Happy Monday!! How was your weekend? Things are still hectic as ever here in Texas 😂, but some people started arriving yesterday and the rest hopefully can arrive today since the roads should start to improve. The good news is I've had extra time to hit the gym each day. I am glad I am able to be back walking consistently.
We have one last week of January left. It's not to late to finish the month with some positive momentum. What is your one non-negotiable for this week to help you finish January strong?
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 ...
It's been a wild few weeks in the Spath household. Lots of stress and anxiety which typically drives bad behavior with food in my case. Laura made sure I had a whole rib roast to cut into steaks so that I had plenty of proper fuel. Spent an hour yesterday cutting it up, along with a bunch of sirloin cap. We are stocked.
Do you cut up your own steaks? How are your butchery skills?
Way is it weekend always throw my routine off. Anywho...had a great weekend. Drove down to Columbus today for State Archery. Boys shot good. I made roade snacks and honestly I would of been better off just fasting thru and eating back at home. I made Laura's chicken salad (sooo good) but it made me snackish. I felt like I ate all day.
My Mom insisted on going to a cookie shop yesterday to get cookies for the boys. They had a line out the door. All they sell is cookies. I couldn't help to think (1) Doesn't anybody bake? (2) Do you really need a cookie?? We waiting 30mins for a few cookies. Crazy! Here are a few pictures of the weekend. I welcome back routine!
HAPPY SUNDAY!
I know I have not shared in a while. I been around commenting. I went out with my husband last night and hung out with friends. It was a fun night celebrating some bdays and St Patrick's Day. I had some yummy Diet Coke while others were drinking. I will update more when I get a moment. Enjoy the rest of your weekend❤
