I like that one.

I understand that, Lily. Eating sugar caused the stress in my life. I ate sugar in place of real food so I wouldn’t gain so much weight. I ate it when I was happy, sad, bored, tired, stressed and when my brain needed a fix. I became unhappy, cranky, tired, and totally controlled by it. Sugar and what form I would eat that day became my first thought in the morning. It really took over my life. I wanted to quit and tried every day, but just couldn’t do it. I asked God to help me and He did. The first two weeks were the worst. The cravings were intense and I drank a lot of hot water to help relieve them. After that, it was better. I started exercising after that... 25 minutes a day on my Tony Little glider helped a lot. After two months, the cravings were gone completely. Now, I never think about sugar at all. If I eat honey or syrup, it starts up again, so I don’t use those or artificial sweeteners. I wish I could express how wonderful it feels to get up in the morning sugar free. It’s like every day is fresh and new and I am happy. I hope you can find your way to that, too. Rebecca

Seagrass, they are the same as they've always been for me. Although, while not particularly on this forum, there are times I too miss Spike ;0) (using Win 7 desktop for here) Home Decorating Discussions Home Decoratins Conversations I don't really make New Years resolutions, but if I did I might say I would like to cook more creatively this year instead of our oft repeated same 'ol favorites, and reduce some clutter especially paper type clutter and unneeded clothes clutter.

Probably useful to not just set a realistic goal, but some simple, practical and, hopefully, fairly easy steps to get one started and keep the project going. With some minor objectives along the route, to encourage one to work toward something to be achieved soon. I have a couple of things that I plan to work on, but to get to work on them prior to the New Year. When you're 90+ ... how many New Years can you more or less realistically count on? Or at any age, for that matter: just refer to the Covid issue, that was on few of our radars, last year at this time. If U.S. folks were to ask some of those who refuse to wear masks whether, in the light of one in five deaths worldwide from covid being in the U.S., which sure doesn't have one fifth of the world's population, could we perhaps consider that our demands that each should be free to choose one's lifestyle have anything to do with it? When I was a kid, I was taught that the other side of the (supposed) nickel that says "Freedom" on one side ... ... must say "Responsibility" on the other side ... ... or people won't accept it as having any value. We're sure finding out that what goes on in the (worldwide) community affects all of us, aren't we? We had a drive-by activity at our United Church on Saturday, with a few dressed as Magi collecting bus tickets and goods for a chaplaincy at a low-income community in our neighbourhood. I showed a letter just received showing a radio with a mask, sent from Farm Radio International, who have a newscaster on national radio as sponsor, who have supported radio programs from more than dozens of radio stations in Africa helping over a million farmers to improve their skills. Recently they've been providing a lot of info on coping with Covid, as well, apparently greatly appreciated in many small communities. As a teen with a couple of younger brothers helping Dad operate a fairly large farm when our hired hands went to World War II in about 1940 ... I still have some roots fairly deep in the soil. And having helped some refugees fron North Korea get back on their feet in South Korea in the mid 50s, with some churches' help following the Korean War, I have learned that limiting one's width of view to one or even a few countries can have disastrous consequences, often to people who had no part in putting the problem together. End of rant - sorry for highjacking your thread, Lucille ole joyfuelled