Let me tell you about the dream I had last night

I dreamed I had been invited to a party. I thought that would be fun so I went and it was so unusual I went with out dh. In real life I seldom go anywhere without someone with me. (That is a holdover from being robbed at gunpoint)

I was in a huge room and people were everywhere. I sat in a corner and actually faced the wall. I kept wondering why I was there because I knew a lot of people but I was not friends with any of them. A woman came by with a huge basket and told me "You have been chosen, and you get to have a gift" I reached in the basket and picked a box. It was patterened so intricutely with some of the most beautiful pieces of wood I had ever seen, I opened the box and immdiately saw a beautiful jewel. And I noticed that the box could be opened again, when I tried to open it a little girl came over and she said "Not yet." "Then she said "you have been chosen."

I took the jewel out of the box and it is impossible for me to describe how it looked I just knew it was beautiful. And I tried to open the box again and the little girl said "No, not yet. But you have been chosen"

I am at a place in my life that I am not satisfied with how my church is and I want to go to another church. I have been trying for well over a year, and every time I try to go I feel God pulling me back to where I am now. I think God is telling me to be patient. He has a plan and He has a job for me to do, but it is not time yet. I have to be patient. But it is hard for me to be patient when I feel so empty where I am now. My preacher is so dry and so unappealing and we are losing members every month. In the year since he came we have dropped from 125-150 to 75-90. That is a big drop in that short a period of time. I know it is not just me. Others are dissatisfied too. Lord help us.

On my 4th week- post operation

Three weeks ago today I was operated on, I really have gotten along good. Sure I have the occasional ping and ting in my lower stomach but that is to be expected. I can not bend or pick up anything (including my 3 yr. old grandson ,,,,,sob)

I can not dry off my legs after I shower. I can not be on my feet much, I can not wash dishes or sweep the floor or pull on my sheets. Again I am getting along good.

I am thankful that I have so much stuff to keep me occupied, I am glad I enjoy video games I love to read I love to paint and put togeather puzzles, I love to cross stitch and do plastic canvas.

BUT

B U T

B U T

B U T

I MISS TAKING A TUB BATH

I shower and I get clean and refreshed, but I love taking a skin so soft bath. I love just laying back in my garden tub with the tub full of water and maybe having a sweet smelling tub of bubbles up to my neck with a candles flickering on the counter.

That is so relaxing and I can not do that for at least another week and possible longer than that. I miss the little things. I miss getting dressed and taking baby to the park and playing with him in the sand. I miss cleaning my living room and enjoying it being clean. Dh is sweet and he does the best he can but of course it is not a woman touch.

OH well enough complaining. I am very fortunate. A lot of women are still in bed with minamal time allowed to get up. But I only took a nap or two when I came home for maybe 3 days and then I stopped with the pain pills except at night and now I am just taking one motrin before I go to bed. I am very blessed to be getting along so good.

I give my God all praise and I thank Him for His hand on me that I am getting well so fast.

Day after Christmas

I had such fun yesterday and did I pay for it yesterday afternoon.

Dh and I opened our gifts Christmas eve night and we had a nice just the two of us evening. It was calm and peaceful and then we watched Ice Age and Ice Age 2 togeather. i know it is a childs cartoon but it is just too cute. I like the first one better than the 2nd. And I fell in love with that squirrel and wanted to help him get the nut.

Yesterday morning we got up late ate just a quick snack/breakfast just to take my meds, (take with food) then went to my dds house. This was the first time that I did not have entire family at my house and it felt good to have some one else in the family do it this time. My daugter in law had been in the hospital for a week so son and his family could not come. My DIL had a gastric bypass, she has lost over 100 pounds in 5 months, she only takes in about 100 calories a day and she gets dehydrated often. She actually had to have it because the weight ofn her body restricted her breathing to the point of having to go to hospital to be put on oxygen.My dd cooked as good as I could have done. She fixed baked ham, rolls, deviled eggs, stuffing, brown sugar smokies hmmm hmmm good. green bean casserole, tiny ears of corn mixed with broccoli and beans, hmmm hmmm good. And she make home made banana pudding.

we opened gifts first and you know having a child around brings more Christmas smiles. The baby turned 3 in Oct and at that age nearly everything a child does or says is funny. And they are so easy to please. SIL had a shirt put in a pop corn box for easy wrapping. Baby saw the box and said "Wow daddy, you got pocorn can I have some too" He was dissappointed when he found out that it was a shirt for daddy and not a box of popcorn.

I over did the hugging and the standing up, but I resisted and did not pick the baby up and that is so hard to do when he says "pick me up, gan ma" When we got home it felt as if something was pulling the flesh in my tummy. I started running a fever and kept telling my dh it was 35 degrees in the house and he tried to convince me that it was 75. I was sitting there with a heating pad on my tummy, a thick housecoat on and a blanket covering me and was still shivering.I took and oxycodone and went to bed and this morning I am better actually feel really good.

BAD NEWS- just got phone call my mom is on her way to the hospital, dr. thinks she has pneamonia (gosh thats a hard word to spell) Any way I knew she was sick and when I called her this morning to check on her (she is 82)I gently berated her for not going to the dr. the beginning of the week and told her to get ready I would call Sis and Sis would take her to the dr. She finally has agreed to go. Sis just called. Pneumonia is serious at any age but especially at her age. Please keep her in your prayers.I have always heard things comes in 3's-Fist DIL in hospital for her breatheing, then me for hysterectomy, now mom. Hopefully we will soon be through with hospitals.

11/22/08-----I have to have an operation :(

I have a prolapsed uterus---and sometime withing the next month my gyn is going to schedule a hysterectomy. I don't like the idea that my life twill be put on hold for a while. BUt It is uncomfortable and I thank my Lord that I am not in pain. The uterus has fallen into my vagina and it simply feels uncomfortable. I can not exercise or stand for very long because gravity makes the condition worse.

I truly feel that God is in control and there is a reason some where some how that I am supposed to go through this. I am calm and peaceful now, God has my name wrote in the palm of His hand and He will never forget about me. He will never leave or abandon me. God is good.

Here is a poem that I like- I don't know who wrote it but it always makes me cry.




JUST CHECKING IN

Minister passing through his church, in the middle of the day.

Decided to pause by the altar and see who had come to pray.

Just then the back door opened, a man came down the aisle.

The minister frowned as he saw, the man hadn't shaved in a while.

His shirt was kind a shabby and his coat was worn and frayed.

The man knelt, he bowed his head, then rose and walked away.

In the days that followed, each noon time came this chap.

Each time he knelt just for a moment, a lunch pail in his lap.

Well, the minister's suspicions grew, with robbery a main fear.

He decided to stop the man and ask him,'What are you doing here?'

The old man said, he worked down the road, lunch was half an hour.

Lunchtime was his prayer time, for finding strength and power.

'I stay only moments, see, cause the factory's so far away.

As I kneel here talking to the Lord, this is kinda what I say.

' 'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD, HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN.

SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERS FRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.

DON'T KNOW MUCH OF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.

SO, JESUS THIS IS JIM, CHECKING IN TODAY.'

The minister, feeling foolish, told Jim, that was fine.

He told the man that he was welcome to come and pray just anytime.

'Time to go', Jim smiled, said 'Thanks.' He hurried to the door.

The minister knelt at the altar, he'd never done it before.

His cold heart melted, warmed with love, and met with Jesus there.

And as the tears flowed, in his heart, he repeated old Jim's prayer:

''I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, LORD, HOW HAPPY I'VE BEEN,

SINCE WE FOUND EACH OTHERSFRIENDSHIP AND YOU TOOK AWAY MY SIN.

I DON'T KNOW MUCHOF HOW TO PRAY, BUT I THINK ABOUT YOU EVERYDAY.

SO, JESUS, THIS IS ME CHECKING IN TODAY.'

Past noon one day, the minister noticed that old Jim hadn't come.

As more days passed without Jim, he began to worry some.

At the factory, he asked about him, learning he was ill.

The hospital staff was worried, But he'd given them a thrill.

The week that Jim was with them, Brought changes in the ward.

His smiles, a joy contagious. Changed people, were his reward.

The head nurse couldn't understand why Jim was so glad,

when no flowers, calls or cards came, Not a visitor he had.

The minister stayed by his bed, He voiced the nurse's concern.

No friends came to show they cared. He had nowhere to turn.

Looking surprised, old Jim spoke up and with a winsome smile said,

'the nurse is wrong, she couldn't know, that he's in here all the while.

' 'Everyday at noon He's here, a dear friend of mine you see.

He sits right down, takes my hand, leans over and says to me:

' 'I JUST CAME AGAIN TO TELL YOU, JIM, HOW HAPPY I HAVE BEEN,

SINCE WE FOUND THIS FRIENDSHIP, AND I TOOK AWAY YOUR SIN.

ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR YOU PRAY, I THINK ABOUT YOU EACH DAY

AND SO JIM, THIS IS JESUS, CHECKING IN TODAY.'


May God hold you in the palm of His hand and Angels watch over you. So this is me ......... Just Checking In

If anyone reads this please say a prayer for me, and pray for my surgeon, that God will guide his hands.

God bless you

wt. update-one mth. ago 219.6**today-217.0

Not a huge loss but God is good and it is consistant.


I pray that i will be able to eat moderately as we go into the holiday season. My family is going to eat out on Thanksgiving. I have talked everyone and this is the way I look at it:::: If I cook here it will take me hours and then I will be tired and not really enjoy the food. AND everything will be high calorie and I will have leftovers that will need to be eaten. SO I said for about the same amount of money we can go out to eat, I will have no work involved, no clean up needed, and probably the same amount of money., and no left overs in my house to tempt me.

