Day 712; Since my life, well, changed.

I can not believe it has been a year and a 11 months since I decided to better my life.  September of 2011 was a huge month for me.  I decided to go back to college to pursue my dreams of one day becoming an architect.  I started writing an article for a website called Examiner, where I would write about local, family oriented things.  I started my first round of Insanity and started living a healthier life style.  I started feeling so much more spiritual, and enjoyed my new found love for MY God.  I began baking my own bread and planted a few herbs on my tiny apartment porch.  We also welcomed a new friend to our family on September 25th, his name is Marley and he helped to make our lives a happier place.  We saved him, and he saved us, that's for sure.

Since doing all of the above and uplifting my spirit and making sure to not allow anymore negativity to enter my world, amazing things have happened.

When I say amazing, I mean....

AMAZING!!!!

For one, I got healthier than I had ever been in my entire life.  After trying since April of 2010, so almost a year and a half, we got pregnant in November of 2011.  By the grace of God, we had a beautifully stunning baby girl on August 21st 2012.  I made the Dean's List every semester through 2011-2012 and worked really hard in each class to maintain A's and B's.  We found and moved into our perfect family dream home, I had envisioned this home for months, and it was set at my feet like a gift.  Rafal has received numerous raises since then, and we are actually able to sustain a happy healthy and sometimes fun lifestyle. Dylan started kindergarten after a great year of VPK.  Life has flip turned upside down, that's for sure.

Today is 712 days since I posted Day 1, on September 30, 2011.  How crazy to me that it has almost been two years since I started documenting this crazy journey.  The worst part is, it has been since January 8th, 2013 since I last posted anything on my blog, and I have missed it terribly.  That's 246 days since I last felt I had the time to sit down and have some me "blogging" time.  That is NOT ok.  I am upset with myself.  If I can't find 30 minutes a few times a week to blog about anything, then I need to manage my time a little better, because I want to thank my blogging for initially getting me on this healthier path in life.

SO as of today, September 11, 2013, I pledge to find more time, for ME.

I hope you guys will pick back up and follow along as I catch you up on my journey!  Nothing has changed much, the blessings are abundant and just keep flowing in.

Day 1

Woke up to a chill in the air, and yes we live in Florida, and yes it is STILL 90degrees here.  So as you can imagine I was confused about the cold, until I realized the problem.. Our 3year old son enjoys pulling down the thermostat temperature gage, and there you have it!  Woke up to 68degrees in the house.

After fixing the issue I opened the sliding door to let some beautiful sunshine in.  I got out a glob of Artisan Bread dough from the fridge, molded it and set it on a cookie sheet to rise.  Put on a pot of coffee, and brushed my teeth.  As I was getting ready to take our dog Marley for his morning walk I debated a jacket, since it was so cold in the house my mind was confused! Definitely glad that I went with no jacket, the sun was hot even at 7:30am.

Our dog Marley is new to our family, he is a beautiful Lab/Great Dane mix.  A little over a year old and just a big baby!  He is a perfect fit to our growing family!

As you can see, he is just a giant lap dog, and we love him.  We just got him actually, on Sunday and decided since we don't know his real birthday we will just say it is September 25th, which works out perfectly since our family number is 25. [That is a whole other story and I will share that one another day]

I have some chives growing in an old bleach bottle I re-fabricated into a neat hanging basket.  I would like to get some mint and chamomile growing in their own little containers as well.  Maybe this weekend I can look in to getting some new little plant babies?

This morning as I sat pondering what I would do today's article on I watched my coffee steaming, since it was chilly in here it felt like Fall and I was in heaven watching the swirling steam whirl out of my coffee mug, it was a little slice of heaven.  And trust me, I could use as many of those moments as possible these days.  My three year old thinks he is fifteen and is driving me batty.  Such a little big-shot, and always being an entertainer!

Off to fold the laundry and get the dishes done.  Tonight is "Grocery Night" in the Szmyglewski household, and I still haven't made next week's menu.  Got a lot to do during nap time today!