P90X

I have become a P90Xer. I had watched the infomercials and the workout program peaked my interest. So one day two weeks ago I got on Ebay and ordered it. I got the complete (13 dvd system, nutrition guides, and calendar) for $75! P90X is a ninety day workout plan that has you doing a different workout every day, core, cardio, yoga, kenpo (boxing), legs, arms, everything. I started last Monday and let me tell you, there are muscles hurting I didn't even know existed. Muscles in my neck were hurting! I'm not so sure how I feel about that. I don't need a big, muscular, manly neck, but hopefully that won't happen. So far I really like it. I mean, I hate doing it and it takes some internal motivation to put the dvds in, but once I get started and afterward I'm very glad I did it. With P90X you get to do all sorts of different workouts. Kickboxing, yoga, everything. It keeps things interesting and fun. It's going to be a long ninety days, but I hope at the end of it all I'm a stronger, healthier person (and I would like to do one real pull up).

It comes with a nutrition guide with a very specific diet that I can't follow. I just don't eat that kind of stuff so instead I'm just trying to eat better. I say this as tonight I had McDonalds for dinner :), but that's the first fast food I've had in TWO WEEKS! That's really good for me.

I only have 78 days left!

New Additions to the Family

Maddy and Bella

A couple of weeks ago Travis and his dad went to do some work at the deer woods and on their way home they found to little puppies that had been abandoned on the side of the road. They of course picked them up and brought them home. They were covered in fleas and ticks and needed food. We gave them baths and got them some real puppy food. They had apparently been eating corn that had been put out for the deer. They are the cutest little things, both girls, seem to be a mix of lab. It seems that Travis's parents have decided to keep them both!!! I had been wanting another puppy, and just couldn't seem to convince Travis. So I'll take these two for now, and help his parents with them.

Trip to Orlando

My aunt had to go to Orlando for a work conference and I decided to go along to take advantage of the wonderful hotel her work was paying for, to keep her company, and to take advantage of the sunny, warm weather (Little Rock has turned into Seattle #2). We stayed a wonderful hotel, the Royal Pacific, one of Universal's resorts, so we were right by the two Universal parks and Citywalk (restaurants and shopping). We took the first full day in town to go to both of Universal's parks, which neither of us had ever been to, I spent some time at the pool while she was at the conference, we at a lot of really good food (including room service at midnight which my aunt could not believe she was doing), and we even made time to make it to the Magic Kingdom (you can't go to Orlando and not visit a Disney park). We had a lot of fun getting away and just hanging out.

A must see...

Last year when Travis and I were meeting with preachers to marry us, we were told we had to see Fireproof. With planning the wedding we didn't get around to it, but it was always in the back of my mind that we needed to watch this movie. I got it and watched it while Travis was on a roadtrip and decided it was something we had to watch together. It's a movie that reminds you not to take each other for granted. It reminds you that being in a marriage is something that you need to continually work on. We continue to grow as individuals, and in order to continue to have a strong, healthy relationship you need to remember to learn and care about how your partner has grown.
I highly recommend this movie to everyone. Share it with your parents, aunts, sisters, friends. It's a wonderful resource that just reminds us how important it is to work on our relationships every day, don't take anyone, or anything, for granted.

"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it."

Thoughts and Prayers Please

On Sept. 2 a four-year-old boy, Lucas Holko, was hit in the head with a foul ball at a minor league baseball game. He currently remains in a hospital in Akron, OH in a medically induced coma while they wait for the swelling of his brain to go down and they determine their next course of action. This young boy and his family need our thoughts and prayers. You can visit the website his family has set up(http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lucasholko), leave your well wishes, stay up to date on his progress and make donations to help with his families expenses. Please keep Lucas and his family in your thoughts and prayers, he has a long road to recovery.

So Lucky

As I was running by the river today in downtown Louisville, I was reminded how lucky I am that we live this lifestyle. A lifestyle where we get to live all over the country, and see some amazing, beautiful cities.
Being a Saturday there were lots of families out, playing baseball, flying kites, walking their dogs, having picnics, young couples cuddled up on blankets under trees, elderly couples that had to hold on to each other to be able to walk down the sidewalks. This crazy, hectic life has placed me in such a beautiful city. Now, I must admit, Knightdale, NC was not by any stretch of the imagination glamorous, but I really enjoy Louisville. It's clean, seems pretty safe, and we're right by the river which is gorgeous. I know that I take this life for granted sometimes, but not today. I was reminded how lucky I am. Though it is incredibly stressful, hectic, and can change at any minute, I am so thankful to be here and to see what the future holds.

*I promise to get some pictures of the river and the area before we go.

My Bucket List

"Life's too short not to live it to the fullest."

These are things I want to do before I die, in no particular order.

• Visit all 50 states and Washington, DC. I've visited 23, only 27 and DC left. Along with this comes visiting specific cities, monuments, etc. but I'll just leave those off or this list would be waaaay too long.
• Ride in a hot air balloon
• Go parasailing
• Run a marathon (I will do this within the next year or so)
• Visit: Venice, Paris, Japan, China, Greece, Bermuda, Tahiti, and oh so many more.
• Ride in a helicopter
• Go on an African safari
• Do charity work with a women's/children's shelter
• Have something published-article or book-maybe both
• Snow ski
• Ride on a dog sled
• Snow mobile
• Go to the Super Bowl
• Go to the World Series
• Attend the Olympics
• Go zip lining
• Swim with dolphins
• Own a beach house
• Learn to golf
• Take a self defense class
• Take up yoga
• I want to drastically change someones life for the better
• Take an Amtrak train somewhere for vacation
• Go on a cruise with lots of friends and family
• Have a BIG birthday party
• Take an RV all over the country
• Hold a monkey
• See a whale in the wild

*I didn't include having children, or things having to do with children because I think that would require a whole other list all together.

There are so many other things I'm sure I would love to do, but I just haven't thought of them yet or they slipped my mind at the moment.