stain removal tips for Lainie
September 19, 2008 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [2]
We also got some paint on the carpet because the kids were helping of course. We used some Goof-off, which is a paint remover, from your hardware store mixed with either Oxi-clean spray or some carpet spot remover. Oops! is another good one for ink and that sort of thing. I haven’t looked for it recently though.
My tools of the trade in the laundry room are Desolve-it or Goo gone spray, which remove sauces and grease, Oxi-clean spray, oxi-clean powder and water to create a soak (it works fabulously), and clorox bleach pen for whites. good luck with stains in the future. for now, a great throw rug on sale. We found a huge one at Aldi for $30. Love, Julie
A phone call from old friend
May 13, 2008 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [19]
Bud, you mentioned Vickie Reedy to me on the phone on Mother’s Day, didn’t you? Was I not listening closely? Did you say that someone was trying to get in touch with us?
Anyway, Connie Kinney has been trying to find out what happened to Luis and me for months. Her son, Mike (or Micah?) lives in Birmingham, and she doesn’t remember what Ward he’s in, but he met somebody named Vicki Reedy, and she knew you, Bud, and evidently you gave our phone number to somebody???
Connie called, and we chatted for awhile, catching up on years and years, because it’s been at least twenty since we’ve been in touch.
Before we hung up, I naturally had to whine about how bad I was feeling with all of my physical woes!
She said, “Oh, NOW I know why i have been so desperate to get in touch with you. I can help you get better Elaine. Really, I can help you. I’m expecting a machine in the mail any day now. I have paid $1200 for it.” And she proceeded to tell me about that, and about the special kind of water that is going WILD in Salt Lake City, because the demand for it is so great. People are claiming that it is doing wonders for every kind of physical problem from Arthritus (sp?) to diabetes etc.
She wanted to know when I was going to be in Birmingham, and she could possibly go there and meet me, and she would treat me for free. I told her about the reunion, and invited her to come.
Now is my favor that I ask of all of you, my children. I want to have whatever this is that she is peddling. The last time I listened to Connie, it was with the Super Blue Green Algae, and I did away with all pain meds, and was feeling wonderful, but couldn’t afford the Algae.
If she can come to our reunion, will each one of you (that can afford it-and some of you can’t) pitch in for one night’s rent for a motel room for her? Make it a double, so her son Mike can possibly come?? Please!! And she can make Beth’s back better, and Buddy’s Diabetes better, and all of me better, and Brenda’s Fibromyalgia better. That is, if you want the treatments. You will, of course, read the pamphlets and study about it.
I know Connie, and I know what a good and honest person she is.
I thought about it, and it won’t interfere with our fun and games. In fact, it might fill in some of the idle hours. We don’t have to do anything we don’t want to do.
I blurted out and invited her, but I don’t mind disinviting her. She will understand. I should have gotten everybody’s input first. She did seem a little surprised that I would invite her to something as private as our family reunion. Just think about it. I believe at this point, I would agree to rocket to the moon, and explore it for green cheese if I thought there was a chance for something to get me off these pills and make me better!!
Reunion Details
March 29, 2008 | Ad-MOM-ishments | No Comments
Read Brenda’s “Reunion Details” again. She gives you important information. Most important is for you to SNAP TO IT!
Bill….Yes…Tony has been notified. Dad talked to him, and it sounds like he wants to come and bring Chelsea.
Tony - I hope you are reading all of this, and getting the details. All of your family that wants to come, should come. There is no reason for anyone to stay away. What about Lauren and Andy? You would probably have to to put them up in a Lodge with you…but you best hurry and rent one. They only have a few.
Amber should come if she has the time.
Remember…vote for Jason
March 23, 2008 | Ad-MOM-ishments | No Comments
Just to remind you again.
LOVE MOM
The Punch Bowl
December 14, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [3]
Buddy, it’s not the same at all. The coffee table and the punch bowl, I mean. I’ll never recover from the bowl. Really, I’ve tried telling myself that it’s only a material thing of the world. Somehow, it hasn’t helped. I hope St. Peter can have it all pasted back together and give it to you at the Pearly Gates 
Bill, the Grandfather Clock still sits in the garage waiting for you to pick it up. When we had our garage sale a few months ago, a few people naturally wanted to buy it.
For Ben - Eliminate food cravings
November 17, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [1]
Here is the Callahan Technique for those strong urges and food cravings which sometimes occurr ten to fifteen times per day.
1. As yourself on a scale of one to ten how sever is your urge or food craving? This is very important.
2. With two fingers from your right hand tap 15 to 20 times directly under the right eye. About half an inch to one inch is perfect. You do not have to tap very hard.
3. Now tap direction under the right armpit, approximately three to four inches down. Tap 15 to 20 times.
4. Find the collarbone point. This is located approximately one-half inch below the small dip in the front of the neck, and two to three inches over on the right side of the chest. You are looking for the top of the collarbone. Tap 15 to 20 times.
5. Find the “gamut spot” on the back of the left hand. This is located between the little finger and ring finger, approximately one inch below the “V” on the back of the hand. Tap repeatedly on this spot as you do the following:
1.Keep your eyes open for five seconds.
2.Close your eyes for five seconds.
3.Open your eyes for five seconds.
4.While keeping your head still, move your eyes down to the right and hold for five seconds.
5.While keeping your head still, move your eyes down to the right and hold for five seconds.
6.Roll your eyes in a circle to the right.
7.Roll your eyes in a circle to the left.
8.Count to five out loud.
