Happy Hump Day!

So, the title of this post really is more of a joke than anything. The first time I heard Wednesday referred to as "hump day" was in high school, and I thought that was the grossest, most vulgar, name for a day that I've ever heard! But then. I realized that it's the middle of the week. Like a hump. A camel hump! So, I got over it, and now I think it's funny :)

Big Waist:

Last week, Jamie and I went to this wellness center to do a screening test. We both had to fill out questions about our health and fitness and bodies and then give some blood, measure our waist, take our blood pressure, yada yada yada. So I got my results back this morning, and I was really excited reading all of it, because I had really good results. Everything was normal and looking good and I am just fine :) But THEN!!! I got to the part where it tells me my waist measurements, and I see "!!!!!!!" next to the word ALERT! I think the lady wrote my waist measurement down incorrectly, because it said that my waist was 70 inches!! I'm not even 70 inches tall!!! The results told me that I need to contact my physician immediately and figure out a health plan to minimize my waist. I got a kick out of it! But my overall health is a 97.5%! So, boooyah crummy/false waist measurement!

But...on the same note...I had a humbling experience:

Yesterday, I had gotten home from a school for Kindermusik. I just walked Leia. I sat down to relax for 2 seconds and I heard something rip. I stood up and thought what in the world was that? I sat down again. Heard another, bigger rip. Then I felt something cold on my rear. That something cold was the leather on my couch. My stinkin' skirt ripped in the booo-tay. IT'S NOT EVEN A TIGHT SKIRT!!!! Oh I was so sad. I started to get sad and depressed and feeling fat. But then I started laughing, because I've never ripped clothes before. Thank goodness it happened at home and not at school in front of a bunch of 4 year olds!!

STOP SCREAMING!!!!:

Yesterday, I began teaching music at a new school, and there were only 4 kids. 3 of those kids were sweet and fun and talkative and just great. The other one a precious, beautiful 2 year old boy. But. He screamed the WHOLE time! He screamed last week too, so his mama came yesterday to calm his nerves. Didn't help. The screaming continued. This is about what this screaming cutie-pie looked like:

And at this point, I was ready to look like this cat, and put a melon on my head and block him out. Too bad I didn't have a melon:

Married over a year, and we had our first ucky dinner:

The other night, I was STOKED about the dinner I was making. It was a healthified chicken alfredo lasagna that I found in the Southern Living magazine. It had spinach and carrots in it too! Yum Yum! And it was a crock pot meal! Easy peasy! Well. Sad day. Jamie wasn't a fan. I thought I could sneak in some veggies. Didn't work. I happened to love it! Oh well. We've been married for one year and almost 4 months, and that's the only meal he hasn't liked...I'd say that's pretty good!

Here's my failed meal:
I thought it was pretty tasty:
I tried to eat it yesterday for lunch. It smelled like turkey for some reason. I don't really eat turkey. I got sick on Thanksgiving when I was little and the smell of turkey still kind of makes me puke. I threw out the rest of the lasagna. What a waste!

Leia Likes Peanut Butter!:

Yesterday, I had an apple with peanut butter for breakfast, and I was full full full, but I still had about a teaspoon of PB on my spoon. Sooooo Leia got to finish it for me! So cute!

Check out her tongue wrapping around the spoon:
OH! And check out my nail polish on my thumb! I got a manicure for Angela's wedding 3 weeks ago from today. Yes, I said 3 WEEKS AGO!!! It's a new kind of manicure called Shellac nail polish, and it is unreal! I've had this polish on for 21 days and it has not chipped. Not one little bit! Sure, it's grown out a little bit, but oh it's amazing! Everyone find your local shellac nail lady, and go get it done! Spoil yourself and do it!!!

Prayer Life:

I'm really trying to "up" my prayer life recently. I heard our Life Church pastor once say of a friend, "I never pray longer than 20 minutes. And I never go 20 minutes without praying." I want to start doing that. So this morning, I was running on the treadmill and began praying for my friend Jenny who is running the St. Jude 5K with me. As I was driving to a daycare this morning, I prayed for my cute husband. I am just trying to add more prayer time into my life. When do you pray? Who do you pray for? What do you pray for? A little girl that I teach in my Impact Bible Study prays for people she sees on the news. She so sweet! Each week, she says stuff like, "I wanna pray for this family because their son got shot in the leg. And I wanna pray for this girl 'cause she got kidnapped." These are all stories that she saw on the news. At first I thought it was funny and cute, but now I realize that it's important. Why not pray for people on the news? I think that's a great idea! So today, let's remember to pray a little more earnestly and frequently!

"...the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective". James 5:16

God bless, you guys! Have a great day!