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j Hello to you!
It is a rainy 
and windy 
day here in S.C. A tropical rain and wind system from over the ocean has come inland. But I'm cozy inside with my morning mug 
of coffee.
I plan on getting on the treadmill 
again today, did a 'whole mile' yesterday...yayyy! A lot of you are sure inspiring me!
Hope you are having a blessed day!
Evening update: Did 1/3rd mile on treadmill today...not much but will have to do...made Hubby's homemade country ham biscuits and put them in sandwich packs of 2 in the freezer for him to carry a pack a morning with him for his breaky...fixed egg salad s/w's for ladies church meeting tonite...went to ladies church meeting and only had about 400 cals so did better than I usually do...for a total of about 1900 cals for today (I think)...
Now considering bidding on a pair of jeans on ebay again (someone else has REALLLLLLLY upped the bids I bidded earlier by bidding higher!!!) that may be too small for me if I win them...errrrr!!!...I've already bought 2 pairs that are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy tooo small...but I am thinking optimistically tonite and therefore may go for these beautiful jeans I found!
Hope you're having a nice evening/morning! Smile!
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Hello to you!
Today has been a beautiful 
sunny, cool (what, cool??? yes!) day here in S.C. After walking a mile on incline on the treadmill, I went and got Sister 
and she and I went shopping at the thrift store in the next town over. She was looking for a beautiful dress to wear to church...I found a gorgeous one that was green with cream-colored lace trim which she got...I bought her a beautiful cream crocheted cape to match with it for the cooler weather that has come in... She was very happy over them! I also bought her a pretty t-shirt. For myself I found a nice brown sweater with a fake-fur leopard collar (2 dollars) and a matching brown like-new pocketbook (2 dollars). After we left the thrift store, we went and got Mom (who'd had a doctor appointment earlier where she resides) 
and took her to KFC and I bought her what she wanted...sweet tea, strawberry shortcake, and a bottle of water. Sister had bought Mom a very beautiful 100% silk scarf with the price tags still on it at the thrift store earlier and a pretty fabric picture of cats and a sunflower that Sister gave Mom. Sister put the fabric picture up on Mom's wall by Mom's bed for Mom to enjoy looking at. After we three rode around a little and talked some, Sister and I took Mom back home. Then I took Sister back to her home and I came home myself and got ready and Hubby, 
who'd already gotten home from work, and I went to church together tonite.
So we are back home now and here I am keying to you. Hope you've had/are having a nice day/nite/morning.
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Good Night's sleep to you!
Nordic walking poles are just like skiing poles that you use for walking. Because you push yourself forward with the poles while you walk, you can go much faster and without hurting your knees. They are great when you go uphill, you can go really fast. I also run using the poles, it's really nice and gives you stability. Here in Switzerland, just about every other person walking for fitness use the poles and they usually look good/fit. I looked for the poles at an REI store in the USA, but they were too expensive, about $100, and they had only 2 pairs available!!! I guess there is not much demand, there. I bought them here in Switzerland (where everything is much more expensive, usually) but they cost me only about 15-20 dolars a pair, on sale. I bought 2 pairs, just for fun - just in case anybody wanted to come walking with me...
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Hello to you!!!
Hope you are having a nice first day of autumn!
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful words you left for me. I truly appreciate it. Have a great day!
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Hello to you!!!
Hope you are having a nice day!
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Good Evening!
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Hello to you!!!
It is a beautiful, sunny morning here in South Carolina! I am having my morning mug of coffee, have had my morning prayer and devotional 
and have already walked/jogged over 1/2 mile on incline on the treadmill!
Lots to do today...gotta call about Mom's eye-glasses and see what's the hold up there, cause about a month or so ago I was told she was to get new ones and she hasn't yet and needs them...also more unpacking to do...and I'd like to go for a bike ride 
if it's not too warm and humid outside...
Tried on a couple of pairs of my old size 8 levi's jeans yesterday...can zip and fasten but too snug or too tight to wear yet...so that means one thing...gotta start exercising more and not overeating....which means DISCIPLINE.....
Hope you're having a wonderful day in the Lord!
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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The white biulding in the photo is a 19th century chateau which was renovated into a luxurious hotel. Small and beautiful! They also have beautiful grounds and amazing golf facilities. It's just about 10 minutes from my house!
