Day 183 (Wednesday 5/6)

<p>Guess what????????????? I got my rear of out of bed this morning and went to the <strong>gym</strong>!! (Oh and Kelly, I didn't need the alarm clock I have to chase either!!! lol) It was <strong>GREAT</strong>!! <strong>Thank you sis</strong> for getting me there!! I did a <strong>12 minute run</strong> while I waited for my sister to get there and then we did <strong>36 minutes</strong> on the <strong>bikes</strong> <strong>together</strong>!! I felt <strong>so great</strong> to be back in my old routine!! </p> <p>I headed over to my office and made breakfast of <strong>oatmeal</strong> with <strong>blueberries</strong> and an <strong>orange</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. Mmmm!! Oh how I missed you oatmeal!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYoQUtOK83z6iU3S6ejs1oRnMLzdBUMb3snfFRifKbT9cuepAttHrJbjSay5GcBJr4xoFwljhykz9Xh8tagz2IZntxg3aA9RyVkKzAIcuYhq4fZ2C0yjeR4FCmcW7zx1OS52wwV_ZCjX23/s1600-h/DSC02470%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02470" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPIHCeL2UbwCPJzHeQ-wETZn99ZpVpq9VgLZzvNNnPmCTEaR2HT1UdVPe-cWWOb3WwqkrmcQ-fp9kZU9_X4w_-gQuaJDiE8D1s9jnQLZYwKquaBcrjJO02kRwj4h4PWR8rlufBXR4qbhE/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02470" width="404"></a><img alt="DSC02471" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx79q8ZTD9t0_W_KwcYsZh8bj0nFldKW-Wajks6pxXxjealg7dwksNoGVUAQZv23EIDJ6iireRFQpt8viL__lWHv8z42VtSQFV1tqN9pptY-w8yIBYXOKzjJBcoAUH89P7yhQrpNEZkiDE/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02471" width="244"></p> <p>I wanted to check with you guys...I've heard that with my new header it<strong> cuts the words off on the far right</strong>...is this happening with all of you? I am wondering if it is just on smaller screens or what?? I look at my blog at work and home and both screens are 17". If it is happening with everyone I will re-work my header! I don't want you to miss out on anything I write!! Ha ha...like's its that exciting!! <strong>Let me know if it cuts off for you and what screen size you have!! Thanks!! :) </strong></p> <p>Around 10am I had my "<strong>morning mush</strong>" (that is what one of my co-workers calls it!)...<strong>strawberries</strong>, <strong>yogurt</strong>, and <strong>grape nuts</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>! </p> <p><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsTr008DYQPPabK2ClkmzvK9LE7oSw3YLt-OPKRzu0lUiock2vbumnPPzAPYrNUFhV-e_k1apj9K1s99tzYdtqA9KRGGq5H1FkjCLXxzzDI60YItg4bpq8r81Fny13azDL5mtnTwITuu8/s1600-h/DSC02472%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02472" border="0" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy60lDYrE3kuX2oGhyphenhyphenrifUs5-oW1j6YzK9iTOb6zMBDRjCr8Tmogvh6Lq1xZEX42-yVNvzrPbAj-IQwqVISpw2GHxUbMDcRP9hMrG2xU0liUTqA5cgWMpt7BZxU_05HSUggOa_MKiWDTu4/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02472" width="400"></a></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>I had to run a few errands for lunch so I grabbed some <strong>grapes</strong> to munch on while running around town for <strong>1 point</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWnywi31ObO5RWNbjXOwOcA7bmGuNts4o8HAZg633isOJzCuKqNlQWpM6CR6Xw0lJsMd9KpJspYwkIcUDl1CPgVxQBy65YDoDfuMte5_3B0LxeD12kCeqnLFByk9B-hF1zzNkdDC1Qj6e/s1600-h/DSC02474%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02474" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOyvwHKN-vic5cnvd7z-BvHM_U1Hrfat6IeglNuh0KHVM5HiVVVyqLB90tu-a5cgi0daDRv13TMpRsBGS46C4_-edUlQIaQbkOoEzE8koV2OthCEk51V0cjtSQFeyXG3Ckmzf5CfARDjg9/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02474" width="404"></a></p> <p>When I got back to the house I made a <strong>chocolate PB2</strong> and <strong>banana wrap</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>!! I looked at <a href="http://simplyfabulousnow.