I have to admit when I heard that tv was all going to be digital, I had no idea what that meant. Whoever made that decision to switch everyone from analog signal to digital really had me shaking my head. Really, what was the point???
I think I have more problems now with my tv reception than I ever did before. Was it supposed to help that??? Then I thought thatantennas for tv would become obsolete, which was wrong (big surprise, NOT).
I had no idea you could get digital antennas…
These are the things I sit around and think about when I am not allowed to do anything because my head hurts so bad I could cry and the room insists on spinning whenever I get off the couch!!!
Since starting a new “diet” (it isn’t really a diet, so much as a healthier lifestyle) last fall and then stopping it around the holidays, I have lost weight and gained it back and lost some again…
I have had similar results in the past. I have struggled for about 16 years or so I have finally just come to the point where I am tired of it all. I am going to make the change and not go back. I am changing my eating habits and getting more exercise and I am going to make those changes permanent.
I got to thinking, after reading some lipozene reviews, that I don’t want anything artificial or chemical in my body to help me loose weight. Because I cannot imagine that the weight loss will be permanent, and I don’t want to have to take a weight loss drug for the rest of my life.
I want to eat right and exercise and be healthy. In doing so, as long as my body needs to, it will shed weight. And when it no longer needs to, it will stop. Now, I am not saying I will never enjoy a candy bar or a piece of cake, but on a day-to-day basis, I will consciously make an effort to choose healthy foods that will not cause me to gain unnecessary weight.
I am also going to make a concerted effort to get more exercise. I will not be running any marathons any time soon or even working out for hours a day, but I will be getting some form of exercise, hopefully, daily.
Do you need to get healthy? Have any tips on getting healthy? Do you have a great healthy recipe you would like to share?? Have any ideas on how to get me moving??? Leave me a comment!!!
100,000,000 useless points for whoever can tell me this…
Can you tell the difference between moissanite jewelry and diamond jewelry?? I have been told that some moissanite stone’s have more fire and sparkle than diamonds, but I am a bit skeptical.
I would be afraid they would get cloudy or dull like cubic zirconium do. And I definitely wouldn’t want to spend the kind of money they want for moissanite and have it turn cloudy!!
I also wonder if a moissanite stone would be as durable as a diamond.
These are just a couple of the things rattling around in my brain today…
Some friends of ours are so anti-technology it’s not funny (okay, it’s a little funny…but more annoying than anything, lol).
They refuse to get internet (but will use ours a couple times a week), they refuse to get call waiting, Caller ID, conference call services, or any other “extras on their phones” because they don’t want to pay extra for something they don’t feel they need. I’m surprised they even have a cell phone!!!
I haven’t been around lately to visit the blogs I normally read and comment on. With good reason, too. I have had some fairly serious health issues as of late.
It all started last Thursday when I fell and hit my head while getting out of a nice hot bath. I hit my head and lost consciousness. I thought everything would be fine til I started throwing up. That was my first trip to the ER. They did a CT scan that day and it came back negative for bleeding or swelling in the brain.
Friday I was sore and had some dizziness, but no loss of consciousness.
Saturday, I had another fall after passing out. Back to the ER!! Another CT scan, too. This one showed something abnormal, but still no active bleed or swelling. The ER Dr. suggested I see my family Dr. and schedule an EEG.
Sunday was uneventful as far as passing out, but I was not feeling well at all and everyone kept telling me I didn’t look or act like myself…
Monday I went to the Dr. in the afternoon, after passing out once in the morning. The Dr. reviewed the CT scan results and said the abnormality looked like I had either suffered a mild stroke at some point or there had been some kind of seizure activity. He wasn’t sure what to make of it and ordered an MRI. He did some neuro tests and everything seemed fine. I passed out two more times that afternoon/night.
Tuesday we waited for a call from the Dr.’s office about where and when the MRI would be. I passed out a total of 4 times that day. The Dr.’s office called around 5pm to tell us my MRI was to be at 7:45 in Grand Rapids. So a little after 6, we headed out for Grand Rapids. When we got there I was fine, but I am EXTEREMELY claustrophobic and eventually fell apart. I cried and couldn’t breathe and almost couldn’t get it done. But I pulled myself together (with a little prayer and a lot of deep breathing) and got the MRI. It took about 30 minutes. I got to keep the little mask they gave me (I was afraid of opening my eyes while in the scanner, so they gave me a sleeping mask so if I did, I wouldn’t freak out). It’s kinda silly but I was really proud of myself for getting through the test!!!!
Wednesday I passed out 3 times. I got really emotional yesterday, too and cried a couple of times. When I am sick or not feeling well, it really wears on me. Plus, I don’t like having to be “taken care of”.
