*Christian Encouragers #184*

[SunnyD57]

*:flow1: WELCOME! :flow1: *
You've found a great place to come and vent, share or ask for prayer support :) This is a great group who will be
very encouraging, caring and loving...
anyone is welcome to join!

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[SunnyD57]

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Hi Everyone ~
Just thought it was time to begin a new thread... I sure do hope that we don't lose people because they cannot find us with the new threads :o

I went and checked #182 when I saw AGGIE's name... thought she may have posted there by mistake and wanted to make sure you all got her post. Please go back to #183 if you missed it, okay Here's the link to make it easier for you all to get back and fourth ;)

Link to # 183:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?p=576717#post576717

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[SunnyD57]

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NATIONAL DAY of PRAYER

2 Chronicles 30:27
Their voice was heard; and their prayer came up to
His holy dwelling place, to heaven.

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God hears us when we call to Him,
He does not miss one voice;
The knowledge that He always hears
Should cause us to rejoice.

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You'll never get a busy signal on the prayer line to heaven ;)

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Here is a prayer I found years ago that was rec'd and shared
in Aug. 1985 and I have kept it in the front of my bible to pray
each day... I would love to share it with you all on this special
Day of Prayer:

A Servant's Prayer

Jesus, MY Jesus... How marvelous your ways...
Far more splendid than my mind can envision. What an
honor to be chosen by you. A lowly child I am, but empowered
by the Holy Spirit to fulfill the great hope to which you have
called me. I give myself totally to you, Lord. Take my imperfect
heart and make it perfect. Peel away the hardness. Close the doors
I have opened to the temptations of this world. Gently remove the
roots of painful memories, sins, doubts and fears. Discard anything
that separates me from you. Lord, fill the emptiness with the light of
your love that I might be a beacon calling the lost back to you.

To love as you love...
To serve as you serve...
To heal as you heal...
To forgive as you forgive...
always mindful of my nothingness while doing
great and marvelous things in you name and for
you glory. This I pray, Jesus, in YOUR name. Amen

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*May the Lord Bless your Day today*
:sunny: SunnyD

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[sunshinelady]

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Good Morning CEers!!!!!:wave:

Well, here I am trying to wake up with my :coffee2:. :yawn: I didn't want to get up this morning, I was sleeping so good when the alarm went off. I apologize for my long whiney post yesterday!!! I will try to be better.

My oldest DD left last night for Panama City Beach, FL. So, I'm glad for her but kinda sad for me. I already miss her. She will have the time of her life, I know that. Little DD cried last night due to her Sissy leaving. We may just take off and go the lake this weekend. I always rest much more if we go, and that is the agenda my DH has for me. He is taking such good care of me. :D

~Sunny~ Thanks for starting the new thread, the other one was a bit long. Maybe we won't lose anyone by changing threads. After this one gets going the others will sink down and eventually be out of site. ;)

~EVERYONE ~ Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement through this rough time in my life. I am dealing much better thanks to YOU!!!!!! {{{{{{HUGS}}}}}} Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT Thursday!!!!! Remember MOM this Sunday!!!!


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[Mitchypoo]

I was sure I posted on this new thread last night? Oh well, i'll have to post later. Have a great day!

[tropicalfreeze]

Hi
This thread is so beautiful. Not just because of of Living our lives for Christ our savior but also beacue of the beautiful prayers and pictures. Where do you find these pictures and prayers and how do you post them on here.
Oh let me introduce myself. I am Ann. I am 140 lbs overweight and I need all the christan support I can get and prayers. I haven't been to church in 3 months. I need all of you to pray for me and my family that we will get back in church. I feel so empty without the Lord in my heart and life.
My God bless you all
Ann

[Mitchypoo]

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Ann~Welcome! You are so welcome to join us and you and your family will be in prayer. I will pray that God helps you find your way. But don't feel empty. Remember that the Lord is always there for you. Just turn to him, at any time. He's waiting for you.

Re: the graphics, Sunny and Sherry are the experts, i'm not sure i could explain it, but they've helped me a lot.

I am struggling with food and exercise right now. Just can't seem to do everything at once. I do a few things well and then it goes is so hard to keep up. Sorry to whine.

[SunnyD57]

http://www.sweetrainbow.com/freeclipart/gattini/srgattiniwelcome.gif ANN ~
I know that you will find plenty of Love and Support along
with as many *Prayers* needed to get you through a day here.
You have my *Prayers* that you and your family will
locate and go to a church that will feed you soon. Just as a plant
needs water, light and food to be survive and thrive, so do we need
to Drink in His endless Love, receive the Light of His Grace and
be nourished by the Food of His Word...

I will send you a Private Message with the directions
to do the images we use, okay.

Hope to see you again soon...

Hi SHERRY ~
I already had to go back and grab AGGIE's post from thread #182 :o - that's why I said that I hope we don't lose anyone... because there are only a few threads in this forum it can easily happen.

You didn't complain too much... that what we are here for ;) It's just that now that the sun is finally shinning here --- I have been taking advantage of it & haven't posted as much :D It feels wonderful to have my home OPEN and the warm breeze coming in - awesome feeling!

I hope that you do go somewhere and rest this weekend - you really sound like you could use it. You may feel so much better! Stress makes such a mess of our bodies and minds... go away and give it up to God ;)
*Prayers* for your health, Sherry. :goodvibes (((Hugs))) :grouphug:

Hi MICHELE ~
Maybe you posted on the last thread? How are you doing today? You mentioned that you didn't do so well on your program even though you are feeling good. It's great to hear you feeling so well.

I am so very sorry that things haven't worked out with Charlie as you hoped - I don't know what to say...

Hope your day is going well ;)

Later...
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[SunnyD57]

MICHELE ~
I am so sorry you aren't doing very well today... I didn't see
your post till after I had posted. Feel better soon...

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{{{Big Hugs for you}}}
:grouphug:

[sunshinelady]

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Hello CEers!!!!:wave:

After a long day, I'm getting ready to go to bed. Just thought I would take a minute and drop in and see how everyone is doing. Talked with DD earlier and they got to Florida ok. She had already been in the ocean and was talking to me while on her balcony over looking the ocean. UMMMM!!! Doesn't THAT sound relaxing. It took them 17 hours to get to Florida!!! Kelli said she was really tired since they didn't sleep much on the trip there. :lol: I didn't expect them to. ;)

~Michele~ Hope this finds you feeling much better tonight. Keep your head up and listen to God and soon you will be back with the program on your eating and exercise. ;)


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~ANN~ This is a wonderful bunch of folks that are full of encouragement and support. Glad to have you, hope you will stick around. ;) I will be praying that you will find a wonderful church home and be ever so happy.

~Sunny~ I just love to be able to get outside and paw around in the dirt and work with my flowers. That is one of my loves. :love: I don't know whether we will get to go the lake or not. I was so looking forward to it but my DH's uncle isn't doing well and he is kinda scared about getting out of pocket so to speak. Our cell phones don't pickup very well at the lake and they might not be able to reach us if they need us. ~EVERYONE ELSE~ Hello, missing you, post when you can.

Nighters to everyone!!!! http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/4/4_8_3.gif Sweet dreams!!!!!

[sami]

Hello I pray on this day that the Lord finds you and brings you comfort. I am struggling today I broke down at work today when I had to go through the proper steps to term one of the team members who had died. He was so well liked and this is my 4th death in 6 weeks. I have had a pretty stressful week on top of that. My poor body doesn't like this work out stuff and it is rebelling!!!!!!!! I keep having BAD leg cramps and it leaves big knots in my lower calfs. I have been eating bananas but it isn't helping. I have come so far and don't want to stop doing workouts and have steped down to light stuff do any of you have any advice? I also have been struggling to sleep. And my Ibs is at an all time bad. I go back to my speicalist next Wens but I not sure I will make it until then.

Sunny-Thank you for that prayer. I need to start spending more time in the word that is another goal for this year.
Ann-A big welcome to you. I don't know what I would do without my friends here. God has used this group to help me so much like today when I felt stressed I came here and read Sunny's post and it really blessed me. Looking fordward to getting to know you.
Wilma-Hang in there. A few days of treats is hard to get away from but just hop back on the wagon and lets not loss what we have worked so hard for.
Mitchy-You are sounding better. I can't wait until you start posting some pic from your camera.
Ez-It is that time of year again. All those sports. Don't forget us. We miss you when you have been gone to long.
Sherry-Don't give up. Look at what I have been though. If you are not happy with your Dr. You do not have to go back to that one. I will never forget when I first started feeling bad and went to this one Dr. She scared me and did surgery because she thought I had cancer. When she didn't find cancer she said it wasn't female problems and sent me to all these other drs of some tough tests they all cleared and all the other Dr agreed it was my female parts so back I went to her and I kid you not she took me back to an office did NOT examine me or anything and screamed at me and told that she told me it was not my female parts causing me pain. I got up and was so upset. I refused to go back and months later when I was so bad off my family Dr. made me see someone else and guess what I had a kind of rare thing and this dr found it right away. After my surgery I have been so much better. I have often though about writing to the other Dr and thank her for doing a louzy job and great bed side manner! I have a big (((((hug ))))) for you and you know you can always come here we are here for you.
Angel lover-How did things work out for your son? You are still in my prayers

And I am sorry I know I am missing some but I can't think right tonight so forgive me for missing you.

[sunshinelady]

So You Think You're a Choc-o-holic
Genesis 1:31 And God saw all that He had made, and lo, it was very good.
In one of the largest chocolate cravings of all time, Martin Keys' sweet tooth got him in some real hot water. He is currently on trial in Europe for plotting to steal 1.5 million Mars bars. When numbers get that high it is often hard to realize just how many 1.5 million might be. Consider if you will, that this is equivalent to eight truck loads of Mars bars.

Moderation is a good thing. In fact, the things that God placed on this earth, as the above verse says, are good, and they are here for our use and benefit. However, all these good things, when used to excess or improperly, cease to be good and can do us harm. Chocolate is, unless you have an allergy to it, a good and enjoyable sweet for most people. But, 1.5 million Mars bars is good for no one. 15 bars is even excessive. But a Mars bar, from time to time, can be appreciated and savored. This is true with anything.

This is also true with exercise. Exercise is good for us. But exercise is only good for us when done in moderation. We all know what it is like to "overdue" it. Jogging two miles three days a week is a good thing for someone who exercises regularly, but that same person would be foolish to decide to run a marathon. So while exercise is good for us, over exercising is not.

This is true in every area of our lives. Reading, talking on the phone, brushing our teeth, watching TV, eating, working, use of the internet, sleeping, drinking, and every thing else we do are all good when used in moderation or appropriately. But all these can be harmful to us when used or enjoyed to excess. All these good things can be abused.

So what area of your life is in need of a moderating influence? What qualifies as your 1.5 million Mars bars? Where are your struggles with excess? You may be the only one who knows, and you may believe that, but really your heavenly Father also knows and He cares for you as a father tenderly cares for his child. Cast your cares upon Him and trust Him for the strength to use all these good things that God has given you wisely and temperately. In doing so, you will find these precious good things that God has given to you will become again a joy to you.

