BELLY FAT!

Well I got a chance to review some of the causes of belly fat and now I have posted a BMI chart in the kitchen. Praying real hard for guidance towards correction. This could mean big big changes - this must be spirit lead, one of my many lessons I keep learning this year.

"7 Ways to Blast That Belly" from Eating Light Winter 2012

1) Sip Green Tea

2) Don't be afraid of the right fats

3) Lose the Trans Fat

4) Pick Purple

5) Work on Your Love Life

6) Watch What You Think

7) Get A Massage

So I'm thinking I can work with all 7 let us pray...

So I did a vision board and I feel pretty good about the results...Slow and sorta low week...pressing on and moving forward...

Additionally, my son had his Senior Basketball Game this week and it was wonderful to see his jersey and picture in the gym entry way...nice highlight for the week!!

Once Upon a Time...

...There was a spin along and she choose to spin the colorway "Emma Swan" She spun the Alpca mix into a two ply lace weight yarn and she lived happily ever after.

Well I haven't completed the 2nd 2oz but I hope to complete that this week. Really loving the Alpaca mix so soft and pretty. I think I would have carded more bling into the batt. But I am happy with what I have.

"Don't quit even if you slipped" - that is my lesson learned this week. Really struggled to keep up with the items I set before myself and it would have been so easy to just don't do it - but I caught up and pushed on.

Another note to my crafts...I can't seem to get into my Mystery Sock (so sad), Still trying to get to putting my completed sweater together and of course everything else. So many things and so little time. Keeping it short and sweet this week.

Don't quit and Don't do drugs!

CONFIRMATION

Currently I am falling in love with fiber batts!!! The 1st batt is from Tomorrow Farm and is an Alpaca mix inspired by the TV show "Once Upon a Time" on ABC Sunday. Great show show and the character color I choose is called "Emma" who is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming (lol). It is a yummy batt!!! The next 2 is the same batt photographed from different angles. This is my 1st carded batt done by me...life inspired by me with a merino mix including firestar and silk. I can't wait to do this again!!! And of course I now want a carder - not!! So that is my fibery fun for the week, I say that was a good week.

My lesson this week is confirmation - trusting you really hear what you think you hear. So often I doubt myself and what I know that I miss the timing of my blessing and in some cased I have to start all over again. Working hard to correct and adjust now!!!

Umm...Got Swag?

So I had lots of fun with my dye pot in December and then I completed the spinning and plying this week. Got almost 600 yards of fingering wt. 2ply of unknown wool. Love the color surprises and this will make a nice larger shawl - I think. I completed a sweater just need to sew it up, received some wonderful Alpaca mix for a Spin-a-Long and casted on some Cherry Twinkle berry Socks. Good week for Fiber goodness. I will post pictures as the projects move forward.

My lesson I learned this week...
I realized on Wednesday that one of my personal tests to tell if I wasn't being lead by the Holy Spirit...#1- Was I being an idiot by doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result?? Do I contact the same people, submit the same information, hang with the same crowd, work in the same circle...etc and expect something different - for me this is a good test and for #2-When I finally look up from my situation in the valley or hallway and see there are no new doors, just the same one I came through or the same doors that lead no where.
Yes we are to wait but while we are waiting we still must be lead by God who truly knows our path. Just from this revelation or Aha moment, I have less confusion and stress. So I'm going to work with this and pray for continued understanding.

Continuing to look forward to 2012 with great anticipation and excitement...stay tune

Sunday Blogging

So I'm into the whole journal keeping - blogging thing this year. It feels real good to open and share more this year. Don't know how this is going to go but it is fun to try. So in my daily journal, I reflect the day and review some of my lesson's learned (if I can remember).

With the new week ahead I will pull out one of those lesson's that really sticks with me and gets under my skin...for this week the lesson refers back to the "Serenity Prayer" specifically the verse that states "change the things I can"...I was walking through the garden department praying and meditating to myself and reciting this prayer, it hit me like huge bricks...instead of focusing on not worrying about what you can't do begin to really hone in on the things you can change. So I am pledging to take the steps on 3 things I can change per day - I mean really pay attention on the spirit lead changes I can make regarding the totally me - where ever the spirit directs.

So much for the reflection - now the things that made me happy this week...