Good job on the treadmill. Keep it up!
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Hello to you!
Hope you are having a wonderful day in the Lord! Hubby and I went to church, ate lunch out, visited Mom, and are back home resting til time to go to cell group meeting (Bible study at members' home) this evening.
We took Mom some more individual serve microwave things and also some fruit. She ate a little before we left. I'm not feeling my best today, (even left church early) so I didn't push her in her wheelchair outside this afternoon...we visited in her room...I kept my distance from her, too...She said she couldn't see well, so I cleaned hers and also Hubby's glasses while visiting her and told her I will call tomorrow to see about her getting some new eye-glasses...
As for unpacking and putting everything back where it goes, I didn't get it all done yesterday and am not going to try to do it today, so guess that will be something, Lord willing, to do tomorrow. Evacuating our home has shown me how I need to put some work into getting documents, etc. kept together...not in 3 different places...Also does anyone have any suggestions on what to do regarding about 1000 photos (the paper kind)??? Guess I need to get them copied onto a disk...that is better than lugging a suitcase full of them! I don't have a copier, so maybe take digital photos of each of them and download to computer and make cd??? I appreciate advice on this. Actually it would be nice to have all photos AND documents on cds/dvds...???? What do you think? My vehicle was STUFFED with STUFF when we evacuated our home the other day. There MUST be a way to not have to carry so much STUFF!!!
Well, this is all for now. I admit I've been overeating...
Did you know that the difference between eating 500 calories (healthy or not-so-healthy calories) less per day versus eating 500 calories more per day is the difference between losing or gaining a pound a week?....and is the difference between losing or gaining 52 pounds a year?
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Hope you feel 100% better soon.....
I'm so glad that you and yours were unharmed during the storm. What an ordeal to have to evacuate. We keep important documents in a folder which is small enough to grab and go. I think you could scan paper photos for better quality if you are going to save in cds. making photos of photos is more difficult becase the quality would suffer, unless you have very good equipment. a scanner would be much better. I hope you are feeling better and not catching a bug or anything bad - You are so thoughtful for staying away from your mom. The elderly suffer more when they get sick!
I enjoyed very much reading your longuish comment in my entry. Thank you, you made me very happy! It's wonderful to know that I can possiby inspire you - because you have been my inspiration since the very beginning!!! Imagine, losing all the weight that you did! Don't worry, after these very stressful days of hiding from the hurricane, you'll go back to eating more healthily and mindfully. Let's take one day at a time, one pound at a time. That's the only way to go, no rushing, just enjoying the journey. Have a great day Maria!
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Hello to you!
Well, thank the Lord, we are back home and safe. I thank the Lord and I thank you Christians for your prayers, too!
Lots to do in unpacking, putting stuff back where it belongs, and getting re-settled. (I'm taking a little break to do this entry.)
Lots of stuff I want/need to do but must take care of the most important things first.
Hope you are having a wonderful, blessed day in the Lord! Don't forget to go to church 
tomorrow and worship the Lord!
THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Hello to you!
I hope you've been having a wonderful day in the Lord! Thanks to each of you who have written very encouraging comments and also to those of you who have read but for whatever reason didn't comment, thanks for your kind thoughts. Thanks to all you Christians for your prayers...
We are under an official televised 'Hurricane Watch' currently....tomorrow (and especially tomorrow nite and Saturday) is hurricane day...I've done almost all I can do to be prepared...Prayer first (that's always the MOST important preparation)...also have our documents, food, water, flashlights, and other stuff already in vehicle... All that's left to do is to pack our clothes and personal items and put that in vehicle and I will be done...which won't take long to complete...but right now I am taking a little break...
