JustJane48

Good Tuesday Morning my buddys :)  Hope everyones Labor Day weekend was a relaxing, fun time for you all.

I was thinking lately about my “wish list” for my life.  I think when you become sick things look very different.  You look at life in a whole new perspective.

I’ve made many lists of “Dreams” in the past, but I sat down and seriously wrote my best dreams and wishes.

• First & obvious, lose this unwanted weight
• Have many grandchildren
• See my children really be happy in life
• Have a BuddySlim Reunion
• Get to Disneyworld (going in October [fingers crossed])
• I’m adopted, so I’d love to find my birth parents and or siblings.  I’ve tried with no results.  Any one have suggestions?
• Have God lead me into a volunteer position with the handicapped/down syndrome children (they always tug at my heart)
• Live on a lake
• Travel to every state
• Go to Canada to meet my best friend

What are your dreams?  Do you just have one BIG Dream, or do you have a list like I do?

One does not make friends; one recognizes them.

Friendship is in loving rather than in being loved.

He who is true to one friend thus proves himself worthy of many.

God bless you all…sending Big Hugs all around

September 1, 2008.  A new start, a new month and so many changes.  I changed my profile pic and it really makes me sick to think I have let myself go so badly.  This is the BIG version of me.  I promise to God, Myself and all my Buddys I will be showing of SMALLER version of myself soon

Tommorrow is back to work for so many including my husband.  Makes me sad.  We never really had any “alone” time.  Family all around.  I love family but sometimes……………………………..

I also wanted to send this message out, and I’ll probably post it to make sure my buddys receive it.

I’ve always had a few problems commenting on blogs with new buddys. Its frustrating, so I usually send them a message.

Today I am sad because I can’t comment on ANYBODYS blogs :(  Not even my buddys I’ve had for the last year

So I wrote Dr. Marc and asked if there was solution.  I’m sure hoping its an easy fix.  So to all my buddys I haven’t commented on, hopefully tommorrow I’ll have the answer.

God Bless You All….Smile….Be Happy….Love Life….God is soooooooooooooooo Good!!!

Love you all my special buddys

I thought this pic was so adorable I had to share with you

I finally did it and I just have to brag a bit.  Dad took us to Long John Silvers (his fav) and I just prayed they would have a baked fish available.  Last time we went I was faced with nothing but fried.

Well guess what???????????????????????  They had a baked cod platter with coleslaw, rice pilaf, 1/2 ear of corn and 2 hushpuppies.  I was so happy.  I could live on fried foods but I’m really serious about these life saving changes on the eating and exercise.

The meal was delicious, I didn’t eat the rice and only 1/2 the cole slaw, so overall for me this is HUGE!!!

Hope everyone is having a wonder Labor Day Weekend!!!

Good Afternoon Buddys!!  Not too long ago I asked your opinion about receiving e-mails which asked you to forward them on to a certain amount of people.  Such as this “Send this to 10 other people and you will be richly blessed”

My responses were really interesting, some of you said they were offended and bothered by forwarded e-mails, others said it really didn’t matter.  The majority of people were annoyed so I chose to post this e-mail as my “blog”  Not forcing “anyone” to read it or forward it.  This particular e-mail was sent by a very very close friend whos response was “I’m annoyed by these types of e-mails”  LOL!! Isn’t it funny how we react to different things at different times!!

Anyhow…here it goes.  I found this to be an enlightening e-mail and for any of you interested I hope you enjoy

Subject:  FW:  Time for God

Read only if you have time for God. Let me tell you, make sure you read all the way to the bottom.  I almost deleted this e-mail but I was blessed when I got to the end.

God, when I received this e-mail, I thought…I don’t have time for this…And, this is really inappropriate during work.

Then, I realized that this kind of thinking is…Exactly, what has caused lot of the problems in our world today.

We try to keep God in church on Sunday morning…

Maybe, Sunday night…

And, the unlikely event of a midweek service.

We do like to have Him around during sickness…

And, of course, at funerals.

However, we don’t have time, or room, for Him during work or play…

Because…That’s the part of our lives we think…We can, and should handle on our own.

May God forgive me for ever thinking…

That…There is a time or place where…

HE is not to be FIRST in my life.

We should always have time to remember all HE has done for us.

