Monday Musings

As I’ve pondered some ideas this week for my open ended Monday post I reflected that there were certainly enough thoughts to run with but decided to focus on just one.

This topic is near and dear to my heart, one I don’t take lightly, the precious gift of my family.

Family. We all have one and they all look different. 

I’m blessed to have a large circle and they are made up of all kinds of wild and wonderful personalities that make us unique.

The past few weeks have been spent with them in various ways,  from celebrations and gatherings to most recently, family from out of state.

When someone comes in it becomes the perfect reason to plan meals, arrange lunch dates, and even work in some shopping. 

Saturday night it was all at my home. Actually, I host a dinner for my grown kids and grandkids every week but this one included extended fam and my out of town family.

It was loud and full of happy sounds. The kids always seem to take it a notch over as they play and interact with each other.

We ate, we laughed, we told stories. We shared future plans and ideas and caught up.

I just watched them all around the table, each one special in their own way, so precious to me.

Later, when everyone began to make the move to leave, somehow we all gravitated to the kitchen, still talking, not quite willing to end it.

When the last goodbye was said I went about doing all of the tidying up, putting things away, and adding one last dish to the overflowing dishwasher.

Going through those motions reminded me, again, how blessed I am. How sweet my life is with the beautiful people I share it with.

I don’t take any of that for granted. 

As I finished up the last thing I did was transfer the remaining cake to a much smaller plate. My family always appreciates my baked good offerings 😅

A sweet ending to a sweet week.

I’m thankful for the goodness of them all. ❤️ Hold yours close to you.

And that cake? I’ll share the recipe.  It may become one of your new fall favorites 😉

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Sassyfitnesschick

8 years ago I began what I now refer to as my "journey into lifestyle fitness". After a yearly check in with my Dr he said I looked "really good on paper, but I might consider losing a few pounds" I wasn't offended... I knew I needed to but it seemed like to much work at the time. In that year we had adopted 2 girls out of foster care, plus caring for my 3 sons & husband sort of left me on the back burner taking care of "me". I told him I "used to" walk & he encouraged me to at least get back to that. I left his office that day, started, & never quit. As time moved on my walks increased in length & speed. I started mingling some jogging into it...then after more time some short sprints. One day I realized I was doing more running than anything else. I learned to run longer and farther. I constantly challenged myself to do more. I realized I had turned into a runner & was loving it. I have since run 6 half marathons, 2 full marathons, and my first 50K scheduled for March 1,2015. Not bad for a girl who just started off walking not quite 2 miles! My body was now beginning to show the results of my work as weight & inches dropped off. I began to add in boxing & weights on days I wasn't running. Over time as the fat left, my new muscles were waiting underneath =) Obviously, I also made some food changes. Nothing drastic..just started eating less and trying to eat better.. I hated diets and how they made me feel....deprived & left out of all the fun...so adjusting & eating less of what I liked and moving more.. I found myself getting in decent physical shape. It began my thinking of lifestyle and not "dieting". As I got stronger,healthier & more fit it was an easier process to "let go" of some of the foods I had enjoyed. I had more energy, strength and confidence in what I could do. It was empowering. It made me realize that I probably wasn't the only one who wanted to lose weight, be healthy & strong but not always be on some sort of "diet". Maybe my journey & what I had learned & been doing might possibly help others to success in their lives... I consider myself to be rather normal and ordinary ( meaning I haven't always been into fitness and healthy eating) it has been a steady, daily, learned process with good days and bad days and my hope is that you too, will see the greatness in you, and that you have the ability and power to change and do anything you put your mind to. If you want change, you can make it happen. It's just one day at a time, making smart moves and better choices, and before you know it, things are happening. Get started on your journey, really, what do you have to lose ? And yet, so much to gain =)

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