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You may know how much I gripe about being so bored at work, and you may not, but let me tell you, I’m sick to death of it!  You know the expression “bored to tears” - that is me at this point!  The worst part about it is I still have to be here at the office all day even though there is nothing to do.  So I don’t get anything else accomplished.  Well, I decided to do something about it.  I was talking to my mother-in-law the other day and she asked me if I  had considered studying to become a medical transcriptionist. I said I had thought about it but didn’t have the $ to pay for the courses.  So, she offered to pay the monthly fees for me!  Well I got all excited and went to a website that a friend referred to me- and all the while not terribly excited about the medical field, but excited that I could do something and possibly end up working from home- when I saw they also offer courses to become a legal transcriptionist- well that’s when I started to get really excited!  That is totally up my alley- so I enrolled and took the first two lessons and quizzes online- and they are sending me the rest of the stuff.  It should take me about 4 months to complete and then they will help me find a job.  I will stay here at my current job for a while until I feel like I’m established enough to work from home.  So I am hoping that within 6-8 months I will officially be done here and actually making  better money!  Plus I won’t have to pay for gas or child care anymore, so that will help tremendously!  And, when I stayed at home before I was so much better at making sure I got workouts in, and was able to get up and move around so much more, etc.  So that is my exciting news!  I am anxiously awaiting my materials to come and then I’m going to get started right away!  I figure I’ll be able to put in at least a good 5 hours a day with it- that’s how slow it is here- probably even more.  Just wanted to share with you and will keep you updated on how it’s going!  Have a great day buddies!

My mom bought me a pair of silk pajamas for Christmas last year- I am a pj girl, just love ‘em.  (Mark- not so much LOL) Anway, they were an XL but when I tried them on I couldn’t get them over my hips. I cried.  Mom said she would exchange them and I said ABSOLUTLEY NOT!!  I refused to get a bigger size; I told her by this Christmas they would fit me.  Well, I got home last night ready to crash and there they were in my drawer, having been neglected since December, and I decided to try them on.  Lo and behold, they fit!  They not only fit, but they were baggy on me!  I was so excited I went around the whole house dancing!  Mark was cracking up at me!  Here I’ve been kinda upset that it’s taken me this long to lose 15 pounds, and then this happens and totally changes my focus!  Woo-hoo!!  And I must say, I looked darn cute in them too!

I have really been enjoying reading blogs over the last week and not having to worry about drama….and yet here we go again!  I was just browsing through “today’s most popular blogs” and it has begun.  PLEASE PLEASE STOP THIS NOW BEFORE IT GETS OUT OF CONTROL AGAIN!!!  If you cannnot stop yourself, please go to another blogsite.  This is beyond ridiculous that a group of ADULTS continue to behave so childishly.  If you don’t like someone, for heaven’s sake, don’t be their buddy, don’t read & comment on their blogs and don’t email them!!  Grow up!!  I’m hoping my fellow buddies will step up and help me nip this one in the bud before it grows to more than one blog about it!  Thank you!!

Again, this is a copy of the email I sent out:

 Friends, I think we have an army praying for Mike & Tricia right now! Thank you so much and don’t stop!  Tricia found out this morning that they got about 75% of the infection out.  They don’t think it got into the bone, so they didn’t take his arm.  Still, with 25% of the infection still in there, it is possible for it to continue to spread, so they’re not letting him out of the hospital for a while.  So the situation is better, but not 100%.  In my opinion, he is still alive and still has both of his arms because of your prayers, because the doctors were convinced it would be one or the other.    I believe God has allowed him to remain alive so that he can accept Christ.  Please continue to pray for this, and that he will continue to talk to Don like he said he would.  Tricia is still amazed and still telling everyone she knows about what she saw happen yesterday.   Thank you thank you and I will continue to update as I have more news. 

