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<><Becky
L.≈prayer that tumors won't return to her eye≈
******* L.≈prayer that he would stop being so angry towards his family≈
******* T.≈was attacked and is having a hard time with things right now≈
******* K.≈family is going through a difficult time right now≈
L.≈they now go to the Toronto Hospital EOM and the other months they go to the Hospital in their Province - PTL!!!!≈
******* M.≈found a home much closer to work≈
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I am not very good about keeping any New Years resolution that I make. Oh, I do okay for about a month and then I figure it is just way to much work, lol. This year I decided that I wasn't going to make any resolutions - I break them anyway so why make them??????? Instead I'm making a goal for myself to start getting healthier - the first thought that went through my head was "What's the difference between making a goal and making a resolution?". Well, to me .... before, I would make a resolution that I was going to lose X amount of pounds (and I always failed) - this time I'm making a goal that I'm going to get healthier, not lose X amount of pounds (losing weight should be the by-product of getting healthier, right?).
So, here is my plan to get healthier - keep in mind that this is still in the thought/implementation stage: I'm going to write down everything that I eat or drink in a notebook. I'm not going to count calories, keep track of points or follow a diet plan that only allows me to eat certain-foods-at-certain-times-from-certain-food-groups. I also don't want to have to follow a diet plan that makes me eat things that are (1) not what we keep in our house, or (2) is totally different than what everyone else in my house is eating (this makes extra work for me by having to make 2 seperate meals all the time). I will be using a smaller plate at meal times, we got some from our Secret Advent family that are smaller than a dinner plate but larger than the ones that we usually put under a bowl of soup (or have toast on). The reason behind using a smaller plate is that it will automatically help me cut down on the amount of food I'm consuming, which is also part of my getting healthier goal.
I'm also going to start exercising intentionally - before if I exercised one day I would take the next few days off because I was so sore from that one day ... then I would forget that I was trying to get in the habit of exercising and it would stop altogether (sound familiar?). To start with, I'm only going to exercise 3 days a week ... this gives me a break between the days for my body to "recoup" if I over do it one day. Then, once I get into the habit of exercising (and my body starts getting stronger because of it) I'll add a little bit more (not a whole big bunch, just a little bit so that I'm not setting myself up for failing).
Well, that's all I have figured out so far. I'm very hopeful that this will be do-able for me and something that I will stick with. I'll try to remember to keep you posted on how things are going.
Finished Crochet List of 2009:
≈ Wasp Nest - 2
≈ Double-thick Diagonally Crocheted Potholder - 8
Emergency Rations
≈ 3 cups rolled oats
≈ 2 1/2 cups powdered milk
≈ 1/2 package lemon or orange gelatin
≈ 1 cup sugar
≈ 2 Tablespoons honey
≈ 3 Tablespoons water
* Place oats, powdered milk and sugar in a bowl.
* Add water to honey and bring to a boil.
* Dissolve gelatin in honey/water mixture and add to dry ingredients.
* After mixing well, add additional water (a teaspoon at a time), until the mixture is barely moist enough to be molded.
* Shape into two bars.
* Dry the bars in the oven under low heat, wrap in foil & place them in a covered container for indefinite storage.
* Each bar contains sufficient food for one day.
* You can eat the bar dry or cook it in about a pint of water.
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