It's been a week of ups and downs. I'm still working on getting a good schedule together and making time for my hobbies. I spent some time organizing my craft area last night. I need to get the homeschool items that I want to sell typed up and posted so that I can clear off my craft table and actually begin scrapbooking for the summer. I also need to get my daughter's quilt top done and begin practicing my hand quilting so that I can finish her quilt for her December birthday. Those are my two 'to-dos' for the rest of May ... make time for the fun stuff!

I had a great experience yesterday. There was an article in our local paper about our local soup kitchen needing donations and we had some money set aside for tithing. We decided to give it to The Daily Bread, but I have to say that it was a bit hard to think about writing that check. We tithed on our stimulus check and I had a goal of paying off the car next month. These checks would have made it possible to get the car paid off, but Jim and I talked and agreed that we need to remember that God asks for our "first fruits." So, I went down to The Daily Bread and gave them the check. Later that afternoon, the money that I had donated came back to us DOUBLED! It was such an affirmation that God does understand our worries and hears our prayers.

Ok, now for the bad news ... I stepped on the scale this morning and have finally gone OVER my "upper limit" ... I am so frustrated! Since switching over to eating gluten-free, I have not tried to balance my carbs and protein, so I believe that is the issue there. I'm going back to that today. The other issue is my lack of exercise, so time to get back to that. I've got a perfectly good treadmill, a membership to a fitness center, running trails at a local park only minutes away and good uphill streets in my neighborhood ... I HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR CONTINUING TO SIT ON MY TUSH! So, I am going to get in two 30-minute sessions each day, one in the morning and one in the evening. Our puppy loves to run around the block and I mean he actually runs the entire thing! So, my evening exercise will be as part of the puppy run  that my husband and kids are doing.

I guess that is all for now ... I'm going to go hop on my treadmill before beginning my day! I hope you make the most of yours!

Blessings on your day ... Kris