Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Robin- Try sucking on chipped ice or no fruit pops, what about frozen fruit?
Cassidy- Try the walking for 5 minutes in the house or outside depending on the weather. You will be amazed at how quickly you can build endurance. You can do this a couple of times a day or start with the commercials about 2 minutes.
Mel- Hope you are able to get home tomorrow.
Tracy- Yea for finding a buyer. Good luck with the lifting, it sounds like you have good plan in place.
Wish- That they get the heat in my building fix correctly this time. It is either to hot or freezing cold. On Monday, there was no heat in the building temps in the 40's (luckily, I was off) Today, was too hot I actually had my windows open to let the heat out and it was in the 30's today. I wish that I can avoid getting sick from the change in temperatures.
I also hope that a quick trip to the car dealer ship will allow the automatic start for my car to work again. I think it is my lack of ability to figure out how to turn on my car by remote start.
12/8 to 14
Sunday- Rest due to weather DONE
Monday-trainer DONE
Tuesday- gym NOT DONE
Wednesday-Rest DONE
Thursday- Rest may hit the gym
Friday- Climbing
Saturday- Gym with trainer
Grading Goals
8th grade unit tests 30/95
7th grade unit test x/320 -
My computer just froze up on me and I lost my whole message. GRR!
Here goes again. Today I am thankful for the special friends that I have in my church family. We attended the annual Christmas party this evening. It was so fun to spend an evening with friends.
Robin, I think that it is entirely unfair that weight is so much easier to gain than it is to lose. So sorry. I know you can get a handle on this again.
Tracy, congrats on selling the house. I know that is a big relief.
Holly, I'm sorry that you are not getting the support you should be getting from your son's teacher.
Wishing that we can all enjoy this season and not feel too much stress.
Onward and downward. Kaye0 -
Thursday truth: I came home from work last night and Brian was already home. He asked what I was thinking for dinner and apologized for not having something started already. (We have an unwritten rule that one nights I get home later than him he starts dinner.) My response was "I don't know. I have something ridiculous like 1000 calories left." Brian then said "Pizza?!!!' I love how we are so in tune with each other. I was thinking pizza all day. I ended up eating 2 slices and 2 garlic knots. (I have a not so secret obsession with garlic. I LOVE it and put it in almost everything I cook with.) I have to say, I have not had pizza since starting MFP at the end of October. It was soooooooo tasty and well worth those calories. I have no regrets about last night's dinner. I woke up this morning looking forward to eating leftovers for lunch today too. :blushing:
Gratitude: I had a great day at work yesterday. One of my boys was a little over-stimulated and I was concerned he would become behavioral. I worked 1:1 with him yesterday to get him under control utilizing behavioral supports and it worked. When we brought the children out to the buses one of the other teachers said to me "I guess we all are in the same place and had one of those days today." I just looked at her and raised an eyebrow. Then exclaimed "We had a great day today! My students were amazing." I am grateful for wonderful students in my class. Especially when the rest of the program had a rough day.
NSV - Yesterday was my chest workout and I was able to do the 16 push ups that Gilad was asking me to do! I am going to stick with the modified push ups for a bit. Once I am able to do them with ease my goal is to attempt non-modified ones. We will see how that one goes. :laugh:
Alupinsk - Sounds like you are doing FANTASTIC at the gym. Stick with it, eventually you will get over that hump. Keep up the great work.
PyroJones- I always keep my measuring tape in the same exact spot. Ironically when it is time to measure I always feel like I am digging through my desk drawer searching for it. Isn't that funny how that happens. You do know once you buy the new ones your other ones will magically show up. I think it is a secret law of life just to mess with us. LOL :laugh:
Tlh - The flashlights are a good idea. I feel bad but in the past I could not afford to get gifts for my mail carrier and sanitation workers. This year I can afford it so I am going to give them each a little something. I felt especially awful the other day when the mail carrier brought some packages to my front door and I had not gotten out there and removed all the slush from the snow rain. He laughed at me and told me not to worry about it when I apologized. Still I felt really bad he had to walk through that to get to my front door. Congrats on your upcoming closing. I hope all goes well
kah - I was actually just discussing the same thing yesterday with my aides. A few years ago when I was doing my student teaching in one of our more wealthy districts something similar happened. The superintendent made the decision to either close the schools or an early dismissal (I don't remember the specifics). Many of the parents in that district were doctors and lawyers. It turned out the storm wasn't bad like predicted. All of the parents flooded his office with complaints. When the next snow storm came and he kept the schools opened. It ended up being a pretty bad and they had to do an early dismissal. I am not 100% sure but I want to say half days don't count in those allotted snow days because technically the children did go to school that day.
