I can not believe that we are winding down in the year. Thankfully, this will be the last month were I have to do 4 meals in a month! Next month I only have to do three, which could not be soon enough, because I am literally busy every single weekend in the month of October that it's gonna be hared keeping up with all of this anyway!
So, let's bring up the list!
1. Closer in Faith: I have been keeping up with my Bile reading. The prayer I am having a hard time with. I feel like it's because I'm scared of something. I have been praying. I feel like this month I have talked with God more in just like stressing in some moments at work, or money, or the future. I have been talking to Him though my day. Which I was not doing in the last few months. I really need to get out of bed when I get up and do my prayer time. I have been getting my sleep schedule back on track but it I know I have something I need to deal with and don't want to. I now God is going to help me but I am having a hard time taking that step.
2. Lose 50 Pounds: So, I am not going to loose that much weight this year. However, I have been doing way better in working out. I actually hit my goal of 10 days at the gym for the month. Mom and I have been going when we said we were going to go and we have plans to do other things that just the treadmill starting next month. We are gonna try and get out of our comfort zone. If I can just kick my pepsi habit again I would be doing way better.
3. Cook Better: I have cut back on eating out a ton this month. I have been packing my lunch for most of the month, and I have only bought food, instead of cooking what I have planned, like three times this month. That's a massive improvement for me! I think that my next problem is that I don't have many easy, and good meals in my repertoire. Like I have the same four meals that I like but I know there is more out there I just don't know how to find it. It's also very hard to just cook for one person. So, it's really just a weird time for me. I need to look as some websites that we will like give me options of meals to make, instead of a database for me to look through. Like I want a dating app for dinner meals. to make at home.
4. Dress for Success: I am telling you getting my sleep schedule on track helps. I have also learned a very important lesson. That a good night routine is just as important as a morning one. Having to make my meals, pick out my outfit, take my melatonin, it's become clear that I need to have a set night routine. The problem is that is so hard! I get home between 4:30 and 5, and depending on what I have on the schedule, I have to start my stuff like an hour to an hour and half before bed. If I plan on being in bed by 9, that's only like 3ish hours for me to do everything before I have to be ready for bed. I know that I have to make the time, or find a way to get the stuff done before bed. I know that doing it is just another habit that I have to form, but it's so hard. I know that once I do it and can be accountable for it to be done that I am going to be much happier and more organized. I just dislike the time it takes to get to that point.
5. Speak up: So, this one I am very happy about this month because I have gotten to do some very special stuff. I offered to help with a shower for my friend Kayla at the church and I got put in charge of decorations. I got to buy them and set them up and it's so great! I am so happy that I got to help out in such a way! I have also been asked to help out at the Tennessee Theatre in the next few weeks, and I went and bought tickets at the Theatre and got the courage to ask about when some of their stuff was coming back in stock. I found that they are redesigning their merch and I am so happy because I really want to own what they have and I'm excited for the new stuff.
7. Look People in the eye more: So, this one it doing very well. I have actually had a lot more conversations with people at work because I feel like I am connecting more. I have had a few longer conversations with people at work and I have been having a good old time.
9. Style:
So, I really love plaid, but I hate it on me. I always think that it makes me look fat. I also hate high neck shirts because I think that it make my double chin stand out. However, I got so many compliments on this outfit. That is what has been happening all this year all of the shirts I wear that I have hated I have gotten so much good feedback on. The shirt for next month is really out of my comfort zone and I am dreading having to wear it.
10. Creativity: So, I have gotten my blanket worked on some and I have also read some this month. The reason I even picked up a blanket again is because my church this month started a new get together for the Women. We are doing a craft night. So, once a month we are all gonna get together with whatever we are working on and just bring it in and talk and work on our stuff, or teach everyone how to work on new stuff. We only had three people this month, being the first month and all, and I'm very excited to have a place to focus on stuff like his and then also, get to hang out with people I love more.
