♥ Christian Encouragers #194 ♥

[SunnyD57]

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: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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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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*Domino under our Christmas tree Christmas Day*

[SunnyD57]

Just about all our gifts under the tree & an extra treat! Domino! So adorable!!
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Domino & Me with new jammies from Joe :)
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Joe with his Jerry Baker Yard & Garden Books & on our porch with his gift from Mrs. Claus
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Look at what she got him... a Craftsman Work Ctr! He likes!! Me with Lenox Kitties from my mom :)
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The day after Christmas: Our Best Friends (Mike & Peggy-far right) with their girls (Sandy-in red & Lisa) at our home. Peg & I are putting together a ginger house kit... fun! I was sooo ill that night from a bad head cold, but determined to have fun...
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Our Ginger House all finished
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Guido likes my new jammies too...
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New Year's Eve at Mike & Peg's - Me talking & Joe ready with the confetti!
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*Happy New Year!*
Look at the confetti in the air!! Do you see Joe (left side)? Lisa, our God-daughter (Mike & Peg's youngest) afterwards - so sweet!
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Joe on New Year's Day with our turkey - YUM! Me getting Guido kisses :smug:
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Hope you like the pictures...
it's been sooo long since I have posted here -
I so missed you all!

*God Bless*
SunnyD
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[SunnyD57]

:wave: Hi gang!!!! :wave:

Finally!!! I have gotten on and stayed on!! I put up a FIREWALL the other day and am wondering if that had something to do with my having a hard time? It seems that everytime an ad would try to pop up that's when I would loose the post / site. I stayed on most of the day and tried on and off and then finally decided to change the level of my firewall and finally got on.

We had an awesome Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day! We were very busy everyday, but totally chilled out on New Years day together --- it was absolutely blissful!!! Knowing we didn't have to be anywhere and all I had to do was put in the turkey. And the aroma of that bird was heavenly :smug: Not to mention that it tasted mighty good too :T if I do say so myself...

I do hope that you all did too!!! I have to go back now that I have gotten on and stayed on & catch up with some reading... bear with me while I catch up in my reading of your posts, okay ;)

Loves,
SunnyD
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[SunnyD57]

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*Happy 9th Anniversary
(tomorrow)
Gary & Angie!!!*

:cheers:

Much Love to you both!
SunnyD
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[lbsbgone]

I am a Christian and I also am trying to lose weight. I also have some health problems that leave me not feeling well some of the time. I would like encouragement and I would also like to be of encouragement and available to pray for others. Please tell me more! Oh, and I am not real computer Saavy, so the simplier the better. Thanks,

lbsbgone

[SunnyD57]

*WELCOME LBSBGONE!*

We are a mix of all different churches & diets, but are of one belief that *Jesus Christ is our Savior* and through HIM we can do anything :) What more would you like to know? ;)

SunnyD
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[SunnyD57]

Hi Gary, You just got my card... wow, the mail is sure slow. Glad you liked it :) I made that card ya know (I made 130 cards this year) - nothing special, but fun. How are those pups doing? Bet that they are getting big! Have they calmed down a bit?

I hope that you and Angie have a wonderful & memorable day tomorrow for your Anniversary. You planning anything SPECIAL??? Hint- Hint - Hint

Our Browns won a game!!!! Cannot believe it!

Hi Wilma, Sounds like you are coming along just fine with your new kitchen. Glad to hear that you had such a nice Christmas - me too! Now that the holiday's are done we can all get back *on track* again :)

That is just too cool that your future daughter-in-law asked you to go shopping with her for her dress - I am so happy for you! :smug: ! What a great beginning to an awesome relationship between the two of you.

Hey there Bunna, It's great seeing you back! Good news that you were able to get rid of 4.5 lbs already! Awesome!! I have 2 lbs. that I gained back since November - not too bad, I hope that I will not have too hard a time getting it off and begin to lose again. I am sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well... I was ill for a good 12 days or so myself. Real sick with what started out as a head cold; then went into my ear then into my chest. I am finally well again now that I am able to get some sleep again. Seems that it's all I wanted to do for days after New Years Eve... I was plum wore out! You feel better real soon yourself, okay :grouphug:

How were your holidays? Did you receive some nice things? Santa was very kind to me this year!!

Hi Michele! I am so sorry to hear that things didn't work out for you and Doug, better now then too late. I am sorry, Michele.

I have heard of LA. Wt-loss ~ I do hope that it works out well for you. I have heard that they ask you to buy allot of their foods to lose wt. and that it can get very expensive. How are you doing on it so far? Feeling okay?

Hi Teel, So good to see you around again!!! How are you doing???? Feeling any better? If anyone deserves to feel good it's you! I do hope that you are chipper again real soon! Although, I can totally understand why you would feel the blues after being so ill. I feel like I am in my latter years too many a day --- but after seeing all that the people have lost in that Tsunami I feel Blessed to live as I do on a daily basis. My heart breaks for their losses!!! I find it so hard to watch to the news and seeing all those children without parents and parents without their children or spouses and families missing their siblings... how blessed we are not to have been there when that happened. I pray for them all often! As I will pray for you and your continued health and well-being. Courage... you have come so far already and have done so well.

Hi MKay, I tried to catch up with all the posts the best I could, but not easy :dizzy:

I am so very sorry to hear that you and DH are not doing well --- I wish I could make it all better for you both.

Here is a verse from the bible that I sent out for New Years... maybe it will help you a feel better.

"Be full of Joy in the Lord always, I will say again, be full of Joy.
Let all men see that you are gentle and kind. The Lord is coming soon. Do not worry about anything. But pray and ask God for everything you need. And when you pray, always give thanks. And God's peace will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. The peace that God gives is so great that we cannot understand it."
Philippians 4:4-7 (NIV)

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Sure do hope to see all you MIA's come back real soon!!
SAMI * SPROUT * SHERRY * SUE * ANGIE-WANGIE * ON-MY-WEIGH * DALEMARIE & anyone else I may have accidentally left out...

*God Bless you all!*
and A very Good Night...
SunnyD
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[Bunnababy]

Thanks for the pictures Sunny, truly enjoyed them. Looks like you all had a great time.

Welcome lbsbgone, hope you enjoy it here.

[sami]

Hello I know it has been a long time I will try to get caught up but it may take a while!. Mom is having her last treatment today!!!!!!! I am going to the Dr today maybe he will give me some good news. My DD is doing well we found out it is a Boy! His name will be Chayse Michael. Thank you for all your prayers I know that is what has carried me through these past few months. I had a great Christmas. Sorry I have not been around much. I have been working a lot and then taking care of Mom. Of course stress just kills me so I have been taking it one day at a time.

Got to run will post more later.
Sami

[Mitchypoo]

Good morning, have to post quick.

Sunny~!!! LOVE the pics!!! I want to come live at your house...... ;)

Welcome~lbsbgone. Love your name. We're help to help and support in any way, just let us know. Hope you come back soon.

Sami~glad DM is almost done with treatment. You will continue to be in prayer. Wow, how exciting about Chayse Michael. Is this your first? Sorry, can't remember.

Things are going well on LAWL, I'm feeling really good. Not hungry. I'm having 1 cup of coffee in the a.m. with NO cream or half/half, i'm drinking my water and it's a lot of food right now. I've heard talk about them selling you stuff and i'm hoping that won't be a problem. I will buy the bars if i can, they are good and help during the day. The only way i can afford this at all is because i have the best most caring mother in the world.

I'm feeling ok about Doug. I know he's mad at me, but he's been leaving me alone. He did send a couple emails, one a little mean, but that's ok. I understand that i probably hurt his feelings.

[lbsbgone]

Sunny, I can't believe how much your black and white cat resembles my cat. Even my husband agreed that they could be twins. We love cats! We have two of them and they are spoiled rotten.

As a New Year's Goal along with weight loss, I have set to every day have a devotional and a longer prayer time and so far so good. Because of health problems, I often times do not feel up to much, so at times would not be as determined with my goals and follow thru.

I want to lose 8 lbs. between January 1 and Valentine's Day. So far, I have lost 1.50 lbs. towards that goal.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone here. Thanks for welcoming me.

lbsbgone

[EZMONEY]

HI GALS :wave:

I am off work today, going to try and add a new drain to our back yard, with all the rains we have had here, and more coming, there are a couple of parts that are flooding out. We haven't had much rain here in recent years so we are do for a wet winter...biggest problem here is that people in Southern California DRIVE like it is still sunshine out there! So many wrecks, plus, since it doesn't rain much the drains are usually clogged up in the sttreets which equals more flooding and a lot of hydroplaning in unexpected areas on the freeway.

SUNNY Yep...todays mail does seem slow...remember though, there was a time when you expected mail to take a week or so to go cross country. THANK-YOU for the anniversary mention, Angie read it this morning to and said to send her thanks...she was off to work. The pictures are so cool, Angie has Jerry Baker books too. Yes we both had horrible football seasons..however my USC TROJANS had a great year!! My son and had 4 of his buddies over to watch the Orange Bowl with us on Tuesday...great game for us USC rooters, I had the opportunity in '73 and '74 to go to 2 Rose Bowl games (my girfriend attended USC) against OHIO STATE...won one lost one. It was a great fun, we saw a ton of USC football and basketball games in the 3 years we were dating.

SAMI Glad to see you posting!! Great name for the baby..bet he is gonna be GRAND ;) Hope your mom is better, and you girl..take it easy on the stress!!

MICHELE I am sure Doug was hurt and just lashed out, it sounds like he had high hopes and is probably out some $$$ with all the travel expenses he had in the last few months to see you...too bad it didn't work out for you both...dating sure can be difficult...sometimes it looks SO good one day then the next you are shakin' your head going WHAT IN THE HECK HAPPENED! It has been 10 years to the day since ANGIE and I met...still waiting for her to wake up and go WHAT IN THE HECK HAVE I DONE!!! ;) ;)

MKAY So sorry you didn't have a nice time with your husband over the holidays. It sure can be stressful can't it. But you just never know what can turn it around...the thing is though..BOTH have to want it to work or it won't! God can repair anything...but we do have free will. Prayers for you!

BUNNA I hope you get to see a little bit of the JETS stomping the local CHARGERS!! Supposed to be quite a bit of rain for the game (current forcast) but that could change....I know the fans will be behind the chargers...they always come out when they are winning!! terrible fans when they are losing...in fact this year alone there was at least 4 games blacked out because attendance was so low at the game!! Good luck.

lbsbgone WELCOME!!

WILMA You are gonna be so skinny for the wedding!! How nice for the future mil to invite you...hope you all become great friends. Tomorrow night Angie, my ex, my kids and I are off to a wedding for a dear friend of our family...good friend of my kids, the girl I always wanted my son to marry ;) :( she is such a great kid!! It is a formal one, we have rooms in the hotel the reception is at for the evening...Kitchen coming along?

SPROUT WALKING? KIDS?

