Were you wondering where I went?

Yeah.  I spent a week on vacation before heading out to LifeKIDS Summer camp last week.  Vacation was nice and quiet.  Wanna’ know what I did?

Constructive Stuff:

• Painted my bedroom
• Painted the laundry room
• Watched and gave much needed feedback to my husband has he replaced the flooring in the laundry room

Fun Stuff:

• Went trail running
• Laughed at Spongebob with my kids
• Played Leggo Star Wars… a lot

New Stuff:

• Went to the chiropractor… Wow, I can’t stand to pop my knuckles.  That’s a very unnerving experience.

Last week was Summer Camp.  The best ministry week of the year.  I’ll post more about that tomorrow. 

Hope everyone is doing great! 

if there’s a project to be done around the house, it’s usually kyle that does it. if there’s a light bulb to be changed, a fixture to be replaced, a fence to be repaired, etc, etc… i usually add that to kyle’s to-do list.

what do i do? good question. i guess i figure that laundry, dishes and the weekly bathroom defunkifying is my ticket out of projects such as these. is that fair? i dunno. probably not. i’m spoiled.

so i stumbled upon boomama’s home make-over challenge this morning. i think i’m gonna’ take it. gratefully the competitiveness in my dna exceeds my procrastinating tendencies.  this is just the challenge i need to get the work done.  besides… a little painting might get me some sympathy back rubs from my hubby. i like those.

so, here’s the challenge put before me…

and here’s my list…

1. paint the laundry room done
2. paint masterbedroom trim and walls
3. help kyle replace the flooring in master bedroom
4. reward myself with a few extra rounds of rockband

i’ll revisit the list on the 25th to share how i did. take the challenge… i dare ya’.

i officially hit my goal weight today! woohoo!

as pumped as i am about it… i’m sitting in a moment of sober reconciliation.

you see, the last time i was at this weight i was sitting in front of a camera at the local tag agency waiting for my first drivers license. yeah… it’s been that long. my license has maintained the same weight for the past 20 years even though i haven’t.

but 20 years (and 3 kids) later… things don’t look quite like they used to. things aren’t where they used to be.

i don’t know that i was consciously thinking my body would look like it did at 16 years old, but i think somewhere in the depths of my ‘id’, i must have thought that would magically happen.

the funny thing is… i’m not disappointed. i’m in a season in life where ‘things’ will continue to droop, drag or drop. but at the same time… i like myself so much more today than i did back then.

i like who i am. i like who God made me to be. and i’m grateful for the journey that has earned the sag.