Journey of a modern day circuit rider...

So, how are things here....Th other social network is where I can be found most days.

Just watched Biggest Loser and Idol, flipped back and forth.

I have lost 8lbs more since the last post. So, that 32 lbs altogether, I can begin to tell a difference in the face, belly.

My clothes are baggy on me. I raided mom's closet to find sie 16 jeans.... my 16-18 sizes are baggy. I love it.

Well, hope you are well. GBU

Well, weight loss update. 26lbs altogether. I am back down plus little weight past where I was a couple of years ago. So, hopefully by WOUMC Conference I shall be smaller then I was before.

Still eating right and exercising...lifestyle transformation

I haven't checked this since....Christmas...But, as much as I like the other two social netwoking sites. You can't journal here. So, I decided to post weekly as to diet progess. An Accountibility tool. My LJ pal Collinsmom is doing the same.

So, I have been on the lifestyle dieting change for 1 month. I eat 1000-1200 calories and do pilates for 10 minutes daily. 18 pounds lost, so, I am back down to where I lost before two years ago. back to the size 16. At least I didn't gai totally to the size 24...Size 18...
I am back to my Size L in shirts, and L in pants or 16 size.

Food taken in to the body:

Breakfast:
1 yogart ( 80 cals)
or
cereal (190 cals)
or
poached egg, who links of sausage for (180)

Coffee

Lunch:

A 190-250 calorie meal

Supper:

250-400 calories depending on the food)

Snack: 100 cal or popcorn one half of 100 cal bag.

total calories for the day: 620-1000 on average

I haven't felt deprived. Volumetrics with veggies and fruits...so, I felt full. I hydrate with 10 waters a day. I have not drank diet pop that often...green tea, coffee, water mostly.


So, hopefully the "new" pounds will start coming off.

I would want to visit alot of decades...So, I would want to travel in time and space as Doctor Who's companion. David Tennent is cute, BTW. But, Any of the 10 so far Doctor's would do.

Sales was born Milton Supman on Jan. 8, 1926, in Franklinton, North Carolina, where his was the only Jewish family in town. His parents, owners of a dry-goods store, sold sheets to the Ku Klux Klan. The family later moved to Huntington, West Viriginia.

West Virginia's claim to fame....He and Don Knotts... and Peter Marshall former Hollywood Squares game show host.

Well, we do have other famous actors from WV too. I can't remember her name. But, the red haired lady that plays on the sit com with Charlie Sheen 2 and 1/2 Men CBS. She is from West Virginia too. I first saw her on Nurses in the 1980's spin off of Empty nest.

If you watched Another World the soap opera in the 1990's Donna Love was from Bluefield WV.

One can really write their longer thoughts on this site; unlike the other social networking sites. So, my thoughts of the last week.

Last week, I was supposed to dog sit for mom while she went to Jackson's Mill for Ceos Convention. But, fate stepped in t change that plan. Monday I drove to mom's in WV to get her and attend my uncle's funeral service. He was only aged 62 and had kidney issues. He knew Jesus as Lord and Savior. So, there was a peace there for me and mom. Yes, we were sad, but not for him, for us left behind to miss him.

He hails from Mendota Virginia in Washington County. The Honor guard did a military service which went well.

eyesofstone  so, I was down by your way last week.   Mom and I took route 460 to 19.  I like the four lane all the way.  How many years were they in the making? 30?  Claypool Hill area has built up with Lowes and service stations/ McDonalds.  Belfast is growing also.  The SVCC looks bigger also.  Honaker area growing.  Lebanon, VA, well,we did  not speed, but I suppose is still a speed trap.  I have kin there. My Cousin Roger Pridemore was a cop there.  You ever been to Cleveland Virginia?  Back in 1988, long before I was in  Ministry, we attended  my baby cousin's funeral. The pastors that officiated were primitative baptist and believed strangely.  They preached an infant's service for over 2 hours.  And they must believe babies don't go to heaven, but a limbo of sorts. not, comforting to the parents.  But, that's an aside and long ago..   Mendota Virginia has a two lane superhighway now!  A rural clinic, the UMC there got a new fancy sign.  Abingdon is a happening place.  We stayed at the Days Inn on the east side of town.  Yum, Cracker barrel. 

