Mom's been in the hospital over a week...they are doing what they can to save her foot and leg.  I've been spending a lot of time looking after her and I AM EXHAUSTED.  They transferred her to a specialty hospital in wound care treatment the other day.  Mom doesn't want me to leave her side but stay with her constantly.  Meanwhile, Hubby is on cloud 9 looking forward to our upcoming long weekend vacation (????) next week's weekend, which I've not dared tell Mom about yet.  It is not an option to tell Hubby we can't go as he had to get this approved weeks ago and on top of that, he would NOT hear of it, either.  So here I am in the middle and I feel very depressed.  There is no one else in the family willing to sit with Mom at the hospital and tend her and try to keep her cheered up.  They have their excuses.  I've tried to reach my Brother, (just to let him know about Mom being in the hospital), who moved to Canada a couple months ago...he has no phone and does not respond to his email (I sent him an email about Mom, who he ceased contact with many years ago) and I do not know his address.   I am SO TIRED.  If I do go on the weekend vacation with my Hubby, I will probably use my vacation spending money allowance to hire someone to sit with Mom while I am away so she won't feel alone.   I ask you Christians to please pray for Mom.  Take care.  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 to you.  It is a beautiful day, with the sun shining and the birds singing.

Up a little on the scale this morning but could be muscle gain or extra sodium.

Calories yesterday were est. 1200.  Walked 1 mile uphill on the treadmill.

Plan today, Lord willing, is call Mom's podiatrist  and talk with his nurse concerning her diabetic shoes not having an indention in them for the pressure sore on her foot not to be pressed against and call to check on Mom and after this, tidy house and cook supper.

Concerning calories, aiming for 1100-1400 and walk a mile uphill again on the treadmill.

Hope you're having a nice day!

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Afternoon update:  Today has been a tough day.  I have a real bad headache.  I have been on the phone off and on today with Mom's nurse at the nursing home, the assistant director of nursing there, her podiatrist's nurse, and the social worker of the nursing home.  First, Mom called this morning, DISTRESSED and telling me her foot was very RED and SWOLLEN.  I talked with her nurse who said she had seen it and it was very red and swollen and it was running with brown coming out of it and no date was written on the bandage as to the last time it was changed and she was going to call the doctor.  Meanwhile, I called the assistant nursing director to complain about the condition of Mom's foot as well and tell her Mom's nurse said there was no date written on the bandage of Mom's foot, so don't know when it was last changed!!!  I asked the assistant nursing director if she was aware Mom fell Saturday nite and was told no.  Mom's nurse was also unaware Mom had fallen.  Assistant nursing director said she called Saturday to remind the nurses to change Mom's foot bandage.  I then called the social worker at the nursing home and reported what was going on to her.  I told the social worker I was concerned Mom might be developing an infection in her foot cause of protocol the podiatrist prescribed not being followed through with.  I felt like I was in a big FIGHT and was being ignored.  I NEVER take anything for pain unless I am really hurting and all this really stressed me out and gave me a big headache today and I've been taking tylenol.   Finally, Mom's nurse called me and announced Mom was to go to the hospital for an ultrasound to check for a blood clot in her foot.  I told Mom over the phone (the patients share a cordless phone there) that as soon as her nurse let me know what time her appointment was to have the ultrasound, I would meet Mom at the hospital and be with her cause Mom's nurse told me she was waiting on a call-back from the hospital as to what time Mom's appointment was going to be.  I packed a bag of things to take with me cause the assistant nursing director told me Mom might have to have IV antibiotics at the hospital.  I also called and left a message to Mom's podiatrist's nurse concerning the diabetic shoes with no inserts or indentions made in them that had come in the other day.  Finally got a call back this afternoon that Mom was supposed to have gone where the shoes were ordered by the nursing home and had an insert made especially for protection for the pressure sore.  (Nursing home staff were so adamant that the shoes that had come in were to be worn as had arrived...just the same inside as any other shoes with no indention for the pressure sore to not be pressed against.)  I asked the podiatrist's nurse to please call the social worker at the nursing home,  who is responsible for ordering all the diabetic shoes for the patients and let her know and she said she would.  I waited about half an hour and called the social worker back and she said the podiatrist's nurse had not called her to tell her what the nurse had told me.  So I gave her the podiatrist's phone number and asked her to please call them and ask for the nurse (gave her name).  She said she would do it.  Get this...social worker also informed me that Mom's nursing home doctor has been prescribing that Mom have no bandages on her feet and only air to get to them for healing while the podiatrist the nursing home's been sending Mom to has prescribed daily change of bandages with antibiotic cream one day and hydrogel the next day, off and on.  When I told the social worker that sounded like conflicting prescriptions to me, she said the nursing home doctor had the final say over whether he agreed with other doctors' prescriptions/methods of treatment or not and the nurses had to go by what he decided as to the treatment!!!!!  HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING BEFORE!!!!!??????  (Did I say my head hurts???!!!)  Well, upon receiving no call from Mom's nurse as to what time the appointment was for Mom's ultrasound, so I could meet Mom at the hospital, I called this afternoon, holding on a very long time as usual, and then when she came to the phone, asking her and she promptly told me it had been "d/c'd" cause the assistant nursing director looked at Mom's foot today and decided that she didn't think it was a blood clot but cellulitis, instead.   So, Mom's nurse said antibiotics by mouth were prescribed by the nursing home doctor in leu of the ultrasound.  When I asked what was the name of the antibiotic, I was told "Bactrim", which Mom is VERY ALLERGIC to and I told her nurse Mom can't take that cause it is a sulphur antibiotic which Mom is allergic to.  Her nurse said she would check Mom's chart and if it showed Mom was allergic to it, she'd give the doctor a call back.   Again I waited a long time and finally I called again and Mom's nurse told me she'd contacted Mom's doctor, who told her the antibiotic would be changed.  When I asked her what was it changed to, she didn't know but said she would call me as soon as she found out.  This was HOURS ago and no call and it is after 6:30 pm here.  I COULD CRY!

