Happy Sunday!
First, Joyce is really, really good today!
September 21
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.
—2 Timothy 1:7
“Every athlete who goes into training conducts himself temperately and restricts himself in all things” (1 Corinthians 9:25, emphasis mine). That word all is a difficult concept for us to grasp.
We need to live a disciplined life, physically, spiritually, and emotionally, if we want to enjoy God’s plan for us. The fruit of the Spirit is self-control, and the fruit of the flesh is no control.
Paul said, “I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]” (1 Corinthians 9:27).
I really needed this, in fact the first verse is one of my favorites.
I want to say something, I am sorry if my references to God offend anyone, but this is about me and my journey and it is my online journal. So, I beleive in being completely honest about what is going on with me. I can’t separate my weight loss/health from my walk with God. He made this body, and wants me to take care of it. He is the most important part of every decision I make.
I will not preach to anyone, but will just share what helps me in hopes it will encourage someone else. My job is NOT to ever judge anyone, (that is God’s job, not mine), I mean I am certainly not perfect, and we are all a work in progress. Just know I love you all and we are all in this together.
Well, here is what is going on with me:
We got mom home yesterday, and we got all her meds and groceries. I did real well, I saved $13.00 in coupons on Friday nite for our groceries, and $31.00 on hers!
Plus, we have something else to be thankful for, She got switched to a different insulin, and now she doesn’t have to pay the huge copay! She got all her meds 7 of them and only paid $28.00! Way better than $78.00 for one!
She is doing ok, real weak, she spent the day with us and I am gonna go get her in a bit and bring her over here so I can do her laundry with ours. So it has been a busy weekend.
Bless Ted, he patiently filled all her syringes for her. She is on a sliding scale with her insulin, and it depends on what her blood sugar is as to how much insulin she gets, and we have to prefill these for her, since she can’t see well enough. He did them all! The only ones I did was her nighttime ones and I filled her pill box for the week.
The next thing we want to do is move her to our complex. Still in her own apartment, but she would be in walking distance. She is happy with that idea, too. Plus move dad to a group home( they are a lot more homey that care centers) and have it be close too. Dad qualifies, and there would be no out of pocket costs. This way mom could keep her car and her indepedence and the rent for a one bedroom here is much lower than she pays now!
So I am excited about it, wil make me feel much better too. And there will always be someone available to help her, Ted during the day, and me at nite and both of us on the weekends, perfect I think, and we can help her go to dr appts, and see dad, etc.
Whew! So how are you all today?
Congrats to all the weight loss teams!
Ok, I need to go post, thanks for listening, love you all!
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what a great plan for mom and you all! congrats on saving all that money. and, yes, bless tim for helping out! good to see things are working out!!! as for the religious talk, i’m all for waht works for you and you never push it on anyone else, so you go on girl! i think we were all reacting to the overly-zealous blogs that were happening before
All of that sounds great girl! I hope everything falls into place. Have a great Sunday!
Sounds like a perfect plan honey! Will be some work and some planning, but you have the support you need to get it done. I can’t be on long right now so I will be back in touch either later tonight or if not, definately tomorrow. (((((Kama)))))
WoW! You sure have been busy! It will be so wonderful for you having your mom so close, and yet for her to still have her own apartment and independence!
I am so happy for you that things are starting to come together so well!
Have a great week!
Big HUGS!
I cannot believe your before and after photos! We have almost the same starting weight and goal weight, so it’s a great encouragment to that other people are doing great things like this every day! Congratulations!
Ahhh, I’m happy to hear some good news from you Kama! I love coupons. I use them all the time.
You’re doing an amazing job! Ted sounds like such a sweetheart.
Have a great Sunday buddy!
This is the best news I’ve heard today Kama!!
I’m just thrilled Mom is home, and even more happy to hear she will be moving to your complex. Thats kind of like the setup with my Dad. He’s right next door
Big hugs to Ted for helping you with the insulin. What a nice guy!!!
I love every word you have say…Joyce Meyer quotes, Bible quotes…I learn so much from you Kama!!!
Ok, gonna go…Have a great Sunday Evening!
Love ya
Jane
My love to you Kama.
Have a great evening. Ted rocks!
You go girl! I haven’t been on buddy slim for awhile, I’m not a very consistent blogger - mostly I just hop in, post my weight, read a few blogs, and sometimes respond to the blogs. I’m with you, if it wasn’t for Jesus I wouldn’t have the self-control that I am now experiencing. God is a part of every aspect of my life, including the weight loss and health. It sounds like you’ve figured out the best plan concerning your mother and father. You sound like a very caring individual who is a real blessing to your family.
