Obviously, my working a full-time job and blogging don't mix well. :-) I guess you can say I have been suffering from writer's block, 'cause when I have logged in to write something I come up empty! So...Here's a update on where I've been and what I am doing!

Homelife: I have been going through a bit of a finacial trial, so I have had to sacrifice some things like my babysitter, eating out, and buying those little extras that Kids love so much.  But in the end, its not been so very terrible.  My kids are getting to spend more time with their dad, which is a blessing for them, and eating out is now something the kids consider to be 'special' so when we are able to go we all really enjoy it! 

As for those little extras...it's amazing what you can find to bring a smile to a child's face when you don't have much money.  Sometimes the gift of time with them is what they long for most anyway!

Along the financial theme, I have to share a story about my oldest son, Riley.  Since we moved from a place with NO carpeting into an apartment with wall-to-wall carpeting, I was not prepared by having a vacuum, so I have been borrowing my mom's all this time! Not fun, I can assure you, lugging that thing back and forth.  I don't know how those 'Merry Maids' do it!

Anyway, this past payday I decided I would just bite the bullet and get something that would help and bought the cheapest vacuum-like thing I could find which ended up being one of those 3-in-1 kind that has a detachable handle so you can use it as a hand-vac.

That very night, I assigned each child a chore, and Riley's was to vacuum up the dry cereal that was on their bedroom floor but should never have been in there in the first place. *ahem*

Later that night when I got home from work, I asked him if he had done it. He informed me that not only had he done the chore, but he had named the vacuum.

Um. Ooookay.

He named it 'Riley Jr' because, as he said 'We are both awesome!'

Hey whatever works to keep junk off the floor!! LOL

Work: Work is still going really good.  I am blessed to say that I don't dread going to work each day.  The shift usually passes by at a decent pace, and I enjoy the people I work with.  My shifts have been getting a bit earlier, so I no longer work til midnight which is a HUGE blessing both for me and for whoever is watching the kids that night!!  This month I have even been nominated for the 'Employee of the Month' :-)

Diet: I am very excited to say that I am now at a total of 80#'s that I have lost since I started on my weight loss journey!!  WOO HOOO!!  I am pretty much at my original goal, but I am continuing to be mindful of what I am eating and trying to work in exercise as much as possible. I am sooooo glad that warmer weather is here so I can be out walking again!!  I have really missed that!  The only downside???  I am running out of things that fit, so hopefully I will be able to pick up some things soon.  The alternative is sooo not good! ROFLOL

Rumor Mill: I found out this past weekend that the rumor mill is still alive and very much active concerning the whys and wherefores of my divorce!!  Now, not only did I do something immoral, but I am living with a man too???  Really, folks. That's just too, too much. 

Honestly, I just had to laugh when I heard about it. People are just soooo stupid sometimes (I mean that in the nicest way possible of course ;-) )  But why can't people use their brains??  I mean, if I was living with someone, don't they think my kids would have noticed???  LOL  It would be really hard to hide a grown man from 4 pretty intelligent and mostly always observant kids. 

Ah, well.  I suppose that no matter how many times someone is told the truth, some people will always choose to believe the lie, just because its juicier. 

But that's ok. My life is an open book before the Lord, so its really only HIS approval that I am worried about. :-)

Bible Study: I am finished with the Beth Moore study I was doing called 'Breaking Free'. It was unbelievably awesome.  Wow.  I sit in awe of how many times the lessons would line up with something I was dealing with right then! 

We have went right into the next one which is called 'A Modern Girl's Guide to Bible Study'. I am only into week 2's lessons so far, but again...its awesome!  This one is about how to get more out of bible study so that we get to a place that its not something we 'have' to do or 'should' do, but its something that we CRAVE doing. 

I want that in my life!

I will update more (I promise...really!) about the Bible Study and my life soon.  For now, I gotta get busy with my day!