1. Have some tea.
2. When finished, squeeze the remainder of water from the tea bag into the cup (and enjoy that last bit of refreshment!).
3. Dab tea bag on your skin.
4. Everywhere.
5. Enjoy the soft and revitalising effect the green tea has on your skin!
Time to break the silence.
Almost a week has gone by, and giving up the things I chose to for Lent is going quite well. At times, it’s been hard to only drink water. I don’t think I realized how often I had been drinking sweet tea at dinner. Something that has surprised me (well, I had hoped that this would happen and even expected it) is that I love doing crunches now. (But remember this?) I think what has actually surprised me is how quickly I have come to enjoy them. Last Thursday evening, I said to a friend, “I love doing crunches!” in an effort to make myself hear me saying that out loud in order to change my way of thinking. It works. Think on a thing long enough, and I believe it becomes reality. Don’t misunderstand – action is clearly needed as well, but I think the thought should come first. Maintaining an idea, a thought, at the forefront of your mind…powerful.
Since this is turning out to be a stream-of-concious type post, this….
…is what I found on my desk this morning. A lovely lady at work gave it to me. I love the fact that because we are such an electronic generation, this little (almost) novelty brings such a sense of nostalgia. It will be perfect sitting on my desk.
Last week, I also came across Sarah Jane where you can find sweet little things like this…
…the front of a card. So many other lovely things, too.
Out for now. 2 minutes left of library internet time!
These are things I will bring into fruition through out 2010. I am more excited about this year than I have been about any year of my adult life. This is the year of dreams coming true. I have spent the last several years dreaming. This year I will reap a harvest.
From Habakkuk Chapter 2:
2 Then the LORD answered me and said:
“ Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
What follows is me writing the vision (verse 2a) clear enough for me and anyone else who will join me to whole-heartedly run with it (verse 2b):
First, a note on the idea of running with me: Women are primarily relational. I truly desire, and, in fact, need to be surrounded by people who share a similar goal or the same goal as mine. I have always longed for a team of strong women to join alongside me in ministry and personal growth. This stems out of a desire to share my life with others, to develop into a leader by digging in deep with the ones who want to and never looking back.
Now on the the things that will come into being this year:
Take Me Away This is the teenage girls ministry that I have dreamed of for several years. It’s time to start offering myself and my ideas to the middle and high school girls of Brevard. We will see insecure girls turn into brilliant warrior chicks ready to battle the demons of poor self-images, sexual promiscuity, and the destructive disease of gossip.
Creative Worship It’s time to bring together a group of worshippers so desiring of a place and time to pour out their creative spirits for praise and worship via music and the Arts. It’s time to build a collective group of people who will usher God’s spirit into the setting of a church meeting like no other.
The Definition of Beauty This is a working title for my book, which God gave me the clarification of last October. 2010 will see the completion of my thoughts on the subject that I’ve realized my whole life has been leading up to.
EatWell.SleepWell.RunWell This is my year-long campaign by which I will rejuvenate and redefine my body. My choices of food and my bedtime are what will determine my physical health this year, and how well I will be able to train for 5 and 10k races.
Transition Trade The entrepreneurial machine that will enable me to lose my full-time day job to the freedom of planning, writing, and living out everything mentioned above with the resources – the time and money – to do it not just well but abundantly.
*Take note of the umbrella organizations for some of the above: Even Though Student Ministries for Take Me Away and A New Thing for Creative Worship, both of which can be found detailed in my husband’s visionary document for 2010 here.
How will these things come into being?
DAILY DISCIPLINE.
First, by prayer – asking God to bless what I have laid before Him, giving thanks for who He is and how He has provided. Then by reciting this every morning: “I have been brought into this world for bigger things than I can even imagine. I walk with a purpose that I am so passionate about that I will not allow my temptation for apathy or laziness to takeover. I am blessed and highly favored in all my goings and comings, and I am anointed to achieve success in Take Me Away, Creative Worship, The Definition of Beauty, EatWell.SleepWell.RunWell, and Transition Trade at a level that the world has never seen. I am a Warrior Princess, being the child of the King and shall not be defeated!”
