Tired, stressed and anxiously awaiting......

For my next book!


Besides that here has what has been going on in our lives.....

Jake is no longer employed at Morton School Dist. He started at Starbucks in June and in August he got on at Arco as well.... The reason he stopped at the school and got on at Arco was to save on gas. With us having to drive both vehicles it just wasn't economical for him to drive clear to Morton and then turn around and drive back to Chehalis.

Then at the beginning of August my Friday consumer passed away. Then at the end of August my other consumer found another caregiver that she liked better and laid me off. So through some programs including BFET I am able to go back to school! So I am currently enrolled at Centralia College going for my LPN. Now the nursing program is EXTREMELY hard to get into so if all else fails I will have my CNA while I work on getting into the nursing program.

So right now our lives are pretty stressful with Jake working 65+ hours a week and me going to school full time (Im at school from 8 am to 10:50 plus an hour drive. Then I have my correspondence course that I do an hour a day plus homework from my other classes) So needless to say my house has been sadly neglected (because for some odd reason I normally decide to ride my horse or snuggle with the kids or Jake instead of cleaning my house lol)

Honestly there has been a lot of days so far these past two weeks that I have wanted to pull my hair out or just break down and cry because I am so worn out and stressed, but God opened this door for a reason and its going to be hard but it will be worth it!

So thats whats going on in our neck of the woods!

Book Review. The Wonder of Your Love by Beth Wiseman

I just finished reading the book The Wonder of Your Love by Beth Wiseman. In this book Katie Ann is a woman in her forties whose husband left her for another woman. After he passed away she is considered a widower. Her neighbors cousin, Eli visits Canaan for a wedding after his youngest daughter has married. I love books the center around the Amish and Beth Wiseman gives a good view of their life and how they are just as human as the rest of us. Too many writers tend to make the characters over religious without normal Human conflicts and emotions. Beth did a great job of developing the characters in the story and making them very realistic and easy for everyone to be able to relate to every character in the book. I especially liked that she through in Characters that were indirectly related to the story. It rounded out the story and made it that much more interesting. The ending was especially good as you weren't 100% sure how things were going to turn out. I definitely couldn't put this book down!

I received a complementary copy of The Wonder of Your Love from Booksneeze.com blogger program in exchange for a review and I was not required to give a positive review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

New post,.... new A LOT

Ok everyone I am going to TRY and keep this blog going again! Its just been hard with no internet... But I will try!

Weight loss tips post 2 & 3

Sorry its been so long. I dont have access to the internet at home so its hard to post :)

These next two are smaller but just as important!

So anyways here is tip number 2 & 3

Do not eat after 6pm

Eating earlier in the day helps you to be able to burn some of those calories AND digest all of your food before you go to sleep. It is best to eat before 6pm (if you go to bed at a relatively normal time) if your a night owl make sure you give your self plenty of time after you eat before you go to bed

Water, water and more water!

 So many people don't realize how many of their calories they are DRINKING. An 8 oz glass of 2% milk is a 120 calories! And I know most of us dont stick to 8 oz :-). Also with that stay away from diet sodas. I know they do the big claim of ZERO calories. Which is great. But the sweetener in them is aspartame. Aspartame not only can cause cancer but it also contributes to belly fat.

The more water you drink the fuller you'll feel. If your hungry go drink a glass of water. A lot of the time it will help you fulfill the hungry feeling.

Now that doesnt mean you cant drink anything. I enjoy my daily can of soda. BUT while I was dieting I didnt drink Soda daily. I drank maybe 2 a week at the most. I only drank milk in my cereal (but I take vitamin supplements to balance out what I cut out). If I was thirsty I drank water and plenty of it!

Weight loss tips day 1

So I have kind of decided to post a few weight loss tips. Now I am in NO WAY a proffesional or an expert on this subject but I have had a lot of people ask me how I lost all my weight (195 lbs to my current weight of 125lbs) So everytime I post I will post ONE tip I learned.

Now before you ask I did no special diet (weight watchers, atkins, south beach etc..... ) I know a lot of people have had a lot of success with these. Honestly I think a lot of them are gimmicks. The basis of ANY weight loss is calorie intake verse caloric burn. You burn more then you eat you lose weight. (I know its more complicated then that and I know there are "specifics" im going off of my journey.

Tip One: Go to your Doctor

Now most of you are looking at me like huh? Doctor? WHY? I HATE THE DOCTOR!!!!!

Now take a deep breath a listen. I discovered a large part of my weight problem was a hormonal inbalance. I got on Birth Control pills and it not only regulated my menstrual cycle but it jump started my weight loss. Also you need to make sure that you don't have any conditions that can cause unexplained weight gain (hypothyroidism, cushings, etc....)

Also have all of your vitamin levels checked. I was massively Vitamin D deficent. A Vitamin D deficency can cause muscle soreness and fatigue (among other things) so Being on Vitamin D can help bring up your energy level (which makes it easier to exercise). Make sure you are taking calcium as well (if you are a woman)


So again GO TO YOUR DOCTOR and have everything checked. You'll be glad you did and it can help immensly in the long run

Longer days and a few more updates :)

So we have a TON of snow right now.... we had 16" day before yesterday and had fun digging our horses out

Monday we didn't even bother letting them out... too cold and we had to fix fences

Yesterday there was a 2 hr late start and my boss told me to wait and come in late... so we spent an hour outside. We had bought 650ft of new fencing for CW's run.... well with all the snow it had stretched out and was almost touching the ground. So our day started with first digging a path for the stall doors to open out into their run. With all the snow PLUS all the fall off from the roof there was a 4ft pile of snow outside their doors. So after Jake dug that out while I fed and re-blanketed Shakira we tightened all the fencing....

This ISNT including the day before running into town to pick up bedding and then getting stuck going up the hill to the barn in our 4x4. THEN we had to dig a trench from the truck to the barn to haul up the bedding wheel barrow (dont feel too bad the bedding was in bags) and then dig another trench THROUGH Shakiras run from the barn to where we dump the dirty bedding....

All that and the snow was too deep to ride :(

BUT I did get to ride last week and here are some pics!

And this is my new saddle! A billy cook barrel saddle. I have been wanting one of these for YEARS! My hubby bought it for me.... ok I picked it out but still ..... :)

And this is the new truck! Nice isnt it!

Wow been a long time...

Guess thats what happens when we don't have internet. So just real quick before I make lunch and get back to cleaning...

We are fully moved into our house and LOVE IT!
We bought a 1993 Buick Park Avenue and Sold the escort
Our suburban broke down on us
We bough a 2000 Chevy Silverado 2500 with Tax Return, which is currently in the shop having the mechanic go over it completely and fix some things
We are selling our suburban
I brought my new horse home! Shakira is a 6 year old Quarab. Giving her a few days to settle in then ill get pictures

The kids are getting big and man when they all get talking, you cant hear yourself think lol

Anyways thats all for now. Gotta go!