i am going to put this in writing, because if i don't i know you won't believe it..........................

i have to put this in writing, so you will believe it. i am now jogging. yes, don't fall off your chair, i am jogging. it hurts like ************, but i am doing it. i have been, slogging, as one of my teacher friends calls it, for a month. since we got back from christmas vacation, i have lost 12 pounds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am also a member of weight watchers on line. it is really working for me, since i never know when david is going to be home. you may ask what lead to this insanity. well, there are many reasons. one we are going to disney world this summer. it is so humid there, carry an extra 40 pounds around doesn't sound appealing to me. and i am tired of huritng when i get out of bed in the morning. no i don't need a new bed, just a new body. and i am just tired of being so tired all of the time.

i also have a lot of extra time on my hands during the weekend, so i have taken up this activity as a hobby. well, ok, so it is not your typical hobby, but the benefits are great. i feel so good when i am doing it. it's afterward that i hurt. i have my ipod, with my favorite music, and i just go. we don't have church on sunday nights, so i jog both sat. and sun.

at first i walked more than i jogged, but now it is almost even. i have a track about two miles around my neighborhood. the girls go with me on their bikes and scooters. i think i wore bekah out today.

sorry for the delay, i had to take care of some personal buiness!!! anyway, i was just wondering, have you ever been cold and just put on the most perfect pj's. well i just did. they are like little tiny messaging fingers all over your body. they just feel so good and comfy. and then you sit on the couch to type on your computer and you cover up with the most perfect blanket. now that's awesome.

well hannah and bekah are doing great. hannah has really adjusted to the larger school. her grades are now back up to where they really should be. i am so proud of her. bekah is doing great. she is making great grades.

hannah will be playing spring volleyball. she also signed up for her electives for middle school this week. wow!!!!!!!!! where had the time gone. she is going to do pre-ap LAR language arts. she is also going to play in the orchestra for her elective. she wants to play the violin.

in fifth grade many of the districts in the state of texas, have the students lean the recorder. well she loves it and willingly practices it everyday. on her own. so she decided she wants her elective to be orchestra. i told her once she starts something, she can not quit.

i don't want her to get into that habit. but she is excited and so am i. they both had a sleep over this weekend. i am so exited that the have made friends.

we are now going to a new church. i just couldn't settle in at the other place. so we are now going to faith fellowship in mckinney texas. david got to go with me last sunday, and he loved it. we had a church potluck dinner, and actually spread picnic blankets on the church floor and sat and ate. we had soooooooooo much fun. we were there until 2.

the first sunday we were there i had more real conversations, than the whole 4 months we were at the other place. david already had an invitation to go golfing with some of the men. we went on a wednesday night and they just did an open discussion bible study. there were about 20 adults there. it was so good. there was a man there that i could have listened to all night. he reminded me of andy d. so full of Godly wisdom.

i met a woman there, she said after our conversation, she felt like she has known me her whole life. that was nice. i am ready to start building relationships again. i feel like God had placed me in just the right place.

the praise and worship was amazing. after one sunday, i actually found myself at the alter. i could have stayed there all day. the girls love the children's church. bekah helped with puppets the first sunday we were there.

they have family night planned once a month. next friday we are going to watch fireproof and play games. i am excited. it sounds like fun.

well i have talked your ear off. and i am ready to stop typing. i miss you all and hope you are having a great weekend.

ttfn......................
kimmie

OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN..................

I HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING NEWS. DAVID IS GOING TO SCHOOL TO ON FEBRUARY 20TH TO GET CAPTAIN QUALIFIED. IS THAT AWESOME OR WHAT????????

I AM SO EXCITED FOR HIM. HE WILL GO TO SCHOOL HERE IS DALLAS FOR ONE WEEK AND THEN HE WILL BE TYPE RATED AS CAPTIAN OF THE THREE CITATIONS HIS COMPANY OWNS. THAT IS SO COOL. I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. DID I SAY THAT ALREADY?

ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE OWNERS OF THE COMPANY ASKED THEIR CHIEF PILOT WHEN IS DAVID GOING TO START FLYING AS CAPTAIN? MY DAVID'S BOSS CALL THIS WEEK TO TELL HIM THAT HE WOULD BE GOING TO SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY.


anyway...... i just wanted to share my good news with my blogging peeps.

congrats sky king!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Is My Latest Project......................

this is in the girls loft. we went to stein mart to get the frames and then to kirklands to get the words. when i was in kirklands, i noticed they have another red one. i may end up getting that one and placing it on the opposite wall. who knows. i am sorry you can't see the words on the frames, they are wonderful. the red one sayes, other things may change us, but we start and end with family. the green one sayes, it is not the home i love, but the life that is lived here. the black one sayes, it does not count the number of breathes we take, but the moments that take away our breath. the framed black art sayes, family..... a journey to forever. as i am looking at the framed family, i am noticing it needs to come down and over a bit. it looks a little off kilter. what do you think? let me know.
this is my new stair case wall. i don't think the pictures do it justice!!!! i was very proud of the work i did, picking out the shapes fo the frames and the pictures to go in them. jw did sich an awesome job. i highly recommend her.



i have to say the more i am in this house, the more i love it. i am incredibly blessed.

ttfn................

AND So Life Goes On.......................

we had a great Christmas with mine and david's family. one of my nieces got married and i was asked to speak. what an honor that was!!! i wish the best for them. ahhh to be young and in love. is a little different than being old and in love.

i got to visit with my best friend from high school. that was cool, even though it was under a sad circumstance. it was nice to sit in her childhood house where she grew up and we spent many an hour daydreaming about the men we would marry and the lives that we would have. i bet we visited for 4 hours. just catching up with each other. she looks just the same.

the time went by so fast on christmas break. we got back home on thursday, by the way, happy new year. i got a new garmen. it took me another way back home, and believe it or not, it was about 30 minutes faster. so that was nice.

i have to admit when i got home, it was so nice to be back in my house, my bed, and surrounded by my belonging. but i have to admit i sure delt with loneliness. you see david left christmas night and did not get back until 9 sunday night before we went back to school. i am so excited for his career, howeever, i do feel like i suffer the consequesnces. the loneliness gets tough at times.

the loneliness i am experiencing isn't a sad depressing loneliness, its the hollow left in the soul type. i am so thankful that i have my girls. i truly do not know what i would do with out them.

we are still in the process of looking for a church. that is not a fun process. this sunday we are going to a church that sister d recommended. however i know God will be faithful and we will find a church.

when we got home, i printed off some of the pictures that jw had taken and filled up my staircase wall with a collage of pictures. it looks so great. i bought frames 1/2 off at hobby lobby. i bought ovals, large and small; and rectangles and squares large and small. IT LOOKS SOOOOOO GOOD. i am rather proud of it myself. i will post a picture soon.

david is off this weekend. it is so nice to have him here. we went out with b&g last night and this other couple. boy was it good to be with other adults!!!!!!! we had so much fun.

well taks is getting closer. so that sure is my focus now. well i don't know much else. so ........

ttfn........................