Good Times!

Summer is my absolute favorite time of year!! I love the Sun, Swimming, the Beach and the smells of summer! Watermelon, Strawberries, Sunblock, the pool and something cooking on the grill. I am excited that I have been able to be poolside yesterday and today!! Tomorrow is my last day at the daycare! I will definitely miss the people I work with and when the kiddos are sweet!!! However I am very excited about moving onto this next chapter in my life!! St. Joseph here I come. I am down 10 pounds and cannot wait for it to be another 10 to that.

Larry and I are going to lunch today and then we are going to hang by the pool and catch a great tan. This past Saturday the 3 beach lovers (Andrew, Sybil and I) headed to Galveston for the day. It was only about 2.5 hour drive which was not bad at all. We had so much fun! We will definitely be going again. I know that Galveston is no Gulf Shores, Panama Beach etc. It was more than awesome to just sit in my little chair on the beach, watching Andrew Boogey Board his little heart out was just great! I am so excited to have been able to spend time with my family.

love yall and talk to yall soon!!

This weekend we are going to San Antonio!! Goal=scrubs!

Goals and the Biggest Loser

I absolutely love the Biggest Loser!! As being on my own weight loss journey it is a big inspiration to watch the show and get great tips. This is something that my sister and I are embarking on together. This is something that I have to do for myself. I also have to realize that I can do this and that God will guide me through this and he will give me the strength and drive to get to my goal weight of 110 pounds. My ideal weight for someone my height is 97-124. I know that he is right along side me and will get me through this incredible journey. I want to be able to love myself and be able to wear something sleeveless or just anything cute and feel cute and beautiful. I never want to be told again that I have a pretty face! I want to be beautiful inside and out form head to toe and honestly feel that way. I am going to take a tip from Jay on the biggest loser and write my 110 on my wrist everyday so I can look at it and see if before I make a choice so I can ask myself is this choice going to help me get to 110!?!?!? As of today I am down 8 pounds and excited because you have to start somewhere!!

On another note I am so excited to go on Friday and fill out all of my paperwork for St. Joe's. I love not having to look for a job. On saturday Sybil, Andrew and I are going to Galveston for the day. I know that it is Galveston which is not all that great but as long as there is Sun, Sand and Waves I am good!!

TTYL

What a great weekend!

Ok! I totally have to admit that it has been really weird to be on the computer daily and NOT be looking for a job. It is just crazy because that it what I have done since 12/27/10. This weekend has been so great that I am not looking to going to the daycare and dealing with the 2 yr olds tomorrow. It has just been a lot of fun to be around family and friends.

Friday I helped out with painting some posters for VBS and it was A LOT of fun. Larry, Cheryl, Karen and I could not stop laughing. Saturday was spent walking, running errands, sending Jon off to prom, and going to the Starlight Music Concert featuring Aeromyth! It was so great! It was not Aersomith but a great free alternative. Sunday started with another walk, yummy starbucks Coconut Mocha, Church, Freebirds with Andrew, Jess and Logan and then fun at the Pool, and then the church picnic; which was so much fun!!!

Logan was so adorable at the pool he kept telling me and Andrew to look at him and he LOVED LOVED LOVED the slide! He is just absolutely the cutest.

I did not make the best choices when it came to eating this weekend, but had 2 morning walks. Sybil and I are starting to walk in the mornings at 5am! We will see how this goes. This week I am going to follow my points to the T and get in atleast 1 walk a day! I want to feel very confident in my swimsuit and tanktops and fun summer clothes. I know that I can do this because God is totally all in this.

Well I am exhausted! Hope you all had a great weekend too!! TTYL!! PS we are headed to the beach in a few days. I know that we are just going to Galveston for the day but I LOVE THE BEACH! So I could care less! I cannot wait to hear the WAVES!!

EMPLOYMENT!!!!!

