Kayla Griffitt

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Monday, March 29, 2010

Things are starting to look up!

Over the last two weeks my life and slowly but surely started to pick back up and move along alot better than I would have ever thought they would. Sure there are still some parts of my life that need some work and still a few things missing, but I am happier than I have been in a while. I have always heard that God does not shut a door without opening a window, and I now finally believe that! I decided to set another mini goal in my diet and I am trying to reach it by June. I want to loose 50 pounds by June. I am working my way through several DVDs including, Zumba, Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, Walk Yourself Slim. I have decided to do a week of each one and alternate it with the gym and walking around my neighborhood so that I do not go into burnout mode on just one thing. If my scale is right I have lost 8 more pounds since my trip to the doctor on the 11th.

I finally decided the best way to solve the worry and stress in my life is to turn it all over to God. I have been watching The Church of the Highlands online, since I live so far from it, and I have really been enjoying it. For the last 7 weeks he has preached a series on Getting Through A Bad Day and it was like he was sitting in front of me speaking directly to me. Everything he touched on I could relate to and was a lesson that I needed to hear. So yesterday morning I woke up and decided that everything that I have spent the last 3 months worrying about and stressing over was out of my control anyway and there is already a plan set for my life, so in that moment I decided to turn everything over to God. I handed it over to him and I feel like I have never felt before! I now know that God will provide not only for me, but for my family and that is the best feeling in the world! I cannot wait to see what He has in store for Wade and I and are future, there really are endless possibilities.

I cannot wait for this weekend because I get to go home and see my family for Easter, almost my entire family. I wish my little brother could be there and my nephew Sean, but I will be so happy to see my grandmothers, my mom, dad, 2 of my nephews, my wonderful baby sister, my older brother, my sister-in-law and my favorite Boy Friend in Law! Hope everyone has a happy and blessed Easter!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

When it rains it pours......literally!

Its been kinda dreary in my life these days, it seems like all bad things come in 3s. It rained for about 2 or 3 days after being beautiful, and of course my roof leaked AGAIN. The dieting has not gone so well this week for me either. I have had no energy to exercise, but I went to the doctor today and did find out I have lost another 3 pounds, which is a plus. Dr. G decided to put me on low dose BP medicine while I am dieting because my BP was up the past two times I have been in there. I tried to tell him that stress could play a big part in it, but he did not really want to hear it! He was proud of my weight loss success though. I am excited that I have ordered some ZUMBA dvds to change up my workout, I could not find a class anywhere near this small town, so I ordered the videos to do at home, I am also excited about the warm weather so that I can get outside and walk around my neighborhood more. Hopefully I will be able to overcome this hump in the room.

On a much sadder note, my good friend Michael is fixing to lose his mother to cancer. Cynthia has always been such a wonderful woman and like a mother to all of us that ran in the same circle together. She developed cancer last summer and just went downhill from there. The worst part is, Michael lost his father almost 11 years ago in a motorcycle accident and his brother in law died unexpectedly last year. This family has had so much tragedy and heartache over the last 10 years, I pray that God will bring them through this and heal their hearts.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Slowly but surely coming along, and some of my new creations

Its been awhile and things have been going pretty good for me. I have been working hard on the weight loss things and I am now down 25 pounds, which means I have 3 pounds from meeting my first mini goal I set for myself. I could not be more proud of myself and now to set my next mini goal. I would like to lose another 10 pounds in the next month, so hopefully by Easter I will be down another 10 pounds. Just hope my Easter dress fits, actually I would feel awesome if it was too big!!!! I have upped my workout routine, but not going as many days as I was. I am trying to burn anywhere between 1500-2000 calories per workout and I try to go at least 3 days a week. Since it has been so nice on the weekends I have been walking my entire neighborhood too, which is about 4 miles from start to finish and when you are pulling a 50lb dog, that is quite a workout. I have not felt this good about myself physically in a long time and I am only feeling better as the days go by. I have decided not to take any pictures of myself until I can tell a difference. There have been several people who have told me that they can already tell a difference, but I do not see it yet. I guess it will have to be pretty significant for me to see, but some of my clothes are already fitting better!

For the past couple of years I have found a hobby in making cakes. I started off on a whim when I bought a guitar cake pan and decided to see how good I was at decorating it. People have always told me that my desserts were good taste wise, but I had never really decorated anything. After about two hours of working on this cake, I finally finished it and decided to give it to my father in law for his birthday. Everyone seemed to like it, so I decided to try a few more, and I seemed to get a little bit better and better. I did not take pictures of everything I have made, but I have some photos of a few. I want to take some classes to get better and learn how to do things like sugar flowers and all the decorations and add ons with fondant. Wade thinks I could really make something out of this, I have sold a few to some friends down here and made one for my brother and his sister-in-law and they all seemed to like what I have done. I have made everything from a standard white cake to a carrot cake and I can do just about any kind of home made icing, I am excited to say I can now also put photos on cakes or any other screen print. I have also done cheesecakes, pies and cobblers. It would be a dream of mine to open a bakery somewhere if I had the money to do so, of course I have also always wanted to open a wedding dress shop as well, guess its good to always have dreams!!!

Here are some of my cakes


Brayden's First Birthdaycake


My Father in Law's Guitar Cake


My future Brother in law, Jay's cake


Lindsey's 18th Birthday cake -Strawberry

My brother and his sister in law's cake



Shonnie's Carrot Cake


Jannah's guitar cake

Kelsi's Red Velvet Cake