This morning I forced myself out of bed and ran 1.5 miles. On the treadmill. I would consider the tradmill my gym enemy. I just hate it but there is no way I can get in shape for the 10k without it.

I spent the whole run chanting "you can do this you won't regret it you love this remember?" and somehow made my goal for the day. Next up? running two miles outside this weekend when its supposed to be 30° out-much better than that dreadful treadmill.

PLUS I'm planning on tracking every.single.thing i put in my mouth. Might be brutal but I need a good strong dose of reality. Happy Thursday!

volunteer, be self absorbed, make lists

Mind blank. I had a great thought that I really thought I should share with you. Now it has left me.

Today I went to an orientation to volunteer at the YWCA. My bible study girls and I have really felt the need to live out what we believe and not just get together each week and encourage each other. We don't want to be "holed" up talking when there is a world that needs doing. We kind of picked the YWCA randomly, but you would think by now that I would know that my random decisions are completely by God. There is no random.

My heart clicked with this place. We more than likely will end up sorting donations or organizing the food pantry, which may seem like the most boring task, but I am excited about it. It seems that once you are involved and helping out, you get involved in a bunch of different aspects of the organization.

I will have another post about it eventually... because it's going to really affect my life. I can feel it.

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Weight loss... the dreaded topic that I pretend you all don't care about so I don't have to bring it up.

I'm failing. I have mediocre days that I pretend are good and then wonder why I don't see results. I am too lazy to put in my food choices for the entire day so it does me no good. I just guess... which is always wrong (of that I'm sure). I can do great until I get home, but each recipe we use for supper is different, and WW selections are so lame since they changed to Points PLUS. Or maybe I just remember it differently from the last time I was successful using the online WW (over 4 years ago).

Either way - I need to get it together. I need a boost to motivate me. Something to just kick me in the pants and send me on my way down the road of true success. I'm hovering around the same number and I'm ready to see it change.

I'm doing meal replacement shakes for lunch since I can't handle too many choices throughout the day apparently. They are refreshing for now. Easy, filling, and something different.

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I need to go to bed. Need to. Then I need to get up and workout and somehow make my pants fit better. then I need to read my bible. I can accomplish these nice New Years resolutions. You just wait and see!

Midweek Confessions

I love to read books and always declare that I don't have time. Truth? I do have time, but I spend it reading blogs and emails and checking facebook instead of reading the many books on my to do list.

True bible thumper

I read a biography about JFK this week and was surprisingly into it (ironic when you think about point number one isn't it?) but the reason this is a confession is because I really only read it to find out more about the scandalous life he was rumored to have and not so much about the politics. I do like history though; I just get sick of the war talk... even though yes I know it is a part of history blah blah blah

Nothing important happened before I was born. Don't forget that.

I get inspired about every other week to go to a thrift store, adopt a worn out piece of junk furniture, fix it up, and give it a place in our home. I have never actually done this. All of you creative bloggers out there just make it so tempting! Maybe someday when I have more time (ha like that will ever happen).

Did you hear that, Buck? She thinks she's creative

I wish it was still cool to wear lipstick. How nice would it be to just throw some lipstick on and call it good when trying to look presentable? Plus hot red is just so... classic.

Mom said I could wear her lipstick anytime...

I had like 6 diet cokes this weekend which is three times my normal consumption of diet coke... a week... isn't that so healthy of me? What is water again? If only you knew how gross our hard water is where I live. It's just. not. good. Sure, I can make it super cold and put some lemon in it, but every single glass? That would be so much work... diet coke is just so much easier.

This is me on diet coke. Jump jump jump jump jump jump...

Linking up... there are tons of other confessions to read!

Pretty in Pink

Good morning world! Its still a blustery snowy white world but instead of moping we'll just wear our prettiest pink and prettiest bow. Well, those of us under the age of twelve months. The rest of us are stuck wearing black argyle wih a sock bun and no bow. Who said growing up was fun?

Hope your Monday Tuesday is fabulous! (blogger fail on Monday so reposted on Tuesday... :) )