Okay I never ask this (and normally I don't care), but this is my first video working with Thrive as a sponsor so I would love for it to have good reactions. If you watched my Fridge/Freezer video and liked it can you go give it a Thumbs up please and even possibly put a comment (not about Thrive just in general). Please 🙏🏼❤️
That kind of stuff early on definitely helps videos be recommended more and can help with views overall.
Thanks!!!
Yesterday we surprised the kids and brought home a puppy!! They have been begging for one for years and we felt like the time was right to bring one home.
Meet Angus 🐕 He's a Golden Retriever/King Charles Cavalier Spaniel mix. He's 11 weeks old and currently weighs about 8 pounds, he should be around 35 pounds fully grown. I know it will be an adjustment for a while as he gets potty trained etc but we are so excited. 😂 Wish us luck! 🤪
Cheese is good! I ate a block of chipotle oven baked cheese with lunch yesterday and it was divine. I love it, but know that it halts any progress I'm making, and will even trigger eating in excess to where I'll gain weight. It's sad but I have accepted it. If I eat it in small quantities with a meal, it's ok, but I really have to work to keep it in check.
What's your favorite cheese? How do you incorporate it? Do you see negative results when eating it?
Happy Sunday! Sharing a video today from our week, one of the highlights. This was Wednesday evening church, normally they have a more casual prayer meeting where someone plays the guitar, but they were doing some construction in the fellowship hall so they had their prayer meeting in the sanctuary. No one was there to play the piano so my my Grandma did it, she's been playing the piano in church for probably 80 years.
For context, she's 88, she had a really bad fall 5 years ago now and hit her head and ended up with a lot setbacks, similar to having a stroke. She has a lot of dementia like symptoms also (I am sure related to her Type 2 diabetes), she really can't read music anymore, and she has trouble seeing well, and she needs to wear hearing aids to hear but hates wearing them, so on this night she didn't want to wear them. My 93 (almost 94) year old grandpa takes care of both of them on their farm. Anyway, on this night she sat down on the piano and led worship as people called ...
**Well my post was about being sleep deprived and I just realized I had scheduled it to go live on the wrong day 🤪🤦🏼♀️. Sorry!!
Happy Friday!! How is your week going? I am so glad it's almost the weekend. With the time change, getting up an extra hour early everyday, plus puppy schedule, has been very exhausting.
My hope for this weekend is just to get a lot of rest, as much as I can with a puppy. 😂 We are having a lot of fun with Angus, and he naps a lot so hopefully I can take a couple naps this weekend.
What are your plans for the weekend?
Friday Morning, March 13th, 2026.
I didnt post accountability for yesterday as I was feeling super terrible by evening. But here I am, and after some honest reflection, I am realizing that because I have been feeling so crummy off and on for the past month that I have become really weak towards carby comfort foods. I believe it's is likely a self-perpetuating cycle and that I need a better plan (and a stronger resolve) if Im going to break the cycle.
This morning I planned out food for today and logged it into Carb Manager. As long as I eat what is there I will be ok. (Pictured)
If I wind up eating more, as long as it is carnivore, I will call it a win.
I have another very full couple of days ahead. Prepping for a huge day tomorrow: 2 studio sessions tomorrow morning followed by a Bridal Show about an hour from home in the afternoon. It seems a little crazy to have scheduled it all the same day, but we are putting together an ad for our Motherhood sessions for Mother's Day and its time ...
Accountability--ate 2...yes 2 Delmonico steaks this morning for breakfast. I felt soooo satisfied. I never eat 2 but tomorrow is Friday so it's fasting day. I keep thinking I am hungry...but I am not. I just love food and eating. I feel like that is the biggest struggle. Sunday we are traveling 3hrs away (6hr round trip) to Columbus for my boys to shoot at the State Archery Tournament. I am making a mental list of road trip snacks. Hard boiled eggs, burger patties, bacon, and maybe some cream cheese filled ham roll ups as a little treat.
