Exceedingly Abundantly Beyond

This is how Derick and I went to church together today.  He doesn't look very happy, but he was listening intently to the sermon, I promise!   Today I payed bills for the month of March.  I am generally the person in charge of the finances in our household.  Especially while Derick is away.  Derick earns the money.  I spend the money.   Well, maybe not exactly like that... Anyway, I was going down the list of bills, paying them, checking them off one at a time.  And then I came to my monthly Samaritan share.  For those of you that are members, yes, I realize that it's past the 15th.  For those of you that are not members, Samaritan is what my family uses for healthcare instead of insurance.  Yes, even instead of TriCare insurance that we could get through the Navy.   Every month I send my monthly share amount directly to another member.  Then that member uses my share, along with all the o...

I actually made it to the gym 5 times this week.  That has to be a record.  Five times!  In one week!  The reason that I go to the gym is for mental health.  Although I do love the idea of being stronger!  And Derick and I enjoy being active together.  When we were dating, he told me that he wanted a wife that enjoyed being active.  In the almost 15 years that we have known each other, we have played countless hours of catch, we have run hundreds of miles together and we have ridden probably a couple thousand miles on our bikes together.  Before he left, he was even teaching me to swim so that I could do triathlons again. This is our favorite activity to do together.  Biking.  Quality time and physical activity in one!  We have a dream of someday riding across the country together!  Maybe for our 20th anniversary... The last few years have been busy and stressful, so we have been less active that we'd like to ...