1. I always thought Before and After work out progress pictures weren't fully true because you always look like a mess in the before picture and your smiling in the after. But your smiling because you are feeling different and accomplishing things, your so proud of yourself. In before pictures you usually don't feel at your best so it's understandable you look like a mess. Just a random thing I used to think.
2. About a week ago I went to the dentist. I almost always get semi bad news. first they took my blood pressure which I thought was weird since it was just a normal cleaning appointment. It was 97/52 which is low! But I feel fine, its just because I work out a lot more then I used to. I was always low on the normal scale now i'm high on the low scale =] But anyways to the bad news.... I have 13 cavities, only 2 bad enough to fix. But OMG I almost cried I've never had that much bad news before. But they gave me things to work on.
My morning routine is regular toothpaste, mouth wash, and prescription toothpaste
My night routine is floss, regular toothpaste, mouth wash, and prescription toothpaste
And I fully believe if I ALWAYS follow this routine that my cavities will go away. And I have been. The toughest was regular floss (not the pick kind) because its SO hard to get to my back teeth but i'm getting better at it.
3. So my eating hasn't been amazing, mixed with partly because we've been trying to eat all of our food before we leave on vacation we haven't wanted to buy other little things. But also it's a lot of work. So after vacation I WILL focus on food prepping better! It really helped my mood because I've been feeling emotional lately because i'm not eating enough or eating the wrong foods. But i'm also loving food more then I used to so we are slowly fixing things =]
4. Because we this last week before leaving on vacation has been crazy I decided to do 5AM work outs at the gym to get that out of the way so I didn't miss evening classes. It's actually been pretty amazing because it's done and then I have more time with my family in the evenings. Now I don't love it, and I struggle more to want to work out because it's morning but each time i'm glad it's done. I've been working on the importance of being together as a family more and by doing morning workouts I have that. So after vacation I may still keep it up. We will see but then I am ready for the boys. I have been super tired though by 6:30-7:00 and going to bed earlier but sometimes I sleep better at night because of it. One of the hard parts is I feel cold in the morning so leaving to go somewhere is killer so sometimes I sneak in the sauna for a minute to warm myself up before warming up during a workout.
5. Blessings! On Friday the 3 diamonds that are connected together on my wedding ring were gone! I had been a few places so and it was small enough that I didn't think I would EVER find it because it could be anywhere! I skimmed the house a bit and cried and knelt down and prayed. If anyone could help me find it, it would be Heavenly Father. But I had my doubtful moments still because I'm like there is just no way, its so small. And I've heard of miracles similar that they found the little things. And I hate to admit I still doubted and I prayed to help my unbelief and my doubt because this ring was cherished, and was a reminder of the love Spencer and I have. We still have the love without the ring but I loved it. Days went by and I just thought about it but doubted I would find it now. But here's my miracle. Tuesday night we knelt as a family on our living room floor for nightly prayer like we always do. And it was my turn to say the prayer, as I was praying I peeked my eyes open because the children don't always sit still (of course lol) and there was a little something that caught my eye as I was ending my prayer I reached for it just to see if maybe it was my diamonds.....and my last few words of prayer escalated in excitement of oh my gosh!!! and ended the prayer and said OH MY GOSH I found it I found the diamonds!!! I still am in shock and feel so blest that I was able to have this little but amazing miracle and I knelt down and thanked God for helping me see and find it.
The funny thing is I am positive we vacuumed the carpet but somehow it was still there. Had it been in that spot the whole time? I have no idea but am so thankful!
6. Serving others! I so easily get worked up about myself and my problems. I get down and grumpy and moody and beat myself up over so many things. But when I drop that to the side and think of my dear friends and the strangers I come in contact with i'm blest with love! You can do the simplest thing to be kind to others and it almost always seems to make their whole day! And then your filled with love and happiness which makes anyone feel better.
It's funny because whenever I pray to be selfless and try my best to think of others is when strangers and friends seem to say the sweetest thing to me or do the smallest gesture which warms my heart.
It shouldn't be so surprisingly when someone does the littlest act of kindness but in this world even the smallest thing like opening a door for someone rarely ever happens. I am filled with gratitude when someone just holds the door open for me usually because I have two little kids with me and only so many hands to carry other things. I just always prepare to do things myself because I know not everyone will just offer to help but I need to work on being humble enough to ask for help when I do truly need it. The smallest note or letter, or a smile, any little thing makes a persons day. But I could say thank you more to even the littlest things in my daily life as a mom and wife.
It's been a crazy week, i've been stretched some days trying to get things done while trying not to let it out on my body or my children or husband. There are days I feel terrible that it doesn't look like I did anything but then I step back and remind myself that with two little kids sometimes the smallest errand takes double the effort because like I said I only have so many hands ;) But I can work harder, I can be better and just remember that I might have set backs and bad days but that doesn't mean it needs to effect the whole day or that it will never get better.
We are leaving on Friday to see family, it's almost been a year since we moved here. I am filled with excitement because I miss having family right there. But Oregon has become my home where I've grown and become a person I always hoped for but never thought I would become. And I hate to leave it even for 2 weeks lol I hate to leave the people I see almost daily that i've grown to love and care for so much! They've become my Oregon family. Thank heavens for technology! And lets me honest i'm not looking forward to saying goodbyes to my family again, it's always so hard!
Much love to my small list of readers!
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