tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72293958073129856452024-03-13T04:02:39.947-04:00Kidd's KreationsKreative Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773356374874132210noreply@blogger.comBlogger250125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229395807312985645.post-9258088411174079582014-07-17T21:22:00.001-04:002014-07-17T21:22:35.452-04:00Thirty by 30 - Insanity Day 5I really procrastinated today. I just wasn't feeling like working out. For the first time all week, I wasn't wincing with every move and I was enjoying it.<br />
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BUUUTTTTT, my kids have been begging to work out with me all day. I finally gave in, put Pure Cardio in the T.V. and started. We were doing good, but the kids were running crazy and messing with my focus, so I yelled at them to go to bed and I kept on going. It was definitely not easy.<br />
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After tomorrow I get a rest day. Yay!<br />
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I pushed through day 3 today. I'm sore from the first two days, but I'm still trying to keep my pace up, which is getting more difficult. I can feel my muscles getting stronger, which is great, but my knee is starting to act up. I'm really hoping it doesn't get much worse so I'm watching my form and trying not to stress it too much.<br />
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So far I only have one true complaint about the workouts. I'm not quite sure what's coming next so I have to spend the first 5-10 seconds of each move watching, figuring it out, and getting into position before I join in. I know that doesn't sound like much, but when each segment is 30 seconds I really am missing out on a big chunk. I know part of this is being a beginner and I'll get better at it, but this is just something that aggravates me right now.<br />
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Hope you all are doing well! What are you doing to better yourself these days?<br />
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I did Day 1 Fit Test yesterday and thought that I was going to die. It wasn't really that difficult, looking back, but I'm pretty out of shape.<br />
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I did Day 2 today and it literally kicked my butt. The warm up wore me out, the stretches are tough and the actual workout is more movement than I've done in....well, ever.<br />
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But I did it. And I plan to do it for 58 more days. I just really hope it helps me lose this weight and tone up my tummy because I'm soooo tired of being asked when my baby is due, and having to explain that my baby is almost a year old.<br />
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While I am nowhere near where I want to be, I have made some progress. I haven't ran any since I completed the 5k because I messed up my knee on the last hill, but I have tried to snack less, eat smaller portions and drink more water. I am happy to say that I am down 17 pounds total! I'm almost half way to my goal!<br />
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I also wanted to share how crazy I am with you guys. (As if you didn't know already!) I purchased the Insanity workout this weekend and am going to do my best to complete it. (It won't be here for a few more days.) I am excited, but a little scared because I've heard how tough it is. I believe that if I stick with it I will lose weight, but I just have to keep myself motivated. I'm considering creating an alternate blog to document my time with Insanity, but we'll see.<br />
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Hope you all are well!<br />
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Recently we booked a camping trip with some friends and I looked on craigslist to find a new tent and some supplies for cheap. One of the "tents" that popped up (hehe) was a pop up camper. It was a good deal, so good that it was already spoken for, after just a few hours. All this did was encourage Ronnie to being searching voraciously for a camper for us before our planned trip. He'd look, send me links, I'd look, send him links. He'd call. I'd email. Nothing was working out.<br />
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Last week our luck changed. He sent me a link that looked decent and was promising to be a good deal. He texted, and texted some more. Then he set up a time to meet the guy. He and his friend drove almost two hours, looked it over, bargained and drove home with our new to us camper.<br />
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After my 5k Saturday morning, Ronnie mentioned that there was an auction on the way home that he would like to stop by. We didn't have any kids to wrangle, so I thought it would be fun to hang out for a few minutes.<br />
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We scoped out the goods from afar while we chatted with some people that we know, joking that we were going to bid and have to use someone else's number. An item came up that I would have loved, but I couldn't justify spending as much as it went for so I was okay. Around that time I saw something that caught my interest, so I got Ronnie to come investigate with me.<br />
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I guess it shows how country I am that the item that peaked my interest was an incubator to hatch eggs. I've been wanting a small one (my dad offered to let me use his, but it's huge) that has the windows on top for observation so that the boys could learn about how chickens get here. Unfortunately, I priced them last year and soon realized that even the styrofoam ones were too much for our budget. I dismissed the idea, other than a few times that I searched craigslist and came up empty handed.<br />
