Christian Encouragers - July
 

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!

A Servent's Prayer

Jesus, My Jesus....How marveleous 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 forgive as you forgive.....
Always mindful of my nothingness while doing great and marvelous things in your name and for your glory.
This I pray, Jesus, in YOUR name.
Amen

There you go Gary. It's done!!

It is absolutely gorgeous outside today. We in Canada are celebrating our independance today. I have celebrated by having a healthy breakfast out on my new deck watching DH work on the stairs. He's been up since 6 and kindly let me sleep in.

I am very thankful for the free country that I live in and that I can worship freely.

Enjoy your day!

Wilma, Thank for starting us off!

My parents are taking me out to lunch today, and then some shopping. This is a weekly get together. We are going to a new place which everyone remembers where it is but not what it is called. LOL! We'll see how we like it.

I'm having cateract surgery on my left {bad} eye July 6th. This isn't the first eye surgery I've every had but each time I get a sick feeling and dread it. When I wrote July 1 in my prayer journal and food log this morning it hit me that the surgery is only a few days away. {I've been in denial!} Please pray for me to be calm about the upcoming surgery. Thanks.

Wilma! God made you the brave one to start off for July.

BTW Thank you EZ for that cartoon. I've printed it out and will keep it with me! So cute!

Patchwork: I will keep you in my prayers and pray that everything will go just fine during your surgery. I know how it is the stress and anxiety of having surgery. I am 26 years old and already had 3 major surgeries in my lifetime. I've had my gallbladder removed when I was 19, knee surgery when I was 22 and I had a laprodomy for ovarian cysts removal when I was 24. Fun eh? I pray for no more! So, dont feel to blue. God almighty helped me recover and kept me health through all that, I will pray that He be with you in this time. No worries, just strength from our loving Jesus :)
Hugs for you!:hug:

~suga!:carrot:

Hello All,

Wilma great work darling starting us off for the new month JULY...

Wilma, isn't it nice to seat and enjoy the fruits of his (DH's) labor. LOL

It is a beauitful day her in Virgina and I am flying high with God in the drivers seat.

Patch,
I will certainly be praying for you, for comfort, peace of mind, and a full and speedy recovery. With God at your helm, you cannot go wrong.

Suga,
THe Lord has blessed you in your lifetime and He will continue to do so because you have Him in the right place. FIRST. You go sweetie.

Will try to check in later this evening. Blessing and much love to all,
Ags

Wilma - Happy Canada Day! Thanks for getting us going for July.

Penguin - prayers ascending for you! Stay strong! You are in God's hands!

Suga - oh, my! I'm over 50 and never had major surgury!

Ags - it's always a good day when you check in :) I love your posts!

A quick fly-by tonight. I am chairing a personnel committee meeting tonight, and it may get heated. Keep me in prayer!

Blessings to all, and prayers continuing!

Laurie :scooter:

THANKS WILMA! For getting us started this month :hug:

HAPPY CANADA DAY GALS...whatever that is :^:

WILMA ~ So the deck is done? :carrot: Now you can enjoy the summer!

PATCH ~ Prayers for your surgery. Enjoy your lunch date. I used to have a dog that looks just like yours does in the picture. I will post a picture of my 2 golden retrievers at the bottom.

SUGA ~I have had knee surgery...severed my ACL in '89 and 2 ear surgeries. Glad you liked the cartoon. No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful, He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. 1 Corinthians 10:13..You can do this :)

SCOOTER ~ I hope all ended on a :cool: cool :cool: note tonight :hug:

AGGIE ~ I am happy the weather is nice for you...last time I was in Virginia it was "buggy"...;) How is Cake Batter and the other kiddos doing?

Outta here ~ Bless you all, Gary

Hi all, hope you are having a blessed day!

Thanks for the prayers - the meeting went well, and we sowed some seeds that may grow in a positive way. We still need to nurture them along ...

Today is another vacation day to spend with my Mom :)
I do have to pick out new glasses, which is always daunting.