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/raw-wednesday-being-a-teacher/">Leah's blog</a> before going to lunch and knew this was what I wanted!! And plus I was reading "<a href="http://adauntingtaleofscalewarfare.blogspot.com/2009/05/ordered-package-of-pb2.html">A Daunting Tale of Scale Warfare</a>" this morning and saw you could get <strong>$3 off PB2</strong>!!! So I ordered some! I had to call though because the coupon code wasn't working online. The offer ends at <strong>midnight</strong> tonight so check out their website <a href="http://www.bellplantation.com/">http://www.bellplantation.com/</a>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUYLXtntA7SB2KgP1VM1J5p22INuymaMKqccWaYAsU1nNFKaBE71GqB6e3ObGmkgscBAScDuwAbxd7zuSzJkPxLJ1OXaCBmcO6kUaD52_cLvLq2ZGu-I7irxboxfuVQ9IMvCk6TzYFJ-S/s1600-h/DSC02478%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02478" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHc5XLRcWXLvsGiC0jRLN_9NA5atKYKJLLcakRmN5WXkXXle8_IEiEd8WPbgDoquS9MCAHGVK5ZyuEfLvXvZbXUmSuK4kcBl4QD9BB8I5kKXT_rlgvhj3GNvMuoKY4f71n6hUB0CCrkUDA/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02478" width="404"></a></p> <p>Sorry...back to lunch. I knew the wrap wouldn't quite hold me over all afternoon so I decided to make a <strong>smoothie</strong> again to take back to the office. Today it consisted of <strong>strawberry yogurt</strong>, <strong>strawberries</strong>, a <strong>small banana</strong>, and a <strong>bunch</strong> of <strong>ice</strong> for <strong>3 points</strong>. I sipped away at it all afternoon! De-lish!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggIsRisYOf9hqhCs_FHx45wJwRGpvikz_ZBA29Mk8kjK6I2lowdvWsETQ529lv9GAvekxKDfHavv_SpiZ5Cv34IucHrGCECgNydaoY6ljiVyVX1VftbQLSvmCsJlHXTaGmg4e7ZxBwBIIY/s1600-h/DSC02476%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02476" border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_lhy4UD84qslKMq28XLuoClhuS5od86E0eJloixIdDrbWifnZFhiFBG6beegJiH3ByYCsZWpf-VjR3bjFIBKnw_EyaDgZ5Ak_VOzPaSzYaeMPcozwNZsQBJuj3_LLoeL8EsZPAv7lhoyg/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02476" width="404"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrU7EI4wdyoVWHGDCwvyH0uNJ7Ek2mV8Ta5TboFgHF2s0RiX4B0doVd9HOG4ujIsb1QoQy5y-IWdy6F0yPph7zhtfG0ZoLeH76FYOPno1xdemnq-udvriri6ZRnxLo-MH8BzXQo-NQRVA/s1600-h/DSC02477%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02477" border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgov5kHSFNiicP8KU3liIfIkiIJa2bqqTNgwk2dH69lenY-55-TQHPPWiLRs1abHa0rw2f7hNfLCO8FPjudg08xRj6fYBdy48aStqp_Xv2Y4z69MFDzTY2qlPlk4QFRcAwm5L2h2QMnM2Ku/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02477" width="353"></a></p> <p>For supper tonight we went to our favorite Wednesday nite “hot spot”….Third Base! You get free <strong>chips</strong> and <strong>salsa</strong>, 50 cent <strong>tacos</strong>, and $1.50 margaritas!! I had some chips and salsa and two tacos. I decided not to have a margarita because they are like 5 points each…so instead I had a couple <strong>Bud Lights</strong> with my food…so total <strong>13 points</strong> for everything! It was a fun evening with everyone!