be more graceful

I might start dancing or something.

The book “Captivating” by John and Stasi Eldredge is an amazing book for anyone woman seeking to be more graceful!!!! It has inspired me to be the lovely woman I was meant to be as well as letting the man be the head of the household. Very good book to really understand the meaning behind this goal.

With a nic name like cajunhurricane, you can imagine that I am not all that graceful. I am a country girl and come from an area were mud riding is an art form. I am 32 and have 4 great kids and a wonderful husband. I have two brothers and no sister. Being the oldest of my siblings by 3 years, daddy and I bonded when I was born. I was his sidekick and learned everything there is to know about being rough and tumble.
Growing up this way, I look at gracefulness as a mystery. And believe me when I tell you, it is true what they say about mysteriousness. The more you don’t know about something, the more you want it. Could someone please tell me how to begin? I am always so busy with the kids and being a wife that if I ever, ever had any grace, it left me on an occasion that I can’t remember. Can anyone give me some tips and tricks?

So, I’m running into a dilemma… it is soooo hard to work on this goal in the enviroment I’m currently in. I’m in AIT for the Army, so it is relatively hard to work on being graceful, but hey… if I can work on it, and get it here. I can be graceful anywhere, right?

Really the thing that really inspired me to pursue grace and excellence was the movie Memoirs of a Geisha. Anyone in this group I’d really recommend seeing it. I’ve been taking more time when it comes to getting myself ready, I’m even a bit more quite, no need to be so loud if aiming for grace. Let’s see how far I can take this

I want to always have an air of grace about me, but I am known as a total klutz. I’m the most clumsy person in my family. I trip and fall every single day and I’ve bumped into so many things, it doesn’t even hurt when I run into a wall head-on.

I’m mid-way through my yoga class – it’s only once a week unfortunately.

I have also bought some high heeled shoes (not that I wear them often, but they are pretty foxy!) – they make me feel graceful (when I’m not limping).

I think I am also more coordinated in my appearance, accessorising, etc (though I lost a scarf on my trip which was absolutely perfect – tragedy!)

For now I think I need to shift my focus from “be”ing “more graceful”, to “being more fit”.

This goal is done for now.

Yoga helps. A lot.

“every moment is grace”

Jim took me to the mall on my birthday so I could look for a dress. I found an xoxo dress I think it is that we both agreed looked really good. He says it looks good on me, and I love the colors and style. It’s missing some sequins but I got a dicount. It was $70 I told him I would pay half and gave him $40, it ended up being cheaper and he just had to pay about $16! I really have no where to hang and protect it, and I am trying so hard to lose weight, I need my belly to flatten more until it looks ok. If I get to the size 3 or less I want to again (if I don’t I might as well kill myself) it won’t fit because it is a 7. But I guess I need a good fitting corset since all mine are too small now and DON’T HOLD ANYTHING BACK. I have to get it dry cleaned before I wear it. It said social dress but it is formal looking and I never go anywhere nice but now I have somethign to wear when I do. I need shoes to wear with it, I saw some black lacy heels at Wetseal but no size 8 and I cannot walk in heels at all I don’t know why! My feet are wide and it hurts and stuff and they just don’t fit right. Also, I wanted to find a red dress to wear on out anniversary/ Valentine’s Day. I tried some on but none of them looked good. Just a little red dress. There is one on Heavy Red but it’s $90 I think and it’s hard buying something like that online and not knowing how it fits and feels. But yeah, I have a fancy dress now, and not one that I got a Charlotte Russe that is cheap and cheaply made.