Actually - it is a NSV. I USED to go in and pick out a frame that helped disguise my chubby cheeks - usually the same frame style every time.

Now, I try on glasses, and I can't decide - I want all of them :o

Prayers continuing for all!

Blessings!

Laurie

Good morning all,

This is the day that the Lord hath made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Laurie,
Hope that meeting of yours went well, I know whatever and no matter how heated it may have become, you withstood the heat. Just think of how God saved Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and I know that firey furnace was 100 times hotter, so I know He had your back. Smiles.

Rosebud and Wilma,
Sorry I missed Canada Day, but here it is late, "HAPPY CANADA DAY". As my dad use to say, A Day Late and A Dollar Short. LOL

Gary,
I am loving your morning devotionals and great start to a great day.
Cake batter is doing great, she is down about 50 pounds and is soooo fit. She is averaging about 15 to 19 miles and week and has done two more races. She has one this 4th of July to celebrate Independence Day. Now she is in a spinning class and her first day almost, mind you I said almost, kicked her now little butt. Talk about a determined child, she is it. Trying hard to follow her lead. Oh yeah, the skitters are here and I am not liking them at all. I wonder what was God's purpose for them, He must have had a reason, maybe I will ask Him that when I see Him. LOL!!

Well I got an extra day off this week since the 4th is on a Saturday and that is one of my usual days off. So I am bright eyed an bushy tailed and get things done. Already have read the daily devotional, gotten two loads of laundry done. Now what is next. Oh yeah, can I ask for a small prayer from each of you today, just for and extra boost, today is my weigh in day and I need all the help I can get. Will let you know how it goes.........

Oakie dokie, I am off to find something else to do. Oh and so happy, my DH finally got his motorcycle fixed and is back on the road, boy is he happy, and when he is happy, I am happy. Since he is in a good mood I am going to ask for him to order my Trike early for my b'day. We shall see cause one never knows.

Later gators,
Aggie

Hot day it is ,in Texas. It rained 2 inches across the road yesterday.
I have a baby monitor connected to the barn ,for varmints have been getting in and killing my chickens . They attacked last night but got nothing that I know of. The chickens sounded off the alert sound they made and I was out the door at 3:30 this morning armed and ready to fight for my chickens lives. The varmint took off like lightening but at least I scared him off! He came back and my dog alerted me this time and he took off again!
I hope he gives up and goes somewhere else, I sure hope he doesn't bring back some reinforcements!
Patch I will be praying for you in Texas.Everyone have a great 4th of July!

Laurie,
I was typing as your post came thru. Glad that meeting went well. Enjoy your day and your mom. If you can't decide, buy em' all, that's my motto. LOL

Now this is the second time I have seen you use NSV, what does that mean. You know I ride the slow bus. Help a sista out.

Oh yeah Gary, if he says yes to the Trike, once I get it can I get my new name, Trikerbabe? LOL

Have a super blessed day!!!!
Ags

Morning all! I lost another pound! I think this is just that beginner's quick drop, because I have made changes in my eating.{not sure how many calories I've dropped but I'm losing at between 1800 and 2000 a day. I'm sure it will level out soon. sigh. I asked Hubby to keep track of his food intake yesterday and he ate over 3000! Mostly fat/carbs and a tiny slice of protein in the piechart. I think it was a wake-up call for him. Hopefully! Especially when I got onto him about potato chips {even baked ones} don't count as a vegetable!

Cardio for today, probably kickboxing!

Colormerd, NSV= non scale victory. Such as old pants fitting again! Praying for the weigh-in!

Bootsie, Thanks for the prayers! Good luck with the varmint!

CountingDown, I like how the eye doc dialates your eyes so you can't see THEN tells you to pick out frames! Good luck!:cool:

Gary, I like your warrior! Looking forward to seeing your retrievers. We call them 'golden recovery agents" someone in the paper make a list of politically correct titles as a joke and we remembered the 'recovery agents"

Thanks ALL for your PRAYERS. I'm feeling calmer today. Lets just get this over with already!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy 4th of July weekend. Thank you again for all your prayers and encouragement.