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSjItPEpqGppwHzmE8jxutOxPWRtw07qUD66UfMYLOpSsPSfvnb-w1DjGx8LVnux2tm0DV3Gmg6cxbZwUBaDctKniXTv7bU_kZHnVd10RBVAZVUwpKWdYdA3Hsz4FWeWkbGkiH79UNPnee/s1600-h/DSC02479%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02479" border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSDND7n1PTvaXEv2iLxuZ-bZ3ux1rplVb35wTDdalAYdwaF6zH_EUxKpsvVmzndkaOL-nrHkNCAk_CGqPe6fXHGT_6zQomOj8n5VogrJlwMSyChoUPzVCXzvyUonjm_Xre6Igg3QMqQGe/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02479" width="305"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5uS3HzjXFjV11nz3dmzZqi_MqxHHmaFGWSzlJFKk30n4rbpWUH-9Cnl4x0-0FMjRD_NIHb0gbkHfRvBlxW74xhqpgJXR_dHDEwY0z5c3xA9OOunwr_b0cuFs13cCLCOppmsPGeY2itjM/s1600-h/DSC02482%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02482" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOAnNtMP6R3ZJionzS0G1RK_6u1EFTpCC5aVNfCU95MqHSmVbnhZyME6ZStQoDMB6qvOpgc5f6rAOKGLXCsGN4kKhiAMEZ_mX-BDYseXgutwprS2zSdgivewDE2DKRcHe1GBTMy3xsFjvS/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02482" width="404"></a></p> <p>A friend of my sisters (<strong>my new friend</strong>!) joined us as well! We e-mailed a bit throughout the day and she mentioned she had to run to the store to pick up some <strong>Larabars</strong> before she came down because they are on sale. Now I have seen these all over the “blog world” and of course had to inquire what she thought and what her favorite flavor was. She said <strong>cinnamon bun</strong> and one other (can’t remember!). Well she showed up to Third Base and brought one for both my sister and I!! <strong>How sweet</strong>….<strong>Thanks Randi</strong>!! Can’t wait to try it!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHR_9EP39qoYlexZjn6tz7hZxIvvTdHY-IuiyKOXUAIBEunuFPxa8cNBs0ipuipULSIwyuR0Q-UKGkKXkyOhaZS7X0s5dU1wfjXX6mQfSeKLrvmAwfuy1YDkXq5o_uygvMjXGGCn95NzU/s1600-h/DSC02480%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02480" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDep_sK1PxxKQNT4utH2K9aiBzybKJocQm6aItAfym42pvv39gAF3Mvisy_FyYX4-qfGnIUJjuajLNWWCYmjAPo6a7UDbaYYp5Y3ufKpHjn1W80cnNvTSLPyKSw_c8lJL2keV7QTM4hx7/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02480" width="404"></a><br><br>This is me and my sister…the one who got me to the gym this AM!! Thanks sis!! :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YWRwFLz_G-DJcWsaLbdfKLHctVKq7QYOpCcEBPjbn89Bpz_NQkqsHVLvRESFGciD1igX6pof_WRTF3ngn8p6ssMV_5GxlEh_Dn0WgVEokXGy1kzvtjP2dEyyPZmTw2faHyqKhimHAAWw/s1600-h/DSC02483%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02483" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8uhelBsKxUJDKK78hjV7LIL4fZaasUtlR3_YoVuDtA0-_qU6wtSIEIABe21lTkq3dSZbGLXQlnthcSudA8eb7zRNLxXeET0xfsTU5iX5E2K3LuR-UvyLmJtG30FBICEEla_-CNPagpJYN/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02483" width="324"></a></p> <p>After tacos and drinks we headed about 2 blocks away to a locally owned ice cream shop for one of my <strong>favorite</strong> summer treats!! They have a <strong>new flavor</strong> each week!! Last week it was mint, this week it was <strong>strawberry</strong>!! And if you haven’t noticed….I <3 strawberries!! :) So I had a <strong>small cone</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong></p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1J3DePNJuXSUW_1RPNwceC-_LwyzZOT7SZgFJj4i3RMadPz1iJ5Kd7ud2qRfmwuTs7fo0x9EiDoQWA1xBhINmSGhmxtBzGcFLhAIM0FS643cPgpU36FkKQBHo2W_TfhNoyC4rgx42eYh/s1600-h/DSC02491%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC02491" border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieygjBFoChFzvng10KyBjrH85SoazFK8myziZ2h1tDy20jiB50W_3EYG_RCylckQL1rr6f8_8QHqaONXu-IKr9cG_cTogRhAvsS9eTZ9SOo3IEVMCO8nEEn8m0StTxqT6WNCX4TYur5AXo/?imgmax=800" style="border-right-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto" title="DSC02491" width="354"></a></p> <p>Well everyone I am bushed!! It was a great day, started out <strong>great</strong> and ended <strong>great</strong>!! I hope everyone’s was just as great, or even better!! :) See you tomorrow my favorite blogger buddies!!!</p> <p><strong>WEDNESDAY'S STATS <br></strong>POINTS =31 <br>WEEKLY ALLOWANCE POINTS =8 used/27 remaining <br>ACTIVITY POINTS EARNED = 5</p> <p>WATER =106 oz <br>EXERCISE = 12 min run and 36 min bike</p>

