Someone needs to educate me on two things:
What it's like to be the "middle child" and how to parent a "middle child".
Appearently, I am doing it all wrong.
I try my best, but according to the "middle child" in our family, I have totally screwed it up! It being his life!!!
Last night we had a very heartfelt and tearful conversation after church. Most of it was about how bad of a parent I am.
I was never a middle child, only the baby of the family. That explains a lot of my stubborness and selfishness that I go through. I can work on this easily. But the middle child stuff...well...I'm in the dark.
One of the things that he brought to my attention is that he doesn't feel like we even know he is here. That breaks my heart. We talk everyday, I tell him I love him everyday, but apparently it's not enough. And I don't know how to fix it with him. I tried today, but it just made things worse.
He got me thinking.....How many times have I felt 'un-noticed', 'un-loved', un-appreicaited'???? Oh! I can think of so many.
There are many times in my life, even right now, that I feel there are people that wouldn't know if I was around or not. I have to say, it's the worse feeling in the world. It hurts my heart so much. Going to school...nobody saying hello. Going to church, and just having someone walk by you, having a family dinner and someone not speaking to you almost the entire time. It's not a good feeling.
I had a friend that once told me that he gagued his importance in a room by the amount of people that came over to him and either acknowledged him by saying hello, giving a hug. He even tested this....and finally went into a major depression and tried to kill himself.
Now...that's a bit extreme....but I thought his experiment was interesting. On the first hand, I thought, I wonder if anyone would acknowledge me if I came in the room. Second, I thought it was a pretty selfish "it's all about me" act!
How do we get stuck in this rut....and how do we get out?
How do I parent a 10 year old that already feels this way.
I think our role in this world is so important. It's a role that is not all about us, but all about Him and the work that we are doing for Him through our actions.
Making others feel like they matter is something that Jesus was good at. No...he was GREAT at it.
I can say I'm not the best at this. I go in and out of good times in this practice. But I want to make everyone feel that they are important and they have a place in this world.
So the next time you walk in a room, try to make eye contact...not with just one, but with everyone, say hello to 2-3-5-10 people, give as many hugs as you can!! Make someone else feel important and hopefully this will be returned in your heart.
As for parenting the middle child, I could use all the advice I can get!!!! ;o)
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
perfect harmony to crack you up!
Some things are just too funny!
This would be a great one for our Christmas party!
This would be a great one for our Christmas party!
Friday, November 23, 2007
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Anagrams
I love the English langauage. I keep saying I should have been an English major.
The person that made this must really love scrabble to come up with these, but I thought this was hilarious!!!
DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER
DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: !
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE :
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER
(Probably made by a son-in-law)
Footnote: I love my mother-in-law!!!!
The person that made this must really love scrabble to come up with these, but I thought this was hilarious!!!
DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER
DESPERATION:
When you rearrange the letters:
A ROPE ENDS IT
THE EYES: !
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE :
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER
(Probably made by a son-in-law)
Footnote: I love my mother-in-law!!!!
Beautiful Moments
Here are a few shots from our fun trip down to Mike and Mikel's wedding.
Tony preaching on "Love"
The boys singing "Your Love is More"
Chris doing his thing
Ah...yes, the kiss
Me, Vicki, Nikki, and Tisha having lunch at the steak house a few hours before the wedding. (and after a morning of great shopping)
Tony preaching on "Love"
The boys singing "Your Love is More"
Chris doing his thing
Ah...yes, the kiss
Me, Vicki, Nikki, and Tisha having lunch at the steak house a few hours before the wedding. (and after a morning of great shopping)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Working with Heros!
My coworkers are heros!!!!
Heroes in the air
St. Francis Hospital Intensive Care Unit nurses Andrew Sledge (from left), Jill McDaniel and Barbara Still were on an Oct. 21 flight, bound for a cruise vacation, when they were summoned to save a man’s life.
By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
11/13/2007
Nurse trio saves life at start of vacation
There are some jobs that you just can't leave at the office. Saving lives is one of them.
Jill McDaniel, Andrew Sledge and Barbara Still, all nurses in St. Francis Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, were packed into the back of a jumbo jet last month, headed for a cruise, when a fellow passenger's life began slipping away.
