five things Friday!

August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment

YAY- it’s time for another edition of five things Friday!!  I think that in the world we are living in today, though there are certainly so many horrible things going on that it is oh so important to recognize the blessings we receive even though they aren’t always obvious to us!

So here are my five blessings for this week!

1) My FOUR YEAR wedding anniversary with this fella!  Definitely doesn’t feel like it’s been four years!

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2) My health!  Even though I’m not quite where I want to be with my weight loss yet I think it’s super important to me that I remember where I started and how I’m never going to go back to that! (down over 40 lbs so far!)

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3) A roof over my head and healthy food in my belly.  I haven’t talked about this at all but we’ve been struggling to get by lately and that has been very rough on me emotionally.  I still have no idea how I’m going to pay for school next semester since I was denied for financial aid.  And even though this is soul crushing there’s a chance I may have to take a year off and get a job and save up to finish my last year of school.  But I’m still so very thankful to have a roof over my head.  And I’m praying for those finances to pay for my last year of school and I’m hoping that will somehow be provided for. 

 

4) This blog.  A place where I can complain, rant, celebrate, whatever I want…  It’s the only place I can go where no one can tell me what I’m doing is wrong.  Though it may not be fancy and I may sometimes neglect it a little when things get hectic it’s always here for me when I need it!

 

5) Books!  When I need a way to escape from reality for a little bit reading has always been there for me!!  Here are a couple of my faves this summer:

  • The Mortal Instruments series. The newest of the series came out this summer and after I read it I decided to reread the entire series. I can’t believe I have to wait till 2014 for the next installment!
  • The Divergent Trilogy.  Another fantastic series!  The newest recently came out and it was OMG fantastic!!
    And that’s another Five Things Friday!  Till next time!
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Five things Friday

May 18, 2012 by 4 Comments

Time for something new to shake things up!  So Five Things Friday it is!  I’ve been feeling very grateful and blessed lately so I thought I would do five things that I’m thankful for!

 

1.  This fella!  Our four year wedding anniversary is coming up and we’ve been together for a total of 8 yrs!  And we haven’t killed each other yet!!  Winking smile 

 

 

2, These two crazy girls!  I can’t imagine my life without my dogs- it would be so very empty!  These girls mean the world to me and I love them so much!!

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3. New opportunities.  We recently had the opportunity to move.  So we’re moving to Dallas!  I don’t loooove Dallas and am a little sad to be leaving country life but this move will give us so many opportunities for the future!  I’ll be so much closer to school plus those two girls above will get a nice backyard to play in, which we don’t have now!

 

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4.  This blog!!!  I’ve made so many new friends through blogging even though some of them live across the country from me!  I’ve always loved to cook but I never knew that I also loved to write my own recipes until I started blogging.  It’s one of my absolute favorite things to do… in fact as soon as I finish typing this I’m headed to the kitchen to test out a new muffin recipe I’ve been dreaming up!

 

 

5.  A new career path!  I volunteer for a program called Cooking Matters.  The last course I volunteered as a course assistant and had such a blast.  There’s a new course starting next week and I’m going to be the nutrition instructor this time.  What’s so crazy about this is that the course is in Cleburne where I taught as a music teacher for 4 years and eventually decided that teaching wasn’t the career for me.  It’s going to be a little strange going back there to teach, but it’s a completely different content and something I’m much more passionate about!  Time to dust off my teaching skills and put them to use again!

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Now it’s your turn!  What are you thankful for today???

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