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I went and got Sister real early this morning and we went and got Mom and took her on a shopping outing...it was a real nice outing...we ate out at BK in the parking lot...Mom bought the three of us lunch (but as usual, Mom had no appetite to eat her lunch)...btw, Mom's much less confused nowadays and I surely do thank the good Lord for that as well as all you Christians for your prayers for her...she is still eating very minimally, and has lost much weight...I took her a flashlight in case the lights go out over there where she is during the hurricane (I put it in her pocketbook where she can find it easily) and I took her some foods she can easily eat in an emergency...a loaf of bread, 3 cans with poptop lids of tuna, 2 little containers of chicken and dumplings, a big jar of Dole peaches, fruit, chocolate puddings, 5 bottles of water...and she already had some snacks left from last week in her snack drawer, too...I love my Mom a lot, which I know y'all can tell. They DO serve three meals a day where she resides but I want her to have plenty of food, emergency or not. When I was little she used to design and make my clothes on her sewing machine. Such beautiful little dresses...Mom was a seamstress. She made clothes for other people at home on her sewing machine, too for a while and she also worked in a couple of different sewing factories for a while. She taught me to sew but I only learned the very basics...just barely enough that I made my own dress or two to wear to school. But sewing has never been my 'thing'...I love to WRITE (as I guess you can tell)...I've written books...3 novels...have never tried to have them published...I still have them...maybe I should take them with us as we evacuate our home tomorrow... Anyway, back to the visit today...we took Mom shopping at the thrift store after we three ate lunch at Bk parking lot and Mom got herself a pair of like-new black jeans (she NEVER wears jeans but has decided she wants to start dressing more like Sister and me) and I found her a beautiful autumn-decor sweater (with autumn-colored rooster, hen, sunshine, etc. embroideries against brown/green/beige background) in her size and Sister found her a pair of grey jogging pants with pockets, all of this like-new and Mom got it all for under $10. Sister got her a pair of jeans and Sister found me a pair of size 12 jeans that I got (jeans were only $3.99 each). After we left, we three rode around a little and then Sister and I took Mom back and got her situated and her caregivers brought her a tray and when we left she was eating a little...I think she is accustomed to the food there, even though she says she doesn't like it, at least she will eat that food when she won't eat other food when she is with us...but just so she eats, that is what counts. After we left Mom, Sister and I went to a couple of stores that Sister wanted to go to, and she got herself a new belt, real nice and a few other items. Then I took Sister home and I ran some errands and then came home and fixed Hubby and me barbequed chicken, creamed potatoes and green peas for supper.
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I hope you're having a good evening. I am feeling much better about the hurricane and there is another more powerful one behind it but my trust is in the Lord. He can turn them both back out to sea.
Take good care of yourselves. I thank the Lord for each of you.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Hello to you!
Today is another day of HURRICANE PREPARATION....lots of papers/photos/keepsakes/etc. to go through and decide what goes with us to the room we've rented to stay in during the worst part of the hurricane and what stays here, cause obviously, we can't take everything. I did get some necessary shopping done yesterday but today I've thought of other stuff that I have to go back to get...didn't even get anything to make sandwiches with...
On top of all this, it has now been announced to expect the electrical power be off during the hurricane and probably for a while afterward... How long? I sure don't know... May need to get some ice to put in a cooler...
I am SOOOOO NOT IN THE MOOD for this!!! If you've never been through a hurricane, BE GLAD! And I hope you never do!!! They are SOOOOO NOT FUN!
But my trust is in the Lord to take care of us.
Afternoon update: Did get some things accomplished today in preparing for hurricane. BUT STILL HAVEN'T FINISHED YET. I've had a bad sinus headache while out and about and while getting things done today. I did buy some peanut butter to take to room Friday nite and have already got into it!!! (Errrr-rrr!) I love the taste of peanut butter BUT it is fattening!!! (Or, should I say it is to me, cause once I get started, I eat lots of it!!!) I've felt a little nauseated off/on today also, so have not overeaten.
I have one large water-proof container filled with food and paper items and another large water-proof container filled with important papers, etc. and also have included Mom's most important papers and her Bible in that container, too. Now I have to pack our clothes and include a few extras.
The other day, I talked with the administrator over where Mom lives, who assured me it would be best for Mom to stay where she is than to try to bring her over here with us during the hurricane. I'm not entirely comfortable with that but I have to HAVE FAITH that all will be well. Mom is in a good sturdy brick building that is located within 2 miles of the best hospital in this area and she has lots of nurses attending her, so I think it is best she stay where she is, too.
Sister and I are to go get Mom and take her out for a while tomorrow...don't know where we'll go yet. I'm just hoping the headache is gone when we do.
I hope you're having a good evening.
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THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Try to rest a bit when you can.....
Try to rest to rid of the H/A... Probably a bit of a "stress" going on too....
