My assignment...find a picture frame. Sounds simple,  right? But on the contrary. It was an all day adventure that the Lord ended up teaching me a lesson on how this applied to my life. So it all began one beautiful Saturday afternoon.  I went into Hobby Lobby to get a picture frame for a project I was working on. I go to the back of the store and there they were...the wall of frames. Now I had come a previous day and took pictures of the frames so I figured I should be in and out of the store. But no.......here I go. I go up and down the aisles as if something is going to be different from a couple of days before. I scrutinized every frame....down to the detail, paint, wood...you name it...I saw it. And if I found a framed a liked....I looked through every frame to make sure I had the best one out of the design. But nope, not good enough. A lady walks up after I stood there for at least 30 minutes at this point looking at one of the frames. She picks up two of the frames I w...

Alright....so it's been awhile that I have gone after my 100 push up goal challenge. Let me be honest, I got discouraged because it seemed like I may not obtain the goal. But a couple of my friends thought it would be a good idea to let people know that I had run into a brick wall with my goal. The idea of the push up challenge seemed like an impossible feat once I reached 42 push ups. It was so hard just to make it to that, I couldn't imagine trying to make it to 100. But I realized just because it gets difficult does not mean you give up. I revamped my strategy. I looked at a video of a girl that has accomplished 100 push ups. This chick is awesome: She actually boosted my vision to want to accomplish my goal and I went to a website that helps you accomplish the 100 push ups in seven weeks. Check it out: http://www.hundredpushups.com. The strategy on this site is have you do a fit test to see how many you can do initially, then they give you a plan in order to accomplish...

Ladies...I have been working towards my 100 consecutive man push-ups for several months now. I am still moving towards to it! I had been kind of discouraged, because I had only made it to 40 push-ups. My friends still said that was a great accomplishment. But then it happened last week. I made it to 42 push-ups!!! Woohoo!! :) Much closer to 100! I believe I broke the plateau because I stopped putting so much pressure on myself to break the 40 mark. So now, I am on to 45 push-ups. Hopefully, I will make it this week...but no pressure. :) Your "goal girl", [e].

As many of you know and those that don't my mother is a fantastic baker. I have been privileged to be able to eat so many great desserts all my life, especially cakes. You name it, my mom has probably made it....and most importantly I would have eaten it. :) I thought to myself a few months ago I have never made a cake........well the Lord must have heard that thought because that all changed for me one Sunday morning at church. My Pastor was speaking that day and asked the ladies , w ho has made a cake raise your hand. Then he asked those who have not, raise your hand. Well it was at that moment Pastor Robb stood directly in front of my parents in the front row and my sister Tina and I were two rows almost directly behind them and saw our hands raised saying we had never made a cake. I had a feeling this was about to get me into trouble...haha. Needless to say my Pastor gave my sister and I an assignment. In fact, these were his exact words...."I’m going to give you an ...

Hey, U Goal Girls! The last time we talked I had a few goals going on. My latest update was I wanted to get to 100 situps and 100 consecutive man push ups. Well....today I did 105 situps! Woohoo. I did 21 man pushups...took a break then came back and did another 20. My highest goal for consecutive man ups is 40. I am still going after the goal. :) I am excited about the direction "U Goal Girl" is taking. I will keep you informed about it in the weeks to come. I am so thankful for all of you that read this blog. It is being read all around the world. So I will continue to write and hopefully one day, you will share your goals and the steps you took to get there. Goal challenge: Have you written down any goals lately? Are you going towards any one, two, or three of them? If you haven't....don't wait....start today. Until tomorrow. Your "goal girl", [e].

Hey, Ladies. Okay....so I am back! I wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to read about Rakisha's fantastic accomplishment! So proud of you Rakisha. :) Since I have been attempting my crazy push up challenge I have had women tell me that they have been encouraged to try to do "one man push up". Other ladies told me that they have done ladies push ups and they continue to increase their reps. I am so proud of you ladies...keep up the good work. As for me...I am back in the swing of things. Working out three times a week. I got up to 38 push ups today, but still striving for the 100 push ups goal. :) Something I started last week was a sit up challenge. I wanted to do 100 situps three days a week. I got up to 65 today! So Monday, Wednesday and Friday I will be going towards my 100 push ups goal. And Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays I will do my 100 situps goal. I did clapping push ups today. I did a total of 4. They are pretty hard. I also did 10 staggered push ups. And...

I have known Rakisha for several years now. I wanted to feature her on today's blog. She is an incredible woman of perserverance and determination. A single parent that decicided to go to school to get her Doctorate. I wanted her to let me know what kept her going in order to complete her goal. See below.   What was my motivation to go back to school for my Doctorate? I always wanted to be a doctor.   Education was always a priority growing up.   So, going to school was never a question.   There are a few things that have inspired me along this journey of pursuing my doctorate.   Being a single mother my priority is making sure I am the best example to my daughter, spiritually, mentally, and physically.   I call the following my 4P’s 1. Pursue your dreams with all your heart.   Never give up what God has placed in your heart. 2. Passion determines my commitment to pursuing my dreams.   When you are passionate about something you ...