Well, Thursday evening I took mom back to WV and I stayed till Saturday with her.  I dog sit her doggie here for two weeks.  My kitty, loves her. HAHAHA Irony.

Now, to get down to the business of church meetings and paperwork. 

It's good to revisted places that you haven't been for awhile....Campbell's funeral home is Frost now.  The Abingdon UMC is still there, my parents were married there.

other rants...

Obama and the noble prize, whatever....

Don't ask , don't tell repealed?   
 

Well, why should just straight men and women get to go have their heads shot off in a war?  Homosexuals deserve that right.  I and my mom think they should have to serve too. ( we're conservative too)   Don't ask , Don't tell doesn't mean anything, gays served in WW1, WW2, etc..get real...the Navy is notorious for gays.  I remember a movie that Rick Schroder was in and he went to the nav, underaged, and was put in a brig, these drunk navy guys were placed in the cell and it impliedthat they raped him.

Now, I believe it's a sin...I'm not  for Homosexual relationships it's against God. However,  Just because someone is homosexual doesn't automatically mean that they are a pervert or pedifile.  In fact, most only have consenting adult relationships.  The Pedifiles are statistically what we term as straight.

Homosexuals are ,can be, monogamous to their partner , so, a military person who happens to be gay, would NOT make passesat the men.  Women who serve in the miltitary are vioated probably  more than some straight man would be by a homosexual.  Reality check people.
 

So, I think Homosexual 18 years old should have to register and if they volunteer to serve in the miltitary, let them.  Like I said, why should gays be punishment by not being allowed to choose to serve in the miltitary and getting shot at, IUDed by iraqis, Afghanis, Iranians?  What
makes homosexuals think they are better that straights to not serve their country and get to be patriots?
 

A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, My car broke down. Do you think I could stay the night?

The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a sound like no other that he has ever heard. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, we can't tell you because you're not a monk.

The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of the same monastery.

The monks again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car. That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that he had heard years earlier. The next morning, he asks what the sound was, but the monks reply,

We can't tell you because you're not a monk.

The man says, all right, all right. I'm dying to know. If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk?

The monks reply, you must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, you will become a monk.

The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, I have traveled the earth and devoted my life to the task demanded and have found what you had asked for. There are 371,145,236,284,232 blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth.

The monks reply, congratulations, you are correct, and you are now considered a monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound.

The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, the sound is behind that door.

The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks, May I have the key ?
The monks give him the key, and he opens the door.

Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone. The man requests the key to the stone door.

The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. And so it went on until the man had gone through doors of emerald, silver, topaz, and amethyst.

Finally, the monks say, This is the key to the last door .

The man is relieved to be at the end. He unlocks the door, turns the knob, and behind that door he is astonished to find the source of that strange sound. It is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight . . . .




















..... But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk.


DON'T BLAME ME!! I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO STARTED THIS!!! (But I bet you send it on!!)

I like some of my other pals on here have defected to facebook. I find I am lucky to check here 2-3 tmes a month.

I like facebook because you can find classmates for college, High School and co workers alot easier than here. There are fun games like Yoville to play also.

I do notice that I don't post deep thoughts there though. Writing a note on someone's wall is just not the place to get all political or preachy or test a sermon thought.

Has anyone else noticed this?

So, even though I rarely post/check in on LJ. I will still use this for those deeper thoughts.


Maybe The LJ people need to publicize this fact. My Space/Facebook/Twitter are for the little tweets, posts. But, LJ is more meaningful.

Clinging to my God, my gun....


It's like that country song God is Great! Beer is good. And people are crazy...LOL


Confederate Railroad conert at the county fair was good.

Confederate Railroad's Concert