The First

I have a good life.  I like my job, I love my husband and he loves me dearly, I love my kids more than I can fathom some times.  Overall God has blessed me....and here it comes....BUT, I don't want just a good life.  I want a GREAT life! There are certain elements in my life that are somewhat mediocre.  My finances for one.  I'm working on this, but I constantly screw up and go over budget.  My weight is another.  Sometime after college I put on 35 extra pounds that needs to come off.  My spiritual life is like travelling through the Blue Ridge Mountains with the hills and valleys and as much as I like my job, I don't love it.  I am nothing if not consistent with my inconsistency. With all these things I start off determined to make big changes: "I will eat better", "I will read my bible every morning", "I will not over spend at the grocery store" and "I will get back to school to get my Masters".  Yet after a few weeks of self discipline it all goes to hell and I'm back in my old comfortable ways.  But I dream of what my life would be like if I were put all my energies into being the wife, mom, and person I want to be.  So this blog is my mission of self exploration, I hope to challenge myself on regular basis to be sure I am sticking to what I say I am going to do.  Because If I want an extraordinary life I must change extraordinarily.