Some days I feel like such a complete failure! Why is that? Deep down I know that there is a God who loves me deeply and even gave up His son's life for me. But, most days I feel so undeserving.
God, please help me realize that you make everything glorious, even me!!!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
2011
Well, here I am again. 2011 has come and gone, and these are some of the highlights.
It started off with a family cruise on January 2nd. Family being all my brothers and sisters and their spouses, 24 of us in all. Al and I had never been on a cruise before, what a great time. We got so spoiled with all the great service and Oh My Goodness, all the GOOD FOOD! Wow!!! We went on 2 excursions while on the cruise, one to a Mayan palace in Belize, very cool to see that kind of history. And the 2nd to Sting Ray City,which is a sand bar about 40 minutes off the coast of Grand Cayman where you swim, snorkel or stand with sting rays swimming around you. Very amazing!
Al, Brittany, Taylor and I went on a family trip in March to California to visit Mickey and all the princesses and princes at Disneyland! We had a great drive down to L.A. and spent 8 days there. Four days at Disneyland (so fun, but tiring). One day in Hollywood, we did a Hollywood tour, toured the Kodak theatre, went to see the wax museum and did a Warner Bros. tour. We went to Universal Studios for a day. Did some shopping for a day and had dinner with my nephew Bryan and his wife Lisa. Such a good time, but needed a rest when I got back, getting up with the alarm at 6 every morning is not a holiday for me. And the weather was lousy, we all came back with colds instead of tans.
At the beginning of July myself and my sister-in-law Lyse went to Ontario for my nephew Jonathan, and his now wife Breanna's, wedding! It was such a beautiful wedding. The weather was nice and warm. We stayed at a great hotel and just had a great time reconnecting again with Lyse who lives to far away for my liking.
In the middle of July we as a family went to an extended Wedel family reunion to an R.V. park about 30 minutes past Princeton. It was very good to reconnect with some of dad's family and to meet some new family members.
In August we went to our annual Giesbrecht reunion at Canim Lake. This year it was great to spend some time with Ed, Fran and Gena who also came up for the week.
This year also brought some health issues for me, and after a few appointments with my doctor and a speacialist, I am now on a waiting list for surgery. Hopefully that will happen within the next six months, but for now I am patiently waiting.
God has been working in my life, both physically and spiritually. Physically, perhaps to make me slow down and analyze my life so that He can do some more work to make me better spiritually!
It started off with a family cruise on January 2nd. Family being all my brothers and sisters and their spouses, 24 of us in all. Al and I had never been on a cruise before, what a great time. We got so spoiled with all the great service and Oh My Goodness, all the GOOD FOOD! Wow!!! We went on 2 excursions while on the cruise, one to a Mayan palace in Belize, very cool to see that kind of history. And the 2nd to Sting Ray City,which is a sand bar about 40 minutes off the coast of Grand Cayman where you swim, snorkel or stand with sting rays swimming around you. Very amazing!
Al, Brittany, Taylor and I went on a family trip in March to California to visit Mickey and all the princesses and princes at Disneyland! We had a great drive down to L.A. and spent 8 days there. Four days at Disneyland (so fun, but tiring). One day in Hollywood, we did a Hollywood tour, toured the Kodak theatre, went to see the wax museum and did a Warner Bros. tour. We went to Universal Studios for a day. Did some shopping for a day and had dinner with my nephew Bryan and his wife Lisa. Such a good time, but needed a rest when I got back, getting up with the alarm at 6 every morning is not a holiday for me. And the weather was lousy, we all came back with colds instead of tans.
At the beginning of July myself and my sister-in-law Lyse went to Ontario for my nephew Jonathan, and his now wife Breanna's, wedding! It was such a beautiful wedding. The weather was nice and warm. We stayed at a great hotel and just had a great time reconnecting again with Lyse who lives to far away for my liking.
In the middle of July we as a family went to an extended Wedel family reunion to an R.V. park about 30 minutes past Princeton. It was very good to reconnect with some of dad's family and to meet some new family members.
In August we went to our annual Giesbrecht reunion at Canim Lake. This year it was great to spend some time with Ed, Fran and Gena who also came up for the week.
This year also brought some health issues for me, and after a few appointments with my doctor and a speacialist, I am now on a waiting list for surgery. Hopefully that will happen within the next six months, but for now I am patiently waiting.
God has been working in my life, both physically and spiritually. Physically, perhaps to make me slow down and analyze my life so that He can do some more work to make me better spiritually!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
It has been almost 3 years since I started this blog. It was never meant to be a blog for me to write anything on, just so that I could spy :-) on my nieces. Well, I just might try to do some more writing on here, mainly to journal about the journey that I have been on for the past year.
Let's start with April 9, 2010. I went on my first ever ladies retreat from church. I was quite nervous about going (I am not the sharing, crying, let our your emotions, ask for help and prayer kind of woman - never have been), but with the encouragement of a friend of mine, I went. Well, it really was life changing, yes I shared, yes I cried (a lot, actually it was probably more like sobbing), I let my emotions out, and it felt good. I don't know if I would have been able to do that if there would have been people there that know me really well. I have a hard time with people I know thinking that I am weak if I let my emotions show. I have always been strong, I am 45 and should know who I am, my role in life, my goals, be secure in my spiritual life. I am not that secure in any of those other than I really am 45, know it and feel it, and I am weak in a lot of ways.
Anyway, that weekend I was able to let go of a lot of shame, pain, jealousy and stuff. Thank you to the amazing ladies of NLCC that pray for me and I don't even know it!
That April weekend spurred a big change in mine and my husband's life physically. We both needed to lose weight and were just stuck and not motivated to and did not know how to. Well over the last 9 months we have lost a lot of weight. I have lost 90 pounds, gained back 10 and am probably at my mien weight.
I feel a whole lot better, my knee is sooooo much better, I have no more plantar fascitus (sp?), more energy and a brand new wardrobe :-)
That's all for now. If there is anyone out there that would like me to write more about my journey, please comment.
Let's start with April 9, 2010. I went on my first ever ladies retreat from church. I was quite nervous about going (I am not the sharing, crying, let our your emotions, ask for help and prayer kind of woman - never have been), but with the encouragement of a friend of mine, I went. Well, it really was life changing, yes I shared, yes I cried (a lot, actually it was probably more like sobbing), I let my emotions out, and it felt good. I don't know if I would have been able to do that if there would have been people there that know me really well. I have a hard time with people I know thinking that I am weak if I let my emotions show. I have always been strong, I am 45 and should know who I am, my role in life, my goals, be secure in my spiritual life. I am not that secure in any of those other than I really am 45, know it and feel it, and I am weak in a lot of ways.
Anyway, that weekend I was able to let go of a lot of shame, pain, jealousy and stuff. Thank you to the amazing ladies of NLCC that pray for me and I don't even know it!
That April weekend spurred a big change in mine and my husband's life physically. We both needed to lose weight and were just stuck and not motivated to and did not know how to. Well over the last 9 months we have lost a lot of weight. I have lost 90 pounds, gained back 10 and am probably at my mien weight.
I feel a whole lot better, my knee is sooooo much better, I have no more plantar fascitus (sp?), more energy and a brand new wardrobe :-)
That's all for now. If there is anyone out there that would like me to write more about my journey, please comment.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
First Timer
Hi, I'm a newbie at this and don't know if and when I will continue, but I thought I'd give it a try.
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