If, You arn’t ashamed to do this…

Please follow the directions.

Jesus said, “If you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you before my Father.”

Not ashamed?

Pass this on ONLY IF YOU MEAN IT!!!

Yes, I do Love God.

HE is  my source of existence and Savior.

He keeps me functioning each and every day.  Without Him, I will be nothing. But, with Christ, HE strengthens me (Phil 4:13) This is the simplest test.

If you Love God…And, are not ashamed of all the marvelous things HE has done for you…

Send this to ten people and the person who sent it to you? Now do you have the time to pass it on?

Make sure that you scroll through to the end.

Easy vs. Hard.

Why is it so hard to tell the truth but Yet so easy to tell a lie?

Why are we so sleepy in church but Right when the sermon is over we suddenly wake up?

Why is it so easy to delete a Godly e-mail, but yet we forward all of the nasty one?

Of all the free gifts we may receive, Prayer is the very best one…

There are no costs, but wonderful rewards…GOD BLESS!!

I really should have deleted the “pass this on” because that isn’t the reason I posted this.  I just hope anyone reading this enjoyed it as much as I did!!!

Sending Gods blessings and happiness to you all.  Hows the healthy eating going?  We are doing quite well today.  One day at a time!!!

And a houseful of family 

Thought we’d have a quiet weekend but turned out otherwise..LOL!!!

Phone rings, 9:30 a.m….daughter Angela says “Mom whatcha doing today”….”nothing”….”can we come spend the afternoon?”  “sure” 

Phone rings 10:30 a.m……. son Jon says….Can I come over?  sure :)  then comes Chris.  

Thank goodness for backup meals.  Always have a few extra dinners for days like this!! I made my infamous healthy version of chili using Ground Turkey Breast (instead of ground beef)  used V8 Low Sodium Vegtable juice for the base and lots of chili powder!!

The pot was huge!! I was ready.  After all the kids were here I sent my husband to get Dad since he really is enjoying Talan more these days

We ate, laughed,  and just had a fun day!!

Hope everyones weekend went well.  Did you exercise?  Did you eat good?

Before I leave, just wanted to share these from Womans Day Magazine

Simple Inspirations

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

Michael Jordan

“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, think big.”

Donald Trump

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tommorrow.”

Maya Angelou

“I never regret anything. Because every little datail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.”

Drew Barrymore

“If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”

Dolly Parton.

“Live as if you were to die tommorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

Mahatma Gandhi

Good morning BuddySlimmers.  Today our Big/Little Sister adventure will bring us to the local movies to watch Wall-E

Katelins choice of course.  Well, she could choose from these choices.  1).  Start our scrapbook  2).  Volunteer at the crisis center  3).  Go see a Movie (her choice of movies)  so here we are!!!

At noon today we’ll be sitting in the movies.  I do have a healthy plan for snacks.  I’ll order the popcorn/pop combo….requesting a Diet Coke and popcorn~~NO butter~~ NO salt!!!

Hopefully Katelin will follow suit, we’ll see!! remember she is 12 years old and they do have a mind of their own!

Did well with my eating yesterday.  Did my treadmill, and started studying again :)  I will get through this course even if it kills me!!! LOL!! and it just might do that!!!

Ok…my buddys, have a fantastic day filled with love and happiness.  Love you All!!

has really woke me up today!! First off, I’ve missed BuddySlim sooooooooo much these past few days!!! I’ve really gotten behind in my mail and the blogs.  MIA!!! help!!!  LOL!!! but I’m back for a bit anyways.  Life seems to be overwhelming right now, but in a really good sort of way

I love Joyce Meyer….somedays I feel like she is talking straight to me.  As I was walking on the treadmill today, Joyce told gave me an important message.

I want to share this.  She said “Stop trying to fix problems you have NO control over”  “Stop feeling responsible for EVERYONE elses problems”  Put that extra stress into Gods hands.!!    I’ve been famous for preaching those exact words, but lately find myself trying to FIX everthing!!!

After my walk I felt so much better, not the just the walk, but the message.

Hope everyones July 4th weekend was fun…and healthy.  For those of us who made a few “not so good” choices, its ok…No beating yourself up.  Its a new day, a new chance to make things all good again!!!

July 8, 2008

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall life you up.

