For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello and happy Sunday to you!
Beautiful day here. We're having plenty of sunshine and the grounds outside look frosty. The temperature high for today is mid-50's, according to the weather channel on tv.
Hubby 
is home today, something I am very happy about.
He and I will probably visit Mom
this afternoon, which we usually do together on Sundays. I usually go by myself during the week when he's working.
I read chapter 2 of Luke in the Bible this morning. It was about Jesus' birth. Did you know that a manger (that He was laid in, in swaddling clothes) was a feeding trough for the animals? We may take for granted the bassinettes and cribs for our babies but a manger was his bassinette. Hubby sat at the dining room table with me as I read the chapter to us from the Bible. If you don't read in the Bible every day, I encourage you to do so, even if only a few verses at a time to begin with. It is full of wisdom for living a victorious life in Jesus and tells about God's wonderful plan of salvation for you and for me, through Jesus, His Son.
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord IS a good day. Is He your Lord and Saviour? I hope so, because He sure is mine! If He's not your Lord and Saviour, today is the day of salvation and there is NO TIME like today to get right with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Believe on Him, repent of your sins and ask His forgiveness. It is that simple. There is NO other way to be saved but through Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the life and no one goes to the Father but through Him. I believe we are living in the last days and many will wish one day that they had chosen to believe in Him and live for Him while they were here on earth to make that decision and to do so!
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Good morning, Friends.
It is a very beautiful, sunny morning here in South Carolina. The red Camelias are blooming. The Narcissus and Daffodils are blooming in the grocery store...I got Mom and her roommate one to share together of the Narcissus and it bloomed out, so now I've brought it home to plant in the yard and maybe it will bloom again next month. It is quite chilly this morning (thank the Lord for a warm home), in the 20's earlier when I checked with the weather channel on tv. I am thankful we are not getting the cold some are getting and I pray for those out in the cold, especially the homeless. We sometimes take for granted all the blessings God has bestowed upon us and don't stop to think of how greatly He has blessed us and GIVE HIM THANKS and PRAISE. But this is something we each need to do EVERY DAY.
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Hope you are doing well this morning. :-)
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I visited Mom and her roommate yesterday for a while. I had baked a chocolate iced chocolate cake earlier and took her and her roommate each a piece, along with a banana each. Her roommate's two sweet daughters were there, visiting their Mom and my Mom, as well. I am so thankful Mom has such a wonderful roommate and they get along real well and keep each other a lot of company. Mom's roommate reminds me so much of Mom's Mom, my Grandmother (who helped Mom raise us children after Daddy passed when we were little). She is so kind and a sweetheart and I just love her! Her Daughters also love my Mom and do for her as they do for their Mom and I do the same for their Mom, too. So we all get along as a wonderful happy extended family, as we all work together looking after both our Moms when we visit them. :-)
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Well...for now it appears I am 'holding' at goalweight, 140.0. If this is the weight the Lord sees is best for me, then maybe I will stay at (or near) it. But my Hubby told me that it is not about the number you weigh, but what your body requires you to weigh to be at your (optimum) best strength and good health. I agree with him. So, I will see how I feel at this weight. So far, so good. I had 2 doctors and 1 dietician tell me years ago that at 5'8", 140.0 was the weight I should weigh. They told me that, when I was at that weight and I carelessly let the 140 get away from me, by overindulging in high-fat foods and sweets. When I got up to 160, I realized what I had done and it is so easy to put on weight and not easy to get it off, especially knowing that 3500 calories is 1 pound. That 3500 calories is a lot of food when you are trying to get back to goalweight. That meant minus 70,000 calories over a period of time while sustaining plenty of good nourishment and strength and good health doing it, which equals a long period of time.
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Anyway... I baked a chocolate cake yesterday and I haven't done that in a while, not for us to keep, that is. I had a couple pieces of it after it was iced and it was good, especially the chocolate icing. I gave away some of the cake and Hubby took a piece to work with him this morning after he ate some of it last nite but there is still almost half of it smiling at me every time I open the refrigerator door where it is on the top shelf that I first see. :-D Still, I've done well this morning. I've had my usual egg and grits breakfast with coffee and water.
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I hope you ar having a good day today. EVERY DAY with the LORD is a GOOD DAY!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Good morning to you! ...
Beautiful, sunny, warm morning here in SC...supposed to change later according to the weather channel on tv...said we may even get sleet tonite or a few snowflakes mixed with rain... :-) We've been having beautiful, mostly sunny, warm (high-70's) weather for days now and it has been very enjoyable, like an early springtime...but I guess it is time for some wintery-like weather now... I enjoy it all! (And thankful to the Lord for it all.)
I read some in Mark in the Bible this morning. Jesus was talking in parables and then He would explain what they meant to his disciples. One of them was about the parable of the sower ( in Mark, chapter 4). Very interesting.
I also threw out some bread for the squirrels and birds and saw some squirrels have their breakfast, along with a bluejay that flew down from a tree and sat among them eating bread, too.
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord is a GOOD day!
Love, Maria
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Progress as of today: 66 lbs lost so far, only -1 lbs to go!
Have a good one Maria.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends.
Hope you've been having a nice day.
Daughter 
hasn't been feeling too well today, said last nite she'd been having sweats and chills so I gave her some Tylenol that she took. I cooked her a steak a little while ago and she ate that and is now resting in the recliner chair, watching tv in the living room.
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I called Sister 
who lives in the next town over and she's not feeling her best, so please remember both of them in prayer.
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It has been a beautiful, warm, sunny day... I got out for a little while...went to the grocery store and Mcd's... :-)
I already have cooked a nice steak and fries with onions and okra, for Hubby 
for his supper when he comes in from work later this afternoon and made him his breakfast country ham biscuits and put them up in the freezer for him to take a pack of 2 to work each day.
