tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369145702012-02-17T13:22:22.404-06:00~a new leaf~go head.
turn one over.glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.comBlogger1681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-51314599298249461412012-02-17T08:28:00.005-06:002012-02-17T08:30:31.342-06:00::tipping my hat to "real foods"::Okay, so there is a huge movement out there encouraging us to eat more "real" or "clean" foods. Being someone who does not usually cook out of a box, I am in agreement with this type of eating. We do have plenty of processed foods in our house, and most of those items are things like cereals, granola bars, and crackers. Snacky food. I want to reduce the amounts of those things in my pantry glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-27739829055109790542012-02-15T09:51:00.002-06:002012-02-15T09:51:21.200-06:00::weightloss wednesday::I've had a really busy week, so it will be just a quick word today. Perhaps I'll have some time late today to do a proper post, but for now...another confession.
I went to the gym early this morning because I knew my day would be too busy to get my workout in at any other time. When I say early, I mean 7ish. Which isn't early for most people.
But it is for me.
Especially since I haven't glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-37086192564908465842012-02-08T08:39:00.000-06:002012-02-08T08:39:49.939-06:00::weightloss wednesday::Treadmill-1, Glenna-0
Last Saturday was a day I will not soon forget. Except...there are parts I did forget. And the only reason I am writing about it is so that I can learn to laugh at myself, which makes it a teeny tiny bit less embarrassing.
Well......not really.
I went to the gym for a workout, and I was planning on a long run. I have gotten to where I enjoy running intervals. Everyglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-70747752618567704152012-02-01T04:30:00.000-06:002012-02-01T04:30:03.216-06:00::weightloss wednesday::Thought I would just share a little reminder that it's okay to take a break every now and then. I'm preaching to the choir, here.
Sometimes the mental struggle to stop enslaving myself to food is merely abated by a different form of enslavement.
As I wrote in my journal this morning:
Slavery to the gym or my calorie-counter is not a whole lot better than slavery to food.
LORD, be my glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-87916036909757406612012-01-25T05:00:00.000-06:002012-01-25T09:42:59.801-06:00::weightloss wednesday::There is nothing in the gym that frightens me quite as much as this machine:
Lady, you are smiling way too much. I cannot walk, breathe, cough, or talk after doing only five measely crunches on this thing. It is impossible for me! I was certain I had broken a rib after my first encounter with this torture device. I MUST be doing it wrong, right?! I tried again a couple of weeks later after Iglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-51116609349662196112012-01-24T15:58:00.000-06:002012-02-02T13:01:53.687-06:00::almond milk peanut butter smoothie::I tried almond milk today. The unsweetened plain kind, no less.
And I really liked it!
Less calories and carbs than milk. More calcium than milk.
I made a smoothie with it and added some peanut butter (just a half Tbsp) and some Truvia. Topped it with a dab of light cool whip and some crushed peanuts. Yum. About 200 calories, 15 net carbs, and about 6 grams of protein.
Just thought glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-87617203751299957162012-01-22T21:48:00.002-06:002012-01-22T21:48:55.837-06:00:'fessing up::First, I skipped out on the gym this weekend.
I was busy, and since I have to go when my husband can keep my son (the gym doesn't have childcare on the weekends), my time was limited to begin with. Usually I can get a quick workout in on Saturdays, but it didn't happen.
Now, normally that wouldn't be such a big deal, but with a birthday party, church potluck, and a general lack of self-controlglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-9189346324153246742012-01-20T06:00:00.000-06:002012-01-20T08:20:41.306-06:00::earring holder::I've been in search of a jewelry holder--specifically for earrings and necklaces since that's all I wear--for quite a while. This has been my set-up for um....years. Yep. Years. Unorganized chaos.
There's so much good stuff on Pinterest when it comes to jewelry organization!
Here are some of the things I considered:
The jewelry cakestand
the earrings on a framed wire (we're getting glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-49886406048666428852012-01-19T07:00:00.000-06:002012-01-19T07:00:00.221-06:00::israeli spice chicken::I have really been in a cooking rut. Cooking healthfully can feel boring at times. I mean, how many baked chicken breasts or plates of salad can I eat before losing my mind?!
So earlier this week I was flipping through a Rachael.Ray cook book looking for inspiration. I landed on this recipe (which also appears on the FN website).
(photo from FoodNetwork.com)
My husband loves glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-41587130252908527242012-01-18T15:13:00.002-06:002012-01-18T15:35:36.758-06:00::weightloss wednesday::Maybe I'm starting something I can't finish, but how about a post on weightloss on Wednesdays?
::finishing strong::
Today was kind of a blah day at the gym. I had what felt like zero energy. I was just putting in my time, burning my minimum number of calories (I do not like to leave the gym with less than a 400 calorie burn. Optimally, I like to hit around 700 a day, with around 900 calories glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-10731793533119206442012-01-16T16:16:00.000-06:002012-01-16T16:16:24.986-06:00::burlap heart::I have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to front door wreaths. I'm a sucker for them. I've only made two in my whole life ever, but I have all these aspirations to make a whole bunch and change them out often. The first one I made looks like this:
I'm not completely satisfied. I'd like to add some fabric rosettes at some point. :)
So of course, when I saw this Valentine's burlap glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-47270747654325852482012-01-12T11:04:00.001-06:002012-01-12T11:07:41.695-06:00::pinning::A break from the weight loss posts....
Are you as addicted to Pinterest as I am? :)
I have lots of healthy recipes I've pinned that I will share in the future, but for now, I wanted to share a Pinterest influenced decor idea.