James 4:10

Be humble by realizing you need Me.

Depend upon Me and I will exalt you and honor you.

I will make your life significant.

All of life blessings and all of my love to my special buddys here at BuddySlim. 

I promise you will be blessed in so many ways!! So many ways you won’t even realize!!

I’m soooooooooo excited about my day today.  Couldn’t hardly sleep last night!!! hehehehe

My little sis and I will be going to a “crisis type” center today to volunteer.  This particular center is somewhat like a Goodwill or Salvation Army, but the difference is….it doesn’t charge any money. 

People going through tough times that qualify can get free food, free clothing, household items.  They also have a senior meals on wheels program.

There are endless opportunities for us to volunteer.  I wanted to teach my little to find time for others.  God wants us to be givers of our time if thats possible.  Maybe we don’t have money to give, but time is priceless. 

In my experiences, I’ve learned just by giving alittle bit…and I don’t mean money because there isn’t alot of that floating around here..LOL!! But if I give just a little of my time to help someone in rough spot, someone who is having a hard time or just needs a friend :)  I always walk away feeling sooooooooooo complete. Its a win-win situation then!!!

The most exciting part of our whole journey together is that my little is just as excited about this as I am!!!  It’ll be like 2 little kids at Christmas time!!!  LOL!!

Ok, need to go…can’t be late.  Thats a fine quality to be taught to her as well…punctuality is very important

On leaving….I wanted to say this.  The special group of people at BuddySlim are all GIVERS!!! You all give of your time and heart to those of us at this site looking for some encouragement and kind words.  Thank you for taking YOUR time to give a little!!

Love you all so much

Day 4  Walking         Yes

              Eating right      Yes

            Checking blogs      Yes (havent’ yet today though)

            Working on MT course    Kinda  LOL!!

Have a great day….until later

Happy Monday Monday to all here at BuddySlim.

Hope the sun is shining wherever you may be this beautiful morning :)  The weather is chilly, but the sun is shining and life couldn’t be better!!

I’ve spent over an hour reading blogs this morning, a couple leftover from yesterday as well.  Its amazing what we learn from here.  Sometimes I feel very sad, tearful….at times I even feel hurt….quite often I get good laughs and good life experiences.

I think most important, the people here are all so unique.  So special in there own way.  I love to just “be myself” .  To be happy with who I am and what I am.  My struggle with this healthy journey is really “my struggle”  Its nice to know we can come here and share stories and get support without being criticized.

I’m enjoying my quiet Monday morning since the kids have left (I do miss my Talan though)  LOL!! Its so quiet now….I can actually think

My goals this week are as follows:

1:     Walk 25 - 30 mins a day on the treadmill

2:      Drink 2 healthy shakes and eat 1 healthy dinner per day

3:       Try to keep up with my buddys blogs daily

4:        Get back on track with my Medical Transcription classes

And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

John 17:13

I have come to you and given you My Word so that you could have My Joy. You will have My gladness within you, filling your heart, when you live and abide in My World.

Love and Gods Blessings to all my special friends here…and all the newcomers here at Buddyslim.  Be happy!!

Back home safely!! YIPPEE!!!

We arrived in Grand Rapids yesterday afternoon around 4:30.  It was a long day filled with laughing, talking and unfortunately a 2 1/2 hour layover in Detroit!! We flew out of Hartford Conn. at 11:05 a.m.  The flights were great, the seats were perfect.  My dear husband is the bestest ever!! I’m so blessed to have him.  We enjoyed his family….there are too many to count!!  We probably only saw 1/2 of them.  He must have over 50 cousins!!!

My eating choices weren’t always the best, but I surely had fun.  I did choose salad alot…didn’t drink nearly enough water :(  But its ok, today is a new day

I started this morning with my healthy eating, and I WILL walk on the treadmill today.  Even if it is only a few minutes….something is better then nothing.

It was good seeing Dad….tommorrow starts the Doctors appts. again.  I had a nice break, but now its back to reality. 

I sure missed my little dog Toby “sigh”  He had a long 12 days in the kennel.  That was tough leaving him.  He was sooooooooooo happy to see us.  He’s been konked out on the bed all day LOL!!!

Life is good…my buddies are the best. I’ve missed you all, I hope to be better at reading blogs now!!

John 20:29

Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.