McDaniel, 26, said she's not sure why the otherwise healthy-looking middle-aged man stopped breathing -- only that he definitely did.
"He completely stopped breathing, and his eyes started rolling into the back of his head," she said.
It was about 9:30 a.m. Oct. 21 aboard American Airlines Flight 979 -- thousands of feet in the air and 45 minutes out of Dallas -- headed to Miami, Fla., where the nurses planned to board a cruise ship at 4 p.m.
When a flight attendant asked whether any medical personnel were on board, McDaniel and Sledge learned that the sick man was just two rows in front of them.
They were able to speak to him for a short time before his eyes rolled back and his breathing stopped.
Then it was time for them to get to work.
McDaniel gave the man four chest compressions and four rescue breaths before Sledge, 26, picked him up and placed him in the aisle.
McDaniel continued with chest compressions while Sledge tried to breathe life back into the man.
Meanwhile, Still hooked up the man to an Automatic External Defibrillator, which qualified medical personnel can use to determine whether it is necessary to shock someone.
Two to three long minutes passed. Nothing.
Then, just as the device showed that no shock was necessary, Sledge felt things change for the better.
"One of the last breaths, I could feel a resistance," he said. "It's where he's trying to breathe out while I'm trying to breathe in.
"I looked up and his eyes started to open up some."
They had saved a life.
"He was essentially dead; he was gray and he wasn't breathing, and we were able to revive him," Still said.
Whose life did they save?
They don't know.
Fifteen or 20 minutes after they began CPR, the 757 made an emergency landing in Shreveport, La., where another problem awaited:
Shreveport's airport is so small that it didn't have a portable stairway high enough to reach the plane's door.
The paramedics had to be put on the plane with scaffolding.
McDaniel said the man was taken out of the back of the plane, but she's not sure how he got to the ground.
That's the last thing they know about him.
They think of him, though.
"You have to sit back and think, 'We saved that man's life,' " Still said. "And in the next breath, you think, 'We do that every day.' "
McDaniel, Sledge and Still work three 12-hour shifts together every week.
Still, 32, described their work: "If you watch the news, that's generally our patients."
So they're used to unpleasant emergencies.
But they're also used to dealing with them in a hospital, not in an airplane. Not while on their way to the Virgin Islands.
All three acknowledged that they were a bit scared at first, but another feeling soon took over.
"When you're outside your unit, you wonder, 'Is it going to come to me?' and it did," Still said.
And about that cruise?
The nurses didn't get to Miami until a few hours after their ship had sailed.
They caught up with it the next day in Nassau, the Bahamas.
They had a very nice time.
Heroes in the air
St. Francis Hospital Intensive Care Unit nurses Andrew Sledge (from left), Jill McDaniel and Barbara Still were on an Oct. 21 flight, bound for a cruise vacation, when they were summoned to save a man’s life.
By KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
11/13/2007
Nurse trio saves life at start of vacation
There are some jobs that you just can't leave at the office. Saving lives is one of them.
Jill McDaniel, Andrew Sledge and Barbara Still, all nurses in St. Francis Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, were packed into the back of a jumbo jet last month, headed for a cruise, when a fellow passenger's life began slipping away.
McDaniel, 26, said she's not sure why the otherwise healthy-looking middle-aged man stopped breathing -- only that he definitely did.
"He completely stopped breathing, and his eyes started rolling into the back of his head," she said.
It was about 9:30 a.m. Oct. 21 aboard American Airlines Flight 979 -- thousands of feet in the air and 45 minutes out of Dallas -- headed to Miami, Fla., where the nurses planned to board a cruise ship at 4 p.m.
When a flight attendant asked whether any medical personnel were on board, McDaniel and Sledge learned that the sick man was just two rows in front of them.
They were able to speak to him for a short time before his eyes rolled back and his breathing stopped.
Then it was time for them to get to work.
McDaniel gave the man four chest compressions and four rescue breaths before Sledge, 26, picked him up and placed him in the aisle.
McDaniel continued with chest compressions while Sledge tried to breathe life back into the man.
Meanwhile, Still hooked up the man to an Automatic External Defibrillator, which qualified medical personnel can use to determine whether it is necessary to shock someone.
Two to three long minutes passed. Nothing.
