Daily Chats and Encouragements
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We enjoyed the ocean! We had a great time! Plan to go back soon. I've tried posting pics..and it will not post for some reason. Keep praying for my daughter and son please. Thank you! Love and hugs!0 -
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Good morning Ladies!
I've been down for several days and am finally up at my normal hour tho last night's rest was still broken. My right foot went south and that has me hobbled. I will strive to get some home chores done today.
Marilyn, I am so very sorry that the arm surgery has to be redone! Continued prayers for you in your journey.
Same for you and your kids, Missy! There is never a "convenient" time to be sick and I am praying the biopsy will show nothing of concern for your girl. God has us all in His tender care and nothing escapes His attention.
Kim....even I....miss my greenery at times! LOL...Ideally, I'd have had a side of greens and Pico with those awesome beans! My energy levels have been around a 2 on my scale of 1-5 so there's that. Those beans and cornbread filled a void and not just my belly...as it's been a long time since I had that!
I hope all is well at your spot and home improvements are moving along nicely! It will be beautiful and you will enjoy the changes i am sure.
I need to catch my charts up and get my To Do list started. I'm feeling better and am so thankful for this new day.
Prayers for all of us here....be blessed best where most needed.
Today's stats:
235.4
144/80 61 (oops)
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Thank ya'll for the prayers! Keeping you all in my prayers too! I go tomorrow for my 3 month diabetes check in...not sure my a1 will be the greatest...I pray it is not too bad...I have been having a bit of emotional eating due to things going on ...but getting back on track...I have started my walking back...
walked 1.4 miles
One day at a time...Sweet Jesus
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Missy, your family is in my prayers! I'm glad you are able to begin walking again! Your pictures were so beautiful - are you able to walk in those areas again?
Bren, so glad you are up and going again, even if it is in first gear! Wade was looking at a motorized scooter the other day for when we go out shopping and I thought of you - would something like those little scooters work in your apartment?
I've got my leg wraps on today. I really need to have something on every day. My weight isn't going down even though I have improved my eating. I think I'm not keeping up with the weight gain from the lymphedema and lipedema. At least I am maintaining, which I think means I am losing some weight that isn't from the Lymphedema/lipedema. I did have a bad headache this morning that made me sick, but Jesus touched and it didn't last long - just feeling puny from the headache and meds. Praise the Lord my back didn't hurt today like it was yesterday! Such an awesome mercy!
Bren, the kitchen and bath are now done! Well, Wade still needs to make my step so I can get into the tub to take a shower, but I have alternatives until he is able to take care of that! Everything looks so pretty and more up-to-date. I have such a wonderful husband, he's such a handy guy!
Love y'all.
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Here are the pictures of my kitchen and vanity!
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Wow! Those look great, Kim! You guys did such good work!
No, a scooter is beyond me...space wise. I have my walker and my cane in here and I keep a cane in the car for the times I have to venture out.
I have a pot of chicken veggie soup on...It's not a huge pot so no need to freeze some. I'll have it for lunch/dinner for 2-3 days. I'll do up some salad bowls, cucumber salad and am thinking of tuna or chicken salad as well. Simple and light is the game plan. Of course when I have no kale on hand...I am wanting it! Been thinking of my yummy kale and eggs....as well as salad.
My one week average FBS is 115....hooya! My BP has been really good the past two days...and my weight is 235.
I have a Wal-Mart order coming at 1-2....and I will be ready for a nice nap once I get things tucked away. I had laundry picked up this week and am glad to have that done for a couple of months.
Wishing you all a blessed and restful day....Love and prayers~
I will have kale on my next shopping list for this and then some!
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That pot of kale and eggs looks just like you, Bren. Thanks, Wade worked hard! Lots of savings doing it ourselves - well, himself! LOL!0
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Psa 37:23-24 The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way. 24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD upholds him with His hand.
Fall can mean sin, but it also means failure or struggling in something. We aren't cast down when we immediately ask the Lord for forgiveness for sin, or ask Him for deliverance and strength when we are going through struggles. This was part of our worship service on Wednesday night! What a comforting assurance that we are in God's hands!
Well, I stepped on the scale a few minutes ago and was down three pounds. I had wrapped my legs and arms yesterday, so that is all probably lymphatic fluid! I am going to have to do better about wrapping myself. This summer I tried a couple of times but just got too hot. I can do better this Fall!
Ooo, I got a new plant. It isn't exactly like the plant that I really liked in my yard in Hickory, but it's close.
It's a Poukhanense azalea or rhododendron.
This isn't what it looks like right now, but hopefully will next Spring.
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Wow, yesterday was rough. I think everything went South at the same time - very likely the cold front that came through triggered stuff. Feeling better today. My back is still sore, but my legs feel good, and no headache. God is so very good!
Hope y'all are doing well. Love you0 -
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Having a rough week. Sunday I had quite a bit of pain in my legs, back, and knees. Was good on Monday. Went shopping on Tuesday and my upper thighs started hurting again, my right SI hasn't stopped hurting, and then for about 30 minutes from my elbows into my hands hurt! Not sure what is going on. I did get around 3,000 steps yesterday and I know that that will cause pain in my legs and SI joint. I've also been very tired, taking naps when I don't usually do that. Please pray for me, I'm not sure what to do to help it.
