New Leaf

Well, I must admit, I have already lost motivation for morning running.  I was strong for 2 weeks, but then our beautiful niece, Charlee, and Jason's sister Amy came to visit and I took a break.  I realize now that taking a break means the end for me.   I wish it wasn't so.   However, allow me to dote on sweet Charlee for a moment! 

She is the cutest 9 month old I've ever seen.  And the smartest, too.  We all wish they lived closer!  Charlotte isn't too too far, but it sure would be nice to see this cutie more often.  We had a great time hanging out with her and her mama. 

she LOVED uncle Jason!

Following in the Wulff-Woesten tradtion- Benihana.

yep, she's the cutest.

Well, we sure had a nice time having Charlee around.  Now that it's back to just us, I am trying to wake up with enough time to read the Word each morning, and I plan to start back running/walking soon.   We are turning over a new leaf in our diet- well more like returning to an old leaf. We've cut out sugars, breads, and almost all meat.  We did a straight raw veggies/fruit diet a while ago, and felt amazing!  We watched the documentary "Forks Over Knives" last night and considered going Vegan... but then I had a mini break down over not eating yogurt, cheese, eggs, or milk... so we'll wait on that one.  I don't know if I could survive without dairy.  And I have no idea how to cook quinoa!!

Anyways, this blog was pretty all over the place.  I'll blame this dreary day. I wish I was able to stay in bed all day.  Oh well, don't we all...

Resolutions

Happy 2012!  I got my wisdom teeth pulled on Friday the 30th, and Jason being the sweetheart he is, watched movies with me Saturday evening, and we ended up falling asleep for the actual new-year-moment.  This isn't the first time we've missed it and I'm sure it won't be the last. 

Resolutions.  First of all, I have really never made a die-hard new years resolution.  That still hasn't changed.  However, I do have something to say.


This may very well be the lamest little bit you've read in quite some time, but it is true for me.  So last night we watched the movie Warrior.  For some odd reason, I love UFC-type fighting movies.  This one has a particularly great plot, I recommend it.  After the movie, I was all fired up and wanting to fight Jason.  This happens from time to time, and I get the idea I could probably take him if I really tried, but as always he pins me in about 3 seconds and I beg him to let go because it hurts. 

Anyway, as I was praying before bed, I prayed that God would make me a sort of spiritual UFC fighter like Tommy or Brandon in the movie.  Tommy would walk into a fight and knock someone out in no time flat. Brandon was actually a physics teacher and took a pretty strong beating at the start of each fight, but he'd pull some great move and get the guy into a submission hold and the guy would tap.  So- I had this awesome vision of Spiritual Warrior Hannah whooping demon's butts and advancing God's Kingdom... then I realized that these fighters spent ALL DAY in the gym, or running hills, or patching up wounds. 

Ah-Ha.  Training. 

If I want to be UFC-Spirit Warrior I need to train like one!!  Get in that Word, exercise my prayer life, walk in the Spirit, deny my self/will, and be brave enough to boldly share truth.  And I'll most likely get pretty beat up out there, but there is nothing like that moment at the end of a hard fight, when the ref holds up the winner's exhausted arm and declairs vicotry.  I have always pictured God to be like on a rocking chair with open arms saying "Well done, my good and faithful servant" but what if it's more like a fight victory!  The angels go wild and God is amped up and everyone's going nuts as he holds up an exhausted warrior's arm and announces WELL DONE! 

Chills just thinking about it. 

I'm going to try... starting with getting up an hour earlier to read the word and run while praying.  Gotta start somewhere... and now that my wisdome teeth have some-what healed, I'll set the alarm clock an hour back tonight.  Yuck.   But worth it.