Michelle - My dedication is rather easy for me because I enjoy working out. For me it is like a drug I am addicted to. I love the feeling that working out gives me. I have so much more energy, feel stronger and feel like I can conquer the world after a good workout. I suppose I am blessed that I enjoy it so much.
Laurie - The same thing happened to me with the heat in my classroom. There were a few days that it was so hot I had to open the windows, turn on my fans or air conditioning. Thankfully, they fixed that for me right away. I hope that is fixed for you soon as well as the automatic start for your car.
Kaye - UGH about the computer freezing. That has happened to me a few times.0 -
Happy Thursday everyone!
@Nettie - Pizza and garlic knots.... sounds heavenly. You earned it and I'm glad you enjoyed every bite. And I'm with you, garlic should be in almost everything.
No confessions today since I did mine earlier in the week. DH wanted to talk about his Diabetes 2 situation last night and started off with an apology for his earlier overreaction. He said he'd done some reading online and realized that total avoidance of sugar is not necessary and that he realized he needed to learn to deal with temptation instead of expecting me throw out things he should avoid or only have in moderation. Now I remember why I married this guy!
My "Holiday Party" eating plan has gone extremely well, but I realized I need a "Cookie Plan". I usually bake a mess of cookies right before my kids get home including Toll House, Snickerdoodles and those yummy, savory cheese straws. I typically put them in large tins which makes it way too easy to eat a bunch at a time. This year I'm going to make the dough, roll it into balls, freeze the balls on cookie sheets and then put them in Ziploc bags. When you want/need cookies, you're gonna have to heat up the oven, put them on a pan, bake them and wash the pan afterwards. And you'll know exactly how many you've baked and eaten and not just be mindlessly plucking them out of a giant tin of cookies.
Anyone have any other strategies planned for eating Holiday treats in moderation? If so, please share!0 -
@Lives2Travel~Good cookie plan. A friend of mine does that with dough all the time and just pulls out what she needs, seems to work well for her. Glad your DH came around a little and realizes it is all up to him.
@Nettie~Glad you enjoyed your pizza, I have a love for garlic too – think the garlic knots would have been harder for me to resist.
AFM~Not much to report. Busy morning, had appt with dentist first thing to set my replacement crown. Our administrator showed up to work today with type A influenza, he’s been feeling sick since Monday and finally went to the doc yesterday – we’ve all already been exposed when he handed out bonuses on Tuesday. We’ve had flu vaccines so hope it’s enough to keep us healthy – I don’t get sick so hope it stays that way. My body just wasn’t responding to my workout with my trainer last night. I did fine with the cleans but the prowler at 180# (less than usual) was like trying to push a truck - I can usually run with that weight. :grumble: Not sure what the problem was, I may have just been tired. Hopefully cardio goes better tonight.
Exercise Goals:
Sunday~Gym, training session DONE!
Monday~Gym, running drills (Didn’t happen) :mad: :frown:
Tuesday~Rest Day DONE!
Wednesday~Gym, training session DONE!
Thursday~Gym, Arc Trainer (or running drills)
Friday~Rest Day
Saturday~Gym, running drills0 -
Happy Thursday.....
It is confession day, so my confession is "I have been eating alot of fast food again" eventhough I am under goal food choices are bad.
@Everyone that showed concern for my son- First the dean of students was there and heard the whole conversation she didn't speak up til I did but she did agree with me. Second, MN was on the new 2 days ago for how they deal with black kids in the school system and being my son is mixed he has been treated the same way at time. The teacher tried to defend and back pedal but when the dean spoke up he just changed the subject. I have told Kenzie that he will go to summer school to get his diploma if needed and I will drive him to school and walk him in but no diploma is not an option at our house. I also agreee with Susan college not for everyone but some days he is interested in trade schools. Yes, he works at a car repair place and he has talked about being a mechanic.