Then, just as the device showed that no shock was necessary, Sledge felt things change for the better.
"One of the last breaths, I could feel a resistance," he said. "It's where he's trying to breathe out while I'm trying to breathe in.
"I looked up and his eyes started to open up some."
They had saved a life.
"He was essentially dead; he was gray and he wasn't breathing, and we were able to revive him," Still said.
Whose life did they save?
They don't know.
Fifteen or 20 minutes after they began CPR, the 757 made an emergency landing in Shreveport, La., where another problem awaited:
Shreveport's airport is so small that it didn't have a portable stairway high enough to reach the plane's door.
The paramedics had to be put on the plane with scaffolding.
McDaniel said the man was taken out of the back of the plane, but she's not sure how he got to the ground.
That's the last thing they know about him.
They think of him, though.
"You have to sit back and think, 'We saved that man's life,' " Still said. "And in the next breath, you think, 'We do that every day.' "
McDaniel, Sledge and Still work three 12-hour shifts together every week.
Still, 32, described their work: "If you watch the news, that's generally our patients."
So they're used to unpleasant emergencies.
But they're also used to dealing with them in a hospital, not in an airplane. Not while on their way to the Virgin Islands.
All three acknowledged that they were a bit scared at first, but another feeling soon took over.
"When you're outside your unit, you wonder, 'Is it going to come to me?' and it did," Still said.
And about that cruise?
The nurses didn't get to Miami until a few hours after their ship had sailed.
They caught up with it the next day in Nassau, the Bahamas.
They had a very nice time.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Some of Dr. Phil's best!!!
Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.
Awareness without action is worthless.
Failure is no accident.
If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.
It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.
Life is a marathon, it's not a sprint.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
Sometimes you've just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.
The most you get is what you ask for.
The quickest way from A to B is not always at the most feverish pace.
We teach people how to treat us.
You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.
You have the duty and gift of living. You don't have the right to sit on the sidelines--use your life and get back into the game.
You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
You're only lonely if you're not there for you.
Awareness without action is worthless.
Failure is no accident.
If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.
It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.
Life is a marathon, it's not a sprint.
Sometimes you just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.
Sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you make the decision right.
Sometimes you've just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.
The most you get is what you ask for.
The quickest way from A to B is not always at the most feverish pace.
We teach people how to treat us.
You cannot be who and what you are unless you have a lifestyle, both internally and externally, that is designed to support that definition of self.
You have the duty and gift of living. You don't have the right to sit on the sidelines--use your life and get back into the game.
You need to listen to your body because your body is listening to you.
You're only lonely if you're not there for you.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Stay on Guard
Many times in life I find that I am a drifter. My mind, my thoughts, and my actions can drift away from God and put me right into Satan's hands. Whew...that's a scary thought. But I've come to find out I'm not alone in this.
There are many things we can do to keep our minds in check and guard our hearts. I have to be able to recognize the areas in my life where I let my guard down when really, my armor should be on at all times.
Getting into His word and just letting it work on my heart is such a good feeling. I'm not a "scripture quoter". I never have been. I know and remember stories, but most of the time, I have to look something up in order to see what the Father is trying to tell me.
The Holy Spirit is so powerful. If we take more time to pray and ask for that power to protect us, we can have that shield of armor we need. Prayer is such a powerful thing. I love to get together with other Christians and just pray. I'm not good at it, but I love to do it. But I learned that God is my friend and I can have a great conversation with Him without being intimidated. When talking to Him, I can just relax and be myself. But it's also cool to just have some quiet time with Him. I love our alone time.
Father,
I know there are times that I struggle and I drift away from you. Help me to be strong, to be a good example, and to show your face in all I do. I am a weak person without you! Your strength guides me. Don't let the weight of the world shake me. Life is good! Help me to always know what you are trying to tell me. And when my friends struggle, help me to be a light to them and show them the path back to you.
Help me to keep my guard up at all times so that my heart constantly stays strong for you.
Amen
There are many things we can do to keep our minds in check and guard our hearts. I have to be able to recognize the areas in my life where I let my guard down when really, my armor should be on at all times.
Getting into His word and just letting it work on my heart is such a good feeling. I'm not a "scripture quoter". I never have been. I know and remember stories, but most of the time, I have to look something up in order to see what the Father is trying to tell me.