I am going to have about 10 church functions to go to, and every get togeather has a meal attached to it. I usually try to do a double exercise on the days when we go out to eat. It does not negate the entire over indulgence but it does help. I pray that I can continue to do the double exercise, my foot sometimes hurts way too bad for me to give the double exercise the amount of intensity that I would like but I persevere. I do give into the aching foot but I continue on, trusting in the Lord to give me the stamina needed.

Let every living thing praise the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures forever.


God bless

don't you hate it when you can't get along with your family

I was sitting here this morning, watching Fox news, and I saw the weather for up north and I thought " Oh no, it has been a long time since I wrote to you". I am so sorry- my only excuse is that things have been hectic around here.

Lots of revivals, babysitting a little more than normal, singings, and finally had a blow up with my sister. I should not have lost control but she is just so thougthless and disrespectful.

Here is how she finally pushed me to the point of just letting her know how selfish and bragging and self absorbed she is.

She called one day while I was exercising and i did not stop, just talked while I continued doing my arobics. She commented on it but I let it pass. Then I told her about dd and she listened and then started talking about her granddaughter. Then i told about a revival and she listened and then started talking about her granddaughter. I told her about the horrible visit I had from my two older grandchildren and she listened and started talking about her granddaughter. I know she is proud of the child but why must she act like everyone else is wrapped up in her grandchild. It is like this every time we talk. Even to one time when we were in church and I was praying she flounced across the church and said why are you over here all by yourself and I said "I'm praying" and she set down beside me and said "I want to tell you about Katies dentist visit" How absolutely rude.

Any way back to our phone conversation. I took it until I said "I believe if I told you I was dying of cacer you would start talking about your grandchild" I said"you do it all the time. Katie is not my heart. I told her what ever I say you have to talk about Katie. Noone else has the right to talk about anything but Katie"


She called me later to tell me I hurt her feelings. I said I bet I did. She still don't get it, she saw dd up town yesterday and stood there and talked about Katie. I had grandson and my sister never even asked where dd's son was at.

and as if having this going on with my siste rwasn't enough, my preacher has had something to say about dh and I visiting other churches. We have a home church and we very seldom miss our 3 weekly services in our home church, but we visit a lot of churches for revivals and singings. We are very open about it, we are not "cheating on our church" yet he has told us several things about us going to other churches. Like how tired he is of his members sitting in the pews of other churches.

So as you can see I am having a lot of negative things going on in my life. I am trying hard not to let it bring me down. I am so thankful that I have friends like you that I can pour my heart out to. I feel better just getting some of it out.

So how is things going up there? Is things better with your brother?

I heard that the housing industry is going up. Maybe it is a good time to check again on house down here. I let Buck take care of all of that when we moved the last time. I had enough to do just to pack everything. lol I still have a few things in boxes pushed to the back of the closet. Obviously it is stuff I don't need. I think when I finally get around to pulling the boxes out I will just donate it to good will.

Dd and I went out this past Monday. We went to Cee Cee's for pizza and that is delicious food. Then we went to Ross's and I got a couple of tops, I did not see anything else that appealed to me. I did buy a toy for Ryangrandson (he is so spoiled) and dd bought some name brand jeans and two tops. I think I am in love with Ross's-I hope dh does not get jealous. He really does not have a problem with it, unless I start spending too much money.

My weight is still around the same Last Saturday I weighed-219.6 and today I weigh 218.8.

Not a great big loss but I will take it.l I am just happy I am not gaining.

God bless you all.

My weight update

one month ago

september 21, 2008 I weighed 222.2

today

october 21 2008, I weigh 219.0



That is 3 pounds in one month. I know that is not a lot of weight and sometimes I think how slow that loss is and how hard I work just to get that little bit of loss. AND THEN I think about that period of time I was eating heathy and low calorie and exercising and was gaining about a pound a week and sometime 2 or 3 pounds a week. I thank first my Lord for answering my prayers and then I thank my dr. who finally listened to me and I thank a patient and loving husband that kept encouraging me when I wanted to just give up.

Yesterday my dd and I went out with a lady from our church. She is legally blind and she plays the organ in church and she sings specials for us. She is a dear lady and her husband is twisted with arthritus and they live on such a small income with my money for extra's. It is her birthday. So my family and another family came togeather and we gave her 80 dollars and took her out for lunch. Then we took her shopping. She bought new clothes (she said) for the first time in years. She gives so much to everyone and I was so happy we could do a little something for her.

Nothing much else is happening around here.

Baby is sitting in the floor still in his jammies playing with his thomas the trains.
, he has a cold and wants to wear his cars jammies and scooby doo bedroom shoes so I said "why not"

Have a blessed day everyone.

My Heavenly Father

Oh Lord

Thank you for letting me wake early this morning , so I could spend a few precious minutes with you before my house woke up.

I needed those moments to start my day feeling the love and grace that you give so freely to me. I love feeling that I am in your arms.

Thank you Lord for my grandson that snuggled against me all night. He is a heartwarming part of my day, and I thank you for keeping your hand on him when he was born. He and my daughter came so close to death, and only by your grace do I see them often. Oh Lord I cry from my heart for you to touch both of my children and let them see how much they need you in their life. I know your word says that you bottle the prayers of mothers. My prayers will be kept by you always and I know your word says that your word will not be counted void. I trust your word, I know that you keep your eye on my children and I know that you will send them the message. I know that they will have a choice what they will do with the message when they hear it , oh Lord soften their heart that they meay take the word inside.

Bless this day Lord, put a fence around me and mine that satan can not get near to any of us.
This people Lord I bring to you that you may bless and annoint them according to thy will.
P and D-health problems
brothers -1 and 2 and 3 and 4. Each of them need you Lord
Dear hubby,-bless him Father
son and dd-they need to be saved
our church-people are leaving and our pastor needs to be told that he is losing members because of the dryness that is going on in the church


I love you Father with all that is within me. I love you and I worship you.
Amen

Good Morning, God

Dear Heavenly Father

Thank you Lord for loving me, and thank you for letting me come into your prescence this morning.

I love you and I praise you for giving me this day, for my children and family and friends. I thank you for my church and and my church family. I thank you for your grace, and the blood that was needed for my salvation.

Lord, I come to you with such a heavy heart, so many thoughts circling around my in my head. What are we going to do with our feelings? How are we going to be satisfied with a pastor that treats us as less than important? Is it our imagination? Does he really favor those that have money? Does he really favor those that have so many relatives in the church? I have heard similar things from a few others and people are leaving the church for other places.. I feel things will never get any better and the same problems will pop up because about 60 percent of the church is related to each other either through blood or marriage and they pretty well run the church. And if they leave then they will take a pile of people with them. kinda like membership blackmail.


Dear Lord if it be Your will, lead us to another church. Give us permissian to go find another church home. I know that so many time I have felt you tell me over and over tht I am supposed to stay becasue there is something that I need to do. Lord has the time come for me to move on to another place of worship?

Lord please Father, open my childrens eyes so they can see that they need you in their lives. I do not want to go through the rest of eternity never remembering that I have two children. And Lord their children need to have a foundation based in You.

God I am so happy that You are a friend that will never leave me. I am blessed to have you in my life and I thank you for quiding me with such care and love.

in the name of Jesus
Amen

Time for an update about my days and my weight

Good morning

It has rained here since yesterday. I like rain I like the way it sounds dripping on our heat pump. I like the fresh way the air smells and i like the way the drops glisten and shine and refract light as the drops balance on the leaves. I don't like the way it makes me feel when the damp groud starts to mildew. Ahhhhh the down side of having sinus problems.

I have stayed strong and almost militant about my weight loss, calories and exercise. my weight today is 220.6 and my weight last month this date was 223.8. That is only a 3 pound loss and I really have been strict with my calories, and my exercise. My problem is that i am past menopause, and we all know that metabolism slows down when you get older. I do exercise at least an hour a day 99% of the time. I did not exercise yesterday BUT I did clean the babys bedroom and my family room. We are talking everything out and everything gone through. If it was broken, outgrown, dirty or torn I threw it away. Then I went through everything that was in the Family room. Now I know most people probably don't have a lot of stuff in the family room but I did. Most of the babys bigger toys was in there and now they are all in his room. My house is looking better all the time.

Today I will continue to work on the house I am going through the extra room stuff. All of baby's outgrown clothes are going to be ginven to the disabilities workshop. Some of my stuff that is too small or too big is going to be given away and then once the room is emptied I am going to paint it blue with white trim, and a pretty flower border near the ceiling.

Time to get busy and continue with the work. If I don't make myself do it then the baby will be back and I don't spend my time with him cleaning if I can help it.

God bless you all

God gave me a wonderful day and I thank Him for it

Hello Sisters and Brothers

I want to tell you a story, it is a true story and I praise the Lord because He is in control and He loves every one of us.

About 3 years ago I went to a small country type, local talent, singing. There was a young boy there and he was 11 years old and he sang and then played the piano for us. He was still learning how to play so it was not professional but it was a great blessing.
I saw this child again about a year ago and I got the entire story of his life from someone that knew him.

He was born crack addicted and his mother tried to take care of him but she stayed strung out so much that even his crying could not penetrate to the motherly instict. Social services came and took him from her becasue of neglect and he was less than a month old. They placed him with his grandmother and she was not much better, leaving him in his diaper for hours and not feeding him like she should so they came and took him from her.