Day 183 (Wednesday 5/6)

Guess what????????????? I got my rear of out of bed this morning and went to the gym !! (Oh and Kelly, I didn't need the alarm clock I h...

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Transforming Hate

I was standing in line at McDonald's in Hawthorne, NV. The man in line ahead of me looked like he might have been a biker. Longish hair, droopy mustache, a muscle shirt. The shirt is why I noticed his triceps. Along the left tricep was written the word "WHITE". Along the right tricep was written the word "PRIDE". It gave me pause.<br /><br />That aggressive statement of racist feeling struck me harder becasue of something a good friend is dealing with. She has just discovered that another good friend of hers is a Nazi. She had known he held a racist ideology, but she only recently discovered the depth of his hatred for ethnic minorities and even greater hatred for whites who befriend ethnic minorities.<br /><br />I had also just read in the newspaper that Aryan Nations is actively organizing in Northern Idaho again. I honestly didn't know they had stopped, but apparently there was a hiatus of several years. Now they are back.<br /><br />Were hate groups always so active? Am I just noticing it more now? Or is the Department of Homeland Security right that the emerging threat to our national security is more from home grown right wing terrorists than Moslem infiltrators from the Middle East? Homeland Security was picking up on a violent (not meaning intense, but literally violent in its propositions) opposition to the Obama administration, the proliferation of guns, and the economic distress and untreated PTSD afflicting too many veterans. Strangely, this Homeland Security memorandum was decried for disrepecting veterans. It seemed to me it was an alarm that we absolutely must do more for veterans.<br /><br />Guns and violent opposition to the government: The day before I saw the White Pride guy in Hawthorne, a shopkeeper in Austin showed me a $O bill with President Obama's picture on it, showing him smoking and looking disreputable. He got the bill from someone who got it at a Gun Club in Reno.<br /><br />It seems to me there is a tide of demonic hatred loose in our time. There is a tremendous amount of hope and light to celebrate. But the great lesson of the 1930's is that we cannot ignore the "blood-dimmed tide loosed upon the world." If we do not ignore it, what are we to do about it?<br /><br />According to today's New York Times, the Enlgish have banned a number of people from their shores. Some are Muslim militants, as you would expect. But the list includes several Americans with established track records of hate-mongering: The Rev. Fred Phelps and his daughter Shirley Phelps-Roper (who have brought their message to Nevada more than once and on the most bizarre pretexts); Michael Savage (San Franciso radio talk show host); Eric Gliebe (web radio broadcaster); Donald Black (of Florida, former KKK grand wizzard, whose web site they say stirs up violence); and even a militant Jewish-American, Michael Guzofsky. I don't know about any of these folks myself, except Fred Phelp who just amazes me, not with the depth of his animosity, but the breadth. His contempt for so many people is astounding.<br /><br />I don't blame the English for not wanting our people spreading hate in their land. But what are we to do here? Especially, what are we as Christians to do? I don't believe it is to respond in kind. Our ire and contempt will not help. Our righteous indignation will not help. We must be more creative, more clever, and more kind than that. But I don't know how that should be carried out. I would love to hear your thoughts on how Christians should respond to hate in our time.

Transforming Hate

I was standing in line at McDonald's in Hawthorne, NV. The man in line ahead of me looked like he might have been a biker. Longish hair,...

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