Sunday Ramblings

It does not do to leave a dragon out of 

your calculations, if you live near him.

from: The Hobbit

by: JRR Tolkien

It been 10 whole days!!
Yea for me!!!
I have really good, powerful days and I have bad, pathetic days when I feel weak and sorry for myself.
There are days that I long for a long, tall, cold Pepsi. On these days...I utter prayers for strength.
But....Im happy to report....
I also have whole days now when I dont think about it. (thats a lie really..I think, but I dont long for it.) There are too few of these days...but the number of them are increasing.  Whew!!
My greatest difficulties raise their ugly heads when:
1. eating out.
bonus here...we eat out less!! cha-ching!!!
2. that dang tri-mart on the way home!  I cant avoid it...besides, they are EVERYWHERE!!
3. getting fuel for the car...and not for me!!!  see # 2
4. stink'in cute Pepsi commercial with Santa vacationing with his wife and the elves...he's given up Coke for fun lov'in Pepsi!!! (smart Santa)

Realities:
-I have come up with a healthy substitute...with way fewer calories!  HERE
-Now I wont have to  sneak in contraband to girls camp!! We were seriously scheming how we were going to hide a cooler of Pepsi under a cot!!! seriously!!!

Second addiction-
Spider solitaire
Hardly miss it! yea!!
Deleting it from my tool bar was the answer there.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the

 day of adversity consider: God also hath set

 the one over against the other, 

to the end that man should find nothing after him.

Ecclesiastes 7:14

The good Lord does provide!!
-strength to overcome
-no withdrawal headaches- tender mercy
-resolve
- a sympathetic ear to all my whining and prayers of thankfulness