Busy Days= Busy Weeks

Well, my 6 days a week of exercising has now dwindled to 4....

I was going to go to the 5:30 AM class on Tuesdays since I would miss the 8 AM class due to a 7:30 AM babysitting job... but My Love has convinced me to not go on those days since he doesn't have to leave super-early for the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I gave in :). Plus, I don't like leaving him all alone at the house for so long ;).

And what was going to be my Saturday of of two exercise classes (Pilates and Salsa) is no virtually non-existent... due to busy weekends from last Saturday all through the month of September... oh WAIT! I'll get to go exercise the Saturday of Sept. 30th :).

Here's what my schedule ends up looking like...
Monday: Exercise, Babysit/Clean House/s
Tuesday: Babysit
Wednesday: Exercise, Babysit
Thursday: Exercise, Babysit Family #1, Babysit Family #2
Friday: Exercise- maybe 2 classes if possible, Babysit
Saturday: 9/2 CR100 River Race, 9/9 San Antonio/Fiesta Texas trip, 9/16 River Race in San Marcos, 9/23 California trip for My Love's brother's wedding, 9/30 PILATES and SALSA woohoo!!!

And did you know that I even bought myself some cute, pink adult ballet slippers? I now I can't even use them until the end of next month! :( GRRR....(Think of that said in a very delicate, pilates style stance ;)...)

ta ta till I think of more to talk/rave/complain about/mention....
-magsmeaning :)

My Nigella Friends

Well, twas a sad day today when I found out that when I/we would have to limit our conversations to food, kitchen, and Nigella subjects on one of my favorite websites, nigella.com. But I understand. Things can get heated when you stray from those subjects-- I do say, what IS there to get heated about when you talk about macaroni, soup ladels or Nigella Lawson?! :)

So, I devised a plan, with permission from the the administrators, to start a thread where we can post our blog addresses, if we'd like, so that we can all keep in touch about subjects others than those listed previously. And naturally, when you have a bunch of foodies together that enjoy a certain common subject, they then find that they have other things in common which they want to talk about.

All that to say, I don't want to give up the friendships that came out of other topics besides food, kitchen, and Nigella.

Anyhowwwww :)...

Welcome to my blog, friends from nigella.com! :)
-margaret

Weight Watchers and Exercise

Coming soon... a leaner, more fit me! :)

Well, I hope so at least ;). I've started WeightWatchers back up and have been going to 5-6 classes of aerobics each week. I'm currently in my second week. I've done rather good with the WeightWatchers this last week and am quite proud of myself- in a good way :).

I had the most horrible experience with weighing in at aerobics- it's optional- but I decided to see what that nasty number was.... well it was pretty bad. And I've only agreed to write the number down in the "weight log" journal IF it has dropped at all by next Monday (the day for weigh-in each week). So even if it drops only 0.01 lbs, I'll log it.... I'm hoping for something more like a loss of 10 lbs! ;) hee hee....

I know it sounds like a lot for someone as short as me, but I'd like to lose upwards of 50-60 lbs. I can remember being at that goal weight, and I was happy then- and NOT thin, but NOT heavy. It was that perfect size :) for being toned and fit.

We'll see.... I just need to take it one step at a time. Day by day. As Elisabeth Elliott Gren says, "Just do the next thing."

Profile Picture

Just trying to figure out how to post a picture on my profile. That's all :)

I'm Going to be a Piano Teacher!

I got a call the other day from homeschooling mom/photographer in the area who asked me to teach her three oldest kids piano! :) They're just beginners- just right for me- since I'm no professional yet ;).

And then just as I was telling the aerobics instructor that I was going to be teaching piano, she asked me if I could teach her daughter- just a beginner, also! :) I'm so excited!

I've decided on $10/per 30 minute lesson :). I'll teach the homeschooling kids at their house here in town, and then I'll teach Kennedy at my parents' house- I miss that great piano since I got married!

We actually have a piano at our house- it was a gift from my mom's mom- an antique- which is severly out of tune :(.... So I'm glad my mom is willing to let us use her piano! :)

Tommorrow, I plan on going into the big city :) to go stock up on some good teaching materials for beginner pianists. Can't wait!

Exercise!

Looks like my life of exercise is starting back up! :) I'm going to be starting up with the exercise group at the exercise/dance academy :). My mom and sister both go and they really like it- and it's a great group of women, too :). From Mon-Fri, except Tues, I'll go to the 8 am class. On Tues, I'll go to the 5:30 am class- early, I know! :) I babysit at 7:30 am on Tuesdays, so that's why I'm taking that EXTREMELY early class.

While it's still Summer, Fridays have been walking/running club at the mini-park. I had a great time huffing and puffing away as I speedily walked along. There was five of us walking: me, my mom, the aerobics instructor, another woman named Julie, and then a girl from the instructor's drill team at the high school.

I think I'm really going to enjoy the variety of the exercises- and doing them together as a group. Aerobics is so much more enjoyable when you can laugh at yourself with others :).

Oh, and did I mention that really poured out that sweat today?!

Afterwards, we ate breakfast (the newly created ;) Dance Academy Special for us healthy people) at the new restaurant in town. It was great! :) Plain yogurt with sweet fruit and granola and homemade whole wheat toast. I was so self-controlled and didn't use any butter ;).

Lonely

I think I've lost my followers... by that, I mean, those that read my blog and actually comment ;).

It's kind of lonely... more like I'm really writing for myself now- which I guess is a good thing. There's not need to please anyone else or to wonder "What will others think about me?"

Now it's just me, the typing and the internet.

Feel free to comment if you really are out there...maybe I'll just comment on my own posts....

One More Thing...

This is an addition to the previous post.

I also kept trying to figure out how God would have me to live my life. If I'm not in constant prayer with the Lord and reading His Word- how He speaks to us!- then how will I know these things?

Something for me to think on- and maybe someone, else, too, like my last post, will be led to think on it.

Realization of a Lifetime

A few days ago, I realized that *I alone* cannot figure out the way to live my life- like what things are okay and what things aren't (when it's not mentioned in the Bible). I realized- rather, God spoke to my heart- that it is only me allowing Christ to live in and through me that my life will turn out how it's supposed to. This realization comes after many many hours of trying to figure out what things are allowed in my life and what isn't. If something isn't supposed to be there, God will lead me to clean it up. If that makes any sense. Like the area of movies or music: I need to allow the Holy Spirit to show my heart when something isn't right. I don't figure these things out simply by making a list of how I'm going to live.

Hope this makes sense to at least one other person today. May it bless you, too.