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Good morning! I have been having some good days this week; feeling normal! I got a lot done yesterday including taking down the Christmas lights and while I had the ladder out I went ahead and cleaned the gutters a bit. It was actually a good gentle workout for me. Today I get to hang with Alanna for a few hours. I knew…

Good morning! Today is President’s day and so I have the day off; I’d really rather go to work, but I’ll use the time to get some things done around here. I hope you all had a good weekend, anyone do anything special for Valentine’s day? We don’t generally do anything, but hubby’s birthday went well Saturday night.…

I'd like to change mine to EAT 3 VEGGIES EVERY DAY if it isn't too late

Good morning! Sounds like some of you are buried in snow still! I am not a morning person, it takes me a good long while to get awake in the morning (I do not drink coffee, so no help there). Hubby IS a morning person so he is always up before me. It took me a good hour or more of being up before it even registered in my…

Good morning! I hope you are all having a good start to your weekend. It is raining here again; nothing new but we got a few days reprieve from it with temperatures in the high 50’s. I think we got one day of frost, but other than that it is pretty mild, even for here. Sure hope it doesn’t mean more bugs this year! Patti –…

Good morning ladies! Happy Thursday to you all. This weekend is hubby's birthday and we've been arguing over what to do for it. He is ever protective of my health and thinks we should just have everyone over for dessert. I told him I don't mind doing that with his parents and brother, but that wasn't enough visiting time…

Good morning ladies! I just have a few minutes before little Miss Alanna comes over for the switch off. I usually get her for about an hour before I take her to her mom's and head to work. The court case went well, in my opinion. The judge talked them into doing mediation rather than a court hearing and I think it all…

Good morning ladies. I am feeling a little better; enough to join the cyber world anyway. The victory in getting this cold is that for many years I was too ill for my body to pay attention to any kind of infection so I have only recently begun to get sick again. I'm not quite up for personals yet but I am thinking of you…

Cool, I didn't realize the video would show up

Good morning! It is Friday, time for the weekend! Hubby (his name is Brian, I don't usually call him by his name, though, so I guess that is why I don't use it here) isn't going with me to my parents' house today because his boss decided he needs to work today and he won't get done on time to come with me. I'm disappointed…

Oh yeah! Diane, we tried the Crock pot chicken taco chili you posted on the recipe page...wow it is GOOD!!!

Good morning all! We are moving toward the weekend once again, as much as I enjoy my work I still look forward to the weekend; of course by Sunday I am usually excited to get to go back to work again....what can I say? Hubby and I are headed to my parents' house tomorrow for overnight. I will go dancing Friday night (hubby…

In my opinion God gives us all gifts but we don't always recognize them. As we grow and learn we figure it out along the way. Then it is up to us to use them according to His purpose. I hope all is well; that the short attention/memory span is nothing to do with something serious? I don't mind if you aren't here all the…

Good morning all! It is a bright sunshiny day here in western Oregon. We hardly had a winter this year but I believe the ground hog's prediction of an early spring with the way all the flowers seem to think it is already here. One small note; I noticed a few of you referring to Stevia as an artificial sweetener. Stevia is…

Hello again, I wanted to weigh in on a couple of topics here, First, I don't believe in "diets" because in our vocabulary that indicates a temporary change in the way we eat. With this mentality we will always go back to the way we were and end up gaining that weight back. I urge you not to "diet" but to change the way you…

Good morning ladies! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I got most of my school work done before Miss Alanna came over; actually I got it all done but had a question about one of my assignments and didn’t hear back from my professor until Sunday morning; thankfully I had already done it right and just needed to hand…

Good morning! Well I am down to the last assignment. Alanna doesn't come 'til this afternoon so I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get it done in plenty of time. Diane - My husband and I like to camp as well; and hike. We've not been able to go much since this illness got me, but we are hoping to make at least one trip this…

Good morning! I hope you all had a good week and are looking forward to a great weekend. We got to see both grandbabies last night. Avery is just shy of 4 months old and is the child of the man my daughter is with now, so we don't get to see her as often as we do Alanna since she is not switching between parents or…

My husband is great at small talk. He is a salesman to the core and over the years his ability to talk to anyone has proven a boon in that capacity. I actually don't mind just sitting and watching people, but I think it makes them uncomfortable. I am not the judgmental type, just interested in seeing what they are saying…

Hello Ladies, I hope all is going well for you. Wednesdays are usually pretty good days for me. I get to see Alanna for a bit in the morning then head off to teach a couple of ballroom classes. Today one of the young men (I teach at a college) asked me what he could do to lighten my day. When I told him just him asking…

Well, I am old enough to be your mom..in fact I have a daughter your age who likes to draw, I think your profile picture is similar to the style she does. That being said I can't agree with you more that when we put God first and make Him the focus our lives go so much smoother; not because we have less trials but because…

Good morning! I hope you are all having a good start to your week. I am have been a little down the past couple days; probably due to stress (money issues). On the bright side I haven't done any comfort food eating to try to relieve it. I'm not feeling up for personals today; I am thinking of you all and thankful that you…

Just wanted to stop in real quick and say....it is 60 degrees here today!! In January!! That's odd even for us. And to top it off, all my bulbs have started sprouting; iris, daffodills, tulips. You can actually see the flowers starting in this pic. This is about an entire month early for here; sure hope they don't suffer…

Good morning ladies! I trust you had a good weekend. Mine went pretty well, I finished all Good morning ladies! I trust you had a good weekend. Mine went pretty well, I finished all school work on Saturday and so had Sunday to take it easy. We ended up getting to see our little ray of sunshine, Alanna, for a while this…

Well, no grandbaby today, she is too sick to come over. I'm glad I got to see her a bit yesterday but hate to think of her so uncomfortable. I guess that just means more time to get school work done! Almost done with this weeks' assignments so I should be able to take tomorrow off from it (I try to do this every week, it…

Good afternoon! I spent most of my day getting school assignments done. I chose two assignment heavy classes this semester…what was I thinking! Well, so far so good, almost to the end of week one and as a bonus I get to spend a little time with my beautiful Miss Alanna this afternoon. Diane- I am glad to hear you got to go…

Good morning all! I hope you are warm and safe today. Yesterday was a “down” day for me after a rough night the previous night. On the bright side I was still able to get myself to do a few things like school work and a couple of light household chores. I often will just sit and watch movies or shows all day because I just…

Good morning ladies! I hope your Thursday is going well so far. Yesterday was not my best day. I just felt like eating; I wasn’t necessarily hungry, didn’t crave anything specific, just wanted to eat. I did pretty well most of the day but then caved last night and had popcorn and beer, which I didn’t have the calories for.…

Good morning! Today is hand-off day for Alanna; her dad will bring her to me, I get to hang out with her for about an hour then I take her to her mom (my daughter). I love my time with her, though the circumstances are less than ideal. Then I go to the Christian university I teach at and teach 2 ballroom classes. Today is…

wow, just read a statistic that 80% of premature deaths are at least partially attributed to low fruit/vegetable intake! Eat your fruits and veggies!