Happy Thursday

~suga :)

PATCH ~ your furry baby looks a lot like our NIKO; they could almost be twins except yours looks a lot bigger. NIKO is only 19" tall at the shoulder, and he is full grown. NIKO has a bone just like that but finds it too heavy to carry around. I bought him a huge one for Christmas a while back that was 13" long, but he couldn't carry it; so DH came up with the bright idea to put it outside; and the neighbours giant puppy (a huge beige lab mix) came over and nabbed it. I saw it through our back spare bedroom window, but we decided to let him have it becuz he was sooo lonely and it keeps him from howling. DH finally went over and gave the kiddies some tips on how to train him and keep him happier; it all worked out well becuz we hardly hear him cry anymore. Golden 'recoverers' is an appropriate name; labs like to fetch things too and that is NIKO's favorite game.


HI AGGIE ~ NSV is non-scale victory; anything that shows you are still losing inches or weight that isn't related to a scale. Those pants fitting would fit the bill. I'm with ya on the skitter issue; I always say someday, I gonna ask GOD why they are here, but I suspect he will say to feed the birdies, bats, and dragonflies ... :D

BOOTSIE ~ many years ago, when we lived on a farm, we had turkeys and chickens and the foxes stole a few our our big fat laying hens; finally we had to keep them in their pen, locking them in their house each night and that stopped the problem. I even had a talk with one of those foxes one day; he was so pretty, but I told him that he had eaten enuff of my chickens and I realized that he was hungry too, but there were lots of garter snakes and moles and mice around for him to catch instead. Sometimes, we had lots of extra duck eggs so DH would put them out in the high grass far away from the hen house for the foxes to eat; I think they appreciated that too (and that's a good decoy as well).

GARY ~ Canada Day is Canada's birthday or the same as your July 4th Independance Day. Our birthday is on July 1st; and is the day we all celebrate living in this beautiful country; we had lovely fireworks here last night to celebrate too. Yes, and I think that your warrior, Angie, looks very fearsome too; or is that one of her yoga moves??? ;) :lol:

LAURIE ~ I'm with AGGIE about the glasses -- my DH rolls his eyes when he sees how many different pairs of glasses I have. He asked me why do I have so many? I told him that some are different strengths and some are for different purposes: some are for formal outings; some for home; some for reading; and some for sewing, some are for sun, and some are for fun, etc. Some people like shoes; I like lots of glasses ... :lol:

HI SUGA ~ hope things are going better for you today ...

:wave: HELLO ~ to all our CE's; hope you all are having a great week and a wonderful JULY 4th celebration this Saturday and weekend. Our birthday fell on Wednesday this year, but we celebrated just the same and all the stores and gov offices were closed for the day.

It nice and cool here tonight; a bit humid today, but it's nicer right now. Take good care ... :hug:ROSEBUD:hug:

Ags - prayers ascending for your WI!

Penguin - hey, it only took until I hit 50 for me to realize that about eye doctors. Now I go in a couple days ahead of my appointment and try on frames. I don't feel as rushed and I can actually see what they look like. I picked out a very "trendy" frame that I never would have chosen before.

Congrats on the loss! AWESOME!!! Keep it up!

Suga - Happy 4th to you too! So glad to have you posting with us :D

Bootsie - using a baby monitor - what a GREAT idea! I never would have thought of that!

Rosebud - we have cooler weather here too. I'm actually hoping it warms up a bit.

Gary - awesome warrior II pose there in your avatar! I just finished my workout and feel GREAT! Yoga is awesome! So why don't we have YOU doing a pose in YOUR avatar? ;)

Hope you all have a blessed weekend and holiday! Stay safe!

Prayers continuing!