Then God, yes, our God had him placed with a Christian man and woman that took him to church and taught him how to play the quitar and sing and he was saved at age 7. The person that told me his story was the pastor of the church that he goes to. I saw him tonight and he is so filled with the spirit of God and he loves everyone with such an humble heart.

This story could have been so different and a lot of times the story does not have a happy ending. I think -I feel that this child is destined to be a mighty worker for God. His name is Eddie, please keep him in your prayers.

Today I did not eat over my cap of 1500 calories and I did 70 minutes of arobics, I love doing Leslie Sansonne. I always feel very energised when I start moving. I have done it so often that I add 2 pound arm weights and keep my arms moving at all times.

Tomorrow my 3 yr. old grandson comes to play with me. I always enjoy his visit. I think I will get to take him to church with me tomorrow night.

Dh wants to go back to hear the evangelist tomorrow night. It is not our home church. I wonder how it will look if we go to a different church instead of our home cchurch. So what do you all think?

Sleep well everyonetalk to you later

End of week weigh in (little whoo hoo)

Good morning
My clothes are fitting so much better and I have more energy. Plus my foot does not hurt as bad as it did. That could be a natural healing process of time but I do feel that the more weight on the bone will slow the healing.

On the 27th of last month I weighed I weighed 227.0
today I weigh 221.2
On monday when I posted my weight it was 221.4 so that is not a big loss from Monday to today. But I am looking better, my face is slimming down and I think I have gotten smaller in my waist. My pants are fitting so much better. and when I walk and my arms go back and forth I can tell there is not as much of me rubbing against my arms.

Tonight dh and I go to hear the Singing Couriers. We always get a blessing when they perform. My 3 yr. old grandson will be with us and I have raised 2 children (girl and boy) and when they get around 3 they have more energy than a team of horses. I am going to bribe him with a new toy if he is very very good. (I will be happy with just good.) I am going to take some of his quieter toys and a few small books to keep him occupied. I know that a lot of people have told me that I need to beat that out of him. Like I said I have raised 2 kids and this is normal for this age. Plus I do not have him all the time and I do not feel I should spend my time with him beating him.

I hope you all have a very blessed day.
God loves all of us, and because of that love we are already blessed beyond all measure.

God is good and full of mercy for us all

Today I woke with the Lord speaking to my heart My first thought was to thank God for the nights sleep, my health, my family, a warm place to live, and mostly thank Him for the Grace that He gave to me. I Love my Lord. "He is mine, He is mine, I am blessed beyond all measure He is mine. I have pardon free and clear through the blood He shed for me, I am blessed beyond all measure He is mine"

I have decided to update on my weight again,

Last month on the 22nd I weighed----227.4

today I weighed 221.4

I am so glad that my blood was tested and the dr. could see why I was not losing any weight. I am so glad that the dr. gave me a stronger synthyroid.

I had prayed----so many times----

You see I was exercising every day, I was keeping my calories down to below 1500 nearly every day and I was gaining weight.

and I prayed -

and I continued to gain weight-------I gained almost 40 pounds in a year and I really was trying to lose,

and I prayed---

and I told my dr. -I showed him my diet/exercise/calorie journal and he did not believe me and then he saw my updated blood work and he upped the strength of my pills.

and I praise God----

The bible says "it is His good pleasure to give us the desires of our heart" it says

"we have not because we ask not."

I just called my pastor and told him I wanted to give him a wonderful praise report. I know that loosing weight is not up there with being healed from cancer, but God cares about us and he clothes the lillies of the valley in wonderous splender and he watches with sadness when the birds fall from the trees, and He knows how many hairs is on my head so Iknow he cares about my weight.

and I praise my Lord daily for everything.

I praise Him for the "Son" shine
for my health
for His love
for the food I eat
for the spiritual food He gives me
for calling me so I can pull right up to His table and dine

The bible says "let every living thing praise the Lord."


and I praise Him.

God bless you

WAIT-time for a weight update -lost 5 pounds in 1 month

I took a few days off from journalling but I still stayed within my calorie limits and I exercised each day. (just to stay honest, one day I did eat some ice cream ~~~moose tracks-yummy~~~ and that put that days calories up to 1800).

Every day I mostly eat roughly the same amount of calories and do roughly the same amount of exercise.

I think it is time for an update on my wweight


On August 19 I weighed 227.2

Today Sept. 19 I weigh 222.6


Even though it is only 5 pounds I am pleased and I have noticed that my clothes are fitting a little less snug. Also a friend at church mentioned that I looked like I had lost a few pounds.

God bless

Hello
Not much going on here today. Laundry, straightening, sweeping, cleaning, chasing baby.

DD bought a new game for me, it is DW4 and it is a game ported over from the original nintendo.. It has been updated of course and some new things have been added to it.

I am looking forward to sitting down and getting involved in the game.



calories for today 1660

exercise was 70 minutes of arobics

burned off 593

calories pedometer steps 12218

God bless you all

I am so glad the blood has been applied to my soul

Hello

I am reading in Deuteronomy in the bible. It seems to be just a recap by Moses of all that went on from the time of leaving Egypt. What that tells me is that we are not supposed to ever forget what God does for us.

When my husband was told he had Lupus , my church began praying and lifting up daily. By the time the test came back, there was no sign of the butterfly rash that comes with Lupus and the test came back negative.

When the yellow jackets attacked me, dh said there were hundreds on me and chasing me yet I only got bit 25 to 30 times. He only got bit 2 times and he was pulling them off of me with his bare hands. God is good and I praise him daily for his love and grace. I praise and thank Him daily for the blood that covers my sins.

Today was a fun day with my dd and grandbaby. Well it was fun for me. Dd went to the dentist for a check up and cleaning. I went and kept the baby while she was worked on. I had a bag fixed for baby, it had his candy and dinosaurs and drawing pad. He had his dinosaurs on the table and was playing when a family came in with small children and one of them just came over and started playing with grandbabys toys. Grandbaby enjoyed it and I love children, so as far as I was concerned no problem.

When dd came out, I walked over to the childs mama and asked her if it would be all right if we gave her child the dinosaurs she said yes so I told the little boy he could have them. I am so glad I did, the smile he gave me has stayed with me all day long.

Then we went to BK for lunch. ahhhh that is an indulgence for me. I love BK for their food but also because in the tray is a piece of paper and if you turn the paper over, they have a calorie listing of all their food. I ate more calories for one meal than I usually do but I still kept up with my calories (thanks to the piece of paper with the listing) and I did not go over my daily limit.

Then we went shopping. I wear my pedometer all the time and I really got a lot of steps in today. I love shopping although I never expected to spend close to 100 dollars on just printer ink and two nightgowns, and sinus meds. YIKES money seems to go out sometimes faster than it comes in.

calories for today-1415

exercise 70 minutes of arobics

burned off 593 calories

pedometer steps-`13553

Sleep well and may God keep you all safe.

Lord I am a flawed vessel

I am flawed and weak and I am not worthy of Your love, Thank You God for loving me anyway.

Hello

I had a most joyous day in the worshipping my Lord. I went to church this morning and the preacher preached a very moving and annointed sermon. I love it when the spirit of God moves in such a way that it almost feels you can "reach out and touch Him as He passes by."
After morning service we went to a different church at 2:30 and we enjoyed a religious concert. Again a mighty moving of God. People were worshipping the Lord with unashamed and openly vocal praises.

Then at 6 we were at out church ready to worship God . I was so thirsty I had to get up and get some water. Then i set outside of the sanctuary so I would not disturb the congregation. I could hear what was going on and there is an older lady (maybe in her mid to late 80's)and she is so frail and fragile looking. She was saved when she was 7 yrs. old and she has such an inspirational testimony. I could hear her tonight as she told of how God has helped her through so many sicknesses and injuries. How God has healed her children and saved her loved ones through His grace and His love.

Anyway this was a wonderful day.

calories for today-1460

exercise was 75 minutes of arobics

burned off 635 calories

pedometer steps was 9467
Good night
May God bless you

I will enter His gates with praise

I will enter His gates with thanksgiving in my heart
I will enter His courts with praise
I will say this is the day that the Lord has made
I will rejoice for He has made me glad.

He has made me glad
He has made me glad
I will rejoice for He has made me glad

Hello

I have had a very lazy day. I needed to go get a few groceries but let me tell you with the cost of gas dh and I agreed to do the shopping after church tomorrow. We stayed home all day today.
Gas had slowly dropped to around 3.35 and thursday evening it started inching up and dh went and filled both cars. by yesterday it was almost up to 5 dollors and stations were asking people to only get 10 gallons. A lot of people were getting all they could even to filling up multible gas cans in the back of pickups. This morning a friend that drives a pepsi truck drove 40 miles and only found one station selling gas and it was up to 7 dollars a gallon and limited and strictly enforced, to only 10 gallons per customer. People were lined up to get it. To tell you the truth I feel that raising the prices like that is price gouging. 7 dollars a gallon, that is just unbelievable.

Dh and I have decided that we are not going to stop riding to church or other worship serivces but we are going to limit other trips or at least combine as many trips as we can. I know that God provides all my needs but He does expect me to do my part.

Calories for today 1545

pedometer steps -6047

exercise was 55 minutes of mowing
burned off 559 calories.

I have lost a few pounds and Iadjusted my statistics for my calories burned to take into account that I am not as heavy as I was when I first started keeping up with the calories I had burned. (run on sentence) What a disappointment, I actually burn 10 calories less for the same amount of exercise. In one sense I am happy that I am losing weight, but still now I have to exercise a bit longer just to burn the same amount of calories.
It is almost like I am now being punished for losing weight. lol

God bless
sleep well

God-please let me live in the "land of bread"

Good evening
Tonight we had a Golden Harvestors meeting. I am president or rather I was until tonight. I was president and Patty was my vice president. Tonight she was voted president and I was voted vice president. I had told them I no longer wanted to be president because my mom and sister had said so many unkind things to me about me being president. Patty is such a dear person and I know she will do a wonderful job. I told her that I would be there with her each time and would help in any way that I could.

