Has another day gone by?

I've been sick for 3 days - down 11.2 lbs.

It's too bad that it will all come back on,

once I can keep anything down/in:-(

I didn't exercise today - maybe tomorrow.

SOS

I was just digging through the deep freezer, looking for a pork tenderloin,

to make for dinner tonight.

I never did find the pork, but all the way down in the bottom, I found a HUGE stash of *gulp*...

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Help! 

Somebody please come save me from myself!

One More Day

One more day behind me.

  A lifetime ahead me.

I may just live:-)

30 Day Throw Down / Holding My Own I Guess

So far, so good.  Still no drive -thru food.  No sodas.  No fried foods.  Trying to eat more fruits and veggies.  Been on the Gazelle, and slowing adding more minutes.  Thinking of adding  Zumba workout soon.  Haven't heard of Zumba?  Check out my review HERE.

Sunday

May your day be blessed.

The Ukulele Orchestra of GB - You Dont bring me Flowers

My husbands got me hooked on YouTube...check this out!

We Must Never Forget!

Where were you - 9/11/01?

I was sitting at my desk at Bennett Christiansen Academy, where I worked as the Assistant to the Director.  My husband called to tell me about the first hit on the World Trade Center.  I immediately turned on my radio.  Moments later my boss (and dear friend) came rushing to the front office, and got on the computer.  Just a few minutes later, my husband called again...the second plane had hit!  

We sat dazed, not believing what we were seeing and hearing.  Ted (the Director) stayed at my desk, and I quietly went, from classroom to classroom, to tell the teachers what was going on.  We were notified by the school board, that we should expect phone calls from panicked parents, and that we should be ready to release our students as their parents arrived.  

The phone "rang off the hook"! 

The parents began to show up, looking dazed and bewildered. 

The news kept reporting more and more tragedies...the pentagon...the hijacked airliner. 

It was so surreal.  This couldn't be happening. A terrorist attack? 

This was the USA for crying out loud.  The strongest, most powerful nation on earth.  

When would it stop?  How many more people would die...today, and in the days to come? 

So many innocent people.  

The victims, their families and friends.  

The rescue personnel, and their families and friends.  

I vacillated between the emotions of  grief, horror, and disbelief. 

Ted headed across the parking lot, to the medical offices on the grounds of the school.  

One of the chiropractors had a TV in his waiting room. 

Many of the children left, but we tried to keep things 

as normal as possible for the remaining students.  

Lunch, free time, fun activities.

We had to keep fending off questions 

about why so many of the boys and girls had gone home.

I will say, that something good came out of this awful situation...

...the citizens of this country banded together, and stood firm.  

Blood donations...volunteer rescue groups.  

Doctors, nurses...meals, hugs, money and prayers. 

Unceasing prayers in homes, offices, churches. 

Flags hung in every store, and in most homes - on flagpoles, in windows, on walls.  

We stood united.

But how long did this camaraderie last?  When did our memories begin to fade?  How could we so easily slide into a "comfort zone"?  Do we only remember on the anniversary date each year? 

We do not need to live in a state of fear...but we do need to remember.

We need to remember those who died. 

We need to remember, and stand behind, the men and women

who continue to put their lives on the line

(Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force Coast Guard, Police Officers, 

Fire Fighters, Rescue Units,  etc. etc.)

to protect us, and this great country we are so blessed to live in. 
We need to remember, and...

...We Must NEVER FORGET!