TEEL HEY GIRL....what is it you like to do? interests?...God gave you a ton of possible options to use in your life for not only your benefit but others too...sounds like you get out there and go....so that isn't the problem...just keep going forward...I know that at times it can seem so NOT WORTH IT...but you have to get passed those things...I read about horrible things that have happened in peoples lives and can't imagine how they ever get through it...but they do...through God's help...gotta keep moving forward..EVEN when you don't feel like it...pretend you are HAPPY...it's catchy!! ;) PRAYERS...BIG TIME!!! for you.

Well I have to get in the yard and get going...Angie and I are going out for Italian at a new place tonight...using the gift certificate we got from my daughter LAST YEAR!!...we went a couple of times but they were closed/busy...but tonight we are going to try again.

HI TO ALL THE MIA'S....

Prayers to all...Gary

[SunnyD57]

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Good Afternoon Everyone!

Sami!!!! Is it really YOU!!??? It is wonderful to see you again!! Chayse Michael, what a beautiful boys name! I bet that you and DD are so excited to meet him... when is her due date?

I am thrilled to hear that you had a great Christmas! I was concerned because so much has been happening. I will continue to keep you and your Dear Family in my thoughts & prayers! Especially your DMom! :crossed: for good news!

Bunna, How are you these days??? Glad that you enjoyed the pictures, but how were your holidays?? You feeling any better :goodvibes ?

So good to see you came back Lbsbgone... and I think a weightloss of 1 - 1.5 lbs a week is a good rate of loss. Most try to lose it very fast and then gain it all right back not long afterwards. I tend to lose it very slowly, and I don't look at my food program as a *DIET* but as good food choices for me. I hardly gained during the three holiday's, so that in itself was good. In the past I have gained up to 11 lbs after the holidays, this year only 2 :) I just try to eat a balanced meals, in smaller portions 4 times a day with two snacks. I am on a *low fat* & *no dairy* or *coffee* program because of my severe IBS flare-ups, but I feel so good since I have been watching. I hated feeling ill and tired all the time. I am fighting that feeling now because I strayed on New Years Eve at our friends party and ate foods that I should not have. It will take a good week to feel good again and shake this fatigued feeling, but at least now I know I can control it.

That's so cool you and hubby enjoy cats... we have three kids ourselves & also spoil them to death. Domino (our blk. & white) is 8 years old and *our little man with 'cat'atude* at only 7lbs. The other two are sibling tabby's, Zeppe(middle) & Guido(right) 2yrs old and huge at 15lbs each! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v242/SunnyD57/Home%20Pictures/DominoZeppeGuido.jpg

Lbsbgone, you will notice that as you lose your wt. --- allot of your health problems will improve - not all of them (depending on your problem) but most will. Being overwt. does stress our systems more then we want to admit. I will keep you in my prayers and try my best to be a good support for you during your endeavor. Remember... not a diet but better food choices ;)

Michele, I am sure that you are right and Doug was feeling very hurt. He probably thought you felt the same as he after all you both had done together in such a short amount of time & he had given you a ring with you accepting it. I feel sure that he didn't mean to hurt your feelings, but that he was deeply hurt and lashing out not meaning a word of it. Are you okay!!!???? Thanks! Glad you liked the pics too. Sure! You are welcome here anytime!! And I mean that! :^: :smug:

GARY! So wonderful to see you here more regular again! I am glad to hear that you have some plans with your :love: sweetheart for your Anniversary. Sounds delish!

I have been watching the weather channel and saw that CA has been getting allot of rains! Us too --- weather all across the US has been very strange! We are in the midst of ICE storms here... I worry about Joe during these storms. He has called me twice today just to let me know he's doing okay. Allot of accidents here too!

Did you see the Rose Parade, Gary??? Have you ever seen it in person? I would love to someday --- it is amazing what they do to create those floats!

Well, it's time to get some work done here...
Love you all!
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EDIT: Our little Domino is 9 YEARS OLD now, not 8 :dizzy:

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[Bunnababy]

Quick hello this a.m. I am off to Costco and Cahs N Carry. Good to be back in a routine without having to worry about shopping.

Thanks for asking Sunny. I have been under the weather with a sinus thing but other than that the FMS is doing pretty good. Still have not figured out what is wrong with my knee but I suspect it will get better as I continue to drop weight. I feel so much better when I do SBD that I always wonder why I would want the other foods. In fact, I was telling someone yesterday that white flour products and sugar cannot be good for us when we actually withdrawal symptoms for three or four days when we quit using it. Your cats are beautiful and healthy and so happy, I love seeing that for animals.

Only about four more weeks at the most and kids will be out out out out! So looking forward to having the house to myself and my babies. Did I tell you we got a new rescue kitty right before New Year's. She weighs about 10 oz and someone dumped her and her sister under a bridge in 32 degree weather. Nice huh? We found a home right away for her sister which surprised me because she is black and they are the hardest to find homes for. The one I have here is a tortoise shell with the most beautiful gray eyes. My vet said "What is one more cat for you" Crazy! I just wish I could help more animals, I always feel like I am not doing enough. Until we get a cattery built though I am maxed out. The really sad news is that another of my cats went missing :cry: and we found cougar tracks near the house so the rest of them are on lockdown, they call it house arrest and complain at me but I am not feeding the cougar it will have to go somewhere else or get shot when we see it. May call our friend with his hounds to come hunt it down. They have gotten so bad here that one of them suns himself in the road down the way and won't run from people, now that is scary. I haven't seen him but several neighbors have. Lots of :blah: :blah: :blah: for someone who needs to get moving.

Sami it is soo good to hear from you. Wishing you the best for your dr. appt. today and thankful that your mom will be done with her treatments. That must be a huge relief.

Gary, yeah man go Jets. The wet conditions should be to our advantage. The only problem is when they beat the Chargers then they have to play Pittsburgh, however the Jets are my team so rooting for them all the way and never giving up hope. I heard the Jets are interveiwing Erickson, personally I like Edwards but I am only a fan so what does it matter what I think. And of course 49'ers are firing everyone except who they should be firing again.

Mkay and Mitchy, hello and hope you are both having a good day.

Sending love and hugs to all.

[Mitchypoo]

Sunny~I've been to the Rose Parade, many times....it is a lot of fun. I even at one time was almost IN the rose parade! In my Senior year of HS i was in Tall Flags and we either didn't make it into the parade that year or I wasn't able to be in because i missed too much school and got myself in trouble.... Oh, i just told on myself. :o We use to go to this place not too far from my parents house where they actually made the floats and you could go in and watch them adding the seeds and flowers, it was a lot of fun. And then they'd have a parade New Years Eve, towing the floats to the parade site. I missed it this year on TV. I think it rained though.

I know that Doug spent a lot of money and time coming out here and to CA and i was concerned about it, but he kept telling me he wanted to do it. But now I'm sure he regrets it and resents me for it.

[sprout]

Happy New Year everyone - am a bit late on wishing you all greetings but have just not been with it lately.

Rather tha 'losing weight' I seem to be gaining. In the last 18 months I had lost 36 pounds and low and behold I got weighed this week to find that I have actually gained it all back. So now to get down to some serious planning - need to get the mind in the right place to get this weight off - and then do whatever it takes to accomplish it.

We had a quiet Christmas and New Years - which was nice. Every year we are cutting back in the 'presents' and aiming more for the 'family time' and it seems to be going over well with the family.

Gary you asked about my walking and kids. Back in November I got feeling rather sick and really did not do much walking at all and did not go to the gym either. And with my weight now I can see that that has not helped. But I am back on track with the walking now and am planing on starting up at the gym next week. As far as son - lots of prayers needed. He came back 'home' to live on November 14 which was good but he is never 'home unless it is to sleep. Christmas vacation (2 weeks) was stressful with him - the first week he was home on time but the second week (December 27 to January 2) we really never saw him - he came home 1 night to sleep (got home at 4 am and he is only 16) and he left again at 10 am. Praise the Lord though when he came home from school yesterday he stayed home - he did not join the rest of us but stayed in his room but at least he was at home for a change - 1st time in 6 months. Think it could have been because his best buddy (someone we don't really care for due to lack of motivation) did start work and is finding himself tired. Also one of his teachers called yesterday to tell us that he was going to fail his electronics subject - due to not completing his assignments, not asking for help even when the teacher approached him and said 'come and ask me for help' - so when we approached son yesterday his answer was 'I don't care if I don't pass electronics as it is not going to affect me from graduating- it is only one class' - oh, for son to get passed this stage - he has matured in some areas but as parents we can see that he is going to have such a hard time when he is out on his own - and that times is drawing near - as the teacher said and I have said for years - our son does not like to take instructions or to ask for help but would rather sit and struggle.

Anyway I am taking my eating situation to the Lord wanting to get direction whether there is a specific plan I need to follow or if I am strong enough to 'make up a healthy plan' of my own. My prayer is that within the next few days I will 'hear' from the Lord how He wants me to go.

[SunnyD57]

Michele, Real quick... Joe & I watched the Rose Parade and it wasn't raining that I could see --- it was really Beautiful!!! And they kept saying how there were more people there then ever in years. All I know is that those floats are sure Beautiful!!!

Bunna, Congrats on the new kitty... what did you name her? I think that it's a wise thing to keep them INSIDE right now --- I'm so sorry you lost another :cry:

Happy shopping! Yeah, I know what you mean about the food programs... I wonder why I go off when I feel so good on my program --- it happens to the best of us. But the best part is that we can begin again :D I am glad to hear the your FMS is okay, but I will keep you in prayers for your over all health and sinus' ;)

Sprout! So good to hear from you!!! *Happy New Year to you too!* I will hold you in my prayers while you begin anew with your food program. Your Christmas time with your family sounds so nice. My family is our best buds (Peg & Mike & their kids) and we spent allot of time with them this year too - nice! And Joe's family has a big gathering every year at Joe's sisters and that's always nice!!! Our 'quiet time' for Joe & I was on New Year's DAY... a super way to begin a new year and we hope to do it again next year too. I will keep you and your DS in my continued thoughts and prayers. This too will pass :^: :goodvibes :grouphug:

So good to hear from *YOU* !! Love your devotionals too!

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Well, the boss is home --- time to make dinner. I am waming up my Turkey soup tonight, yum! :T It will help my sore throat... it flared up just this afternoon... it's really sore onthe left side.

Later...
SunnyD
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[EZMONEY]

HI LOOOOSERS ;)

Well, I got my new drains in, not exactly like I want but it will have to do for now until I have time to do it right. It is supposed to rain a ton from tonight through next week...the Pineapple Express coming from Hawaii...I shall see how I did...if you don't here from me we floated away ;) ....not too funny after what has happened recently...sorry...oh, and on the subject...did anyone see LOST last night? looks like a big wave coming to the island...again...poor timing.

SUNNY I saw some of the Rose Parade this year, Angie and I usually watch it, however, we went out to breakfast and grocery shopping New Years morning and missed most of it...I don't think it rained either, but clouds were hanging around for the game later that day..but no/little rain. I have been to the parade, but it has been some years...I remember waiting for ever to go to the rest room! My kids have been recently, several times, my kids have worked on the floats several times, with the Lutherans....they are called Petal Pushers...our church takes a group up every year...Angie went up a couple of years ago too. They have a great time...to be honest I don't think they ever worked on the Lutheran float...they are just put wherever there was a need...they used to have several Petal Pusher sweatshirts around here but we gave them all up to church for others to wear when they went..the ENTRY to the float working area.

