Being Frugal at Christmas
Christmas is coming and if you are like us the stress of what to do for everyone is upon me. I was asked what we have done in the past to help keep the the expense down, but enjoy it all. Several years ago we quit getting presents for everyone on my side of the family. Instead we decided to …
November 28, 2017 Tuesday at 9:28 am
Review of the Hughes Brothers Show It
We had a wonderful time with the Hughes Brothers and they are planning a big event with us during Homeschool Weekend. After the show the whole family plans to come out and talk just to us. This isn’t a usual event but you will fall in love with them just as we did. Watch this video of our afternoon with …
September 15, 2017 Friday at 9:52 am
Stress, School Still Going
This week has been an up and down ride! This is beginning our 29th week of our journey. This week has been a tough one. There have been so many changes over the past few months and I have found that I have struggled more lately than I have in a long time. Watching my mother over the past few …
August 20, 2017 Sunday at 11:30 am
One Day at a Time
Christy Lane wrote a song called “One Day At A Time” and I enjoy hearing her sing it. This week these words have been played through my head over and over from that song. One day at a time sweet Jesus That’s all I’m asking from you. Just give me the strength To do everyday what I have to do. …
August 13, 2017 Sunday at 11:10 am
Twenty-Six Weeks and Counting
Wow, we have just finished 26 weeks! So many changes and yet so far from the goal!! We have learned it takes one step at a time to be able to reach the goal that we have so far. Another thing I have had to get used to, is that people notice Michael’s weight change immediately, but they don’t really …
August 6, 2017 Sunday at 10:50 am
Happy 4th of July
This is week 21 and it has been tough and rewarding at the same time. This week I saw rewarding numbers, 45 lbs GONE! This has been tough due to no air condition in the house. God did give us some beautiful days with His air conditioning but it is now hot again. We are all looking forward to tomorrow …
July 2, 2017 Sunday at 3:15 pm
New Accomplishment!
This is week 20! Wow, time has flown by!! This week as I finished preparing for the 1st dinner that our area has done, I was reminded of how far we have come. Until you start thinking back of where you have come from, you don’t realize how far you have really come. Since we began this journey Feb. 3rd, …
June 25, 2017 Sunday at 6:21 pm
Week 18 Trying To Get Back Up
You have heard the old saying “When you fall off the horse, get right back on”, well that is what we are trying to do. We did great on the diet until the flood hit us April 29th, we had done great on our meals and meeting goals. But due to messed up schedules, being on the road and trying …
June 11, 2017 Sunday at 12:22 pm
On the Road Food is TERRIBLE! Week 15
This has been the HARDEST week yet!!! Monday night we left right after seeing Dr. Abrams, for a meeting in St. Louis for Michael. What we have learned from this week is traveling is hard for us! We have been VERY strict and no cheating since we began in February. We agreed that no matter how much we wanted to …
May 21, 2017 Sunday at 2:04 pm
Week 13 an Emotional Week
Week 13 has been filled with emotions and been a tough week. Saturday we lived through a terrible flood that people say has never happened in their life time here. Within an hour of the rain starting creeks were over their banks and roads were impassable. Life changed in just a short time. Our basement flooded and we lost so …
May 7, 2017 Sunday at 11:07 am
12 Weeks and 1st Goals!
We have finished week 12 and we are fighting toward our goals! Michael’s first goal was to be able to go up and down our split level stairs without having problems and be able to fit into his letter jacket from high school. Well, he has met that and here is a picture of him in his jacket, newly dried …
April 30, 2017 Sunday at 8:31 pm
Happy Easter and 8 Weeks
Happy Easter! Our Lord and Savior is RISEN! Week 8 and we have seen a lot of changes! We are both are almost 30 lbs lighter!! We both are wearing clothes that we never dreamed we would again!!! 😄 Monday we had my cousin join us for the week. She also joined us on the journey with SHAPE. We are …
April 16, 2017 Sunday at 11:24 am
Exciting Week
This week has been pretty much like every other week. We really didn’t eat much differently than the past few weeks. I have been busy getting ready to have James here this week to have his wisdom teeth removed and decided to go through the clothes that we have had downstairs of the kids from birth. In 4 days time …
April 9, 2017 Sunday at 4:17 pm
Two Months and Still Going
It has been 2 months since we began our journey on SHAPE. So many changes but mostly for the good. Can you see the difference? Well, Michael is showing it, me it is slower but I keep being told it is slower for women. Some have been asking if we have seen any difference. Yes, Michael actually bought a new …
April 2, 2017 Sunday at 3:33 pm
Touch Down! Home!
I can remember watching on our cell phone the progress of the plane making across the world back to Chicago. I will NEVER forget seeing that little blue plane on the screen show it had landed and she was back on US soil. Then within an hour I got a text, we are in Chicago and eating. Talk about relief, …
March 26, 2017 Sunday at 11:51 am
Another Week!
Another week has gone by and we are still at it. When doing SHAPE make sure that you log not only what you eat and your daily weight but from time to time look at why you are doing it. What made you start the program to start with. Are you: Trying to loose weight? Control Diabetes? Get your blood …
March 23, 2017 Thursday at 7:14 pm
Releasing Her into God’s Hands
I will never forget that hug goodbye, her wave and then her text that they were boarding. Then a few hours later the text again that they were boarding the plane in Chicago and it would be a long flight through the night. I think I was awake most of the time she was in the air praying that God’s …
March 12, 2017 Sunday at 4:33 pm
6 Weeks and Counting
We are starting our 6th week on our journey. Easy…hard…what would you call it, we call it a journey. One thing on this journey is you will find out you loose and then gain and keep going back and forth each day depending on what we have eaten, drunk, or just the ups and downs. But when the scale starts …
March 12, 2017 Sunday at 4:00 pm
Sometimes God Says No
This is a special post that I am doing to let everyone know some new developments. This weekend I will continue from where I left off last week. Do to lack of funds coming in for Abigail’s trip she had planned to do in May to Argentina, we have taken it as a sign that God said “no” this time. …
March 10, 2017 Friday at 2:52 pm
First Goodbye
As I said in my last post Abigail found WMA at the SHEM convention at the ripe age of 15. What I didn’t say was when she told me she wanted to go, where she wanted to go! She informed me she wanted to go to Iraq and I informed her NO she WASN’T. Of course she knew that would …
March 5, 2017 Sunday at 8:48 pm
