So I’ve been away from blogging for a couple of weeks.  I’ve missed it (and you!).   The absence is mostly due to visiting family from out of town.  My mom (see pic) was in town from California for 10 days and then my in-laws visited over the weekend from Tennessee.  It’s been a busy couple of weeks!  (Note: About the picture, Hubby has been left unidentified to protect the innocent.  Mom on the left, me on the right.)

One big development is that my mom has decided to move close to us!  She will be moving all the way from California to North Carolina… a swapping of the coasts, if you will.  And we are thrilled!  She will get to see her granddaughter (and future grandchildren) grow up and be a big part of her life.  And Hubby and I will have a night out every once in awhile without having to pay an arm and a leg for a sitter!  It’s a win-win for all.

Another new development is that I have joined Weight Watchers to help me get to my goal weight and get rid of this last 25 pounds.  I feel good about it and I’ve heard a lot about the program.  So far, I am one week in and will have my second official weigh-in tomorrow night.  I’m nervous.  I have not eaten well in recent weeks and getting back into healthy lifestyle mode this past week has been difficult.  And I most definitely went over on my points. 

I will keep trying because I know that I will get this right.  I know that I can lose the rest of this weight and live a healthy lifestyle.  This is not a goal that is out of my reach.  It’s a goal that I have to keep persevering towards and not give up no matter what.  And part of that is realizing that there will be setbacks but they are not excuses to give up.  No matter what.

I’m back to blogging.  So much to discuss in good time.  I’m also thinking of instigating another weight war with Hubby… any ideas on what the stakes should be? 

OH! and by the way… our grass died!  Hahaha… okay, sad for the “curb appeal” of our house but hilarious that I only had to mow twice in July because the grass has seriously died in this hot weather we’ve been having!  Maybe I should offer to mow again, ha!

The wonderful ladies over at 5 Minutes for Mom have added my blog to their Health listing, along with an interview of Yours Truly!  What an honor to be on such a cool website that is dedicated to doing so much to help mom bloggers out there.  I really enjoy their Tackle it Tuesdays and Wordless Wednesdays.  I hope you take a minute to check them out and also check out some of the other blogs they have listed! 

This is my first meme tag!  Jojo tagged me last week.  I’m not sure what meme actually means so maybe someone could enlighten me?  Anyhoo, here are my answers!   

Four jobs I’ve had:
1. Manager at Dairy Queen (accounts for at least 10% of the weight I need to lose!)
2. Camp Counselor
3. IT Assistant for a Law Firm in CA
4. Order Processor for a Photography Studio

What are four ways you know you are living your life’s purpose?
1. One of my life’s purposes is to be an awesome wife and mom and to strive to build a strong family.
2. To continually work on strengthening my relationship with God.  That’s where all my guidance and direction comes from.
3. To learn how to live a healthy life (mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional) and to give my daughter every opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle herself.
4. Learning how to just be.

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Something I am learning as a new blogger is that the many people that read blogs, actually have blogs of their own.  A pretty cool concept, really.  I suppose I have just become enthralled with the world of blogging this past weekend and I’m really seeing how it benefits people and their lives.  The community that is out there amongst the people is just an amazing thing to witness and to be a part of. 

Another thing I have learned is that blogging can be quite time consuming.  As most of you know, blogging takes on a life of it’s own and it can require some balancing to fit it into our already busy lives.  That’s why I found the guest article on Zen Habits to be so interesting this morning.  The guest blogger discusses how he finds balance in his life between maintaining his health, spends time with family, and still managing to blog.  Definitely some food for thought.