HI all - a quick fly before we head out to the jazz concernt in the park (last one of the year). It should be a good one!

Cold weather here - very weird for this time of the year. Down in the low 40s at night

Hope you all have fantastic Friday!

Prayers continuing!

Laurie

Just wanted to Thank all of you for the warm welcome, I look forward to getting to know all of you. I hope all will have a wonderful Friday.

Lynnie

Just a quick note to say hello. Trust you are all doing well.

Gary - If I had kids in Little league I would probably go, but I'm not a baseball fan. Now football, that is another thing. In fact DS2 & DS3 both have a scrimmage tomorrow night. I'm looking forward to the football season.

Pattygirl63 - I like the way you are looking at your "life change" journey. I also try not to think of it as a diet. I like what you said about doing 3 things you don't really want to do. One for me would be exercise, something I need to get back into.

Bootsie - Trust you soon get rain. It rained here today and looks like we could have rain the next couple of days. Our area has seen a lot of rain this year.

Have a good Friday!

Kathy

Trish I live about 100 miles or more from your parents, rain missed again today but maybe your parents got some! I like your outlook to toward life to Trish. Cold weather! Should my friend take some winter clothes for up north? Do I need to call her?

TO LYNNIE ~ yes this is a very supportive group: they have lots of great ideas and tips to share, and nothing beats the prayer support we have here ...

THANKS KELLI ~ for the prayers for my legs; I appreciate that very much. Spent all day yesterday cleaning our camper as it had been sitting unused for quite a while -- now it will be used from spring to fall.

TRISH ~ thanks to you too for prayers for my health; I like to add new ideas from others to my new lifestyle plan. I'd also like to add 3 things that I DO WANT TO DO today to my to-do list (becuz I always want to keep OP and do my exercises).

LAURIE ~ the temps dropped down to 0C last night (32F); we had 40F for a few nights before that too. Seems like fall weather is here early, but we may have some nice days in September and October yet ...

BOOTSIE ~ we are still praying for the rain; glad that the clouds at least got there, even if they were all rained out. Am now praying for BURNET COUNTY and surrounding areas specifically -- sure hope that helps!!! Yes, we sure know how blessed we are when we lose something eh? My legs were so sore yesterday; boy that nice comfy bed felt like such a relief to them early last night -- I literally thanked GOD over and over for that bed!

Made a nice beef HOT POT today; it was so fab smelling that delicious soup stewing all day long. Even NIKO couldn't wait to have some; we put a bit on bread for him; he's our furry baby and we love to spoil him rotten.

We went up town for our weekly grocery shopping; just picked up some veggies (baby carrots and cukes; tomatoes) and some strawberries besides the essentials. I picked up some non-salted nuts to put into my homemade snack mix; this is a nice treat. I made a point of walking all around the outside of the store to get my walking in for today (kudos 2 me). My eating was very good today too (credit moi).

As I was mentioning to Kelli, we spent yesterday up at our lot -- me doing cleaning of our camper and DH cutting a bit of grass. I made a list of things that we need to do (the minor repairs and changes); we will just take our time and enjoy the journey. We have a lovely view; from the kitchen window, I can see the neigbours gorgeous garden and from the east side, I can look straight at our cottage and watch the progress there too.

I tried to take a picture as we were leaving but it was just starting to get dark there and so the pic wasn't too good. Next time we go up, I will take a picture in the daytime so you can see it too. It actually looks pretty nice on our lot; it makes a great mini-caban, as the French call it.

Dad and SM (Grace) are both looking and feeling much better (will put an update in the Prayer Warrior's Thread); so thanks for your prayers for them. We had lots of time to visit this time as we were up at the lot three days in a row preparing for the camper arriving. They will be going home soon, as the temps are starting to get much colder at night here much sooner than normal it seems ...

HI to all our CE'ers and our MIA's as well; hope all is well with you and yours -- GARY, KATHY, RONNI, SUGA, OATMEAL, AGGIE, BEV, TRISH1 & 2, COURTNEY, WILMA, SHY, SUE, ROSEBUD2 et al ... Hope I didn't miss anyone; our list is getting very long, but that's a good thing too!

ROSEBUD^PRAYERS^ still ascending for those who have needs ~ especially for rain in California and the southern states.

Oh Gary I hope your safe! I seen on TV all the wild fires starting in California, that is scary! We have had some around here but our fire department jumps right on them, if they see it is getting out of hand they call in for help. Year before last someone set a bunch of them for meanness! They almost did not get one put out! With all the mountains in California I know how hard it must be to get the fires put out. I just hope you are safe and others too!

