So those of you who follow this blog are usually people who recieve our Christmas letter...so I'm updating what's going on...
We just made the decision to move to Tucson and with that decision it required a lot of faith on our part as we were not sure what would happen with our home...rent or sell...we didn't know.
Well we have an answer...we are going to rent to some friends for a year and they have expressed interest in buying our home after that year! It's a major answer to prayer even before we started praying really. It's also an answer to prayer for them. I love how God works things out. We didn't advertize or put a sign up...we simply sent them an e-mail. wow!
So now the hunt begins for where we are going to live in Tucson. It's stressful to try to find a place to live when you don't know the area that well and you have such a short amount of time to find a place. I know it will all come together somehow.
We are excited for this next part of the journey...keep praying for us...God is teaching us a lot through this....
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
obligation
I haven't been diligent to keep posting on this site. I'm not sure what to do with it...maybe I'll make a new years resolution to post at least once a week on here. I don't know.
So it's the day after Thanksgiving...I'm sitting on my couch in my pajamas listening to Christmas music and slowing cleaning my house. I'm also doing a lot of thinking...This can be good and it can be very bad. This year has FLOWN by faster than any other year I think...or I just need to take the time to reflect on everything going on. I have so much to be thankful for.
My husband being probably the one person I am sooooo thankful for. I still fee like the luckiest girl in the world. I really love being married to my best friend...marriage is easy...really easy and for that I'm thankful and feel so blessed!
We have lots of adventures ahead of us and I'm looking forward to them.
We have amazing friends and an amazing church that we are settling into.
We have a great house to make our home.
We have jobs that are GOD GIVEN right now and we are so thankful that God is our provider.
Our families are supportive and loving.
I am so thankful for health. Although I have been through the ringer with my shoulder I know it wasn't for nothing. Taking ownership of my health and losing weight has been beyond my imagination of what I could accomplish.
God is GOOD...and I don't just say that. I KNOW He is through the good, bad and ugly. I TRUST Him. It may seem easy to say that when all is well and life is grand, but I really hope that I can say that and have it be my first instinct even when things are hard. I'm sure I will fail at this...but it's a lifetime goal.
We'll see if my resolution hold up...or if I will post again come summer ;-)
So it's the day after Thanksgiving...I'm sitting on my couch in my pajamas listening to Christmas music and slowing cleaning my house. I'm also doing a lot of thinking...This can be good and it can be very bad. This year has FLOWN by faster than any other year I think...or I just need to take the time to reflect on everything going on. I have so much to be thankful for.
My husband being probably the one person I am sooooo thankful for. I still fee like the luckiest girl in the world. I really love being married to my best friend...marriage is easy...really easy and for that I'm thankful and feel so blessed!
We have lots of adventures ahead of us and I'm looking forward to them.
We have amazing friends and an amazing church that we are settling into.
We have a great house to make our home.
We have jobs that are GOD GIVEN right now and we are so thankful that God is our provider.
Our families are supportive and loving.
I am so thankful for health. Although I have been through the ringer with my shoulder I know it wasn't for nothing. Taking ownership of my health and losing weight has been beyond my imagination of what I could accomplish.
God is GOOD...and I don't just say that. I KNOW He is through the good, bad and ugly. I TRUST Him. It may seem easy to say that when all is well and life is grand, but I really hope that I can say that and have it be my first instinct even when things are hard. I'm sure I will fail at this...but it's a lifetime goal.
We'll see if my resolution hold up...or if I will post again come summer ;-)
Friday, July 9, 2010
A new adventure...no I'm not pregnant
Hi Friends and Family,
I wanted to let you know about some recent changes that I have made in my life. After having shoulder surgery last December I found myself “out of commission” should we say physically. I was told that the recovery time would be 3-6 months and during that time it would be very difficult to exercise normally. I didn’t think it would be too bad; I would just push off my “New Year’s Resolution” to May/June.
During this time I found it really convenient to eat whatever I wanted and sometimes more than I should. By the time May rolled around I was pushing the heaviest I had EVER BEEN in my life. I hated shopping for clothes because the sizes I wanted didn’t fit. I was pretty discouraged because I still had no motivation to go to the gym and still do feel pretty limited in my physical abilities and strength. Something had to change and I wanted to make a change that would be a lifestyle of eating healthy and exercising regularly.
Erik and I talked…prayed….talked….set goals…talked more and found ourselves exploring the option of Take Shape for Life. We talked to our friends who had told us about the program and decided to make a life change and we signed up. We started the program May 24th and as of today (6 weeks later) Erik has lost 30lbs and I have lost 18lbs. We are learning how to properly view food and how to make wise decisions with our health.
We are totally excited about this life change and are so impressed with Take Shape for Life that I (Kristin) have decided to become a health coach in the program. As a health coach I have the opportunity to challenge and encouraging people on the Take Shape for Life program. I am paid by the company to be the support system/coach so my help is free to you. You can check out the program at www.owningyourhealth.tsfl.com.
If you know of someone who may be interested in losing weight and making a healthy lifestyle change, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail me with questions.
