Ahh off the saddle again.

Please don't think I have given up...just hit a bump in the road. Steve and I are sick AGAIN. IT'S BEEN 2 times since Thanksgiving we have gotten sick. I am on a steroid medicine, z pak and cough medicine. My throat is so swollen that I need a steroid to kick it. Guess it may kick my diet off this week as well. No working out till I can get better. I need all my energy that I have. Steve need to hit the doctor up tomorrow, so hopefully reading this he will make an appointment. ;)

Ellie is doing much better. She has a cough and runny nose but PRAISE GOD all her teeth are thru the skin. The teething part is almost done for now. No more runny noses and sleepless nights....until the next thing ;)

Even Steven

I had no gain not loss this week. I have to know that's OK! It's better than gaining. But what is weird to me, is that yesterday I was at a 2pd loss. I know Saturday weigh ins don't count but what happened to that 2 pd loss? Working out 4 times this week and keeping under my points. Oh well. The good side is: I have stayed with an eating program for a full 7 weeks and lost a total of 10pds. Not stopping this


train.

Also, Ellie is doing much better. She just has a crazy deep cough and sorta has a runny nose. Good news: she has 1 more tooth left to pop thru and she will be done for a little while. She just got her top 2 canines 2 days ago. They are so cute to look at:)

It's been about 5 days and I have had this thought on my mind still. When I caught myself singing the song: Where the spirit of The Lord is, there is FREEDOM (2 Cor. 3:17) I stopped in mid verse and said out loud "we need freedom in our nation". Gods spirit is in us, in each and every one of us. When we are a child of God we can rest in knowing that when we have Jesus in our hearts, we are free. I want freedom for all. For people to be free from addiction, bondage of some sorts, free from debt, free from sickness and on and on. For our world to know and believe, we can be free from anything. Because Jesus died for each of us, he paid for our freedom.

Jingle bell jam tonight at Just Dance. We danced for 90 minutes :) This is Jen, Warren McCormick's soon to be wife !;) She is a great, sweet person with adorable kids. I am so happy Warren snagged this one. She is a keeper!! Weigh in is on Sunday. We will see how this week went. My focus was not strong on my diet this week, I admit to a day of pizza and lunch one day from Arby's. eeeekkk.

Poor Ellie Boo

Ellie girl has been under the weather. Steve and I took her to the doctor today due to last nights ordeal. She was running a low grade fever for a few days. Which we thought was due to teething. Then last night she got super warm and Steve heard something upstairs. He could smell the vomit outside of the room. Poor baby girl had gotten sick about 6 times in her crib. She wasn't crying so you wouldn't have known. Daddy instinct kicked in;)

Doctor said she has a virus and the strep test came back negative. They are holding into the swabs for more bacteria testing. We should know something in the next day or so. We have been so fortunate to just NOW experience this. This is her first sickness and well...we are making it. Team Daddy and Mommy just loving on our baby girl. She ate about 5 saltine crackers today, a piece of pizza crust and lots of ice chips. We made sure to keep as much fluid as possible into her.

I had a dear sweet client send Dominos pizza to our house for lunch. She was such a blessing to help us out today. We hope tomorrow will be better. Nana and Bopbop are coming to the rescue so we can get back to work. We will keep everyone updated ;)

Yaaa-Hoooooo

Thank God!!!! I lost 4pds this week. I have now met my mark. I am down 10pds from my starting weight from 6 weeks ago:) The next step is to set a goal of 10% of my new weight to be lost. I can do it, I can do it! Even during the holidays. I may have some gains but hopefully mostly losses. Keep on track friends and family. ;)

Bill is at it again! Here is the newest toy:)