BUNNA The talk on the radio sports shows is that the 49ers want to take Pete Carroll, Norm Chow and Matt Leinart as the #1 pick...from USC...BOY OH BOY do I hope that doesn't happen...Pete and Norm are the best things to happen in years for USC...as far as Matt Leinart goes, he will probably go pro...I hope not...but we do have fine quarterbacks waiting for their chance too. GO JETS!!!

SPROUT Glad to see you are not giving up on the walking...you have slipped...BUT..you HAVE COME SO FAR!!! I can't imagine the struggles you are having with your son...my nephew just called from school and he has detention again...for talking...lost his cell phone this week...first day back at school...His mother asked if he could have one..I said yes...but that I didn't feel he was old enough (mature) to have one, but if she was paying for it then I wouldn't argue..it was his Christmas present from her..I knew he would lose it in school, I just though he would make it a couple of days at least. He keeps asking me to go to the vice principal and get it but I keep telling him that I disagreed withit from day one and that if his mom wants to go get it fine...but I am not. If you are old enough to have one..with ALL THE GOODIES...camera, internet, etc..on it..then you are old enough to get it back..OR..your mom (who thinks you are just sooo mature) can hassle with trying to get it.....hope I am doing the right thing...I continually tell him..if you are.....

gotta go...be back

[EZMONEY]

Sorry Sprout...my daughter came by and had some questions for me.
Anyway, I tell my nephew that if you are going to bury yourself...you better learn how to dig yourself out, because I am not going to bail you out of stupid mistakes or from being irresponsible. Guess he got a shovel...he just came home from school with his cell phone...the vice principal told him he can't bring it again..bet he does ;)

MICHELE Doug will get over it...good luck with the new program.

Well, going out for dinner soon, as soon as Angie gets home...... bye

[Bunnababy]

Gary, hope the anniversary dinner was good and you two had fun. Belated Happy Anniversary.

Sprout, so good to hear from you. Looks like we are all in the same boat with our weight. Maybe we can keep each other motivated. Prayers for your family situation.

Sunny, I had the best news I have had in a while. My orange kitty is home, apparently he got locked in someone's garage. He is home now all nice an comfy in his little kitty bed. So thankful, I wasn't looking forward to cougar hunting. I think the new baby's name is going to be Elsie but not positive yet. My dil got a digital camera for Christmas so I will try to post pictures of all my charges. Ivy is helping me type which has become her habit.

Had a busy day of shopping. Costco was busier today than before the holidays, wonder what that was all about? Anyway tired so off to bed.

[SunnyD57]

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*Happy Birthday to youuuuu*
*Happy Birthday to youuuuuuuu*
*Happy Birthday Dear Angieeeeee ;)*
*Happy Birthday toooo Youuuuuuuuuu!!!!!*
( I'm singing... can you tell :lol: )

:dance: :hb: :gift: :balloons: :hat: :dance:

*HaPpY 45th BiRtHdAy, AnGiE!!!!*
We all hope you have a WONDERFUL, SUPER,
MEMORABLE DAY!

*God Bless You!*
SunnyD / Donna
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[SunnyD57]

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Good Morning CER's!

Hi Bunna, First off I want to say that I am so happy :smug: to hear that you found your little guy!!!! :cp: Yeah!!!! It made me so happy to hear! Now keep them safely inside, okay :^: I wouldlove to see pictures of all your little charges!! Use that new camera :) I know I use mine allot!!!!

I forgot to tell you that the Ginger Bread House I made is a KIT! Everything you need to make it - the cookies - the icing - the candies and the tray all came in the kit :D I bought it at Wal-Mart for $10.00 :smug: You can get it there next year and make one too... it's really fun! And yes... it is all editable :T

I didn't keep it here though, I brought it to our best buds New Years Eve Party and we used it as a centerpiece on the table. We couldn't keep it because my Zeppe and Guido would eat it! In fact! As I was taking pictures of the house Zeppe jumped up on the table and I caught him in the act!

Here is the picture :lol:
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Hi Gary & Angie, How was your Anniversary Dinner last night? Were you able to get in this time and enjoy your GC?? Gary, did you buy something for your sweetie?? :love: ?? What will you be doing today for Angie's 45th? Or is it a :sssh: surprise????

Sooooo... did your drains work??? Sounds like you are dealing with allot of water!!! Here we are getting ICE! The weather in our area is bad too! We lost some major branches of our Oak tree from the weight of the ice! Thankfully the branches haven't fallen on our home :o Many areas around us are FLOODED and without ELECTRIC!! I am blessed to say that so far these things have not hit us personally where we live --- just the ICE. You can hear your home actually popping from the cold and ice build up, scary! So far we are doing well and still have our electric... my heart goes out to those who do not have it... those who do not have it are facing staying warm in these 20* temps we have right now (never mind the wind chill factor :eek: )! Not to mention frozen pipes (w/o heat) and ice waters filling the whole floor of your home from rising waters... Yes, I am grateful to be high enough not to be effected in that way!!

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Well, I have bill's to pay today :p ~ I blew them off yesterday because I didn't feel so good - I have a sore throat & swollen glands on the left side that began in the morning and hasn't left me yet. Now it seems to have moved into both sides some and not all in one spot... I don't have much of a voice right now either. If it doesn't ease by Sunday I will go see a Dr. on Monday ;)

You all have a wonderful FRIDAY now!!
Loves,
SunnyD
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[mkay]

Welcome lbsbgone!!!

Amen to Sunny's Welcome!

Whew...lot's of posts to catch up on!

Sprout- Hello again! I gained 7+ of my pounds back and now I'm back on SBD

lbsbgone- Hope you're enjoying the posts. I've gotten back on the prayer time thing as well since the new year. I got off the track and then things fall apart... :yikes:

Sunny- Great pics...adopt me?

Michele- Doug will get over it but it will take time. Time heals.

EZ- Thanks for your positive words. They do help. Things MUST change because what we do have isn't working.

Teel- I curious to know your interests/hobbies as well.

I have lots to get in the mail today so I "should" get back to work. Hugs to all of you and thanks for your care!

[sprout]

January 7


Ephesians 2:13
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.


A friend of mine who was dangerously overweight lamented to me once that she was 'so fat that God wouldn't even recognize me as the person He created.' She felt that her weight problems had driven a wedge between her and God. How sad. Nothing that we do ever really separates us from God, but when we feel badly about ourselves, we feel we are unlovable, even by God. It is important that we see ourselves as good people. God loves us no matter how we look, but He is delighted with us when we take pride in who He created us to be. God will bless our efforts, so we need to draw as close to Him as possible as we attempt to diet.
Today's thought: God loves us just as we are.

[lbsbgone]

Hello everyone! I could use some prayer that is not diet related. My dh and I live on a very small income and have a 14 year old car that is currently not running. We ruptured the oil pan and the pan is at the welder's right now. The car has other problems too, but none that once the oil pan is put back in should keep it from running hopefully. Anyway, my dh is the one who has been working on the car and he has been real sick so the car has been out of commission for about three weeks now and we have been borrowing a relatives car and they are getting a little tired of us borrowing their car even though we fill it back up with gasoline and take them out to dinner for the use of their car. So please pray that our car is fixed soon and since it is time to re-register it please pray that it passes the smog check. My states emmission laws are very strict. Also pray that we will have the finances this month for the repairs, smog check, registration and auto insurance all due this month.

I finally had a friend from church take me to the grocery store yesterday as we were out of everything especially fresh veggies, so hopefully I can get back on track now that the house is stocked with groceries. I am going to a ladies church pot - luck and prayer meeting tonight so hopefully I make some wise choices as they can have some mighty good things at these pot - lucks.

Thanks for the prayers.

lbsbgone

[Mitchypoo]

lbsbgone, you and DH will be in prayer. Try to always turn to the Lord in times like this. Have fun at the potluck. I know you'll make good choices. ((((Hugs)))))

[teel]

Hello to everyone and I hope everyone is settling into the new year. It seems an age ago that we were all celebrating New Years Eve but in fact it was only just over a week ago!

It has been quite a busy week over here. On Thursday I had SKY + delivered at 08:20hrs and the deliveryman spent about an hour setting it all up. It is so good to have it! It is lovely to be able to record a proggramme at the touch of a button and not to worry about programming in stations and timers and to remember to do it all in advance. You can record 20 hrs on it whiuch is quite enough for me, at least, it is at the moment!! I have doneabout 5 programmes on it. I think the most useful part of it is that you can organise it so it will record a whole series for you. I am forever missing a programme in the middle of the series which I get really annoyed about!! I had not realised until the very evening before it was installed that I could do that very thing on ordinary SKY!! Ah well. Thats what comes from not reading the instruction manual all the way through like one should!!

On Friday morning at about the same time...(must be a plot to get me out of bed long before normal!) The Plumb Centre delivered all the items ready for the gas central heating installation that starts tomorrow morning. I am NOT looking forward to all the upheavel of emptying the water cylinder and the airing cupboard, moving all the furniture and having a general mess around the place. But it will be SO good to be living in a warm and cosy bungalow before the week is out! :smug: :coffee: I have had to turn off all the electic storage heaters now so I am quite cold sitting here. I think bed under the duvet is going to be the best place for me this evening. I hope there is something good on normal television!!

Sme of you are asking about my hobbies. Hmmmn.:chin: I am sorry to say I don't seem to be active in much at all right now. I do have a great gift of being able to play the violin. I have rasched agrade 8 at it and in the past have played for a couple of orchestras and I used to front up a Christian folk band with a few friends of mine. Unfortunately since my heart and back problems I do not play a lot now. It is too painful to sit and play so I only do performances I am specifically asked to play in. I have not done anything since last July when the band I used to l=play for was asked to play for a couple's silver wedding. It takes me ages to get the pain levels back down to a level I can manage. When I was working I used to love driving out to the next county and have a good day out with a picnic and a look around and take the dog with me. Now , since I have got a few physical ailments, I seem to have lost all my confidence and I am afraid of driving out and doing too much and being overtired and having to drive home. I once fell asleep at the wheel when I was driving home from work and I am very wary of repeating this!! So you see. I have become something of a hermit and don't do much at all. The Epstein Barr Virus wreaks havoc if I physically do too much and causes me to be in too much pain that I always think, on my return, was that outing really worth what the body is going through right now.
So all this has led me to become very depressed and yes, I have spent 2 occassions in a private psychiatric hospital. :( :o It comes hard to find oneself being a patient especially when I used to be a Community Psychiatric Nurse. I find life very hard to cope with and can, at present, find nothing to look forward to on a daily basis.Please forgive me for being so inward looking and depressed.:sorry:
I do know there are hundreds of folks out there with far worse situations and I do thank The Lord that I am not in Asia homeless and with no future whatsoever. I do miss my very good friends who used to live 2 minutes and 15 minutes up the road but both families have moved several hundred miles away in opposite directions and I miss their company dearly. Hooray for cyber friends!! :D :cp:

So, how is everyone? Not catching any winter ills I hope! Sorry for not mentioning everyone individually but my thoughts and prayers are with you often. All take care, and may The Lord Bless all.
Love from Teel xx

[Mitchypoo]

Teel~keeping you in prayer sweets. ((((((Hugs))))))

It's Sunday and i want to stay in my jammies all day. . But i can't. Getting together tonight with my 2 cousins to exchange holiday gifts. I'm a little nervous about eating out,but know that it's doable. I had good news yesterday at my WI! :dance: In my first week on LAWL i lost 6 lbs. I know it won't be that quick from here on out, but i really like this program, i'm eating good food, eating the right carbs, it's balanced. And I can't believe how much better I feel already. This is something I think i'll be able to do long term, for life. I'm cooking chicken breasts and turkey legs today to have for the week. It does take some time to prepare but finally i'm wanting to do this for me. My attitude has really changed.