The Holy Spirit is so powerful. If we take more time to pray and ask for that power to protect us, we can have that shield of armor we need. Prayer is such a powerful thing. I love to get together with other Christians and just pray. I'm not good at it, but I love to do it. But I learned that God is my friend and I can have a great conversation with Him without being intimidated. When talking to Him, I can just relax and be myself. But it's also cool to just have some quiet time with Him. I love our alone time.
Father,
I know there are times that I struggle and I drift away from you. Help me to be strong, to be a good example, and to show your face in all I do. I am a weak person without you! Your strength guides me. Don't let the weight of the world shake me. Life is good! Help me to always know what you are trying to tell me. And when my friends struggle, help me to be a light to them and show them the path back to you.
Help me to keep my guard up at all times so that my heart constantly stays strong for you.
Amen
Monday, November 12, 2007
Which one is your favorite???
20 things to remember!
1. Faith is the ability to not panic.
2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry.
3. As a child of God, prayer is kinda like calling home every day.
4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be
still so He can untangle the knot.
6. Do the math. Count your blessings.
7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.
9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
10. Laugh every day -- it's like inner jogging.
11. The most important things in your home are the people.
12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. Come on in.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.
16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your
precious moments.
17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it; otherwise it's just
hearsay.
18. Its all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure
to flush when you are done.
19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals
and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the
turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your
character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what
others think you are. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's
always a rainbow waiting. Leave gentle fingerprints on the soul of another
for the angels to read.
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the
length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
1. Faith is the ability to not panic.
2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you prayed, don't worry.
3. As a child of God, prayer is kinda like calling home every day.
4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be
still so He can untangle the knot.
6. Do the math. Count your blessings.
7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.
9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
10. Laugh every day -- it's like inner jogging.
11. The most important things in your home are the people.
12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.
13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. Come on in.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.
16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your
precious moments.
17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it; otherwise it's just
hearsay.
18. Its all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure
to flush when you are done.
19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals
and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the
turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.
20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your
character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what
others think you are. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's
always a rainbow waiting. Leave gentle fingerprints on the soul of another
for the angels to read.
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the
length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Changes
I want to live the simple life! I loved growing up! We had 5 channels on TV, no cell phones, one car, and a life of the right priorities. Mostly because we didn't have the money. When other kids came over to play they would gasp "You don't have cable???" I was embarrassed at the time.
I took my lunch to school everyday and had the same bologna and cheese sandwich everyday I think for 5 years! (my dad took the same lunch everyday too! I thought that was cool)
Finally we had technology going in, and now I'm trying to get technology out. Well, not really out, just reduced!
I have found that by bringing in more technology into my life, that it runs us into financial ruin. Internet, cable, cell phone, computers, etc. These are things that just consume our lives can not only consume you, they can break you financially.
This past week we made some changes.
We downgraded our Internet to not be so "high speed". I can live with a slower connection.
We downgraded our cable so that we have less things to corrupt our eyes with. Who needs 900 channels!!!! I'm happy with 5 channels and an antennae.
We downgraded our cell phone! Yes, you heard me right!!! Downgraded the cell phone to not have so many minutes. We have a home phone and I can communicate from that from now on. The less minutes I have, the less I will talk on the phone.
We are looking for the priorities in our lives right now. We can't give in the places we want to give because we are living with the wrong priorities. When you sit back and look at what you can really live without, your perspective really changes.
I took my lunch to school everyday and had the same bologna and cheese sandwich everyday I think for 5 years! (my dad took the same lunch everyday too! I thought that was cool)
Finally we had technology going in, and now I'm trying to get technology out. Well, not really out, just reduced!
I have found that by bringing in more technology into my life, that it runs us into financial ruin. Internet, cable, cell phone, computers, etc. These are things that just consume our lives can not only consume you, they can break you financially.
This past week we made some changes.
We downgraded our Internet to not be so "high speed". I can live with a slower connection.
We downgraded our cable so that we have less things to corrupt our eyes with. Who needs 900 channels!!!! I'm happy with 5 channels and an antennae.
We downgraded our cell phone! Yes, you heard me right!!! Downgraded the cell phone to not have so many minutes. We have a home phone and I can communicate from that from now on. The less minutes I have, the less I will talk on the phone.