@New people- Welcome
@Michelle- I want you to know God made you a queen and you always deserve the best. I struggled with those same feelings of what I deserved but I know now it is the best.
@Robin- Great milestone to accomplish and I will be praying for more of them. The weight issue will resolve once your are feeling better.
@Alupinsk- So far 1 x-mas cookie but I have a cookie exchange Saturday and I haven't baked my stuff yet.
@Laurie- No heat ugh! Hope they get it fixed soon.
@Tlh0407- Yay! for a buyer what a great x-mas present even if there are some down sides.0 -
Good Morning everyone. Hope you are all havng a great Thursday morning. Yesterday was fun and terrible at the same time. Spent the whole day with my middle daughter running errands and making christmas goodies to hand out to neighbors, co-workers and friends. We had a lot of fun but with all the tasting my diary was not pretty. I am not sweating it hough. These are the times memories are made of and I wont let anything interfere with that. I am super excited that my oldest daughter is going to come for a large family dinner and gift exchange with her on Sunday. Our relationship has been very strained the last couple of years and I have been trying to give her space to grow up a little bit and realize that you cant live in the mistakes of the past and family is more important then anything. She reached back out to me a couple of months ago and now she is coming to visit. The whole family is very happy to fold her back in with us:bigsmile:
Robin I am so happy to hear you are on the mend. Dont sweat the gain, you will get it right back off and definitley savor the real food again:flowerforyou:
Nettie you and my mom would make a great pair. She has been switching out the hummingbird feeders every morning because they are freezing over night and now has almost a flock of grateful birdies flitting around her yard:laugh:
Pyro I feel your pain on the sinus infection. I get them pretty regularly and they aren't fun. Hope you feel better soon.:flowerforyou:
Holly I cant beleive that teacher. There are so many good teachers and schools out there. I had Some of the same problems with my oldest and the school district she was in. It ended up getting pretty ugly. Hope you can find a way to give him the motivation he needs to finish up.
Tracy congrats on finally finding a buyer for your house. I am sure that is a whole load of stress releif.
Laurie I had to laugh out loud about your car comment. My car has the automatic start as well and I have been trying to get it to work with the freezing temps and just finally figured it out in time for the warm up:laugh:
Today I am grateful for my children. I started my family way to young and gave up a lot of things people do in their late teens and twenties but I have no regrets. My three kids are the center of my universe and my husband and I couldn't be prouder of the adults they have grown into.
Well I have one goodie treat left to finish up and then time to get everything packed into tins to hand out so I wont be tempted anymore:laugh: Have a great day everyone.:flowerforyou: :drinker:
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@Toots...best of luck with the adoption process. We adopted Emma domestically so we didn't have quite as much red tape to get through, but she is 100% Native American, so we had to get approval from both tribes and there was added stress, time and money for that. And congrats on the books!
Wow, I'm surprised they gave you permission. Here in New Mexico they won't even talk to you about it if you aren't a member of some recognized tribe.0 -
dont give up
set a goal that isnt as hard, but still makes you feel accomplished - like 1lb a week if you were set to try for 2lbs a week
think about how much money you save when you dont eat out or eat less or eat healthy plain meals - a couple chicken breasts and some veggies vs mcdonalds or pizza or a meal at a restaurant - and snacking adds up money fast!0 -
so annoyed they bumped my angio till dec 30 as there are 30 recent heart attacks waiting for urgent angios. The booking nurse said if i am at home i am not a high priority. Told her i was trying to avoid the hospital!!! Had a decent workout yesterday and will just do a bit of cardio today so at least i can get something done to counteract all the baking my daughter is doing!!0
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This is in response to trhjrh06 post on November 22nd re: MIA for some time, gaining weight back and feeling discouraged -
I don't have any advice, really, because I'm in the same place you are. MIA for some time, gaining the weight back. The good news, is that we both know enough to come back, and probably the reason is because deep down inside, despite all the negative yammering in our heads, we know that we're worth taking care of.0 -
so annoyed they bumped my angio till dec 30 as there are 30 recent heart attacks waiting for urgent angios. The booking nurse said if i am at home i am not a high priority. Told her i was trying to avoid the hospital!!! Had a decent workout yesterday and will just do a bit of cardio today so at least i can get something done to counteract all the baking my daughter is doing!!