"There is a form of self-control that says, 'yes' to what we should do as well as that which says 'no' to what we shouldn't do." --Jerry Bridges

A devotional found at http://www.cfdevotionals.org/devpg98/de981109.htm

[sunshinelady]

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Good Morning CEers!!!!:wave:

Hope this finds EVERYONE feeling better and with renewed energy this morning!!! We all do have SO much to be THANKFUL for!!! I hope the devotional I submitted will be an inspiration to us all. I thought it was presented cute. I don't think any of us could eat EIGHT truckloads of Mars bars!!!!! :lol::rofl: But moderation and self-control is the secret to EVERYTHING.

~Sami~
So good to hear from you!!! I'm so sorry things are going so crazy for you at this time. You poor thing with those leg cramps!!! There are many things that might help. You may not be low on potassium (bananas) but instead on calcium, sodium or magnesium,etc..
Water intoxication and hyponatremia (low concentration of sodium (salt) in the blood) can cause cramps. The RDA for magnesium is 350 mg/day. Average intake in the USA is between 143 and 266 mg/day. 500-1000 mg/day would be good for most bodybuilders as they have an increased need for this mineral. Hard training seems to deplete the body of this mineral as well as other minerals.
Beans, nuts, seeds and dark chocolate are rich sources of magnesium. Some low sodium salts are enriched with magnesium.
A special form of niacin (vitamin B3) called inositol hexanicotinate is supposed to help treat chronic calf cramping and Raynaud's disease. Start with 500 mg 3 times a day and work up to 1 g 3 times a day after 2 weeks.
Pyridoxine, vitamin B6, is also supposed to reduce leg cramps.
Many persons recommend calcium (sometimes in the form of dolomite), potassium (bananas), anti-oxidants (like pycnogenols, grape-fruit seed extract) and to avoid dehydration (drink plenty of water).
Peppermint has a weak action but can anyhow lessen cramps.
Doctors often prescribe quinine.

Well, gotta hit the shower. Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT FRIDAY and a GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!!
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[wilma12]

I think I'm finally back on track. After missing a couple of workouts I'm back at Curves. It felt so good to be able to work out again. Now, I don't know why I didn't go.

Tonight we are going out for dinner to celebrate DS's 20th birthday. No more teenagers in the house. Our other Ds's girlfriend's birthday was yesterday so we'll celebrate them together. I made my special ice cream cake for DS. He requests it every year.

Tomorrow, we go to my parent's place to help them sort and pack. They are moving next month and my mom is the queen of packrats. :lol: I think it'll be interesting what she wants to keep and what she doesn't. They are moving to a much smaller condo.

I don't have time this morning to post to everyone individually but I am praying for you. I'll try to post Saturday night or Sunday.

[Mitchypoo]

Sami~just had to tell you quick that I had been having trouble with cramps in my calf and hamstring. My Chiro told me i was deficient in magnesium (Sherry is so smart) and he told me to take 500 mg. I take a 250 mg. in the a.m. and p.m. But you also may need a potassium supplement. I think you'd have to eat a lot of banana's to get enough. And of course, you'll have to be sure and drink plenty of water. Your muscles will require it, especially with the supplements. Hope you are better soon. Sorry about your recent losses at work, that is tough.

Hi to all, more later.

[eisenj]

Good afternoon CEers,

Today is the lobter races in our town. The loosers get eaten. I don't know what they do with the winners. I hope they throw him back into the water. To tell you the truth it's just another event for the drunks to party. They wear silly lobter hats and parade in the streets drunk. :lol:

Next week is crazy so I will not be able to post. The kids last day of school is May 27th. There are so many things going on from now until then.


WELCOME ANN~ I love your computer name. I am 100lbs overweight. If it weren't for my church family and my friends here, life would be alot more difficult. Church fellowship helps christans surrvive in this unchristan world. It is my crutch when things get rough. They guide me back on the right path when I get lost. They show me what God wants in my life according to His Word (the Bible). No church is perfect. If we were all perfect there would be no need for churches they would be empty. Even preachers fail. They are not Jesus. I used to church hop. I could always find fault with some member of the church family. Now I don't leave unless biblicly The whole church strays from the word. Good luck in finding the right church for you.


Sami~ I am so sorry you have delt with so much death lately. :grouphug:

SunnyD~ thank you for the survant's prayer

Sherry~ I love the graphics with your signature ( ink pen) How do you do that? I do not have anything nice to say about doctors lately so I'll keep my mouth shut. Are any of them in it for the love of healing or is it just for the mighty buck? That docter wanted to milk you for more money before she was willing to help you out. How hard would it have been to write a letter for you. They are gready.They don't give a hoot about your health. Sorry for being so negative. :soap:

My back is hurting from the chiro. I can't sit any longer at the computer .talk later. still in pain

[Angel-lover]

Hi everyone....
I know there are lot of new people here, now, that don't know me. I HAVE been reading the posts, & enjoying them. I've had a lot going on in my life.

Sami...thanks for asking about my son & how things are. Sunny, thanks for the pm.

The divorce hearing was yesterday. Only my son & I went....was a long, stressful evening. We thought it was just a hearing to see what they would fight over later. It didn't turn out that way. My son's attorney really plowed into his wife/ex...got her on the stand, & worked her over until you could see the lies coming out to cover each other! DS & I almost felt sorry for her. He is really good in court!
The results...for now, until a drug test comes back (DS's attorney had one done right then.), they share custody. He has the girls one week, & she has them the next. We were supppose to get them this week, but, DS said since it was Mother's Day weekend, he'd trade with her. So now, we wait on drug test results.
Still needing prayer. Things have calmed down a bit. I'll check back when I know more. Thank you all for the prayers that you have sent up for us! http://img61.photobucket.com/albums/v185/Angel-Lover/flowr022.gif

[Mitchypoo]

I think i figured it out! Here's a pic of my baby Simba! Going to try some more in a few. Please bear with me!

[sunshinelady]

In Touch Daily Devotional
by Dr. Charles Stanley
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Saturday, May 8
InTouch Early Light Devotional
Holding On to Our Hope1 Samuel 1:1-18What causes us to lose hope? It could be rebellious children, our young adults wandering from the faith, or a disappointing marriage. Some of us are discouraged by a career that has turned sour or oppressive, worsening financial pressures, declining health, or singleness when we long to be married. So many issues threaten our grip on hope.

The account of Hannah's life in 1 Samuel 1 reveals the constant sorrow and trouble she endured. She is described as being without child, downhearted, continually provoked by a rival, bitter in soul, misunderstood, and accused. Yet we discover she did not lose her grasp on hope. What was her secret?

Prayer was a regular part of her life. Hannah never stopped talking things over with her heavenly Father and listening to His hopeful words. Great faith sustained her. Because of her faith, she held onto God even in bitterness of soul. By clinging to Him, she held onto her hope. She determined to persevere in prayer and faith. No matter how hard life became or how long her difficulty lasted, she continued to pray and worship God, seeking Him for the solution. She had a spirit of sacrifice. She was willing to do whatever the Lord asked in order to make her hope a reality. With that in mind, she vowed to return her firstborn to God - the child for whom she had yearned and prayed.

Do you feel your grip on hope loosening? Have you lost sight of the hope you once had? Learn Hannah's secret and practice it. Then watch hope come to life again.

[sunshinelady]

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Good Morning CEers!!!!:wave:
It's Saturday morning and I am off the weekend!!! Yay!!!! :cb: I'm up and at em to go to some garage sales and an estate sale here this morning. I love doing that kind of thing, and rarely have the time. We didn't go to the lake but that's ok, maybe in a week or two. I hope to read a book and spend some quality time with my DD Kaci.http://www.countryclipart.com/School/kidsoftheworld2.gif


~Michele~
Keep trying you will get that picture to come through. Look forward to seeing it. ;)
~Angel-lover~
So glad you dropped in and posted. We miss you!!!! :grouphug: Sounds like ya'll have really been through a lot. Hang in there, I know things will get better. Will continue sending our prayers for all of you but most especially those little sweet girls.
~Eisenj~Oh, those poor lobsters!!!! :eek: :lol: I got my signature from this site: http://www.quill-signatures.com/quill.html
They have a limited amount of names but have some, hope you find what you need!!! Nope, I'm still mad about the Dr thing. My right ear which still has fluid behind it after over one month is getting worse. :( And I can barely hear anything out of it. But I do go to the cardiologist Wednesday. I don't really like her either, she has already told me that there's nothing more she can do for me. But since I'm worse, I have to go back to her. And between my insurance and the cardiology consultants rules, I can't see anyone else in Abilene. All the cardiologists on our insurance are in the same practice and they don't allow you to switch around with the Drs. :(
But, the main thing I'm after now is documentation so I can start trying to get my disability. It will probably take a year to 18 months and between my heart problem, facet joint disease in my back, asthma with chronic bronchitis, sleep apnea, diabetes, and carpal tunnel syndrome . . . . . . maybe something can be done. Keep praying for me as I pray for you.
~Wilma~
Way to go being back on track!!!! Good for you!!! Well, Happy Birthday to your son!!! Your cake sounds GREAT!!! Good luck with the packing, whew!!! I remember packing my mom up who I REALLY thought was the Queen of Packrats!?!? :lol: Post when you can.
~EVERYONE~
Have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!!!!!

[SunnyD57]

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"HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!"

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Hi MICHELE ~
YOUR PICTURE DID COME THROUGH!!!!
:cp: Yeah!!!!! :cp:
Nice picture of Simba too!

That is the way their new carrier shows them -
just click on the title and you will see the picture...
this way it also tells you how many people have seen it :)

I really cannot stay on - I have so much to do I don't
know where to begin with all that has to be done...

:wave: Hi ANGEL!!!! Hi SAMI!, Hi SHERRY!, Hi WILMA! & Hi JUDY!
and Hello's to all our MIA's out there --- come post soon! :wave:

{{{Hugs}}}
:sunny: SunnyD

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[sprout]

May 8


2 Chronicles 20:20
And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, 'Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.'


Too many people fail in their endeavors because they have no backup system. When their own strength fails, they have nothing to fall back on. We Christians have a special advantage in the person of Jesus Christ. When we call out to Him, He is faithful to save us. When we believe in God, He establishes us and helps us attain the desire of our hearts. We need never doubt, as long as the power of the living Lord is on our side.
Today's thought: All my friends may rely on their own devices, but I will rely on the One who makes all things possible: Jesus Christ the Lord.

[sprout]

Sunshinelady: I was just re reading your post re your signiture 'Sherry' with the quill pen.

I went to the site you posted and found my name - have saved it to my desktop.

When I go to User CP - and then Edit Signature - how do I get it from my desktop to here - thanks for your help

[EZMONEY]

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY LADIES-- I am going to try something here..

http://www.ptloma.edu/Athletics/Wten/ScheduleResults/recap/5-7.htm

Yea...it worked! This is where I was the end of last week. Watching my kiddo, Amanda. She did well and so did her team as you can see. She is the one 6th from the right..you can just see her head poking out above the plaque, she is the one with the yellow (looks white in the picture) hat. I am so proud of her!!

OK...so it is Mother's Day...dad's can brag too right ?

[sprout]

May 9


John 20:29
Jesus saith unto him, 'Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.'