We are looking for the priorities in our lives right now. We can't give in the places we want to give because we are living with the wrong priorities. When you sit back and look at what you can really live without, your perspective really changes.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Precious Prayer
Why is one of the most precious things on earth one of the most difficult?
Prayers! It is so hard for me to ask others to pray for me. To put myself out there. To be bold. To be vulnernable. I really struggle with this. If I asked for prayers outloud, are they more inclined to get answered?
I have no problem asking for others, but me personally, I just don't want to bother people with it. I use to be really good at this until someone told me "You always have prayer request" and then I took about 10 steps back in the wrong direction.
I didn't want to appear needy. I wanted people to finally think everything was okay.
I love to pray for people. I love to take their needs to our Father. I love that others would ask me to do that for them.
I've been sick for the past 9 weeks and lost now over 20 pounds. I went to the doctor on Friday and all test came back negative for anything I could have gotten at work. I can not eat and have eaten very little over the past 2 weeks. Eaten practiclly nothing over the past 2 days.
I will soon go in for further testing and procedures to find out why I am rapidly losing weight and getting sick.
If you do read this blog, please pray the answers will soon be found. I was in hopes I had just caught a bug, and now that's not the case. Pray that the outcome and recovery is swift and easy.
And God, I know you read my blog....please Heal Me!!!
Prayers! It is so hard for me to ask others to pray for me. To put myself out there. To be bold. To be vulnernable. I really struggle with this. If I asked for prayers outloud, are they more inclined to get answered?
I have no problem asking for others, but me personally, I just don't want to bother people with it. I use to be really good at this until someone told me "You always have prayer request" and then I took about 10 steps back in the wrong direction.
I didn't want to appear needy. I wanted people to finally think everything was okay.
I love to pray for people. I love to take their needs to our Father. I love that others would ask me to do that for them.
I've been sick for the past 9 weeks and lost now over 20 pounds. I went to the doctor on Friday and all test came back negative for anything I could have gotten at work. I can not eat and have eaten very little over the past 2 weeks. Eaten practiclly nothing over the past 2 days.
I will soon go in for further testing and procedures to find out why I am rapidly losing weight and getting sick.
If you do read this blog, please pray the answers will soon be found. I was in hopes I had just caught a bug, and now that's not the case. Pray that the outcome and recovery is swift and easy.
And God, I know you read my blog....please Heal Me!!!
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Challenges!!! I love them!
This week I was given a challenge. It was not really presented that way, but WHOOOO it is! And I love it.
I love something that makes me think.
I love something that pushes me to go where I haven't before.
I love something that makes me explore new territory.
I love something that reaches me to new heights.
I love something that takes me to another level.
I love something that tugs at my heart so much that it consumes me!
When presented with an earthly challenge, it's not always like that. When presented with a challenge that draws me closer to him each day....I love that! Anything that is taking up time and space in my brain and fills it with His warmth and love for me...well...why would I not be up for something like that.
I love something that makes me think.
I love something that pushes me to go where I haven't before.
I love something that makes me explore new territory.
I love something that reaches me to new heights.
I love something that takes me to another level.
I love something that tugs at my heart so much that it consumes me!
When presented with an earthly challenge, it's not always like that. When presented with a challenge that draws me closer to him each day....I love that! Anything that is taking up time and space in my brain and fills it with His warmth and love for me...well...why would I not be up for something like that.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Quickest way to lose weight!
In case you have ever wondered just how much weight you could lose immediately....well....here ya go!
Procedure Estimated Immediate Weight Loss
Clip finger and toenails 1 ounce maximum
Haircut 2-6 ounces
Drastic Haircut / Headshave 4-12 ounces
Trim Body Hair 1 oz. (ladies) 3 oz. (men) 24 lbs (Greek men)
Remove a wart 1 oz.
Take a diuretic 1-3 pounds (temporary)
Take a laxative 1-2 pounds (temporary)
Colon Therapy / Take an Enema 2-3 pounds (temporary)
Poop 0-2 pounds (temporary)
Run a marathon on a hot day 3 lbs (women), 5 lbs (men) (temporary)
Amputate your arm 10-25 lbs (way too permanent)
Amputate your leg 15-45 lbs (again, not advised)
Vascetomy none.