When my son was born, my photographer sister took this picture.
At Christmas of 2010 (yes...a YEAR ago!) she gave me a large print of the photo. It was mounted on glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-25655479304715971732012-01-11T18:18:00.000-06:002012-01-11T18:18:00.197-06:00::a tale of two women::When I visited my dietician for the first time, she looked through two weeks worth of food logging and made the observation that I wasn't eating enough fruits and vegetables. Usually this isn't a problem for me, but I had gotten in a rut of eating more processed foods than normal.
She shared some valuable information that, when you think about it, makes perfect sense. She told a story of two glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-85289513753583463872012-01-04T16:10:00.001-06:002012-01-04T16:16:21.869-06:00::2012--the year in which my resolutions don't include weight loss::I unashamedly love the first of the year. It gives me a feeling similar to opening up the first page in a new journal. A fresh start.
As a 30 year old woman, I am absolutely THRILLED to share that my list of resolutions don't actually include weightloss! For the first time in my adult life--so I'd say at least the past 8 consecutive years. Even when I was a teenager, however, I was slightly glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-47156058835443492172011-06-06T17:31:00.003-05:002011-06-07T05:52:02.277-05:00::run away::Right now my toes are covered in blisters.
But I am sorta proud of those blisters because they are proof positive that I am a runner.
(They also might be proof that my shoes beloved Asics are rubbing in the wrong places. Hmm.)
I have been running almost daily for the past two-and-a-half months. Now, I've done some running in my life. I ran a lot in college, and a little after college, then glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-56063390764553397432011-05-18T09:45:00.000-05:002011-05-18T09:45:19.865-05:00::a sewing project even I can do::I've had the tutorial for a book sling bookmarked for nearly a year, I think, and I finally decided to get over my fear of sewing and give it a try. I do not sew well at all. I barely know how to turn on my sewing machine. My seams are crooked, I don't understand the sewing lingo, patterns make me break out in a cold sweat, and almost every project I've attempted has had the result of making glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-82235484077555265292011-04-07T19:15:00.002-05:002011-04-07T19:15:57.952-05:00::GIVEAWAY::We're doing a giveaway on our family blog. Come join us! A winner will be chosen May 1st.glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-34715982658916079672011-02-19T15:12:00.001-06:002011-02-19T15:13:41.479-06:00::fail::(I found this list amidst a stack of papers this morning.)
Okay, so maybe it was a lofty list of goals....
but, I think it still says a lot about me. :-/glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-15777674752295402542011-02-18T17:01:00.001-06:002011-02-18T17:04:01.600-06:00::family memory::I recently took my friend Susan's idea and made a game of Memory for a family at church. This family is about to take off to China to bring home their two year old daughter. When I read Susan's post a few weeks ago, I bookmarked it for this very purpose. Now, I have to say that Susan's game looks much better than mine turned out, but I should confess that I gave myself less than 24 hours to glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-55712642627283189062011-02-09T08:00:00.001-06:002011-02-09T08:00:07.502-06:00::my first PW recipe::I don't know if you've ever looked at Ree Drummond's blog, but a few scrolls through her recipe index will make you so hungry that you will run out and buy ingredients to make one of her dishes.
I printed the recipe for her Asian Noodle Salad months ago, but never got around to trying it. It doesn't have any meat in it which pretty much takes it off the meal rotation for my husband. However, glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-19226246695251379142011-02-08T14:47:00.000-06:002011-02-08T14:47:22.734-06:00::thank you notes::Remember my post on thank you notes?
We were blessed many thoughtful Christmas gifts from our church family. I wanted to do something different, so I whipped out the scrapbooking paper, some twine (see next post for another use for this same twine!), and a glue stick.
They were fun to make. :)
Seriously, a book of scrapbook paper is worth buying to use for cards, room decor, Christmas glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-31761380771047770232011-01-04T09:30:00.000-06:002011-01-04T09:33:20.205-06:00::top five::My friend Camille recently posted five of her favorite things from 2010. To jump start my lazy blog here for 2011, I thought I'd follow suit.
In no particular order...
1.) ROMANS! Oh, how I have loved this book. My husband has been preaching through it for the past, oh...six months or so. It has been such an encouragement and tool of humility in my life recently. I love that you can glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-10296350517936401922010-11-23T13:53:00.000-06:002010-11-24T08:13:49.919-06:00::thankful heart::I'm sitting on my front porch steps, enjoying the rare warmth of a sun we haven't seen in several days. My son is happily playing in a pile of leaves and pine needles, occasionally stopping to sit next to me and gaze at the laptop screen. And then he's off. Playing in the leaves is much so more appealing.
My Christmas decorations are up. I just finished putting up my two measly strands of glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-24054070948946934702010-11-18T20:23:00.000-06:002010-11-18T20:40:05.773-06:00::making our house our home::I really love living in an old house. I love the high ceilings, the original wood floors, the wide trim work and door facings. I even love the drafty feeling on the coldest days of winter. I love the character of the original floor plan and the strangeness of additions added over the years.
My husband and I lived in an old house when we first got married. It was a tiny 1200 sq. ft. bungalow glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-84382051867149797252010-11-16T13:29:00.000-06:002010-11-16T13:29:45.701-06:00::cold, rainy days::How to entertain a two year old on days like today when playing outside isn't an option???