Almost forgot, and it is a start...I got sprinkled on a few minutes ago! It smells like heaven!David came running in here said I think it may be fixing to rain!!!

I am safe BOOTSIE....thank-you...just busy tonight

Woohoo, look at all the encouragers in this place. I feel like I am with family... I'ts late, my daughter (16 years) had her friends over tonight and we spent hours making sushi... but it was fun.

Welcome Lynnie, so nice to meet you, I love this place and all the people here too.

Gary, thanks for the links, your family is beautiful!

Trish, thanks for you wisdom, that is such a great idea for a procrastinator like me, to do 3 things I don't want to do (like clean up this horrifically messy computer desk) And I also like what someone else said (Kathy I think) about doing 3 things you really want to do also.

Rosebud, I would love to see pictures of your "little cottage".

Bootsie, Still am praying for rain, maybe we need to be specific and pray for a real wet fall....

I hate to say this with how hot you have been, but we have had a real cool summer here in Northern Colorado... weird...

Well I guess I better get to bed, it's late and I'm tired.

Love you all, Kelli

Ohhhhhhhhhhh! my husband thought we was gonna get a down pour, but ya might say he counted his chickens before they hatched because we got just that sprinkle I told you about and another one of those natural firework shows. But that is a start!

Hey all...
Hope everyone is having a great day. Just have a little time to post but I really wanted to share with all of you beautiful lyrics to a song. I heard it this morning and God told me to share it with all of you! Its from a Contemporary Christian group, Third Day. Enjoy!

~Suga

Thanks for sharring Suga! I sung it all ,glad no body was around ,can't hold a tune.

Suga, I love Third Day - I have many of their songs on my mp3 player

Cold and rainy here today. DH is trying to get the roofing felt on the garage before the weather gets worse

I just finished making chocolate pudding. I had a craving for some - weird because I haven't made it in years.

So, I dug out the cookbook and found a quick and easy recipe that I could tweak to make it calorie friendly.

And, because I know Gary will ask - here is the recipe:

Combine in a sauce pan:
2 c skim milk
2 T cocoa
2 T cornstarch
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 C SPLENDA No Calorie

Optional: 3 Tbs. peanut butter (which I did use) - adds fat, calories, and protein. The nutritional info below is without the peanut butter.

Stir mixture over low-medium heat until thickened. Pour into serving dishes and refrigerate.
Makes 4 half-cup servings.



Prayers continuing for all!
Blessings!
Hope you have a GREAT weekend!

Laurie

Hi Everyone,

I joined 3FC about a week or so ago and I am so happy I found this Forum!

A little bit about me. I was raised in a church until I was 11 then my parents split and never took us back. Through my adult years I would always feel this "nudge" to read my bible or find a church home but I never did.

I finally stopped ignoring the "nudge" because I now realize that it was the Lord himself and I am now embracing Him. I thank the Lord everyday for even the little things that he has given me, including finding this forum.

I have read a lot of postings and they have really helped me through my day so I thought I would say hello.

Angela

NURSE2B (Angela) ~ glad to have you join us here; nice group of folks here too ...

SUGA ~ I also have some of Third Day's songs on my MP3 player too; may even have that song, not sure.

LAURIE ~ thanks for sharing that recipe; sounds easy and very healthy too. Could save some money making your own SF puddings.

Had a busy day; lots to think about. Have some big decisions to make and sure could use some PRAYER around that.

Met my new doctor; he's very nice and very aggressive about finding solutions for my health issues (and I'm so glad for that). He put me on antibiotics, plus water pills to get rid of the excess water in my legs (which is contributing to my leg ulcers not healing). He was very informative and explained a lot of things to me; and he is very uptodate on the latest methods of healthcare.

Lots to do next week; will let you know how things go as we go through the process ourselves ...

Take good care and have a wonderful weekend folks ... ROSEBUD

Angela - so glad you joined us. This is the BEST group of Christian Encouragers! Everyone here is just great!!! I love them so much!

Rosebud - prayers ascending for you! Do keep us posted. Sounds like your new doctor is going to work out well. If he can help with getting your legs healed, then that will surely be a blessing!!!!

Rainy and cold here in MI this morning. I'm going to take advantage of it and get to work with my chores.

Hope you all have a blessed day!

Laurie