We had such a good time yesterday at the Healing Humanity event. Chris did such a good job on his talk, very proud of him. It's always so fun to meet so many people in real life. The dinner after at the Brazilian steakhouse was chaos but very fun! I didn't get many pictures so if anyone else got some feel free to post them. I shared pictures from some of the other people that spoke.
Today we are going to church and then after that I am going to try and do NOTHING for the rest of the day. I had a really long week at work and just need one day of rest before this busy upcoming week. My Mom also flies home early this morning and is going back to snowstorms so please send her some warm prayers for safe travels. Anything we can be praying for you for today?
*Reminder the Livesream this week will be Thursday evening.
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 ...
Happy Saturday! I hope you are all doing well. I know some people in the group have had some recent tough news for themselves or family members. It really puts the day to day issues we face into perspective, and reminds me to just focus on doing the best I can to be as healthy as possible. To those who are having a hard time, we are all here for you and sending you some prayers and support. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 Just focus today on doing the best you can and remember that food isn't going to bring you the comfort you are looking for.
Here is a little video of Penelopes performance from her piano recital l last night, she's been taking lessons for about a year and a half. 🎹🤍🖤
*Livestream Monday night at 4pm pst/7pm est
Happy Friday! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! We had a very relaxing day. I went for a walk in the morning, Chris's aunt lives in a nursing home near our cabin and she joined us for the day. We had a wonderful lunch, played games, and watched some football. When Chris drove her back home the kids and I went for a walk. I saw a big elk during my morning walk and the kids and I saw him again in the afternoon. I did actually get dressed and wear make up at some point but I didn't get any pictures of that. 😂 We finished the day with a campfire in the backyard, it was a very special day.
How was your day? No matter what you ate, or didn't est yesterday today is a new day. Are you all doing any shopping today for "Black Friday"?
Happy Thanksgiving to each and every one of you. We are so grateful for our family, our health, and for this community. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and are spending the day with those that you love.
Happy Wednesday! Tomorrow in the United States is Thanksgiving, I hope you are feeling no stress and excited to spend the day with friends and family. But I know that's not always the case around the holidays. I do know, that having a plan and going into the day mentally prepared for how you will handle each situation will help so much.
So let's put it in writing today to help hold you accountable. No judgement on what you eat, even if it's normal food. Having a specific plan can help you stay on track and prevent derailing you for an unplanned amount of time.
Are you feeling calm or frantic today? What is your plan for tomorrow?