Soooo now I'm taking a little break.
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord is a GOOD day.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 65.4 lbs lost so far, only -0.4 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello and happy Sunday to you!
Beautiful day here. We're having plenty of sunshine and it is around mid-70's currently at about 2pm.
Hubby is working today, something he doesn't usually have to do on Sundays. I miss him being off today.
He and I will probably visit Momthis afternoon, which we usually do together on Sundays. I usually go by myself during the week when he's working. She is still doing real well, thank the Lord.
I read chapter 26 of Matthew in the Bible this morning. It was about Jesus being betrayed by Judas, one of the disciples. It was also about Jesus praying to our Heavenly Father, knowing that He was about to give His life on the cross, shedding His blood for you and me, so that we can have eternal life through Him.
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord IS a good day. Is He your Lord and Saviour? I hope so, cause He sure is mine! If He's not your Lord and Saviour, today is the day of salvation and there is NO TIME like today to get right with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Believe on Him, repent of your sins and ask His forgiveness. It is that simple. There is NO other way to be saved but through Jesus. He is the way, the truth, and the life and no one goes to the Father but through Him. I believe we are living in the last days and many will wish one day that they had chosen to believe in Him and live for Him while they were here on earth to do so!
Love, Maria
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends.
I hope you have been having a good day. We are having beautiful weather here in S.C...sunny and warm. I threw some bread out this morning into the front yard after a squirrel (there are many here as we have a lot of trees which include some oaks) perched itself on the front porch banister looking at me through the dining room window as I sat nearby at the dining room table, studying in the Bible about Jesus coming back to earth in Matthew chapter 13 and what Jesus said is going to happen when He does. ( I love to study about prophecy and Jesus talked in parables a lot of times but would then interpret what they meant and it is all so very interesting as well as true!) Anyway, after I threw out some bread and went back into the dining room, I looked out the window and saw a squirrel sitting under the camellia bush, eating some bread. We also have bluejays here and they like to come down out of the trees to get some breakfast with the cute little squirrels when we throw out bread for them.
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I got groceries today...interesting trip. Canned goods were buy one, get one free and the going price had been raised up from $1.00 per can (corn, peas, green beans) to $1.45 per can. I thought...okay, around 73 cents a can. Glad I got some a few days ago when they were on sale for 59 cents per can. I got some good deals on steaks that were on sale... We don't go for the fancy expensive kind...we just get what looks good and is on sale usually and enjoy eating them. I got Hubby his favorite, strawberry flavored ice cream, a pint...and also got him a can of peaches that he likes and I got Daughter (she is living with us now) her Yorkie chocolate-mint patties candy she loves. I had already cooked supper before I left the house...hamburger stew and rice.
Later I visited Mom at the nursing home. She appeared to be doing well. We had a good visit and one of the Daughters of her roommate was there visiting her Mother as well, so the four of us had a really nice visit together.
It has been a really nice day.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 67 lbs lost so far, only -2 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello and happy Sunday to you!
Beautiful day here. We're currently getting a little light rain and the temperature around 9 a.m. EST is about mid 40's fahrenheit.
Hubby and I are doing well, thank the Lord. Thank you for thinking about us. It means a lot to know you are thought about. You all are wonderful friends and we treasure your friendship, including our dear, beloved DD Webmaster here, too.
Momis doing real well these days. They put her on a daily antibiotic and her mind is now very clear and she has returned to doing things she used to enjoy years ago, such as sketching pictures (which she is real good at) and reading magazine articles, etc. Thank you for your prayers for all of us.
The Lord blessed me to find a like-new condition eliptical trainer at a thrift shop at a good price with all the bells and whistles including a built in fan and different programs. I'm very happy over it and it is actually fun to work out with and I'm taking it easy as I get used to it. I also have my treadmill that still works, even after 14 years.
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Hope you are having a good day. Every day with the Lord IS a good day. Is He your Lord and Saviour? I hope so, cause He sure is mine! If He's not your Lord and Saviour, today is the day of salvation and there is NO TIME like today to get right with our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Believe on Him, repent of your sins and ask His forgiveness. It is that simple. I believe we are living in the last days and many will wish one day that they had chosen to believe in Him and live for Him while they were here on earth to do so!
Love, Maria
Enjoy your elliptical and your day!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends. I've been away for a while. How are you?
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I hope you all had a blessed Christmas.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord. Every day with the Lord is a GOOD DAY!
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 67.6 lbs lost so far, only -2.6 lbs to go!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends. It has been another chilly, chilly day here in SC but I thank the Lord for it.
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One of my friends and I had breakfast together this morning at a local restaurant. She and I visited Mom and her sweet roommate afterwards, who seemed to be doing about the same.
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Please pray for Hubby. He woke up not feeling too good early this morning (coughing a lot). He works outside mostly and we have recently had a much cooler temperature change.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Keep up the good work!
ps thanks for your support as always:-)
RYC thanks!
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16
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Hello, Friends. Hope you are having a nice Monday. It is a rainy Monday here and I thank the Lord for it.
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Scale weighed me at 138.0 this morning.
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It is chilly here also...around mid 50's for high today, according to the weather channel on tv.
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Hope you are having a blessed day in the Lord.
Love, Maria
Progress as of today: 65 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Enjoy your week!
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Hi, Maria. Wow! You're only 1/2 Lb. To your goal !
V on 01/28/2013:
Well hello there Maria :) Hope you had a nice weekend <3
Umpqua on 01/28/2013:
Hi Maria, I hope you had an excellent weekend!