one long week

Day #7

Not much to report. I was in a good mood, the kids were funny and the day flew by. I just can't believe it's only been one week. It feels like it's been an eternity. I'm glad I was able to find something each day to be cheerful about. I'll do my best to keep that going and share the best moments with you.

Yoga

Day #6
I'm so grateful for my yoga class. Even if I have the cruddiest Monday ever I know I have my yoga class to look forward to. I just love how the instructor seems to know what kind of encouragement I need to hear that day. Well, I guess its not her but God that knows. But anyways, today she started off reading Psalm 42 "For each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me, and through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life...Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again my Savior and God!" perfect right?! God just rocks!
I love too that she introduces us to a couple new moves each time and I love the feeling of pride I get when I do them and don't horribly fail trying.
Now to top off my cheerful mood, I've stopped by the store and picked up a tub of hummus. I've been trying to ignore this craving for hummus for a couple days now and eating other things instead. Well I've given in and its dang good. I'm sure I'll have a pretty good stomach ache in a bit since I can't really control myself when hummus is around but right now I just don't care.

Retail therapy

Day #5
Setting out on my own to find a church to call home is a very scary and lonely task and coupled with my existing dreary feelings and today's clouds and rain, my morning mood was less than stellar. I had plans in place to change that though. First, by cranking up a Pandora pop station on my computer and dancing around my bedroom while I got ready. I know I'm not a good dancer but the freedom to dance and move and not worry about other people watching always makes me feel happy for a bit.
And secondly, Shopping!! I had a fun shopping outing with my adorably dressed friend Katy after church. Starbucks, shopping, and running in and out of the rain made for a very cheerful afternoon. Thanks for the fun and distraction friend. The shopping fun didn't end there though. My brother and his family came over for dinner and my sister in law suggested we go to Old Navy. It ended up being a pretty successful shopping trip providing me with cute new clothes that fit and a fun memory with Shawna.
So other than a short pity party of watching football and reading old texts, today was quite a cheerful day.

Brunch

Day#4
I was invited to go to a women's brunch with a good friend and found myself leaving that feeling really encouraged. It was nice to meet a bunch of really welcoming women and hear a message that I just know God planned for me to hear. And now I'm figthing severe sleepiness so I'm going to give into one of my favorite activities and go to sleep. Good night!

Snuggling

Day#3
Hmm....not much cheered me up today. Went to my brother and sister in laws house for dinner and a coupon class my sister in law was hosting and I got to snuggle with my baby nephew. He is easily the sweetest and happiest baby I know, so snuggling with him made me feel pretty good for a while. But after sitting through the class and thinking about how I don't need to learn how to be super saver mom right now and that I only need to grocery shop for little ol me, my cheerfulness kind of went away. I am excited that I get to spend time with my friend Stacia tomorrow and I might get to score a shopping outing with the lovely Katy. Nothing cheers me up like shopping :-)

Beautiful

Day #2

Today I'm fighting to be cheerful while feeling incredible insecurities flood my mind. Being dumped and unloved is terribly difficult to process and it's hard not to let those feelings of insufficientcy settle down in my heart as truths. So today I felt a small bit of security and love when I heard Mercy Me's song "Beautiful" three times. Once on the radio when I woke up, once on my way to work, and once on the way home. Clearly God wanted me to hear this and own it so I will do my best to do just that.

personal challenge

Well, I haven't made any new posts in a while because I've been terribly busy being wooed by a wonderful guy. I had an enourmous amount of fun that came to an abrupt end a couple nights ago. I'm in the depth of despair as my dear Anne of Green Gables would say. Sadness and I don't mix well and keeping with the title of my blog I find myself desperately trying to pull myself up and get back to that place where my heart is full of joy, gratefulness for caring friends, and excitement for God's work in my heart and life. So I'm challenging myself to post one - two things each day for a week that have cheered me up in some way during the day. I don't want to make it a long term goal just yet because it may prove to be rather difficult to do. So here we go:
Day #1
I dropped off a batch of fat pants to a friend because they really don't fit anymore. And I came home and tried on some bridesmaids dresses from high school that haven't been terribly flattering in the past 8 years or so. They looked real good :-)