Days Nineteen through Twenty one

Okay - weekends apparently are my Achilles heel. I had a plan. I just let it fly out the window. We didn't even go on our date, my husband and I, we cleaned out closets instead (trust me - this was an act of love on my part - because it was important to my husband, I figured I needed to help him out - and really in doing so it helped me too. It was kind of fun going through old memories with the kids, watching our wedding and throwing out stuff we don't need, but dates are still so important). I got cocky, a little lazy, and slacked off. I did buy more ice cream - wrong thing to do - didn't buy Girl Scout cookies - which seemed to greet me at every corner this weekend - but I did buy the iced sugar cookies on sale at Wal Mart.

What did I learn? Well - that I cannot go to a grocery store without eating first - so never directly after church unless I have had a GOOD breakfast - which I did not yesterday. I also learned I do not have to give into temptation. "No temptation is put upon you except that which is common to man - and God will provide a way out if you are looking for it" This is probably not the exact wording and I may be mixing two verses together, but regardless, the message is the same - With God I can always have the strength to say no to whatever I think is so overwhelming or compelling to me at the time. Yesterday was a complete wash. It was almost like I got up saying, "How badly can I treat my body today?" It was awful. My body paid me back too - I gained two pounds this weekend, and I had horrible heart burn that woke me up at 1:30 a.m. That was right before my five year old woke me up about an hour later. So, not a good night. I did do my "exercises" this weekend. Probably mental penance for eating so badly. I don't know. I have to come up with a new strategy for weekends, that is for sure.

So, thankful for a new day - for forgiveness and multiple chances. Here I go again.