Oh yeah...

I need to eat better, at least more healthy. I would like to lose weight but I am really tired of being tired and sick feeling all the time. So.. tomorrow is May 1. I am going to go back to my Lenten ways with a few exceptions.

1. No Soda... only water, ice tea, and possibly some ice tea/lemonade from Starbucks.

2. I can eat as many fruits and vegetables as I want.

3. No milk and limit my dairy (I think that may have been what is causing my stomachaches).

4. I can only eat out 3 meals a week. Everything else will be cooked by me (with very little grease).

5. No artificial sweeteners; honey and cane juice are probably ok.

6. No white bread, white rice, white flour in anything.

7. Stay as close to natural as I can.

8. Yogurtland is tart with fruit only.

This was not a very good post about what I can and can't eat. It is alot easier for me to have a strict diet rather than a eat less.

My goal is mostly fruits and vegetables, brown rice, cereal (dry), popcorn, etc. Basically the Daniel fast with a few additives. Good luck me...

It is Jeff's Birthday Blog!

So for Jeff's birthday, I decided to do a scavenger hunt at VOH on Sunday when he gets home. How will I do this?

Stop 1. The airport to pick up Jeff, Nathan and Joe. The scavenger hunt will not begin there. End: VOH.

Part 1: Get Jeff into my office and give him his first clue:

By a Godly twist of fate

For your birthday I am a little late

To make up for that, we will have some fun

I am sending you on the run

A scavenger hunt is what you must do

To find the gift I have gotten for you!

Clue #1

Your first clue will take you to a place

where the little girls dance and all the boys all race

The first gift you will get from me

You will find under a big leafy tree!

Ok that is enough for now.

I have 4 more clues to post and I have to think of 3 more gifts...good luck to me...

Brandi needs...

The cool thing to do is google your name and needs and see what comes up. Here is mine..

Brandi needs.. your prayers.

This is true. Funny that it is first. But I definitely can use all the prayers I can get.

Brandi needs.. your positive vibes.

Interesting. Sure I can use positive vibes. Prayers are usually better but a positive attitude can help anytime.

Brandi needs.. friends.

I can always use more friends. That is not taking anything away from the amazing friends I already have but friends are someone you can never have enough of.

Brandi needs.. drinks.

Umm ok. I do like drinks. This is also a true statement. Only a month away from the red beers.

Brandi needs.. a good home.

I have a good home in South Dakota. And I have a good home here. I think home is more the people that you surround yourself with. And I will have a good home with Jeff.

Brandi needs.. You!

It's true. I'm like Uncle Sam.

Brandi needs.. to get her acronyms straight.

Ok.

Brandi needs.. an eye exam.

Yes, actually I do. I need to find an eye doctor first and then I need an eye exam to get free contacts. 

Brandi needs.. a girl.

Well, I do need a girl to drive students at the Mission. I would like a baby girl. And I do like female pets.

Brandi needs.. money, oh and prayers too.

Money is always accepted. As are prayers.

So in summary, I need lots of prayers, some money, some friends, a home and an eye exam. I will settle for the prayers. :)

Am I back?

We'll see.

I really should try to write more. As a journal, as a running commentary in my head, a way to defeat boredom..just a way to record my thoughts.

I am horrible at journaling though. I have two journals in which I have written about 5 pages each. Why..it's not like I don't follow through on things. I used to love to write when I was younger. I even had like 3 manuscripts on my parents old IBM. They were more like fantasy, things I wanted to happen to me. Maybe I should try that again.

Although, things are going well for me. (As long as I keep reminding myself because I am one of those people who likes to feel sorry for me.) I am also a bit of a whiner. BUT, I have a great family, a super sweet boyfriend, an amazing job which is bringing me more and more responsibility. 

What I need

• To hear God; to actually listen to Him. I know he is there and he is talking to me and trying to get me to understand what he wants for me.
• To study His word, to read the Bible and understand what I am reading. This is not a skim through kind of book.
• TO STOP WORRYING! Somewhere in my family's genes they passed along the anxiety trait. And it is not just general anxiety like most people get, it is the OMG, I am going to lose my job, I am having an aneurysm, I might be pregnant, nobody likes me anxiety. I took myself off the drugs now I just need to follow through with the "it's all in your head" attitude and remember that God loves me, he gave me this to make me stronger and He will watch out for me.

Alright, it is bedtime. I am going to try to keep this going nearly every day.