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The large "INCUBATOR" on the side of the cardboard box caught my attention and when we went to look at it, realized that it was being sold with an automatic turner as well. I couldn't have cared less about that because I always thought it was fun to rotate the eggs when I was a little girl. It was settled, I wanted this thing. So we got our own number.<br />
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Here's the thing: I'm competitive. I love the adrenaline when I'm bidding on an item. My heart starts racing when I see an item getting ready to come up that I want. It takes all I have to not raise my card before the price gets low enough for me. (I want the item, but I want the best price I can get!) When they finally auctioned the incubator they started with a $20 bid. No way! I know it's worth that, but I'm not starting there. No one else bid until it got down to $5 or $10, but once they bid, it was game on! I had set a limit in my head of $20, but we passed that and the other person was still bidding, so I kept bidding too! I wanted that incubator! The other person bid $30 and then it came to me for $32.50. Yup! I want it! Would the other person bid $35? How high was I really willing to go? I don't know! All I know is that I wanted that thing! Thankfully, the other person said no, $35 was too much for them. Yay for me!<br />
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I knew I had gotten a good deal, but I always have to check to find out how good it really is. A quick search shows me that the incubator sells for $45-$55 by itself while the turner runs $40-$50 on average, but I saw them as high as $135 for both items together. Score!<br />
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I also got a couple of other items I look forward to sharing with you. Do you go to auctions? Have you scored a great deal?<br />
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I woke up late, got ready, got to the park, got my goods, walked to the FD to find Ronnie, walked back, found a high school friend by chance, waited for the horn, and ran for 3.1 miles! A great time!<br />
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There a couple of good things about eggs for us. 1.) Eggs are healthy. So much protein! 2.) Eggs are free (for us). My dad has several Rhode Island Reds and they put out some eggs! I can usually get 2 dozen each week (sometimes more) and it doesn't hurt my parents a bit. I've offered to pay several times, but they always tell me to take what I need. Thanks! I will! 3.) The boys love helping my dad with chicken duty at his house. They are learning that animals need to be cared for and are seeing some responsibility.<br />
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With all that in mind, we have been discussing getting chickens for some time. I'm not much on caring for animals (I have 5 humans to look out for plus myself!) because I don't really have as much time to devote to them as I feel I need, so I usually convince Ronnie to wait until "later." "Later" happened last Friday. Ronnie woke up with the very precise intention of going to Tractor Supply to buy biddies. Ummmm....okay. He explained that he had checked prices online at different hatcheries and local folks on craigslist, and that he was going to Tractor Supply to see how much they were. I drove us to the store, and since the three younger kids had fallen asleep, I agreed to go in to check prices. I reported back, and Ronnie started getting out of the car, telling me that the price was good. I convinced him to let us go grab some pizza before we became chicken owners.<br />
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When we all went into the store, the boys made a beeline for the chirping chicks. They were so excited! We told the employee we wanted 5 pullets and a strait run, hoping for a rooster. She scooped them into the little box, and gave us extra from the strait run tub. We picked up the waterer and feeder, a bag of feed and headed home with our new family members.<br />
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We have them in our living room in a plastic tote, under a lamp. The boys have to change the straw bedding, wash the tote out and give fresh feed and water every afternoon when Ethan gets home. We lost one on Sunday morning, but she hadn't acted right all along. We're excited that in several months we'll be getting our own eggs, that the boys are learning responsibility and that they get the joy of having their own chickens at their house. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">but she's warmed up (even more so now). Poor baby had a fever that night.</td></tr>
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A few months ago, Ethan's coach called and asked if Ethan was playing because he needed another player. We hadn't even heard about sign ups. We talked to Ethan, but he said he didn't want to play this year. Elijah, however, wanted to play badly, but sign ups were over. We got a phone number and Ronnie made some calls and Elijah got put on a team!<br />
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He played his first game a couple of weeks ago and he did great!<br />
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These next two pictures show what happened the first time he hit the ball. He took off running to second base! It was quite funny, but he listened to all the yelling and corrected to first. He got out, but had he gone straight to first he would have made it!</div>