Too many of us suffer from Missouri disease. Missourians are noted for their skepticism, and that is why Missouri is known as the 'show me' state. We look for some kind of impressive, spectacular sign. If we don't get it, then we disregard the source. God doesn't work through flashy signs and gimmicks. God works quietly and intimately, and He works His will in His own time. We may not always see the results when we want to, but relax; the Lord is at work, and we need have no fear that He will let us down.
Today's thought: The Lord is helping me, whether I can sense it or not.

[Mitchypoo]

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Happy Mother's Day!!!!

May God bless all you Mom's!

[EZMONEY]

Kindred Spirits Puppy School
Graduation Class of 2004
announces its
Commencement Exercises
Saturday morning, May 22, 2004

Congratulations to our "little" graduate[/COLOR[CENTER]Voted "[COLOR=Red]Most Likely to be Scolded at Doggy School"

[eisenj]

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY,

I got breakfast in bed this morning before church ,and they took me out to Ruby Tuesday for lunch. I got fresh cut flowers, two dvds and candy. The dvds were Mona Lisa Smile and Shindlers list. My daughter Laura got me the chick flick and my son Matt got me the other. He is studying Shindler and Ann Frank in school. I am blessed with some great kids ;)

Sherry~ Thank you for the Quil-signature site. I'm sorry you have so many health problems. Your weight loss may help some of your health problems. Are you on a cpap mashine like I am ? What machine do you have? I have remstar with pillows.


I have to go family is calling

[Mitchypoo]

I'm trying again, i posted earlier a couple pics and it shut off before i was able to submit. Now we're having tornado weather so i should get off here soon anyway. The bad weather is north of me, not worried. But we're getting wind and black clouds.

The pics is one of the grainery, which is my view from my back door. This is an old historic building and i'm not sure what they'll do with it. The man who was born on this farm had his wedding dance in the grainery years ago. It's really cool. And the other pic is the barn across the street that use to belong to the farm and is now owned by the son. The land around it is my family's and they lease it for crop farming. It goes to a pretty lake within walking distance. Will try to post more as i can....

[EZMONEY]

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY

I have been so busy this last week with work, my daughter's tennis, our huge rock pile that I keep moving and moving out of the driveway, puppy school, trips to Home Depot, and getting a lot of the fencing done--thank goodness the fence guys were here to do it...all I did was keep them full of drinks to stay cool...and keep the bathroom door clear from all the sodas,waters, and gatorades :lol:

My daughter did real well in regionals, and now they are off to Mobile Alabama for their nationals in a week or so.

SHERRY Great news for your little one and her softball, and Kelli--wow! what a long trip...kids have a great time anywhere as long as there is a soda machine and swimming pool! I hope you and Kaci enjoyed the day together!

SUNNY Did Joe treat you right for mother's day? :lol: :lol: Of course I KNOW HE DID... he probably took those boys of yours to the pet store just to get them out of your hair for the day ;) Keep up the routine girl!

MICHELE What pretty pictures of your area and of course Simba. You are getting so good with the graphics!! I am loving it.

ANGEL Glad to see you back, my daughter will be in your neck of the woods next week---is it hot and humid? Of course I don't know how close you are to Mobile. Hope things go well with your son.

WILMA Happy birthday to your son. Glad to see new effort from you!

SAMI Boy girl this is your year to be hit hard..Prayers!!

SUE Take a day off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy vacation saving!

SPROUT How many miles now dear?

JUDY Enjoy your movies..I got Angie "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY" and "SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE" for her birthdy...I love them too... I am a chick flick kind of guy...anything with Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan and Sandra Bullock!

ANN WELCOME

Well I gotta go, I miss posting to you all, but I am reading them!

Gary

[DeenieM]

Hey Everyone!
Just thought I would post since I have a minute! All my little chargers are still in bed and haven't gotten up yet because of our busy weekend! Got to rest those little bodies so they can wear Mom out again today! :p I have been doing pretty good on WW. I have only lost another .5 pounds but I have pumped up the exercise :strong: so that could be part of the standstill. I also realized that I am more of a scale addict than I thought and the numbers were really messing with me so I have put the scale away until June 3rd. I am intensifying my exercise and sticking with the Wendie plan and eating my exercise points as recommended -not all of them just some so I don't shut down my metabolism with to much exercise and not enough food - and I'll see where I am on June 3rd. I leave for my trip on June 8th and I REALLY want to be at 199 or below. For Mom's Day I got Leslie Sansone's tape Walk Strong and a stretchie band (yes that's what I asked for) and I begin it today - I had borrowed it from a friend and I LOVE it. Well, enough about me - can't talk long because I have a ton of things to do today to get ready for Bible study at the mission tonight and also planning for our adult bible study this Thursday! Keep me in your prayers - I am praying for all of you and I try to keep up with you even when I can't post!

Love and prayers!
DeenieM

[doitforme]

Sorry to be MIA for so long- got all caught up on reading posts, busy weekend went camping- got camper all oppened up and set up and had o.k. weather- really cool on Sat. night though.
Hi Aggie-and ann- nice to have you here, glad you joined us..
Sunny- thanks for pm, no problem here just forgetful, nice prayer you posted, and thanks for moving our thread and putting links on it, which make it easier.
Sherry- you sound like your feeling a little better- bet dd is having fun in Florida-
Mitchy- Hope your feeling better- nice pictures- simba is cute- like old barns they are very country.
Judy- wow lobster raises- send your loosers this way, although I perfer king crab. Their probably not racing.
Sami- sorry to hear you are not having the greater past month or so. Hope sunshine and rainbows are on there way to you. Pray your legs are soon feeling better. Keep your chin up.
Wilma- yeah, back on track.
Angel- prayers continue for you and your ds and grandkids- for ds wife as well, she needs help getting her life straight.
Deenie - good to see ya back, you'll make it!
E.Z. Love the picture of rylee He is cute- I see good looks run in the family. :lol: NIce oic of your dd, send the sun, it is suppose to ran all week.
Hope all is well sorry if I missed anyone. gotta run, see ya.

[sunshinelady]

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Good Morning CEers!!!!!! :wave:

I'm just hanging around as you can see. :lol: :rofl: :lol: I love pigs, especially baby pigs!!!!

Sorry I wasn't around the last few days, Mondays are always so busy. I worked all day yesterday and then had softball practice last night. Kelli got home from Florida at 2:20 am on Monday morning and then had to go to school yesterday. That was really difficult trying to get her up. But she is doing better this morning. She had a super great time in Florida!!! But we're glad she's home. I like my babies at home. ;);) Today I have a few patients to see and have a softball game tonight there. Wish us luck!

~doitforme~Sue~
Good to hear from you! So, you got to go camping. I'm jealous! :lol: I will get to go in a few weeks. Hope you had a GREAT time!!

~DeenieM~ Congratulations on the 0.5lb!!!!!
Glad to see you posting!! I've missed you! Prayers for you!!! Glad you had a good Mother's Day!!! Have a good time with the Bible Studies!

~Gary~ WooHoo for your daughter!!!!
Hope they do GREAT in Mobile!!!!! WOW, Rylee has GRADUATION already!!!!
Kelli and her friends had a SUPER GREAT time but are just worn out! They only slept maybe 3 hours a night and went all day. But I think it was all a GREAT experience for her. Yep, and you're right every night close to curfew they had to run get coks, chips and snacks to make it through the night. :lol: So you are getting your fence up, that's great! And all you are having to do is be the "water boy" !! :lol: :rofl: Kaci and I had a GREAT time Saturday. Among the things we did, we went garage saleing and Kaci found a whole bunch of clothes and things she couldn't live without. We both had arm fulls of stuff and only spent $9. I love that kind of shopping!!!!! ;)

~Michele~
Sorry to hear you lost your post! That can be so frustrating!!! I seem to know just how to do that!;)

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~Eisenj~Glad to hear to hear you had a GREAT Mother's Day!!! Breakfast in bed and lunch sounds Great! Sounds like your kiddos did a great job on the gifts!!! You are quite welcome for the quill site! I love graphics and want to get into making my own and having my own web-site but need to get a program to do what I need to do. And need the time! ;) Nope, I'm not on a CPAP machine. When they tried me on it a couple of years ago, it didn't fit me right and the Dr ended up just putting me on oxygen which I'm still on. They recently came out with a nasal cannula CPAP which looks really cool!!!! It's just like my nasal cannula for my oxygen just a whole lot bigger!!! One of my patients got one last week! ;)

~Sprout~You apply the signature the same way we have been applying pictures/images to our posts. Did you save the instructions that Sunny has posted to post images? The only difference is that you post the quill image under "edit signature". Hope that helps.

~Sunny~ You must be busy, since you haven't been posting much!! Take care and post when you can!

~Angel lover~Sami~Ceejay~Wilma~EVERYONE ELSE ~~~~~~MIssing you, post when you can!!!!

Gotta go hit the shower. Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT Tuesday!!!!!! Talk atcha soon!;)

[wilma12]

Good Morning!! I can't believe it! It's snowing here today! It's nuts!!! I am craving some warm weather and we just seem to get cool or cold. I sure hope it ends soon. I was planning to get out in my flower beds but that's on hold for a few more days. At least this time of year the snow doesn't stay around. It's just kind of depressing.

I've had a bad couple of days. I just want to eat everything in sight. I have great intentions when I get up in the morning and have a good breakfast and pack a healthy lunch. I am still struggling with after work. Hopefully I can get this thing under control before I start gaining. At least I am still working out and find that I actually crave it if I haven't done it in a while. Who'd have thought that would happen?

Well, gotta go to work. I'm leaving early because the roads won't be great. I just wanted you all to know I haven't forgotten you and ask you to pray for my evenings.

Thanks!! Have a wonderful day!

[Angel-lover]

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Thank you all so much for the encouragement & prayers. We still need a lot of prayer. We'll be getting an answer soon....hopefully, there won't be any problems. I want everyone to be alright....& yes, I want my daughter-in-law to get her life right. I'm very proud of my son. He's done everything he's supposed to do. Of course, he's not perfect....or even near. But, one step at a time...& one day at a time. He's missing the girls so much. Their mom isn't letting them talk much on the phone. When we have them, we don't limit them at all.

Gary....it has been very hot & humid here...in the 90's. Mobile, though, is quite a distance from us. We're in North Alabama...toward Huntsville. We're located in Russellville...about 37 miles from Florence, up near the Tennessee line. Well....really...we're in Belgreen (10 miles from Russellville), but, we're not big enough to have a post office. :lol: Mobile is down close to the Gulf. My daughter lives about 1 1/2 hrs drive from there. We go to Gulf Shores most of the time, when we visit her & family. Hope your daughter has a nice visit in Alabama.

Hello to all of you & http://img61.photobucket.com/albums/v185/Angel-Lover/WelcomeStars_24493T.gif to our new members.

Sherry...I really enjoy your graphics....
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[eisenj]

Hi friends,


My daughter went to the lobster races over the weekend. The loosers are no longer with us :lol: I was right about the drunks. Laura said the streets were full of drunks and gays making out. I wish it was a more family event. :o She hung out with school friends. I don't know if I'll let her go next year. The youth need a safe place to go that is supervised.