Love y'all. You are in my thoughts and prayers, especially in these days.0 -
Nice flower Kim! Yes, I still walk at my favorite trail right by home.
1.3 miles every day this week...I plan on 1.5 tod ay!
Please continue to pray for my baby girl. The ultrasound came back normal on thyroid. Thank God.
They seem to think it is a muscle injury/inflammation. (from the horrific wreck) I think I told ya'll about that. A guy ran a red light and side swiped her causing her vehicle to flip several times. I am so thankful to this day...that God saved her!!!!!
I am fasting 18 hours/eating one low-carb meal. I have lost 4lbs in 2days! I hope to lose 10 before I leave for the ocean next week. Going down again.... with our son this time. So excited!
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I've been MIA...repeat of weeks prior. Kim, I am so sorry you are having these new symptoms/pain/issues! You remain in my prayers.
Missy, I didn't know about the accident! That's terrifying! Am so thankful God had her covered and does each day. Wow.
I think of you all daily and you are in my prayers. God bless, heal, strengthen and be our comfort and hope each day.
Beautiful pictures...I have a palm type tree outside my door where roses used to be for so many years. They trim it back each winter and it's really beautiful right now. As is the pool...I haven't been in it for the past 5 years I think. Getting out was so difficult with my hip issues and those have increased wildly....
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What gorgeous lilies! They are my favorite flower! The colors are amazing! Praying for your daughter. Rejoicing that it isn't cancer, what a huge blessing! I hope you have as much fun at the beach as we had.0
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Oh yippee! In this 3 week period, chart-wise, I've lost 4 pounds...praise God... and am just 3 pounds away from my 1st goal of 230. I am so happy and blessed! I am down a total of 9 since I started my 21 day charts. (started at 242)
I got up at 2:15 this morning and puttered about a bit, lay back down, thinking to nap until about 6:00...couldn't go back to sleep so got back up to putter some more.
The bug man cometh today so I need to spiff up a bit. LOL...My manager saw my messiness yesterday since she brought my insulin in. Delivery just set it outside in the heat. Mary is such a blessing! Oh well...perhaps I judge more harshly than others might but I still wish my inner maid would return home, ready to work regularly.
I'm having coffee for the first time in 4 days and it's good! I put food out for the cats and hope they are the ones to actually get it, as I saw a hound on property when I took the trash out. I miss them and love them and feel bad for missing their feeding for the past 4 days.
I got round one of trash out and will do round 2 shortly. It's mostly my shipping boxes. Those are a pain, tho I do appreciate the things I get...except the insulin in the box with heavy freezer packs and the Styrofoam cooler thing nobody wants. I now have 2 of those to dispose of.
My BP has been better this week...today's is 119/71 and my FBS is 108....and weight is 233 this morning. God is so good! I feel better today other than being a bit weak and puny from no activity...I want to do better than that!
Be blessed today, Ladies. I think of you all often and thank God for you! Love and prayers in this new day...
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Oh, Bren, that is so awesome. You are moving in the right direction! I knew you could do it! Now I have to get those numbers moving downward! I was at 236.6 this morning. I've wrapped my legs and hope that will shed a couple pounds of water weight. I just don't lose weight unless I eat less than 1000 calories a day. I wish I could do that, but I'm tired all the time as it is, without the energy from the calories I'd just sleep all day! Keep up the good work, my friend!
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Thanks for the kudos, Kim! I am blessed! It's been a long and winding road and you know I went ditch diving quite often for a long time, especially since retirement.
I had a good day yesterday, got some home chores done in spite of the pain and was weak from 4 days down....am up at my normal time this morning and hope to make some more progress...and get some veggie prep done...
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You too. It is so good to hear the chipper in your post! Keep it simple though. When I feel good I go gung-ho and end up down again, I think we are alike in that! LOL!
Doing well. Praise the Lord I haven't had a bad headache this week. A couple of mild ones that were gone with a couple of Tylenol, but God has been so very good! The pain I had at the beginning of the week has lessened as well. The right SI is painful, but not as acutely as it had been. I'm so blessed as well. What a great and kind and loving God we serve!
Praying for Israel and Jesus' children there. That first day I was waiting for my feet to leave my shoes as I shot to heaven. God is patient and gives the unsaved time to be saved. (I don't believe that He picks and chooses who will be saved and who will be damned and you have no choice in either - believe it or not there are a lot of preachers out there claiming that. No, we have the choice to believe in Jesus or to not believe. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved! For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Not as a result of works, that anyone should boast! God offers, I accept (or reject) and then I live for Him and walk His narrow way!
So blessed. Love y'all.0 -
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So very true, Kim.
The evils' of this world have been so since the beginning...it's just so much more in our faces these days due to media and 5 "journalists" on every corner. I pray for the multitudes lost in depravity and sin and seemingly content to be so with no idea of morality or mortality and the dangers of eternity in hell. My heart is sick at what our own nation has become but am so very thankful to be in my last years and not in my youth at this time and so very thankful I am one of God's own.0
