ATTITUDE
ATTITUDEby: Charles SwindollThe longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home.The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only th

My wonderful Hubby
About a month ago I threw this crazy idea out to Keith. Here is how the conversation went.: Me: Honey, now I want to throw an idea out and please don’t dismiss it right away. Remember I mentioned I would love to go to Ironman Arizona this year. Well, it’s coming up. I was wondering if there is anyway I could possibly go? I have a friend doing it. I have a place lined up to stay and a friend says I can use his car the whole time I am there, so I will not need a hotel or a rental care and you have always said that you have a bazillion frequent flyer miles and you won’t have to get me anything for Christmas. So, (Pause), what do you think? (Crossing fingers behind b

My friend in pain
Remember I wrote a few times about a friend of mine that is in pain. I haven't heard from him in a loooong time. But I just talked to someone that knows him and he got more bad news. I'm so mad for him. I'm sad for him.

WW update
I lost point 4 this weekbringing my grand total up to 64 pounds lost. :)I will be leaving on Thursday to head to Arizona to cheer on a friend at Ironman Arizona and volunteer at the race. I will also be meeting a lot of blogger friends that I have never met in person. I found a Weight Watchers meeting on Friday at 10am that I can go to. I really wanted to be with my friends at my Weight Watchers meeting when I finally hit my 65 pounds lost because that is half way to my goal of 130 pounds lost. I am excited to go to another meeting in another state though. Maybe my story and journey can encourage someone in Arizona to keep going. I will let you

Every work out can't be good, can it?
In high school I had a near drowning incident when I was on a trip with my youth group. We headed to the Indiana Dunes to hang out with several other youth groups. The Dunes are beautiful beaches that are along Lake Michigan. We were there hanging out for the day and playin