Children are great, son got a B on his AP Econ test, daughter completed her homework for the holidays before midnight. DH is good too! Watching the 1st season of Heros!! and I tried to watch 1st season of the Twilight Zone but decided to return to the Library.

Note to self and everyone else...I am still searching and praying for a full time career driven employment opportunity - just saying.

To my Soulful Crafty Heart!

In December I Wiltons Crockpot dyed some fiber and in January I spun it up in January. Here are the results of the singles. I hope to ply the coming week.

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2011 MANY BLESSINGS TO ALL.

Please see the note I wanted to share from "Purspose Driven Life"...

You’re Not Reading This by Accidentby Rick Warren “By entering through faith into what God has always wanted to do for us—set us right with him, make us fit for him—we have it all together with God because of our Master Jesus.” (Romans 5:1 MSG)

You’re not reading this by accident. No, God knew before you were born that you would be here in this moment. He planned to get your attention for just a few seconds so he could say this to you: “I’ve seen every hurt in your life, and I’ve never stopped loving you. You matter to me. I love you more than you will ever know. I made you to love you, and I’ve been waiting for you to love me back.” God is saying, “I want the rest of your life to be the best of your life. I’m with you, and I’m for you. I want to save you from your past. I want to save you for the purpose for which I made you. And I want to save you by my grace. If you’ll let me do that, I will give you peace with me, peace of me, and peace with other people. But you have to open the door and receive the Christmas gift.” If you gave me a Christmas gift and I never opened it, you would be disappointed. And it would be a worthless gift, because I don’t receive the benefit of a gift I never opened. Jesus Christ is God’s Christmas gift to you. Yet some of us have gone Christmas after Christmas and never opened the best gift of all: God’s gift of salvation. Why even celebrate Christmas if you’re not going to open the biggest gift? It doesn’t make sense to leave unwrapped the gift of your past forgiven, a purpose for living, and a home in Heaven. Jesus Christ says to you, “I can replace the frustration in your heart with peace. I can replace the guilt, resentment, shame, and grudges with forgiveness. I can replace the worry and anxiety with confidence and faith. I can replace depression or despair with hope. I can replace emptiness with meaning and purpose. I can replace confusion with clarity. But I’m not going to break down the door of your heart. You have to invite me in. “It makes no difference who you are or where you’re from. If you want me and you are ready to do as I say, the door is open.” It doesn’t matter what your religious background is – Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Mormon, Buddhist, Baptist, Hindu, or no religion. This is not about religion. God didn’t send Jesus to give you religion. He sent him so you could have a personal relationship with God. It’s all about relationship.

Below is a prayer I prayed years ago when I stepped across the line and became a friend of God’s. It’s a pretty simple prayer. If these words express the desire in your heart, read them as if you are talking to God.

Prayer: Dear God, I’m scared, but I want to get to know you. I don’t understand it all, but I thank you that you love me. I thank you that you were with me even when I didn’t recognize it. I thank you that you are for me, that you didn’t send Jesus to condemn me but to save me. I admit I never even realized I needed a Savior, but today I want to receive the Christmas gift of your Son. I ask you to save me from my past, my regrets, my mistakes, my sins, my habits, my hurts, and my hang-ups. Save me from myself. I ask you to save me for your purpose. I want to know why you put me on this planet. And I want to fulfill what you made me to do. I want to learn to love you and trust you and have a relationship with you. I need peace with you, God, and I need you to put your peace in my heart. I need you to take away the stress and fill me with your love. Help me be a peacemaker and help others find peace with you and each other. In your name I pray, amen.

I think I just flipped the switch - must mean change...

It has been almost a year since my last post (January 2011), and about a year in a half since the beginning of my 1st post (July 2010). I like so many others found the up keep of a blog hard and sometimes over whelming. Trying to Bloom where you are Planted can cause lost moments where time doesn't come back around. Yet I'm still standing and I am still here. I think I want to do this, open up and share my thoughts, some wisdom, some goals, some crafts and some life. My husband shared this video recently and I found myself re-looking and re-thinking how I really see myself and how I really need to want to remove my OWN imposed limitations.


Please enjoy and keep Blooming Soulfully...

http://youtu.be/ozztKbU3Btk