But tonight I had gotten a friend of mine to come out and give the devotional. She is the pastor of a local church and she really gave a wonderful speech. She talked about Naomi and her family leaving the land of bread and going far away into a different country and no longer being in the land of bread. About all the things that Naomi lost and how she came back to the land of bread at the barley harvest time.

We all had a great time and we fellowshipped and worshipped and we ate togeather.
The food was so scrumptious and I struggled to make sure I only ate a small amount. I ate 1/2 of a piece of bbq chicken thigh, and two small forks of a piece of sweet potatoe pie, and one small spoonful of augratens and about 1/2 cup of grapes, and then two forks of cream cheese pie. I kept up with every thing i ate and came home and looked up the calorie amounts I added my days total up and then added 200 more to it just in case I had underestimated. So here is my daily stats.

calories for today-1645

exercise for today-80 minutes of mowing

burned off 813 calories

pedometer steps-7588(I forgot to wear it all day long)

Sleep well everyone
sweet dreams

The Lord is my Shepard

I must remember that always God knows what He is doing, I must remember that God is in control at all times. I must have faith to wait on God. God help me please to keep my eyes off of man and to always put you first in my life.

calories for today-1475

exercise for today-70 minutes of arobics

burned off 603 calories

pedometer steps-11932

Sleep well

Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary

Pure and holy, tried and true
with thanksgiving, I'll be a living
sanctuary for you.


I am tired, maybe allergies is acting up. I did manage to get in my 70 minutes of arobics. I am sure I did not do it with the intensity as I normally do but I still did it.

calories for today-1600

exercise was 70 minutes of arobics

kburned off 603 calories

pedomenter steps was 11734

sleep well everyone

I didn't come here to ask you for anything

I just came to talk to you Lord
Maybe tomorrow I'll have
troubles and sorrow and
a thousand teardrops may fall

But until I face tomorrows task
I have no special favors to ask
I just came to talk to you Lord.


calories for today-1475

exercise=70 minutes arobics~~~~~~burned off 603 calories
and ironing 30 minutes ~~~~~~~~~~~~burned off 115 calories

pedometer steps 11818


I have had a sedentary day, sort of. I kept grandson today and he does keep me busy and I hung out a load of clothes, and hung them up and did arobics and ironed, and straightened the houseand I cooked a delicious bbq chicken with my own bbq sauce. Yummy (I also had some broccoli and cauliflower, and for a sweet treat I had a cup of seedless white grapes) . Other than that I did not do anything.

Dh has gone to a revival, I would like to go but grandson is at that age that will not be quiet or still and he is too young to reason with. Until he gets a little older it is best just to keep him out of the sanctuary. I don't get anything out of the service, and neither does those around us. Next year this time he will be in 4 K and I will only see him on the weekends. I refuse to beat him in to submission when I know that this is just a part of being a child. I have raised 2 children and I know that this is just something that kids go through.

Sleep well everyone and sweet dreams.

I feel a little better

I feel a little less depressed than I did yesterday. Nothing has been resolved but still time has taken the raw edge off of the problem

calories for today-1505

exercise was mowing for 50 minutes

burned off 510 calories

pedometer steps- 9542

sleep well everyone

I hope that God is holding me

I feel so alone



calories for today=1430

exercise for today was 70 minutes of arobics

burned off 603 calories

pedometer steps-10269

I feel the touch of hands so warm and gently

I feel the touch of hands so warm and gentle
they're leading me dodwn paths that I must trod
I have no fear
for Jesus walks beside me
and I'm leaning on the arms of God.

Hello

The storm passed us by. Praise God.

Calories for today was 1460

exercise was 70 minutes of arobics

calories burned off was 603

pedometer steps was 10584

My dh and I have been sitting in the family room listening to religious concerts on dvd. We have listened to The Happy Goodmans. All of the original singers are dead now. I keep thinking that they are singing the most beautiful songs ever heard while they sit in the prescence of the Lord.

I love a good Gospel song. I think that the songs are very important in out worship. Obviously David from the bible thought that worshipping with song was important.

Sleep well everyone

God bless

On a Hill Far away

On a Hill far away
stood an old rugged cross
the emblem of suffering and shame

Thank God for the cross, for without the cross, we would all be lost.




Hello

HANNAH seems to be headed out to sea. I hope it continues that way and dies there.

I bought some of the 90 calorie peanut butter rice cake snack packs. They are delicious. It is 3 dollars a box and there is only 6 packs- and it is still 90 calories per pack but when you just have to indulge, it tastes like it is more calories than 90.

calories for today-1430

exercise was 60 mionutes mowing and 40 minutes of ironing.
calories burned while mowing 609
calories burned while ironing 150
total burned off-759

I forgot to put the pedometer on when I first went out to mow but I did put it on it later, and the steps that I took today just cleaning and looking after my grandson and finishing mowing, was 6950. That sounds like a lot but trust me, I really do a lot of walking when the baby is here.

Stay safe everyone.

Lord prepare me

Lord prepare me
To be a sanctuary
pure and holy
tried and true

With thanksgiving
I'll be a living
sanctuary for you

Hello

Time for an update on my weight, I can't remember now when I started taking the higher dosage of synthyroid-I do know that when I started taking it my weight went down andthen went back up and then down and up. I think (hope and pray) that the fluctuation in my weight has finally leveled off, and I am now losing weight.

On the 4th of last month I weighed 230.4 and today I weigh224.2.

I really am not doing anything different than I was before I began taking the higher dosage. I am going to give God praise for the weight loss. He is my Lord, and I did ask Him for help.

calories for today=1465

exercise was pushing mower for 1 hour

calories burned off 629

pedometer steps 9045

I hope everyone on the east coast will be safe, I am praying for all of us.

God bless you.

Joy

Oh, Lord let the Holy Ghost fall

Oh Lord let the Holy Ghost fall
Oh Lord let the Holy Ghost fall
and babtize everyone!


Hello

It is late but I really wanted to add to my journal-----

calories was 1430

exercise was 70 minutes of arobics

burned of 603 calories

I went to church tonight. I am glad I went. I do not understand how people can go an entire week without going to God's house and sitting there with other Christians, all of you in one accord, worshipping with one another. BUT our church usually runs an average of 100 people on Sunday morning and yet on Wed. night we might run 25. Just don't seem right somehow. But I am glad that I was there.

God bless you all

Would you hold me while I cry

Hello

Grandbaby is here, but dh had a late start today and I was able to get out early and cut some grass.

I mowed for 55 minutes and burned off 569 calories

Calories for today was 1320

and pedometer steps was 7907.

Nothing going on here today.


I feel kinda like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmEeHHFxZJo&feature=related

Sleep well everyone

The battles not mine

said little david,
Lord it's Thine
I'm in Your favor,
I'm leaving it up to you Lord
I know not what to do

I'm so glad you let me see
that You're really all that I need
No the battles not mine
I give it to you
Lord it's thine.


This has been a very nice day. My dh has once again said he was going to start watching what he eats. His weight has gotten to 199.2 and he said he refuses to get over 200. This will make cooking a bit easier. I got to the point that I would not cook because he wanted such high calories foods and I wanted low caloried foods. So for ab early dinner I fixed lean pork loin, sauteed in pineapple juice and soy sauce, brussel sprouts, grilled okra, lightly browned squash, small salad, and lightly steamed mix of cut broccoli and cawliflower. It was delicious and varied and very nutritious.


calories for today-1190

exercise was 70 minutes of arobics

calories burned off 603

Have a good day

and don't forget to pray for all those in the path of Gustoff.

How great is my God!

Hello

This morning I went to our church and had a wonderful Sunday School lesson, I love my class. It is a small class and we discuss the lesson and I learn so much because of the interaction of everyone there. The the sermon was uplifting and annointed, my pastor preached on Christ, Joy and Praise.

Tonight we played hooky fom our church and went to a singing at a different church and it was so uplifting and a visiting preacher was going to say a little after the singing and (I love it when this happens) The service was so good and people started praying and going to the alter and the spirit of God was so present that I almost felt I could reach out and touch Him.
I talked to the visiting preacher after the service and she (yes it is a woman minister) invited us to her church for a homecoming service . I think we are going even though it will meant that we will miss our service.

I really like visiting a variety of churches and hearing different singers and speakers. I learn a lot and I have been blessed so many times. My pastor does not like for us to stay out of church to go somewhere else, but like I said I enjoy the variety.

calories for today-1330

exercise was 70 minutes of leslie-I did a 5 mile watp.

I burned off 603 calories.

sleep well
if you are in the path of Gustoff please take care of yourself and your family.
I am praying that no one gets hurt.
God bless

This is the day that the Lord has made

I will rejoice and be glad in it.
this is the day
this is the day
this is the day that the Lord has made




Hello

The baby spent last night with dh and me. He is just such a sweetie, and i really enjoy him being here. I do have ensomnia sometimes and last nigh was one of those nights. I might have gotten 3 hours sleep, and that was not hard sleep because baby wanted to sleep cuddling grandma. I would not trade that time for anything, I feel mighty blessed to have him with me often. he went home today around 3 pm and I already had my exercise clothes and shoes on and was avle to immediately start exercising when baby and my son in law left.