Laurie :scooter:

Here is the picture of my mutts I promised Patch and forgot to post. I am having a lot of trouble posting pictures I have posted before...don't know why...and Angie is at yoga...oh well...here is one after a grooming and one a few years back...

their names are Spoiled and Spoiled Rotten ;)....aka Reba and Rylee

Gary, I can't believe how much "Spoiled's" smile looks like Mozart's!
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HI GALS ~ :)

Angie took off for yoga tonight...she is working the desk tonight. I think it is the last one she is doing, she did it for a while in exchange for lessons. She has been asked to teach the teachers during the school year, one night a week. She ended up co-teaching this year after she got her "credential?". She has also been asked to sub for another instructor at the studio she trained at. She is gonna be busy with that and the classes at church...which makes her very happy :)

And it frees me up to visit you gals...a win-win ;)

Yes she is my warrior!...I took the pictures a few weeks ago when she asked me to. She wanted to check out a few poses to see if she was doing them correctly. She "shrieked!" when she saw it as my new avatar :D She does check in on me from time to time to make sure I am minding my manners.

I am off tomorrow so Angie and I are going to the beach early, around 6:30 or so, doing 3 miles with the dogs, then stopping at the beach cafe for croissants. We were thinking of going later in the day and having lunch there but we expect a big crowd and a guy is coming to look at our washer later in the morning...having trouble with the turn on-off knob...I might be able fix it...but I might be able to break it beyond repair ever too ;)

Our 4th will be a bit "less" than usual....my daughter just called and has made it safe to her destination with the :p kidnapper :p...his grandparents for the long week-end. Brother and family are visiting another friend for part of the day but my son and daughter in law and sister will be here, my ex-wife for a bit, her sister and a few other folks...around 15 or so. We will have fun...we are postponing the shuffleboard tournament until the end of the month when more can make it.

SCOOTER ~ The reason I don't pose in any yoga postion that my friends here can see is because there are not enough :lol::joker::rofl::lol3: icons to sow it justice :D Love the frames! Enjoy the time with mom.

TRIKERBABE ~ I am glad you enjoy the devotionals. So happy to hear Cake is doing so good! I haven't seen her around my 5K threads ;) That trike is a given for you....you just have to use your ";)" on the 'ol man :)

PATCH ~Great job on the loss....I had trouble trying to send pictures but I was able to get those off.

ROSEBUD ~ Glad you enjoyed the fireworks, I am not sure we are having any around here with the cuts. Enjoy the cool weather. How re the legs doing?

BOOTSIE ~ Sorry to hear your chickens getting killed :( I am glad you are enjoying the devotionals too.

SUGA ~ Have a great Friday :)

ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS THIS 4TH AND EVERYDAY!

Mozart is beautiful!

Gary & CountingDown, Thanks for posting the pics!

Gary, Tell Angie good idea about the pictures of poses, I've thought of that but don't exercise much when Hubby is around to take pics, and I don't think April would take a good picture. I'm also on an exercise forum and got the picture idea from someone there.

CD, I like the frames you picked. I wear one contact normally so my glasses get me from the bed to the sink! I have a much greater range of focus with the contact, with the glasses my feet are blurry.

2BHealthy, Niko sounds very cute! The bone is April's favorite chew toy this pic is actually a year old and she's been through a few bones since then. It nylon but she chew little pieces off until the end is pointy and we replace it.

Penguin

:wave: HI FOLKS ~ we have cooler temps with some rain right now, but that's good becuz my flower bulbs are coming up today and I know the rain is helping them. We just stayed home today; and I did laundry, dusting, tidying up, and other light housechores, while DH tackled his shed. We had fish with baby cucumber & tomato salad. I had homefries and DH had regular baked fries with his. I just cut up a small, new potato and baked it with some olive oil and seasonings.

I've been trying to get some pics up for the last 2 days; managed to get these three. I keep getting this message saying my pics are not a valid file, but they are. All my own pictures are either jpg or jpeg files which are OK. Even the ones that I have managed to get to the right size, are not accepted sometimes. No rhyme or reason as to why though. Hopefully they will get this function fixed up again soon.

