Ah, Monday.  It's my favorite day of the week.  There's really nothing scheduled at church and I pretty much use the day to veg and do laundry while I play on the computer.  Very relaxing.

Remember how I was... well, let's call it what it is... complaining about not having a buddy, and I said that nothing stays the same forever, and whether it was me changing or the situation changing, something was going to change?  Well guess what changed?  Me.  That's usually the way it goes, huh?  Instead of pulling us out of every little battle we get into, God guides us through them so we can grow and be what he wants us to be.  Sis. Dobosi has been a real blessing, whether she knows it or not.  I appreciate her patience and help.  And the other ladies at church don't even realize that they have an impact on my life; but again, that's usually how it goes.

So today was quiet.  It's getting dark pretty early now.  I went to Curves and there was a nice little group there today.  I weighed myself a few days ago and wasn't very surprized to see that I'd gained weight.  I can feel it.  I know it's probably muscle, but there's a lot of fat in there, too.  So today I started back on my cholesterol-lowering diet, which had been pretty effective some months back.  It consists of a daily diet of:

-a big bowl of oatmeal

-a big bowl of fruit

-a big bowl of veggies

-some kind of meat

and some optional stuff like mandarin oranges, fat-free pretzels, coffee, etc--anything low-cal and low-fat.  My first weigh-in is around Nov. 30.  Looking forward to it.  I found the Curves Community in the MSN groups, and I've been getting a lot of encouragement and info from that.  I also joined the NTCC Family Group.  Very, very cool.  I love it.  If you need some good, positive stuff to read, go there.  Nothing fake or gushy, just good stuff.