My life has been very wacky lately. I don't like change which is why I haven't really done anything in the past few years to try and get ahead. I've always let the negative things keep me down. Usually it comes down to having limited funds but as of recently, I've been sort of really trying to ignore that huge fact. I mean....maybe God didn't want me to do things differently in times past?? I dunno but I've really been trying to get this little business idea off the ground. I've gotten my tax ID number to sell items in the state of CA. I went to an auction yesterday where I was able to buy 3 very large white marine style coolers that I desperately needed to be able to move forward with my venture. I also paid for and attended a Food Handlers class to get a certification for handling food. It was originally $190 for this certificate but I was able to find it on a Saturday AND in Spanish for $114. I'm not sure if I passed the exam and won't know for 3-4 weeks but I am about 95% certain that I passed it. It was extra hard because it was in Spanish. I am fluent in Spanish BUT some of the words they used very not in MY spanish vocabulary. We had 2 hours to take this test and when I opened it up the very first question was about 3 senteces long and I was petrified because I was not clear on what they were asking. I felt my blood pressure instantly creep up and I started sweating! I believe this is where I closed my eyes and said another little prayer...I proceeded THEN I noticed there was a right column and it was translated to ENGLISH!! That same question was ONE sentence long in English! The relief was overwhelming! I can't do ANYTHING if I don't get this certification and I need to get it ASAP so I could not afford to wait 3-4 weeks to be notified that I flunked it THEN reschedule it and wait another 3-4 weeks to get the certification.....geez now I'm really praying I passed it! I am pretty sure I did like I said. I was the first one to finish.
Anyway, this is the stage that I am at in my life as of today. Last week I knew it was going to be too stressfull and didn't start my liquid diet. My mind is not right in that area and I know I need to get it right but I have too many things going on up in my little brain. Strategizing on my next step...which I think for now will be gathering more necessary supplies. God Bless.
I'm back! I've been away for a while and of course that means I was naughty with my eating. I'm back on though and can't wait to continue my weight loss journey. A journey it is....and a hard one at that. I've been working on getting organized at home all weekend since being back from a little vacation we took. This year I actually had vacation time and we went camping to Lake San Antonio by Paso Robles. It was totally relaxing and we had such a great time. Especially the kids! I had bought a 3 burner heavy duty camping stove and I am SO glad I did. It came in really handy. I bought it for my up and coming business but thought I'd try it out camping. It worked like a charm.
I've been thinking about my business a lot and how I REALLY want to get it off the ground but lack of funds is really holding me back. It's going to take aT LEAST $3000more dollars to be confident in what I'm doing. God has really blessed me already and I know He will continue to help me!! Let me tell you that He blessed me with a F R E E generator (portable gasoline powered electric output machine). Yep it's true! This was going to be one of my more major expense at roughly $500 for a high powered one and I got it free. My husband was at the chiropractor, I was early from picking him up so I stoped off at a yard sale and right next door I see this guy setting stuff outside the curb, I spotted what I *thought was a generator but thought "Naw, now way"...I walked over, asked him if it was a generator, he said "yes and it works". He said "take it it's FREE". WHAT!!!??? My husband called me and said he was ready and I told him what was going on, he was only around the corner and I told him I was trying to load it onto the van but it was heavy. He walked over and we put it in. Yesterday he tested it and it runs! I mean you can't tell me there is no God. WHAT ARE THE ODDS??? If He doesn't want something to happen it won't happen. The quality of life on this earth is dependant upon your obedience to Him. I already know I'm going to heaven when I die but I want to make my life on this earth a bit more pleasant.
I was sitting in church yesterday.....and as the preacher was preaching....I thought....wow...we are so not being faithful to Him. He's so faithful to us and we just disregard it. TV has been a MAJOR distraction in my house for the past few months. Last night my husband said NO TV...and I was really struggling with it. It's like an addiction in a sense. That TV does need to be off! We need to study more...we need more focus in our lives. I am confident that if that TV stays off, we'll be able to get so much more accomplished.
My small kids do need some "duh" time as I call it..only for 1 hour a day though! So I am putting up their small TV in their room so they can watch TV in there and the rest of us don't get distracted. Wow...sorry this post is totally scattered all of the place. I'm getting to a good place though I promise. God Bless.
