True Confession Tuesday.

I loved coffee back in my Catholic days, but when I joined The Church of Jesus of Latter-Day Saints, I gave it up cold turkey. I shook for days which was a problem being a waitress. Bringing drinks to people could prove to be a little dangerous both for me and the customers! It was an adventure. 

I still love the smell of coffe. Sitting in Barnes and Noble while writing the other day, reminded me of just how much. I often linger in the coffee isle at the grocery store too, just for the free smells!  

I love that I have found a coffee alternative that is delicious. I add a bit of vanilla sweetener and milk to Crio Bru and I’m in heaven. It is one of my go tos in the winter. Sometimes you just need something warm to carry around. 

I do also enjoy tea, but Crio Bru is my favorite these days.  

Meter Monday

Amazing season for my Packers, even if the NFC Championship wasn't so good...here is my ode to the end of the season, in Haiku:

Go Pack Go!
Superbowl Sunday
Will not be quite as special
Always a Cheesehead.

Spiritual Song Sunday

I love music. All kinds of music. I don’t really have a whole lot of music that I hate, even though most rap does fall into the category of music I’d rather not listen to.

I am a church-goer. I feel that my faith helps me to deal with life problems and find hope in a world that often feels hopeless.

My Sunday meetings are filled with worship music. I love to sing hymns, but many times I don’t get through the song. See I have this disorder. It’s called “when I feel the Spirit, I ugly cry.” Obviously it isn’t an actual diagnosis, but I have diagnosed myself with it.

Spiritual music just makes me cry. Today we sang a hymn entitled: “In Humility, Our Savior.”  It’s a short song with only two verses, but it is packed with meaning.
These words of the first verse got me:
“Let me not forget, O Savior,
Thou didst bleed and die for me
When thy heart was stilled and broken
On the cross at Calvary.”

Oh did I cry. Just so you know, it’s really hard to continue singing while crying. So, I just sat and cried.  I did join in for the second verse only to again lose it with these words:
“Then when we have proven worthy
Of thy sacrifice divine
Lord, let us regain thy presence;
Let thy glory round us shine.”

What words of hope. How personal they are to me. To know my Savior bled and suffered for me personally, for all my shortcomings and heartbreaks. And then to one day truly be worthy of that sacrifice and be able to mingle with Jesus again is hope indeed!

Something You May Not Know About Me...

I may or may not be obsessed with Kelly Clarkson and her music.

I have seen her in concert 11 times.

The picture above is at her concert on The Today Show in Central Park in New York City. I told my mom she was doing a free show there about three week before it happened and Mom said to book plane tickets. I loved that trip to NYC. It rained that morning. In fact, we were all drenched. The cool part was that I think the rain deterred many people  from coming. I got like four rows away from her on stage. I think tickets for that run about $200 these days, and it was free that day. Great memories.

It is in my bucket list to meet Kelly. If you know her you should tell her that we could be best friends. Also, if you feel like nominating me for any of the categories on her talk show that would get me to her show and to meet her, feel free to fill out the information HERE

What celebs would you like to meet?

Fitness Friday!

 This week

I have always loved lifting weights, but this year I have been super motivated to do more of it. I do not lift heavy but I do lift lots of reps and I feel the burn. It is super convenient to have a Weight Conditioning class for my first hour of the day. I work right along side my students. . 

I have also lost about 15 pounds this school year. It isn’t exactly where I wanted to be by now but I am making progress. “Progress not Perfection!”

I have also given up Diet Coke. (I have probably talked about this a million times already. It’s a life changer.)Well, I am working on it. “Progress not perfection!” I drink it when I’m driving a van of smelly boys for hours. Like tonight as we drove from to play basketball in Fort Duchesne, Utah. It was also snowy and the wiper fluid was out in a treacherous canyon. I was okay with the boost...although it is starting to not taste as amazing as it used to. 

Do something for your health today. Make sure it is something you like so you will keep doing it. Remember, “progress not perfection!”