Today is Thursday…I guess I had one episode of passing out very early this morning, which I do not remember at all(1 AM), but I have not passed out at all since I have been up . I have been awake since 7 and haven’t had any problems. My head feels very heavy and I have a dull headache, but none of the intense pain or tingling that usually precedes a black-out.
So, we will wait for the MRI results and we know that whatever the results tell us, God is in control and has a purpose for whatever has happened and will happen!! I also have an appointment for an EEG scheduled for April 11th. So, we will see what comes of all this.
Thank You for all those who have sent their happy thoughts and prayers my way, they are appreciated and coveted. And a big thank you to my husband who has been right by my side since all this happened and takes such good care of me…last night I cried and told him I was sorry he had to be here to take care of me instead of being out and about doing what he wanted to be doing (working at camp). He chuckled and said I am doing what I want to do, I’m taking care of you…he melts my heart….<3
I often find myself being critical of others for wanting to change what God has made. I’m talking about people here. Each and every one of us is made by God (through people, of course).
Some people aren’t happy with what God made. They want a bigger bust, a smaller nose, a different chin, etc. I am always quick to think that they are wrong for wanting to “improve” upon what God has made.
And yet, I have my ears pierced, I have colored my hair, I have permed my hair, I wear make-up…
Where do we draw the line? What is acceptable??
I was looking at a site on enzyte reviews, and it just made me think about how far people will go to make themselves what they think they should be. Shouldn’t we be content with what God has given us/made us?
What’s your opinion on this? Should we color our hair? Perm our hair? Pierce our bodies? Have cosmetic surgery? How far is too far and who makes that choice??
I really don’t understand people who # 1 won’t buy glasses for themselves when the clearly need them and #2 when they won’t buy them for their children when they clearly need them.
Especially when the reason they won’t is because they are afraid of how they will look. Either they will look nerdy (they think) or they will look like they are less than perfect (have a flaw).
So here is my response to the flaw thing…we KNOW you aren’t perfect already… so get over yourself and go buy a pair of designer reading glasses, that way you won’t look like a nerd!!!
OK, so after spouting off at the mouth the other day about looking younger than I am, I find out that not everyone thinks so!! LOL People either think I am way younger than my true age or way older. A friend and I went to a women’s conference a while back. Some boys from a college nearby tried to recruit me to go to their school. At the same conference, we had a couple girls come up to us and ask if I was my friends mother!! Her mother!! I am only a few years older than her. How can I be her mother?!?!
So, here I am, almost 35, and I am getting a few lines and wrinkles around my eyes. If I am diligent about moisturizer, they are usually not very noticeable. Why is it that I can’t get the best wrinkle cream on the market for less than like $50??? Who can afford that? And they only get more expensive from there. It just isn’t fair!! I guess I will have to keep my fine lines and wrinkles….
I am so tired right now, I can hardly think. I have been up at camp working for a couple hours and thought I would take a break!! We have a group from Alabama in right now and they are helping us plant flowers and get the camp ready for the camp season. They are also up here to help a Church in White Cloud. Not sure exactly what they are doing for them, though.
Anyway, it was funny, I was talking to some of the teens that came in with the group yesterday and I mentioned something about my 13 year old and none of them believed I am old enough to have a 13 year old child. I laughed and asked them how old they thought I was. They said they thought I was like 2o!! HA!! I told them will be 35 in August and I have been married almost 17 years (October 1993) and they just laughed. I said I was born in 1975, do the math!!
I was telling a friend of mine that I was going to have to get some major wrinkle treatment like prototype 37c the other day and she just laughed at me. I told her I have plenty of wrinkles to worry about. She said I was nuts and that I didn’t need any help with wrinkles. I DO have wrinkles people, I do!!!! Is it ever too early to start working on not getting anymore????
Someone asked me the other day if I could give them any fresh ideas on how to lose weight fast. They have a reunion to go to this summer and want to lose a few pounds quickly. I just laughed and said, “Look at me (persons name), do I look like I know how to lose weight fast?” LOL I am 5′ 1″, and I weight just about 200 pounds. I don’t think I am in any position to give any one weight loss tips!! Do you??? =)
One thing my neighbors don’t have in their gorgeous log home is a fireplace. I often wonder why they don’t have one. I am going to have to ask them about it. There is nothing like cuddling in front of a warm fire on a cold winter night. And they just give off such a cozy feeling in the home, too!!
I like the good old fashion fire places that you actually put wood in and burn the wood to make a fire. My sister-in-law and her husband have a gas fire place. I think it’s hooked right into their propane. Those are nice, but I don’t like it when it’s really obvious that they are gas. Some of them have really cool fake logs that look like the real thing!! I only recently heard that they make an electric fireplace . I don’t think those look real at all, but they are effective as a means to heat an area that may otherwise be cold!!
