This has got to be the best Lent EVUH for me, spiritually speaking.

I am a-okay and am enjoying reawakening to my Faith.  Feel God must be listening because I will think of certain things or people and then a talk, the answers to the question,  or the people will soon appear.

I am learning that I am a control freak.  I am learning that I am not as forgiving as I thought I was. And I already knew about the patience and trust problem. I am learning I fear the opinions of others and those others’ saying unkind things about me.  All of these I am working on besides giving up chocolate. (The first week was really bad but it’s got easier thanks be to strawberry frosting/icing–whichever term you prefer.)

I am learning I am a very weak person==spiritually speaking. Of matters here and on spiritual matters–but I am making progress.

I feel Love all around me and patience–it is like it was whenever I hung out at my grandparents–total unconditional love.

Yes, I have returned to the practice of my Roman Catholic Faith and am so happy.  Whenever bumps in the road have appeared this past month–I have felt myself hanging on to Someone in total emptiness of Self–and I know the storms on the sea will go away, maybe not the problem itself,  but how I react to it.

I have found others trying to find a straight path in this world and have made new friends. Not that I would forget any of y’all—because most of you have been so very nice to me and I will go wherever I am welcome.

I am worried about my dad, but since we do not live in the same town anymore, I am learning a lesson in Trust that involves my siblings looking in on him.  He fell trying to something, lost his balance,  and fractured his ribs.  He remembered the whole episode which is a blessing–I hope and pray he is not chronically doing this again.

Have not been by much, hope all is well with y’all and yours. I am working very hard and then settling down watching crap TV (because I don’t have to think) or I’m drawing with chalk pastels these days.

(But I bet she can pronounce “corps” correctly , know there are 50 states in our Union, not 57,  and not need a Teleprompter in an elementary classroom!)

Has started for me.

Y’all take care,  and I’ll make damn sure I learn how to tie shoelaces!

PS:

Some of you, maybe most of you, will be disappointed to know that I will be attending the next Tea Party meeting around here.  I want to do it more than ever now.

I’ll try to remember to upload the photo here because I took a picture of it.

The baby is not IN the cake,  it outside with the beads.

It looks dee-lish! (I have not eaten any yet.)

Missing living on the Gulf Coast (I envy you, Ben and Pandora).  Can imagine smelling the salty air.  We talked about spending a week in NOLA next year–hope that comes to fruition!

Have a couple of Lenten “sacrifices” in mind.

Notice Publix had 16 oz box of cereal and a 14.5 oz box next to each other, at the same price.  It tells me the 16 oz is older and they have cut back the food but you will still pay the same price for less cereal.  Boo! (For my hubby,  he eats cereal and breakfast for the matter.  I don’t eat either,  I drink my breakfasts.)

Streaming live—the Saints’ victory parade!!!

http://www.hurricanebuoy.com/nola.html

(*wondering if her Louisianian co-workers got off work early for parade like everyone else in the city/maybe the state*)

I dreamed Wendy’s became a pizza joint.

You heard it here FIRST,  people!

My already tenuous self esteem took a blow this morning.

I have fattened up to a size 8 after being in a size 6 for 5 years.

One of the side effects of the medicines I take (Cymbalta and Lyrica) is weight gain.  That really sucks because they really work for me and manage to make me feel like a NORMAL person instead of tired, anxious, and depressed to the point of suicidal thoughts sometimes.  So maybe I’m dependent on them?  (But in the same way diabetics are dependent on insulin).

My fellow fibromyalgiacs are already very upset because another drug specifically made for this condition may be taken off the market because it causes blood pressure to go too high in 20% (!!!) of the population that takes it.  I feel really bad for them,  but I just cannot sign a petition demanding they keep it available because 20% is just too damn high, don’t you think?  Just because you don’t have hypertension now doesn’t mean you will not have it the older you get.  And I would venture that 80-90% of the population over the age of 65 have hypertension.  Now,  if you don’t take care to keep that blood pressure in check,  do you want to go on dialysis when you kidneys fail?  I think they need to think about the long term consequences.  I may be wrong,  and I hope I am.  I really don’t know what I would do, because I don’t have hypertension, but I have a heavy family history of it.  And the Cymbalta/Lyrica combination has been almost a miracle for me where instead these other people have not gotten any relief from them for their symptoms.

So….. I’ve thrown away the fries Long John Silver’s gave me because they didn’t give me any ketchup…and they asked me if I wanted it and I said YES! And…Susan will like this:  I asked for Diet Pepsi and they gave me regular Pepsi.  Uuuuugggghhhh!  It was too late to go back and tell them what dumb broads they are and give me the CORRECT beverage please?!?!

But at least I have the dress…just need to find some grey stockings now.

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(Sorry, Carla)  Fritz brought up Philadelphia.  I watched “Man Versus Food” last Friday night and he was in Philadelphia for another food challenge–unfortunately,  I didn’t get to see the end of it…:(  )

Question:

“Man Versus Food” is a show on the Travel Channel.  The host travels around and tastes food from all over the place.  Some lucky place then challenges him to eat 4-6 pounds of whatever food they say they are famous for. (Like say this place in Hawaii that is famous for….”Hawaiian Pancakes”!—”Man” could only eat 2.5 lbs of these when he was challenged to eat 4 lbs of them. I think he ruined it because he chose blueberries to put on his ‘cakes when you would think that fresh fruit would expand the stomach and make it fuller faster!)

He cannot go to the bathroom, and he is given a certain time to finish his plate.

The Dream Job or a Job from Hell?  What sayeth KCL?

Be advised –
> Hurricane WHO DAT has made landfall…will be bringing
> Shockey waves and a strong Brees! Has already sunk a
> Viking ship! Last seen headed to Miami!