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The last inning he was put on the pitcher's mound. This picture is just before he had a major meltdown. Elijah has always been sensitive and can get emotional quickly. We're not sure if he was upset that a ball went by him, that he thought he wouldn't get ice cream or if he was nervous being in a different position, that someone hit his sunburned back, or who knows.... He started crying and the coach walked him off the field. Whatever upset him, I hope it doesn't happen again.</div>
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I have such fond memories from when I was growing up. We got to pick out a new dress or pattern if Grandma was making it that year. We got new shoes and a bonnet! I loved wearing a bonnet to church! I remember getting up super early to go to Sunrise Service. We were all tired and cranky, and we fought all morning, but we knew we were doing something special. We would sing "Up From the Grave He Arose!" and stand out at the graveyard, shivering from the cold, while hearing about how Jesus died, but lives again! We were cold, but we knew this was amazing stuff. After that, we'd eat breakfast with our church family, then we'd find a pew to sleep on until church started. After church, we'd make the rounds at the grandparents' houses for Easter lunch and supper. All the cousins would bring their eggs (real ones that we had decorated with dye or those PAAS shrink wrappers...no plastic around here!) and we'd hunt eggs all day.<br />
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I remember my freshman year of high school when my grandpa had been fighting cancer, but asked to go to Sunrise Service. I remember him sitting in the car while my brother played his trumpet. I remember that it was his last time at church before he died. But the reason that I love Easter today is the reason that Grandpa wanted to be there that day - he knew that Easter is the reason he was going to Heaven!<br />
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Now that I'm older, I still love Easter, but I have a better reason. I love Easter because I know that it means that Jesus died and rose again. Not only did He die, He did it for me because He wanted to. He knew me, but He loved me in spite of me, and He wanted me to have the chance to go to Heaven with Him. What an amazing love!<br />
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I can't imagine the pain Jesus went through. I can't understand the love that He has for each and every one of us. I don't know how He could willingly die for people, but I'm so thankful He did!<br />
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My thoughts this past Sunday turned to Mary. I have three sons. I want nothing but the best for them. I want them to live long happy lives. I know Mary knew her son was born to die, but I can't fathom the heartache she felt as she watched her son be crucified. Imagine the faith that she had!<br />
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I pray that you know Jesus as your Saviour today. If you don't, you're more than welcome to message me and I'll be glad to talk with you about it.<br />
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Grandma Carolyn walked and walked and walked with Ezra.</div>
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Melia didn't walk, but a sweet lady at church gave her a bunny for her first Easter.</div>
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Ethan's serious face. He got frustrated because he didn't get many eggs. He's just not as aggressive as other kids, but that's okay!</div>
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Ezra understood the deal this year, but he walked past 50 eggs before he decided to pick them up! </div>
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His problem was the need to know what was inside each egg so he cracked each one open when he picked them up. It was a slow process. </div>
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Grandma Jackie helped Melia hunt eggs. </div>
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Melia and Ezra were able to play in the 2 and under section. They enjoyed being the only kids in the area.</div>
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Fun mirrors were quite funny! </div>
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There was an awesome glass room where the kids could go in, paint to their hearts' content, then when it got covered the workers could spray it and squeegee it for new creations! The boys loved it!</div>
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Dr. Elijah DDS checked out my teeth.</div>
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There was a beanstalk that was at least two stories high for the kids to climb. All but one of my kids chickened out. Ezra, the baby, made it to the top and I ran out to take his picture in the window. </div>
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A fishing river and sand pit were the highlights of our day!</div>
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Poor Melia started running a fever, but she was sweet all day. It was nice to have Grandma along to sit with her while I chased the boys.</div>
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This sand is AH-mazing! Seriously! Not gritty at all, packed very well. I have to get some!</div>
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If you're anywhere near Graham, and have small kids, I would definitely recommend this place!</div>