Happy Sunday to all....and here's a prayer for us all.

Holy Father, today is a day of worship. Thank you Lord for all your blessings in each of our lives. Lord, you know each of us individually and you know our needs and concerns, i pray that we are able to turn to you in all things and see and hear you. Your love is so awesome and we're so fortunate to know you. Thank you, Lord. For only your Glory, amen.

[EZMONEY]

HEY GIRLS...

Gotta be quick...halftime of the game...My Pastor and Michele should be happy with the VIKINGS leading right now. My favorite player (not team) did great today..PEYTON MANNING...and boy oh boy BUNNA how 'bout those JETS! What an exciting game!! So...what is the bet between your DH and you in next weeks game? ;) I hope he wins!! But I won't be too sad if he doesn't because I like Chad Pennington.

Took my goddaughter's car down to the airport park and ride this morning to leave for her...she flys in late tonight...that way I don't have to go at 10pm to pick her up. She has to report to her ship at 6am anyway, she went up to see her folks in Washington.

Went to a wedding friday night...great kid...great time.

SUNNY FROM ANGIE...Thanks for the B-day wish! From Gary...didn't do anything special for Angie's birthday...with the wedding that night, spending the night in the hotel, room for my kids too, drinks (too many!) that is why we stayed!! gift for couple, new dress for daughter, etc...well it cost over $500...so that was enough $$$ for now. We did have a very nice anniversary dinner the night before.

Well, game back on...gotta go...Gary

[Mitchypoo]

Good morning all :wave:

Too quiet around here lately :( ... Hope you all have a great week. I have a busy week but a good week planned. I'm going to PT twice this week, going to LAWL 3 times this week, going to dinner with my cousins on Wednesday. So much to do...as always, not to mention the exercise and preparing of food. But i'm happy and feeling good and not feeling overwhelmed despite it all. Yeah!

[sami]

Hello I will have been trying to catch up on the posts and boy do I feel way behind. I have really missed everyone but have been so busy during the holiday times. I worked 7 days a week and fridays and Saturdays I worked overnights because that team was so short handed and I offered to help because I was having trouble sleeping anyway. My Mom is not feeling well right now. They warned us she would be having side effects for about 3 weeks after her last treatment. I am so thankful that we caught her cancer in stage 1. Most throat cancers are caught much later but because it was on her voice box we caught is early. My DD is in pain. The baby is laying on a nerve and somedays she can't hardly walk. She keeps calling and asking me Mom how did you do this 6 times? She will understand when she holds that little one in her arms why I did it 6 times! My family is doing well I will have to post a christmas pic. (That means I will have to send it to Donna because I can't figure out how to do it)

Donna-I love your pics and have really missed your posts. My IBS is really bad right now. I am going through the I can't keep food in. I started doing the tanning again because it seems to make me feel better. (I don't look so sickly)
EZ- Wow what a nice place! I think you might have a hard time moving because you are so active in your church and have so many love ones around. But I know you would make friends fast where ever you go.
Mitchypoo-So sorry Doug didn't work out. Did he give you that ring? I feel I have missed a lot. You do look very pretty in the pic. Keep up the great job on your weight loss.
Teel-So sorry you are not feeling well. I have fibro. and all the other side effects from it. I know how you feel living each day in pain. I am on a lot of meds and it makes it tough to lose weight. But I have been working out (not pushing myself just keep moving) and it really does help. It took a lot of workout to notice I was stronger. I hope I can be some encouragement to you. I tell myself everyday Thank you Lord for another day That I am not going to let the fibro win!
lbsbgone-My prayers are with you. With 6 children we have always live on a tight budget. I just had to get a new muffler right at Christmas. And then DD slid in the snow and hit a curve and bent her wheel and had to get her a new one. But God is helping us through it all.
Sprout-I am glad you will be starting back walking you did so well with it. I have thought of you often praying that your DS in doing better. It does seem to little by little........
Mkay-My prayers are with you and your DH. I know money problems can really tear a couple apart. In the past few years with all my meds I feel very guilty about the strain it causes on our budget. I have even tried to go off then became so ill I ended up in the hospital and it cost us more so more guilt. My DH has been a God send to me. He is so supported I don't know what I would do without him. I try in small way to show him How much he means to me. (like the coffee offering your dh did) Little things go a long way.
Bunna-So glad your kitty is home. I am a animal lover. It is strange I never really wanted any pets but my DD kept bringing them home. When she gave me my pepper I call her my hot dog! She just loves me so I can't help loving her. She sleeps with me. and if I say the word bye bye she jumps up and trys to lay on my face so I can't say it. She such a tiny thing but she has a big heart.

Well Got to run it is late.
My prayers are with you all. And to all the MIA angel lover,Sue ect.......

[SunnyD57]

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Gooooooooooood Morning CER's!!

WoW... I guess I haven't posted since Friday. I have been very ill with the Flu since Thursday - it began with this headache and then I felt really dizzy for a couple days. It broke just Monday night and other then feeling a bit tired still, I am feeling so much better. That flu really knocked the heck out of me! :faint: And it's really going around fast.

Other then that... nothing else really happening with me --- Joe has been very busy, but I have just been doing allot of sleeping and drinking green tea's trying to get well. I haven't been out of the house in over 12 days!!! Just feeling a bit stir crazy :dizzy: Today and tomorrow I will be catching up with house keeping since I was too ill to do much... I have a Couples Bible Study Group coming here this Friday!

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Hi MKay, Great to hear from you! How are you and hubby doing these days???! You feeling any better? You were very low the last I recall... glad you enjoyed all of our pics ;)

Sprout, Nice devotion!! Even though I haven't posted I have checked in to read posts. Just couldn't stay on long because of the dizziness --- I couldn't focus on the screen long. Anyway, I do appreciate your devotions ;) :goodvibes and think of you in prayer often!

Lbsbgone, Will you be back?? I noticed that you posted on another thread here in the Faith Board. Sure would enjoy your company here too ;) I have read your post and have offered prayers --- how are things going with your car dilemma?? Have you gotten it fixed?!!

Michele, I am so happy to hear the LAWL is working out so well for you... Congrats of the weight loss so far!!! :cp:

I have been very leary of LAWL systems because I heard (by many) it was very expensive to do & that they push you to buy their foods. Also, if you don't lose weight as fast as they say you should - they will say it's because you are not buying their foods. I do hope that this is not happening to you. Keep up the wonderful job!! Wow a loss of 6 lbs! I am jealous ;) :bravo: girl! With the cooking you are doing... it sounds very similar to the Michael Thurman way of weight loss. You eat 6 x's a day with a protein and a carb (from veggies) at each meal. And do at least 30 min of exercise daily with his program.

That is just too cool that you have a better frame of mind and attitude... it's so important to keep on the positive side of life --- especially in the days we live in! So much sadness all around us, all the more reason to stay close to God in prayers for others and for ourselves :^:

Have a great evening out with your friends tonight --- don't be afraid to speak up and tell the waiter/waitress what you want in Special orders... I do! Yes, I am the person they all dread :lol: I special order everything right down to my steamed veggies, that they sometimes load up with butter sauces (that I cannot have!). Have a fun evening!

Gary, How are you doing there in WET CA. ?? :?: ?? I saw that huge mudslide on the news... are you near that at all??? I didn't see where in CA. that mudslide happened. Are your drains holding up?? I cannot believe the flooding going on! Here too! We are in flooding watches and warnings all over Ohio with our rivers all cresting.

I am glad to hear that you and Angie had a good time on your Anniversary, but you didn't do anything for Angie's birthday :^: Not even a small gathering?

How's everything with your God-daughter and her visit? Hope she arrived safely & that you are having a wonderful visit.

Gary, I have been meaning to ask (and forget way to often :dizzy: ) How is DD doing with her IBS? Is she sticking to the book and feeling better?

Teel, It is so nice to hear from you! Yep, I settled into the New Year right away with the flu-bug :p --- now I hope it's all done and over with for the whole year :D

That SKY+ sounds wonderful! I record allot of programs after 10:00pm because I cannot stay awake any more... but what are the prices? I have heard that you pay for the device and then have to subscribe monthly? Is that what you have?

That's okay to feel depressed or sad after going through as much as you have, Teel, it's just important not to sit in it... I know that if I don't get out and about among people after a few days I begin to feel that depression set in too - especially during the cold, winter months here in Ohio. I have to make myself get out at least 2 - 3x a week for a short while even if it's just for a 30 min. walk or a short window shopping trip out. When people don't feel well, we have a tendency to close-in ourselves and that's when trouble sets in emotionally :( Isolation is what the :devil: wants... then he has us all to himself. That's why being involved in a church community is very important. I see this in my own sister! When she begins to isolate herself she become very dark in her thoughts and depressed. But when she goes to her studies on Thursday nights and to her Church on Sunday's she does so much better. I am praying for your Dear :goodvibes

Sami, I remembered that the Holiday's really put the pressure on you at work... now they are already getting ready for Valentines Day!! I haven't even taken down Christmas yet! :D I will have it up for at least another week. It's great having an artificial tree this year --- no worries about a dead tree :)

Yea, stress will cause IBS to really act up and until you can control that I am afraid for your health. Also, the foods you eat... if you could stay away from *high fat* foods & *dairy* you will feel a bit better.

Bunna, How are you doing these days??? How are all your charges (kitties) doing? Staying safely home I hope :crossed:

Have you begun your SBD again? How are you doing? I watched the finale show of *Who is the Biggest Loser* last night - glad I didn't watch the whole thing, because I found it frustrating just watching the one show!!! They cannot put a woman in the same category as a man in weight-loss & body fat %!!! A woman naturally has MORE BODY FAT and will keep it longer then a man because she was created to give birth! They should have separate categories... don't you think so? Oh... did you even see the show? :o I ran off with that and don't know if you even saw it :lol:

Okay... Where are you Wilma?? :^:

MIA's... SUE, SHERRY, ANGIE-WANGIE, ON-MY-WEIGH... just to begin with --- you all come back soon!!!

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Well gang, I have to be going --- I have a home to get cleaned before Friday!!
*God Bless*
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[wilma12]

I'm sorry I'm not very faithful with my postings. Sometimes I think I have a very boring life and nothing happens. I go to work and then come home. WOW! I love my job so I'm not compaining. I will try to post more often. I need to be accountable for my eating habits.