First, we built a fort. Or, I built a fort. Then he tore it down before I could even snap a picture of him playing in it. Apparently I need his daddy to help him learn how to play in the fort....it's a man thing, right?
After the five seconds it took to build and destroy the fort, I pulled out a glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-50284815779080245802010-11-09T11:12:00.000-06:002010-11-09T11:12:42.394-06:00::paper wreath::Of all the crafty stuff I've done (and that's not much), this is by far my favorite.
I got the instructions HERE.
Special thanks to my thoughtful husband for snagging a very old hymnal on a recent trip out of town just because he knew I was looking for something to use for this project.
Hat tip: Sarahglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-18927249395881236322010-10-27T11:03:00.000-05:002010-10-27T11:03:33.183-05:00::table talk::Yesterday I was complaining to a friend about my dining room table. I was explaining why I feel so embarrassed to invite anyone over to dinner. The leaf in the table (which is necessary given its small size) will not stay together, so the seams keep opening up; I am forever pushing the table back together. The surface was damaged by rain during a move several years ago and is covered in glassglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-57890721920729486102010-10-04T15:21:00.000-05:002010-10-04T15:26:09.040-05:00::hello mornings::There is a part of me that wants so badly to be a morning person.
Oh, to just naturally leap from bed in the morning, fully awake and ready to tackle the day. To never even contemplate hitting the snooze button, to have my eyes automatically pop open at 6 a.m. What must that be like??? Does anyone actually feel that way besides my mother? My mom routinely rises around 5:30 every morning for glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-90691797914447263232010-09-02T14:38:00.000-05:002010-09-02T14:52:00.482-05:00::thank you notes: outmoded? outdated? or outrageous?::I was flipping through the most recent issue of Southern Living magazine when I happened upon an article about making a thank-you note more personal. There were five steps for a wordy, heartfelt note of thanks.
For this southern girl, the concept of the thank-you note (thank you note? thank-you-note? thankyounote?) is about as deeply ingrained in me as my Tennessee accent (which surprisingly glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-52419259911606889482010-09-01T10:41:00.000-05:002010-09-01T10:43:59.410-05:00::when you stay home::For my stay-at-home-mom friends, this post by my friend Melissa was so encouraging to me today.
Sometimes I get lazy about my responsibilities because I know nobody is checking up on me since on the one hand I am kind of my own boss, and on the other hand my real boss (the husband) is very lenient and isn't opposed to my spending an afternoon reading or napping (what a guy!). If dinner is late glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-29782716059810437282010-08-31T15:04:00.000-05:002010-08-31T15:04:05.952-05:00::so many books, so little time::My current reading stack:
It's a varied, stack, I know. I'm a HUGE fiction reader, so I MAKE myself work through several good-for-my-sanctification-books while reading fiction. You'll notice that I'm in the midst of several of these at the same time:
One of them is a re-read, and two of them I am deliberately working through slowly because they are both just a lot to take in at one time. I glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-52171155021151860902010-08-31T14:53:00.000-05:002010-08-31T15:00:14.572-05:00::why i love yard sales::What's not to love, really? Whether you're browsing through someone else's stuff or trying to sell your own, it's just good fun in my opinion.
I actually don't go garage-saling much these days because I just really want to sleep on Saturday mornings. My friend Addie is a serious garage-saler, and has been known to pick things up for me if she knows it's something I need or will use. That's glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-21652580896576439262010-08-20T15:16:00.000-05:002010-08-20T15:16:15.235-05:00::thoughts from stott::As my husband preaches through the book of Romans this year, he has encouraged the church to peruse John Stott's commentary. I read a portion of it each day along with the text for the following Sunday. It has sparked some sweet early morning conversations between my husband and me as we discuss federal headship, original sin, and propitiation (being married to my pastor has so many perks!). glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-10994460413999748952010-08-16T09:32:00.000-05:002010-08-16T09:32:53.065-05:00::oh yes, i did::I am not a green girl.
I am not overly interested in "natural living" or whatever you call it.
I'm not very "crunchy."
I use disposable diapers, store-bought baby wipes, papertowels, plastic food storage containers, and I forget my cloth grocery bags much more often than I remember them.
I use regular cleaners in my house because I can't stand the smell of vinegar.
I made some homemade dish glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-77126727624676152802010-08-15T14:34:00.000-05:002010-08-15T16:30:07.511-05:00::glenna & julia::Last month I made my first ever Julia Child recipe. Her famous Beef Bourguignon seemed just the thing to celebrate my husband's and my 7th anniversary.
Basically, this a French beef stew, and even though I've heard (and read) wonderful things about this stew, I didn't have huge expectations. I mean, come on--how good can stew be? Stew is just....stew, right?
Nevertheless, I gave it a shot. glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-71463566682154097012010-07-23T15:08:00.000-05:002010-07-23T15:14:53.579-05:00::on running::This post is really just for accountability's sake. No pressure to follow along. :)
The past 3 months have been solitary ones for me in regard to my path to fitness. My husband has been a great support as far as eating whatever I happen to fix for dinner (and not complaining about salads!), but he is not a fan of running, which is my primary source of exercise right now. He bikes in the glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-47780419186115391312010-07-20T16:38:00.000-05:002010-07-20T18:22:20.906-05:00::frame face lift::Wow, I have seriously neglected this blog. I guess things have just been in such a groove, that there's not been a whole lot of *new* stuff to blog about. However, a long time ago I read that it was the height of hubris to apologize for a blog absence since it presumes on a dedicated following of readers who are hanging on your every word. Since I absolutely know that isn't the case here, I glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-49507219382738392162010-06-13T17:23:00.000-05:002010-06-13T17:26:18.158-05:00::yes, i sweat::I resumed running about a month ago. I logged around 13 miles over the last few days, which is a lot for me (although I realize some people run that in one day).