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I must preface this by saying that I love my children immensely and love spending time with them. I feel super guilty when I'm not with them and try my best to parent them to the best of my abilities.<br />
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It's been 15 months since I walked out of NMHS for the last time. I had three boys and had recently found out I was pregnant with Melia. I was burned out on teaching. I was stressed, tired, and needed to be home for my kids rather then give all I had to everyone else's children. My husband had a decent job, but was out of town four days each week and we felt that they needed more time with me since they didn't get to see him much. I was tired of my children being raised by other people.<br />
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I had felt God's pull to be a stay at home mom for a long while, and I finally had enough faith to listen. It wasn't easy; it was really scary. I worried, but I knew that if God asked me to do something, He would provide. I've tried my best to remember this, but I' struggling.<br />
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When Ronnie quit his job last year, we made it through by God's grace. There's no other way to put it. If God had not orchestrated the events that occurred in our lives, I don't know where we'd be living, what we'd be driving or what we'd be eating and wearing. God has blessed us and taken care of all of our needs and I'm so very grateful!<br />
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Since Ronnie began his new job he's been home every night, which is awesome, but he took a 25-30% pay cut. With a threadbare budget beforehand, this hasn't been easy. We've made all the cuts that we can.<br />
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As a result of the past year, I started looking for a job. I've applied to so many positions that I've lost count. I haven't gotten one single phone call. I get the follow up letter or email that tells me they hired someone else. After so many rejections, I decided to go back to school. I couldn't decide what I wanted to do for awhile, but eventually settled on Global Logistics. The local community college offers the program so I asked for more information about it, more than once. I'm still waiting to hear from those people. I found out a community college 3.5 hours from here offers the program completely online. I applied, got accepted and started talking with my adviser. It was then that I found out the admissions person wasn't helping me as well as I thought she was. I have a BA and she was only giving me credit for two classes. Two. I know all of my education and Spanish classes won't count for diddly at the community college level and that's fine, but she was being rude and trying to make me feel like an idiot. I've dealt with 2 universities and I'm not about to take crap from someone at a community college when I know that more than two of my gen ed classes are sufficient for required classes for a two year diploma. I don't need that kind of stress in my life so I deleted all of our correspondence and decided to stop pursuing that option.<br />
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So here I am. Stuck. I was raised to work and do my best. But I feel like I'm stuck. I feel like I'm not doing very well at the whole stay at home thing. I feel like I'm not contributing to our family. I feel like all of our financial problems are my fault. I feel so guilty about quitting my job. But then I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be. I believe that God will take care of us. But I'm struggling. I don't know what to do. I know that even while things are okay right now, in a couple of months they may not be. I don't want to lose our house or have to move. I don't want to have to pinch every little penny or make sure I'm not wasting anything. I kind of feel guilty for admitting that, but I'm just being real.<br />
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I know that God has a plan and that all things will work for good, but sometimes it would be nice to know what's coming my way so I don't have to stress about it. Am I going to get a great job offer? Is Ronnie going to get a big fat raise? Is there going to be something changing in our ministry? I'd really like to know! *Rereading this, I know I don't "have" to stress about it, but sometimes it's hard not too.<br />
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So, if you read this, please say a prayer for me, for us. Pray that God will continue to show His love to us, that we'll do His will, that God will reveal to me what I need to be doing with my life. Thank you so much. <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54491/85/364BCA8D6893D5132CD717D3421FCB09.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></a>Kreative Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773356374874132210noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229395807312985645.post-4108564912825428182014-04-09T14:21:00.001-04:002014-04-09T14:21:58.617-04:00Thirty by 30 - 4.9.14It's been a few weeks and I'm still going! I have four more runs to go before I am finished with Couch to 5k!<br />
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This is week 8 and I am supposed to do a 28 minute run each day. I got a wild hair today and decided that if I was going to be running over two miles anyway, why shouldn't I go ahead and finish out a 5k. So that's what I did. I "ran" 3.1 miles in 38:45. I was pretty proud of myself! I say "ran" because I'm actually moving pretty slow. I've worked up to 4.8 mph.<br />