I'm going to a funeral today at one. A member of our sunday school class passed away saterday from cancer. He was a great man. He lost an arm and leg in WW2. His nurse in the war that cared for him became his wife. They were a fine couple. They both had a very strong faith and love for the Lord. I love seeing older couples who still ,after years of marriage, have sparks flying in their relationship. You could see in their eye the love they had for each other. He will be greatly missed.

I'm having several lady over for a bible study tomarrow and my house is a mess. I'll post back later in the week .



~God intervenes in the affairs of men by invitation only~

Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. Revelation 3:20

[sunshinelady]

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:wave:Good Morning CEers!!!!!!:wave:
How is EVERYONE this morning? It's a little QUITE around here the last few days. Where is EVERYONE? Well, it was ANOTHER VICTORY last night for the DIAMOND DIVAS !!!! We WON 10-2!!!! :cheer: :cb: :cp: :cheer: I am SO PROUD of our team! We even had one of the seven year old slide into home and was SAFE!!! :cheer:

Today proves to be a very busy day for me. Kelli and I both have Dr's appts out of town and we have a school meeting tonight as well. Plus I'm seeing a few patients. I was supposed to be off yesterday but ended up doing visits to make up for going to the Dr today. I pray that she will be nice and can help me in some way with the health problems I'm having. My chest pains are better since I started taking the slow release nitro med. And my headaches are improving. (side effect from the nitro). :cp:

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~Eisenj~Too bad they couldn't make your lobster event more family oriented, but that's the way a lot of things are going these days. . . .sad. Sorry to hear about the little man dying. Prayers for his wife and friends and family. I'm like you I love to see little couples with that spark in their eyes and they can't keep their eyes or hands off each other-holding hands like kids, it's so sweet and an inspiration. Hope your Bible study goes well. You said your house is a mess, are you having trouble with your maid too?? I've noticed that mine never gets a thing done while I'm gone, I have to be here and show her myself what to do to clean up. And then she just watches and doesn't help. It sure is hard to find good help these days. ;);)

~Angel-lover~Charlotte~
Hang in there we are still praying for you and the family! {{{HUGS}}} I'm sure it's very hard missing the girls but am proud that ds is handling it so well, you should be proud. Do you make your own gifs and graphics? If so, can you recommend a program for me. I want so badly to get into making them but am confused about which program would be the best.

~Wilma~SNOW?????:rolleyes: :eek: Wow, I guess that's why I live in the south. We are heating up quite a bit down here. ;) Hang in there and stay strong and you will get your eating back in check. Maybe ask God to guide you. Pray before every meal or snack and ask God to give you the nourishment you need without the extra calories. Hang tight!!!

~EVERYONE~ Missing ~Sami~Sunny~ ~Ceejay~DeenieM~ ~Gary~Michele~ ~Sue~Sprout~Hope to see you posting soon!!! I miss you!!!!

Well, gotta get going and do a little paperwork before I get in the shower. HOPE EVERYONE has a GREAT HUMPDAY!!!!!
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Hi....
No, Sherry, I don't make my own graphics. Wish I did. Like you, I would like to learn. I just do searches, & find what I like. In fact, I've been wondering the same about you. :lol: You do such a beautiful job. In fact...a lot of the posting members are putting in great graphics, now!

I'm glad you're feeling better. I meant to say something earlier...Take care of yourself.

Well, I've got a long day ahead of me. I'm alone at the station on Wednesday, until live programming at 4p.m.

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[Mitchypoo]

Hi all! :wave:

Guess I have been MIA....didn't mean to be though. Just busy with stuff. Actually I'm feeling better, have a little more energy so I've been getting thing done in spurts. Sat. I worked til noon and then went to an auction, i was interested in some bookcases. I wasted most of the afternoon waiting for them to get to them. I even left, did grocery shopping, came back and still waited about 1.5 hours to bid on them. The oak ones i liked were too expensive. They were a deal but more than i wanted to spend, but I did get 2 white plain bookcases. I'm very happy with them. And I think i have a new hobbie, i thought the auction was kind of cool. You can get some really good deals.

Charlie called Sat. night around 8 pm as i was trying to lug the bookcases in the house. He came home early from Malaysia and i was his first phone call (so he said). He wanted me to come over. I'm like, NOW? I'm just not very spontaneous i guess. I told him no. I kind of gave him a bad time too. It'd be almost 10 pm before i even got there. His cell kept cutting off, i left him a message at home to call. He didn't. I called Sunday and told him i was sorry, i knew i was kind of hard on him and that it did mean a lot to me that he called. No reply. I tried Monday and left a message, saying that I've tried a couple times and i don't get what is wrong. No reply. So I just give up. It's rude of him in the first place, but i can't handle this. So sad, cuz he's OTHERWISE a great guy.

Had massage last night and my hip is still really bothering me. She concentrated on that and it's helped. She also had me use a yoga strap to stretch and try to align my hip. I went to Target and bought one and i have to do these exercises a.m. and p.m. It's very painful on the left side, but hoping that'll get better.

[sami]

Hello How is everyone? I am so far behind on the post so forgive me for not posting to each one. I am doing better. I went to the Dr. today and have lost 15 lbs (I thought it would be more) My Lupus test came out good but one of the blood test was high so they did a lot more blood and my poor arms do not give easy so 4 pokes later they finally got enough through the top of my hands and boy did it hurt! So we will see.
Sherry and Michele thanks for your help with the leg cramps I also said something to the dr and he said the samething you said. So thanks for your help I got a head start.
Michele I have the same hip pain and the dr thinks it is from restless legs. That when you don't sleep well you walk with heavy legs and puts extra stress on the hips. He doubled my dose for restless legs.
Sunny where are you? I hope you feel ok.
EZ-You must be so proud!
Sue-So glad to see you back
Wilma-Prayer that you stay on the wagon I know how you feel!
Angel lover-So glad things are looking up. You and your family stay in my prayers.
eisenj-So glad you had a good Mothers day. We did the eat at DD's house it was fun to have somewhere to go where I was the guest! My kids got together and got me a sm table and two wicker chair for my sun room! I is so nice to have kids with income!
DeenieM-I think you are doing the right thing to put the scales away. Just remember one meal at a time.

To all the MIA come on back! Sorry I have to run. I have a lot to do!!!!

[EZMONEY]

HI GALS :wave:

I am still here! Not having time to post much (not too much to say either) but I have been reading. I got home a little early today, I have been really busy at work but not making much money!! I am working on the house of my son's mentor/coach-- they want to pay me but I am donating my time for all they have done for my son the last 9 years...of course my son has earned the opportunity to have such good guidence, but many coaches don't "payback" the effort some kids make--these 2 coaches, husband and wife, have. The newspaper did an alumni report on my son last year, he had a basketball coach and this track coach listed as the people he looked up to---HEY! What am I? chopped liver? :lol: :lol:

My daughter was just named Scholar Athlete in her conference! I am so proud of her...a 3.79 GPA...son is gloating though (BUT PROUD of his sister!) since he graduated with a 3.89. We have her tennis banquet to go to tomorrow. I am going down early to take down some shelves in her dorm/condo I put up earlier this year, and taking my truck so I can bring back a load of stuff. She leaves for Alabama on Sunday so this is her last week of school for the year. My wife and ex-wife are going to ride down together...this will give them a chance to BAG on me :lol: without witnesses! Ah, who am I kidding...they have no problem telling me to my face :yes:

Asking prayers for my step-daughter (and wife)...kind of confusing and long to explain...but...this last week my step-d has said she is bulimic and suicidal..I don't see any symptoms of bulimia based on internet info...but I do know something is wrong....she has seen our family doctor, school nurse and counselor...went to see a counselor advised by our doctor and her father stopped it...he is the reason for the above problems she claims...anyway not sure how it is going to play out but Angie is very upset, me too...just trying to get the right help for her...her dad will fight any kind of medical help...you see...this shows weakness...the typical "church is a crutch" thing. It looks like we are going to have to get a lawyer (actually the one my ex-wife had in our divorce---I won on all issues (except trying to save my marraige)...I don't like the guy but he is the one our Pastor advised...our Pastor is an attorney and our principals wife works for this guy...and his wife is a member of our church...so anyway I am out numbered...all I can say is that 14 years ago my attorney.. a women...kicked his butt!! :cb: :dancer:

SHERRY Glad you are feeling better! Amazing how a "WIN" just cheers us up coach :coach:

SAMI I am liking the initial lupus report.. my sis has it and it is no fun!

MICHELE So Charlie is back...you are the first one he called..and now you are fighting?...hummm......Maybe time to move on. Great job on the bookcases!

WILMA Get it together girl! on the eating...you have been working too hard to blow it now.

ANGEL Prayers for the family...if everyone keeps the kids interest at heart then splitting time can be OK.

JUDY Sometimes a messy house is just not that important ;)

SUNNYD Hey! Where did you go?

SUE Just lovin' that camping weather I sent are ya?

DEENIEM Glad to see you back.

MARILYN How many miles? Glad to see the boy is getting it figured out...must be that great parenting you and your husband are doing!!

Well i better go figure something out for dinner..it is my night and I still have to pick up my nephew at confirmation class...later, Gary

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:wave: Good Evening Gang...
Boy! I guess it's been a few days since I last visited here... didn't realize it.
Sorry I have been MIA... I haven't had the computer on much these days with the heat. Today it went up to 86* and yesterday it went up to 83* and so I have kept the computer off most of the day to keep it cooler in my office (it's so small in here and gets very hot!). I don't want baked fish :o and I hate the thought of closing up the house for the AC after waiting so long for sun and warmth and to open the house up. So I am doing anything I can to keep this place cool. It has been raining at night or in the early mornings and has been sunny all through the days with the bluest skies. It is a bit humid, but that's okay... I am not complaining. Not to mention that I have been busy trying to catch up with some projects I needed to finish and still haven't :dizzy:

I have been going to Curves --- I went on Monday and this morning and will go again on Friday morning and I also have been walking everyday. So far this week I have put in 7.25miles on my T-Mill and for the month of May [so far] - 20.5miles.

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GARY ~
I'm here!! I went to the site and saw the picture, but really couldn't make out who was whom ;) I am so very happy for you --- you are such a proud papa :D :cool: for both your children and your pup... I just love the picture of your Rylee ~ she has really changed and I think she is an absolutely beautiful dog! Thanks for sharing pics!

:smug: Congrats to your DD on her being named Scholar Athlete! :smug: Those are some great numbers for both your children! You should be PROUD! :smug:

Oh my! :( :o I will definitely say some prayers for your D-Step-D, that is nothing to take lightly! How old is she Gary? So many of our kids are doing this today because they are feeling out of control over things in their lives causing them pain. I will definitely lift her, you and Angie up in my *Prayers*! It breaks my heart to hear of their suffering so young when they should be enjoying kid-dom.

Yep! Joe treated me well on Mother's Day - always does :) We went out to dinner the Saturday before and then went out to breakfast after church --- both times with our friends. My friend, Peggy, (and her daughters) gave me the cutest wooden Summer Angel and a beautiful card... I helped her with her girls and am considered a second mom to them both. It was so nice to be remembered.