Do you want to run with me? If any of these Visions resonate with you, connect with me. I need supporters, fellow laborers for the cause. Comment here, or on facebook, or twitter.
It’s go time, baby!
I had a great work out tonight. Got a ton of cardio in and learned some new ab workouts and variations on crunches. I HATE WORKING OUT MY ABS. But it’s my trouble spot and my “goal spot.” I met this girl last week who works out at THE RUSH as well, and we had an amazing chat tonight about health, exercise, men, beauty, goals – and reaching them – and I could feel the excitement and passion for becoming and staying healthy rise to a new level. It’s about choosing every day what you are going to do to take yourself further along on your road of progress.
I’m really amped tonight. I’m going to bed after this, though, so I can get up in the morning and do the “gym thang” before work. It’s going to be awesome.
I freakin’ love life.
After church today, David and I drove down to Greenville, because we had been invited by one of my friends to play soccer with a group of people who do so every Sunday afternoon. I brought out my old cleats and shin guards that hadn’t been worn in probably two years or more. It was great being active in a different way than my gym routine I’ve gotten used to since late November. And I could definitely tell that doing cardio has increased the length of time I can keep running. David really showed out his skills today. I’m jealous and insanely attracted to him when he scores a goal.
A 5.7 grade to be exact. ;) Today, I went real rock climbing for the first time. I’ve been to our local rock gym before and climbed walls at festivals and events before, but this was the real deal. The particular part of the rock we climbed today was called “Short Man’s Sorrow” – if you’re the one to make the first ascent on a rock, you get to name it. So all these routes have really cool catchy names.
David and I have a few friends who are seriously into rock-climbing so they took us out today and gave us a great chance to figure out if we really like it or not. So, I can now officially say that I love climbing huge, intimidating rock faces. The last time I was at the rock gym, I left defeated. I couldn’t quite make it to the top of this one wall. Today, out in the heart of Pisgah, on one of the most beautiful days of the season, I climbed higher and overcame.
I almost got hung up in this one spot. I felt the frustration and fatigue starting to settle in just like it did that day at the rock gym. I felt the almost certain plunge of my tears out of their secret place. (Because, as I realized today, rock-climbing is so much more mental than it is physical.) I paused for a moment and took a deep breath. I heard the encouraging words from my friends and husband below me. I lifted my foot once more. I pressed into that cold and solid rock, and I trusted myself. I trusted that my mind could tell my foot to stay where it should and to tell my muscle to pull me up. Only a few minutes after that, I reached the top. My goal achieved, I repelled down the rock face as confidently as if it were natural to walk down backward and parallel to a rock.
We had a blast out on the mountain today. David has quite a natural ability, and he definitely impressed me. To be honest, I just couldn’t get over how hot his calve muscles were as he climbed. :) And I look forward to doing more rock-climbing this year. It’s now another word I can use to describe me.
Christie Drozdowski: rock climber.
Not just purified, but is it microstructured as well? If you don’t know, that means not H2O but H206 – six times as much oxygen as normal water. That means 1 bottle of Perfect Water is the equivalent to 6 bottles of Aquafina, Desani, etc. Basically, it’s every water drinker’s dream. It’s like Hydration Therapy in a bottle.
I’ve been drinking Perfect Water for a few days now, and at first, I wasn’t sure water could be improved upon. But believe me, it can. Because my body is getting more oxygen, my mind feels clearer and more alert. I’ve tried it with work outs, too, and even though exercise makes you feel more energized on its own, I feel my work out is enhanced because of this simple product.
I mean, c’mon, it’s water! And with the mess of all the nutritional products out there on the market, I feel good about putting this into my body. It’s the highest quality product I’ve seen in a while. Even the plastic the bottle is made out of doesn’t include the plasticides that most bottled waters do (which end up leaking into the water, hence an expiration date).
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