Career Day...

I will be doing a career day presentation tomorrow and I will post some new pics from that!! See yall soon...L.

Hydrofera Blue 1 year later!!!

Ok everyone the first one is a video clip from my leg injury...it is way gross but it sure does tell the story of how far it has come to come to get to the last picture...warning it is WAY gross!! Thank you all for your prayers and support through the last year! The doctor said I could have lost my leg!! God said "nah, not this time!" love you all L.

 

One year...

It was exactly one year ago today that I was attacked by that dog! It took almost a full year to heal from that! I will post pics tomorrow. Maybe a side by side comparison.

I will be going to World Mandate this weekend just not sure as to exactly when...I am still waffling. I want to go but I don't want to leave my babies. I know how Andrea feels now. Well kinda. Sorry this is so boring but this is my actual boring life.

They just said "Son of a Bitch" on prime time T.V.! What the " H" ??
I swear this world is going to hell in a handbasket... Ughh I sound like I am 85 years old. I know now how they feel. Well kinda.

bye. L.

sisters2

These are from one of my last photoshoots...these are sisters...L. 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Quick update...

Diet is going well with very little exception. Penny made me dinner tonight, she made sauteed cabbage and onions with glass noodles and salmon. It was really really good, it was only 11 points, and it was very filling. I gotta tell you it was so nice to have a good "diet friendly" meal at the end of a long hard day!!

This cold weather is not having a positive effect on my dog. Well, Zeus, my doggie with bone cancer, seems to be doing fine. My other doggie, Stetson, well he is having bad issues with his hips. It is pitiful, some days he can barely walk. He wobbles around and struggles to stay upright. It is so sad to see my baby like that. I try to keep him warm and comfortable as possible but I know it has to be painful.I am not sure of how much long I have with him...he is my sweet boy that I have had since he was born. He is 10 yrs old and very old for his size. He weighs around 190lbs. I love him so much and just want him to be alright. But I love him too much to watch him suffer. I may have to make that decision soon. Just pray for me in that area. That is it for now....L.

And the answer is...

I lost 2.6 lbs , it would have been more but I forgot to pee before I got weighed. Andrea lost more than me, so I had to buy dinner. We went to Chilis because I had some gift cards from Christmas. Whoo Hoo.

I bought some good food to eat for my lunch for the week. I got some of that flavored tuna in the pouches...it looks great. I will add that to a salad instead of chicken this week. I also bought a few avocados and mango's to top the salads with...this way I won't get bored.

I also received a phone call from my church, the guy from the Dollar store called to tell " the missionary lady" (that would be me) about another homeless person that has shown up over at the dollar store. Sweet Rebecca called me to tell me about it.

I went to the dollar store to look for her. I found her home in the alleyway behind the store. She has about 9 shopping carts filled with recyclable materials. She has a very beat up old couch that she has drug under the trees for cover. She uses an old box for a little more shelter. She was not there so I asked around,and I found out who she is. I used to see her all the time when I worked at a salon over there.
I would see her and ask her if I could wash her hair for her, I even told her that would not charge her. She never let me. She would come around to dig in the trash cans for coke cans and other "stuff". She is around 60 or 70 years old. It breaks my heart, but I know from my previous interactions with her, that she is where she wants to be. So I bought her a few blankets and left them on her couch. I will bring her some food from time to time and just go on from there. She has been there for many years, I can only try to make the next few a little more comfortable. Well thats it for now...I am happy about my little loss...it is better than a little gain! L.

Dum dum duuuummmm....

Well today is weigh-in day. I am as anxious as I always am on these days. Even though I watched what I ate and even tracked it, for the most part, I still feel like "will what I have done be enough to see a difference"?

Good or bad I will post it. This is my accountability. I am just nervous. I had Discovery! this past weekend and even though I had sensible salads, chicken breast and veggies for dinner, I still had the little brownie for dessert. It is not much but it might be enough to keep me from losing weight...grrr.

I think that sugar and white flour are my addictive foods. I am trying to eliminate those completely. Each day, scratch that, each meal is a new challenge for me to dodge that stuff. I am doing better and that is a huge step in the right direction. I can tell a difference in my thinking, now, if I can go beyond just thinking about it and impliment it...every time.

I will be back later with my results....L.

It is going...

Well, I am on day three of my new diet plan...I am so trying to stick with it, and so far I am doing great. I did break down and have some sugar today...grrr! I really didn't need it, I just wanted it, badly. Anyway, I will be super busy doing volunteer work this weekend but I will pick up blogging on Monday! I will be able to stick to the plan this weekend because I already know what I am going to eat. I will make wise choices and decline the crap. God give me the strength to decline the crap! Have a great weekend! Love yall L.