Nothing is happening with my kitchen. DH and I are trying to come up with a solution to repair the part of the ceiling that needs texture on it it match the rest. We're finding it a challenge. Any ideas GAry? After we master that we just have a little more painting and the trim to finish. I still have to find fabric for the windows but that's the fun part. Our cabinet guy is taking his sweet time but because he does this on his own time I'm trying to be patient. Maybe it'll be done in August for the wedding.

It's snowing here again.!! We have so much snow right now that the city crews are struggling with how to get rid of it. We had a good storm over New Year's weekend and that got us well over 1 foot of snow and now we're getting more. It's definitely winter here. But, after hearing and seeing the devistation in Asia and the slides in California I can live with cold temps and snow.

Please pray for future DIL. She's looking for a job and seems to be struggling with finding one. Please pray that she finds one soon.

Well, gotta go now. Talk again soon!

[EZMONEY]

HI GALS :wave:

YIPEEEE~~~~~~~~We are having a day of sunshine after all the rain! For those asking, we are about 125 miles from the serious mudslides, we have had some cliffs collapse around our area, yesterday a tree fell onto a nearby freeway killing a girl..some flooding around our area and PLENTY of rain but the brunt of the damage has been east and north of us.

The puppies, REBA 1 yr old last week, Rylee 1 yr old next wednesday...boy how time flies gals...are tired of being cooped up. I let them run wild in the back yard after work today because it was so nice...still wet and muddy though in spots...I tried to get them cleaned before they got back in the house...ANGIE won't mind a little...er...maybe more than a little...mud on her carpet will she? hahahahahah....it ain't my fault though...honest...I mean really..do you have any idea how hard it is to catch and wipe the paws on 2 golden retrievers?...with a beer in one hand :D

WILMA Prayers for future dil and the perfect job. Wish I could help you with the texture...I am good at it :yes: been doing it for over 30 years. If it is a spray texture...patch the area, float out onto the existing area by a few inches, sand and then sponge the edge smooth if needed...you can get cans of texture at HOME DEPOT...do you have those in your area?...the cans will have pictures of the texture...splatter, orange peel or knock-down...experiment with the texture on a cardborad surface first if you have never used can texture before...you may need an extra can for practice...if it is a brush or skip trowel texture with a drywall knife then you will need some all-purpose dryall mud..thin as needed...then experiment. Any other questions feel free to ask.

SUNNY Hope the flu bug has left you! My drains worked very well..THANK-YOU for asking. Angie and I decided a few years back to forget the birthday gifts/cake and just go out to dinner when we could..unless the biggies..50,etc...Angie has 5 more to go for that one...I'll need it to plan ;) :lol: Angie swears by that AIRBORNE for flu by the way...can't even find it in our area anymore this week. All I know about it is one morning I had a terrible sore throat..took it once and NO more sore throat...could have worked OR could have been lucky...not sure.

SAMI So good to hear from you. Prayers for DD and your work HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How about those COLTS!!!

TEEL You seem to be so talented...through prayer, medicine and support I really feel that one day soon you will be TOTALLY headed forward towards the life you intended to have!! It certainly can't be easy for you...but YOU know that...and because of that there is hope. PRAYERS!!

TO EVERYONE ELSE~~~~ I posted to each of you earlier...somehow RYLEE jumped on the keyboard with her big old puppy paws and I lost everything...she hit the space bar I think...anyway I am praying and thinking of you all.

Off to take nephew to tennis.....Gary

[lbsbgone]

Hello Sunny! I will still be here, but cannot read all of the threads as I have a limited time on the net because my dh and I share one computer and he uses it alot for church work like publishing a monthly church newsletter and printing photo's too since he is also the church photographer.

I hope that everyone has a good week. I gained 1.75 lbs. this week, but I had ham and hardly any water the day before weigh - in. It seems that I may have to eat the ham myself since I never know what everyone else in the house will eat. Ham doesn't seem to be on their agendas. I'll drink lots of water and today I walked over 2 miles to the pharmacy while dh worked on our car. The car's still not running yet. Hopefully soon, but I needed my meds so on with the tennis shoes and I walked to the pharmacy. Good thing that I felt half ways decent today except for being real tired. I didn't sleep well.

Take care and hope that you get over the flu soon.

lbsbgone

[Healthy]

Hello! I posted awhile ago and unfortunately I am just now checking in...well I did check in a couple days after I posted, but no one was around. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a wonderful new year. I skimmed through a few posts and I see there are several women here dealing with IBS. In 1995 I was diagnosed with IBS, thank God for the wonderful doctor that I had, because since he prescribed Librax for my IBS I don't have any serious problems anymore. I'll go through spells when it flares up then I'll take the Librax for a couple of days and then no problem for months.

Someone else here mentioned having problems with perimenopause I surely would like to hear from that person again.

I was having difficulty losing weight, but I think that my metabolism has awaken from it's hibernation since some of my clothes are now fitting much better. I'm believing God for better health, with my weight and perimenopause, in 2005.

[wilma12]

I just wanted to let you know that DIL has a job interview today at 2:00. It's with an accounting firm to help out during tax season. She wants to go into this field so she's really excited and hopeful she'll get it.

Gary: We did try the spray that you are talking about and we weren't impressed. Maybe we were doing it wrong but it sure didn't cover the way we expected it to. Most of it landed on the plastic on the floor. :?: Our stipple is the spray on kind. Do we need to put on more than one layer? Thanks for your expert advice. We do need it and appreciate it.

I have a physical today. YEAH!! I'll find out how much weight I've lost in the past year. Not much but I do feel better. I bought the latest Prevention magazine that has an interesting fitness routine in it and does it in a 3 week program. I think I'll give it a try. Gotta lose those pounds before the wedding.

Have a super day!

[craftymom2005]

hello,
i am just getting started in the weight lose department. have made some attemts but have failed. my weight has went up not down. i need all the prayer and encouragement i can get. i am 52 and currently weigh 300lbs. i know i have a long way to go. i have several health issues. diebeties and fibromyalgia are only a few. my goal is 5lb. by valentine day. i want to say 10 but i don't want to fail be for i get started. thies are what i am working on right now 5 mins a day chair movments gettting in my water, and getting my blood sugars down to where they are safe thanks for any help
craftymom2005

[Mitchypoo]

Craftymom~welcome!!! Hope you come back and post often. I will keep you in prayer and you should feel good for having a goal. Go for it! You are making efforts and that's what counts.

[mkay]

Hi All...Whew...so many posts and things going on I just cant keep up.

Sami- I pray all will go well...soon.

Mitchy- How's the LALW going? I lost a whole .5 this week. LOL

Sunny- Flu? Boy, you've been sick quite a bit.

EZ- 1 yr old huh? Nikki just got bred (2.5 yrs old) and we'll see in a couple weeks if she PG or not.

Wilma- I know the feeling of not posting or catching up.

craftymom2005- Welcome. I love making jewelry (my craft).

Healthy- I "think" I'm doin the premenopause thing. My hair has for sure took a turn to thinning. I'm just so up and down. Yikes!

Bunna- Where are you? How's SB doin? I have not done so well.

DH and I are not where we should be. It's just mediocre (sp). I know that God does not want that in marriage. I'm just tired of trying trying trying. It's been since I went off the prozac that I just don't feel like I'm candy-coating his behavior. I don't seem to let him walk over me so much lately. Boy, I HAVE to stay in the Word or I'll just explode! Today...I really don't care much to be married (didn't I say that last time I posted?) I asked God to help me with that one. I'm sure that whatever happens, things will be ok. We are just going through the motions right now.

Fasting today. Some of us in our life team are fasting for another family within the life team. Teen troubles, marriage strains, etc. Boy oh boy, I'm hungry hungry hungry!!!!!! DH is fasting today as well. That's a good thing.

I guess I do sound somewhat down. I don't like that. I've been thinking of going to the tanning salon to get some "sun." It's so grey here all the time.

Well all, hello to all who I missed and I will post this weekend.

Later, Mary Kay

[Mitchypoo]

Mary Kay!!!! I missed you....continued prayers for you and DH... check out my ticker to see my progress on LAWL... ;) I'm pretty happy about it and I feel great!!!

[lbsbgone]

I don't want to miss anyone but know that I will since I am new here and do not have alot of time to read the posts.

Craftymom- Welcome and it is good that you are setting attainable goals. I'll keep you in prayer.

Mary Kay, so sorry that you are having marital problems. Marriage takes alot of work doesn't it? I'll keep you in prayer too.

There also was a mention of meds. and how much of the income they take up. I know that dh and I take up alot more of our income on drs. visits and meds than the experts recommend, but what is a person to do? We try and cut back in other areas to make up for it. And we do without none essentials. We have a roof over our heads, clothing and food which is more than the rest of the world has so I am content.

I have made it a practice to pray for the group as a whole each evening. Here is hoping that the good Lord is answering my prayers for you.

lbsbgone

[SunnyD57]

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Good Evening everyone :wave:
I am all better now... really I am :D

MKay, I really haven't been sick all that much ~ it just was one bug after another is all. Whenever I get real busy and don't take the time to care for my needs it happens... every year after New Years I seem to get sick. Late nights and too many parties I guess. It all just catches up to me. But I am okay now, back to my ole self again :)

I am just gonna keep on praying for your and your DH, MKay!!!

Lbsbgone, I am so glad you came back. I'm sorry that it gets a bit quiet here --- that happens especially over the Holiday's. There is so much to be done and not nearly the time for me or others to spend on the computer. I noticed that it was very quiet over all in the forums.

Thank you so much for your prayers! :angel: It's so nice to know that you are being prayed for ;) (((Hugs)))

Hi Gary, I am so glad that your drains are working and that you are okay there. I cannot believe all the damage from the mudslides --- it's really terrible! What is happening around you?

Tell Angie that I did take *Airborne*!! I used up a whole bottle trying NOT to get this bug... but I just didn't work this time. But I do have another bottle, because I think it saved me from getting the bug really bad!! And shortened the length of the flu too. I also swear by it! It does work... in fact, I am taking some before everyone comes to our home tomorrow evening --- just to make sure I don't get someone else's undetected germs & get sick again! Safe then sorry :)

:hb: *Happy Birthday to the Pup-kids!!!* :hb:

Hi Healthy, *Welcome again!* When I was only 19 I had a pretty bad car accident... it's then that I lost our child (my second preg. lost) and all chances of ever having children again... not to mention 4 surgeries afterwards for repairs of my large intestine, bladder & urinary track and the removal of all my female parts - uterus, tubes and ovaries & part of my cervix - because of cysts growths and damage from the accident. I also have a bum left knee from it hitting the steering column and dislocating it at the knee-cap at the time of the accident. So now... I have health issues with extreme pain from IBS when I don't stay on a very low fat, no dairy, no caffeine diet. I think I cope well on a daily basis and try to always keep my head & eyes aimed UP :) Not long after I had the accident losing our baby girl, Lisa Anne, Joe & I became involved in a Christian Performing Arts Ministry for about 17 years - performing in a play about the last week of Christ (ending with His Resurrection)... we played many rolls in the program titled *Tetelestai* and have grown to know and love many people through the years. I feel that *It* and *those beautiful people* involved saved my life. Now we don't do that play any longer (just cannot keep up now), but it was then that I came to know the Lord. I was not a happy camper before then :o My sis-in-law takes Librex too, but I prefer to try and alter my diet over taking meds. The last time I took meds I felt like a zombie. If it gets real bad again I will try that med. I am so glad that it works so well for you. IBS is so painful. Sami has it real bad and so does Gary's daughter.

