Fibramyalgia flare up

Wow it has been a wile since i have had any problems with my Fibra. But two weeks ago i started up on a new exercise thing.. well my husband talked me into trying to get back onto my old schedule so i dug up some videos on netflix and have been doing it twice a week… lol yes I’m that out of shape and want to start up very slow as to not totally shock my system or… well have this happen but it did anyways. The flare up is really small compared to others so I’m glad i am only doing the videos twice a week. I have the stiffness in the morning and the total exhaustion in the afternoon.. and damn it i am forgetting words again. this is the worst and most frustrating part. I was talking to my sister in law trying to tell her about this new cloth dryer i have. its a tension rack that goes from the floor to the ceiling and had hooks coming off of it were cloth hangers can hang. about 6 per hook and three hooks on it. I LOVE IT i can put up 3 loads of laundry ..well anyways i was trying to tell her you could hang “hangers” on it but the word was just GONE from my mind.. we then had to play a guessing game to find it lol..

you know m.. the thing you put in the closet… that you put close on! /SCREAM….errrr you mean a hanger k?…SHIT lol yes a hanger!…

this is happening more and more again. i thing this is my most hatted part of the flare ups there is just no controlling that! sigh. well i will continue with the video’s tho because i fear my husband may be right and my weight is partly behind my breathing issue.. NOW my dr. says its stress and would like to send me to a counselor because i refuse to take medication. they want to give depressants for everything ! I also don’t want to see a counselor for it.. if it is stress ( and i am all for ppl talking to counselors ! ) but if my system has become so sensitive to my moods ill need more then a counselor to keep a even keel with 3 kids and a husband LOL. life is stressful and i am Farly well at dealing with the stress in my life but i may have to come up with some new ideas /shrug…. i degrees.. lol threw the whole visit she never once said it could be my weight.. which seems odd from a dr since i am HUGELY overweight and i know it.

well either way lets see if i can stick with it again and drop some more weight. the 20 from last summer stayed off so the small changed i made then has stuck with me enough that i could still maintain the new weight. it may not seem like a lot off hand but the fact that i lost it slowly and then was able to continue for a year with the change and not gain it back or more.. is good its encouraging for the next 20.. and the next.. it means that as long as i do it this way, slowly and with real true changes that  I PERSONALLY can live with i will be able to maintain any new weight i get to. .. just time to buckle down again   LOL but i am a lazy lazy person so i start my focus on more passive stuff like the portion sizes I’m eating and what i put on my plate and how much fluids I’m getting.

well here’s to hoping i don’t forget one of the kids names! lol have a good one and i will too god bless

When a deer comes to visit

Ok so I’m stumbling around and find this very cute cat site just full of pic’s. Well my little girl monster

makes me stop and look threw them she loves meow meows. and i came to this one and i have to ask…

were do they live!!!! omgosh! a mommy and baby deer coming right up to your door to visit LOL how totally great is that. I hope it wasnt because they were looking for food dont like that thought.  What a moment that must have been. glad they had there camera handy!

Fasting .. what is it and what does it mean to us?

Here is a subject that i have always secretly wondered about. you hear about it here and there in the bible but i have never had a church i attended go deep into it

.. why do people fast..what do you when you fast.. what was the reason behind it.. when in the right time..the wrong time.. why does god ask us to fast…

i assumed that it was mainly tragedy’s that sent people scrambling to god giving up food to ask for help.. or religious higher ups showing ..us? dedication to god.. but i never digged to far into it partly.. selfish reasons. what if the bible demands we fast! what if I’m not ready? i don’t know how.. i don’t know what to do.. …… it was some of the same questions i had about how to pry to god. That may sound odd to allot of people but i was never really taught “how” to pry and why  and a lot of the time it sounded fake or hypocritical to me when i “tried” .. but i searched for that answer because i needed desperately to know how to talk to god, how to be close to him.. and prayer is you way in. its your daily talks with god. to give thanks and praise and share your strugles with him and ask for help. i found there is no “right” way or wrong way, you just talk to him. we have a relationship with god.. he use to walk in the garden with adem and talk to him.. i believe he wants that kind of closeness with each of his children. so daily we talk to him..