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Evening update: After a VERY DISTRESSED call from Mom FRANTIC that someone in our family had moved into the nursing home tonite close to her and although she couldn't 'see' them, she could 'hear' them and thought there was trouble going on, I assured her that it was not true (don't think I convinced her, though) and then after we said goodbye, I called and asked to speak to Mom's nurse to find out what antibiotic they've got Mom taking...held on a long time...finally the receptionist came back on the phone and announced to me that the nurses are eating and would I like to call later?

Conclusion:  Food binge.  (And I did SO WELL over the weekend!!!)

Est. cals today: 2350 (was 1400) and 30 mins. exercise. 

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Below is a repeat so you may have already read it but thought I'd leave it on entry while I'm working toward vacation goal.

Hubby and I are looking forward to (Lord willing) our upcoming annual springtime long weekend trip to the beach next month.  My goal is to be at 144-148 and wear my size 8 non-stretch jeans comfortably when we leave. 

Listed below is plan (Lord willing):

Begin date: Tuesday, Mar. 24th: 156.5 

Saturday, Mar. 28th: 154.5    (done on Mar. 26...154.0)

Tuesday , Mar. 31st: 153.5    (done on Mar. 27)

Saturday, April 4th: 151.5

Tuesday, April 7th: 150.5

Saturday, 11th: 149.0

Tuesday, April 14th: 148.0 and wearing non-stretch sz. 8 jeans comfortably!  Yayyy!

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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Good afternoon to you. 

Hoping you're having a wonderful day in the Lord.

We got a call that Mom fell last nite at the nursing home.  I think she is okay.   Mom was confused today and had loss of appetite and didn't eat much of what they brought her and even though I brought her some of her favorite foods (baked sweet potato, yeast roll with extra honey butter, and roast beef) she hardly touched any of that, either and so I offered to wheel her around in the warm (70's) sunshine outside a while and she said yes, so we did, stopping to look at pretty flowers and the water fountains, as well.  She was very sleepy.  She said she wasn't hurting but that her arm hurt bad when she fell but wasn't hurting today.  She said what happened was she thought she was going to her closet to get her robe out and instead went to the door of her room and walked out into the hall and slid down on the floor.  I checked her left arm that she said she fell on and no bruising and she could move it okay.  She said it wasn't hurting.  I made sure I got her robe out of her closet and put it on her bed for her, telling her that if she needed it it was there and she didn't have to get up to get it.

  Meanwhile, a friend at church just got the news this morning that her Mom, also in a nursing home, passed.  She was very, very close to her Mom like I am to mine, back and forth, seeing about her Mom, too.  Hubby and I just got back from visiting her and her Hubby after we left Mom at Mom's nursing home.   I ask you Christians to please pray for my friend and her Hubby and their family and also please pray for my Mom, too.

Calories were good yesterday at est. 1400.  About an hour exercise.

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Evening update:  Calories today were est. 1200 and walked 1 mile uphill on the treadmill.

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Below is a repeat so you may have already read it but thought I'd leave it on entry while I'm working toward vacation goal.

