Casting Crowns-"Praise You In This Storm" (live)

This is one of the best songs ever and a perfect one for a bad day... or a bad string of days. It was written in honor of a woman who's daughter was dying of cancer, and who chose to trust God even when her whole world was falling apart.

If she can do it, I certainly can. I'm not facing anything CLOSE to that.

I trust God... that He knows what He's doing and that He loves me.

Kutless - What Faith Can Do

This is such an amazing song. Had to share. It's where my heart is today.

Sometimes...

Sometimes...

• You just have to realize that you have limits.
• You have to ask for help even when you don't want to.
• You have to understand that you can't control everything in your environment.
• You realize that God is much better at His job than you are.
• You learn that you're not, in fact, 10 feet tall and bulletproof.
• You figure out that your own problems are not as big as you imagine.
• You relinquish your title as Chief Executive Maker of Mountains from Molehills.
• You just take a deep breath and rest.

Stressful...

Work has been really crazy lately and I'm not really dealing with it very well. Just trying to deal as best I can without jacking with my healthy lifestyle.

Why is it that you want to eat copious amounts of chocolate when you have a crappy day? LOL

YOGA!

Okay, I am getting completely hooked on my yoga class!

I started taking yoga because I knew I needed to add some strength training to my exercise routine, but I loathe... yes LOATHE, working on those inferal weight machines at the gym. BO---RING!

So I started taking a Monday night yoga class with a friend at my gym. I've been going for over a month now and I'm loving it. It's relaxing, even helps with a headache, AND my arms are getting totally toned. SCORE!

Who knew I'd get all zen and stuff? LOL

WOW!

It's been a crazy busy week. Miss Ashlyn turned 11 this week. I know it's true, but at the same time it just seems too ridiculous to be real. It can't be 11 years already... could it????

I think things have finally quieted down for the moment. Dinner dishes are done. Laundry in the dryer. Husband lounging in the tub. Kiddo in the other room watching something produced by Disney and Momma's on her laptop ALONE with her big ole dawg. It's nice to have some alone time. Some "nobody needs me at this second" time.

Hopefully this week will be a little less hectic. I haven't been doing really well in the taking-care-of-myself department. Gotta do better on that.

Sometimes you just have to...

... take a break from the routine and just focus on taking care of yourself. Get out of your own way and just go with the flow instead of fighting the current tooth & nail.

This is that time for me. I've been kicking and screaming and just making no progress, so I'm giving myself a break from the norm and just chilling out.