11. Spoiling: So, I have bought stuff but it's been weird stuff. Like I have gotten earrings that I have been needing, and a plate frame for my car. However, the one thing I got was a noise machine. I have no idea why the small noises that I hear from my neighbors is keeping my awake. They aren't loud, my brain just can't not focus on the small things. So I bought this white noise machine to hopefully get my brain to concentrate on that. We will see if it was a good investment of not.
12. Peace: I feel so much more like me this month. Like I feel better, less stressed, and just happier. I feel healthier and really do feel more peaceful. Not just in like getting life together but like in where I am in my life. I tend to overthink the future, where I am, and I know God has a plan but this month it's been way better about trusting God with what I am supposed to be doing. I feel like God has placed me in a long period of waiting, for lots of different things. I know that some of these things are really going to be taking of here super soon but it's been frustrating. I know I can trust God and it's gonna be worth it but it's hard. Waiting will be worth the wait I just have to remember that.
The forgotten members of the wedding guests! When Anna Kendrick comes to the wedding of her Bff, the sister of her Ex-boyfriend and the Best man of the groom, she is unsure if she should be there, and knows that the group she got stuck with at her table are the ones that if they said no they would would not have been missed. Once the table learns of this they decide to make the best of it. They go on adventures, and learn about themselves and what is for them in the future.
This move was kind of blah. Like I get it's was supposed to be funny but it was ok. The ending was sweet there was a lot of stuff that was just ok. The movie was overall ok. I don't think it would be one I would recommend much.
The first adventure of 007 saving the world.
Look, It was ok. It didn't really hold my attention. I now that's crazy, it should have but it really didn't. That doesn't mean that other ones won't in the future but it was just meh. I now that it's the start of one of the biggest movie franchises of all time. The dinner was surprisingly good!
The meal, is stuff that I would not usually eat. It was Vesper Martini, Jerk Shrimp Skewers and Over-Roasted Plantains and Mango Dipping Sauce. I have never made shrimp. I have eaten, and it's ok I have to be really in the mood for me to eat it. I was not sure about any of this. It was all really good. The plantains were amazing, the dipping sauce was delicious. The shrimp was great! The only problem that I did was I didn't get raw shrimp, I bought pre-cooked. So, I would change that the next time. The dipping sauce had too much of a greek yogurt taste to it. So, I would use less of that next time other than that everything else was so good! The drink was very strong but I can see why people love it so much. If I wasn't such a light weight when it comes to it I would have loved it!
Look, wen I was doing the Best Picture Challenge, this was the time where movie started to drag. Everything was very bland, and boring and slow movie. We are getting into the area again in this book. The reason is because that it's going in release year order. So, we are getting some hard to watch movies again. I was most distracted during this movie. I was expecting better because this movie is such a hit, and much talked about. However, it's just a let down to me. I was just not impressed. I will be happier when we get back out of this era of movies.
The dinner was fine.
The "drink" was Pimm's Popsicles, and the meal was Teriyaki Salmon Bowls. Now, the popsicles will never happen again. They clearly didn't freeze (they was alcohol how were they supposed to freeze) and they quick taste of had of them in their most frozen form was not great. The Salmon did not end up in bowls. The reason way is because they wanted me to cook the salmon skin side up. I have never heard of it being cooked that way. I have also never made salmon before so I was scared that I didn't cook it right. It was pulling about but not as easy I had hoped. The skin did come off easy. I didn't finish it because I was really scared that I was going to give myself food poisoning. The Teriyaki sauce was so good! I will give this meal a change again later. I will cook it skin side down that time and see if I can do it. However, I will be using the sauce recipe for other things. It was so good that I want to try other things in it!
The meal that was supposed to be made was this movie was Chicken Liver Pate with the Works. I have cooked many, many, many, MANY, things for this project this year. I am sorry, I am not cooking chicken livers. I have done enough! So, I made my favorite steak meal with a loaded baked potato. Now, I love this meal I will be making it again. The drink was from the book and it was the Bijou Cocktail. That was really good. I didn't think I was going to like that but I have enjoyed it. Forgive me I changed the rule but I just could not do it!
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