Bootsie- on the new granddaughter!

Pattygirl63- Always glad to have new people here! And, Happy Birthday, too!

EZ-Your pics are so cute-all of you look very nice!

Hello to everyone else, also! Been missing you all. Don't know why but when things start getting me down, I have a tendency to stay away from here, which is just the opposite of what I should be doing, I know. My lack of weight loss this summer is proof of that. Hope you all have a great evening. Gotta go-Dh needs me to hold a light-he's putting in some kind of cable so the kids have internet for the PS without losing the wireless connection all the time...talk to you later!

Trish and belated - happy birthday! Glad you jined us!!!

Bootsie - what an unusual name! I'm glad you will have the kitchen back in operational order soon!


Today was busier than the usual Sunday. DH and I had to work both church services today, then shopping, then getting stuff done around here.

I have been craving lasagna all week, so I made a big pan of WW spinach, mushroom lasagna. It is GREAT!
DH wanted me to make cookies, and since the oven was already heated, I made walnut, pluot, WW and bran cookies (with Splenda). The recipe calls for extra NF milk powder and soy flour - and of course I substituted the okara (soy sludge left from making soy milk). Healthy little things, and quite tasty

I called my mom and chatted for two hours (normal for us)

Hope you are having a blessed Sunday!

Laurie

HI EVERYONE ~ we have been tres, tres busy; which I am sure you realized when I was MIA. Our family has been receiving many blessings from the LORD lately (I posted about some of them in the Prayer Warriors thread). This has been a great month for us: we got some fab deals -- a nice small trailer for DH's ski-doo and for smalls wood; a garden shed for our stuff at lot; and a 20-foot camping trailer for a fabulously low price. It was delivered to our lot yesterday; we had to go up there 3 days in a row to make preparations.

Today is truly a day of relaxation for all of us; DH has conked out but will likely be up for a coffee or snack later. We had a really nice roast beef dinner tonight; got lots of walking in this week (kudos for me). I'm a little behind on posts, so forgive me if I forget to mention something important.


BOOTSIE ~ on the new grand-daughter!!!

HI RONNIE ~ that's right -- do come in here and share with us, esp on the prayer thread when things are hectic for you, so we can send some prayers up for you!


to Trish ... and happy birthday too!


Hope everyone here is feeling well; and having a SUPERBLY BLESSED SUNDAY!!! ROSEBUD
^PRAYERS^ ascending for you and yours ...

HI GALS ~

Hope this finds everyone doing well

Angie and I went to church last night so we were able to take the dogs to the beach and do 4 miles this morning, stopping at the beach cafe when we were done for coffee, tea and croissants.

It was our Vicar's first sermon last night and he did real well. My son called me a few hours ago, looking for baseball scores since he and my dil were at the beach, anyway, he said they went to second service today and were impressed with him too. The young man seems to have a lot of energy

My daughter and the kidnapper came by yesterday afternoon to visit. They brought my daughter's car up so my ex's SO could look at her brakes. Isn't GOD great He knows I can't stand car issues so He allows my ex-wife to hook up with a mechanic....a good one that has done wonders for me

I have been working OT most days, yesterday too. We have a 30 million+ project going and hope to open by New Years Eve....boss is all over me saying my end is losing $100 thousand (a figure he over-uses!)....I tell him fine, we are doing the best we can...talk to our estimaters and find out why....and if I'm not good enough...C-Ya later chief...which turns into..."What? Do you think I am firing you?....are you crazy!....we will make $$$ on this job overall...just get faster"...which I reply....Fine chief...I'll get faster but then quality goes down...which turns into...can't have that....and on and on it goes....the circle.....quality vs. quantity. aaaarrrrgggghhhh....

The cool thing about it is the owner of the project is a Christian and has a nice outreach program for teens!

Angie and I have been watching Little League World Series games together today, and our Dodgers, we have a team from our county in it again this year. That makes it 3 teams in the last 8 years! Always fun watching the kids play.

Angie is calling dinner....so I will be quick...

SCOOTER ~lasagna recipe please! I make a killer spinach one! Have posted the recipe several times.

RONNI ~ Thank you...I know what you mean...we do have to keep coming here dear...we do

BOOTSIE ~ Sweeeet name!

TRISH ~ Welcome and Happy Birthday

KELLI ~ Did you find the pics?

HI ALL

Which reminds me ROSEBUD... roast beef....time to get the crock-pot recipes out for fall!

have fajitas cooking in the crock-pot right now!

Good Morning Everybody. At least I think it is good. DH woke me up doing our lawn early this morning. I'm usually just now getting up. Oh well, "This is the day the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it". There must be a reason I'm up so early.