SAMI ~
I am feeling really well - thank you so much. I wish you were too! I am so very sorry you have gone through so much with your IBS and such. Are you on Zelnorm (sp?) I heard that it can actually make things worse for people with IBS, be very careful!!! Have you heard anything more about your blood teats?? It's great that you have lost 15#'s but that's one Heck of a way to do it!!!!

*Special Prayers* for your health, Sami :grouphug:

JUDY ~
WoW! You had a good Mother's Day for sure!!! I am so happy for you! We have a Ruby Tuesday Res. here too --- nice place and great food!

I am so sorry for the loss of your friend... *prayers & hugs*

MICHELE ~
Nice pictures! It is great that you are able to share them now.
And those bookcases sound really nice... oak! Did you get a good price on them too? I have seen auctions on TV, but have never been to one - I am curious now that you have been and enjoyed it so much.

I am so very sorry about Charlie... you are in my prayers that everything gets worked out. I do hope that your hip is better tonight too.

DEENIE M ~
How is it going with the new tape? The Leslie Sansone's tape Walk Strong you got... I try to get in at least 2 miles every single day but Sunday. I posted my stats at the beginning of my post. You will make it to 199 by June - I know you will with your determination ;)

How did your Adult Bible Study go? Hope it was all you hoped it would be and then some. I love Bible Studies!

SUE ~
You are so very welcome! ;)
Glad that everything is okay.

SHERRY ~
So glad to hear that Kelli made it home safely from Fl.

Yeahhhhhhhh for your girls!!!! :dance: Hope they keep it up!
:D Win! WIn! WIn! :D

WILMA ~
I am so very sorry that you have such terrible weather!! I know what you are dealing with... I think you are eating like you are because of the weather. It makes you want to go into the winter mode - eat more to stay warm - you know like a bear going into hibernation... I have been there. I will say a special prayer for you in that your weather will get better and therefore you will feel better too! It really does make all the difference in the world!! I have never felt better since we have had the warmer temps here. I sure hope it won't be too much longer for you :goodvibes

ANGEL ~
So good to see you posting again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have really missed seeing you here!

I am so sorry to hear that you DS is still having so many problems... I will continue to say special *Prayers* for he, his girls and you!

How is your home coming along?

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Well, it's time for me to call it a night.
I have animals to feed and a litterbox to clean --- wanna come join me ;) :lol: Not! :lol:

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:wave: Hello's to everyone else who is MIA... come back sooooon!
Catch you all later...
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[sami]

Hello I have a few min (really I am trying to get out of helping the younger DD's clean thier rooms) Ashli has bounced on her bed and broke it to bits! Both the head and foot board have came off! I am going to have to color my hair again this kid is killing me! (of course she says she didn't jump or ANYTHING)

Sunny so glad to see you back. I have tried the zelnorm and I will just say I was in the bathroom a lot! I guess one of the blood tests they ran for a type of thyroid problem came back high so now I am going through a lot more tests (of course I can't have the thyroid problem that makes you lose) My DD has thyroid problems and the symptoms can be a lot like lupus because they are both an auto immune thing (or at lest the one they think I have is) and then he says it isn't that uncommon in older women! I am sorry I am not an OLDER woman!

Ez-I will hold your DD in prayer. It was a year ago Mothers day when I found out my DD was suffering with depression and tryed to cut her wrist. It was a tough time so give Angie a big hug from me because I feel yours and her pain. Her Father can been aressted for keeping her from medical treatment! I have a who's son went through the same thing and he went to live with his father and his Dad felt the same way and took him off his meds for depression. And put him in the middle of money issues between his mom and Dad and the child killed himself and they were going to have the dad charged with neglect of a dependent and he could have gone to jail for a long time. The Mom dropped it though because of her DD she didn't want her in the middle and getting hurt worse. Do what you have to do to get her help! A year latter my DD is doing great!!! She has become a very strong young lady and is no longer on meds. You might want to take a look at her friends because I know that was a facter in my DD case. She had two friends who had problems and they would talk and kids carry each others burdens as if they were thier own. And she couldn't help them and it caused deep depression. Keep us posted and if you need to talk we are here for you and Angie.

Sorry I will try to post again but have to get the DD's settled for the night.

[Mitchypoo]

Gary~you and family are definitely in my prayers. Sounds like i was a bit of a shock to learn your stepdd struggle. I just know that she has a loving and supportive family and it WILL get better. Hang in there.

Sunny! Wow, it's been hot there.....but keep in touch, k!

Charlotte~I'm so happy you've posted. I've wondered how you are. You and family also are in prayer.

Praying for you all as a group.

Trying to post a couple pics of my cat Tom before I get shut off. He's a good kitty.

More later. Oh, and don't worry about Charlie, I AM ok with it. I'm not so upset, i know that i deserve better. It is disappointing, but I know that God has something good in store for me.

[SunnyD57]

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Good Morning!
Well, we finally caved last night before bed and decided to turn our AC on for the night... I am so glad we did, it made it for real nice sleeping. It was still 84* in the house at 9:30 last night and I could not sleep in that - even with the fans on. I had a great nights sleep and weighed in at another pound down :) Boy, seems like allot of work for only one pound, but my weigh & measure at Curves isn't till next Thursday so maybe I have lost inches more than pounds...

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Hi SAMI ~
Sounds like you have your hands full with Ashli :lol: :^:

Continued *prayers* for your health recovery... especially for the Dr's doing the tests on you - that they find out once and for all 'what' the problem is, so you may feel well again!

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Hi MICHELE ~
Nice pictures - beautiful cat! Is Tom yours? I don't recall you mentioning that you have a cat...

http://users.bigpond.com/cutecolorz/1e0o1e2/adopt/ccbear5.gif "Hello's" & Good Morning :coffee2: to everyone else!
Have a Great Day!
Always,
:sunny: SunnyD

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[SunnyD57]

http://members1.chello.nl/~j.faessen/images/Tea-Cup-Mouse.gif Oh MICHELE ~
You need to change your signature graphics...
The place where you got them from does what I told you about earlier --- so they will not be used in forums and alike, they change the codes every month or so ~ so they won't show up and therefore you get nothing but a box with an Red x. So just go to a site you know will stay and use one of their graphics, okay.

Maybe like where you found the blinkies OR the site I mentioned to Sherry... the Cute Colors Site: http://www.cutecolors.com/ (Once you are there ~ just go to where it says Free Cliparts).

Just thought I would mention it to you ;)
Later... SunnyD

[wilma12]

The storm is finally over. We have a foot of snow in our yard. :( :( My DH has been stranded in a city 3 hours from here because of the storm. Hopefully they will open the roads this a.m. He's been so bored. Thank God he made it to a truck stop and was near bathrooms and food. He drives truck so accomodations weren't the issue. We're just thankful that no one was hurt and that the weather is supposed to turn really nice by the weekend. We should lose this snow by then.

I've been doing better with the eating. I seem to go in cycles.

Gary: My prayers are with you and Angie. This is such a hard thing for you and especially you SD to go through. Thanks for the kick. I need that!! :lol:

Sunny: One of these days I'm going to play with those graphics. Ihope all goes well with your WI. Remember, inches is better than pounds.

Michele: Sorry that things didn't work out with Charlie. Men have such a problem communicating!!(except Gary of course!!) :lol:

Sami: WTG on the weight loss. You are doing great in spite of the extra stress life is throwing at you.

Angel: Good to see you posting!

Gottago, Hello to everyone else!!

[SunnyD57]

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Good Morning WILMA ~
I am so glad for you that you are feeling good in spite of the snow storm you just went through & doing better with eating. And I am so happy that your hubby is SAFE! I so know what you must be going through with concern about him and driving --- my hubby drives allot and far (thank goodness it isn't out of state) and I get very concerned... more so he gets older, especially during bad weather of any season.

If you need directions for graphics again I saved them...
just let me know when you are ready ;)

Continued *Prayers* for you and you health...
Have a OP Day!!!
Always,
SunnyD

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Good Morning CEers!!!
Well, yesterday was a long day for me. But we got everything done and the Drs seen. I was totally exhausted by the time I got home. The cardiologist couldn't believe how much I have worsened over the last year. :( In telling her what's been happening with the chest pain, palpitations, fatigue, tachycardia (fast heartbeat, etc...) she wants to run tests of course. She explained to me that the pressure inside my heart was too high at rest and increases with any activity plus now she also believes that I have hypoxia (low amount of oxygen in the body). If her suspections are right I will have to be on oxygen most of the time and be unable to work. And we talked about my sleep apnea which she feels needs to be tested again for documentation purposes, so they will schedule that soon and I will have some other tests while there. She increased one of my meds to hopefully bring down my resting pulse which during her EKG yesterday was 99!!!! Normally it's in the 80's but higher yesterday. Of course she stressed the importance of getting the weight off and wanted me to have Bypass surgery to get the weight off but I told her again that my insurance will not pay for it, and I don't have $20,000 to $30,000 lying around to use for the surgery. :shrug: She redid the EKG yesterday and I'm glad she did, it was ok and only showed enlargement of my heart, which we already knew. Anyway, I'll let you know what happens. Please say a little prayer for me in having to be hospitalized and for my family coping.

~Wilma~
How frustrating to be snowed in the middle of May!!! Poor DH! We will be praying that things will improve and he can get back on road home to his loving wife's open arms. Thank goodness the phones aren't out, huh? Glad to hear you are eating better!!! Good for you!!

~Sunny~Congratulations on the ONE LB Loss!!!
Yeah, if it was 84 I would have to turn on the AC too. ;) That's too hot to sleep in. Glad to see you back, was worrying something was wrong.

~Michele~Your auction sounds interesting. I love to go to them but don't seem to be able to stand around all day to wait on "the item" I'm interested in. Sorry about the Charlie thing, but so glad that you are handling it well. You are right, God does have someone SPECIAL just for YOU!!!! :D

~Sami~Congratulations on the 15 LB LOSS!!!!!!:cheer: :dance: :cb: :cp: :flame: You are on fire!!!!
Sorry to hear about Ashli's bed. :^: Good news that your Lupus test came back good. :cp: What part of your thyroid testing was high? TSH, T3, T4??? Hang in there, you are doing so good on your weight loss and exercise. We are all supporting you in all of this. {{{{{HUGS}}}}}

~Gary~Sorry to hear about your SDD and her depression, suicidalness, etc.. Prayers are going up as we speak. There ought to be some way of keeping her in therapy and her father from interfering. {{{{{HUGS}}}}} for you and Angie.
You are such a GREAT person to do the work for your DS's coach/mentor free. Why can't you live near me?? :lol: :D :lol: Scholar Athlete, WOOHOO!!!! :cp: That is fantastic!!!!! Will be praying for her trip to Alabama. Are they driving down or flying???

~Angel-lover~Charlotte~Love your name gif with the butterflies!!! So cute!!! If what the Dr suspects is true I will have a lot more time to learn how to do the graphics thing. I love crafts and creating things so web design would be wonderful. Now, if I only had a tutor. ;)
~Hello to EVERYONE ELSE~
~eisenj~ceejay~Sue~sprout~deenieM~
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT day!!! Gotta get a few things done. Talk atch later. ;)



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[SunnyD57]

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:wave: Hi CER's!