My dd's work schedule has changed and i am no longer taking him to church. I know that I am going to miss him but this way dd gets to spend more time with him and that is more important than grandma spending time with him.

calories for today 1370

exercise was 70 minutes of Leslie WATP express, I did one 3 mile video and then started on another of her videos. I use 2 pound weights on my arms, and I move my arms even when she does not move hers.

I burned off 603 calories

pedometer steps-9416

Sleep well everyone,

Thank you for the hill I climb

and every day that the sun didn't shine
and I thank You for the valley I walk through today

I praise His name and I thank Him for the many blessings that He sends to me.

Hello

Something that amazes me is when I am down, one of my church sisters will call me just to tell me that she was thinking of me and that she wanted to give me a verse she had read and a lot of times the verse is one that I really need right then. God is good and I am so glad that I became a Christian and I am so amazed that He wanted me to be His.

Calories for today 1450
exercise was 65 min. of mowing
calories burned off was 672

I had such a wonderful day today. I got out early and mowed and even though it is tiring work, I always feel exilerated (I know that is spelled wrong) and so tired I can barely walk and yet full of energy. ANd the best thing is the feeling of energy lasts for hours.

Then my dd called and asked dh and me to go eat an early dinner at her house. I went and was very aware of what and how much I was eating (I was very proud of me) I kept up with my calories and was able to still keep my daily total below 1500.

After dinner she and I went shopping and I found a gorgeous over shirt it is a lovely muted red with swished tiny black dots that look like black glowing dust from a fairy wand in a pattern like a wave. IT is hard to explain but as soon as I saw it I knew it would be perfect with a black silk tank top. I came home and tried it on and it is perfect. I know I have only lost a few pounds, but I have been using weights and I can tell a differance in my sides and tummy. There is a sleekness that was not there before and I am still big, but I am getting excited about buying pretty clothes.

Sleep well
God bless you

He is my hightower, and my rock,

and my strength, and the lifter up of my countanance.

Hello


I did not get here yesterday because my son in law forot to pay the elctricity and even with late notices he put it off and the electric company cut their power off yesterday and so they came to sleep here. I mentioned before that my computer is in the guest room so the dd and baby went to sleep and son in law jumped on my computer. He did not even ask if I needed to get on here. Some people just do not think.

OH OH OH my dd just called me and I found out he did nothing but complain because my computer is slow and it was hot in my house, and he had to wear pants to bed. Some people just love to find fault.

Some one sent my grandson a link to a really cute song on Utube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEB82Ej82A

It is cute but make sure your children are not near because it is kinda addicting. It really is cute.

Remember me saying my pedometer broke? It was a nice one like a pouch with zipper across the top and you just clip it on and put your I D in, a little money and then you just take off. Dh and I searched all over for another like and we could not find it anywhere. I liked it so muchbetter than that were out there. So I called the company to see if I could order it from them and she (such a very sweet lady) said that they had discontinued that model. she said people had arm bands that holds a mp3 player and money etc. and that model stopped selling. I almost wept. AND THEN she said "I think I saw one around here yesterday, still in the package. She told me to wait a moment and then she came back and said "yes here it is " she took my name and address and sent it to me free of charge. Wasn't that sweet.

I saw a movie today called Iceman, starring Timothy Hutton and John Hone. Have you seen this movie? It came out in 1985 and even though it is 23 yr.s old it is still a good movie so I knew who timothy hutton is and I googled John Hone. He is an oriental.. I would never had guessed it! And he has played in several movies. I guess he looks different than he did in his neanderthal make up cause I have never recognized him.

Calories for yesterday was1460
exercise was 70 minutes of arobics and I burned off 609 calories

calories for today was 1360
exercise was 65 minutes of mowing lawn
burned off 672 calories
My new pedometer says I walked 9946 steps.

sleep well
God bless

Angels bow before Him, Heaven and earth adore Him

What a mighty God we serve
What a mighty God we serve
Angels bow before Him
Heaven and Earth adore Him
What a mighty God we serve!!!!


Hello
calories for today----1595

exercise was 70 minutes of arobics

burned off 603 calories
Nothing much going on here today and my grandson needs to get ready for bed. My computer is in the bedroom he sleeps in here.
Talk to you all later

God bless

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have ever lasting life.


I am so glad that God loves me

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Hello

Calories for today----1480

exercise was 70 minutes of Leslie Sansone

I burned off 603 calories

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I had a nice quiet day, and it was very enjoyable. Baby came at 4 pm and will be here until Wed. night. He is a joy and right now he is in my guest bathtub. He is playing in the tub with, of all things, my plastic cooking spoons and one bowl.. I will probably just let him have them and buy me some new ones. That is all right cause after a bit, the plastic ones start getting stained and pitted looking and I discard them anyway. He does have tub toys I do not understand why he would be interested in playing in the tub with them. But it does incourage eye hand coordination so it is fine with me.

My dd brought him and forgot to leave the car seat so I will not be able to go to the revival tonight. I feel bad about it , but believing as I do, I feel God has a reason for everything, and everything will be used for His glory. I don't know how but I do have faith in God and in His word. He says "it is my good pleasure to give you the desires of your heart." And also He says "all things work togeather for good for them that love the Lord" I will just trust that He knows best.

Time to get the baby out. (in case you are wondering -my computer is very near the bathroom where baby is, and i have gotten up several times to check on him,)

God bless you all
and sleep well

Totally comical home remedies

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop.

2. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the shower.

3. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.

4. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you>from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

5. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you will be afraid to cough.

6. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

**Daily Thought:** SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKYS. THEY'RE NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING, BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS. ---=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=----====


DISCLAIMER--please do not try this at home.

Jesus Jesus I love to call Your name,

Hello

Children are gone back to their home, and I was able to go to church tonight.
Grandboy really can't help it, remember Rainman? that is my grandson, only my grandson is just 10. I could not take him to an unfamiliar environment cause he simply would not know how to behave.

It has been a nice quiet evening here and i really needed it. I am the type of person that needs some alone time every couple of days. I have not been alone since tuesday. Tomorrow I think I will just spend most of the day doing nothing. Just relaxing and reading and playing and talking on the phone and exercising .

OK enough about me :) wait it is MY journal I can talk about me all I want to -right?

Calories for today1565
exercise was 70 minutes of walk away the pounds leslie video
burned off 603 calories.
sleep well everyone
God bless you

Lord give me strength

I wish i could say they were just being kids but they complain and argue and whine and demand and I do not think I have ever seen two more spoiled and disabedient childrem.. the LIttle girl is almost 7 and she walks around with her finger up her nose or scrtching her crotch. I tell her that looks ugly but she just keeps doing it. Her clothes are horribly revealing. Her shorts are cut up so high that when she walks around you can see the bottom of her butt. and she sets with her legs spread and you can see her twat. What is my son and his wife thinking to get her clothes like that. and when boy sets down she draps herself on him and puts her legs over him and puts her but in his lap. I keep telling her that it looks bad and she just keeps doing it.

The boy is aspergers and I actually have less problems with him than with her. But he dows have a habit of turning around quickly and staring like trying to look holes in my head. And he sneaks up on me --I hate that and it does no good for me to tell him not to sneak up on me he just does not understand that he can get by with a lot of things that his parents let him do but I am not going to allow it.

Complain time is over for now.

He's got the whole world in His hands

Hello



calories for today---1420

exercise was 65 minutes of pushing non manuel mower

I burned off 672 calories

My pedometer battery went dead and I have no idea how many steps I took.
weep, sob, weep, I really loved keeping up with my steps

I think I may have tried to push the mower too quick this morning. The area of my heel that i do have ploblems with is now fevered and swollen. I still need to clean up my kitchen and sweet and straighten a bit and then get the kids in the shower. Then I will need to wash clothes. I had forgotten that washing is an everyday thing when you have more than two people in the house. But they do mess up a lot of clothes. I have litterally washed clothes every day since they came. Of course my son brought the kids and dirty clothes for them and I had to start a load of clothes immediately.

I am beginning to feel stressed . The children are just children and they really have not been taught how to behave. They are both argumentative and disrespectful. My children were not like that and my youngest grandson is not likethta. I know he is younger but still my children were not like that. They go home tomorrow and I bet they are not ever going to want to come back cause I just would not let them do what they wanted todo. I made them obey. NO ARGUING--no yelling , no hitting, no name calling, etc.

Time to get busy.

Sleep well and sweet dreams

There's a miracle in the making for you today-

Hello everyone

I still have the kids, and ---let me go check- yep still have my hair.

They are slowly learning my ways and have just about realized that they meay get their way at their home but they do not get their way in MY home. But there are other perks----the little girl got to use my expensive body wash tonight and she really acted girly afterward. lol

calories for today 1470

exercise was 70 minues to arobics

burned off 609 calories

pedometer steps says 8824

I washed a load of clothes and hung them up to dry and I straightened the house.

That was my day. It is getting kinda boring round here.

sleep well everyone.
God bless

On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross

Hello

I still have two of the 3 grandchildren-the youngest went home last night. The little girl is 6 and is so spoiled the older one is 10 and has aspergers. He is so easily manipulated and the little girl uses that and orders him about a lot. She would yell at the baby and I believe I heard her say in that high pitched nasaly whiny voice "stop it" 100 times in the last 24 hours ---but she is learning that I don't take anything and I am the adult and she does what I say and not the other way around.

I stopeed her ordering her brother around quickly. He can't help it and I just am not going to allow her to do that to him. I stopped her taKing baby's toys yesterday. She would take his toys and not let him play.

I looked in the mirror earlier and i still have all my hair.

