Let me just say- nothing motivates you to do a new post like having a really ugly picture of yourself at the top of the last post.

So it's a Saturday morning and even though I shamelessly love to sleep-in till 11am or 12pm on Saturdays I am reforming because I have found that the joy of 2 hours alone (while Rachel... and in today's case my sister Emily sleep-in) actually motivates this sleepy girl out of bed. I don't think I have posted about it but I started doing Weight Watchers a little bit before Thanksgiving. As of last Monday I had lost nearly 21 lbs! Eating better has definitely given me more energy so I think that has added to my motivation to get up on Saturday mornings.

I am just one of those people who can sleep, and sleep and sleep. It is both a blessing (no insomnia here!) and a curse (I need a lot of sleep and getting out of bed is a BUMMER). Recently there was an article called "good in bed" in Real Simple Magazine where Julie Rottenberg rights about her obsession with sleep and how others have always labeled it a "problem." She humorously defends those of us who love sleeping (she is even more extreme than I am). I have to say that sleepy Saturday mornings are one of the perks of skipping straight to the teenage stage of parenting. Rachel can out sleep even me!

So even though I have a long list of things to do, prepare to teach Sunday School, take things to the thrift store, by a birthday present, work out, buy light bulbs, I am spending a little time catching up on blogs, seeing what is new on facebook, and doing lots of other little things that aren't serving any purpose but feeding my soul this Saturday morning. Even though I'm not sleeping right now it's another way I spend these hours getting refreshed for the week to come. Hope you all have a refreshing weekend too!