I just finished 4miles!!! 4! I impressed myself! :lol:
I am not too bummed about only losing 1 lb
because I have lost a total of 20lbs as of today :smug:

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Hi SHERRY ~
I WILL definately be *praying* for you!!!!
WoW! A resting heartrate of 99! Goodness girl!
I thought that my resting rate of 80 was high... but as of this morning (I have a BP machine) it was at 75... all the walking and Curves is paying off in many ways. Can you still get out and walk, Sherry? My father has had several heart attacks and has dead heart tissue with low blood oxygen and he still walks 2 miles everyday to keep the heart that is left strong. Did you ask your Dr. about walking? Don't do anything till you do - we don't want anything to go wrong - for sure. I just would love to see you get better is all...

When will they do further testing?

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Time for me to get in a shower...
:sunny: SunnyD

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[EZMONEY]

HI LADIES :coffee:

Off work today, job fell through for today, that is OK though since I was going to leave early for my daughter's tennis banquet--I have to load up my truck with stuff she is bringing home for the summer, take down some shelves I put up and repair the walls. Thanks for all the prayers for my step-D. The whole situation is confusing...she confided in a friend that she was bulimic-- this friend is anorexic...the friend told her mom who in turn called Angie--thankfull for that. We don't see any signs of bulimia other than she says she has self-induced vomiting for 4 months, once a day. Seems her dad said her behind was getting a little large which set the situation in motion. We had her to our Dr., nurse practioner too...they said she should seek counseling because there was definitely a problem...she has a scar on her arm, I still have not seen it, that she said she considered hurting herself, but not killing herself....someone (again thankfull for this) reported her to the school and she was called into the nurse and counseling office...she said she was afraid to go to her dad's...they reported the situation to CPS...we had a counseling session lined up for her already...when Angie took her on Monday, they said her father had called and without a court order or both parents in agreement they could not see my step-d. My wife has seen an attorney about the court order already....then two days ago my step-d's soccer coach, a women, set her up to see another counselor.....it is getting very confusing here as you can see...we got a call from a CPS counselor last night that said she talked on the phone to my step-d and she, the counselor, is not worried about her safety...some say she is OK some say she is suicidal...a lot of people involved in a week already...a lot of emotion...going way too fast to make sense of all of it...My step-d's father refused to allow Angie to get any kind of counseling for her (this to him shows weakness) but after talking with the soccer coach he said it is OK AS LONG AS ANGIE DOESN'T PICK THE COUNSELING--this way HE stays in control..I guess. I will keep you all informed as it goes along...without being mean here I must add that I truly believe my step-d has issues, however, she tends to add a lot of DRAMA to situations so sometimes it is hard to figure out...so many things have been blown up one day then a couple of days later all is passed. The biggest problem I feel at the moment is trying to get the dad to co-operate in getting his own daughter helped...as long as Angie and him fight over (control) of this....well, it could go on a long time...or...be over soon.

SAMI Tell that ASHLI--"No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" :lol: I am praying for good results from your testing...my sis, as I said has lupus--the most harmfull one, and my mom has thyroid problems..Prayers. Thanks for the info on my step-d...so glad to see your DD doing much better.

WILMA I hope the weather clears soon for your husband...I don't know how you folks in bad wether places drive without stress! I would be a nervous wreck! Good luck with that evening snacking.

MICHELE Cute cat.. Angie is allergic to cats so we could never have one. I really love the view from your place..I always pictured you in a condo in the city. Charlie...go figure...

SUNNYD Thanks for the comments on my kids...Don't worry about pounds for crying out loud!! You feel better right? after all the exercise? RIGHT!!? Of course you do!! Go with that...the pounds and inches will drop..you know that as you go along they will drop less than at the beginning...the biggest mistake people make is...is...is...GIVING UP!!! You can't quit girl until they carry you away...it is hard...but remember not too long ago just doing a few minutes was hard..now..you can do hours...well, maybe one..on the treadmill. PRAYERS.

SHERRY PRAYERS---PRAYERS--PRAYERS for your health! Don't give up hope dear..HE works wonders as you know...just keep going forward...one day/step at a time and take care of yourself the best you can. I will pray for a solution for your surgery!!! as we all will here...and ya know--wherever two are gathered....Praying for your health daily. To answer your question-- my daughter will be flying with her team on Sunday to Alabama.

WELL--does anyone else watch American Idol? What do you think of last night? or Survivor-- hope Rupert wins tongiht..I will not see it..we will be at the banquet so we will tape the final of Fraiser..we have 5 TV's in the house but I can only figure out how to tape on one of them...hey--off my case...Angie can't either :lol:

Off to do chores, Gary

HI TO EVERYONE ELSE--HOPE ALL IS WELL.

[EZMONEY]

Just Read Your New Post Donna----that Is The Attitude I Am Talkin' About.

[sprout]

Things are ok - could be better, could be worse.

Have to have my next cancer check up on June 1 - am praying that they will be able to say I can go on 6 month visits as every 3 months just is so costly. It has been one year since I started the radiation treatments - the effects are still there and will always be there - but I am alive and that is important.

Have seen the eye surgeon re the cataracts. The right eye is the worse so we will be doing that one first. It is going to cost just over $300.00 per eye - but it will be nice to be able to see better again. He checked for the eye disease my mom has (it is heredity) says he sees no sign of it but has put me on a vitamin - vitilux (Spelling?) which is known not to cure it but to slow it down.

Exercise - this is a part of my life now - have walked just over 754 miles and looking forward to reaching 775. I have also been going to the ladies gym now for 5 weeks. In the first 4 weeks I lost 1/2 pounds and 3.75 inches. Would like to see the weight come off faster but need to get the food under control first. But have made some changes so I am sure it will start coming off.

Kids are doing well - daughter (age 15) amazes me each day with what she is learning and how she is growing (she has Down Syndrome). Now son (age 16) is another story. He has come a long way but last week he fell back into his old ways and is having a hard time getting out of it. This lying gets to me - I would so love to be able to believe everything he tells me but with all the lying I can't - and he just doesn't get it. We have gone to the social workers office and completed a form as we want him to be assested. We know where he is academically (on the very high level here) but the behaviors are on the very low level - not appropriate for his age at all. Because his birth mom drank while pregnant there is some damage here and he also has ADD - but for his sake we need to know where he really is developmentally - at this time he is showing absolutely no signs of being able to hold a part time job or to be able to take care of himself without some form of supervision. It makes us so sad to think that the troubles he is having could have been caused by what the birth mom did while pregnant. Life is hard enough but to have more added to it because of what the 'mother' did while pregnant - it is so unfair to the child. Unfortunately most of these kids are either in foster care or adopted out so the birth family never sees the damage they might have caused because of their actions. It has been very stressful lately because one day he seems so mature and the next day he can't handle being mentally age 10 (and he is 16). Never no from one day to the next how to handle the situation.

And now we are having vehicle problems - like we really need this on top of everything else. Can't afford to get a new or new used vehicle at this time so we have to make this one due - hopefully for the next few years - so now all the money we have put away re home renovations will have to go to fixing the vehicle. So much to get 'fixed' before the next 2 years - that is when hubby retires - as we don't want all these extra huge repairs at the beginning of the retirement.

It is good that the nice weather is coming as I can feel myself feeling a bit down - and when feeling this way I don't need to look out the window and see 'yucky' weather. Need the sun in the sky and also the Son in my life.

Well that's where we are at this time - have been reading the posts - praying for you all

[sprout]

May 13


Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.


Beverly held a support group at the church every Tuesday morning. Bev had been enormous before she began her diet, and to the amazement of the entire congregation, she had lost two hundred pounds. After losing her weight, Beverly had determined to help others in their fights to lose weight. Many people found help in turning to Beverly, because they knew she could sympathize with what they were experiencing. Other people had little use for Bev, because her way of losing weight was too demanding. Being a Christian often means taking the hard way, but the hard way always offers us the greatest rewards.
Today's thought: Help me to benefit from the faith of others!

[SunnyD57]

Gary: Survivor-- hope Rupert wins tongiht..

HE WON GARY!!!!
:cp: :cp: :dance: RUPERT WON!!!! :cp: :cp: :dance:
I VOTED FOR HIM 11 TIMES ---
I AM THRILLED THAT HE WAS THE
WINNER OF THE SECOND MILLION!
YEAHHHH...

[Angel-lover]

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Hi everybody...

Well...the drug tests came back. My son showed negative on all drugs! DIL showed positive on Marajuana & taking a solution to flush drugs out of her system! I don't know what the next step will be. If the results had come back last week during the retrial, he would have gotten custody right then. Now, I don't know how it will happen. I hope she just gives in. She doesn't really take care of them. Her younger sisters take care of them all the time...her & her mom do drugs together. :( Keep praying...I feel prayers are being answered. Thank you all so much. :)

Sprout...I wish you lots of luck with your cancer test..will be praying.

Michelle...Hi to you, too. Sorry things aren't working out with Michael.

Sunny...Hope all is well with you...missed you for awhile...see, I WAS reading. :lol:

Sherry...Wish we could sit side by side & tutor each other! That would be fun. :D I've been wanting to get PSP, or some program to make my own graphics...but, money is tight. Sorry your health is worse. I'll pray for you.

Hi Gary...thanks for the encouragement. I've noticed how busy you are!!

Sami...hope you're ok. Say hello to Angel for me.

Wilma & Sue...thanks for the welcome back & encouragement.

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[sunshinelady]

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:wave:Good Morning CEers!!!!!:wave:
I'm drinking a little :coffee: trying to wake up this morning. I have many visits plus a game tonight out of town. I was hoping that my work would go easy on me, no such luck. I totally dread it. I wasn't able to get a note from my Dr yet until we do some testing and learn exactly whats going on with me. She told me to go easy and not over do it, but unless you put that in writing this company doesn't go by that, and even with a note sometimes doesn't. :rolleyes:

~Charlotte~Definitely praying for your family especially those sweet grandkiddos. Keep strong cause you know it will all work out like it is suppose to. Sometime. I would absolutely love us to learn graphics together!!! :D:D I wanted PSP also but was told recently that Corel makes a super good program that could be used to make more types of graphics. So, I don't know. The problem probably would be that I would need tutorials and a tutor for it. :lol: I have so much to learn.

~Sprout~Congratulations on the 1/2LB and the 3 3/4 INCHES!!!!!Wow, that's fantastic!!!!!!:cheer: :cp: You are doing so very well!!!! Keep up the good work! Prayers going up for your CA visit on June 1st and your eye surgery. Prayers also for you DS and his behavioral problems and lying. My heart goes out to you with that one. I have a great-nephew with the same type problems that his mother did drugs and alcohol all through her pregnancy and then abused and neglected him all through his young childhood until the state came in and took him away from her when she nearly killed him when he was four. Since then my SIL and BIL have raised him and he definitely has problems. But they have raised him in church and he knows the Lord and that has helped. His mother was put in a Psy hosp for almost a year and finally got her act together, we thought. Then had another baby and he's 4 and she just ran off with another man and left the kids and husband. :eek: Lots of prayers for you my friend!!! :bubbles:

~Gary~Well, Rupert won!!! I didn't see Survivor this time but when he was on the first time I liked him. Prayers continue to your Step Daughter. I understand the issues she's facing since I have been going through this with Kelli. Stay strong and keep trying to get her the help she definitely needs. Praying that the father will come around and finally give in. I'm glad your DD will be flying to "Bama". It's a long ways from CA to AL!!!

