[Light On, David Cook]

Still can't stop listenting to David Cook's new song, especially now that I was finally able to buy it on iTunes today. 

This will have to be super quick, because it's late, I'm exhausted, and it will be a long week.

First, I keep gaining weight even though I'm doing things right.  The scale was down to 356 last Monday (or maybe 2 Mondays ago, I can't remember) and since then we have started eating at about 6:30 pm instead of 10 pm, and cut down to simply one 100 cal fudgesicle for dessert (as opposed to ice cream or cookies- those were in moderation, but still- they're fatty sugary messes, and are even worse at 11 pm at night).  I still haven't been to water aerobics (yesterday I went to Bremerton to learn about crazy coupons- more on that in a minute) and I had to catch the 10:15 ferry in order to get a ride to the terminal from my husband, thus, no w.a.  Still, I have been walking about 3 times a week, plus am focusing on portion control.  I should be losing weight.  Instead the scale said 362 this morning.  I just don't get it and am forcing myself to keep trudging along, pushing myself, and to not pig out and give up.  It sucks though.  I'm almost back to my starting weight after losing nearly 30 pounds.  I really need to see a doctor about this.

Secondly, with my husband's job going to half time (aka losing about a third of our income) we have to really get serious about our budget.  Plus, we finally figured out all of our debt and it's over $90,000.  I cried.  That's why I learned the coupon tips, to cut our food/toiletries/household items budget nearly in half.  That's kind of a big deal right now.  He needs a job.  If you live in Seattle-ish and know of some solid entry-level IT position, please let us know and put in a good word for Jas.

Thirdly, my Goompa died yesterday.  I don't know if he knew Jesus, though I have no reason to believe he did and I just have to give it all over to God.  The funeral is Friday morning about 3 hours away so I'll have to miss water aerobics again and overall it's just a really painful thing to go through.  My heart aches for my mom for losing her father when she's still so young (only 51) and for my Grandma, who was married to him for 52 years and now is all alone.  We knew it was coming, and I am grateful that his suffering on earth is over; I can only pray that he's somehow with Jesus, that he had some sort of spiritual awakening in the last hours. 

Lastly, some of you may love it and others hate it, but there's a site that offers money for blogging and I've wanted to write a blog that examines culture by comparing it to God's word, so I started one to earn a little extra cash for our family by combining three things I love- Jesus' word, writing, and pop culture.  Here's the address:

http://16hours.today.com/

I get extra cash for every 1,000 reads or something like that, so feel free to pass it on, whether it's because you love it or hate it.  Either way, we need to not be $90k in debt and it's a joy for me to write about that stuff.  Ignore the annoying ads- that's how they make their money and can afford to pay me, albeit a measly $1 a post.  That's still $30 a month toward debt, which is $365 a year, and I'm finally realizing that every single dollar counts when you're seeking to be a good steward (aka responsible with money). 

Ok.  Too tired to exist.  I'm out.