I have tried going to the photo sites but can't seem to maneuver my way around them either. I have no idea how ANGIE & GARY put up those thumbnail images either ...


Here is a picture of NIKO, those yellow Irises in our front yard, and some pink geraniums I grew last year in baskets. I tried to put up many more but couldn't get them to go small enuff; OR I couldn't get the right-sized ones to upload -- only three came up so far tonight. Hope you all have a great Friday night and July 4th weekend ... :wave:


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Quick one tonight gals ~

Angie and I were off today. Took the mutts to the beach for 4 miles and breakfast this morning. Went shopping for tomorrow and a new portable awning.

Spent the day doing chores and Angie made an apple pie....strawberry lemonade and potato salad for tomorrow.

Rosebud ~ That is what I keep getting...not a valid file... Love the pics you did get up.

PENGUIN ~ My dogs love the nyla bones too!

back to the game...

Hi, Everyone! Just popping in to say Happy 4th! We just got back from our vacation to see my dad, aunt, and cousins, but have to leave tomorrow to see DH's dad, as his birthday is the 5th and it's sure to be his last, so we're going to take him to see the fireworks on the lake and have cake and ice cream. Also, have to start cleaning out his apartment and help take care of some other issues.

Hope you all have a great holiday weekend! I'll try to catch up in the next few days. God bless!

Enjoy the day dear...enjoy the day....hugs

Ronni, Alright this is weird! MY Hubby's father was born on July 5th also. We are going to his parent house for a party FIL has alway been very mad that he missed being born on the 4th by one day. Does you FIL feel the same??? Have a great holiday dispite the events.

2BHealthy, Your doggie and my doggie do look alike! Thanks for the pics.

As we come into the FREEDOM weekend, we are often reminded of those that gave their lives for our freedom in the US. There are many that I think of, especially Adrian (my nephew was KIA Iraq 2007). But the most profound One to have given His life for us worms, was Christ.

God is one of three. The Father (God), the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit (the comforter). God sent His Son to earth to be born as a human, to feel the pains, the temptations, to understand the struggles that we feel. Yes, He was God, but He still felt what you and i feel. The only way He could truly be our sacrifice was if He became like us.

See, we had messed things up so bad that God had to send us a Redeemer. The Jews had always used an animal for the sacrifice of their sins. But for us to be truly set FREE, One without spot or blemish had to be sacrificed.

Christ (which means Messiah or Anointed One) was sent to not only be our blood sacrifice to redeem us from our sins, but to set us FREE and to give us authority over ****.

Everyone that will read this, knows the story. (If you don't, please write me and i will be HAPPY to tell you all!) Jesus Christ was born as a baby, raised by human parents, learned in the temples, played with his friends, ate dinner, did chores, was human, yet was GOD.

He knew when He came into His ministry that His mission in life was to die for us. For those that loved Him and for those that HATED Him or simply refused to believe in Him. HE died for you, regardless of your love for Him. Regardless of how you have slammed Him. Regardless of the fact you don't believe in Him. He loves you. He believes in you.

Have you been rejected? Abused? Hurt? Abandoned? Shamed? Are you sick in your body?

Did you know that He took all of that on the cross so that you could be FREE from it forever?

He was rejected by those he knew...arrested.

He was abused...beaten, 39 lashes by a whip that contained bone and metal shards.

Hurt goes without saying.

He wasn't clothed on that cross. He was naked. It was cold. He had dried blood on his naked skin. He was hammered onto that cross and the people laughed at him. He was SHAMED.

His Father, the One in whom He always trusted and knew to be there. TURNED His back on Him while He took our sins and disease on that cross. Jesus was ABANDONED

I know that I have been rejected and abandoned by the ones meant to love me and protect me. I have been beaten and abused in some of the worst ways. I have felt the shame of those things. Molestation creates shame...some of the worst shame. It doesn't matter who says it wasn't your fault. It still hurts and causes you to feel less than. I've been raped. I've hurt. I've been sick, in my body and mind. I've hurt others. I've abused others. I acted on my hurt and hurt others. I was suicidal. I had virtually no hope. Drugs, sex, alcohol, outrageous lifestyle choices...yes, I was a stripper, yes I did a lot of drugs, yes i had a lot of sex, yes i hurt many that tried to love me. Why? I didn't feel loveable. I didn't love me.

