Long time no write

Hello Everyone, How have you all been.  Here it is April already and with April showers will come May flowers.  It hasn't been all that warm but we have had a few nice days.  We did start softball practice, one of which it rained on us, and the season starts on the 14th.  I am so excited to get started.  There are 6 teams in the spring league so it should be fun.  I'm still hitting Curves 3 days a week and I didn't win the challenge but I did very well.  I really didn't care if I won or not just being in it pushed me a little harder.  I did lose 3 pounds and lost a few inches in that month and that is all that mattered to me. I must say that going to Curves has been a great addition into my life.  I have met so many new friends there and we all encourage each other to work hard. 
Today after church I went to my first bible study.  I met some new people that I really like.  This new church I started going to is so awesome and this bible study is just what I need.  We are reading the book The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren and watching the videos that go with the book for the study.  I have only gotten to chapter 7 and I will get that read tonight.  We had a very good discussions on the video today.  I can't wait until the next get together.   Well I need to get to bed and get some sleep.  A good nights rest is important.

Hard to understand

Well I started the Curves smart on March 4th.  The Curves Smart program is a computer card that you put in each machine and it tracks your progress.  Well on the 4th I burned 674 calories, the 7th I burned 660 calories, the 9th 714 calories, didn't go in on the 11th will tell you why later, the 14th I burned 750 calories and today the 16th I burned 678 calories.  I am also doing well on all the target areas. 
OK, I said I would tell you later why I didn't make it to my workout on the 11th.  The morning of Friday March 11th I received a phone call from my daughter telling me she needed me to come over.  She got home from work that morning to find her husband had passed away in his sleep.  He was only 46 years old.  It hasn't even been a year since my husband passed and now hers.  This is so hard to understand.  How is it that God can take the ones we love?  I know we all will eventually have to go but my goodness I don't know how much more I can take.  I lost my husband and 4 close friends last year and so far this year I have lost my son in-law and a friend that I have known 20 years or more.  I need to go get some sleep tomorrow is the viewing and Celebration of Life and it is going to be a rough day for my daughter.  Goodnight everyone.
May God bless you all.

Spiritual Weekend

Space Needle coming from
 Key Arena after the concert



This has been a wonderful weekend for me.   Last night the Rock and Worship Roadshow was awesome and very spiritual.  The Key Arena was filled with love.  There were bands for all taste in music, from Rap to Heavy Metal and everything in between.  It is amazing how God works through these talented people to spread the word.  I am so blessed to have experienced this twice now.  There are a couple of other concerts coming up that I would like to go see.  Like Chris Thomlin April 16th, at the Overlake Christian Church in Redmond, Newsboys May 14th at the Overlake Christian Church, and then Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant at the Puyallup Fair on September 16th.  I will have to save up some money to go to all of them.  Some of you just have no idea what it does for you spiritual and how much it helps to motivate you to take better care of yourself.  With God on your side you can't lose. 

Church was also very good today.  Worship was awesome as always(my favorite part, love to sing praise).  I also love listening to our Pastor.  He is passionate about the Lord and has a wonderful sense of humor.  An excellent teacher of the word.

Hope you all had an awesome weekend also.  Until next blog, have a great evening everyone