Hey all, I just copied my email to my friends here, so you will hear the name “don” a lot- he is one of the leaders at my church- this is the update so far:

Well, here is what I know so far!  Mike is out of surgery- the doctor said he is not out of the woods- but that is all Tricia knows.  They will not talk to her because she is not listed on his Hippa form.  She is the only person that stayed all day with him-his parents never even showed up.  Now, here comes the goose-bump part.  Tricia’s pastor came and talked to MIke, gave him the plan of salvation, prayed for him,etc.  Tricia said he was as cold as ice to him.  Not long after he left, here comes Don Tordoff (hallelujah!)  She said it was a divine appointment.  She said Don didn’t pull any punches (surprise surprise)  he walked right in, introduced himself, and said “Are you saved?  Where are you at with God right now?  If you die today will you go to Heaven?”  Tricia said Mike broke down and wept, which he’s never done.  He told Don he knew he needed to give his life to God but wasn’t sure how or why he hadn’t done it before.  He prayed w/Don, she is not sure it was a salvation prayer, but he agreed to meet w/Don again if he makes it.  I have spent a lot of time w/her and heard lots of stories and spent time w/Mike too, and I can’t begin to tell you how unbelievable it is that not only he allowed Don to talk and pray w/him but that he broke down and admitted he needed salvation.  What a breakthrough!  So now please pray that he will not put off making the decision and that he would continue to talk w/Don.  Your prayers were certainly making a difference today please do not stop praying!  Hopefully tomorrow we will know more about his physical condition and I will update you all again!

This is a blog about faith-if you are offended by that please do not read it and do not comment on it.  I’m blogging to ask prayer for my friend’s estranged husband.  He has diabetes and also an auto-immune disease that I can’t remember the name of.  He went into the hospital yesterday w/a staph infection and they said he might lose his arm.  Well this morning they called my friend and told her he was going in for surgery @ 1pm EST and the doctors didn’t think he was going to make it.  She is at the hospital now; they told her she needed to come write down his last requests, etc.  This is an extremely hard time for her, as she is a believer and he is not.  I contacted my church and got one of our leaders to go down there to pray w/him and be with the family.  Please pray that God’s will be done- even if he doesn’t have long to live, that he would settle things w/God.  Thank you so much!  I will keep you updated as I can. 

I decided to post this for all my buddies who get discouraged about losing weight slowly.  Don’t give up!  Everything I read about nutrition, weight loss, exercise, healthy living, etc says the BEST way to lose weight is 1-2 pounds a week.  Not only is it safe, but it is also less likely that you will gain it back when you lose it this way.  That being said, I know how frustrating it can be to get on the scale and see it the same for a few weeks, and then down, but only a pound.  Just keep your head up!  Know that you are doing it the right way and the pounds WILL come off!  Also remember that your size is changing, and you are probably losing more inches than pounds!  Slow and steady wins the race! 

Here is a quote I keep at my desk- I thought you might enjoy it:

 ”The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.  Attitude, to me, is more important than facts.  It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failrues, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.  It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill.  It will make or break a company… a church… a home.  The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.  We cannot change our past, we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way.  We cannot change the inevitable.  The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude…I am convinced tha life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.  And so it is with you… we are in charge of our attitudes.”  Charles Swindoll

 I read this every day especially on the not-so-good ones and really take it to heart.  It is true, the one thing we can control is our attitudes.  So think about it today, as you continue on your weight loss journey, or deal with people at work, or spend time with your family.  You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control how you react to it! 

On this day of remembrance, I just wanted to post a blog in support of our great nation and the troops that are still fighting for our freedom today.  I lived in NY in 2001, and I remember exactly where I was, what I was doing, and the things that went through my mind.  This is a very sad day for me.  At the same time, my heart swells with pride when I remember how we all came together as a nation.  There were no longer Republicans & Democrats, just Americans.  No different races, just Americans.  That day an entire nation became brothers and sisters.  Although today, 7 years later, we have many times gone back to bickering and fighting, we will always come together on September 11th and unite once again.  God bless our fighting men and women in all parts of the world, God bless our police and firefighters, and God bless America.