It Was Once Said....

Man cannot live by shred alone, or was that bread? Because after my first workout I need me some bread! This workout is not a joke and not for the faint of heart or muscle, well technically your heart is a muscle, but let's not get carried away with technicalities. Bottom line.....it's hard! Oh, they are only 20 minute workouts, but they will rock your bod. I thought, "Sheesh, how hard could it actually be?" I'm not questioning it anymore. This Jillian Michaels woman is serious and she doesn't play games. She doesn't even give you one minute of down time, she says, "Don't rest..keep going." So, I did. I kept going, and now I feel like my arms and legs aren't even connected to my body. So, this is it! Day ONE of the 30 Day Shred, and by the way, it came in the mail today. Aren't you oh so proud of me? I didn't even procrastinate one little bit.
I'm on my way to a "shredded" body!

It's Coming Off......

My weight silly...get your mind out of the gutter. I am putting myself up to a huge challenge. And to keep myself accountable, I'm going to blog about it everyday. I'm talking about the 30 Day Shred. I'm super excited about this program, and honestly it's my last stitch effort to get rid of this baby weight. The only baby weight I'm keeping is this little guy.

Now....I know you can hardly wait to see the results and hear about my suffering, but you're going to have to calm down a little. I just ordered it today, and since I'm the Queen of Procrastination, I'm secretly hoping the rain will slow down the delivery process. I will let you know when the dreaded, most looked forward day comes.

Until then......Keep Smiling!

Hey Y'all, I'm Back

Hey Y'all....I was just noticing that I haven't updated this blog in FOREVER. I know that it has been excruciating for y'all just sittin' around waiting for me to post again. Fear Not...I am back!


Now....what shall I write about??? Goodness knows I have a ton going on. I just can't seem to find the time to write anything reader worthy. This blogging business is tough stuff, and for those of you who think that there's nothing to it, I personally challenge you to enter the blog world and see what I mean. Oh it's easy to blog about the happenings and mishaps of a certain little boy, but when it comes down to blogging about Everyday Life, it's just down right hard.
Or maybe it's because that certain little boy is my world and I've already blogged about it over on The Lone Waggoner. Whatever the case may be, I'm going to try to write again.

I love writing about things that are happening, but one just can't write about what's happening without making it entertaining at the same time. If it wasn't entertaining, who would want to read it? Exactly.

Well, I'm still trying to figure out what to write about, and frankly I can't think of anything. So, here's to updating my blog with one rambling post. Hopefully I'll have something intriguing to write about soon.


Until then....keep smiling and thinking about what you would write about if you were a blogger!

Bombs Away in the Ghetto

I may live in a town where nothing much ever happens, but y'all I just heard there is a suspicious package located inside the Save-A-Lot store. I know....a Save-A-Lot? I didn't realize we had a Save-A-Lot either. I only thought this store existed in the commercials where you could get a piece of meat for less because they didn't garnish it with that plastic green grass stuff. The reporter said that a bomb squad is being called in.....WHAT???.....it's probably just powdered sugar.
You know, the worst part about all of this is that I just realized my hair salon is located in the same shopping center. Never mind the magnitude of this news and what it could destroy......Did you hear me????? My HAIR SALON is located in that shopping center. I've got a lot of big events getting ready to unfold in my life, and they CANNOT unfold without my hair looking good. I mean I don't want to look back at pictures YEARS from now and think to myself..."Why does my hair look so bad??" Only to remember that "Oh yeah a bomb went off in the Save-A-Lot, destroying my hair salon, therefore destroying any opportunity of good hair, therefore resulting in a horrible root-laden catastrophe."

What was I saying?

Oh yeah, there's a bomb, and I do hope that it isn't real. That it's just some horrible trick someone is playing. Because a bomb is never a good thing, especially if it's threatening your hair salon!
Y'all have a Wonderful Wednesday!

Backbiting.....It happens before you can slap it!

It's true backbiting can happen before you even realize what's going on.
Take a mosquito for instance, they are relatively predictable, I mean everyone knows what a mosquito's main goal is. It's to find a certain host and draw blood to nourish itself. It is possible at times to slap that mosquito before it accomplishes the mission that it has set out to achieve. Even still there are times that you think you've slapped that mosquito only to find out that it's sucking the blood right out of you before your very eyes.
I have found that many times humans are like mosquitoes. We buzz around people, gather hurtful words, false information or take up another's offense, and before we know it we have become that pesky "mosquito" that can't wait to do a little backbiting. Or maybe there are times when we ourselves become the host that a "mosquito" is looking for. We have to endure someones hurtful words or false accusations and just when we think we've slapped that "mosquito," it comes buzzing around again and bites us when we least expect it.
Isn't it amazing how God created each and every thing? In the same breath, isn't it interesting how those things which God created can harm one another?
I'm sure glad that God knows exactly what HE is doing, especially when mosquitoes start biting.

Dose of Reality......T.V. That Is....

Well it has happened...I have been sucked in by the reality singing show...American Idol. I promised myself over and over again that I would not let this happen, but I caved. I don't know why this season is any different from the others. I have been able to avoid this temptation for 7 seasons....and then what do you know...season 8 rolls around and there I am all up in it. Maybe it's because it's something to look forward to, or because my son was born in 2008 (probably not this reason). I have no idea...but I do know...I love Danny Gokey. And I'm telling you if I wasn't already married to the most wonderful man alive and have the cutest baby alive....I would marry him in a heart beat or a half note or whatever terminology you use for a great singer like he is.

It gets worse....I even called the voting line for a solid hour just so I could place my vote. What has happened to me???? It's madness I tell ya. I guess the solid hour paid off because he has been placed in the top twelve! I'll take the credit and he can thank me later!

Need a dose of reality? Get your dishes and your baby washed early...and join me in watching Season 8 of American Idol.

I Hope You Dance....or Shuffle.....

....because that's what I do. I can't dance. I never have been able to. Oh but I want to. When I was little I used to dance with my daddy, sister, brother, cousin, door....whoever or whatever would let me. I have always wanted to dance! I watch T.V. and people are dancing, why can't I be like them and dance, dance, dance?

Well the desire to dance is still with me, it's never left. It's like a bad habit that won't die. I have always wanted to find the perfect someone to dance with me. I searched high and low....no one. Then..I met M. Oh how happy I was...FINALLY...maybe this was the person who would/could fulfill my desire of dancing. WRONG! I was so wrong, M doesn't dance he never has and he has never wanted to. Believe me, I have tried EVERYTHING. I never thought that I was asking too much, but apparently I am mistaken. I will admit that I have quieted this longing of mine, other things have taken its place....but still.... it remains in the back of my mind.



WELL.....



The other night M turned on the music and said, "Let's Dance!" Imagine my surprise, I was thrilled! So we danced, but it wasn't like I had imagined. It wasn't graceful and it really wasn't romantic.....it was HILARIOUS!!!! I couldn't keep myself from laughing. M and I aren't the romantic type, we laugh more than anything. By the time the song ended we were both laughing and the dancing moment had passed. It was fun and though I thought that M had forgotten my desire to dance I was wrong. It was something that he didn't have to do, but he did it because he loves me.



I hope you take the time to dance....or Shuffle.... or in our case LAUGH.....and do it because you love them!