I got out earlier and mowed, I needed to get out of the house and the day was perfect not too hot and dh had today off and he was straightening the garage. So he kept an eye/ear on the kids while they watched tv, and I worked off my stress and got almost an hour of exercise.

Calories for today 1570

exercise was 55 minutes mowing and that burned off 52 calories.

sleep well everyone.

My God is big enough to pick me up

when I stumble and fall and when I come to the banks
of the chilled and muddy Jordan
He'll be big enough to carry me across.





OH MY GOODNESS-

I have had my hands full with those three children.. The oldest is an aspsergers child, he is ten and he is also 5 and he is also 20. He is far superior that even a lot of 20 yr. olds,,, ok think rainman in a 10 yr. old body.Although my grandson is a higher functioning asperger, while rainmain was a high end autistic.

The granddaughter at 6 is spoiled rotten and thinks the world owes her whatever she wants. They are at my house and my youngest is 3 and nearly all the toys here are his. Aimed for his age, and they wanted to play with the toys but did not want my youngest grandson to play and they would push him and I tried talking and finally I got tired of them being mean and I told them that they were playing with BABY's toys and they better play nice or I would set them down and they would not be allowed to play with the toys. I yelled at thim and then I felt so quilty. But really they did this for several hours before I finally felt I had no alternative.

calories for today1530 (I might have went over a hundred or so, i grabbed a handful of nuts and forgot to measure before i ate them)

exercise was 65 minutes of arobics

and I burned off 554 calories

Pedometer steps was 7765

Sleep well everyone.

Go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ is King

Hello

calories for today-1430

exercise-50 minutes of mowing

calories burned off-513

What a full day I had!!!!! I got a call early this morning from my son. my d-i-l is in the hospital needing a gall bladder operation and he needed to bring me the children. A 10 yr. old boy who has aspergers and is hyper as they come (he really can not help it) the dr. said he does not need to be on the meds any longer. and a 6 yr. old girl and I already have the 3 yr. old.

I am sorry she is needing an operation but I am so happy to see the children. I have not seen them since Christmas. I have missed them so much and now here ethey are in my floor watching tv in my computer room and I can look over and see all 3 of them. I should not feel this good about seeing them since it is becasue their mother is sick, I'm sorry but I really am glad to see them.

For a while I had both my children in the house and my husband and all the grand children the only thing missing was the in law children. Had they been here it really would have been complete.

After everything settled down I realized I had not exercised today so I set the 3 children in front of the tv and put my shoes on and went out and cut grass. Came inside and that wonderful husband had not even thought about starting showers.

Soemtimes I wonder why men do not think like us. Perhaps it would be a wise thing to go ahead and vote a woman into the white house at least we seemto be able to think with both sides of our brain.

Good night

Jesus loves me this I know

For the bible tells me so
little ones to Him belong
They are weak
But He is strong.

Hello

What a wonderful day I had. I love having a day with my dd. When she was a tee ager I thought satan had moved into my house but she has really matured and turned into such a responsible person and a loving and caring mom to her very sweet son, and a respectful daughter.

My husband took half a day off and he ate lunch with us. He (typical male) does not like to shop so he left after lunch and came home. That is alright dd and I shopped and laughed and had a blast. I bought one silky sleeveless pull over blouse. It will look great under my black shirt, like a 2 piece combo top.

I did over eat aand I knew that I would. SO ----this morning I got up early and I did 70 minutes of arobics and then at 5 this evening I did another 70 minutes. For both exercises i burned off 1196 calories. That does not include all the walking I did while Iwas shopping. I feel good about the amount of calories and the amount of exercise I did to get rid of some of the calories I took in.

Pedometer steps is 16305 for the day.

calories was 2000 to 2500. I feel i am over estimating we did eat at a chinese restaurant and we all know that a lot of the foods are cooked in sauces and that is where a lot of calories come from. I was moderate in my eating and only took small amounts of my favorites. And when it came to desserts I chose 3 dessert and only took one small forkfull from each. I gave the rest to my dh.

Exercise was 140 minutes of arobics/

We brought the baby home with us and he will probably be here at least until Wed. night and maybe until Thursday afternoon. Keeping him will not stop me from exercising. I have a place in my guest room that i can exercise in and it is near my computer so I can pop a video in to my computer and the baby watches barney or Thomas the train or wiggles while I exercise. Sometimes he comes back where I am and he joins me in exercise. I think about what I am teaching him. I hope I am teaching him to take care of his body and his health.
Sleep well everyone
God bless

I'm leaning on the everlasting arms.

Hello everyone


calories for today 1440

exercise for today-50 minutes of arobics

burned of 525 calories

Dh was sick Fri. Sat. and this moring. We missed church this morning and then he started feeling better in the afternoon and we diecided we would go hear some friends singing at a different church. We drove 45 miles to go hear them and we felt like we were playing hookey from our church. Both of us felt bad but we really wanted to hear these friends sing. We walk in and this elderly man walk over shakes our hand and welcomes us to his church. He asks us where we go to church and we tell him.

Then he asked us How we liked the pastor there and of course since we both like our pastor we bragged on him. Then this frail older man said "You tell that boy (our pastor is 62 yrs. old) that I said if you does not behave himself and treat yall right, his daddy is going to get after him with a stick" Thats right that older man was my pastors daddy. Small world huh? I got back hom and had to call my pastor and I told him how ironic it was, here we were playing hookey and we meet his daddy.

The singing was wonderful and we all had a great time. We were invited to stay and have a meal with the singers and there wives but dh and I sad we needed to get back home. I was proud of us for not staying. It would have been nice but way more calories than either of us needed. (churches always have such yummy food)

My friend came today, I told her baby was sick and hubby was sick too but she came anyway and she brought baby some books and movies and she brought dh some work shirts that her hubby did not need. DH goes through so many shirts. He is a professional painter and trust me he really gets into his work. He goes through 5 to 7 shirts every 8 weeks.

Tomorrow dd and I are having a mom and dd and grandson day. I pray i can eat moderatly, maybe just a salad. I hope, I pray.

I am going to get up ealry and exercise and then when we get back I am going to exercise again. I worry myself sick sometimes thinking about eating out and losing the little control I have over myself.

TAke care everyone
God bless you all

I am so glad that tomorrow is Sunday

I love going to church, I love the songs and the way when you walk in the church, it seems like you walk into the very prescence of the Lord. I love my God . Praise His name.

Hello everyone

Calories for today-1455

pedometer steps-4712 (my pedometer was turned sideways and id not pick up all of my steps while I mowed grass)

exercise was 55 minutes of mowing. It was so humid out there this morning but I persevered and I got all of my front and the side of my yard, the part that can be seen from the road.

Burned off 519 calories

Remember me talking about needing a higher dose of synthyroid? Well before i began taking the new pills, my weight would just fluctuate, and slowly I was gaining weight. the last of July I had gained up to 231.6. I am not losing weight fast, I am over 50, and past menopause, those things do slow the metabolism down. But at least I am starting to lose and with all the struggling I have been going through I am happy to lose a pound a week.

The new pills got into my system good and I have lost down to 227.4. I am not doing anything differant than I was before. I still exercise the same and I eat about the same. I am so glad I was able to get the new blood test done, without that we would not have known that my thyroid was so messed up.


Have a good night
sleep well
and
God bless you

He's still working on me, to make me what I ought to be,

"It took him just a week to make the moon and the stars
the earth and the sun and Jupiter and Mars
How loving and patient He must be
cause He's still working on me.

There really ought to be
a sign upon my heart
don't judge me yet
there's an unfinished part.

I'll be perfect
just you wait and see,
cause he's still working on me.



Hello
Calories for today-1445

pedometer steps-6593

exercise mowing 40 min.----burned off 370
ironed 50 min. ----burned off 197

total burned off 567

My dh is sick, he caught the cold the g-baby has,. When the baby is here I am the main care giver. I hope I don't get sick, I hate having colds. Although I have to say colds are not nearly as bad now as they were when I was a smoker. I could get a cold and stay sick for 3 to 5 weeks. My immune system was so low that I would catch cold easily and my system just would not throw them off . Since I uit smoking (and started eating better and exercising) if I catch a cold sometimes I can throw it off in a week. Quitting smoking is way up there in the list of important decisions that I have made.

I ironed today, not my favorite chore, but I do love the way a freshly ironed shirt looks. I always iron our church clothes, and I iron the babys clothes, he looks so cute with little creases in his jeans.

My dd and I have a special day planned for Mon. We are going to spend the day togeather, dd and me and baby. I am so looking forward to it. It has been a while since we took an entire day for ourselves. We will go shopping and go out to eat. I fear going out to eat. I know that I will eat more calories than I should but I am going to try to eat within reason. I am going to try to eat no fried foods and only one dessert. I am going to try to remind myself to eat a few vegetables first . Maybe I can minimize the damage.
Have a good night everyone
God bless

On a Hill far away stood an old rugged cross,

Hello

Calories for today-1570

Pedometer steps- 12092

exercise-70 minutes of Leslie Sansonne

burned off-601 calories

I did not have grandbaby here today and I cleaned and vacumned and washed and hung up clothes and did dishes and straightened house. I talked to my mom today also and usually it is an unpleasant task when I talk to her. But this morning it was a bit more pleasant. Not totally but I know that my prayers will be answered and we will have a better relationship.

I heard from my friend and she will get here on Sunday. I am glad she is ok.

