May Day Weight Loss Challenge- Weigh-in # 9

I have been off of my diet for 2 weeks and I didn't weigh in last week. The news is not good.

Weight lost since my last weigh in- +3.5lbs
Weight lost since the start of the challenge- +.5lbs
Total weight loss since Hailey was born- 32.5 lbs

So, now I actually weigh a 1/2 pound more than I did when I started the challenge. I also took my measurements and I have gained back the inches I lost too. I wasn't going to post my results today because I am so unhappy with myself. But, this challenge is supposed to help me stay accountable and motivated. It can't work if I don't check in.

Rather than sit around whining about this, it's time to get serious. Here's what I am going to do:

• Write down everything I eat.
• Use Weight Watchers to keep track of my points.
• Drink 8 glasses of water everyday.
• When I eat, I will only eat. I won't be blogging or reading the newspaper while I am eating. I end up eating more than I realize when I am doing something else at the same time.
• The other day Jan did a posting over at Tales from the Scales and she said, "When I have a craving, that if I am hungry for something that I know is going to be wrong for me, I get out a can of veggies or some fresh fruit. If I am not hungry for that healthy snack, then I know that I am just craving, not really hungry. When I am hungry enough to go for fruit or canned veggies, then I am really hungry." I love this idea and I am going to do that also.
• Exercise everyday.

Time to go check in at Tales from the Scales.

22.5 pounds to go.

Honor Your Husband 30 Day Challenge- Week #3

This week Christine is challenging us to make sure we are focusing on interdependence as opposed to independence in our marriages. She included this great quote on her post today:

Godliness is selflessness, and when a man and a woman marry, they are pledging to stop viewing themselves as individuals and start viewing themselves as a unit, as a couple. In marriage, I am no longer free to pursue whatever I want; I am no longer a single man [or woman]. I am part of a team, and my ambitions, dreams, and energies need to take that into account.
Gary Thomas, Sacred Marriage

I will continue to work on my goals that I set before. You can view them here and here.
I will also be adding some new goals this week.

• As Christine challenged, I will focus on us as a couple instead of myself.
• I really need to work on my attitude towards Rich. I am going to try to act lovingly and positively in the way that I speak and in my body language.
• I am going to spend more time with Rich. In order to do that I am going to have to cut back on my blogging. (I can hear you gasping in disbelief.) As a blogaholic this will be difficult for me. One rule that I am making is- no more blogging on the weekends. Weekends will be for family time only. If you are looking for my Sunday Seven you will not find it anymore. Instead I am going to join the Thankful Thursday group. It's basically the same type of meme but I will be able to do it on Thursdays instead of Sundays. I will also cut back on my evening blogging. Usually once Hailey goes to bed I blog until I go to bed. From now on, no more blogging after 9pm. I will do my blogging during Hailey's nap times, after my chores are done. So, if it seems like you are seeing little less of me around here- it's because I'm busy focusing on my hubby!

July 7th- 9 Months Old

Hailey is 9 months old! If you want to see how much she has grown you can see her next to Tigger at 8 months, 7 months, 6 months, 5 months and 4 months. At 3 months she is sitting next to a teddy bear, but you can still see how much she has changed.


Hailey has just started crawling and she is very determined
to open the doors on our coffee table.

Hailey loves to try to feed herself.

Playing on her rocking horse. She bangs on the keys and

"sings" along with the music.

Hailey loves to read eat books.
Hailey is quite proud that she can pull herself to stand up.

The Spirit of America Celebration

Each year our church holds a celebration called The Spirit of America. It's always a lot of fun with many activities to keep us busy. Everything is free except for the food, which is priced very reasonably.

This was the fourth time we went, and we had a wonderful time as we always do. Here are some pictures of our fun.

Hailey enjoys her dinner while we ate a few several too many hot dogs.

Raising the flag during the Tribute to America’s Heroes.

Hailey and I pose for a picture.

Rich and Hailey

Hailey entertaining herself during the Tribute to America’s Heroes.

Hailey smiling up at Rich.

Fireworks

Hailey watching the fireworks.

Who I Am

Laura asked us to take this personality test to see who we are. I just love taking these kinds of tests, so I hurried right on over to take it! Here's my results:

ISTJ - "Trustee". Decisiveness in practical affairs. Guardian of time- honored institutions. Dependable. 11.6% of total population.

Free Jung Personality Test (similar to Myers-Briggs/MBTI)

Does it sound like me? I think I sound a bit boring but I always get the same result when I take this test, so it must be pretty accurate.

Take the test and see what your results are. And, be sure to leave me a comment to let me know who you are!

Happy 4th of July!

Wordless Wednesday # 12

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Did I Say That # 5

I never thought I would hear myself say, "Hailey, ewww. Don't lick mommy's toes. That's yucky."