I finally came to a place where I made a choice to live and not die. It was that desperate of a place. I sought God. I had played with Him so much over the years. This time, I had to TRULY seek Him. He didn't make it easy for me. But He says that when we seek Him with all of our hearts, He will be found my us. (jeremiah 29:11-14)

I was so determined. I wanted Him more than i wanted anything. because all i had left was death. nothing mattered to me anymore. i wanted to die, but that small hope was there...calling me to cling to life.

It has been five years since I finally quit playing with God and looked for Him and gave Him me. (i had quit most of that stuff before then, but was still playing with God, not going after Him with my whole heart) In these past five years, I have stumbled, fell and He picked me up. I've learned to die to my desires, die to myself, die to my worries. Anyone that knows me WELL knows that I struggle with the voices in my head often. I've gotten where I know how to shut them down with the Power and Authority Christ gave me, but sometimes...those voices are more difficult to shut up. It's like each level I go to in Him, there are new battles and new victories! :)

He took my (and your) shame, rejection, abandonment, hurt, abuse and sickness on that cross. It's not mine or yours, to carry around anymore! HE TOOK IT! It's time for you to let it go. You weren't created to carry that junk. He said "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and i will give you rest" (matthew 11:28). He wants you to give the worries and pain to Him.

Is it easy to live for him? No. But it's easier than living for yourself. He gives peace, joy, a purpose and a plan (Jeremiah 29:11 "For i know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.")

At this point in my life with Him, it is easy. Easier than it was two years ago. As with anything, you learn how to let go, you learn how to lean on Him, you seek Him in all things and rely totally on Him instead of trying to figure it out all the time. I'm analytical. I like to figure it out. I like to make it happen. That's been the hardest part for me, letting Him do it and not doing it myself.

Because of my life before Christ, i was very independent and did not trust anyone. (so, i'm still pretty private and kinda freakish about people getting in my life) But He took away my independence! He made me dependant on Him. I had a preacher give me a Word once that said "So step out on the water, go to jesus, put your trust in Him and let go of those things you call security and totally trust God to be the One who makes a way for you, you will see His Glory unfold, His Glory revealed and your prayers answered." and you know what? I have.

God supplies all my needs according to His riches and glory in Christ Jesus. He takes care of my every care.

people comment on here and in my daily life how FREE I am. It's because of Him. Because He died for me. I walk in that FREEDOM because I took Him at His word. I have died to myself. I am a corpse, the pain of this life can't hurt me now (read the note on here called I AM A CORPSE for better understanding on that). I love, I laugh, I live, not like I used to...but now i do it in His FREEDOM! I am His child and He is the King of the Universe...of EVERYTHING! You just have to have a tiny seed of faith...(mustard seed faith - Matthew 17:20). Hebrews 11 talks about all of the ones before us that walked BY FAITH.

It is by faith that I travel like i do. It is by faith that I pay my bills (thank God those are not many!), It is by faith that I know God has my future, my husband, my children. I walk by faith not by sight. I can't trust these human eyes, but I trust Him. It is by faith that I walk in His glorious FREEDOM and love!

Join me for FREEDOM? He loves you so much.

Peace!

-BBurns july 3, 2009

We love you here BEV :hug:

Good morning all,

And what a blessed day it is. Bev, you have said it all and said it all so well. We are truly free indeed. Thank you for putting it all out there.

Love you so very much.
Aggie

Gary - thanks. Mo is OLD, we most likely won't have him with us for too much longer. He is a very spoiled furbaby!

Ronni - enjoy! My SIL's birthday is the 4th. OOOH, gotta remember to call (makes note to self).

