Is anyone else out there trying to reduce belly fat??  Probably a lot of you are!! I wish there was just a magic pill you could take (that didn’t have any side effects) to just make all your fat disappear!! LOL  I am hoping to lose a few pounds before summer so I can actually enjoy myself this year.  Because I am over weight, I get warm really easy and I sweat a lot and it’s really annoying!! Plus I swell a lot in my hands and feet. Wish me luck!!

Do you ever feel like just throwing a big ol ‘ temper tantrum when you don’t get your own way?? This is how I have been feeling for the last few days.  Ever since I found out we are going to miss our Churches marriage retreat this year.  Something we haven’t missed in almost 10 years.  10 years people!!! That’s a long time to be involved with something, ya know??

We have Pastor’s group coming in to use the camp for a retreat that Friday night through Saturday.  Probably close to the same exact hours as the marriage retreat.  When I first found out I was really mad.  Then I went to being sad.  I’m not sure exactly where I am at with it right at the moment.  I go back and forth between being OK with it and being sad.

The reason, I think, for this is because when Buster and I first started attending our Church, our marriage was almost at an end.  Literally.  We had all but come out and said “I’m done” to each other.  The spring after we started attending FBC, we went on a marriage retreat with the Church.  It wasn’t our Churches retreat, it was Preacher’s son-in-law’s Churches retreat that our Church got invited to.  That retreat SAVED our marriage.

Since then our Church has started our own annual marriage retreat.  And Buster and I have attended every one of them.  Not because our marriage is in peril anymore, but so it doesn’t become so!!  Marriage is hard work and you have to put a lot of effort into it sometimes.  Sometimes it is easy and others, not so much!!!

So, anyway, so I can stop rambling, I will get to my point.  I was looking forward to going to the retreat this year and now I will not be able to go.

**Throws herself on the floor and screams**

**Yells at the top of her lungs,”It’s not fair”**

**Stomps her feet in disapproval**

OK, now that I’m done throwing a temper tantrum I will remind myself and you that we don’t always get what we want.   Sometimes God has other plans.  Even when we don’t understand why, we have to realize God is still in control and knows what is best.  And even if I have to miss this retreat, I am going to be thankful God has brought me to camp and given me this GREAT opportunity to serve Him and others!!  I wouldn’t change being here for anything!!  God has been so good to me and my family and I thank Him for it!!

When we get our house sold, we are going to build a nice sized garage here at camp for the truck and also for storage.  Buster wants to put in a loft for storage and it’s going to be nice to get some stuff outta this house!!! When building the last garage we put up, we looked at ideas for the garage floor.  There are more options than you might think and depending on what you are using your garage for, one option might be better than another!!

Be Blessed…

So, I have been thinking.  I know,  know….ANYWAY, we recently visited another camp in the area to see what we could see.  We  are trying to get some ideas on how to make our camp better.  Not that we would ever copy someone else, but we may be able to steal all their ideas incorporate some of what works for them to make our camp better.  Anyway they have this huge “gift shop”, which is is something we will probably never have. BUT, we do have a “snack shack”, where the kidlets can come and buy goodies.  I thought it might be cool for the them to be able to buy little mementos to remind them of their stay with us here at Fort Faith.  Things like  t-shirts and/or custom water bottles with our logo on them.  It might be a good way for the camp to be able to pay the bills little easier too!! Just a thought…

Be Blessed…

I have this friend who refuses to take her prenatal vitamins because they make her ill.  I told her just take a multi-vitamin then.  She does do that she says, when she thinks about it.  I keep telling her that this could be the reason she went early with her first two and why they were TINY when they were born!! Some people just don’t listen! I don’t understand why women put themselves and their baby’s health at risk when they can do something about it??  It’s one thing if it’s just your health you are risking but you have to think of  your baby too!! I’m just sayin’…

Be Blessed…

The State I live in has the highest rate of UN employment in the country!!!! It’s times like this when I am so thankful that I am married to a Godly man who is more interested in being in God’s will than “the bottom line”.  He feels that it is God’s will (and so do I) that we work here at Fort Faith Bible Camp as “missionaries”.  Not once since we have been out here have we had to worry about paying our bills.  God always provides! So even though we are both technically unemployed because we do not have “regular” paying jobs, we are beyond wealthy in so many ways!!

Be Blessed…

It’s a strange thing.  I almost never have a meal without breaking out in a rash on my hands. Just my hands.  It’s red bumps that itch, hives, I believe.  But I don’t get them everywhere, just on my hands.  I don’t know what causes them and in order to find out I would have to cut out all foods, and gradually eat like on thing at a time to find out which foods cause the reaction.  Like I want to do that just to get some allergy relief!   Although, it can be irritating, maybe I will do it????

Blessings….

I remember when I was a kid, it was fairly common to have an electric blanket on your bed to keep you warm in the winter.  I haven’t seen one in a really long time.  Does anyone use them anymore?  Sometimes I think it would be nice to have one to turn on about 10 minutes before I go to bed, just to take the chill off…then turn it off, after I climb in so I don’t sweat to death!!

Blessings….

I have never in all of my 34 years ever heard of this.  When I had my hysterectomy a few years back, they told me all about Hormone Replacement Therapy, but I didn’t know men could use it.  What is it, like a testosterone booster??  That’s the only thing I can think of that a guy would need.  I’m sure they have small amounts of other hormones, but I guess I really don’t know that much about it…Things that make you say HHHmmm??

Blessings….

Have you heard about the girl who had ten plastic surgeries in one day?? Now that is drastic!! I think before I went under the knife , I would try EVERYTHING else.  From the best weight loss supplement for weight loss, to the best creams and ointments for the perfect skin.  I think know there would be a limit to what I would put myself through to look good!!

Blessings….