NEXT.....................

Okay, two posts on one day, I know, it is uncharacteristic at best given my lack of posting in many months.   A new wrinkle to this blog.....I am beginning to embark on a new trend for January....losing weight.....I bet you were excited for a second, but alas I  know you know someone or maybe yourself has make this resolution one January in the not to distant past or maybe just days ago.   Well, I am approaching it differently this year.  I am not seeking out the latest greatest most cutting edge next best weight loss secret or pill or equipment to surely put you into the best shape ever nor am I going to join a gym (well at least not yet).   I am committing to limit myself to two  glasses of sweet tea a day (until I can find a suitable substitute for sugar that is natural, not chemically altered, and tastes the same), walk around my block two times a day, and make a food journal.    It think sometimes it the simplest things that make it work.   My grandmother would just give up sweets for a month and walk and she would lose weight, no special equipment, fancy concoctions.......so, I will keep you up to date to see how this first week goes! 

Okay, well, it does seem like I have fallen off the face of the earth since May of last year and a whole lot has happened.   Probably too much to catch up on, but here's my stab at it.
Summer  equaled two missions trips for the boys, a week plus at the lake, may trips to the water park, Hannah graduating from high school and getting ready to head off to college, and mom a new job.
Fall equaled Hannah actually leaving for college, starting back to school, starting back to work.
Winter so far has given us  the purchase of a new car for Hannah, and the untimely illness and death of my grandmother, but through all of this God has shown me his GRACE....for providing a job, for giving me the courage to send my firstborn off to school, and for allowing me the precious time to spend with my ailing grandmother and ultimately working to restore family through her death.   I don't know what the spring will hold for us, but one thing is for certain, God is always working for my good no matter what is going on around me.