Have you ever seen people at the gym or jogging down the street who look like they just stepped out of Shape magazine? I mean, every hair in a perfectly placed pony-tail, make-up still perfectly applied, chic running clothes, and glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-21489935566758005172010-05-16T17:29:00.000-05:002010-05-16T17:30:34.073-05:00::finally, a sewing project i can live with::Napkins. They're not fancy, and they don't have mitered corners (because I don't know how to do that yet), but they're functional and don't (usually) make me want to pull my hair out.
I made these for a friend.
I looked everywhere for fabric that I thought might compliment her bright kitchen/dining room, but couldn't find anything that suited. The first set of cloth napkins I made for our glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-34631823205264536652010-05-12T16:41:00.000-05:002010-05-12T16:53:41.113-05:00::the project that almost resulted in the loss of my sanity::Oh, why do I put myself through things that I should probably just altogether avoid?
Why do I take on projects that in the end only prove what I already know: I'm not crafty.
I do so long to be a sewer. To look at a skirt or apron or blanket or whatever and say, "Oh, I could make that!" I like handmade gifts because they require time and forethought. If I could sew, I could make handmade giftsglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-53896502941349428672010-05-07T08:20:00.000-05:002010-05-07T08:21:08.275-05:00::where i've been::I've had lots of blog-worthy topics rolling around in my head but nothing seems to make it to the posting page. Some things I don't want or need to blog about because they are personal and need to be worked out in my heart rather than online. And then there have been some projects I've been working on around my home for the last couple of weeks that I might share soon.
All that to say...I'm glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-33723716137641647002010-04-16T16:42:00.000-05:002010-04-16T16:43:22.390-05:00::how about a little domesticity?::So, my husband was out of town all week at the Together For the Gospel conference in Louisville, KY. We rarely travel without one another, so I always make a big deal out of my husband coming home after a few days away. It's also an excuse to pull out all the stops and make something fancy that requires effort after a week of cereal and salads (because I refuse to cook when he's gone!).
I had glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-49632029321550051282010-04-05T08:35:00.000-05:002010-04-05T08:35:26.449-05:00::shameless plug::Check out my guest post at My Busy Home, my friend Sheila's blog! Also, check out Sheila's archives as well as her other blog, Momfessions. glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-39966202955149370412010-04-01T09:51:00.000-05:002010-04-01T09:53:17.409-05:00::fail: homemade baby wipes review::I am always on the lookout for a way to save a buck. I clip coupons once in a while (and always use them for diapers!), but I've yet to embark on one of those couponing adventures where you plan and calculate and basically get your groceries for free. Maybe one day I'll go there.
Once we had a baby, the weekly Wal*Mart bill jumped up quite a bit for things like diapers, wipes, formula, etc. I glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-25283912044507697682010-03-30T08:27:00.000-05:002010-03-30T08:28:18.658-05:00::judged and redeemed::I was so encouraged in my reading of the Word this morning, I thought I'd share it with you. I'm working through 1 Peter right now, and the passage for today was a gracious reminder of the suffering of Christ, endured for our sake, so that we might live for righteousness.
"To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. He glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-92197325979919104342010-03-25T15:26:00.000-05:002010-03-25T15:38:01.689-05:00::the trip::So, okay, this blog is a long time in coming.
I wasn't sure whether or not to keep this specific to my infertility blog or not, but decided to go with a double post. My apologies is you read both blogs.
About four years ago, in the midst of infertility woes, I joined a blogging group for Christian women who were trying to get pregnant but who were having difficulty. This group of bloggers was glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-51238491083719542122010-03-03T09:35:00.000-06:002010-03-03T09:38:22.225-06:00::seeds giveaway WINNER::
Thanks so much for your participation in this giveaway! (Is giveaway one word or two??? I never really know.) This was the best turnout I've had for a giveaway (give away? give-away??), so I appreciate you all. :-)
Now I could have done this with some sort of techy generator thingy for picking a number at random. But, that seemed like too much trouble, so I just did it the old fashioned wayglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-38291940348380993592010-02-24T08:38:00.000-06:002010-02-24T08:40:21.404-06:00::seeds give away::Nope, not gardening seeds. More important than that, I think, are the seeds we plant in our children.
As a mommy to a 20 month old, I feel the incredible weight of training my son in righteousness. I want to commit to teaching him Scripture as soon as he is old enough to repeat words back to me (which is NOW, by the way...note to self). We have already taught him some catechism statements glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-59047662046042296022010-02-19T13:02:00.000-06:002010-02-19T13:03:15.892-06:00::heard in the marshall household today::When I showed my husband my lunch of two rice cakes topped with one Laughing Cow wedge of cheese, sliced cucumber, and shaved chicken deli meat, I said, "Only 160 calories!" He looked at it distastefully and replied, "That does not impress me."
And that, friends, is one of the major differences between men and women. glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-48060181368690464052010-02-10T18:27:00.000-06:002010-02-10T18:48:54.188-06:00::bloggy love::Okay, I desperately need another post at the top of this page. That last one was a bit too transparent, and when there are only a couple of comments then I am terrified that you all think I should be committed.
