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Well September is flying by and I didn’t even realize it’s been some time since I’ve updated. I’m writing some other posts that will be published in the next week or two and thought I’d give you all a peak at what is to come this month on my blog.

• “In A Pit” Book Review
  I finished the book “In A Pit With a Lion On a Snowy Day”. The short review would be it is one of my now all-time favorite books and I would recommend anyone at any stage in their life read this and consider the message the book brings. I’ll be bringing my personal feelings on the book and a review later this month.
• Body for Life
  A friend recommended a book for me to read called “Body for Life”. It’s a twelve week challenge of eating healthy and exercise. I’ve done some research and am currently borrowing the book from my friend. I think I’m going to commit to the challenge after I read the book this week. I’ll be posting about this the week I start.
• Just Life
  So, I’m going to try and blog about just my everyday life. Much like I used to do. The original intent of this blog was to share what was going on in my life and thoughts that I had.  Hopefully I can remember and start doing some “random” blogging throughout the month.

Well, it’s September… already. I am starting to believe what people used to tell me,

“Time may feel like it is slow now but just wait until you get older, it flies by.”

Yeah, I am starting to see that this statement is very true. It seems like yesterday I was pulling out my shorts and putting away my sweaters. Now we enter into another fall season. The pool closed today (boo…) thankfully I have a gym with an indoor pool so there will be swimming all fall/winter long (yay!).

This weekend has been awesome. I got some stuff accomplished and will be doing a lot more this week. There are a bunch of random things that I’ve not updated about so I figured I’ll just post them in a list here for those interested to read…

• Blackberry, Verizon and 614-406-4472 are HISTORY.
  I decided that it was time for a change. About a month ago I dumped Verizon, My BlackBerry 8803 Pearl, and my phone number of 614-406-4472 (call it… it’s disconnected). I have a new number on AT&T Wireless with an iPhone 3G 16GB in Black. I’ve had this phone for a month and it blows my BlackBerry and Verizon out of the water. 3G is so freaking fast and it’s an iPhone. No more trying to find movie times and it taking me twenty minutes to navigate the site on my BlackBerry.
• I FOUND A CHURCH HOME!
  After much searching, I found a church home. Not that I’m at all ashamed of where I go but to keep the stalker fact down I won’t reveal where it is. Lets just say I found home and Lord willing I’ll be there for a while. I’m also back in ministry at church! Double bonus.
• I AM STILL GOING TO THE GYM
  So, I dropped the 31 Days series with everything else going on but all is well. I fell off the healthy eating wagon but still managed to continue to lose. I’m almost up to 10 pounds from my starting weight! I guess when you start eating breakfast and exercising on a schedule you find your metabolism is actually there. More on this later as I’m refining my eating and training this month.
• I AM THINKING ABOUT MOVING
  There, I said it… cat’s out of the bag. I share everything else with the world… why not that? Working this month on selling things on CraigsList and ebay that are no longer needed/wanted or that I don’t want to move and trying to reduce the clutter that I’ve collected across the (almost) three years I’ve lived here. Now, it’s not like I have a for sale sign in the front yard and I’m showing the house but I’m preparing for all that. Doing some repairs and fixing things here and there to get the house ready to sell.

  Where am I moving to? Good question. I’m going to just take this step by step and get my affairs in order, get the house sold and then decide where to live. Then once I figure out that question I can address if I want to build or buy existing. Thankfully being young and without a family I can do the whole “homeless” thing while I get a house built so currently I’m leaning to that because I really would enjoy moving into a house that I know no one has lived in and where I chose the major things so I don’t spend the first six months replacing light fixtures, cabinets, flooring and painting.

  We shall see where I end up. I’ll keep everyone posted as time goes on. Want to buy something I have for sale? Never fear… I’ll post the links once I am done listing.