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So far I have lost 11.6 pounds, which means that I'm down 21.6 pounds from July, when Melia was born. That makes me very happy! I still have 18 pounds to go before I get to my thirty pounds, but I'm getting there!<br />
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Hope you're all doing well!<br />
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Yesterday I finished week 4 of Couch to 5k. It was a tough week, but I made it somehow. I had to keep telling myself to not give up! I also finished day 5 of level 1 of 30 Day Shred. When I do day 6, I will have stuck with it longer than ever before.<br />
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Saturdays are my weigh in days, so I hopped on the scales this morning. I got so frustrated because the scale didn't move a single bit from last week. I actually cried a few mad tears to Ronnie. But then I took my measurements and I've lost 2.25 inches from my waist and 2 inches from my hips! I've lost 9 inches total!!! I am super happy about that! I also had Ronnie take some progress pictures for me so I could actually see if all my work is paying off. At first, I wasn't that impressed, but I studied them for a few minutes and realized that I can really tell a difference! And my jeans aren't so snug anymore!<br />
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Thanks for all of your encouragement so far! I'm really doing this! :)<br />
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Fast forward twenty-five years and I have a second child who has an older brother saying everything for him. I really tried to keep Ethan from being Elijah's mouthpiece, but it's just what older siblings do, I guess. We've used the phrase "use your words" more times than I can count. We've said "one more time" until we had frustrated tears in big blue eyes. We've agreed "ok" to so many things that we honestly didn't understand. We've done all that we could to help our little guy with his speech issues, until we realized that we needed outside help.<br />
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In October of last year, I took Elijah for a check up and when the doctor asked if there were any issues or questions, I mentioned that we couldn't understand him when he talked. We were told that at his age (over 3, almost 4 years) that his family should understand all that he was saying and strangers should understand most of his speech. Uh oh. We definitely weren't there. We left the appointment anticipating a phone call from our county's preschool program.<br />
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The preschool called and we were scheduled for an evaluation. At the evaluation, they checked everything. And I mean everything! All his motor skills, his speech, his reasoning, his ability to do anything that a kid his age should do was checked. He scored incredibly well on everything, but language articulation. We were told that he wasn't necessarily in range for therapy, but he was close enough that they wanted to try to get him in.<br />
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By December, we were having our second meeting with the speech pathologist that would later meet with Elijah twice a week. She was able to pinpoint the articulation areas that needed to be addressed and laid out a plan for working with him.<br />
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It's now March and we can understand Elijah so much better! He's been working on snake sounds, firefighter sounds, coughing sounds and so much more! He still gets frustrated and has to have a reminder that he doesn't have to be perfect, but he has to try, but he tries so hard! I am super proud of how far he's come in such a short time!<br />
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So why did I say all of that? Because I had been meaning to blog about it for a while and because of what happened this week and then God's response that I got this morning. Here goes:<br />
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Elijah started playing t ball this week. He's wanted to play for two years, but is just now barely old enough to play. He is ecstatic! He takes in everything at practice! Monday evening while I watched him, I started to feel really bad. I heard him trying to talk clearly and struggling with catching and throwing and I just wanted to run out to the field, grab him up, take him home and protect him forever. I was almost in tears because I felt so guilty. I felt like it was my fault he can't talk correctly, that I've sheltered him too much by staying home with him, that I've let him down in my parenting. I felt awful!<br />
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On the way home, he made me feel better though. All he could talk about was how good he was getting and that he was happy to have new friends. He made me realize that all those things I saw were not disadvantages, but good things for him.<br />
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I still feel bad, but I know that he's the kind of kid that makes the best out of anything he's involved in. I worry about how his speech will affect him in the next couple of years, but God reminded me this morning that having issues talking won't slow anyone down when I read this:<br />
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<span class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold;">10</span> And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore , nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.</div>
