naked

i was at the gym yesterday and i walked into the locker room and there was a completely naked women in there... now i am not so conservative that i think you should have to be fully clothed at all times in the locker room... but completely naked?!?! come on!

lovely

I am finally getting to a place in my life where things are going well. I am learning to stress less about the little things and enjoy every moment. I am a truly blessed person. I have a great job, a great family, great friends and great cheerleaders. I have in the past been called a "high stress" person and I think maybe I was... but I am learning that sometimes things just happen and you can either stress about it or enjoy growing from it. Sometimes God allows as to go through struggles so we can learn to better rely on him... the moment we learn to put our worries in his hands is the moment we become more like him. I previously blogged the quote, the will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you... I am finding this quote to be more true every day!

thoughts

To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.

When God takes something from your grasp, He’s not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better.

The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.

kim and jim

i miss you already...

cookies

...so I had every intention of eating healthy today... thought it would be a good start to my week. I have already been to the gym this morning and was doing well until 9:15 when I walked into the office lunch room... there were many treats on the table including blueberry coffee cake and chocolate drizzled peanut butter cookies. I thought I was doing well, I could pass up most of them... but then behind the other treats stood a plate piled high with oatmeal chocolate chip cookies... the cookies were so big I almost needed two hands to even pick one up. I think I could have resisted but my curiosity about how such a large cookie could even be made led me to picking one up... just to see how heavy it was, you know... but then I started to reason with myself... I HAD worked out this morning... maybe I deserved this cookie... I hadn't eaten breakfast... maybe I could just consider this my breakfast, plus I had lifted this heavy cookie... it might break if I put it down and it just wouldn't be right for me to touch it and not eat it. It was decided it was actually my civic duty to eat this cookie. I am sure you can guess what happened next... soooo starting now I am eating healthy...

red bull

... so I have heard before that "you are what you eat" well it was brought to my attention today that maybe I am what I drink... as I have stated before I am a fan of the Red Bull... but maybe Red Bull and I are alot more alike than I thought... take the name for example... Red... my favorite color, the color of my hair, the reason for my blog, my ultra-ego's name... Bull... well I wouldn't consider myself a bull but thats ok :) How about the fact that Red Bull is like an energizer... and I am definately full of energy... hmm that may have something to do with the Red Bull... Oh well :)

window

i have a window in my office... it is a lovely window... it looks out at the building next to us and is beautifully landscaped with a row of nice shrubs... from the inside i have dressed my window with long shear curtains... all in all i have a very nice window... however my window was disgraced today when someone walked past it picking their nose... i know, gross right? i wanted to tap on my window and tell them to stop... i feel like the view from my window has been tainted now...