Ha. Scales.

Well, after I went to the Dragon in Decatur, I came home and weighed myself. Back up to 306, up 2lbs from 304. Darn.
Well, I'll keep at it. Might have been because I ate a big meal. Who knows. I walked last night and sweated my patootie off. Haven't weighed myself today. We'll see. Going to the courthouse tomorrow to have something done about stalkers. Porter stalkers.

Magnificent Monday.

Well, Monday was weird. I love my new day shift. Goes by much faster for me than 2nd shift did.

Ran into my friend Barb who I just get the biggest kick out of at Subway.

Got off before dark and got to go walking with my little Maple Roze. Sweated my butt off and loved it!
I like her cause she pulls me faster than I want to go! It's like having my own little treadmill! lol

Went to a great website that calculates things.

Found out that my Happy Weight is 152.5 (whatever that means)
Healthy weight range is 122-164 (which means I need to lose 140 lbs which is less than I thought, which rocks! And, I will be taking my time doing this and doing it right!)

My emotional age is 33.95 which is pretty close to my age, and I love that!

Well, Biggest Loser new series starts tomorrow! Now that I'm off work early I can come home and watch it!!!

YEAAAA!!!! I haven't been able to watch it on tv for 2 years!

Help Me.

Lord, help me.
Get my mind right.
Get me through.
Cover me and comfort me.
Let me trust in YOU.
Please Dear Lord like you always do.
Thank you for loving me.
Trusting Him and YOU my friend because in the end it's true.
That I love both of you and you do me.

Loving you and Charlie.

Love,
Me

Wake Up!

Ok...so getting up at 4 a.m. after working until 10p is ridiculous. I was fine and bright eyed and bushy tailed until about now (8:53).
I am starting to get cross eyed and feel a bit laggish.
Is that a word? Laggish?
Anywhoo...this is just so blah.

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday, mine will be better once I find out if we are able to rent a new house with a washer and dryer for what we're paying now! We won't have the noise of a neighbor anymore!

If all I had...

If all I had, was just one breath
I'd sing a song of praise.
I'd say your name, just to hear your name.

I know you're there
And I know you see me
Your the air I breathe
You are the ground beneath me

I know you're there
And I know you feel me
I can find you anywhere

Great song! Sing along!

Just Something

Lord, when I awoke this morning and was taking my morning bath (which I normally never take baths in the a.m. just showers so it will wake me up, but with A.F. visiting, then I'm bathing.) you showed up.
And, it was sweet, and even though I was in a towel only, I praised you. I lifted my hands, the towel fell, and I just praised you oh Lord. That's what I love about you and your love.
We can praise you at anytime. It doesn't matter where or when, I'll praise you.
I still don't feel the same since I sinned Lord. I mean blatantly sinned. I sin everyday, but ever since what happened, happened, I just don't feel the same. Maybe, after Sunday I'll feel different or better.
I just don't feel the same.

I cry, inside...however, you are still blessing me, even though I've wronged.

Love,
Me♥

Dear A.F.

Why oh why must you make me so miserable?
Why must you come in when I found out I lost 8 lbs and allow me to not be able to workout for 3 days...
3 days!? It's hard enough to keep me motivated most days, even when motivation is a baby not alone you showing up now when I was at my highest motivation yet.
You make me feel like I'm falling back in my progress
I won't let you win ...I will take some time off of working out if it means just sittig here and relaxing while I'm expriencing your nausea and your cramps and your pain.

Please let it soon be over.

Your friend,

Me

Weight Lost

Well, I did it. I managed to get me a digital scale tonight...and I'm very impressed with myself after all ma walkin'!

Weight at last doctors visit when he told me to lose it to help my back: 312
Weight currently since I started getting more serious about it: 304!!!

I've lost 8 lbs. (Give or take a few because of clothing!) They need to let you weight yourself in naked when you go to the doctor!

lol

♥Love, Me ♥

Complaints. Take a Flipping Numba!

You want to sit there and complain because you have a boy?
I'd LOVE to have a child, let alone a little boy!
Shut up! Just, zip it! Close your lid!
Who asked you to sit there and complain about God's gift?
Seriously!?
And you...you there that's underneath...quit blaring your stereo loud enough to hurt your babies ear drums! She's not even a year old yet!?
And you, what's more important, sneaking around with men, and working, and your animals, but not your son?!
Just like you did with me and my brother?!
I'm going for a walk to de-stress...I've had it with all the complaining there is out there!!!
You don't like your son, you can't handle your kids? Give them up for adoption already and shut up! Suck it up!
Someone else out there will love him no matter what, and NEVER complain! You have no right when there's people out there that can't! No right!!

Ashley Renee~ Day

House Shopping...6 months later

Well, this time it sounds like we may have a good chance of getting a loan but every house we look at gets sold quick and we don't have a chance to buy it or even look at it!
The realtor this time is Joy (I love that name, reminds me of God's goodness and pleasure by seeking after Him) and she showed us 4 homes today. We were shown 3 flops and one that I fell in love with. Charlie then thought it was to small :(. I swear, if it's not one thing, it's another while your house shopping. You fall in love with it, then your husband doesn't care for it, or you fall in love with it, and find out there's a 100 year old furnace in the basement that used to run off of coal, or whatever. It's always something. It's frustrating, but God will put one in our path again like the one we fell in love with on Franklin 6 months ago, and by then, no one will be able to stop us from getting it!
It wouldn't surprise me if we still were able to get the one on Franklin in the end, I still see us living in that home!

Until later....more house hunting!

~Ash♥

Weight Loss & Healthy Living Eats

Mushrooms, Parmesan Cheese, Anchovies, Low Sodium
Soy Sauce, Asparagus and Olives
Umami Foods-ones that are savory and satisfying which
means you'll eat less and lower your salt intake.

