Greeting the Day

I awoke today with the good intention to start the new year with exercise. I hadn't been to workout at Curves since the week after Thanksgiving. Where did December go? So I sat and drank my coffee and then drank some more and finally made the move to get dressed and out the door. When I get there the message on the check-in screen flashes....time for your weigh-in & measurements.....uh oh. I knew just by the way my clothes had been fitting that there was probably some weight gain, but I wasn't ready for the inches gained! Supposedly, I have gained 3 inches in my hips since this time last year and an inch in each thigh! The woman doing the dirty work started giving me a lecture on when you enter your 50's, how your body stores more fat, blah, blah, the rushing noise in my ears was drowning her out. So I put on my best "oh sure, I can remedy this" face and got to work on the machines.
And now we have all these new aches and pains associated with age. Today, my daily devotional (coincidentally) was about greeting the day. The author recommends you raise one's head from the pillow and utter that child prayer of gratitude, "Oh God, life again. Again, one more day of life." Hmmm, I already say that prayer alot, but I am not sure I put the emphasis on the right parts. So, I will work on not taking life for granted and trying to celebrate each new day with gratitude and thanksgiving. I sure will be glad when the new year starts getting old and these good intentions can be put to rest!

New Year thought

Here we are already 3 days into the new year! I came across this passage written by the author, Judith Lechman, and I thought this was very fitting for starting a new year. I know we all talk about worrying less and having the courage to step out and try new things. I need to realize that surrender is a good thing, and not only realize it, but to live it as well.

"We soon find it all but impossible to live the
Christian life with our own strength and
goodness. It is through God's strength that we
know courage, and through His power that we
know goodness. When we realize this, surrender
becomes our priority. In seeking to unite our
will with God's more fully, we don't want a fixed
blissful union with Him, one that is filled with
passivity. Surrendering to Him means growth
and progress. It is the freedom of moving forward
with and through Him, so that each of our
relationships and all our work, worship,
suffering, and play reflect what He wants of us."

Taking Down Christmas

I am taking down Christmas today. It is kind of depressing, but Todd assures me I will feel much better after it is done. He, however, is not here. So I will carry on with hopes of "feeling much better" soon. New Years eve was uneventful. Todd woke me as I napped on the couch and informed me it was not even 9:00 yet. I could sense a little disgust in his tone. I am grateful every year we are on CST so we can "celebrate" at 11:00 with the Time Square people and feel like we stayed up to greet the new year. Oh, I wanted to mention before I forget. That little tab up at the top of the blog site that says "next blog", Patty informed me if you click on it you go to some random person's blog. As she was telling me that I clicked on it and I found myself reading about some young family with a new baby. Later when I was sitting here I decided to click on it and see if it takes me to the same sweet family. Instead I am at some "spank me" blog!! Someone has a blog dedicated to the art of spanking with pictures (naked, yes) to go with it! So beware, haha.