Take a big pee. up to 1.5 pounds
Take a big dump up to 2.5 pounds
Go barefoot 1-2 pounds
Go Naked 1-8 pounds (summer vs. winter)
Contact lenses vs. Glasses 0.3 pounds
No liquids all day 1-2 pounds
No food all day 2-3 pounds
No salt all day 0-1 pound
Don't wear underwear 1 oz. (thong)-2 lbs. (granny panties)
Exfoliating face wash nothin.
Liposuction 10 lbs maximum per surgery
Donate a kidney 3 pounds.
Breast Reduction Surgery 5-15 pounds typically.
So, which one would you choose?
Procedure Estimated Immediate Weight Loss
Clip finger and toenails 1 ounce maximum
Haircut 2-6 ounces
Drastic Haircut / Headshave 4-12 ounces
Trim Body Hair 1 oz. (ladies) 3 oz. (men) 24 lbs (Greek men)
Remove a wart 1 oz.
Take a diuretic 1-3 pounds (temporary)
Take a laxative 1-2 pounds (temporary)
Colon Therapy / Take an Enema 2-3 pounds (temporary)
Poop 0-2 pounds (temporary)
Run a marathon on a hot day 3 lbs (women), 5 lbs (men) (temporary)
Amputate your arm 10-25 lbs (way too permanent)
Amputate your leg 15-45 lbs (again, not advised)
Vascetomy none.
Take a big pee. up to 1.5 pounds
Take a big dump up to 2.5 pounds
Go barefoot 1-2 pounds
Go Naked 1-8 pounds (summer vs. winter)
Contact lenses vs. Glasses 0.3 pounds
No liquids all day 1-2 pounds
No food all day 2-3 pounds
No salt all day 0-1 pound
Don't wear underwear 1 oz. (thong)-2 lbs. (granny panties)
Exfoliating face wash nothin.
Liposuction 10 lbs maximum per surgery
Donate a kidney 3 pounds.
Breast Reduction Surgery 5-15 pounds typically.
So, which one would you choose?
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Top 10 reasons it's good to be off on the weekends
#10. Sleeping in! Although I have not mastered the art of this yet, I'm sure eventually I will.
#9. I can actually celebrate at family parties with my family!!!
#8. Much more time to get homework finished! (not that I did that this weekend)
#7. Garage sales on Saturday mornings!!!
#6. Cleaning my house house SPOTLESS!!!! Now I need someone to come visit me!!!
#5. Having a nice long lunch with the "divas" Me, Emilie, and her friend Audrey.
#4. Spending some much needed couch time with my first husband!
#3. Going to the movie with Chad, the kids, and 500 other FEDEX employees!
#2. Going to a soccer game and being a total soccer mom!!! (making my kid proud)
#1. Going to chruch, celebrating Him with my brothers and sisters, taking communion, Getting the best hugs in the world this morning, feeling like I never left, WORSHIP...WORSHIP...WORSHIP, Hearing Shane May speak in class (WOW!!), hearing an amazing sermon from Terry, and singing Days of Elijah! (oh...and I can't leave out the point where Shane recognized my return...publically! Thank God for friends!!! ) ;o)
My heart is full!!!
#9. I can actually celebrate at family parties with my family!!!
#8. Much more time to get homework finished! (not that I did that this weekend)
#7. Garage sales on Saturday mornings!!!
#6. Cleaning my house house SPOTLESS!!!! Now I need someone to come visit me!!!
#5. Having a nice long lunch with the "divas" Me, Emilie, and her friend Audrey.
#4. Spending some much needed couch time with my first husband!
#3. Going to the movie with Chad, the kids, and 500 other FEDEX employees!
#2. Going to a soccer game and being a total soccer mom!!! (making my kid proud)
#1. Going to chruch, celebrating Him with my brothers and sisters, taking communion, Getting the best hugs in the world this morning, feeling like I never left, WORSHIP...WORSHIP...WORSHIP, Hearing Shane May speak in class (WOW!!), hearing an amazing sermon from Terry, and singing Days of Elijah! (oh...and I can't leave out the point where Shane recognized my return...publically! Thank God for friends!!! ) ;o)
My heart is full!!!
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