*Welcome!* to our thread craftymom2005, There are so many wonderful threads in this Forum... we are honored that you have chosen to join us here. I am basically on a very *Low Fat* program myself --- it really helps me with my IBS and I am losing weight too :D Do look around at the other threads too --- so many are willing to help you & there are some great recipes too - depending on the program you choose. Hope to see you back again! I have added you to my prayer list ;) You will make it this time... one baby step at a time. (((Hugs)))

Wilma, How did your DD do with her job interview? Has she heard anything yet or is it still a bit too soon?

Michele, How was your dinner out with your friends? You never said??
:bravo: with losing ANOTHER POUND - W :eek: W You are down 7 lbs already... :cool: Keep up the WONDERFUL JoB!!! :dance:


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I really must be going...
I have shows to watch tonight... it's Thursday! ;)
Later my dear friends...

Luvs,
:sunny:
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[wilma12]

It's freezing up here today. There's a cold front sitting right on top of us and it's really cold and windy. I wish I could stay inside. But, it is Friday and then the weekend.

Future DIL felt that her interview went really well and will hear middle of next week whether she gets it or not.

I had my physical yesterday. The doc couldn't get my blood pressure to settle down. I have only had BP problems with pregnancies and can't figure out what is going on. I go back in a month to see if there's any change. I also have blood work to see if there's anything wrong with my thyroid.

Gary: Thanks for the advice. We're going to try some things this weekend and then call someone if they don't work. I'll keep you posted.

I wish I could post to everyone individually but time is slipping away and I have to get going to work. Have a great day!

[craftymom2005]

hi,
believe it not i found my way here. it took a little doing but i found you. thanks to mitchypoo. i mad it through my firtst night. i did start woofing down fod around 9:30pm i got my blood sugars down but to fast and felt shakey so ate a orange then some cookies. i know better. i should have waited after i ate the orange. my sugars are coming down. i tried to fast to get them down. have a great day. nice to meet all of you lokkforward to finding a buddy. hope everyones new year is off to a good start.
kind regards
mary

[mkay]

Hello All...

TGIF

Well, I started my anti-depressant back up today. Small dosage. The anger/hate I feel is unbelievable. I do put some of it on to hormones and possible premenopause. I'm going to pretend that I'm taking no other than a hormone to balance me out. Not much different.

Wilma, what's with the blood pressure? It's cold today here too...but sunny and not grey. Yeah! I have tons of errands to do this weekend but I really want to just stay home and do nothing.

I have a bracelet to make for a friend that saw one in a catalog of a jewelry party. I have all the components and have made that kind before...for half the cost.

I need to get back on some sort of healthy eating wagon. I'm out of control again these days. Good grief.

Well...catch ya all later...I hope all is well.

[teel]

Hello to all on this very cold day!
I have just returned from our nearest town where I met with a friend for coffee. Then I was tempted by the sale prices in one of the good clothes shops so I went in and found 2 cotton rollneck tops that came to a total price of £15...is that a bargain as far as youover the pond are concerned? One is cream and the other sky blue.

How are you all doing in the midst of the big winter chill? Keeping away from the winter bugs I pray.

Eating has been good and contolled this week although I have done no excercise since I went swimming last Saturday. I seem to be constantly exhausted and want to go continually fall in to bed and sleep. I wonder whether it is the increase in pain medication. I need to actually get myself to my g.p.'s this week. I haven't seen him for an age and I am fed up with involuntary muscle spasms in my hands. Last week one hand jumped so violently I spilt a hot mug of coffee over my leg....ho hum.

Sorry about the lack of smilies in this post! The link is not working today..

Wilma I do hope DIL gets the job she went for. And if she doesn't, then I do belive there is another one out there ready and waiting for her that is exactly the one The Lord intends her to have...I really hope the doctor can get your blood pressure sorted out soon. I wonder what is at the back of it's higness? How did the rest of the physical go? Was the medical person pleased woith all your efforts?
Sunny I am so pleased you are on back to your fully recovered self now. Your poor body does seem to have caught every bug around just recently. Perhaps now spring is hiding round the corner all the bugs will leave you alone!!
Welcome to CRAFTYMOM2005. I hope you find us a helpful thread!
Mitchypoo I hope things are settling down for you and that you are finding yourself a lot more peaceful over this ended relationship with Doug. Shalom to you. my dear friend.
And MKay peace to you too. I hope and pray that you and DH will come through this rocky period and love each other as you first did...I also hope that you realise that all of this trouble is not all your fault and it takes two to make a relationship work just as it takes two to cause trouble in that same realionship. [[[[HUGS]]]] to you.
EZ, I am glad you are well away from the centre of the mudslide area although you are well near enough to disasters all around you. How awful for the relations of that poor girl who lost her life so suddenly due to a fallen tree. Hooray to the puppies for celebrating their first year!! I expect they are pretty large right now!! Batten down the hatches!!

I think I had best be gone now and do some more tidying up from all the work installing the gas central heating this week.
Take great care everyone. God Bless and be with you all no matter what is lurking around the corner.
With Christian love, Teel xx

[Mitchypoo]

Hello all :wave:

At work this a.m. enjoying my 12 oz. of black coffee :coffee:. It's funny how i've gotten use to not having it with cream or half and half. I can have FF half and half but decided to like it black, with some Splenda. I'm going for weigh-in after work, hoping for good results and being able to change my ticker! I was so excited because last night i took my take-out book from LAWL with me, and found out that i occassionally can have frozen dinners and still be on plan. I wanted pizza and was able to have a Healthy Choice Supreme french bread pizza......i will only do that occasionally but it was nice to know it's ok once in awhile.

I bought some 5,3 and 2# handweights and now can do my whole circuit at home. 20 exercises that work the entire body, i learned this in PT. I'll be done with PT on February 9! :cb: This is good news because my back is doing really good and i'm on a good path.

Have a great and blessed weekend! We have Alpha starting again this Sunday... please pray for us, i'm worried that no one will come out in this cold.

[Isadorra42]

Greetings!

This is my first day here.............first day back on the weight loss wagon. I need your prayers. Through "Him" is the only way.

Izzy

[lbsbgone]

Yes, it is on through Him that we can accomplish anything. Keeping you in prayer. Have you selected a particular eating plan yet? Let us know how we can support you the best.

lbsbgone

[Isadorra42]

lbsbgone,

Thanks for the support. I haven't picked a plan.........I have been the happiest with Atikins in the past. I like the way I feel when I am eating that way. I started today eating low carb and watching the caloreis too. For now, I guess you could call it 'my plan.' I am keeping the carbs between 20 - 30 and the caloreis between 1200 -1500. Right now I have a head and am feeling low.........very low.

Izzy

[Healthy]

Greetings!

This is my first day here.............first day back on the weight loss wagon. I need your prayers. Through "Him" is the only way.

Izzy


Welcome and I will pray for your weight loss. I haven't picked a particular plan, but I have limited my carbs. and I'm eating several small meals throughout the day. I haven't stepped on the scale to confirm any weight loss, but I have noticed that my clothes are fitting much better.

[Healthy]

[QUOTE=mkay]Hello All...

TGIF

Well, I started my anti-depressant back up today. Small dosage. The anger/hate I feel is unbelievable. I do put some of it on to hormones and possible premenopause. I'm going to pretend that I'm taking no other than a hormone to balance me out. Not much different.
QUOTE]

I'm definitely going through perimenopause, and for the last 3 years I've had quite a difficult time. What antid are you taking?

[EZMONEY]

HI GALS :wave:

I skipped church today.. :shrug: NO good excuse...just didn't go. Angie is out of town this week-end, got up in plenty of time, just too lazy reading the paper to get the nephew up and go...bummer.

It is such a glorious day here, the sun was shining at 6:45 this morning and warm. I had all the windows in the house opened by 8.

Goddaughter coming up this afternoon for dinner, she leaves for the Great Lakes tomorrow morning to continue her NAVY duties. It sure was nice having her here in the area for the last couple of years.

BUNNA WOW! girl...did your JETS ever blow it...sorry...I was pulling for the STEELERS although I didn't really care too much who won. Bet your husband was happy. MICHELE'S VIKINGS go at it this morning, my nephew is an EAGLES fan, his deceased father, my brother, was a huge fan, nephew just kind of follows them...when they are winning ;)

HEALTHY WELCOME!

ISSADORA42 DITTO

LBSBGONE Glad to see you staying.

MICHELE Hope your (and my Pastor's) VIKINGS win today for you...but then I am pulling for my nephew's EAGLES too...too confusing :lol:

TEELI hope you warm up soon! You seem to be doing a little better. All I can do is PRAY for you...AND I AM!! The future will be bright :flow2: :cheer: :sunny: :balloons: :flow1:

MKAY Hope you and DH had some...quality...time together this week-end...ya never know what will get things started in the right direction..prayers.

WILMA Texture?

SAMI DD and the "new" baby doing OK

SPROUT Walking? Son?

CRAFTYMOM Are you anywhere near Kennewick? My wife and I may move there next year. Welcome.

SUNNY Flu all gone? Did you and Joe do your usual breakfast and shopping week-end with your friends? How is the weather near you? Looks bad in your state with all the floods...as I said earlier just BEAUTIFUL here this week-end, supposed to be in the low 80's next week too. I forget if I replied back on dd and her IBS...she reads the books and experiments whern she can..it is helping her, still trying to figure out what is best for her.

Well the game is on...gotta go...PRAYERS and HUGS, Gary

[Isadorra42]

EasyMoney

Where in California do you live? I moved to Washington four years ago from California. I love it here..........I love it there!

Blessings
Izzy

[EZMONEY]

Hi IZZY, I live in Oceanside, about 40 miles north of San Diego. My sister in law moved from Seattle to Camarillo just over a year ago. I like the Seattle area, in the summer, have been to Sequim...love it there. Have friends in Kennewick area, went to visit, bought a second home there, thinking of relocating...but not 100% sure...been here for entire life!! except for a couple of years as a kid in Yuma, Arizona many years ago.
Thanks for asking..Gary

[wilma12]

DH got called to work today so I just relaxed at home. Of course, I couldn't go anywhere because the van decided to have a malfunction. DH thinks it's something to do with the steering belt or pump. It runs fine but steering is next to impossible. Thank God DH gets tomorrow off so he can get me to work and get the van taken care of. I don't know what I'd do without him. I had planned to go to church this a.m. but instead made a good dinner for the guys and both their gals. Other than that just relaxed.

No work got done on our reno this weekend. DH came down with the flu and was in bed for 2 days. Sometimes I think I'm going to have patches on the walls and ceiling forever.