Kristin
208-874-2722
Kristin.mentze@gmail.com
I wanted to let you know about some recent changes that I have made in my life. After having shoulder surgery last December I found myself “out of commission” should we say physically. I was told that the recovery time would be 3-6 months and during that time it would be very difficult to exercise normally. I didn’t think it would be too bad; I would just push off my “New Year’s Resolution” to May/June.
During this time I found it really convenient to eat whatever I wanted and sometimes more than I should. By the time May rolled around I was pushing the heaviest I had EVER BEEN in my life. I hated shopping for clothes because the sizes I wanted didn’t fit. I was pretty discouraged because I still had no motivation to go to the gym and still do feel pretty limited in my physical abilities and strength. Something had to change and I wanted to make a change that would be a lifestyle of eating healthy and exercising regularly.
Erik and I talked…prayed….talked….set goals…talked more and found ourselves exploring the option of Take Shape for Life. We talked to our friends who had told us about the program and decided to make a life change and we signed up. We started the program May 24th and as of today (6 weeks later) Erik has lost 30lbs and I have lost 18lbs. We are learning how to properly view food and how to make wise decisions with our health.
We are totally excited about this life change and are so impressed with Take Shape for Life that I (Kristin) have decided to become a health coach in the program. As a health coach I have the opportunity to challenge and encouraging people on the Take Shape for Life program. I am paid by the company to be the support system/coach so my help is free to you. You can check out the program at www.owningyourhealth.tsfl.com.
If you know of someone who may be interested in losing weight and making a healthy lifestyle change, please do not hesitate to call or e-mail me with questions.
Kristin
208-874-2722
Kristin.mentze@gmail.com
Monday, June 28, 2010
2 years!!
I can't believe we have been married 2 years! it's been amazing! God has really blessed us with so much. I'm excited for the next 75...unless Jesus comes back...
Sunday, May 30, 2010
100W cooking road trip
So Erik bought a new car about a month ago. I like it...except I can't drive it. It's a manual...and I really don't have any desire to really put the time and effort into learning. However, a feature in this car is a 100w outlet. It's kind of handy I guess if you go camping and such....but we don't go camping much...so we had an idea...
We are thinking about taking our car on a road trip during Christmas to Phoenix...maybe stop in California to visit some friends but we would bring our kitchen appliances along (griddle, crock pot, and waffle maker) and make all of our food out of our car.
We are rather entertained by the idea. The goal would be to eat healthy and to save money. We would also blog our experience...Cooking through Julia Child's cook book out of our Matrix...ha.
We'll see.
We are thinking about taking our car on a road trip during Christmas to Phoenix...maybe stop in California to visit some friends but we would bring our kitchen appliances along (griddle, crock pot, and waffle maker) and make all of our food out of our car.
We are rather entertained by the idea. The goal would be to eat healthy and to save money. We would also blog our experience...Cooking through Julia Child's cook book out of our Matrix...ha.
We'll see.
Monday, March 29, 2010
project nightstand
so erik and i have night stands in our bedroom that are from our college years...
Sunday we saw a garage sale in our neighborhood at a house that has been for sale since last summer. well since we are curious (not nosey) neighbors we wanted to find out if they sold the house. we went to look at their garage sale and i casually asked, "oh are you spring cleaning?" the lady said, "no i'm moving" we then asked, "oh, did you sell the house?" she said, "yes" but reading into it...she probably didn't get what she wanted out of it and probably sold it for quite a bit less than what she bought it for. i say all this because we are just keeping an eye on the market in our neighborhood. we really hope that buying when we did will help in the long run but we have to wait and see.
ANYWAYS, she had these two nightstands for sale and we bought them for $8!! we thought...PROJECT!!! so we sanded them down and we are going to stain them darker and replace the handle. we wish we would have taken before pictures but below are the pictures of the project inbetween. the nightstand is sanded but not stained. we also bought new nobs at anthropology but i can't decide which ones i like...so if you have an opinion please let me know. i like them all for different reasons. All together we will have brand new night stands for less than $100!!
Sunday we saw a garage sale in our neighborhood at a house that has been for sale since last summer. well since we are curious (not nosey) neighbors we wanted to find out if they sold the house. we went to look at their garage sale and i casually asked, "oh are you spring cleaning?" the lady said, "no i'm moving" we then asked, "oh, did you sell the house?" she said, "yes" but reading into it...she probably didn't get what she wanted out of it and probably sold it for quite a bit less than what she bought it for. i say all this because we are just keeping an eye on the market in our neighborhood. we really hope that buying when we did will help in the long run but we have to wait and see.
ANYWAYS, she had these two nightstands for sale and we bought them for $8!! we thought...PROJECT!!! so we sanded them down and we are going to stain them darker and replace the handle. we wish we would have taken before pictures but below are the pictures of the project inbetween. the nightstand is sanded but not stained. we also bought new nobs at anthropology but i can't decide which ones i like...so if you have an opinion please let me know. i like them all for different reasons. All together we will have brand new night stands for less than $100!!
Saturday, March 20, 2010
today i went to disneyland!!!
So last spring break I went to disneyland...today I went to disneyland in a whole new way...I had a wisdom tooth taken out and I decided I wanted to be "in Disneyland" for the proceedure.