My new pedometer did not work right or maybe I did not do it right but it said that for my arobics today I burned off almost 2000 calories-yeah right - in my dreams maybe. But I talked to dd and she said it probably is not set up to accurately measure arobics. She said it is possible it it only supposed to catch stride steps. Ok I can see that, tomorrow I am going to just wear it for my housework and telephone walking and outside walking. We will see. It will still be fun and if it does not keep accurate calories butned off maybe it does keep accurate steps and my dd can use it.

That is it for today,

Sleep well and
sweet dreams

This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine

Hello everyone

calories for today-1445

pedometer steps -11144

exercise-70 minutes of Leslie Sansone "walk away the pounds-express"

calories burned off while I exercised-609

Baby was sick today, a bad headcold and he coughed and sneezed and ran a fever. Poor baby just wanted to lay against me all morning and then after 12 he perked up a bit and was a proverbial handful. I know I got a lot of steps in today, and most of them was put on trying to keep up with that wonderful 3 yr. old ball of energy.

I got my new pedometer today, remember I ordered one that would keep up with my steps and my calories burned off. You have to personalize it with your age and female/male and your weight. I opened it up and tried I really did but it was like I was reading Greek, I had to wait until my dd got here so she could personalize it for me. I felt like such a dummy. But I think this is going to be a little motivating for me. Anyway it should be fun for a while.

I have not heard from my friend today, she did say she wanted to see her brother first so maybe I will hear from her tomorrow. I sure pray nothing is wrong, we did have rainy and stormy weather here today.

Speaking of praying, we had a wonderful service tonight. Our pastor went to the General Assembly in Texas and this is his first service since he returned. He is on fire so I suppose he had a great time there. I am glad preachers have somewhere to go so they can renew and refresh themselves spiritually.

God bless you all

Sleep well

Sweeter gets the journey every day

Hello everyone

calories for today-1530

exercise-mowing for 65 minutes
burned 619 calories

pedometer steps 10182

My friend from Penn. is coming down south tonight. I have not known her for a long time, we met on the computer and sorta hit it off. Then she came down once and we met and it was like a sister I had known for ages. She is a Christian and a very loving and caring person. I am so glad we met and I know that God put her in my path for a reason. God knew I neeeded a Christian friend that I could talk to daily.

I got a wonderful phone cal last night from the lead singer of The Couriers. They will be performing near here and he invited my husband and me to go hear him and his band. They are a religious group and dh and I got to know them right after we became Christions. they are very talented, but better than that, they are Godly men annointed by God and eager to do all they can to let everyone know that they live there life trying to please the Lord by using the talents that they have been given.

Then this morning I got another phone call from a friend. She is the activity coordinator at her church and she wants me to go to her church on Sat. night to hear an Elvis impersonater. He will be giving a concert featuring Elvis's Christian songs. I am looking forward to it and I believe dh and I will have a wonderful time.

My friend will be here tomorrow night, we will "see" Elvis on Sat. night and we will hear the Couriers on Sunday. I am so looking forward to the next couple of days.

Life is Good, and getting better everyday. I think there used to be a song that said 'sweeter gets the journey every day, serving Jesus is the way, I get happy in this heavenly way cause sweeter gets the journey every day." It has been years since I heard this song so I may have some of the words wrong, but you get the idea about how I feel.

God bless
and
sweet dreams

I'm walking up the Kings Highway

Hello

pedometer steps-8419

calories for today-1405

exercise-60 minutes of pushing a nonmanual mower.

I got up fairly early this morning and did my devotionals then mowed and showered and dh got caught up with the people that lay the carpet so he came home early. We went to get me some new sneakers and he needed some new work shoes. I found a really cute pair (OK I wear a size 9 shoe not too many shoes are cute at that size) but because I was born with flat feet I have to buy special inserts, they are not cute but they are very necessary).

Now for the good part. We came back home and a young male friend (I call him my adopted son) called to tell me that his first wife had decided to let him have the children. The two boys wanted to live with him and we had all been praying. His first wife was a good mother, no problems there but the boys just wanted to live here and go to school here and they loved going to our church. The first wife was going to fight it , but then she just said if they were sure this is what they wanted, she would not stand in the way any longer. Praise God.

I have to get up in the morning and go out early and cut grass some more, come in shower, and by that time baby will be here. I miss him when he is not here but I can't do anything outside because he will stand there pull up my flowers and say "was dis a fower a-ma I pit it fo you" How can you fuss at such sweetness? And I would not even try to mow with him here. He would be in the highway first time I turned my back to go the other way.

OH Well I am just goimg to do the best I can cause the time is coming he will be in school and I know my days will be so empty with out him here.

Sleep well
and
God bless you

What a beautiful day for the Lord to come again

(I really like that song)


I had a most wonderful time in church today. this morning and tonight service, you could feel the Lord so strongly, it was like he was just touching everyone. I stood at the altar and wept tears of joy to be in the prescence of God. I think everyone was ffeeling the same thing I was. Preacher Goude did such a great job on the sermans. The serman this morning was "No Parking Here" and it means that when God saves you you are not supposed to stop where you are, you are supposed to keep moving and working for the Lord. I was worshipping so hard tonight that I really can not remember what the the sermon was about/


Tomorrow I am going to start a new diet. I pray that God will be with me and give me strength. I have been sick with one thing after another and that has kept me from eating right and eating healthy and exercising. I think the poisen is out of my body enough that I should have energy to do something tomorrow. YES I am going to mow grass for an hour. I sure do hope that I have the energy to do it for an hour.

Everyone wish me well.

Sleep well
and
sweet dreams.

I still am so thankful that it was not worse, I got bit 25 to 30 times, but dh said there seemed to be hundreds of the yellow jackets flying around me. He said they were almost covering my pants. Out of all of that I ONLY got 25 or 30 bites. I looked at the nest yesterday, dh had set it on fire, and what remained did look just like a wasp nest.

Yesterday the youth director at our church called to see how I was getting along, and he invited me and dd and grandbaby to the church today for a back to school fling. I reminded him that g-baby just turned 3 and he was not going to school yet. I feel so honored to have such wonderful church friends. He said my g-baby was a wonderful boy and they all want him there. They had pizza and chips and cheese curls and cake and icees, cola. They had a huge water slide. My g-son started singing "happy birthday to me" Baby got a little bit of a sunburn I am glad I keep stuff on hand. I had some baby lotion with aloe vera in it.

I am feeling so much better and am looking forward to going to church tomorrow. My diet did not go too well today. I only had one piece of cake and 3 small pieces of pizza. No chips or cheese curls. My breadfast was a sandwich and 2 cups of coffee. Supper was 1 and 1/2 cups of potatoe soup. I did not eat very nutritiously today but I don't think I went way over 1500 calories, but I also did not exercise. Just did not seem to feel up to it.

Sleep well everyone

All things work togeather for good for them that love the Lord

Hello and

I have had a very uncomfortable few days. I know that was a lot of poisen going in my body and I knew I would feel bad but I did not expect to feel so sleepy and tired all day long. The baby came Tues. afternoon and stayed until midday Thursday and I set in my chair in the family room stuck in a movie and just let him watch. I am so glad he is basically a calm child.

My body is not swollen much at all now and i have minimal itching. But every place I was bitten is a scabbed over wound about the size of the writing tip of a flair pen.

I praise God for taking care of me and for dh being here when it happened and for it not happening to the baby.

I tried to watch how I ate today and I got to 1550 calories and then someone gave us to just picked watermelons and I scooped them from the rinds and put it in tupperware bowls, (bought before Tupperware moved to Mexico, I have not bought any tupperware since they moved to Mexico) to put in my refridgerator. But you know that I ate some of the juicy, fresh, sweet, pink, watermelon.

I did not get in any exercise, but I am going to make myself do some tomorrow even if it is only 10 minutes.

Seep well everyone

The Yellow Jackets got me

(grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable this is almost a novel)Hello


Remember the bees that bit me?Dh went around spraying everything he could find and he rechecked the ground to find the nests. Monday morning I was out mowing and we finally found the ground nest the hard and painful way. It was yellow jackets and they swarmed all over me. Dh had jury duty that morning so he had not left for work yet (it was early) and he heard me screaming and rushed outside, he saw the YJackets swarming and biting me. He pulled me into the back yard and sprayed me with water but they were not letting go. They bit and stung. They had gotten under my shirt and up my pants legs.

I began pulling my clothes off and the water was not making them let go. So dh began knocking them off with his hands. He got bit twice.

We came inside and I called the dr. I could barely talk much less drive so dh called the courthouse and told them what had happened and he took me to the dr. I was bit 25 to 30 times. I am still a little swollen even though I got a shot and some pills to take. My body is so sluggish and tired feeling I suppose that is from the poisen that the Yjackets put in me.

Grandbaby had a 3 yr. checkup with the dr monday morning and dd called right before she left her house and she just did catch us. She kept her appointment (baby is in the upper percentile in all areas -even to how much he knows academically) and then she headed toward lake city to find us. She finally was able to get through to dh cell phone and found out everything and she came back to the house and stayed with me while dh got the meds.

After we came back from the dr.s dh started looking for the nest, and he found it. He filled the hole with gasoline and set it on fire. When it cooled down he dug it up and found the nest with tiny eggs all in it. he poured gas on that and set it on fire. He said it looked just like a wasp nest but it was under ground.

Son in law took off of work on Tuesday so he could keep the baby, so I could rest a little better but that evening the electricity went off att heir house and he called and asked if he could bring the baby over to spend the night because it was just too hot there for him. Of course I said yes bring him on to me. So baby has been here since Monday afternoon and mostly all I have done is put him in front of the tv and doze in my chair. About every 5 minutes he says I go sit in Granmas lap. He crawls up and sits there about 30 seconds. The meds make me very sleepy.

