learning with new shoes

Dear Blog Readers,
Results: I lost 25 pounds! =) in 5 weeks!

I've learned a few things this week, which means I'm going to take this blog on a more serious swing this time around... not that I don't learn new things every week, but this time I want to write it out.
1. God gives encouragement and affirmation. So if you are getting encouragement just when you feel like you really need it, that is from God, yeah He works through people! So I've been praising God for the people in my life that He works through and uses to give me encouragement and affirmation just when I need it. So if you are one of those, and you probably know it, than Thanks for being used by God in my life! =)
2. Sometimes in my life people have asked me how I am doing spiritually and a lot of times my response was "Well, I am waiting for God to show me what He has for me next in life" whether if it was what my major was suppose to be, and now what job I'm suppose to have.. BUT... I've realized that even though I long for purpose and I look for purpose in the bigger life decisions... There is NO waiting on God for purpose yeah maybe for big life decisions you may be praying and asking for guidance and waiting for response but God has purpose for everyone each day each hour even if we are waiting for guidance for a decision, I've never stopped to ask the question "why am I waiting" well there is probably something I am suppose to do now while I'm waiting before I get wrapped up in the "big answer to pray"
ANYWAYS

I think little by little God is showing me little things that I didn't pay attention to before... Next on the list ...tithe

I went to Indiana this weekend for my friend Jamie and Matt's wedding it was awesome they had a pretty unique wedding that fit them beautifully!
I had fun while I was there, went to a soccer game, pulled some pranks, went shopping, went bowling.. you know the important things.



I bought new shoes.. I needed the new sneakers for working out, I was starting to get foot cramps, and then I got flats for the wedding because I didn't come prepared.. anyway here they are in the picture.




haha yeah I like brown I guess, but the shoes were only 20 dollars and the sneakers were only 40... pretty good deals for pretty quality shoe wear =) i love new shoes!
These next pictures are just a few pics from my visit, the first pic is Lori, and I at the wedding, Lori is awesome, she is the inspiration of this Blog, and then that's me holding her lil baby Lily... so cute!




And then these next pics are my peeps haha, my little roomie and her roommates now, and then my wonderful Holly, and Alli who has a great attitude about silly string all over her stuff... ha




Anyways I am doing a new workouts this week, that is a bit like torture, I couldn't walk or go up and down stairs when I was finished... when I got the list of exercises I cried for 2 hours haha i know I'm a wimp ... but if you think about it i was just stressed about it and since I can't do anything else when I'm stressed ... I just cry... I got through them tho, which is good, at work I was sliding on my butt to go down the stairs and every time I dropped something I made my friend Megan bend down and get it, because that is what is MOST painful. But i think the muscles have healed after a couple days rest and I am excited about the workouts this weeks.. I CAN DO IT!