Unsalted pumpkin seeds are great source of magnesium.
This superfood lowers your blood pressure.

Avocados is a great weight loss partner because
they are high in healthy fats and are a meat substitue.

One large soda can clock in more than 500 calories.

Switching from mayo to mustard on a sandwich can save
you 85 calories!

Fat free or zero trans fat foods are not a great option
for weight loss because they trade fats for huge amounts
of sugar or sodium!

If you remove cheese, mayo, and the top bun from a rest
sandwich you can save 250 calories!

Your waist size, not your weight is the best measurement
indicator for your health you can make. The ideal size for
women is 321/2 inches or less. 35 inches or less for men.

Decaf coffee, a low-calorie drink is a great source for antioxidants, and a great way to fight cravings.

Olives, Salmon, and Walnuts have omega-3 fats that help
increase the level of chemicals that make you feel full.

People who journal about their weight loss and weigh frequently
are more likely to lose weight.

Eating oatmeal for breakfast will help prevent you from gorgoing in
the afternoon. The fiber will fill you up.

Sleep deprivation alters levels of hormones in the body that regulate hunger
causing an increase in appetite.

Overweight people who drank skim milk for breakfast ate
fewer calories during the day

You shouldn't eat after 7p at night (well for me
this one is kind of hard, because i don't get off work
until 10, well at least until the new schedule comes
out)

When you skip a meal, your body goes into starvation mode, which actually
makes it harder to burn calories.

Muscle burns 4x more calories than fat. Try 20 minutes of
strength training 2/3 x's a week.

You can burn 350 calories during an hour of yoga

All exercise is good for you, but sex can help control the amount of
food you eat. It and hunger are regulated through NPY brain chemical.
It will satisfy your hunger just like eating, because when you
satisfy one hunger the other one is too.

If you find yourself at a weight loss plateau, the best step is
to up your exercise routine by 5 minutes.

Sin.

It drug me in...
I've witheld from it for 4 years...
Even though I've still sinned in other ways in the meantime..
To me..it was detestable...
It was something that I did that I know now why I hadn't done it in that long.
I'll never do it again. I'll give my fear to God the next time and He alone will carry me through, just like He has before.
I hope He can forgive me, and I hope my Gorgie will be able to too!

Please forgive me Lord...while I'm waiting...I got weak.

Pumpkin Patch Time!

I'm so ready for pumpkin patch time. It's my favorite time of year. For the past 4 years Charlie and I have been visiting Black Bart's Pumpkin patch and it is now a family tradition.

I will be posting 4 Years of photos from there when I get a chance. My mom always goes and visits her boyfriend (one cutout of a prince). We always get our pics taken in the head cut out thingys.

And, we go through the haunted house and feed the goats.

And search for lots and lots of pumpkins in their field. Theirs beautiful knicknacks, you can sign their guestbook and theirs yummy slushies and snacks.

Can't wait!!

Cool. Crisp. Ahh.

Fall. It's here ...doesn't matter what it says on any given calendar.
You can smell it...you can breathe it in...
What other season is more beautiful than fall.
People probably think that because my birthday is November 5, that I have a favorite season for a reason. Nope.
Sit in front of your window and breathe, smell. Be.
Watch the leaves fall from the tree and close your eyes. Imagine, be the leaf. Your floating, falling, in the crisp air. Landing in a safe place and every now and then your being rustled up again, by feet..by a breeze.
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Today I'm back to work after a much needed 2 days off...then I'm off tomorrow again. We're going to look at a couple of houses and look at a used refurb dryer.
Last night we had a run in with our neighbor. I believe it was a test..and I didn't pass very well. Forgive me Lord..I'm learning.
We love Your amazing Grace!


♥Ash♥

Relax.

Well, today was a day full of parades, and smiles, candy and relaxing. Sunday was such a blur, and I'm still recovering from it.

It was very full of flags. Beautiful, American respectful flags.

I Will.

Lord, this letter is to you in heaven from me...here on earth. This is to say I'm giving up the fight. The longing, the tears, the unhappiness, the bitterness. The jealousy, the grieving, the waiting. It's all yours. If you never give me a child, just like Brooke says in the movie when she's been to the doctor the 3rd time...I WILL still love you Lord!

There's no way, no matter what my circumstances, that I would stop loving you now..no matter what!
We've been through to much together. God, my Jesus, the Holy Spirit, my best friend, you've never let me down!

I pray now in my life your will and your will ALONE! God says it, that settles it!

Letting go, and letting God in 2010...

If I stay in misery at my job -that's all me and my attitude and going on emotions which we're not suppossed to do..so that's all me and my fault.
I will stay Lord, because apparently YOU want me there. To be a light in the darkness. To shine a light and to witness to those that need you. Help me Lord, when I walk in your word daily to have the right words to say to these people.

You've already promised me ma boy...it's up to you like it was with Hannah and Samson's momma when it's my time....and if it's never, that's ok too.

You've blessed us with the most beautiful home that's much more than we deserve! You've given me a beautiful kind loving caring husband to share it with. And, two furbabies that are my angels.

We are home. We are happy. We are content and we're ready for the next step, whatever it may be in You!

Love,

Ashley Day ♥

Thoughtful Thursday.

Things are looking up around the Day household.
The Day clan.
Walked today before work, this time took the kids.
Worked up a pretty good sweat this time for getting up late and not having much time to do it in!
Day is coming for a baby day!
He/she is on their way!
We now have a perfect beautiful home to put her/him in where he/she can have their own bedroom!
God, we're ready for your will....either way!
We know you gave us a 2nd room for a reason!
And not just the computer!
Your WILL God almighty, we pray. amen!