… i got side tracked .. fasting.. i found a great site that did all the work for me and researched it. they explain very nicely all the questions i had and i understand more then before even tho i have no personal experience to go with it yet. Fasting has always been a nagging idea in the back of my mind. i am sure that means that god fully intends me to understand it and use it when its appropriate.  The question always was when IS it appropriate?  i think i understand now, it times of struggle, major changes..times when you strive to know the way god would have you walk but you are unclear of it. when you are morning and need god wholly to make it. It is a way to more clearly connect with the lord and to show him.. look lord i need nothing but you! You are my first and my last and everything in between and i am willing to give up even my most primal needs of survival to seek out your ways, because i have faith that you will come to me and keep my safe even for my physical discomfort..

deep… scary… after reading this site and seeing the real personal reasons .. and it is personal, there are no commandments to fast but it is talked about in the bible with a tone that you “will” fast. but when and why is between you and god. I sure wish that this had been more discussed and understood. I know there are many times in my life that i needed this kind of solitude and personal show of faith to god..

you should also remember that this is something between “you and god” and not the world. you are not suppose to go around declaring to the world I AM FASTING! because that is not what god wants of us. just like he asks us to go into are rooms and close the door to pry to him we should also quietly fast so that it does not become a show of “righteousness” instead of personal searching time for you with the lord.

here is the site and a much better explination and answers to my questions.

seek and you shall find.. every time i have a questions about the lord and what he wants of me i am led to the answers. never be discuraged the lord will show you the way.

god bless

Starbucks GIVEAWAY !!!

(shhh i stole her pic!)
OK SO WEE ALLLLL LOVE A GIVEAWAY right?? well what can make it better? someone giveing away $20 to starbucks!!!!!!!!!!!!! omgosh.  Over at Momma Findings she tells us about a new found fav drink, sweet tea! and to share her love she is giveing us all a chance at free starbucks.. ohhh how i love her for this right now! go check her out and her contest. its opent tell aug 2nd.

Need a good laugh?

Patient Charts

You wouldn’t think there were so many ways to misstate a health problem.

The following are comments from doctors as recorded on patient charts.

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Doctors’ Comments On Patient Charts:

• “Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.”
• “On the 2nd day the knee was better and on the 3rd day it disappeared completely.”
• “The patient has been depressed ever since she began seeing me in 1993.”
• “Discharge status: Alive but without permission.”
• “Healthy appearing decrepit 69 year-old male, mentally alert but forgetful.”
• “The patient refused an autopsy.”
• “The patient has no past history of suicides.”
• “Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital.”
• “Patient’s past medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40 pound weight gain in the past three days.”
• “Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch.”
• “She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.”
• “She is numb from her toes down.”
• “While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.”
• “The skin was moist and dry.”
• “Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.”
• “Patient was alert and unresponsive.”
• “She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.”
• “I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.”
• “The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a stockbroker instead.”
• “Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities.”
• “Skin: Somewhat pale but present.”
• “Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen, and I agree.”
• “By the time he was admitted, his rapid heart stopped, and he was feeling better.”
• “The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane ran out of gas and crashed.”
• “When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.”
• “Patient was released to outpatient department without dressing.”
• “The patient will need disposition, and therefore we will get Dr. Blank to dispose of him.”
• “The patient expired on the floor uneventfully.”

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Patients’ Sign-In Complaints:

• “Diarear.”
• “Sore trout.”

hurricane dolly

well it reach catagory 2 before it finally hit land 35 miles north of what they thought. the good news is its still far from were my parents are and its not going to get stronger.. the bad it is closer then they thought and the wind and rain is a lot worse then they expected. they didnt leave the island because they expected just minor winds and stuff that would be “fun” to be in.. now they are not so sure but they were saying the ferry and such were going to be shut down because of the water lvl. so they are just going to ride it out. i pray the waves do not get so high they go over the dunes and onto them… and they can always hide in the office if it gets scary in the trailor.

pray for the safty of everyone in the path of dolly to be safe.

sigh.. i may move back to blogger

i really like the look of this blog,  but i miss some of the other functions i had on blogger .. either I’m just totaly missing them or they are not here.. anyone alse use this wordpress free blog site that maybe can help me out here…… i cant mess with the fonts and size  or color or my post! i hate that so much!! i cant change anything in the web coding with out blah upgrading! AND i the blog stats are not what googles were. … am i missing something some were or is it just not available for this one that i picked ! oh what  a mess i may have made… i generally do when I’m bored and start changing things well maybe ill get some answers and if not i may move my blog back to its old home were i know how to work it!
~ edit ~ well my hubby told me how much he loves the look of this new blog and his opinion means a lot to me. so he is voting that i do the upgrade on it for like 15 for the year to get the extra perks. lol that’s sweet coming from a guy who up tell two days ago could not remember the name of it! LOL  so it looks like i may be doing that.  but my cooking blog stays on blogger because i don’t have to buy STORAGE for my photos

now back to the hunt on finding actual up to date min to min coverage of the hurricane.. good news is it dosnt look like its going to creep north at all so my pa rants are sitting on the edge of it and .. i do believe loveing the show and looking forward to the full impact on there part. thank god its just the edge i do not think there little RV could take that much battering!  here they were last night watching the weather..