Soooo, to lighten the mood I thought I'd draw some attention to a couple of blogs that I've been enjoying lately (not that I have never enjoyed them and am just now enjoying them, just glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-78253577032873211902010-02-03T16:20:00.000-06:002010-02-03T16:22:51.594-06:00::beauty::Warning...transparency to follow.
I am a woman who fights daily with what I see in the mirror. The list of what I would call imperfections is impossibly long. When I walk past a mirror or a store window where my appearance is easily reflected, I turn the other way. Unless I am purposely using the mirror to get ready in the morning or to remove make-up at night, I will avoid looking at the glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-90651894020492140102010-02-02T09:23:00.000-06:002010-02-02T09:25:25.452-06:00::help this mommy, please::It seems to me that the hardest things to teach my 19 month old son up to this point are as follows:*how to brush his teeth*how to use a fork/spoon
These two things seem related because the motor skills involved are similar, right? But the reasons behind the struggles are different. With eating, he is good about getting food on the utensil and then brings it to his mouth, but flips the utensil glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-30525884031825393452010-01-26T09:45:00.001-06:002010-01-26T09:46:01.288-06:00::wives, chew on this::"Let the wife make the husband glad to come home,
and let him make her sorry to see him leave."
~Martin Luther~
glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-8680203327298903572010-01-22T13:26:00.000-06:002010-01-22T13:30:43.060-06:00::recipe time::I made a really yummy salad for myself yesterday at lunch. I love sweet potatoes. So does my son. My husband....not so much. Which is why I didn't force this on him at dinner.
It's simple and, well........it's pretty. :-)
I snagged this from my most recent Southern Living mag.
Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Citrus Dressing
Ingredients 1 glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-72260411533269477352010-01-14T20:51:00.000-06:002010-01-14T20:52:55.667-06:00::isaiah chooses a winner for the chore planner::You'll have to watch the video to see who the winner is!
For those of you who didn't win, feel free to visit www.motivatedmoms.com to purchase (for $8), download, and print your own year long chore planner. I can't tell you how much I love this product! You definitely don't have to be a mom to utilize this chore planning system. You can print a version with daily Bible readings, if you glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-48246366862288007462010-01-12T14:38:00.000-06:002010-01-12T14:44:32.544-06:00::modesty-->even in our status updates::You know you saw it.
And you probably wondered what it was.
All over Facebook women were putting words like "black, flesh, white, nude, pink, etc." in their status updates.
You asked a few Facebook friends what it was about. Nobody answered you as soon as you posted (impatience, anyone?!) so you Googled it to figure it out. By the time you got back to Facebook, it was all over the place.
Andglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-74115607815298813672010-01-11T16:43:00.000-06:002010-01-11T16:43:43.857-06:00::motivated mama giveaway::In honor of both the new year and my comeback to the blogosphere, I've decided to give away a weekly chore calendar for 2010 from www.motivatedmoms.com. I've already printed off my own weekly checklist, and I know I bragged on this last year when I first discovered it.
Basically, it's one page per week for 52 weeks. I just clip mine on a (pink) clipboard and keep it out on my table or counter.glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-6672523477770399202010-01-09T11:32:00.000-06:002010-01-09T11:36:52.271-06:00::Christmas at my house::So, here I am...blogging. Again. After almost 3 months of much resistance, I'm back here.
Over the past couple of months, I would have these random thoughts come to mind and I'd think, "I could blog about that." And then I wouldn't. And of course, now I can't remember any of those topics.
So, since I need to sort some thoughts before fully committing myself to this, here is a short post glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-90167545845970437492009-10-28T14:38:00.000-05:002009-10-28T14:41:32.158-05:00::knit-a-square::Guess what this is?
If you guessed "part of a blanket to keep an ophan in Africa affected by AIDS warm this winter"...you'd be right!
In my blog subs, I ran across a link to a charity calling all knitters to "Knit a Square" to help keep an AIDS orphan warm. I thought, "Hey! I can actually DO that!" I'm not an expert knitter by any stretch of the imagination, but I can knit an 8"glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-4124979139242561072009-10-22T20:17:00.000-05:002009-10-22T20:19:06.594-05:00::being polite::Today's (nearly late!) Things I Love Thursday: being polite.
One of the things my husband really wants to teach our son is politeness. There are so many things we want to teach him...to follow Christ, to understand what he believes, to have a love of literature, music, sports, how to make friends, to love others, and the list goes on and on. So much we want to teach, and we're doing it tiny glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-76311807434234542042009-10-21T15:07:00.000-05:002009-10-21T16:06:31.610-05:00::phase one-ing it::My husband and I were on vacation to the Great Smokies last week, and let me tell you...we ate some fabulous food while we were there. There was this bowtie pasta meal with grilled chicken, garlic, bacon, and an asiago cream sauce that still has me salivating. Oh, and then I had a mahi-mahi fish and chips dinner that met every desire for that soul-satisfying, greasy, artery-clogging fried glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-36580232150301731092009-10-10T19:17:00.000-05:002009-10-10T19:23:23.880-05:00::and the emmy goes to...::Well, definitely not me; that's for sure. Have you SEEN me do any acting lately? Or ever? Exactly. I stink at trying to be something or someone other than who I am...much to my dismay, at times. Anyway. I digress.
I DID, however, get the "One Lovely Blog Award" that's been floating around the 'net!
My friend Jenny graciously passed it on to me. So, I'm going to do what she did and pick glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-14999790132943886482009-10-08T09:47:00.000-05:002009-10-08T09:52:10.455-05:00::things i love thursday::I've told my friends at church.
