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That's right, folks... those of you who read D's last Blog entry know that we were looking for a cat... well, we brought home a little bundle of... well, I reserve the word 'joy', because this little lady has become quite rambunctious on us... but here she is!

Nola Darling

Here she is, sitting on D's lap, the day we brought her home.  She was so sweet and craving attention and love that first day.  However... the zealous goofball has come out of her and she wants to play and scratch now.  She's a ball of laughs, but when you're ready for the game to end, SHE IS NOT.  *LOL*  But it's cool... she warms up the home and makes the beginning of every day rather interesting. 

I actually went ahead and joined a new gym.  I bought LL Cool J's Platinum Workout for some tips to incorporate into my regimen to make a permanent lifestyle change, and to lose some much needed poundage for the upcoming wedding.

My church's Men's Ministry is doing something new for 2007.  We're calling it IRONMEN - a new development of our ministry designed to uplift & encourage our men seeking to change their lives and study God's word.  We held our first IRONMEN meeting last Saturday and had a great discussion.  We're all starting what we call the IRONMEN Boot Camp.  For the next 8 weeks, I must run/jog/walk 3 miles per week, and I have to read the entire book of Proverbs.  We even paired up - each of us has an "Iron Sharpeneth Iron" partner.  I got partnered up with Neal - he's a very cool guy, and easy to talk to.  He's already even called me twice to try to schedule us getting together to do our 3 miles for this week.  And he's been helping me get out some other issues I've been having as well... it's great to be able to converse with another Black man who is as excited about his walk with God as I am about mine.  We have to finish by the end of April... so I'm all geared up.

OK... last note... Ash Wednesday is coming up FAST.  I have decided something I never thought I'd say I'd try... I'm going to change my diet for Lent.  I'm going to switch to an entirely Vegan diet for lent - no meat, no dairy products... NOTHING.  This is an extra challenge to myself.  D was great with it when she did it last year, so I want to challenge myself this year.  I'll keep y'all posted.

That's all for now... gotta finish sipping this vanilla chai and get ready for this meeting at work... *groan*