November Goals

Saturday, November 12, 2011

UMMMMMMMMM.......Two weeks into November and I haven't posted any goals......

Now it's time to be more specific...

DAILY TIME WITH GOD

1. weight...247 by November 30

2. follow exercise regime 5 of 7 days each week

3. put out bird feeders and keep them filled

4. keep suet cakes up for the birds

5. time with family and friends


this will point me toward my next goal of 240 Christmas


REMEMBER: It's not so much what we eat between Christmas and New Years but what we eat between New Years and Christmas the side tracks us and sabotages our goals!!

  

Many Blessings Today

Thursday, November 10, 2011

1. visit from granddaughter who is on leave from the Navy before deploying---again

2 Maria(oldest daughter) brought me a loaf of pumpkin bread and 2 containers of pumpkin for the freezer

3. Tammy (youngest daughter) and family here for about 3 hours while she looked at sale stuff on line

4. Junior (grandson) visited with Connie

5. visited with Valerie (middle daughter) and Vicky (granddaughter)

6. saw all 3 daughters and 6 grandkids today

7. planted 2 maple trees yesterday

8. received some Christian fiction from discarded books at church

9. I have a wonderful God who takes very good care of me

  

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SEWINGMAMACDS 11/11/2011 6:08PM

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My Fantastic Week End

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

On Wednesday, I received a call from Dale (brother in Michigan) asking if I would like company this week end. Of course I said yes. They got an unexpected chance to come down with another couple. Friday evening, I picked them up in Springfield---a 45 minute drive from here.

Saturday we had a family dinner already planned so they got to attend that plus my son and daughter in law got to come over to see them. I had 17 here for chili dinner. All 4 of my kids and their families/spouses were able to come see them.

Sunday after church, I took them to George Washington Carver National Park. We walked for about 2 hours.

Monday I took them through the tornado areas of Joplin. While tooling around, we passed the low vision place. Dale said can you stop in there--so I did a quick stop and pulled in there. Sue (my sister in law) is sight impaired and legally blind. She had lost her good sturdy white cane so they wanted to see if possibly they could but another one. The man had a white cane that was also a walking cane that had been turned back to them by another family. He gave the cane to Sue free. She is absolutely thrilled with this cane as it gives her support for walking as well as being white. Then we went to some thrift stores. On the way home we stopped at the Precious Moments Chapel and Museum. More walking---about 2 hours worth total for the day.

After getting home Monday evening, we decided to go to Branson to meet the couple that they came down with and since I had free tickets to Yakov Smirnoff's dinner theater. A very good show put on by the Moscow Circus which included a dinner. It was a ballet type show. After this show, Dave ( who they came down with) got us free tickets to see The Texas Tenors. Fantastic show with all different types of music including some opera. It was mostly country and some rock. This group had won the America's Got Talent Contest in 2009. We had gotten a motel for the night and nearly got lost getting back to the motel---we were bushed.

This morning I took them back to Springfield where the headed for home.

Since today is my daughter's birthday and several of the casinos give free play on one's birthday, we headed out to the casinos. I came home with $60 more than I left with.

This has been the most fantastic 6 days that I can remember in a long long time.

I am so grateful to God for arranging the time to spend with my brother and sister in law and all the other great blessings He bestowed on me over the past 6 days.

And I thought I was going to have a nice quiet laid back weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

  

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SAINTBERNARD6 11/4/2011 11:56PM

Thanks everyone......many blessings to each of you....may God wrap you and your families safely in His arms....Elsie Report Inappropriate Comment

SEWINGMAMACDS 11/3/2011 6:22PM

What a wonderful weekend! Report Inappropriate Comment

MOMMA_BEAR_69 11/3/2011 1:54AM

describes your week with your brother and SIL perfectly. Praise the Lord for His blessings to you and yours. Report Inappropriate Comment

ANJAYS-JOURNEY 11/3/2011 12:21AM

Elise, so great you had an awesome time, and what a blessing that your sister in law recieved the gift of a cane that can help offer support as well. God is good!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

JUNEBUG150 11/2/2011 11:38PM

Oh Elsie, that is wonderful! You are always such a busy lady, it's really nice that you got that precious time with your brother and sister-in-law. Blessings and hugs, Melody Report Inappropriate Comment

MY GRANDSONS...ONE FOUND.....STILL LOOKING FOR 3

Sunday, October 23, 2011

This is Andy (Andrew Alexander Ayers-Wiggins who is now 25 Andy is the one who responded to Maria's Facebook post.

Andy doesn't know where his brothers are. We are hopeful of hearing from them one day.



