Get Your Colonoscopy!

Colonoscopies Save Lives!
The procedure is a breeze....it's the nasty stuff you have to drink for 24 hours before this deal. But suck it up, you can do it. Mike and I had our first Colonoscopy a few weeks ago...we were a little late in having them. They say you should have your first one at 50. Anyway, we did it, survived it, and now can go on our merry way for another 5 years! Yippee! If you have not done it, DO IT! If I can do it, anyone can do it. :) HAPPY CLEAN AND HEALTHY COLON TO YOU!

Wanted: Beautiful Skin

Ok...at some point in time a girl should not have to worry about break-outs, like 50 something! I get that I have to handle wrinkles, lines, age-spots, etc. but this is too much. So I did a little research and to go along with my eat healthy, be healthy thing, I looked into foods that help make my skin healthy.
Here's what I found:
Water-drink more of it
avacados-yum
mangos, berries, cherries
almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds
cottage cheese
yogurt
flaxseed oil, wheat germ
canola oil, olive oil
and of course, more green veggies, fruit, and less fat, carbs, sugar....
I know all this...and have done a better job with it.
So, now maybe this 20 frickin' lbs. will start to go away as well....

Food for Thought....:)

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

Contentment

"I encourage you to be content with who you are. That does not mean that you cannot make progress and continually improve, but when you allow other people to become a law (rule or regulation), you are continually disappointed. God will never help you be someone else. Remember that being "different" is good; it is not a bad thing. Celebrate your uniqueness and rejoice in the future God has planned for you. Be confident and start enjoying you!" Joyce Meyer
I have been reading a lot about being content these days...I am so guilty of looking ahead, being hurried, wanting tomorrow, or next week, month, year to get here for whatever reason. When you live like that the next thing you know is that time has arrived, and then you look back and say where did all that time go?
CONTENT, I will be content with this season of my life now. I will give thanks everyday for what I have, with all that I have been blessed with, not whine about what I don't have or want. I have been trying to say this to myself every morning. I say it and mean it...however by noon I am once again jumping ahead...wish I....maybe I...think I should...can't wait for...Oh well, I'm trying, at least I'm content for a few hours each day, that's a start. :)

Happy New Year!

Cannot believe it is late January 2012!
The holidays have come and gone, and by now many people have failed at their attempt for some kind of New Year's Resolution. I try not to make those anymore...however this year I told myself I am just going to try to make healthier choices. Food, fitness, TV, movies, books, friends, life! I want to live a healthy life.
As I embark on this "empty-nest" life...I realize that it is so easy or maybe just lazy to let the bad stuff in. Depressing news, violent movies, french fries, carbs, whatever the culprit is, I am going to work on cutting those bad things out! If I can eliminate even half of them I will have succeeded in my resolution.
So if any of you out there are sticking to your New Year's Resolution, congrat's! If not, join me! Eliminate one negative unhealthy thing today, turn off the news, drink water instead of that coke, make brown rice instead of white, stop and thank God for your blessings instead of whining about something you don't have.
Happy New Year, let's make 2012 a healthy, happy one! :)

Trust God's Grace

I do not set aside the grace of God; for if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died in vain. Galations 2:21
This is today's scripture in my daily devotional (The Confident Women Devotional)Joyce Meyer.
She discovered years ago that every time she became frustrated it was because she was trying to do something herself, in her own strength, instead of putting her faith in God and receiving His grace (help). If I had a dime everytime I too said this! I always try to do everything myself, change myself, my family, my situation, my finances, whatever....and often am frustrated because things are not turning out like I want or expect, not my results. After struggling and struggling on my own, I finally give it to Him and only then do I see the results and and become free of the craziness of trying to do it all by myself. Why do I not just give it to Him in the first place? Thank goodness God is so patient. I'd like to say I'm learning, but daily I still try to do it myself. At least I have the wisdom now to know that nothing is done without Him, He is in charge. So give it up people, you can't go it alone, don't even try. Give it to Him, go to God in prayer and ask for help, for His blessing, His guidance, and then you will get answers, and peace.

All This Free Stuff is Destroying Us

I received this email forward the other day, I think it's brilliant.

The folks who are getting the free stuff,don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff, because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff.

The folks who are paying for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop, and the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!

Now... The people who are forcing the people who pay for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff, that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff, are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

So... The people who are GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff, and giving them the free stuff in the first place.

We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.

Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason? The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them.

The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 235 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff. We have one chance to change that. In 2012. Failure to change that spells the end of the United States as we know it.