Four Christmas'

We've had such a fabulous weekend! Chris finally got all his school stuff taken care of so that's one stress off our shoulders. He's going back to school to get his degree, while continuting his full time job... many prayers that his sanity level stays decent... kisses baby! This is such a blessing... our bills have been running SO tight recently so the fact that he'll be receiving BAH (housing allowance for the non military speakers). God does provide! Just when you think you can't do it anymore... you can't make it... HE provides! Ok, back to the weekend...

We slept in yesterday and then decided to do some shopping. LOVE shopping... hehe. Anyway, we got lots of useful stuff for our wonderful house. Since the basement is where the cat litter box is, we decided we needed an air purifier in order to ensure that the room itself didn't become overswhelmed with the kitty smell... we found a great air purifier at Target. We finally bought curtains to put over our kitchen windows. Eventually we want to put plantation shutters up but those are kinda expensive... this is a wonderful fix for now... Chris put them up today and they look great. For now they look kinda plain since they're white with black accents against white walls... but we'll be painting the kitchen red shortly. Can't wait! Chris also got a pull up bar to put in the basement... and is currently searching for a couch to put in there... then we can use it for a little more then just a work out room.

Now onto the fun part. So we decided to try out a new church this morning, something closer to the house. We chose a 'community church' that's not too far away. WOW... I mean seriously, WOW! Have you ever seen the movie Four Christmas'?? The preacher that is dating Reese's mom... well that was how this was. Lights, huge screens, lots of fanfare and not much of a sermon. I'm still confused as to if I was in church or watching an info-mercial... :-/ The entire service (if that's what it should be called) was over the top... but alas, I'm getting ahead of myself. The first thing I noticed when we got out of the car was that EVERYONE appeared to be in jeans. Now don't get me wrong, I've worn jeans to church from time to time but on a normal basis I feel it a necessity to dress well. So we walk in and notice the coffee house, yup, a coffee house complete with barristas and a fireplace! We are quickly distracted by the music and light show coming from the sanctuary. In we walk to find 3 HUGE (I mean like the size of a jumbo-tron at a football game!) screens lining the front wall. As we make our way to a seat (theater seats, no pews here) we notice the 4 large screen TV's on the stage (yes, stage) in the shape of Ipods... hmmm... now this starts peaking my interest. Apparently the church is doing a group on sermons about 'there's an app for that'. The concept seemed interresting enough but it sure came off as a commercial for their small groups. There was a mention or two of a bible verse (Acts 2 to be exact) but it was only mentioned twice. The oddest part was near the end of the service they decided they were doing communion. They stood at the front of the church with a platter of wafers and a cup of grape juice (to dip the wafer into). As we were in line to receive our communion Chris turns around and whispers to me 'They're going to say something just say Amen'. Sure enough they said something, I said Amen, and walked back to my seat. Apparently this was straight up Catholic (I wouldn't know, I'm not Catholic... but Chris was when he was younger). Not a church we will be going back to... but interresting to say the least...

Just another page in my book :-)

Back on the bandwagon...

Back on the bandwagon... I've decided on a lot of things in the past few weeks. The one that is on the forefront of my mind right now is getting back in shape. I suppose I wouldn't be considered 'fat' by any one's standards but my own... I mean, I'm still within the 'healthy limit'. That means everything's fine, right??

Well not in my world. I've been there, done that, and don't like it one bit. You see, I'm not exactly the tallest person in the world, this tends to make my small frame change completely when I gain a pound or two. I suppose since no one's reading this I'm completely capable of being 100% honest, right?? hehe...

So at 5'3" tall, 137 pounds, I'm not happy with myself. When I left the ship before coming here (I used to be stationed on the USS Ronald Reagan), I was in FANTASTIC shape. Chris and I would work out Monday-Friday for at least an hour and I felt wonderful! I was probably only 10-15 pounds lighter, but I was in shape, I was tone. This makes all the difference in my book.

So, tonight I started back. I made Chris promise to help motivate me... I can't do this alone, I need support. I've decided to start off slow at least for the rest of this week. Tonight's work out? 25 minutes speed walking on the treadmill. Not really a huge work out but it's a start. Pray I can continue and stay motivated! :-)

Food for thought...

So I've finally decided to join the cyber world and start blogging. I'm not doing this because I really care if people read it (although YAY for those that do!), more in the hopes that I can get my thoughts and feelings out. I'm hoping that by doing this it will help my sanity level stay more level... :-) Can't we all use a little bit of an outlet in life?

So here I am... 27 about to turn 28... where has the time gone? Graduate, college, marriage, quit college, child, join Navy, boot camp, Florida, California, divorce, deploy, meet furture husband, become engaged, fiance' heads to Iraq, deploy, fiance' returns from Iraq, deploy, leave Cali and head to DC, FINALLY marry fiance'... this is life. Nothing more, nothing less. Simply life. My life. Our life. Sure bad things happen, but just as many good things happen, right? :-/ Good things are BOUND to happen sooner or later no matter what you do in your life, right? The bad thing is that the same can be said for bad things as well...

So here I am... with the love of my life, stationed in DC... hmmm... Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore. Although in my case I do believe 'Lady, we're not in Cali anymore' would be more appropriate. Quite an adventure so far... *sigh* but more on that later I'm sure.

So here I am... off to my basement gym to get back into shape... I've asked Baby to help motivate me... I need it! Baby thinks he needs a whistle to get me motivated. I'm pretty sure sure that would just piss me off... hehe... Wish me luck!!