Matt Mahr

Jars of Clay

MercyMe





Thousand Foot Krutch

So Excited

Well I have some great news.  I started Curves Smart, where it tracks your progress each time you work out.  My first time was last night and I did so well.  Burned 674 calories and was in the 90% in the pecs, also high in the other muscle groups.   I am also doing the Challenge, this is going to be so fun.  At the end whomever loses the most weight and inches wins.  So excited, I don't care if  I win or lose just pushing myself to the limit trying is going to be the most rewarding.
Yesterday went on a short bike ride to meet a couple of team mates at the batting cages.  The cages were closed so we chatted for a while.  It felt good to ride down to the park.  I need to do more of that.
Oh yeah!  Tonight I'm going to the Rock and Worship Roadshow.  So excited, it is an awesome Christian concert.  I went last year when it was at the Tacoma Dome.  This year it is at the Key Arena.  MercyMe is the band that sponsors it.  The other bands this year include Jars of Clay, Matt Mahr, Thousand Foot Krutch, The Afters, Lecrae, and Anthem Lights.  It is the best feeling to be in a large building so full of love.  I can't wait!
Well have to start getting ready. Got to catch the ferry to Seattle in about 4 hours.  Have a lot to do to get ready and I have to eat breakfast yet.  Will write tomorrow and let you all know how the concert was.

It's a lifestyle

Ok, for me, this whole getting fit is a lifestyle change as it is for most people.  I have set my mind on getting and staying fit.  So I have had to make many changes in my life.  First I quit smoking, then I started exercising and then it was change the way I eat.  I have recently found that all this helps but you also need to have a support system in place.  I know I have said this before but, it is very important.  As much as we like to think we can do it on our own, we need help.  We all have family and friends that are there for us.  I have recently started going to church again.  Having the Lord back in my life is really helping with the new changes in my life.  Especially this weekend.  I meditated, prayed and I did some reflecting on my life, where it was, where it is and where it is going.  Yesterday was my wedding anniversary and my late husbands birthday.  I did a lot of crying but most of it was happy tears, not sad tears,  because Kevin taught me so much about living life and staying positive no matter what.  Strange as it may sound, this really helped with my fitness plan.  It put me in the frame of mind to get me on the right track.  Thanks so much to God, all my family, friends and to you Kevin for inspiring me to be me.  I am so blessed.  I just hope that through these blogs I can inspire others to live life and live it in a healthy spiritual way.

Another Awesome Day!

Today was another sunshine filled day.  I went to the new church and absolutely loved it.  Great worship, great service and very nice pastor.  I believe I am going to be attending this church for a while.  I really enjoyed the morning.
After church I came home, changed clothes and hopped on my bike and went to Jackson Park again.  I rode a different trail today which had a downhill on it that was fun, almost lost it a couple of times on the way down.  It has been a long time for me but I still have it, just not as daring as I use to be, but still there. 
Of course there are baseball fields there and Casey's Batting Cages.  So after riding the trail for a while I went to the batting cages and hit a few balls.  Oh my gosh it felt so good and I did very well.  I almost rang the bell a couple of times which would have given me a token.  I am so excited for softball to start.  The coach wants to start practice after day light savings.  The spring league starts in April and goes through until June.  Then its summer league. 
Tomorrow is Presidents Day so Curves is going to be closed.  It's a good thing I rode my bike this weekend.  I will get my Curves workout in on Wednesday and Friday.  Maybe I will get lucky and the weather won't be bad next weekend and I can get some more riding in.   After this weekend I believe I'm going to go riding rain or shine, but we will see, you never know I could whimp out.
I am so blessed to be as healthy as I am at my age and I know I'm not that old.  I know there are a lot of women and men out there in their 50's that are staying fit.  If not they should be getting fit, because we only live once and we need to live life to its fullest.

Awesome Day!

What an awesome day! I went for a bike ride this morning since the sun was shinning so beautifully. There is a park not to far from my apartment that is wooded and has some nice trails I found out.  It felt good to get out and ride my bike.  I tried out my new performance fleece jacket which kept me warm, very happy with it.  Just being in the woods hearing the birds and feeling that brisk breeze on my face felt so good. So wish I would have taken my camera though. What a workout also, only one hill I had to walk my bike up.  Not bad for not riding in a while.  I am going to be sore tomorrow I can feel it already, but so worth it.  I spent about an hour riding on the trails and it took me like 5 to 10 minutes to ride to the park and then of course home again. Well I need to get going, picking up my Daughter and Grandson to run them into Tacoma. See it is an awesome day all the way around.
Hope you all are having an Awesome Day also!