Friend Makin' Monday

Friend Makin' Mondays: Are You A Bookworm?

1) How often do you read?  I used to hate reading, up until the last year or so. I have really started to enjoy reading again. Now, I'm reading almost every single day.

2) What's the last book you read and loved? I love the book I just finished reading; it is called Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers (Christian Fiction book). However, I will say that I read a book about a month ago that was one I just couldn't put down. I don't normally read books with heavy language, but this one was just so intriguing I couldn't put it down. It was called Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten. It's about a boy with extreme autism (which was what drew me to the book as an educator), and his mother is on a journey to prove his innocence in a murder case. What happens will blow you away! I highly recommend if you can stand the language in the first few chapters (it's not so bad after that).

3) What book(s) are you currently reading?  As I mentioned above, I just finished Leota's Garden yesterday, and tonight when I go to bed I plan on starting Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire by Rafe Esquith. A dear teacher friend of mine gave me this book as a gift, and I can't wait to start it. 

4) Share a few of your favorite authors.  Wow, this is a tough question and if I took FOREVER to type it out, it would get rather lengthy. So, I'll just name a few: Francine Rivers, Emily Griffin, Nicholas Sparks, MOST children book authors

5) What's next on your list of must-reads? I plan to start my book mentioned above tonight. My other books I hope to read are as follows: Heaven is for Real, Water for Elephants, and Something Borrowed

Now it's your turn to share your answers Bloggers!  

Click the FRIEND MAKIN' MONDAY icon at the top of this post to 

link up for this great blog hop. I'm interested in reading about what 

books you, my followers and friends, are reading and recommend.

Don't forget to link back on the original link,so we can all see your answers too!  

Happy Monday!

World's Best Mom

Today is a very special day. 

Today is my mother's birthday!

Tonight we are celebrating!!

 

I just wanted to share with you some lovely photos of my beautiful mother!

Ain't she adorable?!

Love her!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Tip the Scale Thursday

As I mentioned in my previous post, I started my WW last Monday, and was finally brave enough to weigh again today (almost 2 weeks in). I decided to make Thursday my official weigh-in day. It gives me the whole week almost to work super hard, but not so close to the weekend that I sabotage myself :)

So, here it is..my big insight on the scale.....

WOOHOO!! I have lost 4.4 pounds since I started this thing! YAY ME! 

Ok, so there is my little victory dance for the day! 

Overhauling!

Yep. That's exactly what I have been doing all day! We had some terrible storms and tornadoes here in Alabama today across the state. As a result, schools were canceled for the day, and my husband did not get to go into work either. We had a day at the house, trying to stay in out of the weather. While we were stuck inside on this yucky day, I took the time to overhaul--both on the computer and at home.

I'm a graduate in Elementary Education and building my job interview portfolio. I made a HUGE dent it that today and feel pretty accomplished, but still have a ways to go before it is complete.

We are getting new furniture (hopefully next week), so we cleaned out a second room for the couch and loveseat that we have now. I'm so ready to get this furniture moving over with! I made a pile of boxes of things for my sweet hubby to put in the attic tomorrow!

I spent a lot of time online today as well. Cell phone towers here were either down or overloaded most of the day, so Facebook seemed to be a great way to keep up with everyone's well-being and the damage in surrounding areas. While I was on the computer, I thought I would update my blog, seeing as how I haven't been on here in FOREVER!

Last night, we went grocery shopping, for healthy foods only! When we got home, we had a Kitchen Purge, emptying out off the junk we had in the house. I started my WW plan last week and lost two pounds (WOOHOO!) and plan to stick to it! I want to be in shape and healthy when the husband and I decide to start our family in the next year or two, and I have a lot of work ahead of me! Definitely going to need prayers there.

So that's kind of an overview of my day spent overhauling! I plan to keep up with my blog better from now on because I realized today just how much I missed it. Stay tuned for my post that is soon to come about our cruise we took over Spring Break.

Stay Blessed!

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Fab in Feb :)

Yes, I'm doing it again. 

Another challenge.

I know I have started these before and never finished, 

but this time is GOING to be different. 

I'm going to join Julie's 28 Day Challenge for February. 

It's not thirty days, but simply 28 days; just a mere 4 weeks. 

Yesterday, I walked. 

So far today, I have walked 3 miles, 

but Zumba is on the agenda. 

It is my goal and promise to myself to do some form of exercise each and every day for this short, sweet month of February. 

After all, I want to look more fit in the 

Bahamas in April than I do right now :) 

Want to join me? 

Make a post on your blog,

your pledge to join the challenge,

and leave me a comment so that I can visit your post.

We can motivate each other.

Come on now, get moving :)

Be Blessed Bloggers!!

Visual Motivators :)

I'm a big time shopper! BUT, I've committed to myself and my husband that I'm not buying anymore clothes, other than anything extremely necessary or workout clothes, until I lose some weight. So I was online the other day looking at things I cannot buy (why? I have no idea!) and ran across these things..visual motivators for myself :)

I found this LOVELY bathing suit. 

I've always wanted a bathing suit from Victoria Secret, 

but just couldn't make myself pay what was on the 

price tag of most of them. 

However, I think that I will deserve and can splurge on a new bathing suit or two when I'm "beach body ready!"

I'm a dress fanatic!! I love cute, adorable dresses!! 

I would never be comfortable in this dress right now. 

Thanks so my father, I'm blessed (or cursed) 

with a big rear end HAHA. 

So, this is on my "TO GET" list when I lose the weight!!! :) Can't wait! 

So now, I can't wait to hear: Do you have any visual motivators?! I would love to hear about them! :)

Be Blessed Bloggers!