I've even tweeted about it.
And yes, I've been teased for how much I love this product.
But I am not ashamed!
About 2 months ago, I took my P&G coupon book to the store and finally purchased a Swiffer SweeperVac.
A friend of mine had been on me for a while to get one of these, but I kept putting it off. I'm not sure why, though. It's not like I enjoyed glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-49369773318661097652009-10-06T16:06:00.000-05:002009-10-06T16:17:48.948-05:00::how to get out of a recipe rut::
I got an email from a friend the other day imploring me to do a post on finding recipes and coming up with dinner ideas. It was such irony that she emailed me that day because I was sitting at the computer searching food blogs and recipe sites because I was in a major recipe rut. And I'm still making an effort to climb out of it.
Every so often I find myself cooking the same things week glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-14970272239967699682009-10-01T09:43:00.000-05:002009-10-01T09:43:54.417-05:00::things i love thursday--PAINT!::
Today's thing I love is a little different, maybe, than the normal things I choose. Right now I'm in the early stages of revamping our bedroom. I cannot wait to get started with the painting. What cheaper, more cost effective way is there to noticeably update a room than with paint?!?!
When we moved into this house 3 years ago (exactly 3 years today, actually!), there was a heck-of-a-lot ofglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-56919060880650660482009-09-28T14:53:00.000-05:002009-09-28T14:54:07.473-05:00::all's quiet::And I mean that quite literally. All I can hear is the whirring of the baby monitor and the rustle of leaves on the trees outside the open windows.
Usually my husband takes Monday off since Sunday is a long work day for him as a pastor. However, he has plans to meet his dad for golf tomorrow, so he went in to work today.
My son is finishing up hour 3 of a marathon nap after our morning glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-17179177319325374932009-09-25T12:58:00.000-05:002009-09-25T13:09:46.984-05:00::Friday Faves::
I love to eat out. I really do. It relieves me of the pressure of cooking, serving, and especially CLEANING UP! How I loathe washing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen after each meal, which I do three times a day nearly every day unless we eat out.
Instead of simply listing my favorite restaurants, I decided to just post my favorite anecdotes about eating out in a small town where most ofglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-57482712292095800152009-09-21T10:05:00.000-05:002009-09-21T10:06:21.966-05:00::monday madness::
The highlight of my weekend was: Church! My husband's sermon was so encouraging and convicting. I love spending time with my church family, too. A potluck is always fun, too! Saturday was also a highlight when my 15 month old boy was a major snugglebug. Unfortunately, my husband was out most of the day, and since it was overcast and rainy, my son and I snuggled and played a lot. I lovedglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-26501973798204895372009-09-17T13:39:00.000-05:002009-09-17T13:40:06.264-05:00::bloggy blahs::Sometimes real life is just too real and complicated to put into a blog post (read: busy). Sometimes I'm just too tired to string together words and ideas in such a way as to dazzle my readers (read: lazy). And sometimes I just have nothing to say (read: nothing to say).
Put it all together and you get one quiet blog this week.
However, I've enjoyed some time with my son who, upon gettingglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-52006767717092896362009-09-12T10:40:00.000-05:002009-09-12T10:40:05.241-05:00::genius::I cannot for the life of me remember where I read this tip, but I am so thankful to have read it somewhere.
You know how most baby toys are annoyingly loud? Even though they usually have two sound levels, the lower level is still obnoxiously loud. My son has good hearing. He doesn't need to lose it, however, by listening to incredibly loud baby toys. I mean, really. Why do they have to be glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-8826679736211287002009-09-10T07:33:00.000-05:002009-09-10T07:33:25.476-05:00::things i love thursday::Today's Things I Love Thursday: my hands.
Not exactly things, per se, although I guess hands are "things." I guess.
My hands are something I've come to love. Not because they're beautiful or manicured or anything like that. Heavens, no. They are scarred and often injured and characterized by chipped, broken finger nails. But they remind that I'm a mom, which is something I don't ever want glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-19747782530408142112009-09-09T09:23:00.000-05:002009-09-09T09:24:06.648-05:00::Jesus Storybook Bible Giveaway::I was really excited to stumble across the news that there is a giveaway for the Jesus Storybook Bible!!
This is actually THE book we had chosen to buy next for our evening devotions with our son since we are on our 5th time through The Big Picture Story Bible. I'm pleased with how both books make Christ the center of the story...how the Old Testament is one giant arrow pointing to Jesus Christglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-38888604229295837262009-09-08T11:49:00.000-05:002009-09-08T11:50:25.876-05:00::tempt my tummy tuesday::Funny title, but who doesn't love a good recipe carnival?
Here's what I've got for you today: pot roast and granola. No, not to be served together...unless you just want to be weird.
First, for the pot roast. I'm going out on a limb here. My friend, Allison, posted about this recipe along with a rant on the exorbitant price of a good roast. I've got my roast going in the glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-84214492810767306112009-09-04T09:30:00.000-05:002009-09-05T11:49:05.263-05:00::Friday Faves--Momma Sings::Today's Friday Fave taken from It's Almost Naptime:
What are you favorite songs to sing to your little ones? Being the very musical family that we are and coming from good musical stock, it was imperative that I make up my own silly song for Isaiah. My mom is famous for her ridiculous but sweet tunes for us when we were tiny tots. When coming up with something for Isaiah, I found myselfglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-26969806990620042732009-09-03T16:13:00.000-05:002009-09-03T16:15:01.584-05:00::Mama Buzz::Are you a mom?
