This is why I haven’t posted my weigh-in for last Thursday.

My hubby had the day off on Friday (the day I usually blog) and I spent the day out and about doing things instead of sitting in front of the computer blogging.  We went to the Miami Metro Zoo.  It was a lot of fun.  Very cold for a south Florida day, but we had our jackets and we were walking around the whole time, so we stayed warm enough.  It’s so funny to see my kids (who have never had to live in a really cold climate) complain about how very cold it was.  Richard looked at the temperature thingy in the car and was shocked to see it at 57 on the way home from the zoo.  This was of course, the warmest time of day (around 2:00).  I explained to him that by the time we went to church that night it would probably be in the forties.  He seemed even more shocked at that thought.

After the zoo, we went to look at a couple of houses.  It looks like we are staying in south Florida for several more years.  Due to this fact, we decided that we are going to get a house that is more functional for us.  We are ditching the pool in favor of a grassy backyard.  It’s hard to find a house that really fits our desires these days.  Everything seems tailored to people who have no children, or people who don’t really cook, or people who have older kids or people who don’t like dogs.  You get the idea.  We found a house with more square footage than the one we currently own, but it seems like most of that space is taken by a large hallway and a half bath.  The nice thing is that it has a large backyard (compared to others in this part of the country).  It has a very nice screened patio, and it has an open floor plan that will eventually allow for a decent kitchen upgrade. 

After that we ate dinner and rushed off to church to begin an entire weekend with Suzy Yaraei. 

Saturday I spent most of the day at church in a worship workshop with Suzy, Kameron (her husband), and Paulette Wooten (best friend and technical coordinator).  It was amazing.  I am so glad I was able to go.  I learned a lot about tapping into the flow of the spirit and although I didn’t try any prophetic singing, she gave me encouragement and direction.  We learned 3 new songs and were able to worship with her at the Saturday night service, and the Sunday morning service the next day. 

Saturday night I was able to go the church by myself, thus avoiding the pressures of parenting during the service.  I reached a different level of freedom.  I won’t use the technical term used in my denomination for how I felt because I wouldn’t want to offend some of my readers.  Let’s just say it had something to do with the pouring out of new wine. 

Sunday we had an awesome service, and I suppose I’ll have to buy the tapes because I’m not sure I really absorbed all of the words Suzy spoke over the “Levites.”  I crashed when I got home and slept till 5:00.  Then we got up and drove out to our prospective new house.  After that we went to home depot, and then taco bell (I love the new Fresco style stuff that has half the fat of the regular entrees). 

So here I am finally sitting down to blog on Monday afternoon.  The house is quiet and we are going to put in an offer on the house later, when the girls get up from their nap.

P.S. I lost 3 lbs this week.  I’m very happy that I was able to do so well with my own breakfasts.  That’s all.