Faith Fitness and Laughter

Morning my friends!!  How’s your weekend going?   

 

 

HAPPY FATHERS  DAY!!!!

To the best dad in the entire world!  

I am so thankful that God, my heavenly Father, saw fit to make my dad my earthly father.  He is the most amazing man.  I look up to him, I respect him.  My dad is the spiritual leader of his house and leads his family in the right way.  He introduced me to Christ and I love to hear him pray. 

My dad is also a great story teller.

He’s a Vietnam Veteran.

He’s strong.

He’s funny.

He’s compassionate.

He’s focused.

I don’t know what I would do without my dad.  Or my mom, but this day is for dads.  Here’s the thing, any guy can be a dad, but not every man can be a father. 

I don’t get to spend this father’s day with my dad because he is taking a big trip with my mom.  As of last night, they were in Mitchell South Dakota and then moving on to Custer today.  They deserve this and I am happy that they can do it.

I am however spending the afternoon with the next best dad…….My brother!!

We are going to church this morning and then we, getting some lunch and then heading out to see this….

 

Can’t wait!! 

 

I hope you have a great Sunday and are able to spend it with your dads!

Well hello there!   It’s Wednesday and I am still on vacation, but I wanted to pop in and let you know that I was back and had a wonderful (tiring) time.   Seeing the ocean for the first time was really amazing and such a beautiful thing to see. 

The drive to Alabama turned out to be super super long.  A 9 hour trip turned into a nearly 13 hour drive.  It seems that there were others that wanted to go to the beach this past weekend.     Ahhh, traffic.  It was horrible.  There were a couple of work zones that left us bumper to bumper.  I had my nephew in my car with me at the time and thankfully he forced me to keep my composure.  Lol!

 

 

**I am currently watching Extreme Weight Loss at the time of this posting and let me just say that when people make the decision to lose weight it really can be empowering.  Inspiring.  It reminds me of why I made that same choice.

 

 

Back to vacation….

 

There were also an accident that caused some major traffic jams.  And the final crowd of cars was when this four lane turned into two and then a tunnel.  We were all trying to get to the same place!

 

Here. 

 

 

 

 

 

The goal was to get there some time around 3:00, unpack and then head back to town to get some groceries.  That didn’t happen, but I was actually ok with that.  We ended up stopping at this amazing place called Lulu’s.  The atmosphere alone was worth the two hour wait to get something to eat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can I just say that you really don’t even need to fix your hair if you are going to the beach… 

 

 

 

My family

 

 

 

Some food

These Mahi Mahi fish taco’s were amazing at Lulu’s!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My brother was going to splash his adorable son and yet this is an example of how unpredictable the ocean is….. a wave came up and splashed him instead!

 

I was only there for a couple of days, but I really did have a great time.  It did rain everyday that I was there, but that was ok too.  When it was raining, I was spending time with my family or reading.  I made some conscious choices to eat healthy, but I also really enjoyed myself and ate donuts, chocolate and chocolate covered pretzels.  Yum, yum, yum. 

Yesterday I got up bright and early (4:30) and was on the road by 4:57….  With only two stops, I made it home in 8 1/2 hours!  No traffic and no delays!!   Once I got home, I quickly realized that I was out of groceries and knew that I would have to head to town at some point in the day.

But I couldn’t at that moment, I actually had to crash.  My body was telling me to rest and rest in a big way. 

 

Groceries were purchased and for the rest of the day I walked around like a zombie. 

 

Got up this morning and hit my workout and just finished breakfast (two eggs and one waffle)….   So now I am ready to just enjoy my last day of being off.   

 

How about a run this afternoon??   I think I just might!

