SONGS IN MY HEAD.

i had a dream last night and woke up with a hymn in my head. oh great, now i can't remember. dangit. it was an older hymn. shoooooot. i lost it.

 

but.

 

that soon gave way to this song: bless the lord, oh my soul, o-o-oh my soul, worship His holy name. seems like never before, oh my soul, worship His holy name.

 

 

and now i have THIS song in my head: like sunlight burning at midnight, making my life something so beautiful, beautiful.

 

 

apparently it's a jesus sort of a day, as it should be. which is nice, because i could use some fortification at work today. i have a co-worker that i've always been close with, but lately it seems like i'm walking on eggshells around her.

 

so now i can fortify myself with a good, strong message - i can boss my soul around - bless the lord, oh my soul! knock off the negative speak and focus!

 

 

in other words, hallie continues to be the cutest little tumbler i ever did see!

 

 

 

 

AND THE FRONT PASS TOO.

apparently rolling forward is much easier than backwards. duh.

 

so here is her front pass. they do the back pass first and then start over and do the front pass. thank goodness she had a good front pass.

 

 

 

i love this girl so much. she kept saluting the wrong way. i told it was okay, that she was just saluting her mommy ;)

 

i am so grateful for the weekend. we have plans with a long-lost friend and her kiddos tonight. just a play date and visiting and i can't wait. it's funny how it's so easy to lose touch with friends as we get older.

 

i have my favorites (i'm looking at you, sarah) that i will never lose touch with, never ever. it just gets harder as life gets in the way. the best ones are those that we can pick up again, even if we've gone months with no calls or emails.

 

plus, who else will send me emails like this:

"It's Thursday. I have 1.2 million things to do at work. And a haircut appointment. And it's spin class night. And trivia. #whitegirlproblems."

 

she slays me. (i've never actually said "slays" in real life, but it seems acceptable in writing. yes?) 

 

that's it. have a wonderful weekend!

IN CASE YOU WERE CURIOUS.

my class last night went just fine, thank you very much. it is a blended class, so there are seven times we meet (only six now - yippee!) and the rest is online.

 

my course is gender communication which i think will be facinating. i'm actually really excited about it. my masters will be in communication, btw. i am only four classes in, so 7 more to go.

 

blech.

 

i just keep thinking that this is a good thing. it's stretching me and will give me opportunities later on. it's also stretching my wallet though and that stresses me out.

 

but that's okay.

 

also, here is a video of miss hallie mason doing her back pass at the tumbling meet last week. you will see why we held our breath the whole time. and if you're like me, you're silently puuuuushing her over in your head. she likes to keep us on the edge of her seat, that girl.

 

 

BACK ON TRACK. BACK TO REAL LIFE.

alrighty, then!

here we are, back on track. toot toot!

the flu took us down, but it certainly didn't take us out. thank you to everyone who called/emailed/texted/commented/prayed. i love you!

it was a rough week, but by golly, we are going to make the most of out of the rest of january. i have big plans - HUGE! they involve lots of hand sanitizer, washing and vitaimins! woo-to-the-hoo!

i do feel the need to salvage january. get back on track health wise. get back to meal planning, exercising and our regular life! i miss church! i miss planned meals! i miss not feeling bloated all the time.

so, let me think about this. it sounds like i'm about to make some resolutions and maybe i am.

1. have more fun

2. get buff...er. i lost weight, now it's time to get some muscles.

does that sound...comprehensive? because i think it does.

#1 directly relates to dave. his resolution for me was to BE MORE FUN, but he doesn't get to pick, so i changed to to HAVE MORE FUN.

case in point: last night. dave had just gotten out of the shower and i went in to wash my face and brush my teeth. i wasn't quiet at ALL, but swung the door open, and jumped in and scared the CRAP out of him. and he laughed his butt off.

had he done that to me, i would have been super grouchy. because that's my first reaction. be mean, so he doesn't do it again! right?

no more! i will let him give me heart attacks and pee my pants and laugh about it! an all new keri!

#2 just means that i have an awesome new workout dvd set that i'm pumped up about (get it? ha).

so that's it!

i didn't mean to set resolutions, but there they are.

 

*pictures above of henry (duh) and hallie's tumbling meet in mahomet, which included an uncomfortable nap in the car, supper at panera and a seventh place victory!