About Me

 

I am a 53 year old woman who has as of this week lost 94 pounds in the last 3 1/2 years.  Actually 2 1/2 years ago I was down 100 pounds, and so now am working to get back down to that weight, which is 155.5 pounds.  I really felt and looked good then, and it is just cool to say you have lost 100 pounds!  So, doing the math, my official starting weight shortly after my 50th birthday was 255.5 pounds.  I don’t really define myself in terms of my weight or my weight loss, but since this blog is mostly about that, thought I should get those stats out there.  Plus, to be truthful, thinking about it and working on it does consume a huge portion of my time.

Other stuff about me:  I am single, never been married, never had kids.  I know this has made my weight loss easier–I get to eat what I want to eat, when I want to eat.  Now that I write that, that was probably part of the problem with gaining weight–I ate whatever I wanted to eat, whenever I wanted to eat it!  

I love animals, especially dogs.  Currently have 4 dogs, 3 dachshunds (the bad little girls,) and one black standard poodle, a practically perfect dog named Oliver. Right now the only other animals I have are 2 outdoor cats and 6 old chickens. 

I am a neonatal intensive care nurse, and have worked at a major medical center for the past 20 years.  I still love what I do, and consider it a blessing that I get to take care of some of the tiniest and sickest babies in our nursery.

I love all kinds of handwork.  Currently I’m obsessed with quilting, but am also learning traditional rug hooking.  I still spin and knit, but not as much as I used to.

The over-riding passion of my life is learning to live the life that Jesus came to offer us–a life of love, and joy, and rest. Loving God and loving others–not such an easy task for me. I really want my spiritual life and my secular life to be integrated.  I think that is part of the message that Jesus was trying to get across.