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It's Raining, It's Pouring...

It's a gross, rainy, gray, ugly, and boring Sunday! I'm feeling a bit stir-crazy so of course, I sought out my Pinterest as usual! Looking through the fitness section, I stumbled upon this at-home ab workout. I figured why the heck not!! The one thing I despise about at-home workouts is the assumption that you have free weights or a workout ball handy. Not so much in my case or probably everyone else's. This is one of the few without that being necessary. I definitely broke a good sweat and felt it in my core!  I haven't done a workout involving timing instead of reps but it definitely whooped my behind!! A post-workout banana and huge glass of water was necessary!!! I love how this took a little bit of time and took my mind off the boredom. The one part of fitness people forget about is how relaxing and tension relieving it can be! With all this house insanity, I really need as much relaxation as I can get! I saw a post recently on a fitness motivation social ...

One of Thirty-One: Be Still

The basis of life comes from scripture, may we not lose sight of our beginning-a tidbit from myself Being raised in the South, Sunday was a day for early mornings, hymns, choir robes, communion, bible stories, donuts (yes, we all loved and still love those powdered sugar and jelly donuts!),and of course, the huge lunches that usually followed. We were raised to say amen and hallelujah, to always stand during song and keep our eyes closed during prayer. Even when we had no interest or idea what the preaching was about, we still knew when to be quiet. The older I get, I swear the feistier I become. I don't know where in the world it comes from, I've always had the southern sass down pat! And the punishments to prove it, not that they ever did any good, sorry mama!! With the world playing Pokemon Go! and society relying on a vote in November, I miss the days before smart phones and social media. I have decided that I will use August as a month to blog the biblical basics! In S...