Karen - so sorry they (Canadian Health Care) did this to you! That is so frustrating! I share your annoyance with you. USA will soon be following your example I am sure. I can't believe that you had to be bumped 18 days for 30 people. They do angios round the clock here in the U.S. - but then again, I'm sure there are a shortage of people over the holidays.
You have my sympathies, You have been waiting so long, and have been hampered in your exercises. But looking at the up side, your heart has stood by you all this time. Its just asking that you slow down a little, not FOREVER!!!!!!
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@Toots...best of luck with the adoption process. We adopted Emma domestically so we didn't have quite as much red tape to get through, but she is 100% Native American, so we had to get approval from both tribes and there was added stress, time and money for that. And congrats on the books!
Wow, I'm surprised they gave you permission. Here in New Mexico they won't even talk to you about it if you aren't a member of some recognized tribe.
You reminded me of another thing I am so thankful for. Emma being part of our family was a miracle actually. When we applied for adoption, we specifically said no Native Americans (we knew about the extra paperwork, red tape, etc and wanted to avoid it). Emma's birth mom never told anyone she was pregnant and when it was time to give birth, she drove 1 1/2 hours away and found a state hospital. Lutheran Social Services was there with another birth mom and she said she wanted to place her baby as well. Out of the binder of about 20 families, she picked us. She never met us before and Emma spent the first 6 weeks of her life with a foster family so LSS could do some counselling (normally they know the birth mom for 3-9 months prior to birth). Birth father not in the picture and some issues in the extended family so they didn't even know Emma existed until she was about 5. Both tribes signed off right away. It still took about 8 months for parental rights to be terminated due to her not having a phone off and on and her family not knowing so we couldn't talk to them. I think she is proof that no matter what type of obsticles you put up, if God wants it to happen, it does. 
I remember my son asking why my tummy was broken (how we explained not having another baby). I told him that if my tummy wasn't broken, we would have never gotten Emma. That God knew his sister was going to be born to a different mommy and daddy and that we needed to keep a spot open in our family for her instead.0 -
Tracy, that is such a sweet story. It reminds me of what a special blessing every child is.
I am thankful for the two little miracles that are part of my life every day. Our SIL had stage 4 sinus cancer 9 years ago. Because of his chemo they were told that he might never have children. We are so blessed to have them and to have him healthy. He is a wonderful husband and father.
Thursday truth: I am struggling with all of the stuff around for the holidays. It doesn't help that it is still too cold and slick to walk.
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Good evening! Hope you are all having a great Thursday. I am just keeping on keeping on and doing okay. One day this week that I definitely had the munchies (I had too much cinnamon sugar toast, which I'm pretty sure I haven't had - or wanted - in years), but the rest of the week has been great. Lifted last night and it felt good to be back.
@Michelle... love your statement yesterday...we should all learn that (if we haven't already)
@Laurie...yuck, I hope they get your heat figured out and that you can get your car starter figured out before the next cold snap.
@Travel...glad your husband came to that conclusion on his own...it's always better when we don't have to point things out
@Kelley...I hope you can avoid that Influenza A -- it is nasty!
@Holly...fast food is hard. I unfortunately got into the habit and revert to it at times as well...life gets so busy, preplanning helps alot!
@jtconst...that is wonderful news about your daughter! :smooched:
@karenleona...I certainly understand rushes for emergencies, but that is ridiculous...wow!
@Kaye...Miracles surround us all the time and I'm so glad that your SIL (plus his entire family) received one and is healthy now.0 -
The automatic car starter may be a larger problem than I hoped. I will take in to the garage on the 23 to have them look at it. I took it to the dealer today for them to figure out and they had the same problem that I did. I just had it fixed last year and now it will need to happen again. :mad: :grumble: :explode:
Truth- I have not exercised since Monday but will go rock climbing tomorrow so that will make up for it. I just did not feel like it today. Hopefully, my energy level will increase tomorrow and this weekend. I have an appointment with my trainer on Saturday so I need to find the energy by then if not it will be a really long workout.