Any way, I just wanted to write and say thanks everyone for the warm welcome and the birthday wishes.

Have a great day and prayers coming your way.

Hello and Good Morning to you all.

I just wanted to declare that the enemy will be defeated!! Today I am getting back on track with my my eating habits and my exercise. My vacation is over, I'm back to my routine of things, and this weight must come off!!! I have approximately 2 1/2 months to lose some serious weight before I go wedding dress shopping. I am asking for you help and prayers to get me through. I've been realizing that I need change in my life, and I am picking up where I left off with my weight loss. Gotta do it ya'll I gotta do it!!!

Welcome PattyGirl. You will love this group of extradinary people! They have helped me so much and they make it so much fun!

Congrats Bootsie on the new grandbaby :-)

Hope everyone has a blessed day! I feel motivated today

With love,
~Suga

Suga Thanks for the welcome. And I will definitely be praying for you.

Hi all, recipe follows:

6 oz. Boca burger crumbles (can use lean meat if desired)
3 c. spaghetti sauce (I use Sockarooni – Newman’s Own)
1 ½ c water
1 15 oz. container low-fat ricotta
4 oz. tofu
1 c. 2% cheese, shredded (mozzarella or cheddar)
6 oz. spinach, raw
6 oz. baby bella mushrooms (or mushroom of your choice), sliced
2 eggs
¼ c. fresh parsley, chopped
Seasoning as desired (I like spicy spaghetti seasoning)
9 whole wheat lasagna noodles, uncooked

Heat oven to 350 F
Brown/thaw burger and drain if using meat. Add spaghetti sauce and water, cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together ricotta, ¾ c. cheese, tofu, eggs, parsley, and seasonings.

Pour 1 c. of sauce mix in 9x13 pan, coating the bottom. Arrange 3 uncooked noodles on top of sauce. Spread half of cheese mixture on top of noodles. Top with half of the spinach and half of the mushrooms. Repeat layering. Top with another layer of noodles, remaining sauce, and last ¼ c. shredded cheese.

Cover with lid/foil and bake for 45 minutes. Remove lid/foil and bake an additional 10 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. Makes 12 servings.

Gary - The Little League World Series is only 20 miles from where I live. I have never gone to it because I'm not into crowds or baseball. I have watched it on TV some. I hope your local team does well.

Bootsie - Congratulation on the new grandchild.

Thanks everyone for your prayers last week. It was a rough week. The Lord helped me through and gave the strength that was needed. I still have not hear about the job. The last I knew they were still reviewing applications. I would really like to have this job, but I'm praying the Lord's will be done.

For the past couple of years there have been some problems in our church. This past week they came to a head and sadly we are leaving the church we have grown to love. There are things happening that we do not approve of and we felt it best to leave. I don't know where we'll go to church, but I'm trusting the Lord to guide us.

Our kids started school today. It's hard to believe the summer is over. Our first football game is Friday night. I'm looking forward to watching my boys play. DH2 plays for varsity and DH3 plays 8th grade.

I have not been doing well with my food intake. Last week I did a lot of stress eating and I'm up almost 5lbs. I need to get myself back on track. I also need to get back into walking. Tomorrow is a new day and I'm going to get my act together.

Have a good night and a happy Tuesday.

Kathy

I just found the Fat Chicks site yesterday.... I did alot of reading on the forum and thought I might chime in on this thread ... This looks like a thread where ones can come and be real about they are walking though in there own lives .. Its nice to have a place to be real and share from the heart .. Hugs & Prayers to all who might read this forum ...

Good Morning ! Hi Oatmeal! Welcome! It is another sizzling day in Texas , Saturday night we watched the Lord's fireworks but no rain I walked with my dog Lee this morning 3.5 miles . My partner did not show up or call, hmmm... hope she is not under the weather. Still working on this house and beginning to see some light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. They say we got a 70 percent chance we will not get any rain Friday. Well best go feed the animals.

Thank you Trish for your support!!!

Welcome OATMEAL! Love the name
You really can be real here that is what I have found has helped me alot as well as support for everyone!

I pray for all of you who have children that are getting ready or are in their first week back to school. I pray we all have a blessed school year ahead of us!!!

Keeping the faith through with the strength my Lord Jesus gives me everyday!
~Suga

Oatmeal. I'm new here, but I think it is a great place to be. Glad to have you here.

Bootsie Sorry about the rain. Still praying for y'all to get it. My family lives in Central TX and I know they need the rain.

Laurie Thanks for posting the lasagna recipe. I copied it as it will be a great meal for when DHs kids come to visit.