Hubby and I are looking forward to (Lord willing) our upcoming annual springtime long weekend trip to the beach next month.  My goal is to be at 144-148 when we leave.  I had wanted it to be 140-142 but I am being realistic.  At 148, I can wear my 8's non-stretch (I've been wearing stretch 8's for a good while now) jeans comfortably (I can wear the non-stretch 8's now but they are too snug for comfort so can't wear them for a long time when I have them on).

Listed below is plan (Lord willing):

Begin date: Tuesday, Mar. 24th: 156.5 

Saturday, Mar. 28th: 154.5    (done on Mar. 26...154.0)

Tuesday , Mar. 31st: 153.5    (done on Mar. 27)

Saturday, April 4th: 151.5

Tuesday, April 7th: 150.5

Saturday, 11th: 149.0

Tuesday, April 14th: 148.0 and wearing non-stretch sz. 8 jeans comfortably!  Yayyy!

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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Good morning to you. 

Having my coffee this morning...

Calories were good yesterday at est. 1200.  Exercise was wheeling Mom around shopping.

This morning I reminded Hubby that our long weekend at the beach (Lord willing), is less than 3 weeks away!  :-)

Plan today (Lord willing):  Try to keep calories at 1100-1400.  Get some more

walking   done.  Tidy the house and cook supper.

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Evening update:  Visitied Mom again today.  There she lay in her bed with her jogging shoes on her feet with no bandage over the awful, raw, open-wound pressure sore on her foot again and no socks on, either...just the dirty inside of the shoe against the raw open wound!!!  I went straight to the nurses' desk and when I asked for her nurse, I was told her nurse was busy in another part of the building....but the assistant nursing home director, who is new, was standing close by me and she asked if she could help me.  I told her I've already filed a complaint recently about the same situation (after I told her what had happened) and that I was fixing to file another one!  I walked over to the shelf on the wall and got about a half dozen of the complaint forms.  She followed me to Mom's room and saw for herself.  She went and got the social worker who came to Mom's room.  Mom said the bandage had been taken off at 7 a.m. this morning when she was taken to the shower for a bath and was not replaced with another one after her bath.  Social worker said she didn't think it had been that long.  She and the assistant nursing home director told me it was up to me if I filed a report or not as I sat there in Mom's wheelchair with the report, writing what had happened.  Social worker said Mom's diabetic shoes finally came in and lo and behold, I checked them and they were not properly made with an indention inside for there to be no pressure on the wound!!!  They were just like any other shoes inside!  Was told they'd check into it.  Meanwhile, Mom is going on week 2 of no shoes wearing cause of the mixup that began a few weeks ago about her diabetic shoes to be ordered.  I also talked with both of them about my keeping on buying Mom diabetic socks that keep on disappearing.  Was told by the assistant nursing home director that "socks have a way of disappearing", even at her house, she said.  (Downplay, downplay.)  I told them both that I bought Mom new fleece booty bedroom slippers a few weeks ago and every time I ask the nurses about where are they,  I am told they might be in the laundry room over and over.  While I was there, after we'd finished talking (nursing home assistant director, social worker, Mom, and I), the nursing home assistant director put antibiotic cream and a bandage on Mom's foot over the ulcer.  I was so upset.  I told them that I was concerned Mom might develop a staph infection in her foot cause of her feet being stuck in her old jogging shoes with no bandage and no socks on and the wound up against the inside of the shoe, unprotected.  I was so mad (and still am)!  I filled out the complaint (second one within 2 months) and turned it in to the assistant nursing home director (they don't have a nursing home director, I was told).  Mom's cheeks were flushed and she felt warm and I went to the nurses' desk before I left and asked them to take Mom's temp, telling them I was fixing to leave to go home.  They told me they'd do it and not to worry about Mom.  Instead of going on home, I went back to Mom's room and waited about 15-20 mins and they still hadn't come and I went back to the nurses' desk and asked Mom's nurse for the day (they change frequently and you never know who it is from day to day) would she please come check Mom's temp before I left?  So she did but by then, Mom had drunk some ice water.  We were told it was 98.6, which is normal.  But Mom felt real warm and was red-faced.

I came back home and was in no mood to cook supper, so Hubby and I ate out buffet...usually I'd have given in and drowned my sorrows in food but not this time.  Someone's toddler child at a nearby table screamed over and over and over the whole time while we were eating.  The adults with the child did nothing about it, like they were used to it.  How can you enjoy drowning your sorrows in food when you have a headache from a screaming child and a neglected Mom?  So I just ate so-so and was finished eating in a few minutes....mostly fish.

Okay...today's est. cals: 1500 and today's exercise: walking about 2 hours.

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Below is a repeat so you may have already read it but thought I'd leave it on entry while I'm working toward vacation goal.

