There’s understandably a lot of talk about New Years Resolutions. On my social media, they tend to be in two different varieties. On the one hand are the people who are making resolutions about their health. They are going to a gym, working out, dieting, eating better, etc. http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/47a92385-a9e9-4c27-82c9-e9d994130b2f.jpg On the other hand there are those who already live a pretty healthy life who are annoyed by all the new ‘heathy people’ crowding out their equipment at the gym with their ‘doomed to fail’ resolutions. As I have mentioned before, I lost some weight this past year. About 50lbs, to be exact. So while I was on vacation visiting my parents and in-laws, I got a lot of this: “wow, you look amazing, what did you do?” “Holy crap, you’re tiny. Good for you. How’d you do it?” or my personal (un)favorite “Holy! Where did your boobs go?!” For the record, I did not work that hard all year for the majority of people to point out first the drastic change in my bust line. That being said, almost everyone wants to know my ‘secret’. How did I do it? What can they do for the same results. And they are almost always annoyed by my answer, “I eat less. And I run and work out. Mostly, I eat less”. Then they always ask “Well, what do you eat?” “Less. I eat less. I didn’t cut one thing out or switch to shakes or start a program or take a…
No one had ever asked me to be a bridesmaid before and well, that seems like a sad testament to me at 30 years old that I don’t seem like bridesmaid material. I was starting to wonder what kind of friend I am that I’ve never been included in someones big day. BUT all was not lost because this past weekend, I was a bridesmaid. And because I like to delight (bore) you with fascinating (lame) lessons that I learn when doing things other people don’t find that interesting, I give you what I learned as a bridesmaid: 1. Strapless dresses don’t stay put. I have never in my life worn something strapless before, but my bridesmaid dress was. It was very pretty and I am grateful for the good taste of the bride, but I spent most of the night, along with the other bridesmaids, hiking it up. Why does it look so natural in movies? 2. If someone locks your keys in your car on a hot day with the bouquet inside an hour before the wedding when you and all the bridesmaids and bride are still 30 minutes away from the ceremony location….. eventually you will find a tow company who will feel sorry enough for you to come right away to unlock you. 3. Next time you panic because your automatic car doesn’t seem to be shifting properly, check what gear you put it in. L is apparently not the same as D. 4. Being a bridesmaid is expensive, time consuming, stressful, nerve-wracking…. and totally worth it. Being a part of someones day is a great feeling. The bride was beautiful and the…
A friend posted something on facebook this week calling out a pop-celebrity for her lack of positive influence in the lives of young girls. When I agreed, he encouraged me to dedicate much blog space to calling her out too. But, as I stated before, I don’t write to argue or call down others, and I only tell my own stories. But that doesn’t mean I can’t point out something different, but the same. Which brings me to the story I’ve promised myself I would write for almost 2 months now but couldn’t bring myself to type. About the Loops for Troops Run in Calgary on Father’s Day. And the story starts at a weird beginning, in 2007 when I was 5 months pregnant and Dh was heading out on deployment again. Knowing that Dh has a strong faith, as he was preparing to leave on his last tour his OC asked him if he would take on a very different job than that normally required of an armoured crewman. They would be spending this tour living away from the main base outside the wire and because of this, there would be no padre serving alongside them. His OC wanted to know if Dh would be willing to stand in and lead a memorial service if, heaven forbid, one became necessary during the tour. Dh agreed. This was his 3rd time to Afghanistan and he wasn’t going to pretend the reality wasn’t there. He spent some time talking with our Pastor before he left and tried to prepare as best he could while praying it would not be needed. But less than a month into the deployment, it was. Cpl. Nathan Hornburg…
