Stephanie's Blog / Bill Phillips Transformation

TN Champion's Weekend

Out of respect for Bill and his event in Denver I've not really posted anything about our event here. Today I'll just post the link and let folks look for themselves.

October 23-

Reflections and blessings

I was raised out in the country by two wonderful parents...I'm proud of my upbringing and stand by my 'country values' quite proudly. Values like being true to your word, speaking honestly, sharing

update

Just stopping by for an update..

Life seems to be chugging at 120mpg right now. Start of school is a hectic time on the campus of a large instution. Don will be starting a new job at a local

Prayers for Diane!

I have sad news to share today regarding Diane.

Yesterday she was involved in an serious accident and sustained a head injury. She is currently in critical care at a hospital in Illinois

Chipper!

Feeling rather chipper today! Hosted a lovely sleepover for my daughter's 9th birthday this past weekend. There's nothing like having a housefull of 8-9yo girls(and 1 brave boy) to tend too. We too

Update part 2

Well the new job for Don was disastrous. Turns out they want 50+ hours of time for 40 hours of pay...roughly making the hourly rate around $8....we can't live on that...unemployment is better than

New Job Update

Thanks for the thoughts and prayers. Don did get the car sales job he was interviewing for. Even though he has no experience, I think he'll do ok. He is very nervous. Sales is a tough business and

Prayers needed

Things are rather tough these days for our family as they are for so many right now. Don has an interview this morning and I just wanted to post out here and ask for prayers. While not a job in his

What kind of day will you have?

...EACH DAY IS A GIFT..NOT A GIVEN RIGHT...

Great line from one of my favorite Nikelback songs right now. The song talks about living in the now and letting go of the past. If it was your las

Sunny days and improving attitudes

Man was my last blog a downer or what?? Not typical of me at all..I'm a very upbeat person..but like most people..I do have down days and the attitude tends to lag behind. Normally I can deal and r

Wow

things are kind of upside down in my world these days. With so much negative whirling around us, it is really hard sometimes to stay focused on the positive..cause the positive can be darn hard to

General Update

Thought I'd stop in a give a brief update.

Doing ok. Working on my summer goals of Yoga and tennis and the 5k. The 5k may have to wait just due to how my back is responding(badly) to the att

Lessons from Dory

Having a young child, Don and I often get the opportunity to watch children's movies. Over and over and over..to the point where we can often quote most of the dialog to the movies. Kids movies the

Logistics of diane's trip

Just stop and think for a few minutes what it takes to pull off a trip like this. Even ignoring the fundraising goal aspect of the journey..just cycling for 4000 miles across multiple states, carry

Dedicated to Ms. Starjump

I wanted to take a moment a dedicate a blog to Diane. I have learned so much from her in the short amount of time that I've known her. At first one can be intimidated by her openness to people, sit

When helping doesn't help

We've all heard the expression 'You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink'....

As we seek to transform ourselves and to help others transform we have to realize that it is ul

Random Thoughts

Friday is the official end of school in my county and my 3rd grader will officially become a 4th grader. I can honestly say that I have cherished every moment with our daughter Bethany. We are rais

Just an update

Just thought I'd come out and update everyone. The last 2 weeks have been really crazy. Friday we had our end-of-school fundraiser Walk-a-thon at Bethany's school. 12 hours straight on my feet and

Summer of Stephanie

Thought I'd take a little bit of time tonight to share with you all a glimpse at some of my fitness goals over the summer. I guess you could say I had sort of an eppiphany. Why this particular thought

Moving forward..slowly

Knee Update: Doc says my kneecap is slightly out of alignment and the twisting motion aggravated it..duh...something about bones rubbing together..it hurts...so one cortizone shot later here I am.