lots of water. On the days I work, my food is all messed up. I leave at 4 pm and am not home until midnight... and by then all I'm ready to do is sleep... so I get in my breakfast and lunch those days, but no dinner. I usually drop 5 lbs by the end of the week... only to gain it back again on the Sunday, Monday and Tuesdays I have off.

In all honesty, I don't really want to even think about it until we are done with this move and settled, somewhere. At the same time, I don't want to get over there and find out that I've gained 10 lbs... what to do, what to do.

Its Gettin' Hot In Here....

Summer is finally here. The days are finally warm enough to open the windows and let some fresh air in the house! While I was at work yesterday Hubby let the girls run in the sprinkler... then roll in the mud... and chase the dogs around.... I wish I wasn't at work.

I have two weeks left. Have you ever noticed that once you put your two week notice in it makes it SO hard to go to work? Last night was the busiest night EVER. We had people waiting outside for a table. The boss lady had to come out and help us serve tables.... she even pulled a cocktail waitress from the bar to serve tables.... needless to say, it was a good night!

I then went to Wally World. Going in the middle of the night is the BEST way to shop there. Besides the workers, I was about the only one there. Being able to walk (or dance) down the isles without being ran into, backed into or side swiped was wonderful!! I ended up getting an RCA portable DVD player for the girls to watch movies in the car on our drive across the country!!

Today I am exhausted, but need to get off the computer and go get ready for church. I play drums today for the last time with the Praise Band. :( See you tomorrow!

A Pack Rat Named Tigerlilly

One of the best things about moving is that during the packing process you get to clean out. So far I have been able to match my 'give-away' pile to my 'taking' pile. I love it. I have also realized what pack rats my hubby and I are. I have held on to stuff that I have never used before... clothes that I never wear... thing-a-mu-jigs that I don't even know what they do. I am slowly learning to let go. The fact that I don't want to have to haul all of it across the country helps! Hubby has found a fast way to pack his stuff... he ordered a dumpster to be delivered at our house today. LOL

I, on the other hand, have been putting things in piles. The 'mom might want it' pile, the 'church sale' pile, the 'good will' pile and the dumpster pile. You would think that our tiny house would be a cinch to pack... but I am finding that I have stuff in every closet, corner and drawer in this house.

Today is my last night off of work for the rest of the week, so I'm hoping to get quite a bit done. We moved our moving date up a week... Yay!

Its a God thing....

Whenever something happens that is out of the blue, or just too good to be true, my friend and I call it a 'God Thing'.

One of the things you try to do as a christian is listen to God. To follow His word in the bible. To not do things for your own glory, but for His. So when it comes down to doing something as big as... oh, I don't know... MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY... you get on your knees a lot and pray that what you are doing is His will and not yours.

Hubby and I have prayed a lot the past couple of days. What we've heard is nothing but good things about North Carolina! LOL

We put one of our trucks up for sale (since we already had too many vehicles to get across the country and not enough drivers) two days ago. We cleaned it up, put a sign in the window and parked it facing the street. Tonight we got a call about it. An old man wanted to buy it for his son who has just returned from his mission from...... Charlotte, NC!! He said he absolutely loved it out there! They will be picking the truck up tomorrow.

I have been able to find homes for the majority of our animals with ease.... thanks to my working nights, we have paid off ALL our credit cards and will be moving with only one car payment to worry about.

God willing, things will go just as smoothly when we get there. I know as long as we stop to listen to Him, He will guide us.

Its a God thing!

We're Moving!!

I can't write a post without letting it slip, so I might as well tell everyone!! We are moving across the country. From Arizona to North Carolina!!

I am very excited and absolutely terrified. We've been wanting to do this for some time now but never quite new how to do it. I talked to my sister who lives over there and she has offered to put us up for as long as it takes for Hubby to get a job and find us a house!!

Did I mention I'm excited? I love my sister and her husband, and to finally get the chance to hang out with her... and for her to bond with my girls ... and for our husbands to finally meet and share their redneck tendencies with each other.... will be priceless!!

The crazy part is.. we are leaving in 6 weeks!!! We have animals to relocate, vehicles to sell, a house to pack up..... Lord help me.

To quote the famous Spongebob.... "I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready..... "

The winds of change are blowing....

Have you ever had the chance to do something drastic? To change your life completely? Would you, if given the chance?

We have been offered the chance and we are taking it. I am excited and scared all at once. I hope and pray that the change will be good for all of us... but there is always that voice saying 'change is bad'.

But its not. Change is what keeps us alive! Change is what makes life so beautiful. Like the caterpillar into a butterfly.

I have to leave you hanging, at least for a little while. Things need to be talked about, people need to be talked to.... but if all goes well, it will be a change that will come very fast.

I pray its a change God will guide us through.

When the sugar high dies....

We had a great Easter Sunday. The girls got loads of chocolates and goodies.... and are just barely coming off their sugar high. Which means I am dealing with very cranky kids today. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted!

I am on the last of my three days off... and I am nowhere near rested. I have a house full of chores that need to be done today. *sigh*

My Secrets To Losing:

Secret #1

Get a job that keeps you on your feet and running. (like my waitress job!)

Secret #2

On your days off , keep from snacking by staying busy cleaning the mess that was once your house. (I will spend a good two hours on the linen closet alone today!)

Secret #3

When you do get a chance to eat, make it fresh! (I'm about to go make me some freshly juiced grapefruit juice!)

Weigh In....

173.0 ( -2 lbs )

I am 4 lbs away from getting my belly button pierced! Woohoo. Not only that, but I will be in the 160's... that is just unthinkable right now. In fact, I won't think about it just in case it makes me self sabotage.. which I have been known to do.

In other news, I am still sick. This cold is holding on with both hands ... :(

Pass the tissues...

My house has turned into a house of tissues. Not only do I have this cold, but now my little girls have it. My baby has a terrible sounding cough too. Its so hard to see her sick.

I have been slowly getting better this week. I think the fact that I've had to work the past two nights has slowed my getting over it a little... but I can't afford not to go to work. I have tonight and tomorrow night and then have three nights off in a row... soooo looking forward to that!!

My weight is all over the place.... but I'm not going to worry about it until I'm 100% better. I'm looking forward to Easter Sunday with the family!

Have a great weekend

xoxoxox