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<span class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold;">11</span> And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?</div>
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<span class="versenum" style="font-weight: bold;">12</span> Now therefore go , and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say . </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">These verses jumped out at me! God made Elijah. God made his mouth! God doesn't care how "slow of speech" he is. God will help him say what needs to be said. Moses was a great man of God and he felt that he had issues, but God still used him. Elijah will still be able to do great things! I am thankful that I read this today, that God spoke to me through His Word. What an awesome God I serve! </span></div>
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The one thing that has been consistent for over 3 weeks now, is me getting off my rear and exercising. I have completed all the way through week 4 day 1 and plan to continue until I can complete a 5k!<br />
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I'm very happy that I've lost 6 pounds! And today I did my measurements that were last updated in October. (I gained weight from October to February so I probably lost more, but...) I was ecstatic that I have lost 7.5 inches from my waist, hips, and thighs! Yay! I'm so motivated to keep on going!<br />
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Until next time!<br />
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But I was okay with it. After my last post, my kids misplaced my workout DVD when they watched one of their movies. Did I push on? Find the disc immediately? Do something different? No. I gave up. Again. That seems to be my most consistent exercise move: quitting.<br />
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I didn't stay down though. On February 17, I got up and did Week 1 Day 1 of the Couch to 5k program (C25K). I also started tracking on myfitnesspal.com again. And I found a group of ladies that started C25K on the same day to motivate me.<br />
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Tomorrow I will complete Week 3 Day 3 and so far I'm down 4 pounds. I will weigh again Saturday morning and am expecting a loss, maybe not 3 pounds like last time, but a loss will make me happy.<br />
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I've never been skinny. I got to my lowest weight during my sophomore year of college...I thought I looked great and I felt great. Looking back, I was probably too small. Me as a size 8(!) just isn't attractive...probably because I have a big head. Anyways, I don't want to be skinny. It's not me. I want to look healthy. I'm being realistic. I want to lose (most of) this tummy that I've accumulated and tone up the rest of my body. I don't think that's too far fetched. I'm not even sure what weight I'd like to see on the scale. I know it's less than where I am now, but there's no concrete number that I think is magical and will cause me to be happy. I'm not like that. I understand that me losing weight is more about being healthy than trying to look like a model.<br />
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But dang it! I'm upset! I hadn't weighed in for a while so I thought it would be a good time to do so. I expected to be right around what I weighed last time, give or take a pound or so. But, no! I have gained over SIX stinkin' pounds! That hit me hard! It means that I'm only nine pounds less than I was when I had Melia. I'm mad! I know I'm probably overreacting, but I really didn't think I had done that poorly lately. I got upset with Ronnie about it and he, being a smart man, said nothing. He knew I needed to get my thoughts out there without interruption. I even called my dad to make sure there was nothing wrong with their scales. No such luck.<br />
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So where am I now and where am I going? Ronnie talked to me later last night and told me how proud he was of what I had done so far. He gave me encouragement to keep going because I had been trying too hard to just quit. And he reminded me that my hips are starting to hurt less since I've been exercising more. So, as I wrote out my goals for the week last night, I wrote down exercise five days. I can do that. Maybe I won't see the scale move for awhile, but maybe I'll continue to feel better and look more healthy. <a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54491/85/364BCA8D6893D5132CD717D3421FCB09.png" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px !important;" /></a>Kreative Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773356374874132210noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229395807312985645.post-89336187164744289992014-01-11T21:03:00.001-05:002014-01-11T21:04:06.391-05:00AmazingThis evening I had been in the kitchen washing dishes and starting supper, when I looked out front and saw the most amazing sky I have seen in a while. Hope you enjoy, even though this doesn't capture how amazing it was.<br />
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Back when I first mentioned it, it seemed like an easily attainable goal. But then we had birthday parties, and Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and it got too cold to go outside to walk. So. Yeah. I didn't really do too great.<br />
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And it's all my fault. I'd eat right and do some time on the treadmill for a day or two, but then I'd quit before I really got going. I just couldn't get motivated.<br />
