Thoughts on being who I'm called to be...

I'm not the man I was yesterday, not the man I'll be tomorrow
Yesterday's me is gone, today's for workin' toward the morrow
He's propping me up, as I stumble through this life
See I can't do it alone, no matter I can never cover the price
But he comes in and blows up my nights, erasing all night
Igniting within me the will to continue the fight
I'm climbin, I'm crawlin, I'm clawin
The man of my tomorows I'm slowly becomin

-Tyni

Want a puppy....I know I do?

So I was afraid my wife would get attached and here I am trying to convinve myself and re-convince myself we can't keep it.

This little girly, atleast we think girly, showed up Sunday night and simply won't leave our house.

We found out she's been sleeping in a little corner where our front wood porch meets our brick garage...curled up in a pile of dried leaves behind a garden hose rack. Saddest thing you've ever seen in your life!

It took hours for Lisa to get it to even stop barking and finally let her pet it. In the meantime I'm knocking on dozens of doors trying to figure out where her home is. She did not like it when I came back home and started barking and getting scared again (although the scared feeling never fully left her).

So we go to eat, after giving her some treats and a bowl of water. We couldn't get her to the no-kill humane society in our county due to they were already closed, so we crossed our fingers she'd still be there today when we both get home....

....however last night with the cold wind blowing I had to see how she was doing....this is when it happened, she broke my heart. I look down from a top the deck to see this:

Shivering in her lonely sleep....I had to do something so, old blankets, towels, cardboard, chipboard and a couple trash cans later I had built her atleast something that would block a lot of the wind and provide some warmth (although she still wouldn't move so I could put a blanket under her, even after petting her for 15 minutes before building!). I could instantly tell she was grateful and put her little head on the pillow as I petted her head one last time before heading back inside for the night.

So she was still there this morning...ate some food, but only if I brought it to her as she still isn't comfortable enough to come out to us or get up from her little cubby. Trust is getting there, and hopefully when we try to pick her up to put her in the car tonight she won't freak!

Now I know many of you are screaming, KEEP THE FREAKING THING!!! I want to, but with a long haired cat and a highly jealous Maltepoo in the house it just isn't a good idea....and outside dog is out of the question as my wife views that as completely wrong (only type of dog I had growing up...even built the sucker a mansion of a doghouse...IT HAD INSULATION!).

So this little girl...Hope (shouldn't have named her)...is going to the shelter tonight unless someone really truly wants her, I just can't let her have to sleep outside in the cold anymore!

Taken right before I left for work today...hopefully she'll have stuck around
 again so we can get her to the Humane Society tonight.

This, that and a little bit of everything...

First this: a little thought of mine I would like to share...

God has never had bad timing...we just have hard times dealing with his timing. Lord, may we always trust in your plan.

 

You know it's crazy how true that statement is and how I guarantee every single one of us can relate to it.

 

I know I don't have to look farther than my job...after years of working hard towards gaining my bachelor's degree in education God saw it fit that a teaching job just not be in the cards for me...atleast yet. By doing so he's allowed me to experience things I'd never have been able to if I was teaching (I was the type who got there first and typically left last)...

 

I've headed up a lot of concerts/events for my church, been granted with the ability to clock out and be 100% done with work at the end of my days; something you can be sure I'm very grateful for! *No worries momma and dadda...I'm still going to update my files on record with schools this summer and just wait to see what the Lord has in store with my life.

 

I could continue to share a ton of stories from my life but let's be honest that'd bore you and probably take too much of my time.

 

Now time for that: Weight loss challenge update..

 

I'm doing good ya'll!!! I was sadly sick enough from Friday through Sunday night I couldn't muster up any attempt at working out...but last night WOOOOOOOOOOO! I may have wore out the elliptical...burned over 800 calories with my workout last night. Thank you to Primtime hunting DVD (insert redneck jokes here) and The Walking Dead for keeping me distracted for over an hour on the elliptical! As of this morning Ty is officially gonna lose again for the 7th straight week...I'll practice my right to remain silent till the officiall weigh in tomorrow and I can release the exact number I lost.

 

Time for A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING:

 

jUsT rAnDoM GoOdIeS...