Hubby and I are looking forward to (Lord willing) our upcoming annual springtime long weekend trip to the beach next month.  My goal is to be at 144-148 when we leave.  I had wanted it to be 140-142 but I am being realistic.  At 148, I can wear my 8's non-stretch (I've been wearing stretch 8's for a good while now) jeans comfortably (I can wear the non-stretch 8's now but they are too snug for comfort so can't wear them for a long time when I have them on).

Listed below is plan (Lord willing):

Begin date: Tuesday, Mar. 24th: 156.5 

Saturday, Mar. 28th: 154.5    (done on Mar. 26...154.0)

Tuesday , Mar. 31st: 153.5    (done on Mar. 27)

Saturday, April 4th: 151.5

Tuesday, April 7th: 150.5

Saturday, 11th: 149.0

Tuesday, April 14th: 148.0 and wearing non-stretch sz. 8 jeans comfortably!  Yayyy!

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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Good morning to you. 

As usual, I'm drinking my coffee this morning...have already eaten breakfast...mic'd egg, grits and low-cal wheat toast w a very little lf marg, low-sugar tea, and of course, coffee (have switched back to 1 tsp. creamer and 1 tsp. sugar in my mug in the mornings but sometimes during the day if I drink coffee, I drink it black).  Anyway, about 300 cals breakfast.

Got on the scale this morning and it registered 154.0!  Yayyy!!!

Calories were good yesterday at est. 1200.  Exercise was about an hour's worth.

Plan today (Lord willing):  Try to keep calories at 1100-1400.  Get some more

walking   done.  Tidy the house, cook supper, and decide whether to get Mom today or tomorrow (as planned). 

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Afternoon update:  Went and got Mom and took her out to lunch at Shoney's Restaurant.  We had buffet.  Yours truly was good.  Mom was, too.  After we finished eating and left the restaurant, we went to the local farmers' market where I bought her some boiled peanuts she likes.  After that, she and I went to a nice thrift store where she bought me a cute shirt for $3 that has a cup of coffee sitting in a saucer on the front and little sparkles and is mostly blue to go with blue jeans and I bought her a green shirt she picked out that she liked a lot and a pair of cream-colored pants to match it for $6.  We spent about 3 hours together.  We both sang to our 'island' cd music playing as we traveled.  When I took her back to her room, she smiled happily as she said she had something to give me and told me to get her little blue clock on her nitestand (there is a large one hanging on the wall she also tells time by) and I objected and she insisted, and seeing it would make her happy to give it to me, I accepted it and thanked her for it.  Hugged and and kissed her on her face and told her I love her and I'll see her Sunday.  I brought the clothes home with me to wash and dry and will take hers to her when I see her again.  I stopped on the way home and bought Hubby's supper.

Today's est. cals: 1200

Exercise:  Wheeling Mom around today...also later may walk on the treadmill, too.

Below is a repeat so you may have already read it but thought I'd leave it on entry while I'm working toward vacation goal.

Hubby and I are looking forward to (Lord willing) our upcoming annual springtime long weekend trip to the beach next month.  My goal is to be at 144-148 when we leave.  I had wanted it to be 140-142 but I am being realistic.  At 148, I can wear my 8's non-stretch (I've been wearing stretch 8's for a good while now) jeans comfortably (I can wear the non-stretch 8's now but they are too snug for comfort so can't wear them for a long time when I have them on).  I know I can do this.  There are about 3 and 1/2 weeks til we leave.

Listed below is plan (Lord willing):

Today is Tuesday, Mar. 24th: 156.5 

Saturday, Mar. 28th: 154.5    (done on Mar. 26...154.0)

Tuesday , Mar. 31st: 153.5

Saturday, April 4th: 151.5

Tuesday, April 7th: 150.5

Saturday, 11th: 149.0

Tuesday, April 14th: 148.0 and wearing non-stretch sz. 8 jeans comfortably!  Yayyy!

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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Good morning to you.  Rain is on the way and my aches and pains are letting me know, too!   I'm sitting here drinking my coffee and thinking about when I was a little girl and we had a good rain, sometimes I'd go outside BAREFOOTED and walk in the mud puddles and loved to feel the squish of mud between my toes.  FUN!

Got on the scale this morning and it registered 155.0!  Yayyy!!!

Calories were good yesterday at est. 1200.  Exercise was over 3 hours worth!!!

Plan today (Lord willing):  Try to keep calories at 1100-1400.  Get some more

walking   done.  Tidy the house, cook supper, and go to church tonite.

Below is a repeat so you may have already read it but thought I'd leave it on entry while I'm working toward vacation goal.