Here we go...

Alright, the holidays are over and it is time to re-new my goals and refresh the old outlooks. Andrea and I are starting Weight Watchers again, this time I have no plans to go to China and she is NOT planning on getting pregnant.(Both were big deal breakers for me.)

So we joined up last night and we went in to be weighed. I was not as much shocked at my weight just disappointed. I am the heaviest I have ever been. I hate it so much that it gives me even more motivation to stick with it.

I am one of these people who needs competition, however friendly it may be. I also need people in it to win it with me. Thank God for Andrea and Penny Lulu for doing this as well. I also have Linda at the salon, she is doing it as well.

So I renewed my weight loss ticker and will be tracking it. I will also be annoying you all ( my inner circle of peeps) with weekly texts with my progress. I will also be adding in walking.

I am a little disappointed in the fact that they (WW) doesn't have our beloved CORE program anymore but what they have is called Momentum, it is a modified version of Core, basically it is CORE with portion control. Bummer.

All of the women and a smattering of men were saying, " I am a lifetime member and got off the program for the holidays and I just saw the weight creeping back up, so I had to come in..." and just thinking about Oprah Winfrey and her continuous battle...It just speaks so loudly that "IT IS NEVER OVER"!! I will have to change everything (which scares the crap outta me) and pray that I can overlook the obstacles and just chug through. So here we go.

Today I am having a WW shake for breakfast and I will be making White Chicken Chili for lunch, and I will probably have a little salad for dinner, go for my walk, then go to bed early. I have a busy day tomorrow.

Tomorrow I will be taking a big bowl of white chicken chili to eat on all day at work. I will get a bag of carrots and some sugar snap peas to snack on. I know this is boring but it helps me to plan... So here I go...weeeeeeeeee....

Trevor...

This is my friends son Trevor. Today we went to lunch and then had an impromptu photo shoot.  

Yulonda and Trevor ( mother and son)

 
 
 
 

The look of unconditional love...

 

 

it is obvious that the feeling is mutal!

Road trip and new friends....

Alright Andrea I know that none of this is in line, but I couldn't figure all of that out...so just either go into my control panel and fix it or well I will be there tomorrow...

These are some shots of Tisha, sweet friend in Brady Texas(I only had one of her husband and it was not in focus so I didn't post it), also some shots of this amazing man his name is Jaime (a self-proclaimed "mountain man" who lives in Brady) Jaime had an great piece of property where he lives with his buddy and only companion Charlie the hound dog. Jaime and Charlie live inside this old cotton gin, it was amazing! I fell in love with everyone down there in Brady, even the old lady with the broken down van that needed a push in front of Sonic, (Andrea will probably post a video of that...grrr.) They were so sweet to us and Tisha even cooked a beautiful stew with cornbread muffins and brownies!! Thank you for extending such hospitality! A true gift from God.

The day was beautiful and so was our trip. On the way down to Brady, Andrea and I just laughed and had a great time I swear the time and miles just flew by.(Andrea is the best direction giver EVER!!) On the way home we listened to worship music and cried about how beautiful our King is and how His Grace has changed our lives.

I think we counted at least 100 dead deer on the side of the road, it was sad and frightening at the same time. ( I took no pictures of that, I thought that might be just a tweak over the top) lol.

Ok new post is coming this afternoon...

I have to give a little teaser about the upcoming post...

road trip
great new friends
mountain man
hound doggie
photoshoot
alot of road kill
praise and worship
good times....

I will upload pictures later but I have a busy day at the salon and didn't want to blow my resolution too badly...

Burger King and the homeless guy...

Alright so I am being "blog yelled at" by people for not blogging...I just don't feel that alot of things are blog worthy. I also don't feel like my life is in any way exciting. But that is my commitment in oh nine to blog more. So here goes

My New Year!! Oh Nine! Here is what I am going to do...I am giving up fast food. I will be cooking more at home and saving the money. I was going to give up sugar, but I blame that idea on temporary resolution insanity. What the "H" was I thinkin'??

I am also going to walk every day at least 20 minutes. (weather permitting)...see, how boring is that? Snoozer. I have to add that I am perfectly content here with my boring little life, and am in no way inviting drama into it.

Today, New Years Day...this is what I did. I went to work for a little while and did a few people's hair who did not mind coming in on New Years Day.
Then I went to investigate the history of my homeless guy that I found Christmas time. I will give those of you who don't know some back story. I went to Dollar Store here in town before Christmas, to get some blankets to give to the needy/homeless peeps in Dallas.
The guy behind the counter was a little shocked because I brought 15 blankets up to the counter, he then said " are you having alot of company coming for Christmas?" I said " nope these are for the homeless" he then proceeded to tell me that he had been worried about " our own homeless guy"...I was like " what? We have one? Where is he?"
He pointed into the parking lot and said that he was living in his car and had been there for a few years. I was like "reeeeally,... interesting...." so I began to noodle about this guy.

