Giving Up the Dr.

Because I've done this five times in eight years:

I'm doing this: P90x

and giving up this:

so I can rediscover this:

and buy (and wear without a girdle) my favorite jeans, once again:

I'm a simple girl - exercising for jeans.

wish me luck. I'm going to need it.

my quads are screaming - wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?

;) love, Me

I'm Alive...

These pictures came on a sunny afternoon when all my kids played together - without fighting! I was standing in the kitchen making cookies when this song (I'm Alive) came on. I wish the pictures could capture the fact that the swing was swinging in time to the music and I could almost hear the whisper of heaven telling me that even though it's easy to dwell on the tough times...the things that matter most are always worth it.

First the pictures...as my mom would say, they're signed - "to meredith, love God"

Then the song...in case you haven't heard it. the video's kind of irrelevant.