What's YOUR Song?

I'm trying out this whole "link-up" things for the first time :) Hop on over to Goodnight Moon to see her song and others'.

MY song right now is "Let us Love by Needtobreathe. I am LOVING them!!!

Playlist for the breaking hearts

Hearts are breaking all around me...marriages falling apart, fighting, cheating...not just acquaintances, but friends - some of my BEST friends - are losing all they know and their dreams are breaking into pieces. Not long ago, it was me. Almost one year after my divorce was final, the pieces of me that were broken on the ground are being put back together into someone beautiful and I see the masterpiece that is being re-created. I want to share some (okay almost ALL) of my favorite break-up/empowerment/strength-gaining songs.

Fighter-Christina Aguilera
A Little Bit Stronger-Sara Evans
Stand-Rascal Flatts
It Takes More-Jordan Sparks
Faith-Jordan Sparks
Over You-Daughtry
No Surprise-Daughtry
Take A Bow-Rhianna
Since You've Been Gone-Kelly Clarkson
Never Again-Kelly Clarkson
Walk Away-Kelly Clarkson
Cry Me A River-Justin Timberlake
What Goes Around-Justin Timberlake
Bye-Bye-JoDee Messina
Consider Me Gone-Reba McEntire
You're Not Sorry-Taylor Swift
Picture to Burn-Taylor Shift
You Outta Know-Alanis Morrisette
So What-Pink
Irreplaceable-Beyonce
Before He Cheat-Carrie Underwood
Undo It-Carrie Undersood
Life Goes On-LeeAnn Rhimes
Better In Time-Leona Lewis
Apologize-One Republic
Jar of Hearts-Christina Perri
Rolling in the Deep-Adele
One Girl Revolution-Superchick
Stand in the Rain-Superchick
Beauty From the Pain-Superchick
Just to Know You're Alive-Kutless

Unwritten-Natasha Bedingfield

What are some of YOUR favorites?

#dearyoungself

One of my recent tweets:

#dearyoungself, pay attention to the red flags. They do not go away with time.

Oh, the letter I would write myself...

Ps- follow me on twitter @amanda_long30


- Posted from my iPhone

Cake Shakes?

Yummy!!!!

I started a new diet with Visalus and I have lost 4 lbs in 1 1/2 weeks (I didn't do well my firstt week.) The shakes are really good, and what I like nest about them is that you can mix it with ehatever you want! It comes with some nutritional flavor packets, but I love to add my own fruit.

Here are some of my favorites:

Coffee
FF Milk
Cake Shake Mix
Truvia
Ice

Frozen Peaches
Banana
FF Milk
Cake Shake Mix
Ice

Frozen Pineapple
Frozen Mango
Orange Packet
Cake Shake Mix
FF Milk
Ice

Breakfast and lunch shakes. I have healthy snacks during the day and est whatever I make for dinner. Kind of pricey, but they taste good and I ma happy to see results right away - in fact, I have tons of energy from them too!

My "brother" growing up is getting married on Sept 4, so I need to lose fast and healthy weight by then :) I'll keep you all posted on my success and check it out if you get the chance. Body By Vi

September 1, 2011

I can't believe how 9/1/11 is coming. It is a little nerve-wrecking.

I guess I should explain.

9/1/11 is the 1 year anniversary of my divorce being final, but more than that, 

it is the day I can officially start dating again.

 I started working on myself and making positive changes in my life back when I was still married, but I haven't spent a lot of time getting to know who I am again. I knew that I didn't want to just jump into another relationship. It wouldn't be fair to me or the person I was dating. Then one day, I was listening to a sermon by Andy Stanley at North Point Church (The New Rules for Love, Sex and Dating: The Right Person Myth), when I heard him say it is not about finding the right person, but when you do find the right person, will you be the type of person they are looking for? WOW! I have very high standards this time around and I want to be the person that I am looking for is looking for. So, (even though time had already started to pass) I made a vow to not date for one year so I could become that person. 

Single friends, please listen to it!!!!

So, now I am coming up on 9/1/11, and I am excited and cared at the same time. 

Am I that person? Do I know myself enough? Do I remember how to date? How to flirt? How to kiss? Online dating? Where do I even begin to meet someone? 

Any advice?

I Have A Question...

As the boys are laying in bed:

Ryan: I have a question.
Me: Okay.
Ryan: It is about monster trucks.
Me: Okay.
Ryan: If a monster truck tries to eat me, I run away and yell for help. And, that's my question.
Me: laughing hysterically.

Yep - this happens every night. Some nights a train tries to eat him.

blog design

Does anyone have any connections to someone that will design my blog for me? I want it plain and simple, but with a cute banner.