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To everyone with tips for my mouth and non-caloric munching: I chew about 10-20 sticks of sugar-free gum a day now. Ice chips are too cold, I can't tolerate. One thing I now avoid is mint anything. I buy a brand of Strawberry toothpaste now.
Didn't log my food today, had a very high pain day, and I am very good about logging them (Pain pills) when I take them, so I don't lose track of the time, etc. I didn't get back to tracking food today. But its on my mind.
My gratitude is for everyone here tonight. Thank you for all your warm support. I wish I could give it back to each of you ten-fold! 0 -
Hi guys! I just caught up on posts and now need to go to bed, so no personals tonight. I'll try to catch up tomorrow. :flowerforyou:0
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I don't have a truth or anything of interest today so I am just going to go straight to my gratitude and personals.
I am grateful that today is Friday. I dealt with a lot of challenging behaviors yesterday and the kiddies completely wore me out. I only have one student to see today and can use the weekend off to mentally recover. My aides paid me a nice compliment. They said they were impressed with how calm I was dealing with the behaviors and how I followed through until the behavior passed. I am glad they were observing and able to pick up on what I was doing. Hopefully, over time they will build the same confidence and learn the proper way to deal with challenging behaviors.
Lives2Travel - That is great that your husband came around on his own and realized he was wrong. I am so happy for you. I love your cookie plan idea. Brilliant!
Kah - Oh no, I hope you don't get sick. I was really sick last year and out of work for 2 weeks. First I came down with the norovirus. I was so sick and couldn't get to the doctor because I would not have made the car ride. I managed to go a few days in when I was feeling a bit better. I returned to work for 1 day. The following day I got up and wasn't feeling great. I had to be in at 6:30 am to open the building as I was working in a daycare/preschool. I didn't feel right about waking someone up so early in the morning to cover for me. When I arrived at work I told my coworker that I was not feeling right. She immediately told me I looked horrible. I took my temperature and it was extremely high. I ended up just going to the ER because nothing else was open at that hour. Turned out on top of the norovirus I came down with the flu. I was very dehydrated and needed a few bags of fluids. Lucky for me the strain of the virus was immune to the flu shot. One thing I learned though is the ER staff told my husband to go to the doctor, tell them he was exposed to the flu and ask for tamiflu (spelling?). They said he should start taking that right away and it would lessen the symptoms if he was to come down with it. Maybe that is something you can look into if you are worried.
MNwalking - I think you are doing the right thing. That would be great if he goes to trade school after getting his diploma.
jtconst- I love your attitude towards your tasting. You are 100% correct that the memories are more important in times like that. One day won't undo all your hard work. Congrats on your oldest daughter coming home for the weekend. I hope you all have a wonderful time together this weekend.
Your mom would love it here. I have so many beautiful birds here. Yesterday I spotted Norther Flickers (woodpecker family), junco, chickadees, bluejays and cardinals. I was in heaven. I want to get to the store this weekend and buy more suet cakes and another suet feeder. I had 2 but one went missing a few hours after I hung it up. I think some critter knocked it down from the tree and walked off with it because it just vanished. My husband and I both looked for it and cannot find it anywhere. :laugh:
Karen - sorry to hear your angio was bumped. The 30th will be here before you know it though.
tlh0407 - What an amazing story of how Emma came to be part of your family! I agree with the mindset that if it is truly meant to be then it will happen. I am glad it worked out for you and your family!
Kaye - Sorry to hear you are struggling. (((hugs))) I hope you find the strength to get over this hurdle.
Laurie - Sorry to hear the starter is a bigger problem than you had hoped for. That stinks.
Robin - Sorry to hear you had a lot of pain. How are the new meds working out?0 -
@Nettie - You are an amazing teacher! Not just to your students with your calm response to their challenges, but to the aides who can learn so much from your example. Kudos and I wish we had more like you.
@jtconst- You're 100% correct. Some things, like making memories with those we love, are much more important than a few extra calories. I hope you and your oldest daughter have a great visit. It's wonderful that you are reconnecting with her.
@Karen - Sorry you got pushed to the end of the line. I'm sure the waiting makes you more anxious than need be. It sure would make me that way.
