15 pull-ups

no... NOT the toddler diapers. ew! i'm talking actual, physical, real pull-ups. some guys at work decided to do 100 pull-ups in 100 days. it goes something like this...

Day 1 = do as many as you can at one time
Day 2 = 2 pull ups
Day 3 = 3 pull ups
Day 4 = 4 pull ups
etc....

the number of pull ups for the day we're on can be done over the course of the day (thankfully!). i was already doing a handful each time i went to fill up my water bottle or was in the general area of the work-out room at work. now i just have more motivation. as of today (and the past 29 years) i can NOT do a pull up all on my own. i'm pretty strong for a girl, but those muscles in my arms just aren't developped. so.... we're changing that.

i joined in on day 9 i think. and while i have to use a chair to do the pull ups, i can already tell that i'm not using the chair as much as i once was. so that's a bonus!

let's hope that by the last day i can do at least one without the aid of a chair :)

We interrupt this countdown...

...for recent happenings.
1. Fall for Greenville. ALWAYS mucho fun with yummo food and festivities:

Garrett was planning his route and menu.

Glamorous Kelly and Allison

Yummo....

the boys and their hotdogs

amazing what can be done with a large block of ice and a chain saw

2. It's fall in South Carolina and football is in full swing! Granted, Clemson isn't doing as well as all had hoped, however, we are still enjoying the season, our team... and the food :)

My cousin Morgan is a Clemson Tiger now... although her boyfriend is at the Citadel. But he's pretty cool, so we're keeping him around!

Will and Diana's tailgate

I love this picture of D and Wyatt!

as for this one... my friends were supposed to jump WITH me... :)

16 things...

... that I'm thankful for.

1) God's grace
2) His Son, Jesus
3) my amazing family (mom, brother, aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins!!)
4) my Clemson girls
5) phone calls from old friends (like the one I just received from Melody!)
6) a job that i love
7) the fact that i consider the people i work with to be more like family than co-workers
8) the 5 months that i lived in Belgium
9) Arica and the Greens, none of whom i would know had i not gone to Belgium
10) the chances i've had to travel the world
11) the fact that i have friends in 6 different countries who would let me sleep on their couch should i ever get over to see them... :)
12) my Clemson Tigers (regardless of their ability to play sports)
13) a church that i love serving with in Greenville, SC
14) a small group - i mean, community group - that i adore
15) my new camera
16) cherry coke and chocolate

ok, i realize that last one had two in it, but they HAD to make the list. and really, i could go on FOREVER with things that i'm thankful for. this list doesn't even really scratch the surface.

what are YOU thankful for? everyone has at least 2 things they could name off the top of their head. come on, you can do it!

17 more days...

... until I hit 29. Wow. I've been freaking out a little bit because the next birthday that rolls around will be the big 3-0. Not that I've ever really been that into the number of my birthday... it's just the fact that it IS my birthday :) But, this is my last one in my twenties.

The other thing is that while I was never one to have my life planned out (by this age I'll be married, by this age i'll have a career, by this age i'll have so many kids, etc.), I really didn't think I'd still be single at 29. It's really a minor thing because I have an amazing life! I have SO many things that I'm thankful for (keep an eye out for #16 in the "countdown") and God has used me in ways that would have been more challenging had I been married.

However, it would be really fun to share this life adventure with someone. But, I know God has a plan (Jer 29:11) so I'm just chillin' until I get to share this cool life with someone else :)