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But I'm back. And I'm probably not going to lose the whole 30 by my birthday, but I can still work on losing after it. I've made Ronnie promise to help me get my workouts in every day, and so far he hasn't let me down. Even when I beg not to, or complain about how bad it hurts and that I'm dying in the midst of the workout, he won't let me quit. Love is strange like that. He makes me do this, but I love him for it. I've finished 3 whole level 1 workouts of the 30 day shred. That's more than I've ever done and I wouldn't have done it without the supportive meanie telling me I had to do it.<br />
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We took before pictures before my third workout today. (Don't worry. I'm not posting them. And I probably won't ever. Unless I get really skinny and have an awesome after to post with them.) I'm really going to try to finish out the 30 days and see how much of a difference there is. I'll try to post periodic updates, with one after I finish (I hope!)<br />
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Like I said, I've done three days of level 1 and right now I feel like poo! I hurt in so many places it's not funny. Oddly, it doesn't hurt as bad as when I've done one day and quit in the past. Maybe there's something to be said about continuing on. I suck at push-ups. My goal right now is to do 10 each time, but that's not easy. And I do the modification. I also suck at jumping jacks, jump rope and butt kicks. I just have so much that bounces. But I'm getting better at them. I can already tell my endurance is improving. I'm giving it my all on the ab part of the circuit. Four kids have done a number on that area. It needs all the help it can get. I think that is all for now. I'll try to update again in a few days. I can't wait to be on level 2. I say that now, but I'll probably hate it when I get there. Oh well. Until next time... <br />
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Then yesterday, after I wrote my post wrapping up 2013's word, it came to me. Better. I want to do better in 2014. I struggle with wanting to do everything perfectly (and therefore not trying if I know I can't get it done right!) when all I really have to do is the best I can. So, my goal is to do better this year. Be a better wife, a better mom, a better friend, daughter, Christian, person. I don't have to be perfect. I can't be. But I can be better than I am right now.<br />
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I was struggling at the time and felt that if I decided to focus on my walk in faith that just maybe I'd get closer to God, closer to where I wanted to be.<br />
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You know they say not to pray for patience because things will happen that test your patience like never before. I'm finding that it happens like that with faith too.<br />
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Last year I said that we would need faith to make it through 2013, and I couldn't have been more correct. Just to sum up the big pieces: I quit my job in January, Ronnie had wisdom teeth surgery in February (had complications and he missed work), Ronnie and the kids got sick with flu and strep (he missed more work), we had a baby (perfectly healthy, Praise the Lord!), and in November, Ronnie quit his job.<br />
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We started out the year with some nervousness about going from two incomes to one, but we felt secure because we had saved up some money and got a surprisingly nice tax refund. I felt like I had stepped out on faith by quitting my teaching job, but I was still depending on what I had built up. I kept getting reminded that true faith is relying completely on God, not ourselves. I wasn't ready for that yet. Throughout the year, things went well, but it seemed as though our money was running out fast. Too fast for my comfort. We did all we could to keep our savings, but it eventually had to go. I was devastated. How could we make it on just the one income that had proven itself to not be enough? Thankfully Ronnie reminded me to not worry, to have faith.<br />
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I did my best to trust God. I would look at our bank account and stress, but then I'd remind myself that God is in control. I read and reread verses on faith. I continuously thought of Luke 1:37, For with God nothing shall be impossible. At times I believed it was impossible to pay our bills and buy food and gas, but there was always a way. One time in particular, we were low on funds and a friend of mine wanted a photo shoot. I went to her family and had a great time with them. At the end of the session she gave a small gift bag which included a rubber <a href="http://kiddskreations.blogspot.com/2013/09/snake.html" target="_blank">snake </a>and a check. The check was more than I charge and definitely more than I would have ever asked her for. But you know what? That check was just enough to get us through to the next pay check. Isn't my God amazing?!<br />
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Around that time I realized that God was working on breaking me, making me realize that I need to get out of the way to let him work through me. About two weeks later, Ronnie quit his job.<br />
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If this had happened before this year, I would have flipped out. Don't get me wrong, I was upset, I cried, and started to wonder how we would make it. But I went back to the verses that had been bringing me comfort. Matthew 6:25-34.<br />
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<i>25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?</i></div>