Tomorrow I go get blood work done and then in a month I find out if some of my symptoms are serious. I've had such dry mouth and trouble swallowing that the doc. thinks I might have a thyroid problem. I personally don't think it is because I don't have any of the other symptoms. I am concerned about elevated blood pressure though and have tried to consciencely cut back on salt. Do you know how hard that is?? I really need to research that more. Hopefully she'll notice a reduction when I go for a re test.

Have a good night!

[Mitchypoo]

Hi all and Happy Monday :wave:

Aw Gary~those darn Vikings!!! They choked, they just didn't have it in them yesterday. They were confused and just didn't get it. But they keep improving each year, a little bit... Oh well..... :^: Oh, i love that Daunte though, he's such a great story. I happen to know Moss's childhood friend/pastor in Mississippi. I'm hoping Moss will get back on track. He's a man of God, but sometimes that's hard to see these days. With that said, i think they made too big of a deal about his fake mooning in Green Bay. Green Bay egged their bus when they arrived and mooned them coming into town, but did you hear about that????

Doing well on LAWL, I feel good, although last night i wanted to eat after Alpha. I ate early around 4:30 b4 Alpha because I knew dinner wouldn't be OP, and I couldn't eat all my dinner, so when I got home, i was hungry. I ate my yogurt and fruit and a starch that I had left for the day, but then i also had a Lean Pocket, which i shouldn't have.

John was at Alpha and we talked a bit b4 dinner. He ended up sitting at another table, i was busy greeting people and getting nametags, but he came to sit near me after. He's such a cutie, we laugh a lot together.

I fell on the ice/snow last Sat. at work, but the good news is that I did NOT hurt myself. I was so scared to fall this year, because of my back, but I must be doing well, because it did not set me back. My hand hurt the worst of all. I went home, took ibuprofen, but the pain/soreness didn't happen. I'm so happy.

[EZMONEY]

Hi Everyone-
Just wanted to say thanks for the anniversary and birthday wishes. Another year older, another wrinkle, another gray hair... When you reach 45, you really don't want people reminding you that you are getting older, that's why no celebration for me. A nice quiet dinner was just fine. A dear friend of mine (we share a birthday) reminded me that we are half way to 90. :faint:
Sunny: I, too, use Airborne and swear by it. You can't get it in our area right now. None of the local drug stores can keep it in stock!
Thanks again for the b-day wishes. Happy New Year to everyone!! :cheers:

[sami]

Hello I have to be quick because it is bed time! I have started the year out right I have lost 5 lbs!!!! My Dr changed some of my meds back in Nov and I feel more like my old self.
Wilma-I have had high blood pressure for about 10 yrs. When They frist noticed mine was 252/151 and the dr thought I was going to have a stroke. I don't think I will ever be off my meds because I have been pretty thin and heavy both and it didn't seem to matter. But with meds it stay in the normal range. Let us know what the dr says I will be praying!
Sunny- So glad you are doing better. It seems like the healthier we try to be the more satan works to make us down.
mkay-If the meds make you feel better then take them. If you feel they are not working well there is a lot of diffrent ones that might work better! Prayers for you and hubby.
Ez-DD is doing very well. Starting to get the babies room already. Some days I think Wow my life is passing fast! But God is so good.
Izzy- A big welcome. I have had so much support from this group. I hope you will stay and get to know us.
Mitchpoo-I am glad your fall didn't make you feel bad. I know I am so careful in this winter weather because I am afraid of falling. So glad you are doing well on the LAWL. Keep it up!
Healthy-Welcome and I hope you stay and let us get to know you.
Teel-It sounds like you are feeling better so glad to see you posting.
craftymom- What kinds of crafts do you like? I LOVE scrapbooking! My kids got me lots of gift cert. for christmas I spent one and I kind of waiting on some of the new stuff to come out before I spend the next one.
lbsbegone-I have been on this post for quit awhile. And I love the support and prayers. I have had a tough couple years and I know all the prayers have carried me through.

Got to run my meds have kicked in.
Prayers are with you.

[craftymom2005]

hi,
i consider myself still new after week. i don't know if this is where you wanted my to go lennie. i as still tying to figure things out. found sunny and she tried to help. would really like to do the bios but haven't figured it out yet. accourding to the scale i lost 14lbs since the first of the year. i still can't believe it. i told my husband it had to be water. i'll take it though. hope everyone had a great weekend. today is a new day. isn't God faithful. i still need help figuring lots of things with 3FC. some of it has been hit and miss. well God be with you. have a great evening. blessings
kind regards
love2

[lbsbgone]

Congratulations on your weight loss since the beginning of the year. I'm not very computer literate, so am no help in guiding you in navigating the web-site. I try and keep things simple. Glad to see you back and posting. Have a great week.

lbsbgone

[Mitchypoo]

:cheer: :dance: WOOHOO Love2!!! :dance::cheer:

[EZMONEY]

HI GALS :wave:

It sure is :hot: here today gals, I saw the weather report this morning and ALOHA (our weather gal, Miss Hawaii 19??) said it would be in the high 70's low 80's in our area~~She was right! I got home from work, took a cool shower and threw on the shorts and T-shirt~~~OK, so I wear that almost everyday!! Naw, it has been chilly here in Southern California lately, been wearing mostly jeans and sweat-shirts. The sun sure is helping to dry out the ground though from the recent rains...puppies are getting bummed~~they see the "MUD" ending soon~~~then back to "DRY" diggin :lol: I will admit that there diggin qualities come in handy from time to time~~~when I was out digging for the drains I put in a couple of weeks ago, RYLEE got right in there with me and helped ;) (?) ;) out, REBA must have thought we were gonna put her in it so she stayed away :D

Poor nephew Ron~~~getting soooo bored...(my plan is working)~~~he has lost use of his computer, TV and cell phone in the last few weeks, one at a time. 6 weeks ago he lost the computer, before he could earn that back he lost his TV, before he could get either of those back he lost the cell phone (that does EVERYTHING~~~~one reason why he wasn't working on getting TV and computer back)...so now...HE GOT NUTTIN' and he is going crazy...beggin! :lol: MAN!! I love having the POWER :lol:
HEY, I'm not all bad...I let him "sneak" TV in the living room...he pretends to be "reading" or "doing homework"...for hours on end...just no TV in his room and he is confined to watch what I want to. Wanna know how he loses his "rights"? of course you do....ALL from his mouth!! it just won't shut up...ever...yesterday I caught him arguing with his coach at tennis, Ron said "you didn't say that coach"... coach, "did I say that kids (about 10)?" kids replied "YES! you did coach"...Ron "NO, you didn't" ...coach, "Ron, you were probably TALKING when I said the rules of the game"...Ron, "NO! I wasn't talking."......AAAHHHH.


I put ice cubes in the KONGS for the puppies, they are having a blast trying to get them out, they love the peanut butter in them too. Last summer I made ice cubes with low salt chicken broth for them.


MICHELE Maybe next year for those darn VIKINGS. I agree that the media made too much out of the Randy Moss mooning...I did know about the fans mooning the bus. However, even though "I" thought it was funny~~~and at the same time STUPID....I got to thinking that we sure have diluted our morals...(ME~~BEING THE #1 MORALS FORGETTER!!) in society haven't we? But what did offend me was the interview with Moss after the fine...don't know if you saw it but he said "10 grand (the fine) ain't nothin' to me, what's 10 grand to me? Maybe next time I'll wave my _____ at them!"

Angie just got home...be back later.GARY

[EZMONEY]

Angie came home from work...she had to go to her daughter's soccer game...the first half, then off to her monthly BUNKO night. I already have fajita's going in the crock-pot so the boys and me are "cool" for dinner! Angie loves them too but tonight is INTERNATIONAL NIGHT for BUNKO so she will eat well too. Each month they have a "food theme" night. Last month it was at our house...CHRISTMAS THEME..so they had ham and all the fixings for that...wish they would invite me ;) just to eat! :lol:

OH YEA, MICHELE I also thought that the owner of the VIKINGS was way out of line for requesting that the announcer, Jack Buck, I think, not be permitted to announce the game with the EAGLES because he had said Moss's mooning incident was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen.
SOOOOO~~~~Is this thing with John something to ???????about?

SAMI WAY TO GO on the 5 lb loss...boy girl that is like taking away the meat for dinner for my entire family for 2-3 nights!!! GOOD for you! So glad to hear DD and future DGchild doing well. I really miss your posts! Boy Peyton sure did well this year, too bad the game against the Patriots didn't go well, I know you are not a Harrison fan but he also had a great year...on the field. Glad you are feeling better.

WILMA NO girl...you are not going to have patches on your walls and ceilings forever! I will eventually get up to Canada..if you don't get it repaired. Take care of that high blood pressure dear. Hope your DH is over the flu bug by now. Since both boys have gals...what about a 2 for 1? ;)

CRAFTYMOM and LBSBGONE~~~ This is where you want to be. It isn't confusing...ONCE you figure it out...SUNNY and MICHELE will keep finding you if you get lost ;)

WELL, I think I am up to date on my posts...catch me if you can :lol:

PRAYERS for ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL of you and your families!!

Gary

[Freedom&Light]

Hi y'all! I just wanted to introduce myself and maybe get involved with a group here. :)

My name is Frances, and I'm trying to get myself into shape using the "Lean on God" method. Meaning, I sure can't do it, so He's gotta carry me! ;)

Just wanted to say hi! I will probably lurk for a little while until I get my feet wet. :)

[wilma12]

Okay Gary! Thanks for rubbing it in about the shorts! I am here in Canada freezing my butt off. (If only that could happen! :D ) On top of that our van broke down and needed repairs so I hopped the bus to work yesterday. The wait was really cold. We're having a couple of storm systems coming through and it's miserable. I may have to come and visit you instead and we could just talk about texture.

Any way, the van is fixed and I can be warm again. At least we have warm houses. I would much rather be at home baking something.

A warm welcome to all you have joined recently. It's so nice to see new "faces" here.

I am trying to eat in a way that will bring my BP to normal. I go back to the doc on Feb 14th so I'll know then if it works.

Sami: YAHOO! Way to go on the weight loss. It's so nice to see you posting again.

Michele: I'm so glad you didn't hurt your back. It sounds like things are on track for you again.

Have a super day!

[Isadorra42]

Good Morning everyone. I am starting day four of my food program. So far so good! Frances the plan you have chosen is the only one! It takes so many of us (ME) way too long to get to it. But, He is the way! A big welcome to you. I am new here too and working on getting my feet wet. I have a great feeling about this forum and the people here.

Prayers to All
Cynthia

[mkay]

Hi Everyone....Wow and Welcome to all the new faces. I have gained such wonderful support and prayers from everyone, you won't be disappointed.

Michele-
Good grief about falling. Good that you are ok. Hmmmm...I wonder about the John thing myself. To me...it's important to laugh with someone. GREAT GOING with LAWL. I'm still struggling but once the weather breaks a bit, I will be out and walking.

Healthy-
I am on 5mg of Lexapro and it feels so good to not harbor that anger. Whew! My pretend hormone... :lol: DH is going out of town for a week so I will have the whole house to myself (and the dog) and I'm going to enjoy every second of it.

