Joyful Transformation

Well, I think I have had enough with the frustrations of blogger. I am moving to Word Press


For now my photo blogs will stay where they are.

Good-

1. Sweet babies Friday night
2. Tennis Saturday morning (indoors for free!)
3. Steak dinner for my son's birthday Saturday night
4. Playing with Matthew Saturday night
5. Seeing and worshiping with old friends Sunday morning
6. Having lunch at Mom's Sunday
7. Eli can eat mashed potatoes and Cheerios!
8. Playing tennis Sunday afternoon
9. Quiet Sunday night at home with my sweet husband (who had cleaned and washed dishes and put them away while I was at tennis....and he rescued my favorite comb...)

The Not so good-

1. Eli is sick with a fever
2. Matthew threw up in my car and felt bad
3. Derek & Mary still don't feel good
4. Had to leave Mom's early to make it to tennis
5. Didn't get enough time with David
6. Didn't want to go back to work this morning!
7. Jr. "blew up".

Today I feel like this. Someone is shooting at me and they are getting way too close. Can anyone relate to trying harder to be more spiritual only to have the enemy hitting you from every angle?

Someone asked me how I could survive without fast food.....perhaps I need to clarify that I am giving up "Fast Food Restaurants". I will still have my microwave meals, popcorn and Special K Meal Bars.....

I don't think I realized the depth of my addiction until yesterday....I may have been a little grumpy. I think most of the grumpiness came from work related issues as well as a 3 hour meeting... but there was no comfort to be found in the "bottle". (Diet Coke for those of you who may not remember every detail of my highly exciting life)

I wish that I was always the encouraging positive person that I should be in the work place. However, I find that the same standards I set for myself are not necessarily set by others....I should be more patient, kind and sweet.....And I am not usually mean or hateful, I just get quiet, take the job and do it what I like to call "The Right Way".

Alrighty then, I better get to work. The good news is every time I want a Diet Coke (at least 10 times a day) I do think to pray. And I thank God for the wonderful blessings of my life. To give up something that has no nutritional value when many would love to have enough food and drink to just survive....I am most blessed.

Most of the time I am ambivalent about mergers...however, this time I am a little excited.

It seems that XM radio and Sirius are going to merge. This means I could get my NASCAR radio back! That would be great!

My current dilemna is this....I really want the Direct TV NASCAR package, currently we have Dish Network....they have The Tennis Channel and Direct TV does not.....what is a girl to do??

Well, I have never been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras, and I hate to admit it but I had no clue what it was all about until just a few years ago. The word carnival actually comes from the Latin carne vale meaning "farewell to the flesh." So today will be farewell to the things that I have decided to give up for Lent.

The sad truth is I have once again become hopelessly addicted to Diet Coke. When praying about what I needed to give up it was almost like a slap upside the head. I am also giving up all fast food so I had my final Chik fila chicken biscuit this morning.

This year I want to be truly attuned into entering the desert with Jesus. Temptation seems to come all the stronger when you are attempting to devote your life more fully. While I will not give up as much or as fully as Jesus did, I hope this time will help me grow closer to him and to learn more of his will for my life.

So for today I will be saying "farewell"......

My husband has one of those clocks that projects the time on the ceiling. I really like it, I can see what time it is without having to roll over or focus my eyes or anything. However, in the last week I have noticed that I am seeing the number 12:00 way too often! What is up with this? I think it has almost become a game with me after the first couple of nights to see if I can see the morning come in. I am blessed with the ability to go right back to sleep so I guess I should just enjoy it and be grateful.

Speaking of seeing things for the first time that were always there...(nice segue huh?) I have noticed more and more that people tend to change their opinion and their treatment of you when you fail to agree with everything they think and do. Have you noticed this? I try to not let it hurt my feelings but sometimes it just does. However, somebody posted a statement that they said was found at most AA meetings....