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After the fun week that I had last week because of my birthday, I was pretty pleased that I hadn’t gained any weight. I was able to maintain it and stay the same. I had eaten Dark chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for a couple of days and then had went out to eat a couple of times last week. So, I was very surprised that I hadn’t gained any weight!

I didn’t keep track of my food or the water I consumed either for most of the week. I am back on track now and making sure I log everything I put into my mouth. I am also planning on picking up the exercise pace a bit too. I plan on walking this afternoon. I also have a lot of heavy cleaning that I need to do around the house. We have also been getting outside and working in our yard. That helps to keep me busy and not thinking about food! I am also carrying around my water cup with me wherever I go. It holds 32 ounces and every time I feel like snacking, I will drink some water.

I think once I weigh and measure this coming week, I will see a difference in the numbers. I am so happy to be getting back on track!

After the fun week that I had last week because of my birthday, I was pretty pleased that I hadn’t gained any weight. I was able to maintain it and stay the same. I had eaten Dark chocolate cake with chocolate frosting for a couple of days and then had went out to eat a couple of times last week. So, I was very surprised that I hadn’t gained any weight!

I didn’t keep track of my food or the water I consumed either for most of the week. I am back on track now and making sure I log everything I put into my mouth. I am also planning on picking up the exercise pace a bit too. I plan on walking this afternoon. I also have a lot of heavy cleaning that I need to do around the house. We have also been getting outside and working in our yard. That helps to keep me busy and not thinking about food! I am also carrying around my water cup with me wherever I go. It holds 32 ounces and every time I feel like snacking, I will drink some water.

I think once I weigh and measure this coming week, I will see a difference in the numbers. I am so happy to be getting back on track!

66 Love Letters by Dr. Larry Crabb was given to me by the publisher Thomas Nelson, by way of BookSneeze to read and give a review by way of my blog.

As I started reading this book, I had a very hard time getting into it. It was hard for to read it as a conversation between God and Dr. Crabb. While it isn’t unusual to have a conversation with God, I just thought to myself that I wouldn’t necessarily ask the same questions.

I also thought this book was extremely long. It took me a lot longer to read than what I thought it would. That may be because at times, I found myself not agreeing with what Dr. Crabb said he felt like God was telling him.

While I can understand why Dr. Crabb wrote the book, it isn’t one that I would recommend to others.

66 Love Letters by Dr. Larry Crabb was given to me by the publisher Thomas Nelson, by way of BookSneeze to read and give a review by way of my blog.

As I started reading this book, I had a very hard time getting into it. It was hard for to read it as a conversation between God and Dr. Crabb. While it isn’t unusual to have a conversation with God, I just thought to myself that I wouldn’t necessarily ask the same questions.

I also thought this book was extremely long. It took me a lot longer to read than what I thought it would. That may be because at times, I found myself not agreeing with what Dr. Crabb said he felt like God was telling him.

While I can understand why Dr. Crabb wrote the book, it isn’t one that I would recommend to others.

Sometimes I will get asked what my kids do for PE. Do they play baseball, basketball, football or tennis? No, We don’t do the oragnized activities like that. I know a lot of families who do join recreation leagues to make sure their kids get plenty of exercise. We haven’t played organized sports like that is several years. We also know of people who have their kids taking karate or kung fu lessons. The only organized acitvity that any of my children are doing right now is Sarah. She takes tap/jazz lessons once a week at the moment. They are practicing 2 routines for their recital in May.

We are also very blessed to have a great Recreation group in out County. Just this year, they have organized one day a week for the homeschool kids to come and use their facilities. They have several employees to lead group games with the 2 different age groups. I actually remembered to bring my camera today and got some pictures.

Sarah decided to play beach volleyball today. Since she is the only “older” girl her gae there, she usually just plays with the boys. Samuel is still shy and won’t participate in the games, so he sits next to the bleachers and watches the other kids play. Claire is too young to particpate, however, there are usually other kids her age that she plays with next to the bleachers also. So they do get some playing time in. We also go to the park at least once a week and the kids get to run around and play with their friends there. We also can count that as PE time as well.