Let's Get Physical....

So I have recently been discouraged as I have gained back all of the weight that I lost while on Jenny Craig. I realize that although Jenny Craig was successful, I was not successful in continuing with my weight loss without having the assistance of their food....

I also realize that physical fitness needs to be more important in my daily routine that it ever has been before!

In the past few weeks, I have been working out with a trainer at UH. It has been going well so far, but I also need to do more on my own! I am pledging here that I will run/workout for a minimum of 30 minutes everyday!

Day 1:

Success! I ran/walked around 2 miles, and even met a neighbor who wants to start running with me! When I got back to the house, I did some ab work!

I am scheduled to meet with my trainer tomorrow! I will let you know how I'm doing!!!!

Semester One

Wow....

I really did not do well at updating this blog... To recap since my last post, a lot has happened since then. Jonathan made it through his first semester of school! It was wonderful that although he had to study A WHOLE LOT, we still had more time to spend together than at anytime in our marriage... What a blessing!

I have gotten situated in my job here is Houston... Although it is the same job, the two counties are very different, but still loving what I am doing!

We have spent time doing things around Houston: went to the San Jacinto monument and the Battleship Texas. We also went to a UofH football game, but they lost... :(

Jonathan jumped out of an airplane, but thank God for parachutes... I was so nervous... and he already purchased his next jump. Hopefully, I won't get so nervous next time.

Although we are far from home, I feel like we see our family together more than we did before. We have put several thousand miles on each car driving home and back.

Although I miss our family and love being home, we do not have as many events to come home for this semester... and I am looking forward to spending more time in Houston than our weekends driving in the car.

Hopefully with this update, it will remind me again to post more often. We shall see....

First Day of School...

Jonathan and I have been in Houston (off and on due to work obligations in Dallas) for almost one month. We have pretty much unpacked everything and made our house into a home. I am feeling more and more confident at work everyday. There are many differences between the Houston and Dallas court systems, but I am slowly shifting gears to the Houston side of things.

Emily was able to come and spend the past few days here with us as she had an audit here in Houston. It was wonderful to have some good sister time. We had a nice dinner to celebrate on Friday night, and got pedicures together on Saturday.

Two of the many things that I have been excited about as a result of Jonathan not having to work all the time is: eating dinner together and finding a church home. We have probably made dinner together more times in the last few weeks than we have in our two and a half years of marriage... This can be a good thing or a bad thing because Jonathan is a wonderful cook! We have a plan though to work out everyday in the morning at the school gym (we are going to get our moneys' worth from this school!!!)

We have only visited one church, but it is a good option. We will probably visit there one more time and then try some of the other's on our list just to make sure as we are not 100% sure that it is the one. But we definitely like it!. Going to church together has never been possible in our marriage because Jonathan worked every Sunday. It is exciting to me that we can now continue to honor our vows in searching for a church home together!

And now to talk about the subject of this post, Jonathan started Law School today. I cannot begin to describe how much we have prayed for and worked to get to this day!!!! It is a blessing to know that everything that has happened over the past two years that appeared as struggles all led us to this day and time in our life! Continue to keep us in your prayers as we continue on this journey!

Stay tuned for the next adventure in our Houston journey!!!

Houston Bound

I "started" this blog in January, but have not been very faithful to update.... I am hopeful that as we embark on this next phase in our life, I will be able to document our journey here.

The past few days have been an emotional journey in itself. I have worked in my office for over two years, and due to the nature of our job, you depend on your co-workers to cope with and continue doing the important work that we do. This family has meant so much to me these past two years and I know that God placed me there for a reason! I am so thankful to all of my CPS family who have been such an important part of my life and personal growth through the past two years. I am prayerful that just as God provided me with such a wonderful support system and family in Dallas, he will do so in Houston as well!

Today, my mom came over and helped me pack up some of our stuff. We got a lot of stuff done and packed. My emotions though, just like yesterday, are on overload. I have lived in Houston before, but there was a time frame (four months) before my return home. I am very close to my family, and when I think of all the events that could occur in the next three years, I become saddened that I will not be right in the middle of it all. I am so thankful to my family for how we were brought up in making family a priority! But there again it creates a jumble of emotions all at the same time. I am sad to leave my family and have never been this far from them, I am excited to actually be able to see my husband every day aside from when he wakes me up when he gets home from work, I am excited to be able to have dinner together every day, I am excited to grow in my ability and confidence at work, and am hopeful that God will place all new wonderful people in our lives that will bless us just as those we have in Dallas.

As I prepare to leave for Houston tomorrow, I am prayful that God will bless me this week as it has been continually evident that Houston is where He has us to be!!!

Welcome to Blogging!

So, I have finally decided to jump head first into the "Blog-World" and I hope to make this a regular occurrence. I don't yet know what path this blog will take, but welcome you into my thoughts and experiences.

I was off work today, and there happened to be a marathon on A&E of the show, "Hoarders." I, like most others, do not have to have things perfectly clean, but prefer things tidy, in other words, live-able. After about two and a half hours of watching the show, the hoarders create this environment that is not live-able, but they themselves struggle with how things are... they desire a change, but did not know how to make that change to control the desire that was inside them to cling to items, whether it be food, items from junk yards, family items, etc.

One of the sad things about it was that the young children in these homes begin to show signs of hoarding as well as that is all they have observed. It is often harder for these children as their parents, who struggle with the same issues, are not well enough to continue making a change with their own habits in order to set an example for their children.

Although many of them created positive changes during the show, it was always a question as to whether or not they would continue to make positive changes in their life without the support of the show...