Meet the Shaneyfelts

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The Blog-tember Challenge: Day 7

Happy Labor Day, y’all!  I am so happy to have a day off from school 🙂  I’ve been participating in the Blog-tember Challenge as much as I can and it’s been fun.  Today’s question is…
Day 8: Tell us about your blog name.  Where did it come from?

I started blogging in October of 2014.  I had been reading blogs since college and enjoyed keeping up with some of the same blogs for years.  I know that sounds weird, but it’s like you really get to know the bloggers if you’ve read their blog for a few years.

Anyway, I had just gotten married and felt like it was time for me to try out blogging. I looked at lots of blogs to check out their names, and I even made notes in my phone of different names I had thought of.  I ended up going with Meet the Shaneyfelts because I was still obsessed with thinking about our wedding, and it was our hashtag.  
#MeetTheShaneyfelts  (check it out on Instagram!)

Another reason why I chose Meet the Shaneyfelts is because when I started this blog, I planned on blogging more about our family.  Now almost a year later, I’m starting to rethink a few things about this blog and the direction I”m going in.  Am I really blogging about family or more about myself?  That’s something I’ve got to think about.  I’ve been planning on updating this blog in October in honor of my one year blog-iversary (I love celebrating!), so we’ll see what changes I make in October!
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The Blog-tember Challenge: Day 4

Day 4: What are you passionate about?

I linked up Wednesday with my days 1 and 2 combined post and loved participating in this challenge!  It’s really a great idea and I’ve loved being able to connect with new bloggers that I’ve never read before.  And I love today’s prompt.  When I find something that I love and am passionate about, I give my all.  It’s in my nature.  Sometimes I over-extend myself because I love so many things, and right now I feel like I’m in a season where I’ve over-extended myself.  And I’m working on finding the balance.  I know this is just a season in my life, but it’s hard to see past the stress.  Okay, rant over and now onto the things I’m passionate about!

1. The Lord--I became a Christian when I was 13 and my relationship with God really grew during my college years.  I can thank my college church, Baptist Campus Ministry, and my BFF/roommate Janie for the constant accountability.  My quiet time deepened this summer after reading Don Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life.  I’m constantly humbled each time I learn something new about The Lord and His extreme love for me.  Galatians 2:20 says, “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”  This is a verse I try to constantly remind myself of, and I strive to glorify God in every single thing that I do.

2. My family–Now that Dustin and I are our own little family, I’m so passionate about us glorifying God in our marriage.  I know we fail at that a lot, but God shows us so much grace that we strive to show each other that same grace and mercy.

3. Making our house a home–We just built our first home and I’m having the best time decorating it!  I plan on decorating it for fall this weekend–it’s September, so it’s practically fall to me haha!

4. Reading–I LOVE reading so much!  It’s such a huge passion of mine that I’m getting my master’s degree in library media.  Unfortunately, because I’m in grad school right now, I have very little time to read for fun.  And if I do pick up a book to read leisurely, it takes me so long to finish….think a month per book which is so not like me.

5. the Abide Women’s Ministry at my church–We are in year 2 of our women’s ministry at church and I’ve been so encourage by what God is doing in the hearts of the ladies at my church.  I pray that these ladies will be transformed by the Gospel and will hunger to know Him more.  I also pray this for myself.

6. My friends–I feel like this is such a given, but I had to put it!  Now that I’m an adult, some of my friends don’t live close to me anymore.  We really have to schedule our time together and don’t get to see each other as much as we’d like.

7. Baking–Yes!!!  I love baking.  Literally, if I’m stressed out or had a bad day, I will bake something.  It’s not the eating part that eases my stress, it’s the baking.

8. Blogging–Next month will be my one year anniversary of blogging and I didn’t know I would love it as much as I do.  It’s such an uplifting and encouraging community and I’ve made some great friends!  I can’t wait to re-do my blog next month in honor of my one year blog-iversary 🙂

To see my Day 1 and 2, click here.

The 2015 Blog-tember Challenge: Days 1 and 2

First, I want to say thank you to everyone who looked at–and even commented on–yesterday’s post!  I really love these house tours because I really love looking into people’s homes and observing how they’ve worked to make it a home.  I know that may sound weird but it’s so fascinating to me and I’m so appreciative that people have allowed me to come into their homes!  Check back the first Tuesday in October because I already have the next home lined up and I am so excited to blog about it.
I’m so excited to be participating in this year’s Blog-tember Challenge!  I kept up with it last year (I didn’t have a blog last September–just read them!) and had forgotten all about it until I read my friend Victoria’s blog yesterday.  So here’s Days 1 and 2.  I’ll try to do as many as I can, but….grad school 🙁

Day 1: Introduce Yourself!

Hey, y’all!  My name is Sarah and I’m from a small town in Alabama.  I’ve lived here my whole life except for the four years I moved away to college, and I still stayed within the state–Roll Tide!

I used to be really overweight (think size 16 getting tight) until I started Weight Watchers and lost the first 35 lbs.  I then used what WW had taught me to lose the rest–which was a total of over 50 lbs!!  That moved me to a size 10 (and sometimes 8).  
This is a before and after of me right after I reached my goal weight.
 I’ve actually gained 10 lbs back (see why below) but I’m still in a size 10.  I’m working on losing the weight in a healthy way and still loving my body.

I got married a year ago to the best guy I know, and we just celebrated our one year on July 26th!  He’s the most patient and fun-loving guy I know!

And he’s the best dancer!

We just finished building our first house and moved in last month.  We have loved learning how to be homeowners and I’ve learned that I’ll be filling this house up little by little.

I’m a seventh grade English teacher and my husband works in carbon fiber.  I enjoy baking and cooking–mostly baking–and reading, decorating for holidays, reality TV, and being with friends.  I also am a small group leader in the Abide Women’s Ministry at my church, and I have been rejoicing at the work the Lord has done the past year in the hearts of the women at my church!  I strive to glorify God each day in all that I do and think.  I’m so glad you stopped by!


Day 2: Describe your ideal day.  Where would you go and what would you do?

My answer for this may be a little biased since I just halfway finished a grad school assignment, but as of right now, my ideal day would be doing nothing!  Teaching full time and being a full time graduate student has really influenced this answer! haha!

I would wake up whenever I wanted and have the day free to do as I please–that means if I wanted to watch The Today Show all morning I could.  Or if I wanted to go to the mall, then I could.  Oh, and my ideal day would also include supper out so I didn’t have to be home at a certain time to get supper started.  

Is there anyone else feeling like that right now??