Fitness Friday: Froward*

I was so tired today. And now I feel wide awake. It's like I'm a newborn, and I've got my days and nights mixed up. 

Since yesterday was my birthday, and I was especially naughty (soda + Bloomin' Onion + brownie + cheesecake = naughty, no?), and since today was a new Friday, I thought I could start my Fitness Friday up again. However. Mike took it upon himself to go get donuts this morning. And I took it upon myself to eat more than one of them. And then we ordered pizza for dinner tonight. And I took it upon myself to get a soda with the pizza. 

I know that my sluggishness has to be in some part because of my diet lately, and my lack of physical activity. 

Therefore! I am going to do something tonight! I haven't decided what it is yet. I'll let you know later. But I know that I like the way I was feeling in the spring when I was exercising, and eating better (i.e. NO SODA). I've got to get back to that. 

I have been reading in my books, and the Bible. I feel good about that.

So, there's an update, and just about the most opposite of an exciting post as you can get.

   Hi guys! I've been as active as a slug! I've eaten a ton of bad food lately!
   I'm reading, though! 

I'm sure I'm well on my way to a Nobel Prize in Literature.

*I did not misspell "forward."** I like to use the thesaurus!

**I do not like to put the period inside of the quotation mark when the word in quotes is not part of a direct quote. It looks stupid both ways, actually, but the American way is that the period goes inside of the quotes. Period. End of story. That's it. Good bye.

It's My Birthday and I'll...

...cheer if I want to!

You would cheer too, if your family sneakily plotted to take you to one of your favorite places anywhere on your birthday, surprising you with one of the most fun birthdays ever!

Of course it was the ball park!

Timely hits!

RBIs!

Team support!

I love the Texas Rangers! And I really love the Texas Rangers on my birthday! And I super love the Texas Rangers winning on my birthday!

But...

I really super duper love this girl

and the girl on the left (with the killer eyes!)

and these dudes!

My family is so precious.

I had a pretty perfect birthday. My thirty-ninth year is off to a nice start...

Do-Re-Mi Cliffhanger Version

Eliana loves the song "Do-Re-Mi" from The Sound of Music. Tonight she wrote the words out on the Magna Doodle. 

Can you read it?

Here is a hint: Some words are represented by single letters, while some are spelled out. Some words are represented by pictures.

What will that bring?! The possiblities are endless. I like to think it will bring us to dessert. Which should clearly follow jam and bread.

Scatteredy

Tonight I got together with some moms from the weekly group that Michaela and Eliana participate in. It was so much fun! There is something wonderful about sitting in the living room (or kitchen or dining room or wherever) with cake in your lap and laughter all around you. It was very good for my spirit. I feel so refreshed that I am now ready to put away all six laundry baskets full of clean clothes.

Six? Yes, that is an exaggeration. There are four. Plus some clean clothes on Christian's bed, and some on Eliana's bed. So...probably six. 

My putting-away-clean-laundry problem? It persists. I think it is related to FSS. 

I also thought it was noteworthy that while I have been reading from a couple of the books that I mentioned a while back, I have not finished any one yet, but actually started one more. I don't know if I'm ambitious or delusional. Likely both.

Tonight I had a revelation: I have a double secret Type A personality. 

I enjoy working that phrase ("double secret") into as much conversation as I can.

I think it's funny when I send myself an email so I won't forget something that someone said, or a thought that I had, and then I get excited when I get a notification that I received an email. But it was from me.

I think it's relatively clear that I 1) took a Benedryl earlier this evening, and 2) would likely benefit from an Adderall. Maybe not at the same time though.

The laundry, John Calvin, and a Psalm are calling for me...

Hey!

Take time to hang out with some friends this week! Promise? Okay!

A Butterfly

Today I spoke before I thought about what I was saying.

The words of the reckless pierce like swords,
    but the tongue of the wise brings healing. Proverbs 12:18

The soothing tongue is a tree of life,
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. Proverbs 15:4

The tongue has the power of life and death,
    and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21

The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction. Proverbs 16:21

The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint,
    and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. Proverbs 17:27

There is someone who trusts, and when the words that come out of my mouth wound instead of instruct, when the words injure instead of discipline, there is only one way back to right. I ask for forgiveness (it was given to me). Hopefully that's where healing starts, and thankfully she is resilient. 

Discipline your children, and they will give you peace;
    they will bring you the delights you desire. Proverbs 29:17

 

 She speaks with wisdom,
    and faithful instruction is on her tongue. Proverbs 31:26

When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, its wings are small and completely incapable of flight.

It must sit still for a long time while the wings are filled with the fluid which makes them expand. 

Once the wings are filled out, still the butterfly must wait; the wings must dry and harden.

Then it is time to test their strength. To give them a shake, a flutter, a flap.

Soon, it is time to fly.

The wings still need to get strong, and there may be breezes that blow the butterfly back down. But the wings were made to fly. The butterfly will soar.

I'm still in the pumping-fluid-into-the-wings stage. I have a feeling that I'll be there for a long while. Thank the Lord for his lovingkindness, and for his grace. Seen and felt from him, as well as those I have hurt.