Good morning all! Hope you are having a great start to the day!

Penguin, I love your avatar - what a cute furbaby story :)

Ags - I have the same problem with sodium too! Hang in there, the scale WILL go down!

Gary - it amazes me that people will pay that much for a TREE! I think living in Northern MI has jaded me - people here don't value trees much - we have so many!!!

Rosebud - hope the bug bites fade soon! I'm still struggling with some bites from the canoe trip, too!

Wilma - glad you found out your BP was up so that you caught now. Prayers ascending!

Yesterday was good day here - hung around the house and got some things done. DS2 is back home and we taught MOM to play some Wii games. I did get in some shape boxing, which totally entertained Mom.

We picked out the new pond, but since the weather was rainy, we didn't set it up. We won't put it permanently in place until the roof is done (probably in August).

We are struggling with "critter" issues. Our dear adorable Chloe Cat keeps bringing in live critters as "pets". Yesterday it was a chipmunk, and today it was a field mouse. I'm getting very tired of catching critters with a butterfly net. Catch and release was meant for FISHING, not for my living room

I'm feeling challenged since I have to cook for more than DH and myself. So far so good ...

Blessings!

Laurie :scooter:

Feeling better today. Starting over is not as hard as before through prayer. And I thank each one of you for your prayers. Thank you.

Hope everyone has a happy Tuesday!

God Bless
~Suga

BTW. Can ya'll share some scripture on temptation? Please post some. Thanks!

I guess everything ia back to normal after the weekend {sigh}, Well, except for a fan in the bathroom trying to dry the grout faster plus leftover tools, and paint samples spread all over the kitchen!

Laundry and cardio for today.

Suga,I like Heb 4:13, I Cor 10:13, James 1:12-15, and I like Rom 8; there's a lot of verses in there about what we need and what God provides. HTH

CountingDown, Eww, on the 'catch and release' in the living room! A few months after we got April {as an adult from the Humane Society} we were out working in the backyard. April trotted up to Hubby proud as you please, with something in her mouth which she gave to Hubby. It was half a squirrel. Since then she has caught three more, not counting the birds. We are very careful these days when she tries to give us something.

Wilma,I originally learned to hand piece and quilt {from books at the library and watching Simply Quilts, Elenenor Burns, etc} and enjoyed it. I made two bedsized quilts and several wall-hangers. Then I had a few problems with my eyes and learned how to use a sewing machine. Now I do everything on the machine, hubby bought me a nice one that even threads the needle itself.

I will be back later ~

I just wanted to share this with SUGA...I have cut cartoons like this out, from Family Circus, over the years that resemble my family and place them in my Bibles...I cut this one out a couple of days ago...I think it fits what SUGA asked for :)

Hi All!

Thanks for all the words of encouragement. I have been feeling much better the last couple of days. I take a natural pill that suppose to help with "women" issues. I was only taking one in the morning, but have started to take another one at noon and that has seemed to help.

I still haven't had any luck with uploading my picture. We made it smaller so it would fit and it still won't work. I guess we'll have to try it again or try another picture.

Yesterday was WI and I lost .6lbs. I'm thankful for the loss. I am getting back on track and working on getting out and walking.

I was going to mow tonight but it rained again. Since I couldn't mow I decided to start mulching around all the plants. We had the company I work for do the pruning and edging, but had them just drop the mulch so we could do it ourselves to save money. The boss will give me some kind of discount, but I wanted to save as much money as possible.

I trust all of you are having a great week. Keep encouraged in Jesus.

Kathy

COUNTING & others ~ Here's a home remedy for bites (at least skitters, blackflies, and noseeums) that works for me -- put hot tap water in your sink (about 3-4 inches deep) and add about 1-2 tbl of Javelle (any kind of liquid bleach); put a nice big, soft cloth in there for a few minutes; ring-out and rub over bites and repeat 3 x times. By the time you are done, most of the stinging and burning will be gone. Repeat until all sensation has disappeard, which will be a few minutes.

I used this last night and boy did it work well ...

Somebody start the new thread...it's JULY...i'm not gonna do it...i'm not...hugs

Where is the July Thread?