My attempt at a raw food diet ended today with some delicious veggie lasagna. It was very challenging for me to do only raw food. I felt like I wasn’t eating enough because I didn’t plan my meals. There was some discomfort with my body adjusting to only raw food…..but I know it was good for my body to have a little “detox. I’m too chicken to say that I want to try only raw food for a month, but I do want to be more intentional with my food planning. My “goal” for May is to have the majority of my meals consisting of raw food only. Guess we will see how that goes. By the way, Dan said that if I do an entire month with only raw food, then he will get me a kitten!!!

I have this thing that I do. Its something that as I am doing it I know I will regret it. What is this horrible thing that I do to myself???? It’s cutting bangs. Yep, I now have bangs. It’s something I do about every 2 years or so. I cut them, let them grow for 2 years, then I get this overwhelming urge….”I NEED BANGS!”….so I cut them, again. I’ve been doing this since high school and I dont think I will ever grow out of it or learn my lesson. So, now when you see me & the bangs you will know the reason behind them.

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Lately I realized that I have little or no discipline when it comes to my food habits. I try to eat healthy…and for the most part I think I do an ok job. However, I know that when I have a craving I do what it takes to satisfy it. So, to try to gain some discipline in this area I am trying to eat only raw food. I’m only doing this for a week now, but I hope to do it again in the near future for longer periods of time…..like a month! I know that this will affect me spiritually. Not because of the food I am eating, but because of the discipline I will exercise.

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As the seasons change we have been enjoying an awakened desire to explore the seasons of our spiritual life. Atleast, it has in our household. Dan & I have been talking & praying about it this week……he even blogged about it some. But anyway, as I said before I finished Journey of Desire and towards the very end of the book the author mentioned something of seasons that I want to share.

In the book he mentioned that his favorite songbird is the meadowlark because its song reminds him of summer. Yet, where he lives the meadowlark returns in the very early part of spring. As we all know there are still lots of cold winter-like days left in the early spring. He continues to talk about how hearing that summer song during the last cold wintery days affects him and how God speaks through those little birds.

“I heard two meadowlarks again this spring, calling and responding to each other on a cold and windy day. God began to speak through them. I heard him urging me to keep my own summer song, even though life’s winter tries to throw into my spring cold wind & snow. Do not throw away your confidence, He said. Do not budge from your perch, but sing your song, summer confident, sure of my great goodness toward you. You did not bring this spring, dear child, you do not have to arrange for the summer to follow. They come from thy Father’s will, and they will come.”

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I finially finished Journey of Desire. I love reading John Eldridge….each time I pick up the book something speaks to my heart. I’ll write more about that later. But, today I will start Wild at Heart.

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Long time no blog….

I’m sure all of you have read Dan’s blog and you know all about our Easter celebrations. I really enjoyed the simple experience. I look forward to experimenting more with that….even if its just Dan & me.

Our first wedding of the season is tomorrow. Dan’s cousin is getting married. (I can’t believe the wedding is tomorrow and I have no idea what I’m going to wear!) Anyway, I know a lot of people getting married this summer…..about 7 couples….including my sister! Oh yes, the Lane family is crazy with wedding plans…..I wish I could be around to help my sister, but part of me is glad that I don’t have to experience the craziness of it all.

Work has been going well. My personal training has calmed down a bit, but the Fitness Coordinator aspect has been keeping me busy. Between trying to hire people, plan special events, and starting a partnership with Loyola’s clinic I have been a busy girl…..almost too busy. But I am excited to see all of these plans unfold and what kind of benefit they will be to our gym/members.

I registered for Fall classes yesterday. I will be taking 3 classes, and they are…….Exercise Test & Perscriptions, Exercise Psyc, and Motor Learning. I am really excited about taking Exercise Test & Perscriptions. But the other two classes I’m a little worried about because I have heard strange things about the teacher. Apparently she likes to experiment with different teaching styles…and she uses her classes as her testing groups. I have heard a lot of students complain that they are so confused in her classes b/c of the way she teaches. :-/

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Ohhhh…..too much Easter candy.

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The April issue of Next Wave is out. Remember that really cool conference that Dan & I went to a few months ago? Well, a couple of the guys that put it all together wrote an article in this issue. Check it out.

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Well, I guess this morning made up for my Saturday being stolen from me. I don’t have to go anywhere until 2:00. I got to sleep in and then I went tanning. Oh, I feel so good!

Scott came over last night to watch the game with Dan. He brought us these cookies. They are called Berger cookies….or should I say they WERE called Berger cookies….we devoured every single one of them last night. Needless to say, they were very good.

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The weekend was too short. I feel like my Saturday was stolen from me because I spent most of the day working. I think I deserve an extra Saturday in return!
Yesterday was Palm Sunday. Sure didn’t feel like it. We went to Horizon and though we took the Lord’s Supper, I desired to do more. I desired all the whoopla that my old traditional church did over Palm Sunday. I’m really disappointed that Dan & I didn’t get the opportunity to do something to remember/celebrate…….especially doing something involving just the two of us. I personally feel like I’ve missed out on really celebrating this season. Usually it is an special time of reflection, study, rememberance, and celebration for me. But not this year. Easter is next week…..and as werid as it sounds….I’m not ready for it, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.

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Last night ended the nearly week-long birthday celebration. It seems like everynight over the past week I had the opportunity to celebrate my birthday and birthdays of some other peeps. I got to celebrate with my brother, Jarrett, while visiting my family. Then I celebrated with Leslise while having dinner at Bo Brooks with some friends. Dan & I celebrated my birthday by going to play Bingo. And finially, last night we had dinner with Dan’s fam to celebrate Mike’s birthday, as well as mine. Thats a whole lot of dessert…..plus a lot of cool birthday gifts!

I’m so glad the weekend is here. I’m looking forward to relaxing and not having to go anywhere. I really hope I get to stay home and start/finish our spring cleaning. I have also set a goal to finish Journey of Desire this weekend. I’m on the last chapter. I have really, really enjoyed this book. However, Dan says that the next two books are even better……

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