Do you have a blog?
If you are a bloggin' mama, then you might want to become a reviewer for Mama Buzz. By becoming a part of the "hive," you can test products and books and then review them on your blog. I just joined this group of reviewers (one of the women who started Mama Buzz is a friend of mine) and although it will be a while before I get to review a product, I'm really glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-88290821343268272252009-09-03T11:16:00.000-05:002009-09-03T11:18:23.254-05:00::things i love thursday:: I've got a couple of things topping my list today.
First: Candy Corn.
It's hardly conducive to my diet, but when I saw them at the store yesterday while buying some birthday cards, I couldn't resist because they are the forerunners to FALL! My favorite season, I've decided. I adore the colors of autumn foliage, the clean blueness of a sky absent of the summer haze, the crisp, cool air, glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-75254983112060364282009-09-02T14:16:00.000-05:002009-09-02T15:50:54.027-05:00::from my kitchen::It's been a while since I've shared a recipe. Let me give you an easy one.
I love roasting a whole chicken. It makes me feel, you know...accomplished. Chef-ish Yeah, I totally made that word up, but you know what I mean. The site a beautiful roasted chicken is perfection. Makes that Thanksgiving turkey seem not so formidable. Not that I've ever cooked the Thanksgiving turkey. It will be glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-80141314424458497242009-09-01T15:31:00.000-05:002009-09-01T16:42:58.395-05:00::sheets::I am convinced that I will never truly know how to fold a fitted sheet correctly.glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-1478738431542552142009-08-31T14:07:00.000-05:002009-08-31T14:24:08.697-05:00::august is almost over::::august 31::I am not a fan of summer months even if it does mean my birthday, my husband's birthday, Isaiah's birthday, and our anniversary. I just don't like the heat, humidity, and mosquitoes. Technically summer isn't over since September still tends to be warm, but today it's so unseasonably cool (the high is in low 70's!!!) and even chilly at night (i think it dipped into the 40's last glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-54493717749417067312009-08-17T13:12:00.000-05:002009-08-17T13:20:20.822-05:00::coffee winner::I had hoped to have more comments here, but at least having just the four of you makes it easier for a drawing since I know all of you!Cut to the chase--our winner:Allison!!I'm pretty sure I have your addy, but will you email it to me just to be sure! I'll get it to you soon!xoxoglennaglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-43805482096997832232009-08-10T09:44:00.001-05:002009-08-10T09:49:31.155-05:00::coffee giveaway::Hi friends!The other day as I was doing my grocery shopping, I happened upon one of those random clearance kiosks in the back of the store and found several 8 oz. bags of Starbucks' Pike Place Roast coffee for only $2.50 per bag! Good deal, right? Needless to say, I bought three bags. :)So I thought, why not pass on the coffee love? Here's the deal: leave a comment on this post by FRIDAY of glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-66303775937243495912009-08-05T10:58:00.000-05:002009-08-05T15:35:49.952-05:00::mommy helps::There are a few things that I find especially helpful as a young mom. I thought I'd share some of the things that make my life a little easier, or at least a little more organized.First: the Cheerio JarMy little one gets Cheerios at the beginning of his meals a lot because they tide him over while I'm getting his meal ready. Instead of hefting my large Cheerio (generic family size box!) in and glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-33517842468460419472009-07-30T15:10:00.001-05:002009-07-30T15:12:36.049-05:00::look what's growing at my house::glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-81977940625405066992009-07-30T15:05:00.001-05:002009-07-30T15:10:03.838-05:00::clean your lamps::Because they do get dirty. Especially if your shades are...um..."clothy." Yeah, clothy. So, here's what to do to clean them: use a lint roller. Earth-shattering, right? It might change your life. Or at least your cleaning habits. \glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-65550435244158628512009-07-22T16:35:00.000-05:002009-07-22T17:05:19.326-05:00::catching up::I am planning on blogging at least once a week (maybe even twice, gasp!) over the next couple of weeks just to get my creative juices flowing again. I'm a sorry excuse for a blogger.To catch you up:My garden was just about completely taken over by weeds. I had gotten lazy (actually, that's not entirely true. Being busy with other things has also kept me out of the garden) and the weeds happilyglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-67816256102768745772009-06-17T21:48:00.000-05:002009-06-17T21:53:01.104-05:00::foiled::I thought a bowl of Special K cereal would be good after church tonight. We ate dinner early (right after 5 pm), so I was hungry after church. No biggie...it's Special K, right? But, when I was nearly done with my bowl, I suddenly noted that the milk was really good. I mean really good. And thick. And creamy. And sweet. And then it dawned on me. I accidentally used my son's whole milk on glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-43115060451163322642009-06-17T09:31:00.001-05:002009-06-17T10:31:22.173-05:00::an ode to tea::Genuine tea from England. (My mother-in-law brought it to me after her trip to the British Isles last year.)I chose English Breakfast.The setup: tea pot, french press, tea.Put loose-leaf tea in the press. Add boiling water. Allow to steep for several minutes.Pour. Add milk/sugar, as desired. Enjoy.glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-42854486137151880502009-06-11T14:57:00.000-05:002009-06-11T15:20:00.614-05:00::craftiness::I'm taking a break from my weight loss posting to bring some other things to the bloggy table. I did lose another pound, so I'm 5 down from the original weight, but I have to admit the last two weeks have not gone well. I could totally blame it on a number of things, but really a lack of discipline is at the root of the problem. For someone who has struggled for years and has teetered on the glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-101436144673593922009-05-27T16:51:00.000-05:002009-05-27T17:00:17.032-05:00::after