Bev - thanks for the post! Good reminder!


We had a nice "3rd" yesterday. I cleaned in the morning, worked on church stuff and then we went down for the parade. We took Mom out to our favorite coffee house for dinner and then went to the park for a concert of patriotic music. Then, out for dessert, and back to the park for the fireworks display. We got home about 11:30 (it doesn't get dark here until about 10:30 right now).

The great thing about living in a small town is that normally, DH and I would have walked to do all that. With Mom's health, we drove down to the park, but then walked the rest of the time :)

I'm off to make a HEALTHY pasta salad because I need to minimize the damage from yesterday.
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Happy 4th everyone!

Prayers continuing for all! Have a blessed weekend!

Laurie :scooter:

Bev: Wow! That was awesome! I don't what more I can say. You really touched me. Thanks.

HAPPY JULY 4TH!!!!!!!

It is a beautiful day in central PA. My husband ran in a 5K race this morning and now were just relaxing. I should be going out and continuing to mulch, but after doing it for 3 hours yesterday my body is screaming at me. My DH has to go to work later so I may go work on it then.


Hope you all have a great day!

Kathy

Thanks for all of the positive comments! :) I just realized that I really DID put it all out there!!! lol...oh well. guess you might as well know me! :D

You guys all give me so much encouragement and love. THANK YOU!

Ya'll ROCK! :carrot:

oh! i got into my plaid size 12 shorts mom bought me last year that i couldn't wear! :) oh yeah!

Kathy - hope you got some rest today!

Bev, keep it up, we LOVE your posts here :D

Hope everyone has a blessed Sunday!

Had you all have had a wonderful day and I have also.

Laurie, I forgot to tell you, I really like the frames. Your day sounded grand. Glad your Mom could share it with you.

Kathy, Hiddo ho friend, glad to see your face. My daughter ran a 5 mile race today too, she did it in 54.55 and she was so happy. My kid really loves running these days. You take it easy on that yard work. K?

Bevie, what can I say, other than YOU ROCK!!!!! And into your size 12 shorts, girlie strutt your stuff!!!

Today has been wonderful and I am off to bedie bye, must be bright eyed and bushy tailed for Church in the morning.

Peace and blessings,
Ags

Laurie, Aggie, Gary, Wilma - ya'll inspire me. thank you! :) thank you for your words of encouragement!

all of you inspire me!

oh...and anyone wanting to read the "I am a corpse" it was in the june folder...around the 4th or 5th of the month. if you can't find it, ask me and i will send it to you.

be at peace and know that He who started a good work in you will be faithful to complete it! :)

Happy 4th!

For anyone who's interested I was able to figure out how to put up a profile picture {truth: Hubby helped a little!}, if you guys want to see the 'real' me.

I bought a food scale today to see if that would help me, I'm kind of a 'gadget' person:D. I registered for FitDay and they ask me all sorts of questions like how much food did I eat?? I can figures measurements like cups and TB spoons but grams and ozs confuse me.

I'm not sure what I'll be able to do or not do after the surgery so I'm trying to get my 'list' done this weekend. Hubby took Tues and Wed off to stay with me. Yay!

Good night all,
Penguin

Aggie - I will try to remember to post a picture once the frames arrive (couple of weeks). Hope you got a good night's rest and that church went well!

Penguin - LOVE the profile picture - your hair is so cute! I also love the quilt rail and quilt in the background! What a nice way to display your quilt!

I love my food scale. It is more accurate than measuring cups and spoons. I still weigh things like nuts and cereal (occasionally) to make sure my portions are still correct and that I'm not underestimating my calories!

We had a nice church service today - Mom sat in the booth with us (DH runs the sound system, and I did the PowerPoint for today).

I made wonderful multigrain waffles with fresh strawberries and blueberries, topped with plain homemade yogurt and a bit of Splenda. AWESOME! Sometimes the simple foods are the best :)

Hope you all have a WONDERFUL, Blessed Sunday!