~Sunny~Thanks so much for your prayers. The cardiologist told me to limit my activity until the tests are run and we can see just what shows up. If the diagnosis is hypoxia (low oxygen) I could be doing more harm to my body while trying to exercise. Low oxygen affects all your body, your organs, mucsles, memory, etc... Just taking one day at a time right now until we know more. We talked about me walking and she told me possibly after testing I could walk as long as I stopped with any chest pain, or I may be able to wear oxygen while I walk (treadmill). We will see. Right now, I'm worn out and it's just the beginning of a very long day. The hospital tried to get in touch with me all day yesterday to set up the testing. They called while I was gone, I called them back, they were busy, they called me while I was out, I called back - they were busy, they called my work, I called and they were busy. I finally left my cell phone number but they never called back. Maybe sometime today we will get it all set up.

Well, guess I better get a move on. I gotta shower and head out to work.

Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT Friday and a GREAT weekend!!!!!!







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[sprout]

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
Martha Washington (1732 - 1802)

[sprout]

May 14


Luke 8:48
And he said unto her, 'Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.'


When all is said and done, the determining factor in our diet is going to be our frame of mind. No one loses weight who doubts he can do it. The mind is a tricky thing, and it will tell us time and again that there is no way we can hope to succeed. It will create all kinds of monsters for us to overcome, and defeating them is not easy. Only the person who is mentally and spiritually prepared stands a chance of overcoming. When we truly believe in ourselves and our Lord, then we can go in peace, knowing that nothing on earth can get the better of us.
Today's thought: God is bigger than any craving my mind and stomach can come up with!

[Mitchypoo]

Hi all :wave:,

Charlotte, still praying for your family. Praise God your son was clean. So sad to me that someone who is as blessed as she is to even have children, feels she has to use drugs. Such a shame.

It's Friday but I work tomorrow. Feeling really tired again this a.m. Actually, it hit me late yesterday afternoon. My hip is better though after just a couple days of doing the yoga stretches. Still painful but getting better.

Tomorrow is the opening of our little Farmer's Market! I can't wait. Hope to get some homemade soap and some fresh vegetables. May get some organic chicken also.

[EZMONEY]

HI LOOOOOOOSERS :wave:

Have to be quick here, well...nothing is quick when I type :lol: Waiting for dinner to finish...bow tie pasta, cheddar cheese, peas, onions and ham pieces in a casserole dish, then pour whipping cream over it...warm up for 45 minutes and ya got dinner!

Went to my daughter's tennis banquet last night, actually I went down earlier in the day and repaired some walls, took down some shelves and visited with her. My wife and ex-wife road down together after they got off work. the banquet was very nice...chicken, rice and veggies as usual. My daughter got 4 plaques, for scholar athlete conference, scholar athlete school, team regional champ, and one with the team picture on it. We had a great time, my daughter gave a very emotional speech honoring 1 of our seniors, the one my dauhgter beat out in the rotation...to hard to explain but the speech showed the CLASS of my kiddo and the other girl (of course I already knew that ;) ) This was the final banquet for my daughter's boyfriend too...although he still has another semester next year to graduate.
My daughter applied for an internship yesterday, don't know many details..and probably won't until she returns from Alabama...but it is near campus, it involves the United States Navy and it has something to do with the G force on necks...my daughter is into research on the human body and how it works etc. as far as physical fitness...details later..if she gets the job.

The weather here has been super the last few days..not too hot...almost summer weather...sure can feel it coming.

Nephew causing some trouble..not real bad but enough to concern his teacher. Getting close to the end of the year attitude I think. He has been on TV restriction...getting used to that..so now if he misbehaves it is no 8th grade graduation party and no "DITCH DAY" (sponsored by the 8th grade PTA) to Magic Mountain....I talked to his teacher today and she said he has been "almost" ;) an Angel.

Well the oven buzzer is going...later

IN HIS LOVE---Gary

[sunshinelady]

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:wave: Good Morning CEers!!!!!! :wave:

Sitting here sipping :coffee: and trying to wake up. :yawn: I'm pretty tired this morning. It was a super long day but ended in another victory:
The Diamond Divas WON 4-0!!!! :cheer: :cb: :cp: :cheer: Yay!!!!!

I am working this weekend but hopefully it will be a quite one so I can get some rest. I got my next week's schedule yesterday and they are giving me my Tuesday and Thursday off but totally loading my M-W-F schedule down!!! Kinda makes me mad, but it may be the last week I work like that. I still don't know when I can go in for the testing. I tried all day Friday and part of Thursday to get in touch with the scheduler and kept missing her and she kept missing me. :rolleyes: But maybe I can set it up for Wednesday night and then I will have all day Thursday to get all the testing done. :?:

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~Gary~
Wow!!! Proud of that DD of yours!!! She seems like quite the athlete and person!! :goodluck: Good luck to her going to Alabama!!!! And of course, traveling safety!!!! Prayers :bubbles: going up. Her internship sounds very interesting!!!! Sorry to hear about the nephew, but I know the kiddos around here are pretty :hyper: hyped up too. One more week of school here and they're out for the summer!!! Hey, you sound like the a great :chef:
~Michele~Your farmer's market sounds GREAT!!! The day I went to the Dr I passed a fruit and veggie stand and turned around and went back. I ended up getting two honeydews, a watermelon and a couple lbs of beautiful tomatoes and only spent $7, which I thought was very reasonable. The first honeydew isn't as sweet as I like but the rest is great! But it's a little early for some of that. :halffull:
~Sprout~
Thanks for those words of wisdom! If we could all be happy that way!

~EVERYONE~
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!!

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[sprout]

May 15


Matthew 14:31
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, 'O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?'


Peter asked the Lord to allow him to walk on the water. Seeing his Master walking on the waves caused Peter to wish to do likewise. However, once he began his walk, he found himself sinking and afraid. What did the Lord do at this sign of unbelief? Did He allow Peter to sink? Of course not! So long as Jesus is nearby, we need never fear for our lives. Jesus Christ reaches out His hand to us when we get in over our heads. Though He wants us to develop unshakable faith, He is forgiving and loving, and He lifts us up when we are too weak to stand up on our own.
Today's thought: Thank the Lord that Christ holds me up when I'm most down!

[Mitchypoo]

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Happy Saturday! :wave:

Well, Charlie called last night from the golf-course. Said he guess i knew he was upset about our last conversation, i told him i did not know, because he didn't call me back. Asked if he got my messages. Wouldn't answer me, would go onto something else. Mentioned he got the message where I apologized if I was hard on him, but mysteriously didn't get any of the other ones and didn't feel it was worth calling back. Then he asked if I wanted to come over today.......Um, I said no I didn't think i did. I told him that if he couldn't even call me back, and he said he was BUSY. He then went into this tyrade about how he's BUSY, but I can have his weekends. I told him I deserved more than that. Then he got kind of pissy (sorry to use the word) and he ended up hanging up on me after he told me to have a nice life. :?: I noticed this a.m. he already put up his personal ad...

The farmer's market was pretty good today. Not a lot of veggies, but i got a nice bunch of asparagus for $1! What a deal! And i got my organic cream and butter ($5/lb for butter, but worth it!). Got a candle for a co-worker's bday next week. They had buffalo meat too! Didn't try that, but i may. Also, a lady there makes authentic tamales and salsa! YUM!

I'm going to be very productive today at home, think this thing with Charlie is going to fuel me. I clean better when I'm angry/upset. Well maybe just disappointed. Thinking of writing him a letter, but not sure it's even worth it. Atleast i could tell him how i feel. He can then do what he wants with it.

Sherry! Glad to hear the Diva's won again. They are doing so good. Hope it all works out with your dr. appt's and health.

Gary! you've got a great bunch of kids there. Really cool to hear some good stories about our youth these days. Hope Angie is handling the ex as well as possible. Has to be very stressful for her. Why can't her ex be like yours? ;) How's Rylee these days? What has she demolished lately?

Have a potluck at church tomorrow with the past Alpha people, should be fun, hoping John is there. He's not calling lately. We emailed a bit this week, but not much.

Have a great weekend!

[EZMONEY]

Not too much time right now...just checking in before chores. I took Rylee to puppy school by myself today. Angie took her daughter to a "session" at a local church on eating disorders. Rylee was really fisty today, more than usual...not a good puppy! Angie and I were walking her thru the neighborhood last night and a lady came running out of her house.."OH, hey..your the ones with the golden retriever puppy my neighbor told me about--want another one?" we were "like what??"..she has an AKC golden that is 3 to 4 weeks older than Rylee...BUT...A whole bunch bigger...we...now can you believe this??? from me??? are considering it.....she has to get rid of her because she is just too big for her other dogs.

Well, off to chores.

MICHELE...sure seems like Charlie really wants you..." when--HE--wants you"...I wouldn't waste much time there if I was you...speaking from experience here, dear!

[Mitchypoo]

Yes, Rylee needs some companionship. It really may be a good thing Gary. Twice the fun!

[sprout]

I've arrived at this outermost edge of my life by my own actions. Where I am is thoroughly unacceptable. Therefore, I must stop doing what I've been doing.
Alice Killer, An Unknown Woman, 1982

[sunshinelady]

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:wave: Good Morning CEers!!!!:wave:

Hope this finds everyone well this morning. It's a beautiful day here in central TX with the sun carassing the buds and blooms of life to come. I'm so thankful to be alive!!!! I had a bad day all day yesterday with chest pains and feeling like I couldn't go on. But the other nurse is out of town so I did the best I could. It took me all day to do my 3 visits! :o: I pray that I am better today.

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~Gary~ Prayers for DD going to "Bama" today. Wow, to get another lab or not? Will the new pup be a companion or a partner in crime??? Only you can decide. :D

~Sprout~Thanks for the words of inspiration.
~Michele~Wow, asparus for $1 that's really good!!! Sorry about Charlie, but I think you handled it well. Probably better than I would have. Good luck with your potluck dinner and John. Have fun!

~Everyone~ Hope you have a GREAT SUNDAY!!!!!

~EVERYONE MIA~ ~Sami~Sue~Ceejay~DeenieM~Charlotte~Sunny~Everyone elseLook forward to hearing from ya'll soon. :Dhttp://www.misspricesgraphics.com/sets/catpic1a.gif

[sprout]

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
William James (1842 - 1910)

[sprout]

May 16


James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.


The group began every week by admitting all their transgressions. Having to admit all the wrongs that were done really helped act as a deterrent during the week. It was embarrassing to tell people about the things you shouldn't have eaten, even though they were all friends. What really made a difference was the period of prayer that ended each session. What a source of strength and courage! The group was the best thing Janet had ever gotten into. Dieting was almost a joy when it was done with such good friends. Shar-ing the experience helped Janet make her diet a success.
Today's thought: Confession is good for the soul and for the diet!