the trip::So, that camping trip was....interesting. I plan on updating about that on our family blog soon, but if you're a Facebook friend, you can check out pictures there.As far as the diet changes...well, I admit that there was snack food everywhere. My mom went slightly crazy in her grocery shopping, and her motto for the weekend was "Open my car door and eat." (All the food was stored in the back glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-86530959840093875862009-05-20T15:38:00.000-05:002009-05-20T15:50:58.756-05:00::progress:Well, week 1 of the new weightloss plan is now over. Four pounds seems like a lot to lose in a week, but I know it was partly due to water retention. That, and drastically cutting the amazingly high number of calories I was eating without realizing it. I have found that snacking throughout the day instead of eating three big meals has helped me tremendously. I know you hear people say that a glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-91824842169992350502009-05-13T12:36:00.000-05:002009-05-13T16:04:15.523-05:00::honesty:it hurts sometimes::Twenty-eight.That's the number of pounds I've set to lose over the next few months. (This also happens to be the age I will be one month from today!) It seems like a lot. And I've put off posting this for a number of days because I am afraid of failure. What if I don't lose any? What if someone says something mean to me about my weight here? What if transparency is more painful than I glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-22043245406352234412009-04-24T11:25:00.001-05:002009-04-24T11:34:38.893-05:00::one more::I knew I forgot one!This is my favorite kids CD. We got it for Christmas...or rather, my son got it for Christmas. Put together by two Christian artists, Slugs, Bugs & Lullabies is a fun, poignant, and somewhat silly CD. Some of our favorite songs are "Tractor, Tractor", "Post Office Song", "Piggy Little Toes", "Bears", and "Chicken Wiggle" (which is also Isaiah's favorite). I applaud Andrew glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-41520177350679663912009-04-21T15:49:00.000-05:002009-04-21T16:30:07.521-05:00::a few of my favorite things::Today has been a day of lots of good stuff. Thought I'd share some of those niceties with you.Beautiful, breezy cool spring days. I sat out on the patio soaking up some sun while studying my Bible and having my prayer time while my son was down for his nap. There is nothing like a lovely spring day to remind you that the Lord's mercies are new everyday.Good time in the Word. I'm still workingglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-62839493726742392102009-04-18T11:23:00.000-05:002009-04-18T12:08:17.745-05:00::how does your garden grow?::(Nearly a month since I last posted?? Oops!)I finally got my garden in.I have been wanting to do this for several years, but this year it actually happened. Our neighbor does landscaping for a living, and he tilled up a plot for me in the backyard. It's a great spot for a garden as it gets sunlight all day until about 5 pm when the shed starts to cast a shadow over it. The soil feels good, glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-24777009401168982322009-03-21T22:35:00.000-05:002009-03-21T22:43:57.916-05:00::sew what?::I am looking for a basic book or website on sewing for beginners. Any recommendations? I do visit Sew, Mama, Sew somewhat regularly, but I'm still so new to sewing that a lot of it is over my head. For you sewers out there, how did you get started?:::My friends are still doing their Friday freebies which last throughout the weekend.Janie is giving away an awesome nursing cover in a fun fabric glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-59469495095252063992009-03-13T14:16:00.000-05:002009-03-13T14:22:04.920-05:00::more give aways::Because I've been a bit too busy for bloggy stuff, I'm just going to plug some more give aways.My friend Janie is having another give away at her mommy/baby accessory site. Hop on over to participate in her contest today!Another friend of mine, Suzanne, is also holding give aways on the Fridays in March. Her stationery business is a great resource for custom made cards (& more!). Keep in touch glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-15941565012558488842009-03-06T11:39:00.000-06:002009-03-06T11:43:59.191-06:00::bug-a-roo give away::My best friend, Janie Williams, is hosting her first give away over at her business blog. She makes the cutest slings, burp cloths, and diaper ditties. To help promote her business, she is hosting her first give away! Hop on over to her sight to check out the goods and enter for the give away. She is a very talented lady! I personally own one of her slings and several of her burp cloths, glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-5005358908737735712009-02-27T09:41:00.000-06:002009-02-27T09:49:51.440-06:00::7 Quick Takes Friday::I have the flu. So does my 8 month old. I have NO idea where we picked it up, but it has taken its toll. We went to the doctor yesterday and tested positive for Influenza A. Lovely.My carefully planned week has gone down the tube. I had made all kinds of lists on Monday and was planning on following my home management notebook, but this week is one of those times when plans just don't pan glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-52211131462466685382009-02-20T20:50:00.001-06:002009-02-20T20:51:39.069-06:00::plugging a give-away::Check out this fun contest. The catch is, she won't do the contest unless she has at least 25 people put their names in, so go leave her a comment. :) If I win, I want something done for my son Isaiah's room.glenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914570.post-247509536450695262009-02-19T10:40:00.000-06:002009-02-19T11:18:54.620-06:00::Mommy, Mommy, quite contrary, how does the diapering go?::I admit it: I use disposables. (gasp!) Now that you picked yourself up off the floor, especially if you read some of my former posts on going green, let me 'splain.I researched cloth diapering a bit, but I simply had no desire to go in that direction. Maybe it was the large up-front cost (even though there are minimal costs after the initial purchases) or that the thought of washing diapers inglenna marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348224654818247656noreply@blogger.com9