It wasn't too bad. I'm one of the blessed ones and I only have one wisdom tooth. It didn't bother me but it was just decaying. What a way to start spring break?!?!
As for progress on the shoulder....well....it's not going as planned. I'm very behind in my recovery. I went to a different physical therapist on Friday and the guy just laid into my shoulder. I cried. But I have come to accept that every doctors appointment means pain...but it's good pain. After the appointment I was a little sore but I have much more motion and range today. I just need to stay faithful with my stretching and exercises. Please pray that I can remember to do that throughout my day.
This week is spring break...we'll i have a few goals of cleaning out the closet and dresser...etc...doctors appointments and maybe getting down to see my good friend kami who just had her third baby....can't wait to meet miss isabella grace!
oh babies...they seem to be everywhere....hmmmm....i wonder if anyone reads this?!?!
until next month....
It wasn't too bad. I'm one of the blessed ones and I only have one wisdom tooth. It didn't bother me but it was just decaying. What a way to start spring break?!?!
As for progress on the shoulder....well....it's not going as planned. I'm very behind in my recovery. I went to a different physical therapist on Friday and the guy just laid into my shoulder. I cried. But I have come to accept that every doctors appointment means pain...but it's good pain. After the appointment I was a little sore but I have much more motion and range today. I just need to stay faithful with my stretching and exercises. Please pray that I can remember to do that throughout my day.
This week is spring break...we'll i have a few goals of cleaning out the closet and dresser...etc...doctors appointments and maybe getting down to see my good friend kami who just had her third baby....can't wait to meet miss isabella grace!
oh babies...they seem to be everywhere....hmmmm....i wonder if anyone reads this?!?!
until next month....
Thursday, February 18, 2010
my husband left me....he took my truck, his guns, and my love
sappy country song that i just wrote....
It's been a while since our last posting. I hope to be better at blogging like I was in the past but sometimes I just don't think about it.
Within the last month my healing has really made some progress but I am still with quite a bit of pain. On Tuesday of this week I was in class with 7th grade while they were playing a soccer game and a ball was kicked towards me...I was looking down and I looked up just as it was coming at me and flinched very hard and moved...needless to say I was instantly in tears from pain and it took me a little while to regain my composure. I needed tylenol and ice and I was fine...it just hurt. I think my students were shocked at my reaction. They really don't have the concept of how serious my surgery was. Every day I have a student ask me "Is your arm better yet?" I kindly tell them that it won't be better till summer.
I started PT yesterday and they said I was a little behind in recovery so I'm a bit dissapointed that I won't be able to hit or serve overhand by volleyball season. We will see.
In other news in the Mentze house...Erik took me to Lincoln City for Valentine's Day...it was fun and it brought back memories of our honeymoon...and I'll leave it at that.
Erik is taking off this weekend to go to central Oregon to have a man weekend with some guys from church. It's mainly a gun shootin weekend...I have no idea what they are going to do...but I'm imagining everything that jr. high boys dream of would be in this weekend....or if I think about it more maybe they will sit around talk about relationships and watch pride and prejudice....doubtful ;-)
More to come at a later time...not designated...time for breakfast.
It's been a while since our last posting. I hope to be better at blogging like I was in the past but sometimes I just don't think about it.
Within the last month my healing has really made some progress but I am still with quite a bit of pain. On Tuesday of this week I was in class with 7th grade while they were playing a soccer game and a ball was kicked towards me...I was looking down and I looked up just as it was coming at me and flinched very hard and moved...needless to say I was instantly in tears from pain and it took me a little while to regain my composure. I needed tylenol and ice and I was fine...it just hurt. I think my students were shocked at my reaction. They really don't have the concept of how serious my surgery was. Every day I have a student ask me "Is your arm better yet?" I kindly tell them that it won't be better till summer.
I started PT yesterday and they said I was a little behind in recovery so I'm a bit dissapointed that I won't be able to hit or serve overhand by volleyball season. We will see.
In other news in the Mentze house...Erik took me to Lincoln City for Valentine's Day...it was fun and it brought back memories of our honeymoon...and I'll leave it at that.
Erik is taking off this weekend to go to central Oregon to have a man weekend with some guys from church. It's mainly a gun shootin weekend...I have no idea what they are going to do...but I'm imagining everything that jr. high boys dream of would be in this weekend....or if I think about it more maybe they will sit around talk about relationships and watch pride and prejudice....doubtful ;-)
More to come at a later time...not designated...time for breakfast.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
no more drugs!
So it's been a while since my surgery and I am feeling much better but I'm not without pain. I'm off the strong drugs for now and I just had my follow up appointment with the doctor. He gave me a prescription for a sleeping aid since I have difficulty sleeping in the sling and I don't start Physical Therapy until February.
Back to school was not as hard as I thought it would be. The students are all very kind and helpful...except when they "forget" and hit me on the arm...oh dear. Please keep praying.
I'm heading to bed...good night!
Back to school was not as hard as I thought it would be. The students are all very kind and helpful...except when they "forget" and hit me on the arm...oh dear. Please keep praying.
I'm heading to bed...good night!
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