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<i>26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?</i></div>
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<i>27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?</i></div>
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<i>28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin.</i></div>
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<i>29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</i></div>
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<i>30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?</i></div>
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He's talking to me...I'm the one of little faith. Jesus knew that I would need help trusting Him, and He told this story so that I could see that God won't forget about me. </div>
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<i>31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?</i></div>
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<i>32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.</i></div>
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Why should I worry? God knows what I need before I need it!</div>
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<i>33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.</i></div>
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Trust God! And He will make sure you have all that you need!</div>
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<i>34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.</i></div>
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Don't worry about tomorrow. You have enough today so why think about something that's not even here yet? You can handle tomorrow when it gets here.</div>
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It's been almost two months and Ronnie doesn't have a job yet. I'm still not working, but you know what? We have more food in our pantry/freezer than we have in a while, we have clothes on our backs, we have paid most of our bills (and are working with the people on the other), and we're healthy. The amazing part, though, is that God has known our needs. He has spoken to others and they have listened and have helped us tremendously. Our bank account went into the negative unexpectedly and someone showed up with more than enough funds to get it back in the black. We didn't have the money to get our kids' Christmas, but someone paid our lay away. Plus others gave the kids small gifts. Our deacons and preacher decided to help us out without our asking. I went to pay our light bill only to find it had already been paid. Someone anonymously gave us money in a Christmas card. Let me say this - we have asked NO ONE for any help at all! Our God has known our needs and supplied them! </div>
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I did need faith to make it through 2013, more than I've ever needed before. And though my life may look bad to others, it is looking more beautiful than ever to me. When Ronnie quit his job, the old hymn ran through my mind, "God will take care of you/through everything or all the way/He will take care of you/God will take care of you." Yes, He will, if you have the faith to let him.</div>
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One of my favorite sermons by my husband: <a href="http://newcenterchurch.org/faithfulness-by-ronnie-kidd/" target="_blank">Faithfulness </a></div>
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Kreative Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14773356374874132210noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229395807312985645.post-42256613632934839092013-10-02T22:35:00.002-04:002013-10-02T22:35:57.893-04:00RememberingTonight I went to the funeral home for the viewing of a school friend. I had been Ronnie's neighbor for all of our lives and we had attended the same schools all the way to graduation.<br />
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When we were 2 or 3, Ronnie's family was in a car accident that left him a paraplegic. But, as I was telling my mom tonight, we never paid attention to the wheelchair. Ronnie's personality was bigger than what we saw when we looked at him. He was nice, friendly, funny and always upbeat. I know he had hard days and probably had more to complain about than most of us, but I don't remember him using his different abilities to gain sympathy. He was just one of the kids.<br />
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In high school I decided to pursue a career in the health field and took some of the classes related to that. Ronnie was in those classes with me because he wanted to be a doctor. I always thought that was an awesome goal. Like me, his goals changed and he had been pursuing a degree in information systems. He didn't let his disability affect what he wanted to do with his life and I find that admirable.<br />
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More recently, Ronnie had fought cancer. He had a bone marrow transplant and seemed to be doing well. Then all of a sudden, he had complications from pneumonia and he passed.<br />
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Seeing someone your age, that you grew up with, in a casket is hard to take in. It's a big reminder that we should live each day as though it's our last. We should tell those that we love what they mean to us. Live your life with meaning. Make others smile. Live so that others will say that you were an inspiration, just as I heard so many say about Ronnie tonight.<br />
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