As of June 7th I will be employed by St. Joseph! I will be working at the Express Clinic, I will be between the one in Bryan and College Station. I am very very excited!! I will be one of the registration girls. The best part is I will get to wear scrubs!!! YAYEAH!! I am so incredibly blessed to have this amazing opportunity to get my foot in the door with St. Joseph. WOO HOO!! I went in for the interview at 8:30 and by 1:30 got the phone call with the offer! That is what I am talking about!!

Interview tomorrow!

So I have an interview tomorrow at the St. Joseph Express Clinic. I would be one of the office girls. It seems from what I was talking to the lady that it will pretty much be full time but it is also as when needed basis. I will find out more tomorrow. She made it seem that it was pretty much as long as we talk I got it. The only thing is I have no idea what the pay is but also I have been playing phone tag with the people at Messina Hof to have an interview for an Event planning asst. But I figure it will all work out in the end.

Today was exhausting at the day care!!! So a child got so angry because he was told NO when he was hitting at the table that he made himself sick and VOMITTED!! So all day I smelled vomit. It was really gross.

Well I am watching my DVR'd Biggest Loser to get some motivation!! I will talk to yall peeps later!!

It has been awhile!

It has been awhile since I have written!! I have come back from Mexico, have a job, lost 10lbs and have had 2 calls for interviews!!! Mexico was awesome!! It was such a different trip than the others but is was life changing.

Rocks and Sea Glass in Mexico!

Every year that I have been to Mexico has been totally different and there is no way that I can say that one year was my favorite. Every year is uniquely special!!

So yes I do have a job. It is not a career but a job, it is a weekly paycheck. I am working at a daycare! I love kids and especially babies so what a great job! Well yes it is but I have never prayed so much for patience in a single day than when I came to work here. For the most part I am with 15 months to 4yr olds. So it is CRAZY! They are in the stage of pushing buttons, not listening, whining, telling you no, pushing, pinching, more whining and crying! But it seems like when I am just about to scream one of them will come up and give me a little knee hug!! Then that just makes my day. Then on the playground they find rocks (which they are EVERYWHERE) and give to me because they think that they are just so pretty and want me to take home. Even though this is something that I do not want and think I could not do this forever I have thanked God many times to have this opportunity to have this income till something else comes a long.

These are the babies that I got to be with for a few days and loved snuggling with them all!

Paige and Trinity with the AMAZING LEGO TOWER!!

Some of the Rocks in my rock collection that I have been given!

I have also lost 10lbs! Which is very exciting! I am doing weight watchers and am committed to lose 88 total lbs this year. My goal is to reach this 88lb loss by March 1, 2012. So I am down 10 with 78 more to go. I am doing this for ME. No one else! Weight has been a factor in my life since 8th grade when we had to take our height and weight in 8th grade. I will never forget I weighed 107 and thought that was massive and ever since then I can remember weight being an issue. Well what I would not give to weigh 107 lbs!!! Right! It has been a real struggle but I know that I can do this and the only way that I can do this is through the strength that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit give me. I have learned a lot reading the book "Reshaping it All" by Candace Cameron Bure. LOVE IT!! It talks about making yourself physically and spiritually fit. I would have never thought but the 2 totally go with each other and it works so much better to get physically fit if you are spiritually fit. I am not saying that it is easy! I LOVE sleep, french fries, chicken tenders, ice cream, candy, cakes, cookies, pies so all of that is NOT a recipe for losing weight. This is something that will help me love myself which in return people can only love me if I love myself! I am excited about this adventure of becoming the person that God wants me to be.

I got 2 calls today for interviews!! One at the St. Joseph Express Clinic, and one at Messina Hof. Excited to hear back from them!! I had to leave messages but will hopefully have interviews this week. I am STILL waiting to hear from the A&M Qatar job which is such an amazing experience. The chance to go overseas live there and work there as a Health Educator!! HELLO it has Rebecca written all over it!! Well I have written a lot but am attaching some more pics of recent events!!

Andrew having fun at the Pool

One of my favorite spots on my morning walk!

Edward hit 113,000 MILES!!!!!!!!!!!