Prayers & Thoughts are with you!
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Hello to you!
Today will be spent getting ready for the hurricane that is on the way here. A lot to do. Yesterday Hubby and I rented a room in town to stay in overnite Friday when the worst part of the hurricane comes through...as our home is surrounded by big trees...A big limb fell out of one onto my vehicle last December that I'd just a few minutes before stepped out of and was standing nearby when it happened and it did over $4000 damage to my vehicle...also we've had to have 2 trees taken down this year...Christians, we appreciate your prayers.
Also...re: Daughter...I've spoken of her previously in this journal (Aug. 29th) and in other journal that is currently offline (while I try to figure out how to fix it cause I downloaded some autumn decor that was actually some kind of spyware that took over that journal...I've worked on it off and on and still haven't figured out how to fix it)...Anyway, I have a very sweet Daughter and I love her very much...She works in town here but she resides in another town.
Okay...now to get some preparations done...I will check back in later when taking a break...hope you are having a wonderful day in the Lord!
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I picked up Daughter on her lunch break and brought her over here where she took a quick nap while I cooked her a pepperoni pizza...what she didn't eat, she took back to work with her. After taking her back to work, I went to a few stores in town and bought 2 large candles (pumpkin-scented) in little white country-looking crocks trimmed with black and they have lids to them...also 2 new flashlights with batteries (why buy batteries for the ones we have when you can get flashlights that come with batteries for cheaper than buying just batteries?)...Also bought some fresh fruit, scuppernongs and bananas...etc. Haven't even begun gathering important items together yet to take to room Friday...but got shopping list done...now to make a couple of calls to make sure other things are in order, including Mom's safety where she's at and what their procedures are concerning hurricanes...
I am exhausted (didn't sleep much last nite) and besides getting everything prepared concerning hurricane, still gotta cook supper for Hubby and prepare for tonite's music/singing practice at church...
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THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION YOU WILL EVER MAKE IN YOUR LIFE!!!
Jesus loves you, and He gave His Life for your salvation....and He is the only way to be saved! If you're not saved, TODAY is the DAY to repent of your sins and ask Jesus to be your Lord and Saviour...He's coming back...and it may be today!!! Get saved while you still have time!!! ARE YOU READY???
Lord Jesus, I confess that I have sinned against You in the way I have lived my life. I am truly sorry and I want to turn from my selfish ways and follow You. I hand my life over to You, knowing that You have paid the price for my sin by shedding Your Blood and dying on the cross for me. Lord I ask You to forgive me for all my sins and take control of every area of my life. I receive my salvation now according to Your promise: "All who call on the name of the Lord, will be saved." Thank You, Jesus. Amen.
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Stores in Coppet: they are cute little stores that cater to the turists who come to the town by boat. The store next to the hotel is a florist - they have the most artistic flower arrangements there - they also cost an arm and a leg! I think you'd enjoy this little town!
Have a great week, hoping that the storm will be chased away....
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Ohhh... I love rainy and windy days, especially with a nice cup of coffee in my hands... Have a great day! Don't miss looking below for the explanation of Nordic walking poles...Hugs and smiles to you.
thinnside40 on 09/25/2008:
Coffee and treadmilling sound terrific!....
Good Day!
anewhb on 09/25/2008:
Our KY weather is great, Maria. I hope SC weather evens out soon. Good job on the treadmill and that sweater you found with the animal print collar sounds like something I'd like.
grumpy on 09/25/2008:
hey maria, enjoy the rain, can be nice for a relaxing afternoon. xo
thinnside40 on 09/25/2008:
Spinach~ I bought a bunch of red leaf & head lettuce to mix with it at first... Honestly in my adult life I had to learn to like brocolli, cauliflower, cabbage and a few other things now that I couldn't live without......
If the listing has all the measurements for length & waist that sure does make it easier to decide...
Good Evening!
BTW ~ A little treadmill IS better than none!..... =)
biscottibody59 on 09/27/2008:
Have a good weekend! Good going on the treadmill!
greengirl on 09/27/2008:
Hi Maria, I'm back here again and happy to see your cheery page. Now you have made me want a coffee, but I will be sure to sweeten it with low cal sweeteners instead of sugar. Have a great weekend :)
selina on 09/29/2008:
I hope you had a great weekend!