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Monday, 21 January 2008
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No Birthday Cake
There is definitely one MAJOR downfall to fasting this month. Poor Chad doesn't get any birthday cake tomorrow! I told him he could share with me next month...
The fast has been really good in lot's of different ways, but we are SO READY for it to be over!
Monday, 07 January 2008
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Starving My Flesh
Our Pastors called the church to a 30 day fast this month starting last Wednesday. And I thought the 1 week fasts we do once a quarter were bad enough, but 30 DAYS!?!?! They requested that it be a juice only fast, which is what they're doing, but whoah. I'm not gonna lie, I hate fasting. That's right, I'll tell it to your face, but I'm doing it anyway. Not the juice ONLY part, but I am juicin' it up for 2 meals and then doing more of a Daniel type fast in the evening. Doing that is still HARD, but I'm trying not to quit or give up before at least a week has passed
It's good for me...killing my flesh...at least that's what I keep telling myself when all I want to do is shove my hand in a bag of chips or gobble up all of the yummy lunch meat that's in our fridge (I mean IT IS gonna go bad before this is over). The chocolate and candy overflowing in a tray on our kitchen counters? Who cares! I want MEAT!! Am I really a girl passing up chocolate for meat? You bet your filet I am! Try to justify THAT to Jesus! Would I rather choose to eat some meat or chips or candy over having more of God? Of course not, so I trudge on.And over and over this is the conversation I have in my head.
I'm pretty sure He's quite amused by me and that of course makes me smile because after all I am created in His image!The first day was probably the hardest. I think my stomach growled for a good 5 hours at least. I was driving home from work and I saw a big sign for McDonalds - which I haven't eaten at in at least 2 years - and it sounded like the most amazing meal ever...my mouth was watering at the thought! SO I guess I'm sort of glad we're starting the year in doing this because 1) I definitely need to eat healthier (please see above, I was tempted by McObesity on the first day). 2) It's that whole beginning of the year must work out more and lose weight thing too. And lastly, 3) It's always a good thing to consult with God concerning the direction of your life, especially for a new year and of course to just get more of Him. Even though I hate it, there really are no downfalls to fasting when I think about it. I may not get answers to ALL of the things I'm seeking, BUT hey, at the very least I may just come out of it a few pounds lighter and that's NEVER a bad thing!
Join me tonight for 30 minutes on the Gazelle and crunches on the ball.
Wednesday, 02 January 2008
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Longest Blog Ever
Since first signing up I have definitely been slacking in the blog area...sorry 'bout that! So I'll try to get you up to speed on the happenings in the Ziegler household.
The second w eekend of December I decided that I was in the mood to do some baking and was hoping it'd help with my non-Christmas feeling sp irit. So I baked and I baked and I baked. I made chocolate chip cookie dough and put it in the freezer for a later date or unexpected guests, etc. I doubled a peanut butter cookie recipe and put half of that in the freezer and then made peanut butter kisses. I make snickerdoodles, banana bread, chocolate chip coffee cake, regular fudge and a candy bar fudge, white chocolate covered pretzels, oreo balls, and more banana bread. I attempted to make 2 pumpkin rolls and they both became pumpkin blobs as they decided not to remove themselves from my tea towels. My trash can enjoyed them immensely and I tried not to cry in my frustration. However, Chad was there to laugh at me so I got over it and I divided and packaged everything up and gave it all away! I wish I had taken pictures of everything, especially the giant mess I made of powdered sugar - it was everywhere! THANKFULLY I am married to the most amazing man who cleaned it all up...every nook and cranny
I think it must have been Jesus giving me the desire to bake because I gave it all away on Saturday and Sunday and then of course the big ice storm hit and the power went out on Monday. Everyone texted to let me know they were surviving on my goodies...hahaha!
Here are my pics from the ice storm. We lost power for 4 days and "moved" to Chad's parents house where they had a generator hooked up and a fire roaring at all times.
So pretty..
.Old Man Winter
Really Got Us
This is Inca's favorite place to be...what a lazy dog...
It was a tree graveyard everywhere you looked...
Neeless to say, we are all thankful for power and baking.
Chad and I had to work feverishly to get our guest bedroom furniture finished before our first guests, Tate and Chelsea, arrived for Christmas! I was given my great-grandmothers (I think) 1950's bedroom set: full size bed frame, dresser, and vanity. It was a blonde oak. I decided I wanted to black and white crackle it so I painted it all black, my parents moved to Tulsa and the furniture moved to my grandparents grainery. Almost four years later it's still sitting there and still painted black with some additional scratches...and by scratches I mean character. Right? Anyway, we had one week after the storm to complete our tranformation. We worked like dogs painting, sanding, distressing, more painting, crackling in various places, and even more painting finishing with a nice slight sheen of a glaze just in time to move it all in and drive to the airport. I'll have to take some pictures so you can see the final product. We are definitely proud of our hard work and thinks it makes a wonderful addition to our home! Now you really can come and stay with us
We had a wonderful Christmas with our Florida grandparents flying up and Tate Chelsea flying over from Tennessee and grandma Judith driving in from Sentinel. It was very fun to have our first real house guests. And of course Inca enjoyed all of the extra faces and attention and love she received from everyone. We went to a candlelight service and then headed to our house for snacks on Christmas Eve, we watched movies, went bowling, ate, opened gifts, the girls went to the movie and saw P.S.. I Love You (terribly emotional, but great), laughed a lot, told stories, ate some more, played Apples to Apples, Mad Gab, and Cranium, and just had fun!
CK + TC
Sid, Debbie, Chad, Kelsey & Chris Ziegler
Chelsea says that her and Inca are BFF now...Inca doesn't look very convincing.
The Ziegler & Cunningham Clans Unite!
Tate, Chelsea, Grandpa Jim, Grandmother Shirley, Afton, Kelsey, Chad, Grandma Judith, Dad and Mom
And of course the very latest update on the Ziegler life is: the Cunninghams and the Zieglers gathered together for yet another successful meal and yes we ate our blackeyed peas yesterday. Oh, except Afton, she refused and we didn't want to force her and re-live any dinner table gagging excercises. Happy New Year everyone!
Tuesday, 04 December 2007
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Bah-Humbug...sort of
I'm getting ready to leave work, but I thought I'd type in my first blog really quick. I'm sitting here at my desk and the front door to the office is open letting in a smoke scented breeze. No, it's not someone's fireplace, something is on fire (I just heard the sirens). ANYWAY, the point is it's December 4th already and I can't believe, like most people, how fast this year has flown by! I also can't believe how nice the weather has been lately and it just doesn't feel like the Christmas season to me yet. WHERE'S THE SNOW?! Where's the freezing, leaf blowing, tree limb waving, snot nosed, 70 mph below freezing wind?? I want to have a fire in my new fireplace without having to take off all of my clothes and sweating like I'm in a sauna!
I'm okay, I just took a deep breath.
Maybe the lack of feeling towards the Christmas season also has to do with the fact that we have absolutely no Christmas decorations up, and we probably won't unless we borrow one of SIX (yes, all large) trees from my mother-in-law and ugh...that just feels like too much of a hassle ya know? We just bought a house and moved in last month and it feels SO GOOD to be there! Well worth the sacrifice so I have no need to be complaining. Needless to say, that's where we're deciding to pour our money at the moment...decorations for a year instead of a season! So one Christmas without decorations, etc. I can live with, but it's definitely not helping my Christmas spirit.
kelseyziegler
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- Name: Kelsey
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 12/4/2007