When my sister found out what hapened she called and saied for me to bring grandbaby to her. I put on my happy voice and said it is no problem for him to stay here. I enjoy his company. No way would I want him to go to her house. She is such an braggart, the last time she came here she took 5 minutes just to tell grandbaby about all the toys that Katie has. He is young and probably does not understand but what is it going to be like when he gets older and she is telling him how they have a 4 wheeler at their house and a big swimming pool, etc.

I just reread your email and I wanted you to know that I am praying about whatever it is that is making you sad. I do not have to know what it is, God knows and that is all that matters. I am praying for you and your faimly.

I am glad your son came home and I know you are enjoying his visit.


No need to worry about the cake-There was not much left, everyone bragged on how good it was and several of the adults made a point of coming to me after church and telling me how much they enjoyed it.

The train track that we bought was a small one and it was not one of those that have the power ? in the track. The train had a battery and you cut the train on and it pulls the other trains. It was only well I can't remember but I do know it was less than 20 dollars.

Ron did go with Jeni the other day and seh said dthey both enjoyed it.

My neighbor lady, sits on the same pew as I do at church, has a bedroom suit that they no longer use and she wanted to get rid of it. She asked if I thought dd would like it for g-baby and she said yes. It has a huge dresser and mirror and a chest of drawers, a double bed mattres and box springs that has barely been used. Her and her husband bought the set for their daughtrer and their dd was grown. Shortly after they bought it their dd moved into a furnished apartment and so it has been very gently used. They gave it to grandson. I offered them some money for it but they would not take it.


I need ot go and at least set in the family room with the baby.

Soon and very Soon We are going to see the King

Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Soon and very soon we are going to see the King
Amen and Amen

Hello everyone

I hope everyone had a most blessed Sunday. I had a terrific day. My hight was not so good, I had problems sleeping, this happens sometimes and since it is not very often I can deal with it. However, it is Sunday and I went to church and I kept having to fight sleep. Dh had to keep nudging me to make sure my head did not nod too much.. I kept wanting to go to sleep all night long and kept trying to stay awake all morning in church. I took the cake in for the childrens church snack. They loved it -the kids and the adults. There was only 4 small pieces of cake left. I am glad everyone like it.

I have not had any cake today. I will pay you 20 dollars to come be my cake police. Slap handcuffs on me and arrest me if I even look and the left over cake. lol

I ordered a new pedometer. I love the one I have but the new one is not only a pedometer but it also tells you how many calories you burn off for all the steps you take. I hope it comes this week, I should have paid for expedited shipping.

calories for today-1285
pedometer steps-8535
exercise-70 minutes of leslie walk away the pounds for abs and an older leslie firm up fast walk.

During arobics I burned off 788 calories

Have a good night
sweet dreams

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace,
How sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost
but now I'm found,
was blind buy now I see.


Hello

Today was my youngest grandsons birthday. He is the one that I babysit. Baby was 3 yrs.old today and I remember when he was being born. DD had asked that I be in the room with her when she delivered. Her dh was in there too, but she wanted her mama. (and I wanted to be in with her.) Baby had a larger than normal head, and he got stuck in the birth canal. The contractions continued and his little skull was pressing against his brain and and I was rushed out of the room and dd was rushed to surgery. I found out later she was going into shock blood pressure started dropping and baby was in danger. They did an emergency c section, and he was a big baby. He is still in the upper percentile for his age in weight and height. He weighs close to 45 pounds and he is tall for his age. He is as big as most 4 year old children. And he is so sweet.But the best part. We worried so much that his brain had been damaged becasuie of the contractions, but he is also in the upper percentile in his learning. He knows his alphabet by sight and knows all his colors and shapes even octogon. God is good. The only thing is he coes not have a lot of finesse in his pronunciation. Instead of saying walmart he says yahmar and dollar general in dolyah genal.


My dh and I took dd and her husband and baby out to CiCi's pizza and then we went to Ross's store and i let him pick out a toy for his birthday. He picked a Thomas the train -train track and two trains . Then we went back to their house and had cake, and we brought baby back here to spend the night and go to church with us in the morning.

I kept up with all that I ate, and I went way over what I should have, but I am going to put my calories here.

calories for the day 2155
exercise was 70 minutes of arobics
and 45 minutes ironing
I burned off 788 calories during arobics
and 179 calories by ironing.
total burned off 967 calories.

I am going to have to do much better for the next few days in order to negate the extra calories.

sleep well everyone

The battles not mine, said little David

The battles not mine
said little David
Lord I'm glad I'm in Your favor
I'm giving it all to You Lord
I know not what to do.
I'm so glad You let me see
That You're everything that I need
for the battles not mine
I give it to You
Lord it's Thine.




Hello everyone

Calories for today-1360

Pedometer steps for today-11972

exercise-75 minutes of arobics, hanging up laundry, walking while I talked on phone

Calories burned off during arobics-840

My sister called me today, ugh and ugh, why can't she just be nice? Why is everything a competition to her? Why does she have to brag about every thing? Why does she have to call me up and complain about my pastor? Why must she make fun of me for exercising(she called while I was exercising and I refused to stop)?

I did laundry and cooked and cleaned and exercised and watched the MONK marathon on USA channel. My dd was home for today and I did not have grandbaby here. I miss him but it is nice sometimes just to have a day to myself.

Ok that was my day, I did talk to a good friend for a few minutes and that seemed to center me a little bit.

Good night everyone
God bless

I cling to His hand

I cling to His hand
as I go along
for I am so weak
and He is so strong.

I'll sing of His love
where ever I go
for I want the whole wide world
my Jesus to know.

Hello

We have storms coming and I want to journal before i have to unplug my computer.

I got a call today from a local church and they want me to come on a Wed. night and speak. They have not got the date set yet, they just wanted to know if I would do it. Of course I agreed. God is a wonderful God, and I do not pass up a chance to praise Him.

Calories for today-1385
Exercise-90 minutes pushing mower
pedometer steps-7718 (it was turned sideways and did not count my steps for all the time I mowed)
Calories burned off=931

When I first started here my weight went up and down and up and down lose one and next day gain 3---that type of thing. I had told my dr. that there was a problem cause I ate less than 1500 calories a day and I exercised daily. I don't think he believed me. When I took my latest blood test to him, and he saw how high my thyroid numbers were he started me on stronger synthyroid and it has only been a few days but my weight is already going down and it is not going up, each day it has gone down a pound. I have not got my hopes up yet but it is looking good and i am praying that the new pills takes care of the problem.

Need to go it is really looking bad outside.

Take care,
stay safe
God bless

There's a light in the window and the tables set in splender someones standing by the open door

I just got in from church and i really enjoyed this nights service. My pastor is going to Texas for a huge meeting of churches. He said there would be churchs represented from all over the world. I hope they all have a wonderful time.

Calories for today -1455

exercise today was 70 minutes of arobics
and dancing and playing with grandbaby

Calories burned during the 70 minutes of arobics =795

Tomorrow I cut grass for an hour. My mom said that the "bee" that had bitten me twice while I cut grass was actually a yellow jacket. She said they were full of nasty venom. No wonder this last time my leg was swollen so bad. I hope to avoid them tomorrow. I have been spraying my clothes with bug spray but it must not be strong enough to deter yellow jackets. If anyone has suggestions please let me know. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

God bless you all
Sleep well

Angels bow before Him, Heaven and Earth adore Him,

Six months ago I had my blood work done and my TSH was 3.78. I have had trouble with high ths for years and we had it in the upper percentile of normal. Two weeks ago I had another blood work done and my tsh had jumped to 5.11. So today I went to the dr. and he said we had to up my synthyroid again. I am now taking 75mcg. And he took me off of the generic, he said sometimes they just are not as potent. Anyway I have such a hard time losing weight and maybe with the more "potent" pills i can lose weight.

On this past Friday I got bee stung again. Did I tell you that already ?????? I was stung twice and my entire leg was swollen. and itched and hurt and turned red. Dh talked to the pharmacist and he said that was normal and keep putting rubbing alcohol on it. And rub it with benedril. I did and today it is allmost normal.

Tomorrow I start the new pills and continue with my routine of exercising and counting calories. I am hoping for great results.

Sleep well everyone

I've come to far to turn back now

calories for today (I went to a church social tonight and I was very proud of me-I ate very moderatelyonly a small amount I left over half of everything I put on my plate, and I got 4 desserts and I took one bite of each thing and gave the rest to my dh) BUT you know how fast calories mount up, so I estimate that I ate around 2000 calories for today. way to many but it could have been a lot worse. You should have seen the food they had there, purlow, and cakes and pies and ham and fried chicken and home made hot just from the oven country style biscuits, blueberry cobbler, banana pudding, potatoe salad, macaroni salad, green bean casserole, and more, so much more. Like I said, I did really good.

Exercise was 50 minutes of mowing with my non manual push mower. I burned off 513 calories.

pedometer steps was 612

I had so many butterflys I am surprised that they were not flying around my head, but the speech went over good. I started off by saying that I was not a professionl speaker and I was country as a lima bean. Someone in the audience said " praise God, we all love lima beans" That kinda put me at ease and I was able give a prelude to the speech with out stuttering or losing my train of thought and then I got into the speech. Afterward I had many of them come up to me and tell me they enjoyed it. And then a person from another church came and asked me to speak at her church. I do not charge for giving the devotionals, I want to praise God, and this is one way that I can tell everyone just how wonderful God is. He gets all praise and all glory.

I hope everyone had a great weight loss day
Sleep well
sweep dreams