This is Tommy (Allen Thomas Elder 111) who is now 23



This is Joshua Phillip Elder-O'Conner) who is now 22



This is Jamie (James Lionel Elder) who is now 21

  

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GRANNYSUE9 10/24/2011 12:14AM

God bless and may all of you be reunited soon! Report Inappropriate Comment

REBELBLITZ 10/23/2011 11:30PM

I pray that the family will be reunited. Report Inappropriate Comment

DANCINCAJUN1 10/23/2011 8:10PM

Good luck to you .... my Son's step sister contacted him just the last few months .... I had been searching for them for years ..... was wonderful !! Roc Report Inappropriate Comment

JOANNS4 10/23/2011 6:56PM

Elsie, I am sending prayers that you oneday find your grandsons. I am glad you will see the one you have found on facebook. Jo Ann Report Inappropriate Comment

SPARKLISE 10/23/2011 6:44PM

That is so sad! But now with facebook,there's always hope to find them. Good luck to you. Report Inappropriate Comment

CORKYTHEMOM 10/23/2011 6:08PM

Elsie, my heart reaches out to you in locating all of your precious grandsons. I am so happy that you will be seeing Andy next summer. My prayers are with you that you will hear from your remaining grandsons soon. I truly believe in miracles. Sending support and hugs to you. ~ Monika ~ Report Inappropriate Comment

A FUN DAY TURNED HORRIBLE

Sunday, October 23, 2011

I left the house at 7 AM to go to the fall TOPS rally. It was a good rally and I won one of the prizes. The "fun" began after I got home.

About 5:20 PM, Maria (daughter) called me from work and informed me that he husband had blacked out earlier and she was worried about him--then she began crying and sobbing.

So I went and got her. We left her car there.

After getting back to her house, I told my son in law to get his shirt and shoes on because he was going to the ER. He wouldn't go earlier for her. He must have not been feeling good because he did. We spent the next 3 1/2 hours in the ER. He has a severe sinus infection which caused his oxygen levels to drop causing the momentary black out spell. He has asthma.

After leaving the ER, we stopped to get her car. The lady who was called in to relieve Maria was drunk and very angry. She started yelling across the store at Maria, telling Maria it was her day off and Maria should be there working. She ranted for over 30 minutes while other customers were in the store. Another customer heard he call Maria a "bitch". She said a sinus infection wasn't reason enough to take the night off---as if Maria had planned this. Maria called their store manager about this lady's behavior. Apparently she had been carrying on like this for several hours. They found an empty beer can in the trash. The lady only had 3 pizza orders all evening and she messed them up. Now I have to write up a note about this lady's behavior so they can terminate her.

Anyway--I did not make good choices yesterday. At the TOPS rally all they had for us to eat were hot dogs, white buns, BBQ beans, and potato chips. Not very healthy for a weight management club. The program was good but the food choices were horrible.

I got home after 11 PM..

That was my day..

  

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MOMFAN 10/25/2011 3:19AM

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PROVERBS31JULIA 10/25/2011 12:13AM

HI Elsie - wow, I can totally empathize with sinus pain and infection but thankfully I've never blacked out (I don't have asthma as far as I know...). And yea, TOPS can be kinda weird with their foods. That was one reason I eventually bailed, because my group knew my dietary needs included no pork, no shellfish, allergies and all of that, and yet they'd persist in ordering ham this or pork that at all the picnics or holiday meals etc. For the Rally's, I never got to participate because they were always on Saturdays and I already have weekly commitments on Saturday... but being an officer for a brief interval, I was aware of the planning. Typically they'd hit up grocery stores etc for food donations. And what do the grocery stores donate? Healthy foods? Oh no, those are expensive! They'd donate that cheap white bread junk that were just sitting on the shelves because no one else wanted to buy cheap junky white bread, and so on down the list - pop instead of fruit juice.... sugar ladened snacks instead of fruits and veggie trays, the whole shootin' match. So i guess TOPS needs to be more assertive/aggressive in asking for healthier foods, or go to more places to get the healthier foods donated (like if one store only wants to donate $100 of junk food, but they might consider $100 of a veggie or a fruit - that might not go as far in feeding 100 or 200 people. But if they went to another store and got $50 or 100 worth of some veggies or whatever - just went to more stores to finally get enough of the appropriate foods, it could work out... In any case... there were some other shenanigans going on and friction with my family and so I ended up bailing out of TOPS altogether. Hope it works out better for you in the future! Julia Report Inappropriate Comment

ANJAYS-JOURNEY 10/24/2011 12:34PM

Elise sorry to hear you had such a rotten day, but praise God that your son-in-law got help, a sinus infection canbe so dangerous!! Hope to-day is so much better. Report Inappropriate Comment

SEWINGMAMACDS 10/24/2011 12:04AM

That is crazy about the food at the TOPS rally. My TOPS group usually brown bags lunch because the food at the rally is not that healthy. I have always thought it was strange the choices that are served at rallies. Praying your sil feels better. Sorry you had to go through that nastiness. Report Inappropriate Comment

JUNEBUG150 10/23/2011 10:27PM

Elsie, sorry you had such a bad day! I'm glad your son in law decided to go get help at the ER, low O2 and asthma are nothing to play around with.. I feel bad for Maria too, that wasn't called for on that other woman's part. Praying for you and your family. Hugs, Melody Report Inappropriate Comment

NDTEACHER1 10/23/2011 8:11PM

Hard to say what motivated this person's behavior but it sounds as though her life is out of control. Add her to your prayer list, it sounds as though she needs it. I'll add her to mind and thank the Lord your son-in-law is going to be okay. Report Inappropriate Comment

SKIDEE 10/23/2011 5:38PM

More and more people see life as only about them. They have little to no empathy or consideration for others. I'm sorry you had to endure such nastiness on top of worry about your son in law. But even when we only get mildly annoyed with circumstances that are brought about by others, often we have NO idea what they are going through and we all really need to THINK before we react. There is no good way to deal with someone like that except to make your behavior match what God would want from you and leave the other person to his/her own hatefulness. Jo Report Inappropriate Comment