Home, building relationships, loving myself more

It has been quite a while since I last posted-2 weeks. Several things have been happening. My husband and I bought a home-out 1st ever-and we are SOOOO excited!!!!!

The home is soooo cute. A friend of mine at church told me about a month ago to write down on paper everything we are asking God for in a home. So we did and prayed on it and God provided everything!!!!! Of course, this is God's wonderous power and love for us and definately not anything above and beyond His capabilities. He is such a good God!!! Kevin has a studio to continue teaching (he is a professional guitar player and teaches) and I will have a room to set up for doing massage and my M-I-L has here space upstairs while we have our living down in a full finished walk out basement. Everybody wins!!!

Speaking of my M-I-L, we have been bonding the last two weeks. God has show me the importance of breaking down my walls of selfishness with her and looking past the things that "bother" me and see the good in her. I have found out she is funny and kind and needs friendship too. She is a new and different woman in my eyes and I am learning the importance to stop each day and spend some time with her, no matter how busy my day is!!

I have been working on my "journey" to raw still. This month has been dedicated to vegan eating. Although, I will admit I have not had 100% committment to this, so I challange myself as of this day-where is my loyalty to changing my eating habits?

Goals: 1. Start out realistic and transition. 2. Add more raw to my daily eating. 3. Eat vegan this month (this really is NOT a hard goal.)

Here is a bit that really spoke to me, it is from Jingee from TheGardenDiet.com and she wrote: "What we believe is very important. I can be eating the healthiest diet in the world, but if I still worry that I'm eating poorly, it won't do me as much good. Or I can be eaing what I believe is the best diet, and even if it isn't, it will do me good, and it will lead me to a better way of life. The thing is to do what we really believe in. The other thing is to not focus only on diet. The focus is on good health, or on being a balanced person. Then everything falls in place!"

Thanks Jingee! Really made me think about my relationship with food and health.

I have also redone my "top 10 goals" and as I was doing them I learned to be both realistic and not too stringent with my goals. (for example, with exercise I decided to just set a goal of exercise "regularly", instead of do this "X" times a week and that "X" times a week because that type of goal sets me up to fail, I just need to more more and when I mix it up and do what I "enjoy" I will keep at it!!)

Top 10 "Cindy" goals:

1. Read Bible and pray daily. (increase my relationship with God)*

2. Hubby time-one date night per week.

3. Cindy time-massage every other week or some type of "pampering"

4. Increase personal self-esteem*

5.. More family time (prosper in family relationships)*

a. Sunday is family day (me, Kevin and m-i-l)

b. Call "my" family once a week and touch base.

6. Exercise regularly

7. Go RAW

a. Weight down to 130 lbs.

b. Body Fat down to 15-20%.

8. Read, study, listen to CD : something every night to increase my knowledge, interests, and passions.

9. Learn to play bass

10. Set up business

Well there they are. I feel they are good!!! Much peace and love until next time!!!!!!!!