Just wanted to catch you all up on a few things.
My summer cold is finally easing up. It was crazy to be that sick in June, but I'm glad to be feeling myself again--though I am still tired a lot.
A few of you have emailed lately about books that you've won not getting to you. Please, please let me know if you don't receive the book(s) you've won. I mainly use the US post office to mail things and as far as I can tell things have been getting to you ok, but I don't know if you don't tell me. One side note, sometimes I don't get to the post office immediately. Especially if I am having another drawing in the next day or two, then I will wait and mail them together. Going to the post office is not my favorite errand, but I do my best to get the winners their books in the mail within a week of winning them. I kind of figured it's a free book so a few days of waiting for it should be ok, right? :)
I have to admit that it's not as easy to get to read the books as fast over the summer. My girls are home during the day now so my life is quite different. It's easier for me to the giveaways in clumps like my last Kitchen Sink giveaway post with the 10 books together than to space them out one at a time. I hope that approach is ok for the summer and just appreciate you stopping by my blog from time to time. I've been trying to visit your blogs too (those who include them in the posts). Very fun.
I've been trying to figure out a way to share more of my books with more people. I'd love it if I could loan out my books to all of you, but can't figure out how to overcome the shipping costs. I've been looking into some kind of online library--something like Netflix for Christian books. I know there are already some programs that do this. I would love to do a Christian library version of this. My husband and I have been talking about how to make this work. Let me know your thoughts, but don't steal my idea! :)
I've also kick-started my "get healthy" approach to eating. I have a problem with my weight--that's hard to admit. Actually some of what I love about blogging is being able to hide my weight. Exercise is not the problem. I get lots of exercise walking, biking, yoga, even strength training; but I love chocolate and cookies! Those are my downfall. I can't seem to give them up completely, but have a hard time just eating a little too. Ugh! I would love to lose 30 pounds. However, all my approaches to dieting in the past have failed eventually. I know that "diets" in and of themselves don't really work long-term. I hate how so much of my self-esteem is wrapped up in my weight.
All this "fat" started to bug me again because I made our trip reservations for our annual trip west to visit my family. I'm so sick and tired of knowing how disappointed they are over my failure to get this under control again after having kids. I hate disappointing my family. I know I shouldn't diet just to please them, but I hate feeling so ugly around them too. Plus as my girls get older I don't want to be an embarrassment to them either. The problem for me with this is figuring out what approach to take to dieting. Do I do the "traditional" cut calories approach or do I follow the newly populer "eat only when hungry" approach (like Thin Within). So far all I've managed to do is amp up my exercise and drown myself in guilt over all my bad food choices. I'm just so tired of feeling bad about myself over this. I would love any support you can offer as I try to pry my fingers and my mind off of junk food!
Well, that's enough babbling from me for now! Time to get my daughter to tennis lessons. Looks to be a hot and muggy day and the mosquitoes are out and feasting now. Thanks for listening to me today! I'd love to hear from you if you have any thoughts on what I wrote.