ok i just have to say.. OMG LOOK AT THE TATTOOS ON HER!! lol my mom! she has a whole jungle on her arm and back..and leg! i need some close ups mom! this has been her work in progress for a long time now. all her animals over the years on there and other personal stuff.. but me? NOOOOO lol! i love her tattoos they are very beautiful and well done and quite the conversational starter /wink. well they have been down in corpas Christi for quite a few months now. they got there RV and wanted to travel and have been work-camping.. there first big job was this rv resort on the island helping to manage it…. ended up they practically run the whole thing because of flaky work campers and a owner that has to dedicate her time between running this and her son in Canada. they will be leaving in December tho for RENO! lol and some new experiences there.. i think mom wants to be a DEALER!! HOW EXCITING! well i know they will be ok now and I’m sure they are going to have a blast in the wind .. be safe MOM! love you!

god bless

stumbling around ~ new sites to look at ~

my favorite pass time.. stumbling from site to site! here is some fun food ones for you to explore! and a recipe I’m dieing to try now                 ! !!EDIT  I HAVE NO MARSHMALLOWS!! OHHHH THE HORROR!!~~~

http://domesticdelight.com/

http://mywoodenspoon.com/

http://funcraftsandrecipes.com/

http://puresugar.net/sugarandspice/

http://momcooks.net/

1 cup of granulated sugar
2/3 cup of evaporated milk (Carnation is best)
2 tbsp of butter
1 and 3/4 cups of mini marshmallows
1 and 3/4 cups of semisweet chocolate chip morsels
1 tsp of vanilla

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Line a baking pan waxed paper and set aside.

Combine sugar, evaporated milk and butter into a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat while stirring constantly. Boil for 4 minutes or until it starts to thicken. At this point, remove from heat and stir in marshmallows, chocolate chips and vanilla until everything is combined and melted. Pour into your prelined baking pan and allow to chill (I placed mine into the fridge for about an hour).

Cut into squares and serve. Store in your refrigerator.

You can also add nuts, if you desire.

This is a modified recipe by Nestle Carnation.

Tropical storm dolly

My parents are helping to manage an RV resort in Corpas Cristi TX.. ya i didn’t have any idea were it was either tell they went there. they are out on the LITTLE island ! they have been there for quite a few months now and until summer hit full force have loved it ( now its to damn hot / humid and the killer muscitos have moved in )… well they are sitting on the edge of tropical storm dolly that is moving in just about right on the boarder of Mexico and the usa. they have been evacuating that area because it looks like it will turn into a category one hurricane.  i keep reading the storys and watching the maps and hope that it stays as small as they thing and on the course they say it will but never the less i am worried.. what if it gets worse and or changed course tord my parents. they would not have the notice to give off the island. I know that god will watch over them and his will be done but i am a daughter and i worry!

they on the otherhand are EXCITED i think! she cant wait to watch the wind grow and the rain poor.. and i suppose from the EDGE  of the hurrican it might be quite a site to behold.. the awsome power of gods nature. they want to have me watch on my web came and record it as it developes.. ACK .. ok sorta cool but ACK!

please pray with me for the safty of everyone in dollys path that god keeps them safe from hard. it looks well orginized and they are being as prepared as they can.. but we worry.

the lords blessings are abundant!

once again my roaming has lead me to a wonderful site full of life’s hard ships and gods awesome love and blessings!i first visited blackberry blessings which lead me to I will learn to fly is such a inspiration to us that follow Christ, she has fallen on hard times and how the lord has steeped up to provide and protect them in so much! Its …awe striking to read threw her post and realized just how good god is and how loved we are. I have only read a hand full of what she has posted and already i am .. moved and renewed buy what god has done for her family. I would love for all of you to hope over and visit her, read threw a few of her blessings and tell me you are not moved my gods love and protection for his children!