@ tlh0407 - Your story of how you came to adopt Emma was so sweet. As an adopted child, I know how much it will mean to her as she gets older. To know that you were so wanted makes a big difference to a child. My parents always made me feel that I was their 1st choice and not their last.
@Kaye - I'm sorry you are struggling. Some days it's just harder than others. I hope you find a way to get past this soon. You're such an inspiration to me (and I'm sure many others). I love following people like you that have lost a lot of weight and don't use their age as an excuse not to do so. I was one of those people who did. I had convinced myself that at age 55 and being post menopausal that I could not lose weight. I was wrong, but I had to prove that to myself. Keep up the good fight!
@Robin - Hope you find some relief soon. Hopefully the meds will resolve the infection and the pain.
AFM - Today marks the end of 6 months of continuous logging on MFP. When I started on 6/13/13, I never could have imagined I would come this far in this amount of time. I set my goal for the end of 2013 at a loss of 45 lbs. That seemed reasonable and doable to me. Well, here I am, not quite to the end of the year, and have lost 73 lbs. I will get to 75 by year's end. No one is more surprised than me that I will have exceeded my goal by 30 lbs. Just goes to show that despite the excuses (and I had many), it really is possible.
My gratitude for today is for all the people who have encouraged me along the way. Some of them didn't even know they were doing so, but said or did something that made a difference when I needed a push. I am blessed with a supportive family and friends. I hope all who need encouragement find it.
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Friday fitness: did the 'evil' elliptical at the gym....thought I'd be sick, but pushed through 45 min. of it. Planning on going again tomorrow.0
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Friday fitness: I haven't yet, but will be going to the gym tonight to hop on the elliptical. Not feeling the treadmill today. ick.
Yesterday was legs day, and I was able to push through 5 sets of 10 reps at 200# on leg presses. It burnnnnned so good.
Pulled on an old pair of size 18 jeans and wore them all day. I'm sure they're a bit stretched out from when I was a size 20-22 wearing them, but I had to pull them up a few times! success. This week has been rough on the scale because it's that time, but I feel great, and I think I'm still on the right track.
Ended up getting my tattoo today. It's the number 305 in Polish. It's a reminder of where I come from weight and heritage wise, and it's a promise to myself never to go back to that weight again.0 -
Hello all. I am having a good day today. Working on cleaning up the house and going to do a little shopping. I took the dogs for a nice walk and have started interspersing some jogging into the walks. It is amazing how much that upped the calorie burn and the dogs loved it. On a success note I couldnt jog even for a couple seconds when I started all this and now I am doing multiple min long bursts in my walks:bigsmile: Luckily I wasnt hungry at breakfast because I ended up treating myself to panera for lunch. I love that place but it can be very hard on my calorie count if I order things like the fontina grilled cheese, which was amazing by the way:laugh: As it is between the calories from the walk and not having ate breakfast I still have a nice cushion for dinner.
Today I am grateful for my pets. The unconditional love from my animals has got me through so many hard times in my life. I couldn't imagine life without them.
Well I am off to pick up the last couple things I need for Sundays dinner. Have a great Friday the 13th everyone.:drinker: :flowerforyou: 0 -
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You reminded me of another thing I am so thankful for. Emma being part of our family was a miracle actually. When we applied for adoption, we specifically said no Native Americans (we knew about the extra paperwork, red tape, etc and wanted to avoid it). Emma's birth mom never told anyone she was pregnant and when it was time to give birth, she drove 1 1/2 hours away and found a state hospital. Lutheran Social Services was there with another birth mom and she said she wanted to place her baby as well. Out of the binder of about 20 families, she picked us. She never met us before and Emma spent the first 6 weeks of her life with a foster family so LSS could do some counselling (normally they know the birth mom for 3-9 months prior to birth). Birth father not in the picture and some issues in the extended family so they didn't even know Emma existed until she was about 5. Both tribes signed off right away. It still took about 8 months for parental rights to be terminated due to her not having a phone off and on and her family not knowing so we couldn't talk to them. I think she is proof that no matter what type of obsticles you put up, if God wants it to happen, it does.
I remember my son asking why my tummy was broken (how we explained not having another baby). I told him that if my tummy wasn't broken, we would have never gotten Emma. That God knew his sister was going to be born to a different mommy and daddy and that we needed to keep a spot open in our family for her instead.