 

Lately it's extremely odd but I'm on a Adele, Colt Ford (insert redneck jokes here) and JJ Heller kick! Completely one of the oddist assortments and makes for quitet the random shuffle playlist haha!!!

 

I'm currently considering donating plasma...said it for years but I'm serious this time. Anyone else out there do it ever?

 

I have been oddly intrigued by this election...perhaps it is the fact I foresee it being one of the most dangerous ones I may witness in my life if it goes One way.

 

Chris Brown should just go away...I really don't care if it is jail, prison or just an abyss somewhere. His contribution to society is zilch...yes I pulled out ZILCH!

 

The Vow (with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams) was actually REALLY good...not gonna lie. I'm also going to go out on a limb and state Channing Tatum is finally actually becoming an actor and not just a movie model typecast character.

 

Brantley Gilbert and Eric Church are saving true COUNTRY MUSIC.

 

I still miss DC Talk! :-(

 

God is good, all the time! All the time, God is good!

 

 

God bless ya'll!

WhAt Do YoU dO wHeN hAvE rEaChEd YoUr GoAl?!

That's right fellas and gallas, totally just made that word up...but I like it so we'll keep it....anyways I did it ya'll!! I've offically reached the 10% weight loss and it occured exactly at our challenge's half way point!

The only problem is I had 1 goal going into the competition (well 2, but winning is a given):

#1- REACH 10% OF TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS

I figured that was going to take the entire 12 weeks...not just 6!? So now I've had to do what I never thought I would be able to...set an even higher goal!

I'm am now upping my goal to 15% total weight loss, which really is just 5% this second half of the competition but that means losing another 10.5lbs....ugh...and getting multiple pound weight loss on weigh ins is getting harder and harder.

We'll see what happens though, my knees are feeling better, my energy level is up and my health hasn't been this good in a while (says the boy with a sore throat, but honestly that's the first hint of anything in 6 weeks).

Time to put the pedal to the metal and just keep going!

Last time I checked it isn't the mirror or our families, it isn't magazines or significant others, it is isn't radio personalities or our bank account balance, it isn't what the television says or even our spouses, it isn't the girl across the bar or the guy buying you a drink, it isn't our pastors or religous figures....none of those things are our true judge, so why do we focus so much attention, time and energy on worrying about what they have to say and worry about what God thinks if we have time?

Lord grant me the ability to understand and do this more than I have been.

Just a quick thought for you all...

We are a collection of fears and failures...some of us embrace them, learn from them, and God uses them to strengthen us even...others of us hide them and continue them: Which will you do?

You choose to embrace them, learn from them and allow God to strengthen you due to them YOU WILL BEGIN TO SEE THE SILVER LINING MORE AND MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY!

Ah! 25lbs down...time to raise a glass!!

So some may find this ridiculous...others yet may think sad. I however see it as sweet justice for all the hard work I've put in.

Yes, tonight Ty will be having an ice cold Chimay Blue as I celebrate 25lbs of weight loss! That's right I'm celebrating weight loss with something that will probably make me gain a touch of it back...but ask me if I care.



 Ty do you care?

NOPE!!!!!!!

Ah...Chimay is one of very few brews made by monks inside monestary walls!!!!
God and beer...man that's the life!!!!
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I'm going to relish in my sweet victory and if that means this next week I have to fight just not to gain any weight...I'll do it!

I've worked my sorry little butt off and I'm going to celebrate my success!

*Incase you're wondering how this ranks me at work for our weight loss challenge it puts my right at 9.78% of total weight loss!!!!!! Still in first by more than 2%...but we still got a long way to go and my weight loss is slowing down so that just means more work for me as the weeks continue to wear on.

I know it sounds cliche but "If I can do this you totally can" to be honest the first two weeks I barely worked out, and definitely not as hard as I am now and still lost over 15lbs those two weeks! The key is this: don't eat processed, sugar infested boxed food! I'd say 99% of what goes down my gullet is either fruits, veggies or meat...as God intended it! Try it...you'll see and feel the difference.

Okay had to share my celebration with all of you about my weightloss!

I'll leave with a quote totally un-related to weight loss:

"Why do we worry and spend so much money on building our reputation? Why don't we worry about building character, which will take care of the rest?!