Teel-
DH and I went through this whole scene last year as well. He goes hunting out of town so much over the holidays, during the holidays, after the holidays, and so on. Too much time away...finances suffer along with me.

EZ-
Still don't know is our Nikki is pg or not. We think so...she wants more attention and is HUNGRY all the time.

Wilma-
Praying the blood work comes back with an OK!

Sami-
Great about the 5lbs. I'm going to try harder.

Well all...it's just me n' the doggie for the remainder of the week and into next week. DH is down south (Arkansas) slaughtering hogs with his brother who raises them. Our freezer will now be full of venison and pork.

I've been making more jewelry and loving it. My friend who is going to a jewelry party tomorrow asked me to make her a bracelet she saw on the party's web site. Done and she's loving it for more than half the cost and it looks pretty much like the one on line.

I should get back to work. I will be on line more this week due to DH being gone. Hugs and everyone keep warm...except for those in CA...not fair!




Newcomers-
Stick around!

[Mitchypoo]

Good morning :coffee2:

Gary, I totally agree that Moss's response to the fine was inappropriate and stupid, I hadn't heard about the owner's comment, but it doesn't surprise me either. :^:

I'm WI tonight after work and hoping for results. I've had a few slips with some chocolate, think i'm pms'ing. May have to just remove it from the house. Especially before my TOM. But I feel that i'm losing. My BP was up the last 2 times and i'm not happy about that, the one time was maybe because it was right after i fell, that adrenaline can make it go up.

Frances~Welcome! Hope you come back soon.

[Mitchypoo]

Oh, you guys were posting when i did i guess, i just saw your comments about John. Well, I would like to tell you something good and positive but the fact is, we're friends, we enjoy eachothers company, we laugh together. Sometimes I think he's interested, sometimes i just don't know. But i'm not concentrating on that now. And he knows it. He knows that i'm not dating and love will have to find me while i concentrate on me and getting healthy. Maybe something will happen in the future, time will tell. :love:

[sprout]

Still here, just not posting much but am keeping up in reading them all. Thoughts and prayers daily for all of you hear.

Still having some troubles with son - could be worse I guess. He is really struggling with having to obey the rules of the house - and there are many or really to difficult. He will go along for 2 - 3 days no problem and then off on his own as to how things should be changed to fit his needs. We talked to the principal of the school (he is also a good friend from our church) and he said he has talked to Dom re taking more care about his school (he is not failing but is not applying himself at all) and he told him that he understood what was happening at home and that Dom better get his 'act' together to make amends. He suggested that we sit down with him and give him an ultimation - that he has to obey the rules which would show respect and that if he really feels that he needs to be able to 'break' them a couple of times a week that he should consider moving on and living elsewhere. And then give him a specific time frame - either things are to be improved by a , , , , , , or else you will have to remove yourself from our family. We are looking at this time to see if one family we know would consider taking him in for the next 24 months should this be the way Dom wants to go. Nothing like breaking my heart -

Weight wise - :o sure could be better. I have been slowly gaining and have now put on the 36 pounds I lost 2 years ago plus another 3. So I need to now take time and put myself 'first' in respect to taking care of my health.

I have found that if I make too many goals to work on over a period of even 7 days that it just doesn't seem to work for me - so the last 3 days I have tried something different. I know I have not been getting in enough water so I have been working on that. Yesterday I got in 4 glasses (2 bottles) and I will have that accomplished today before 1:30 so I can see that I should be able to get in 3 for sure with a good chance of 4 bottles today. That would give me 6 - 8 glasses of water. Now when I can keep getting this in every day for up to 5 - 7 days I know I will be able to work on the next goal - veggs. I have noticed though that the last three days just getting in the water that my portion control has come back in line somewhat - still needs work but better just because of the amount of water.

Well, have to run, daughter has been out all morning with her youth care friend and is due back anytime so need to be ready for her. Also have to get some 'school' papers ready for her to do - this homeschooling does take up some time.

[sprout]

January 19


1 Peter 2:21, 24
. . .because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps. . .Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness. . .


It is good for us to remember, as we sit feeling sorry for ourselves because we may not indulge in tasty pleasures, that our sacrifice is not really so great when we compare it to the many sacrifices Christ made. What we are doing is indeed a sacrifice, but for self rather than for others. Christ sacrificed for us in order that we might enjoy life to the fullest. Let us learn from the sacrifice of Christ and remember that He has given us the power to overcome any temptation that might present itself.
Today's thought: Christ has conquered temptation and will be with me!

[mkay]

Yeah, I'm here again. It's after 4:00 and I just don't want to work anymore today.

DH will be leaving tomorrow morning for Arkansas. He had a furnace to fix today and it was a pain. He also has to fix the heat in my car and he also has to ck his brakes on the truck he's taking with him. This is the norm for him before he leaves to go on any trip. Waaaaaaay too many loose ends to tie up. Anyway, I'd rather he leave fresh and rested in the a.m. to drive 15 hours.

Sprout-
Boy, my DH can relate to the kid thing. His adopted oldest son filed emancipation once Gary got custody of the kids. He then went to live with mom; he was only 16. Eric stayed with dad; not as gutty and more of a mama's boy. The day he turned 18...he was gone like lightening. Today, Eric and Scott both still live with mom (22 & 25) along with their older sister (not Gary's) and her husband and of course mom. All this in a 2 bedroom house with a makeshift bedroom in the basement. It's a sad situation but they are happy under mom's wing. I will pray for him. Hey, start reading the Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian. Her books are great!

Michele-
I just love hearing about you getting healthy physically, mentally, spiritually, etc. My friend at the Shepherd's calls it..."Being comfortable in your own skin."

Well, gott jet...close up shop here at work and go home to play!

[SunnyD57]

"Let your patience show itself perfectly in what you do. Then you will be perfect and complete. You will have everything you need. But if any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. God is generous. He enjoys giving to all people, so God will give you wisdom. But when you ask God, you must believe. Do not doubt God. Anyone who doubts is like a wave in the sea. The wind blows the wave up and down."
James 1:4-6

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[SunnyD57]

Oh my goodness!!!

I was just going to post to each of you when I got this e-mail from my sister just now... just this moment... that my dear father is going into the hospital for a really bad infection in his heel!! My father has diabetes and I think he has not been watching his diet like he should and now he has this infection. Please say a prayer for him!!! I hate the thought that he may loose his foot from infection or that this may have gotten into his bloodstream!! Pray please! Thank-you so much!!

I must go call my Joe now and let him know.

*God Bless!*
(((Hugs)))
Donna / SunnyD
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[Mitchypoo]

Oh Sunny, your dear father and family will be in prayer. ((((((HUGS))))))))

[SunnyD57]

Thank you so much, Michele!

I am so proud of all you have accomplished since you began LAWL

:bravo:

Keep up the wondeful job girl!

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A BIG *Welcome* to all those new to the thread :bubbles:

Catch you all the next chance I get, okay.
Loves,
SunnyD
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[lbsbgone]

I just said a prayer for your dad. Please keep us posted. Praying for you too and the rest of your family.

lbsbgone

[teel]

PSALM 55:1 4-5 16-17 Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea: Hear me and answer me...My heart is in anguish within me: the terrors of death assail me. Fear and trembling have beset me: horror has overwhelmed me....

But I call to God, and The Lord saves me. Evening,morning and noon I cry out in distress and HE hears my voice.


Hello Sunny. I do pray that your DF heals very quickly and without too much of a problem. I am an insulin dependant diabetic and sometimes it is a very hard illness to control. Prayers for Love and Peace to surround you and the whole family. Also for the medical team that are looking after dad...may they look before they leap!

[mkay]

Sunny- Prayers for dad. Flow the healing powers of the Holy Spirit through every vein in his foot and restore it to completeness...In Your Holy Name...Amen!

Michele-
I agree with Sunny and congrat you on your success with LAWL.

Lunchtime at work. My back feel like it's busting lately. Quite sore. Tonight is Nikki's bath night and my clean the house night. Busy Busy!

Tomorrow, I will go to the bridal show with my daughter. Hope not to stay out too late tomorrow night...my veg night.

Bye!

[Mitchypoo]

MKay, now you made me remember that I should have a "clean the house night"... i'll see what i can get done. I have PT tonight and then have to be home by 7 to be on the crisis hotline. I'm taking the phones every Thursday night now until 6 a.m. the next a.m. Last week i had no calls, yeah! I'm glad when it's quiet, i choose to think it's good news.

Thank you on feelings on my weightloss...even though my mid-week WI didn't budge, i'm not giving up. It's ok, it wasn't up and that's all i care about. I kind of think of Sat. as my real end of week WI, so i hope to have results by then.

Had lunch with my boss today. She's taking each of us once a week. Everyone was nervous about it, but it wasn't a complain session, a little business a little personal stuff. Just to keep in touch. And i did fine ordering out. Had a ceasar salad with grilled chicken but with FF Ranch dressing, no croutons, brought the dressing on the side, and also the parmesan. I could only eat half of it, and the best part is, i was able to give up the roll and didn't feel deprived. I'm so happy that this way of eating has made me more in control.

[craftymom2005]

hello,
i'm not sure if i'm in the right place or not. i hope im in christian encouragers #194. i don't know exactly how to move around in the site. i still concider myself new to thiswhole thing. i'm not sure how to do a new post. so here goes.

DATE:01/20/05

USERNAME/REAL NAME: craftymom/mary

AGE: 52

BIRTHDAY: 9/26/52

MARITAL STATUS: married for 32 yrs.

FAMILY INFO (anything you care to share about your family, children, hubby, etc.):2 grown children. a son and a daughter

HOBBIES/INTERESTS: stamping, knitting, crocheting, gardening

PETS: a cat and a dog

ATKINS START DATE:

WHAT MADE YOU CHOOSE ATKINS:

TOP WEIGHT:300

CURRENT WEIGHT: 286

GOAL WEIGHT:180

HEIGHT: 5ft 4in

EYE COLOR: blue

HAIR COLOR: natural blond with gray

OCCUPATION: wife, mother, sell avon

GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: wahington state

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM IN WEIGHT LOSS: late night hunger. sweets

WHAT IS DIFFERENT THIS TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU SUCCESSFUL: i'm ready to make a life change.

ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT YOU? i have a sence of humor, i have the gift on encouragement and i believe that i have sound wisdom.

WHAT EXPERIENCES CAN YOU SHARE: i battled depression for a number of years and had to be hospitalized at one point. God is faithful. i have come out a better person and even thought it was difficult at the time i would not change it for the world. i can relate to those who have been there and are struggling. i'm also a survivor of domestic violence. we all have life lesson. the important thing is that we learn from the. PTL
kind regards,
mary

[SunnyD57]

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Just a quick update post CER's...

I spoke to my mother last night and my father was permitted to come home with her and wait for the blood-work results. He does have a bad infection, but the tests will show how far it has gone into his system. They both sounded in good spirits when I spoke to them. I am glad he's home. There's a possibility that he will have to stay in the hospital for at least 3 - 4 days to have it lanced and tested for bacteria in the bone (dependi