Hi there! Me again:)

It has definitely been an eventful week. Last Thursday I became a bonafide, card carrying member of the Mamavation sistahood! Very excited about that. Like I expressed to my fellow sistas, I am an only child, can't stand the sister in law that I do have, so I have never been blessed with any true sisters. Without sounding too Hallmark cardie...you can't get any truer with these wonderful women. Proud to be one of them and will do my best to support them as they are supporting me.
Now you would think that having this happen would be the highlight of my week right? Well believe it or not it wasn't. Shortly after being made a sista, I went way out of my comfort zone and entered to become a Mamavation mom! I had hubby take a video of me explaining why I want to be the next Mamavation mom and what I can do to motivate other moms to have a healthy lifestyle. You may be wondering why I haven't posted the video here, on this blog. Plain and simple, I thought the video stunk! It was made quickly and on the last day of entries. Goofy me I got all the dates of the campaign messed up and had to do a last minute job. Though I would absolutely love to be chosen, I am not holding much hope. I needed to give the video more time, more thought. I have had cancer four times in my life and at one point weighed over 250lbs. I truly believe I could do a great job at motivating others, but didn't feel as if I conveyed that in my video. I will keep y'all posted but don't hold your breathe...lol...If I don't succeed this time I will just have to apply and apply over and over until they choose me!
The wonderful thing is that I tried and that I intend to keep trying right? No pain no gain as my mom often said. Applying for sistahood and becoming a Mamavation mom had me thinking a lot as the weekdays progressed. So much so I decided to make a few commitments. Funny enough, when I was pondering what commitments to make I received an email from the head Mamavation mom aka Bookieboo! In the email she posed a challenge to all her sistas! This is the "Move It and Lose It" challenge. To take part in this challenge she wanted our next blog post to give a shout out about "where will our feet take us this year?" While reading that infamous email, a lightbulb appeared over my head. I had obviously wanted to make more commitments and follow these commitments through, I am a Breast Cancer survivor, and Bookieboo was inquiring about my size 5 feet. What do you get when you put those three things together? The 3 day walk for Breast Cancer happening in Atlanta, Georgia in October 2011! So with that being said, I would like to announce that I will be walking that walk! That is where my feet will be taking me! The only thing that concerns me is my feet (yes, more feet talk). I will DEFINITELY be needing a good pair of footwear to get through that three day, 65 mile walk. One of the best manufacturers in exercise footwear and a favorite of everyone over at Mamavation is the Earth Footwear company. I will definitely be shopping there before the big walk! Unless they would like to give me a pair? (hint, hint!) Need some fab footwear for you or someone you love? Check out http://www.earthfootwear.com pronto!

More soon...Juli XOXO

Location:New Sistahood, New Commitments, Walking for a Cure....