Little Okie Homestead

Showing Christ's love to an unbelieving husband can sometimes seem like an uphill battle. What I tend to forget is that it is a minute by minute choice. Each decision I make can show his love or not. Of course I'm only human so there are plenty of minutes where it's not shining through. But most days it can be quite simple. Anticipating my hubby's needs are one of the basic ways I can show Christ's love through me. Something as basic as refilling his drink when it is getting empty, especially on after a really hard day at work. Even making sure that the house is picked up before he returns home from work because I know that clutter gives him anxiety. These are just basic things but can make a meaningful impact. There can be really powerful opportunities to show love as well. I just went through that this week with my hubby. He had this job that seemed like it was never going to end. It was suppose to take 4 to 5 days and on day 7 he showed up to the job site ...

So we are starting week 8 (I think). It's been a few weeks since I have officially sat down and updated on how I have been doing. Week 6 I did pretty good. The 4 am workouts were starting to wear on me so I decided to try and get a workout in after my hubby left for work but before the kids got up. Some days that went OK and other days not so well. I did however get several workouts in with the boys awake and they went pretty well. Monkey tired to join in with me and it was quite fun to watch. Of course he couldn't keep up with the workouts and took many breaks but it was fun to have him involved. This week I plan to do cardio days at 4 am in the gym because they are easier than trying to complete in the house. But for the non-cardio days I will do them in the house in the morning. That way I'm not completely exhausted everyday. Now for week 7. I have no idea even what the workouts were for last week. I didn't even look once! I have good reason though. My hubby h...

Being married to an unbeliever is no simple task. I can't say it is more or less difficult because every marriage is different and I can only speak to my own experience. As I sit here tonight while my hubby is out working a night job for a week I'm reading " Winning Him Without Words " by Dineen Miller and Lynn Donovan. It has been on my wish list through Amazon for a while not and I finally thought I should just grab it from the library. See I've been looking for support from other women that are in the same place as I am. Even though I run a Christian moms group and go to church I have no one in my life that is a Christ loving wife and mama that has an unbelieving husband. So I thought maybe I should read some books and maybe I'll get support that way. So far the book hasn't taught me anything I don't already know. If I would have read this book earlier in our marriage maybe it would have been more helpful.With all that we have been through tog...

Sorry for not being around to update. My time has been devoted to my boys and to purging which I haven't yet been able to share with you either. My workouts haven't been daily like they are suppose to be but I'm still managing about 4 a week. Most days that I don't get an actual workout completed is because I've been so busy running around that I just don't have time. So at least it's not because I'm just sitting around. Last week Briana had us do 100 lounges in 4 minutes! It was crazy hard and I wasn't able to get the full 100 in but I will tell you this that my legs were KILLING me! It was ridiculous! I'm sure it is going to be worth it. I haven't noticed any changes on the scale or in my waist measurements but my clothes are starting to feel a little bigger, I feel like my shape has changed and I'm more toned, and I've lost finger fat ;) because I can finally wear my wedding ring! Hubby is pleased with that! We actually got ...

For this month I have decided to give up social media!  I have decided that social media is not benefiting my life at this moment. It has in the past and I'm almost sure that I will get back to it once this month is over just not as much. No one thing happened to make me make this choice. I have been struggling with figuring out some things in my life. I keep getting motivated and then sucked back into my awful routine of life. And then I'll get motivated again and then some times one day sometimes a week later I'm back to my normal routine. But two nights ago I was reading the Bible to the boys before bed like we always do and it spoke to me and to Monkey. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 15   Do not love the world or anything in the world.  If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.   16   For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man,  the lust of his eyes  and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but...