mansion on a hill

So I told you about the big house in Westwood Plateau...well we got it and move in on the 25 th of August. Yep its so fast but yet it is good, as my parents are returning on the 4th. So now I have to pack.....in one week!! Crazy..but I am so looking forward to the new season of our lives!! This house is 5600 sq feet.....crazy eh!! Actually we for the first while are only going to be using about 4000 sq ft. There is 6 bedrms, 5 bathroom, 3 car garage, a huge deck with an amzing view!! There are three living rms and a media room.....yes I dont think we can use all the space...but it will be fun to have so much space!!

I feel very blessed!! Thank you Lord for our new home!!

You are all welcome to come visit!!
Be Blessed!!!

New Chapeter in Life

Wow so we have sold our house!! IN two weeks! We are still in shock, excited but a bit sad to leave such a great neighborhood.... and our house looks so good!! Well but a new chapter is beginning! The closing dates were for Nov 6 but have now been moved up to Sept 6......crazy....that means I have just over 2 weeks to find a new home, pack and move...all before the kids go back to school!

Well it will all work out!! So we ve been looking for houses...we almost rented a 5600 sq house in Westwood Plateau...it was beautiful....everything we want in a house.....but we have decided not to spend to much $$$ on rent, because we still want to save for another house as well as go on holidays etc....so know we are looking for something less expensive!! I know the perfect home will come! But the wait and the unknown is so wow........ I am so thankful that through all this there is peace and I know that God has everything in control......we just have to trust and wait .....

Be blessed!!

Do you love yourself?

Question of the day...do you love yourself? Is what you are doing right now good for you? Is it loving yourself? Not in a sick way but in a true honest love for yourself. Honoring, respecting myself! taking pride in!!

I just had a conversation with my sister in law...who asked me do I love myself!!! As I am reaching for the second choclate barvarian cream donut....are my actions showing love to myself? Her thoughts are that people who have weight issues whether, overweight or under weight..........deep down there is a self hatred....... So it got me thinking.....do I love myself? I have always considered my self as not much fazes me, I can come accross that I am happy despite my weight or looks......but if I let myself go and think about how I really feel then I get depressed! Like the day I weighed my self and was so shocked that I had gained 15 lbs. I was depressed all day! I can come acrross confident, but deep down am I really? I totally know I have come a very long way with my self esteem, and I am so thankful.....but know I have been thinking how do I lose weight? I am an emotional eater.....if I am bored I eat, if I am stressed I eat, if I am sad or depressed I eat! I also drink tea!!!!!! But now that I am finally admitting this...what do I do?

My sister in law also talked about whether my desire for weight loss shouldnt be a one time goal, but a lifetime change. Rather then do the diet, do the workout,....start asking mysef what do I like to do, what are my passions? Is what I am doing loving myself? So I have decided that instead of a gym membership....I am gonna go golfing more often..I love golfing, and tennis why not play tennis?? Racquet ball is super fun tooo...Lets be creative, lets be fun, lets do what we love to do not what we think we should do...... some people might love the gym, some people might love swimming........let find out what we love to do and do it! Be come more active doing things you were made to do!!

Well I have alot of thoughts I am processing....it will be a different thing to do....but I think I might be on the right track! Another thing in doing this is I might have to do it on my own.....meaning Trev isnt a big tennis fan. we love doing things together...and thats ok........its a change, but it will be good. Keep ya posted on my thoughts .....
be blessed

determination

so my new word is determination......discipline is good, but if you don't have determination you dont have discipline!

So I realized once again my lack of discipline.....this time it is with money......I love to shop. to spend money, to go nuts at pay days.....I am so not frugual! I get such a high if I can buy something on sale....like I bought a shirt, that I havent even worn...for $2.00, but it was a great deal, now it just sits in my closet in a crumpled mess!! I so need help!! Actually we have just started getting help...I am quite excited.....it should save alot of stress!! We go on these spending sprees which are fun, but then we stress out because we spent way to much $$$ and then have to starve untill payday again! Well Lord help us!!!!

I realise that every area of my life is lacking discipline...... how do I change......what do I lack....determination.....

how do I change?
how do you get determination?

In Belize on our honeymoon.....we were staying with this missionary family and when one of the kids were having a bad attitude the conversation between the father abd the child would say " How is you attitude?" "Bad daddy" "What should you do" "Change my attitude" " ok then"
Immediatley they would change their attitude...it was amazing to watch.....

I realize it is like God our Father is saying " How is your attitude?" "How is your discipline going?" " How is your determination going?" Today my answer would be "not good" So my Father would say to me.."What should you do about it?" and my answer is........

I also just had the thought that God is our personal trainer...... we would succeed if we just listen to what He is saying to do!!

Wow my Father...help please.....be my personal trainer.....I choose this day to be a new day! A new way of thinking! A new lifestyle with determination and discipline!! I choose to change.....
If you are reading this then I ask you to help me be accountable to this....ask me how is it going.... I cant do this alone!

Thanks for your support and prayers in this!

Be blessed