How in the world is it Wednesday?  Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad for it, but the week sure has gone by fast or maybe it’s gone by slow.  I feel like things have been going in warp speed lately and just want to slow things down for a bit.  Yesterday was no exception.  Yesterday was trying to say the least.  I know that you guys know that I am in banking, but for privacy (and security) issues I am really not to disclose anything else about my job.  Let’s just say that yesterday was the most eventful day in my entire banking career.  Entire.  Entire career.  When it’s all said and done, I am thankful for the breath that I have and for the life that I have.  I love my family and I love my friends.  I love sharing my life with you and with the blogging world.  I’ve made some great friends through my blog and it’s an honor to know you. 

 

It’s amazing how your thoughts can just consume you.  When you pile so much on your plate to keep yourself busy and then you find yourself running out of daylight to accomplish them all.   Sometimes I think that I don’t manage my time well.  It’s part of the reason I get up so early.  I feel that lately I have just busied myself with things to avoid feeling anything.  Not sure why, but it’s just the way it is right now.  Ugh, women feel.  I am really guilty of making decisions on feelings or an emotion.  It’s not a bad quality, but it can rule things a wee bit.  (I really want to be British) 

When I feel like I have too much going on, I like to retreat.  I am not sure if it’s just checking out or if it’s to think over the things that I may be dealing with.  Maybe both. 

 

There.

Enough said.

 

 

I only have two more days (counting today) and I will be on vacation.  I can’t wait to just stop and enjoy the “stopping”.     It looks like all I will need is several bathing suits and tons of flip flops for my trip this coming weekend! 

 

 

It’s another work day for me and then it’s church.  Some place I can’t wait to be.

 

 

Workout:

 

Still doing the Les Mills Pump workouts and loving them!  I love how this workout incorporates lots of strength training. 

 

 

 

 

I love Lara Bars

 

My lunches have consisted of these and yogurt and a banana. 

 

I am on the last episode of Downton Abbey!  This is bittersweet….What in the world will I watch now?? 

 

 

 

I really enjoyed this post by Jen over at Peanut Butter Runner yesterday….

 

I’m off to get some breakfast in..   Have a great day. 

Okay, so it’s Monday.  I’m sleepy and pretty tired.  It’s also the third of the month.  Your friendly bankers busiest day.  I also have a sore throat and a headache.  I will not get sick. I will not get sick. I will not get sick.  I think I am getting sick. 

 

My weekend just seem to fly by.  After work Saturday, I headed to the grocery store to pick up a few things and then headed home.  I just wanted to take a nap.  I watched a couple of episodes of Downton Abbey (I am now up to Season Three!)  and then started on a new recipe.  I also got ready for our Youth Movie night at our church.  It ended up being mostly adults and so we changed the movie to a more adult led film.  It was over sometime close to 9:00 and so I headed home in the rain and went to bed. 

Did I go to sleep?  I wish.

My left IT Band and knee are giving me fits for some reason.  I tossed until 12:30 and then got up to take some Tylenol.  It helped and allowed me to sleep the rest of the night, but whew I was tired when I got up.  At church we had a brunch to bring in the new Sunday School year.  It’s the time when the kiddo’s move up to their next level.  I teach the first, second and third grade, so if you are going to be in the fourth grade you get to go to the next level. 

Good times.

 

After church, I headed over to a nearby town to meet a new friend.  Taking risks people, Taking risks.  I cried on the way home.  Another story. 

 

From there, I went straight to church.  Some place I just desire to be right now.  My family. 

 

I found this blog called She Reads Truth and I just love it.  They recently did this study on the book of Nehemiah and so I thought that I would go through it.  They have already started a new bible study and I am only on day six of this one, but I can’t tell you how much love it.  It’s been a wonderful experience so far. 

 

Four Days. 

 

This is how long I have to prepare for my trip this coming weekend.  Four days.  One of the main things that I am going to get accomplished is an oil change.  A must.

 

How do you pack for a trip to the beach??  Nikki, do you have any suggestions??   

 

My goal is to be packed by Thursday so that I could just get up Friday morning and hit the road.  Will I get this accomplished?  Oh Lord, I hope so. 

 

 

I’m tired, but happy to be awake and breathing.