Kathy Sorry you feel you have to leave your church. In a little different way, Tony and I went through looking for a new church when we moved to SC leaving a great church we loved in FL. Although I love the beauty of SC, I just couldn't understand why the Lord was moving us to this place. However, "God is sooo Good" and He "always" has a good plan for us. Turns out the Lord was leading us to just the right place for us and to a ministry in the church we are in now. One Sunday just before we left FL our Minister said that "most people come and stay in this church for about 3 years" and then God moved them out to ministry in other places. We were prayer partners with the internet prayer ministry in that church. It wasn't a prayer chain like most churches have. They would email prayer requests daily as they came in. Then one day a week they sent out a list of all we had received the week before with updates etc. When we came to SC, the Lord led us to a particular church because we saw this Pastor on local tv and we knew he was supposed to be "our" Pastor. Tony and I could see that God was doing something special in this Pastor and wanted to use him in a mighty way. We knew this church would have to eventually make a decision to go the way God was leading him or not. We were new so we didn't know that this was already happening behind the scenes. We did know that God already had us praying for him and the church. So when the decision was made for him to leave and start a church, we were excited because now we knew, in part, why God had brought us to SC. He wanted us to go support this Pastor with prayer etc. Turns out that our experience in the internet prayer ministry in the previous church in FL was God's way of preparing us to start and be in leadership of the internet prayer ministry in this new church. I hope our experience will help you to remember that you may not know where you are going to go to church, but God does. He has the good plan and a special place for you and your family and He will guide you to it. You may find it in a short time or it may take a while. We set and watched ministries on tv for over a year. Knowing the importance of putting our tithes in the right place, we gave to one of those ministries as God led us to do until we found our church home. So be patient and trust Him. He will make you a blessing to the people in the church He makes you a part of as He makes them a blessing to you and your family. My prayers will be with you. I look forward to hearing how the Lord leads you in answer to our prayers.

Praying blessing to all of you.

HI FOLKS ~ we have been very busy lately, but for us, that is a good thing really -- actually, I prefer that to being bored as that is when I start munching needlessly. I am the type of person that likes to keep busy.

I mentioned on the PRAYER WARRIOR's thread that I need prayers for both my legs and health at this time. Seems that I have a small scrape on the shin of my left leg too -- I don't have any idea how or when this happened, but it has me concerned becuz my left calf is swollen a bit too (well, I am just glad that I finally noticed it as it is very small): I sure pray that it doesn't mean that I have an infection in that calf again (as I had one in it before). I have a doctor's appointment on Friday morning, so I am hoping that this new doctor will have some fresh ideas for me what to do, and I am going to ask him if I should be on antibiotics again just in case. I really appreciate your prayers for my skin, circulation, health, and giving my new doctor wisdom too -- so Thanks very much for that!

DH has been working so hard lately, but we got our camper up on our lot. Now we have some things that need fixin' (all minor stuff that shouldn't be a problem); I'll do the planning and cleaning and some painting; and DH will do the minor repairs and/or changes. I am so glad to have a full bathroom; can't tell you how pleased I am that this camper has a 4-piece bathroom.

OATMEAL ~ that is indeed a cute name; I like to have oatmeal for breakfast now & then. I agree in that I like that we can talk about our needs here; plus give and receive prayerful support for each other on this thread. We're not perfect here -- we make mistakes, but with our faith and the LORD's help and His Grace, we will all overcome someday ...

HANG IN THERE KATHY ~ yes, these issues and pressures come up for us all; the fall is hectic for all with kids, and will send up some prayers for you concerning where the LORD is leading you and your family to worship.

LAURIE ~ thanks for that healthy recipe; wow, you even have the nutrient charts on your recipes too! That is very thoughtful and helpful ...

BOOTSIE ~ still praying that some rain will show up there sometime ... you know that some will show up, maybe in the fall or winter, as that is when some precipitation usually comes there in snow or rain. Sorry, that you had to sell off some animals though. Too bad it costs so much to dig wells these days; it would be helpful to have a back-up well just for the animals. We had two wells on our farm when we were kids; the old farmer who owned it previous to us, was very wise to do that.

GARY ~ we picked up a new 3-quart crockpot to use this fall and winter for a fab deal recently; it's just the right size for DH and I. I look forward to many soups & stews & such ...

TRISH ~ I loved the story of how things went for you, when you moved and had to change churches. Sometimes, we may feel unsettled or a kind of divine discontent. I have always believed that everything happens for a reason; but sometimes, we don't always know what that is at the time, but in GOD's own timing, we then find out that He had a good purpose all along. We just have to be patient and trust Him ...


HI TO EVERYONE ELSE and that includes our MIA's becuz I know that life has a way of getting hectic at this time of year ~ hope you are all well too; and ^PRAYERS^ are ascending for you and yours, just in case ... ROSEBUD