The View From Here

I just watched this video and thought it

edearmond08 — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:23:31 +0000

I just watched this video and thought it was really interesting, and you may find it interesting too. I never knew how much sugar was in everyday “healthy” foods.
http://jorgecruise.com

To Scam or not to Scam

edearmond08 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:02:04 +0000

Many of you know that I also am interested in scrapbooking, cardmaking and other papercrafting projects. I have a small group of folks that gather occasionally for a creative time and it’s a lot of fun.

Recently, I was scammed over Close To My Heart scrapbooking supplies. Fortunately I’m no rookie, and it didn’t go anywhere, other than now I have this rather irritating person texting me about her supplies. I didn’t order because I didn’t have her payment yet. She never sent the payment. She said she’s deaf. If that’s not true, then she’s a real sicko. Scamming folks out of money over the product that they are trying to pay bills with- scamming folks over ANYTHING is just WRONG.

I’ll step out on a limb and tell her “name” because I’m sure it’s not her “real” name. Something just doesn’t ring true about her. I saw it right away- no one orders 5 of CTMH Ink Organizers- they are 69.99 EACH! Her name is Amanda. Watch out for her. She’s like…Regina George, only sneakier.

Beware Internet Friends- the bad guys are out to get us.
Have a GREAT day. Thanks for listening.

RIP Jack LaLanne. I’ve “known” you al

edearmond08 — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:44:22 +0000

RIP Jack LaLanne. I’ve “known” you all my life. I used to exercise with you in the morning before Kindergarten.

Insecurity makes us settle. Insecurity m

edearmond08 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 15:06:43 +0000

Insecurity makes us settle. Insecurity makes us distracted. Insecurity disturbs our sleep. Insecurity derails our life. #BethMoore

Simple Truths – We Hope You Enjoyed the movie!

edearmond08 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:57:47 +0000

Simple Truths – We Hope You Enjoyed the movie!.

Inconsistency drives me nuts.

edearmond08 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:22:31 +0000

Yes, it does, and my blogging has been very inconsistent. I’m still not ready to give up on my goal because I think I have potential, but I’ve got to get past this bad habit.

Twenty-one days to make a habit, right? Isn’t that the norm? Surely I can do this for twenty-one days in a row, and then have it become my “normal”.

I have discovered that I am not an evening blogger. I work best in the morning, early morning (5am-8am) and so I have changed my reminder to blog in the morning. We’ll see how that goes. I’ll have the energy boost from working out so my brain will be fully ready to engage in writing. The house is quiet until around 9 a.m. which helps. I do have a door on my office but the dogs are in here with me most days, and they enjoy rough-housing during “quiet time”.

That said, I’ll see you in the morning bright and early. Have a great night and don’t give up when you don’t make “goal” immediately. We just have to reprogram our thought process.

My weight loss coach friend (Carla) says that weight loss begins in your mind not on your plate. That is SO true.

What kind of person am I becoming?

edearmond08 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:16:06 +0000

Our sermon this week was partly about blessing, transformation and becoming. The pastor talked about the Ted Williams story -the homeless man -who has another chance. His chance is because of his God-given gift of voice and the random (I don’t think it’s random) meeting of Ted and a reporter.

It makes me think about my gifts.

What are they? What am I doing with them? Am I doing what I’m supposed to do? Do I need someone to step in and redirect me? Or do I need someone to affirm that I am in fact, doing the right things?

Psalm 1 is the Scripture for the sermon and my favorite part is verse 3 where it says that we are a tree, ROOTED and fruitful and prosperous. Rooted in the Word daily (our water of life) and fruitful so others see our walk, and prosperous so we bless others (not so we can have it all).

Have a great day, and get out of your own way. BE who you were created to be, it’s so much easier than fighting it all the time.

6 out of 7?

edearmond08 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 04:09:21 +0000

Well, I missed posting yesterday and it was an action packed day. I’ll try to do better posting this week. I feel successful in my posting this year because it’s more consistent than last year. Let’s take this one step at a time, shall we?

In the morning yesterday, my best friend (since 3rd grade) and I participated in the Jiggle Butt run here. It was a great way to kick off our 2011 training program for our 1/2 marathons for our first year of club49.

Aren’t goals a great thing, especially when you have a friend participating with you? We are planning to do the Cowtown 5k (unless we decide on the 10k before we register) and then a MardiGras 5k in Richardson, and then, continuing training for the Nashville RockNRoll 1/2 marathon in April! I love the 1/2 marathon distance. Challenging, but not killer. Great stuff.

Well, in order to TRAIN, we need REST so I’m off to sleep. I’ll of course keep you posted on our progress.

Have a great week. See you tomorrow.

Do you Hula Hoop?

edearmond08 — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:02:46 +0000

This is something I had not thought of in AGES. I have a friend who owns a hoopin’ studio called the HoopShack. We actually HULA HOOP there. I haven’t hooped in a long time. Actually, yes, DECADES. But I can do it. I can and it’s fun, and it’s exciting and it can be exhausting.

Today my friend had a class at a little sort of private workout studio called Velociti. I went and it was a blast. For some reason I have days where I can hoop like I know what I’m doing and other days, I look like a total rookie. Today, I looked like I’d been doing it forever.

I have a bodybugg and after hooping, it showed I’d burned 1112 calories. Yes, HULA HOOPING. Isn’t that crazy? I love it. Then my son and his fiance came over and she and I hooped and it was exhausting. It was great.

If you think that some “fitness” thing won’t work for you, think again. It’s about muscle confusion, don’t you watch the infomercials? Make 2011 your year to try some new exercise. Hooping is fun and exercise. That’s gotta relieve some stress right?

Have a great day, and have some fun when you work out. It’s not supposed to be drudgery, it’s for your health.

Cold and Flu season- right here in my home

edearmond08 — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 01:52:24 +0000

Fights your colds and flu for you

I love my Young Living Essential Oils.

My daughter came home today feeling like…well, bad. She’s got that achy thing going on, head hurts, general feeling like crud. She is around a lot of folks (college folks) in her job and I’m sure they don’t wash their hands nearly as often as they should either. Hand washing is a huge part of staying well.

In our house, so is NingXia Red and all our Essential Oils.

I put Peppermint oil on her feet, as well as ImmuPower. ImmuPower does not smell real great, so it’s good it’s on the feet. The “R” oils – Raven, Ravensara, R.C. (stands for Respiratory Condition) go on her throat and upper chest, and she got 3 oz of NingaXia Red. Oh, a SuperC, a ImmuPro chewable and 2 Inner Defense.

Now for some Chicken Noodle soup and she should be fine after she sleeps. I’ll let you know, but I already know. The oils work and she needs rest.

Have a peaceful night.