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Thursday, 24 January 2008
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weight loss journey
The first week I have lost 4.9 pounds....Yeah! I am exercising alot and actually enjoying it....sleeping better too.
I still would like to figure out why I turn to food when things are going tough or good or pretty much all the time. My focus needs to be on God and not myself.....food isn't helping anything...just makes things worse. UGH!
Saturday, 29 December 2007
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Christmas and other things
Christmas Eve was nice....I went to my friend Cindy's for dinner...she lost her husband in a accident this past summer so it was good to be with her. Me and the kids opened gifts Christmas morning BUT it was around 2:30 AM...we were all up still so thought we would go ahead and open them....a got a gift card for Lane Bryant and a beautiful picture of both the girls.
We went to Aunt Nancy 's for breakfast and saw Grandma Darlene and Lois...it was nice....at noon we went to the fellowship hall at church...there is a couple that host a christmas dinner for friends and family....I always look forward to that!
Later in the evening went to my sister's...had dinner..opened presents....my nephew Kory Jr got a key board...he is almost 5...he was in the Circle Center Christmas program so he was singing away...as LOUD as he could and hand motions "FOLLOW THE STAR, FOLLOW THE STAR TO J E S U S"...he was so cute! I will have to post picutres when I learn how (im trying..this is tough!)....he must have sang it 10 times and also "Go tell it on the mountian".....we had such a good time!
Then my friend Tom
came over to my house after we left my sisters ...we exchanged gifts....It was a busy day....didn't have it in me to go early the next morning to shop this year! In all of that the girls did go to there dad's and had a really good time with the family....yeah!
Wonder what the new year will bring.....
This past year....Meg went to South Africa
.....Mandee got to go to Bethel again....Meg got a good reliable truck...healing in the girls and Ken's relationship....I am able to make it on my own without the child support and NOT get another job at this time...made some good friends in bible study.....able to witness to others about what God has done in my life.....my diabetes type II is under good control.......we are all healthy...yeah! Thank you God!
Saturday, 22 December 2007
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bell ringer
Thursday I had to stop at Walmart in Waukegan. There was the most lively Salvation Army bell ringer I have ever seen! She had music...gifts at the bottom of the bucket holder....two bells, one for each hand....and she was SINGING AND DANCING...she was very excited.....I thought it was really cool! She even said Merry Christmas. She was enjoying herself and it was great cause so many people were cranky and in a hurry. I told her thank you for her enthusiasim.
Friday, 21 December 2007
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Currently Reading
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, & Priorities of a Winning Life
By Tony Dungy, Nathan Whitaker
see relatedweightloss
I am so excited....about losing wieght. I am tired of carrying this all around and it is getting tougher to walk up all my 23 stairs. Through my wonderful insurance this past year they have paid for me to have a membership at the Lake Forest Health Club...now they will also pay for personal training sessions....so I get 11 45-minute sessions! Me and some co workers are signing for this 9 week contest that is like the "Biggest Loser'...should be fun and motivating....yeah! I did really good working out for like 6 months and lost weight ands felt good...then I stopped...not good. So I REALLY am looking forward to this.
Work was good today.....people in a good mood...it was nice. After tomorrow I will be off for 5 days....so excited...get to hang out with my babies. Enjoy each others company So many things I wanted to bake and do....but ran out of time. Hopefully, next year....I figure some of things I haven't gotten to do with my kids I can do with my grandchildren...when they come....I can still wait awhile. :).
That is it for now....
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Saturday, 15 December 2007
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family traditions
I was reading another person's blog about how the holiday's can be hard when you are single and waiting to be married, have a family and start your own family traditions.
I was married for 19 years and had established traditions with my husband and children. One of the traditions was we would get the both of us together a new ornament then with the kids we bought them one each year. It was fun picking them out...Amanda had Big Bird, one year they each had a swimmer ornament since they were on swim team...one of my favorites was when I was pregnant with Amanda was a glass stork carrying a baby.... I also have the ones they made in preschool and Sunday school. It would be like going to down memory lane every year. Now though since my husband left we haven't opened the box with all the special ornaments.....it's just too difficult. It was 5 years ago this Christmas that he left our marriage. After he left we had a tree with just lights the first year...second year had a very different kind of "tree" cause we were living at my mom's....last year we got excited about decorating and have purchased new ornaments. I miss the family traditions but slowly we are making new ones.
Sometimes I just don't know what to do with all these feelings....I give them to God but I guess I take them back sometimes....my pastor said it is normal to have these feelings because we have had so many memories together....divorce is not a good thing for anyone.
bren64
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- Name: Brenda
- Birthday: 9/29/1964
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 12/7/2007
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I am still finding out about me....I know I love God with all my heart and He is my saviour. I know what God has done in my life......given me a loving and forgiving heart....taught me to be a good and patient mom.....an encourager to people around me....to care about others more than myself....to not be fearful...trust Him completely.....follow where He leads me, even across the sea....thankfullness for all the things in my life....when I found Him it was like I could see in full color for the first time....everything seemed new and vibrant....the birds even sounded more beautiful. I love being with God nothing could ever make take me away from Him. Glory be to God!XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I am a single mom of two beautiful young women.....Amanda is soon to be 21 and Megan is 19. They are wonderful daughters. I am so blessed to be their mom. Sometimes when they are sleeping they still look my "little babies". :)
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