[sunshinelady]

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:wave: Good Morning CEers!!!!:wave:

Just wanted to check in. I don't have enough time this morning to do individual posts. I have a very busy day with patients, Kaci has her awards ceremony and we have a game tonight. So, I may not be around any today. It really makes me mad how my work is treating me. I told them I needed a lighter schedule this week and could only work M-W-F. Well, I'm only scheduled M-W-F but have 8-9 patients those days and some of them are out of town. UGH!!! The BEST THOUGHT I have right now is. . . . we are going camping this weekend.:D:D I can get some rest then, if I can make it that long. :rolleyes:

Hope EVERYONE has a GREAT MONDAY!!!!!!
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[Mitchypoo]

Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain,
Be lifted up and thrown into the sea!
and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes
that what he says will take place, it will be done for him.
-Mark 11:23 AMP
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Hi all! :wave:

Today i plan to move mountains! It's going to be a good day, because it's Monday, the beginning of a new week and because the Lord has given us this day!

Woke up with a migraine yesterday a.m. and it was a bad one. Couldn't sleep it off, took migraine medicine, took a nap for 1.5 hours and it was much better. Was able to go to the potluck (John wasn't there :( ) . We had a nice turnout and it was fun. Still felt a little shaky from the medicine but was a lot better. I did talk to John last night for quite a while. Really nice guy.

My Dad's great Aunt asked me to go with her to Des Moines this Friday-Sun. She's almost 90 and drives by herself. There are many reasons not to go, but something is telling me to go. I'm trying to work it out. I'd do the driving for her which i love to drive. And i've never been to Des Moines, so it could be fun.

[Angel-lover]

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Sherry
Your posts are always so cheerful & encouraging. I look forward to reading them everyday! Just wanted you to know that I appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to make such delightful posts!

Gary
Hard to imagine why anyone would want a second puppy! :lol: My son got his daughters a puppy. He drags up everything in the world & leaves it at my front door! Of course, unless it's something he can tear apart all over the yard. :^: I try not to fuss...want him to know that he & the girls are welcome to make this their home, also, as long as he needs to. One thing I AM going to put a stop to, though...he loves to nibble my feet! :o With RA, I can't stand it. :(

Michelle
Thanks for your encouragement & prayers. We really need them. We're still waiting for a decision. Will be glad when this all is settled.
I'm sorry about Charlie...I'm afraid I feel the same as Gary. Seems like he wants you only on his terms. I'll be praying.

Sunny
Hope you had a good weekend. How's your eye doing?
You asked about my house. It's coming along a little faster now. We have a new front door, new windows, the garage walls are up, the den walls are up, & the extension to the back of the house is up. The trusses are delivered for the roof, so hopefully the weather will agree this next week to take care of the roof. I'll try to put in some pics soon. I put some on another thread a few weeks ago, but, can't find them now. :lol: Thanks for asking.

Sprout
I really enjoy your daily quotes. Hope you're feeling well these days.

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[EZMONEY]

HI GALS-- REAL QUICK BEFORE WORK...I WAS SICK THIS WEEK-END WITH STOMACH FLU(?) I THINK, FEELING A LITTLE BETTER TODAY. LOOOOONG WEEK-END WITH 2 PUPPIES...LONG STORY-WILL DETAIL LATER...BUT...MY SON AND I (both of us didn't want a puppy- remember?) WANT TO KEEP THE NEW PUPPY...AND ANGIE...SAYS IT IS TOO MUCH TROUBLE...NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN HERE..SHE HAS ALREADY MADE CALLS TO POTENTIAL OWNERS...AH GALS, YOU SHOULD SEE THE NEW ONE...SOOOO SWEET..NOTHIN' LIKE RYLEE! LOL.....GOTTA GO...LATER

[eisenj]

Hi friends,

I had an interesting end of week. My son Matt was messing around at school on Thursday and has a buckled fracture on his right arm. I spent Thursday evening in the emergency room. When he got in the car after school he said he thought he broke his arm. He had a trombone audition for high school in forty min. I got him tynol and an ace bandage to support the arm. He passed the test with flying colors and will be studing under his favorite teacher. The hospital wraped his arm up well and gave him an arm sling. we have an appointment with the orthopedic doctor tuesday. Friday he went to Charleston with his class to see Fort Moultrie and Pariots Point. He was suppose to go on a backpack trip with the boy scouts saturday but I canceled his trip. This week is exam week I have no clue how he is going to be able to take the tests. If he is determand to take a trombone audition then I guess taking exams is not much different.
Laura performed at Relay for Life Friday evening . My husband and I had a nice evening out. We went out with our neighbors for dinner and a play. They are a retired couple. He worked for the FBI and has some great stories to tell. They lived all over the world. It was a great evening.
Saturday Laura had her recital . I was at the school from 1pm till 8:30. They had two performances to do. When she took off her stage make-up she scratched her cornia. I patched the eye and put ontment in it. Pray that it heals. She has a driving class tuesday for two hours.
And life goes on :lol: :lol: :lol:

[sprout]

May 17


Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.


Jerry was so confident. He knew he could lose weight if he would only knuckle down and try. But it seemed that no matter how determined he got, something came up to thwart him. Whenever friends tried to help him, he told them to leave him alone; he was going to make it on his own. How sad that some people try to do everything by themselves. It is good to believe in yourself, but not when that self-belief causes you to be less than you can be. Believe in God. Put your faith there. Whatever you find you cannot do, remember that God can do it.
Today's thought: Thank God for the gift of determination!

[sprout]

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.
Andy Warhol (1928 - 1987), The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

[SunnyD57]

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Hi Gang...
Just popping in for a moment to say Hi there!
HI! :wave:

I walked 5 miles today (that 31miles for the month of May so far) and have been very busy in the home. Over the weekend: Joe & I bought a new Arbor (he is securing it right now before the huge storm due to hit here tonight) --- Michele... wait till I get a pic! You will love it! And we bought lots of flowers. The colors I have mostly are lavenders, pale yellows, pinks... beautiful! I cannot wait to take some pictures and show you all how much our gardens have changed and grown this year. I have allot of flowers for my pots to get planted - that's for sure. We had a wonderful weather day today Sunshine and 79* - just beautiful! The storm is just now moving in.

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Joe is out grilling our steak and that never takes long.

I'll be back tomorrow to post to everyone after my Curves workout and T-Mill ~ I just wanted to check in today ;)
Luvs,
:sunny: SunnyD

[wilma12]

Hi! Just a quick post today. The snow is gone and DH came home safely. Now the grass is greener and it's gorgeous out. This week the plan is get out into the flower beds and get them ready for planting. Lots of bright yellow pansies and hot pink impatients plus the usual petunias for my pots. I also plant a little garden for fresh eating. Can hardly wait!!

Talk soon!

[sunshinelady]

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:wave: Good Morning CEers!!!!:wave:

I'm here sipping some hot coffee :coffee: and waking up. Tried to sleep in but between the kids and the dog, I'm up. Well, I'm so tired this morning and feeling blah :blah: but have a very happy tune in my heart.
The Diamond Divas won last night 10-3!!!!
:cheer: :cb: :dance: :cp: :flame: :lucky: :flow1: :cheers:
And we are now 2nd in our area play and will be going to the district play in July!!!!!:bravo:
I am totally amazed!!! I knew we were doing well, but never thought we would ever go to the playoffs!!!

Today is lasix day for me, some rest, but have to get everything ready for the lake. Oldest DD will give the camper a good spring cleaning today since it gets dusty, etc in storage and I will get everything ready to load. We keep it packed during the summer months but unload it in the fall and clean it before storage. We like to keep it packed so if we spontaneously decide to go the lake, we can leave in about an hour. All we then have to pack are the personal everyday items, a few clothes and the refrigerated cold stuff. I'm excited to get to go!!!! I seem to get more rest at the lake than I ever could here at home. I think it's because I see all the things that need to be done here but also, being in God's world, with the peaceful lake, singing birds, little critters, etc... just speaks to me on a higher level. Ya know?

I am scheduled to go into the hospital next Monday night for my sleep study and then on Tuesday they will be doing other tests to try to determine about my oxygen levels, heart condition, etc.... Please say a little prayer for me. :^: Thanks!
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~Wilma~So glad DH got home safely. I hope it will warm up for you and you can get out there in the flower bed.

~Sunny~Wow, an arbor, that will be great!!! And your lavenders, pinks and yellows sound great!!! Isn't it fun to decorate our worlds with the beautiful flowers that God so graciously gave us? Wow, you are doing well with your walking!!!!

~Eisenj~
Wow, what a busy life you lead!!! So good to see you posting though!!!! Hope Matt's arm gets better real soon! And Laura's eye! Glad you had a good time out with DH and your friends! We have missed you. Post when you can!

~Gary~ Sorry to hear that you aren't feeling well. The flu bug huh? Yuck! Hope this finds you feeling much better.
TWO puppies, huh? I bet you do have your hands full. Now the way you mentioned that the new puppy was sweet. . . not like Rylee . . . . sounds like Rylee isn't sweet and we all know she is. :lol::D :lol:

~Charlotte~AHHH!!! You are so sweet! :D :smug: That makes me feel good. Thanks so much! Definitely be careful of the puppy nibbling your feet with the RA!!! :o Sounds like your house is coming along well!! Keep us posted.

~Michele~Sorry to hear you had a migaine but love your new attitude!! Glad you got to talk with John. Hope things go well for you! Hope you have fun on the trip to Des Moines this weekend!!

~MIA~ ~ Ceejay ~ Sami ~ DeenieM ~ Sue ~ Everyone else ~ Post when you can. Hugs and Prayers to you!!

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT TUESDAY!!!!!

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[EZMONEY]

HI GALS

Not much time here today..having a junior varsity softball team over for a team dinner..almost done with what I can do until Angie gets home from work to "BOSS" me around :lol: Hey--wait a gosh darn minute..I'm not gonna take it anymore...well...ahhh..YES I AM ;)

DAUGHTER'S team did well today in Alabama, they won and advanced to the trird round..she didn't play BUT SHE WAS READY!! If you want to se a better picture of here (before they take it off) go to www.ptloma.edu then to Athletics then the headline womens tennis advance to third round--or something like that--if you go look she is the one in the front with the yellow hat...cute kid (braggin') looks like me :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: NOPE!! like her mom!!

WELL I ALMOST FORGOT-- Angie left a message on my cell phone yesterday.." Hey, I am at school, telling everyone how sweet and what a good dog REBA is--I think you are right..we need to keep her." So gals-- I have 2 dogs now and boy do I have stories to share...later.

SHERRY- GREAT JOB for the DIVAS!!! of course it IS THE COACH!! Have fun at the lake-- good luck Monday.

WILMA- Take care of that DH!! and your ( FINALLY) garden.

SUNNY- Glad to see the progress dear!! You will be ready to do a marathon with Angie and I in no time!!

MICHELE-Have fun in Des Moines!! Great job with the new attitude! Proud of the progress!

JUDY- Super job for that boy!!

SPROUT- Girl- you just keep on keepin' on-AS USUAL!!

ANGEL-Teach those grandchildren well!! I know you already are!! The "PAST" stops with them--as with my nephew (if I have anything to say about it!)

SAMI--Hey girl where are you? Hope those health issues are OK!!

Well the :drill: is home with NEW ORDERS!!

Later-