Aww, I love that answer. That is so sweet. You definitely were lucky. I think New Mexico is a bit difficult with that because we just have so many tribes and there's so many people who COULD take them. I agree about God guiding it. The adoption process, as well you know, is extraordinarily difficult. We have already done everything for domestic and now international is like two thousand times worse. I believe that God makes it so that we have no one else to rely on but him when it comes to bringing these kids home!Tracy, that is such a sweet story. It reminds me of what a special blessing every child is.
I am thankful for the two little miracles that are part of my life every day. Our SIL had stage 4 sinus cancer 9 years ago. Because of his chemo they were told that he might never have children. We are so blessed to have them and to have him healthy. He is a wonderful husband and father.
That's so great that he is doing better and that they were able to have children after all!@ tlh0407 - Your story of how you came to adopt Emma was so sweet. As an adopted child, I know how much it will mean to her as she gets older. To know that you were so wanted makes a big difference to a child. My parents always made me feel that I was their 1st choice and not their last.
I think most children who are adopted would find that they are madly prayed for and not a last choice at all, if they could see inside their parents' brains. The lengths I have seen people go to bring home children is extraordinary. Love is powerful, no matter where it is born.0 -
Had a good day today at school. Three of my most troublesome came to me today and wanted to workout way for them to improve. We had a nice conversation in the hallway while the rest of my students watched a video. We have all agreed to the following: they will be the last ones out of lunch provided they come into my class quietly and without disrupting the class. (Problem was they would come up late but be very disruptive when entering). 2 Take responsibility for their own actions and behaviors. (Hopefully, they will monitor their own behavior and accept responsibility for their actions. 3 Stay for office hours as needed- their choice on when and if they stay but it does show good faith effort. I will see if this works but it is a good first step.
Thankful for being able to go rock climbing and pushing myself to try new things.
Have a morning workout planned so off to bed.0 -
Today I am thankful for a quiet day. DD and her family have gone up to Moscow for her commencement for her master's degree that she earned this summer. We had planned to go, but it is over the mountain and the weather is iffy so we opted to stay home. I was able to get a lot of chores done and some rest as well. I ordered snow boots. Hopefully they will make it safe for me to walk more often.
I'm under my calorie goal even though all of my choices weren't the best.
Have a good weekend. Onward and downward. Kaye0 -
Today I am grateful for my Mom. She's had a lot thrown at her in the past 10 years: Lost both parents, her husband (unexpectantly), suffered for two years with MRSA that required hospitalization, had two knees replaced, sold the family farm and suffered the wrath of her in-laws for it, had a mystery problem that wouldn't allow her to walk from her living room to her bedroom without losing her breath and then found out that it was advanced kidney failure. She now does dialysis 3 days a week and only has 4 percent function and is not a candidate for transplant. Through it all she has never lost faith and has been a rock for our family. She has 5 children who have taken different paths (some a bit rocky) and are not afraid to share their opinions (we sometimes have to remind her that she raised us to be independent thinkers and that means sometimes we will have different opinions of things :ohwell: ). She (and our Dad) have always told us to go for it but have also provided us a net to fall into if needed.
She was never that parent that I wanted when I was younger - she wasn't cool (made me do chores, gave me a curfew, required me to attend church and school etc). I couldn't wait to leave. Then she became one of my best friends. While she is always willing to share her opinion when I ask, she has also allowed me to learn the "hard way" and never butted in even when she probably knew the outcome. As I watch her health decline, I am so thankful that I will get to spend the end of her life with her. I know that will come with trials, but she is a role model that I'm so glad my children will get to know.0 -
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Sat successes: Made it home, on Thursday, (between snows) from up north and I went to the gym yesterday, and had planned on it today, but another winter snow storm has hit and not sure if I should venture out. Was up early to watch the weather and it is just going to get worse until tomorrow, so I think I'm snowed in again.
My muscles are sore this morning from the weights I did yesterday, but even working out once makes me feel better.
My DH is finding his' snowblowing gear' as he's getting ready to start clearing. He has to shovel the walk by the door and a small bit of driveway. He loves it.
Well, I guess it's sitting in front of the fire with a good book for me...0
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