What do you think? Do you like wood, gas or electric fireplaces???
today i write for me….not because i have a deadline or a certain meme i want to link up with, but for me. this week i haven’t joined in on the weekly memes i usually do and i did that on purpose. i needed a break, i needed to be free from my “obligations”, if you will. and before i get comments and e-mails saying i don’t have to link up every week….i know that, really i do…but today i blog because i want to, because i need to, for myself…
i find that blogging gets my thoughts out of my head where they can be dangerous and gloomy and threatening and it puts them out somewhere where i can look at them in a different way and deal with them in a healthier way….it kind of separates them from me. it probably doesn’t make sense to some, but it works for me!! =)
believe it or not, and some of you will not, and that’s OK. but, believe it or not, i have a good heart (as good as a sinful, but saved by grace, human being can have anyway). i think all people should be treated equally, regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, wealth and anything else that can separate one group of people from another. that’s not to say i agree with everything a particular group does or doesn’t do, but they should be treated with respect and dignity. they should be prayed for and loved just like anyone else.
i try my very hardest to find the good in everyone, no matter how long or hard i have to look. and up until recently, i thought that everyone possessed at least some good in them. i felt that God makes people and God would never make something that didn’t have at least some redeeming value in it, right? i have recently realized that some people have taken the good God gave them and either destroyed it completely or buried it so deep that it can’t get out anymore. i have found that some people have let the devil take over their lives and given him the place that God should have had. they lie, steal, cheat, manipulate, cast blame, and just in general are not nice people. they are selfish and bitter and lash out to hurt others. and as a part of that, they don’t see this in themselves but seem to project it onto others and claim to see it in their lives. it is so very sad to me that they can’t even see that they are like this. the devil has tricked them into thinking they are right and anyone who isn’t like them is wrong or bad.
people who “suffer” in this way often blame it on something that happened to them in their childhood and/or a condition they have. someone molested them or beat them or hurt them in some other way. or they suffer from a mental disorder. that is a cop-out!! i can say that because i had a very tough childhood and i am also diagnosed with and documented to have bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder (among other things). my parents were separated and/or divorced either just before i was born or just after, i am not sure which but i know they were not together when i was taken from my mother at 18 months old for neglect because then i was placed in my father’s care for several years after that and was taken from him for physical and sexual abuse. from there i went to a “foster” home and the woman who took care of me there ended up adopting me. at 17 i left home after enduring years and years of physical and emotional abuse.
i am NOT in a any way shape or form saying i was a perfect child or teen(or that i am perfect now, for that matter, because i wasn’t, am not,and never will be while i am here on this earth)!!! i was naughty just like everyone else. and because of everything i went through as a child, i did have a lot of issues to deal with through counseling and therapy and such. and i did have to have therapy and medications and counseling and things like that for the “mental issues” i have. and yes, i got rude with my parents just like EVERY child does at one time or another. i didn’t do what i was told to do from time to time, just like EVERY other child does!! i lied to my parents occasionally, just like EVERY other child does (for the most part). i am ashamed to say it, but i did have a problem with stealing as a child and a teen but i have admitted it, repented and asked for forgiveness for it, which is all i can do now. BUT, considering where i came from and what i went through, it could have been a lot worse. i didn’t drink and party and and sleep around and do drugs, or any of those kinds of things. although, i did not have a good grasp on the difference between right and wrong, lies and truth, good and bad. i had been taught by example that lies were OK, that in a lot of cases bad was good and wrong was right. and i thought that the way i was brought up was normal. it was hard to keep everything straight.
then through some good relationships i slowly learned that lying is wrong and that i don’t have to lie to make and keep friends, in fact that is a good way to LOSE friends!! i learned that lesson the hard way in high school, unfortunately. but i learned it nonetheless. and i am so thankful i did, because now i have so many healthy relationships. i learned that there are people who will love me unconditionally, faults and all. that i don’t have to be perfect to be loved. i learned that everything good in my life comes from God and that He has allowed everything that has happened for a reason. i have learned that God doesn’t make mistakes and He is always in control, even though i may not always understand. i learned that with God’s help i can be different than those that hurt me, so i don’t have to repeat that cycle. i learned that i can forgive those who hurt me and not let that hurt and pain define who i am. i can CHOOSE to let my past hurt me and prevent me from doing God’s will for my life by being bitter and mad and depressed and feeling sorry for myself or i can allow God’s love and grace to wash all that away and I can live my life for Him. that is what i choose!! because being bitter and depressed and feeling sorry for myself only hurts me, it only makes my life miserable, and it gives satan reason to rejoice because i can’t effectively live my life for God if i live that way! and personally, i don’t want to give satan glory, i want to give God glory!!!
thanks for stopping by, sorry you didn’t find my “normal” posts this week about random things like weight loss and recipes, but fear not, i will likely be back in the swing of things next week!! thanks for “listening” to my ramblings. please vote on my new poll and let me know what you think…