Laurie :scooter:

HI GALS :)

Taking a few minutes here to catch up while I watch my ballgame. Angie went to see her mom this morning. I went to church and my ex came in and sat with me :D The church entry was lined with flags from all the states and flags from military campaigns. Inside we had several flags of the United States. Very impressive! We sang patriotic songs....so cool. Pastors sermon inter-weaved with the "what happened" to the men that signed the Declaration Of Independence and how they set us free, along with all our troops since and how Jesus sets us free. A lot to look at up on the screens.

We had a great time on the 4th. Had 17 people here, so it was a bit less than our normal crowd. Played bean bag toss and shuffleboard and watched the ball game off and on. We had traditional 4th food of hot dogs/burgers/macaroni/potato salads with watermelon/cantaloupe, plenty of chips and dips and salsas. Angie made an apple pie and crisp from apples she got off a tree that hangs into my son's yard....I didn't have any but the reviews were very impressive :) She used her agave nectar stuff instead of sugar.

My eating wasn't too bad...beer was a little extra ;)

We got 2 walks of 4 miles in over the week-end, one at the beach and one to Starbucks and bunny poo park. taking the day off exercise today, I think the dogs and I need a rest day.

SCOOTER ~Angie would love that breakfast....me...not so much...too much sweet stuff. Glad mom could pitch in with support :) Sounds like a very nice evening with the concert and activities.

PENGUIN ~ Nice to "meet" you :) Prayers for surgery.

BEV ~ My son loves plaid...Angie got tried on a pair of plaid shorts at Kohl's a few weeks back, comes out to show me and says "how do I look?"...I said "Like Ryan"...she busted up :D She did get them and looks cute in them. My son is very athletic and loves sports from reading/watching coaching and playing...still plays organized basketball...anyway, he is also a bit "prissy"...always had his shirts organized in his closet by colors...even his plaid ones...lighter to darker! He has a lot of clothes too! Which is great for me 'cause he gives me his hand me downs :) We all share things here we may not share other places :hug:

TRIKERBABE ~ I hope you had a great church service and 4th too! Wow, Cake is doing so well!! She is always off and running....cool.

KATHY ~ Great job on your husband doing the 5K. Take it easy on that yard work.

HELLO to BOOTSIE ~ WILMA ~ ROSEBUD ~ BARGOO ~ TAMMY ~ SUGA ~ RONNI ~ KAREN AND ALL!

Just a note for those that may not know ~ Our 3FC friend Karen's dad passed away yesterday. She was able to move back to MO. to spend the last month or so with him. Keep her in your prayers.

:wave: HELLO EVERYONE ~ we have had a couple of busy days. Gorgeous weather yesterday, so we spent the entire day at the lot and DH got one & half rows of crossbraces done, but he sure was tired when he was done. I got some walking in with NIKO; and spent an hour or so clipping in between all my spirea bushes, which are all blooming right now -- they are very pretty. I am so glad I got those bushes; every single one of them is doing well. One of my lilacs is growing but the other one has no leaves, so we may have lost it; sadly, we had a bit of a drought this spring, and I lost several trees too.

We finally got home at 7:30 pm and had a late but easy dinner (we just had hamburglers). Today, we woke up to sprinkles, so it was a perfect day to have a very good rest; and boy, did our muscels need it too. We all went to bed early last night and slept well too.

Just had a peaceful and very restful day at home today. Tonight, I made one of my favorites -- roasted Chicken and veggies; it was yummy. Had a bit of l/f yogurt ice cream as our dessert, but had it tonight as our snack instead, as we were so full from dinner (roasted veggies are very filling).

Glad to hear that everyone is doing so well; hope you all had a lovely Sunday. HI TO ALL OUR OTHER CE'S and MIA's out there (I know that you still lurk here); may GOD bless you and yours today ... :hug:ROSEBUD :hug:

RONNI ~ hope HAROLD has the best birthday ever ... :hug: to you and yours ...

:hug:KAREN :hug: ~ prayers going up for you and yours at this time ...