Now I am not writing this to get ANY kudos for anything I am writing it because this is my life...

So... I drove by his broke down car and just took a quick inventory of his " house"..
He has a black garbage bag for a drivers side window and the grass that grew out of the cracks in the parking lot cement under the car, was tall, crunchy, and it had long been dead, indicating it had been in that position for a long long time...obviously the car had been not running for some time...
He was not there.
He had a sleeping bag and a bag of bread in the back seat. My heart hurt for him. It had been cold the past few days and it was Christmas time...
Christmas morning I took him a breakfast sandwich from Burger King and a hot fresh coffee. It was still dark outside but the light from the sun was just beginning to crown on the horizon. My breath made columns of steam as it came out of my lungs, it was really cold.
I tapped on the backseat window and held up the BK bag and steaming coffee cup as a "look, I come in peace" way. Not knowing what to expect, my eyebrows were up and I think I bared every tooth in my head, in efforts that he would know I meant him no harm.

(wow this turned into a novel...sorry about that)

The dark blue sleeping bag rustled a little bit, then out popped a scruffy little dude with dark brown hair. He wiped the sleep out of his eyes and blinked a few times. His eyes were the same color as his hair and his skin was as pale as paper.

He looked at me and I looked at him for what seemed like a full minute but I am sure it was just a second or two...I said " Merry Christmas my friend, I brought you breakfast!" He sat up, rolled down the window and said " What? I am getting breakfast in bed?? Wow this is great! God bless you! " I handed him the food and coffee and I turned and said "have a great day!!"

I then went downtown to help there. Later that day I brought him a blanket, a jacket and thermal shirt, and 10 dollars. He was not there but I put it in his car and just left.

I have been going by every few days and taking him some food. My heart is really pulled toward him and his circumstances. I want to pick him up and take him to get food at Golden Corral so he can get what he wants, but more importantly, I want to talk with him.

I want to know how I can help him. I mean it is obvious that help is needed, but will he take it? I would like to get his window fixed.
I have to be smart about this and I didn't know anything more than he lives in that car, and has for a few years. I need know first if he is violent or whatever...

So today I went investigating...I first went to his shopping center neighbors...First, the Dollar Store, but the guy who told me about him was not there today, so I asked the little lady working the register.
She was a sweet looking little lady but when she opened her mouth her voice was harsh and crackly. Obviously she was a long time smoker as her white gray hair wreaked of smoke and her fingers were stained with nicotine.
Her little eyebrows were non-existent and she drew them on with a way too dark pencil...but she used those eyebrows for alot of emphasis in her retelling of her one and only story of "my car guy"...so I watched the eyebrows do their dance since I was digging for whatever anyone would reveal.
She said that "he has been there for a long long time" and that was all she knew...OK anytime someone says " that is all I know" they usually know alot more and just don't think it is relevant...
so I dug and asked her, "Do you know if he can work, is he impaired?" She said she thought he might be on some medication that he does not take regularly. "What makes you think this?" I asked. She said " Well not too long ago he came in with his hands on a make believe machine gun and pretended to shoot everyone in store..we were all real freaked out by that..." I was like " yep, that is a good indication of a mental issue..."
She had worked those eyebrows into a tizzy during that story and now they lay quiet, so I knew that was about all she had for me... I thanked her for the info and turned to leave she said " But he has never hurt anybody...he is real sweet"..I waved , thanked her again and went over to the auto parts store.
I waited in line and asked the clerk about " my car guy" and he had lots to say. I found out that the man has been there for a few years, I already knew that, but I didn't know that he had just gotten out of jail , where he had been for 9 months for a disorderly conduct rap he picked up over at the Albertsons.
I also learned that he has a bicycle and he uses that to get around. So here is what I know...there is this guy, he lives in his car, in a parking lot. He probably can't get a job because he is potentially mentally unstable. He needs so much but I am honestly AFRAID to get too close to him. I want to help, but I do not know what to do. Even the people closest to him apparently do not know what to do. The Dollar Store and Auto Parts place are his neighbors. He is probably banned from the property at the nearest grocery store. My heart is hurting for him. If I could get his car window fixed somehow. Get him some gift cards for the grocery store...SOMETHING...

So that is where I am at...Happy New Year!! If you know of anyway to help my car guy, please lemme know. Love you all Lisa