Hubby and I are looking forward to (Lord willing) our upcoming annual springtime long weekend trip to the beach next month.  My goal is to be at 144-148 when we leave.  I had wanted it to be 140-142 but I am being realistic.  At 148, I can wear my 8's non-stretch (I've been wearing stretch 8's for a good while now) jeans comfortably (I can wear the non-stretch 8's now but they are too snug for comfort so can't wear them for a long time when I have them on).  I know I can do this.  There are about 3 and 1/2 weeks til we leave.

Listed below is plan (Lord willing):

Today is Tuesday, Mar. 24th: 156.5

Saturday, Mar. 28th: 154.5

Tuesday , Mar. 31st: 153.5

Saturday, April 4th: 151.5

Tuesday, April 7th: 150.5

Saturday, 11th: 149.0

Tuesday, April 14th: 148.0 and wearing non-stretch sz. 8 jeans comfortably!  Yayyy!

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Evening update:  est. cals today 1200 and exercise was 20 minutes walking uphill on the treadmill today and playing the piano at church tonite.

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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Good morning to you.  Pretty sunny day and I've been drinking my coffee.

Calories were good yesterday at est. 1465.  Homemade veggie soup helped and I took some to my Aunt (Mom's Sister) and visited her a while.  I also visited DD and DS yesterday while I was out.

Exercise was walking about a mile with

Hubby in our neighborhood.  We stopped and visited a neighbor on our way back home, who showed us a used riding lawnmower he'd recently bought at a low price, that he was very happy about.

Plan today (Lord willing):  Try to keep calories at 1100-1400.  Get some more

walking   done.  Maybe visit friends.

Hubby and I are looking forward to (Lord willing) our upcoming annual springtime long weekend trip to the beach next month.  My goal is to be at 144-148 when we leave.  I had wanted it to be 140-142 but I am being realistic.  At 148, I can wear my 8's non-stretch jeans comfortably (I can wear them now but they are too snug for comfort so can't wear them for a long time when I have them on).  I know I can do this.  There are about 3 and 1/2 weeks til we leave.

Listed below is plan (Lord willing):

Today is Tuesday, Mar. 24th: 156.5

Saturday, Mar. 28th: 154.5

Tuesday , Mar. 31st: 153.5

Saturday, April 4th: 151.5

Tuesday, April 7th: 150.5

Saturday, 11th: 149.0

Tuesday, April 14th: 148.0 and wearing non-stretch sz. 8 jeans comfortably!  Yayyy!

Evening update:  Visited Mom this afternoon about an hour.  Took her a package of fresh strawberries.  She is doing pretty well.  We had a nice visit.

Calories est. 1200 today.

Exercise is listed below: 

This afternoon, about 2 hours regular walking and other exercise.

About 1 hour piano playing at music/singing practice at church this evening.

More exercise tonite:  15 minutes walking fast uphill on treadmill.

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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Good morning to you.

Cals yesterday est 2500.  Exercise was wheeling Mom around outside when we were visiting yesterday.

I am cooking a pot of homemade veggie soup this morning.  Though I'm up a little this morning, I'm still down 3 from where I was 9 days ago (doesn't sound like much, does it?), so decided to do a 'kickstart' this week with soup.  I can add to it and change it with different foods over the next couple of days til I'm done with it.  Right now celery, carrots, onion, tomatoes, and potato are currently cooking in the big pot on the stove.  I may add beans or something to jazz it up when I start adding to it later on.  I don't plan for it to be the only thing I eat, but have some of it for lunch and snacks. 

Afternoon update (estimates): Calories today: 1465 and exercise: walking about a mile with Hubby in neighborhood.

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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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

Hello to you!!!

Went to church this morning (Hubby was working), then after church, visited Mom a little over an hour and a half.  Took her some of the food I cooked last nite for today...2 fried chicken legs, biscuit, mixed veggies, and potato salad.  She ate her lunch that was brought to her on a tray while I was there, saving what I brought her for later.  Then she wanted to go outside, so I wheeled her around outside for a while and that was my exercise for today. 

Cals yesterday were est 1250 and walked uphill 30 minutes on the treadmill.   

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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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 to you!!!

It is another pretty day here today.  A cool day and nice.  I've been busy washing clothes and doing other things around the house today. 

Fixing to make Hubby's homemade country ham biscuits this afternoon that he loves to take to work with him and eat for his breakfast.  Cals are okay today at est 1250.  Walked on the treadmill (uphill) for 30 minutes.  

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PRAYER OF SALVATION

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.

Hope you're having a blessed day in the Lord!

 Love, Maria  

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