9.Hum a tune for five seconds, out loud.
lO.Count to five out loud again.
11.While keeping your head straight, look down as far as you can and slowly move your eyes upward until you are looking up as high as you can.
Now…Take three slow, long, deep breaths.
Then…As hyourself on a scale from one to ten what your urge or food craving is now. If the urge or food craving is gone you are finished with the process. If it is the same, higher, or slightly lower, repeat the process one more time.
This basic technique should dramatically reduce, or completely eliminate, the urge, desire, or food craving. Sometimes additional patterns and more techniques are required. However, EVERY TIME you have an urge or desire will, over time, produce dramatic long-gterm results.
Bottom Line
November 9, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [3]
Back again. It’s after midnight. I’ve finished reading Chapter two. Here is bottom line: “The bottome line is that the major reasons why you are overweight, fat, or obese is your metabolism is abnormally low, your hunger is abnormally intense and constnat, you have uncontrollable food cravings causing you to eat when you are not hungry, and when you have excess food that has not been burned off, your HYPOTHALAMUS stores an abnormally high amount of the excess in the secure problem area fat reserves which will never be released no matter how much you diet and exercise. “The weight loss cure protocol” will once and for all correct this condition.
Who discovered this cure? How was it discovered? Why has it been suppressed and kept a secret for so long? The amazing story will surprize you!”
Obesity In America
November 9, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [1]
A paragraph from the book that I’m reading: “ Mr. Trudeau writes: “One board member from the Mayo Clinic, whose identity must be kept secret, shared with me the data showing that virtually all cancerous tumors are loaded with pesticides and herbicides used in the production of most commercial foot! The food companies are making food purposefully to create new illnesses. The food companies, for example, designed and engineered food that would create the epidemic of such diseases as acid reflux disease, depression, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, constipation, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. The drug companies knew this in advance. This is why when a new disease becomes common there is already a drug ready to be marketed! (PLEASE READ ON ONE MORE PARAGRAPH. THIS IS HORRENDOUS) He says: “Both the drug industry and food industry are using sophisticated brainwashing techniques in their deceptive advertising, virtualy programming our minds with mental triggers that give us overwhelming compulsive cravings and urges for a specific food and drugs. I know this factually bhecause I was directly involved on a covert basis in this activity for almost twenty years. This is why 80 % of Americans over overweight. This is also why the obesity problem is now spreading around the world.” By Kevin Trudeau
“I’m making a personal oath and promise to all of you. I am going to get off of all of these drugs that have so long kept me captive, and that are slowly, but now fastly, killing me. I am so loaded with toxins that I can hardly breathe. The huge purple spots all over my arms are like those bruises that patients have when they come out of the hospital, and have been loaded with drugs. I want to live longer, and I know you want me to hang around. But MORE IMPORTANTLY….I WANT YOU TO LIVE LONGER AND HANG AROUND. You have children to take care of and raise. ”
Girl Scout Oath
Mom (Yes, I was a Brownie and Girl Scout)
THE WEIGHT LOSS CURE
November 6, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | No Comments
Julie, make sure Ben reads just these paragraphs in a book that ordered by Kevin Trudeau, a New York Times Bestselling Author. It is the revolutionary plan that reshapes your body, gets rid of abnormal fat, increases your meabolism, ILIMINATES HUNGER AND FOOD CRAVINGS, and cleans the body toxins.
Ben…When I was at your house in October, you told me that you were “hungry all the time”, and that you craved food. Here is a sentence from this book.
“The main problems that overweight people deal with are massive, intense, constant, physical hunger; food cravings, and uncontrollable urges to eat when not hungry; low metabolism; and an abnormally high amount of fat stored in stubborn secure problem areas such as the hips, thighs, buttocks, and waist. Wait, there’s more. This “weight loss cure protocol” has been proven to be virtually 100% successful in correcting these conditions, thus curing the individual of obesity for life! Read the fascinating true story of how this discovery was made.
This is the book that answers all the questions about why people today are continually getting fatter and fatter. The good news is this book gives you the cure and can solve your overweight condition once and for all.
NATURAL CURES
November 6, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [2]
It’s 12:45 Am and I can’t sleep. I’m reading one of the books i got in the mail today by Kevin Trudeau. “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want you to know About”. First step is to get rid of the toxins in your body. HA! That should take me some time!!
His next book is “New Natural Cures REvealed” and then I got the one about secrets of quick weight loss. I’m not worried about that. I’ve lost 33 lbs since last Christmas, and I stay on a diet. I got that for Carmen, and today she started on Nutrisystem, and I got her the dvd from Trudeau on the sure way to quit smoking. I’m expecting a BEAN in the mail this week, too. It’s a sort of rocking chair that’s supposed to rock away the inches from your abdomen. So Carmen and I should be real beauties by Christmas, Bill. Check us out good when you get here.
I have big purple spots breaking out on my arms. Anybody can give me a clue about this? I went to the doctor today, and I only had three. She looked at them, and was puzzled. I have seven now???
JOSIE
November 2, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | No Comments
This post is for Bill and Lainie. I was in the kitchen washing dishes and minding my own business, and I very suddenly thought about Josie Lovelace Polhemus, your stepmother, who died 43 years ago! Think seriously of doing her ordinance work. With the new system, you must be able to show a familial connection, and you can easily show that she was your stepmother. Think about it and pray about it. You must get permission from little Josie.
DIABETICS BEWARE
November 1, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [1]
Bill is so right. Bill, I’m glad to here that you are on insulin (in a way). I know you were really having trouble when we were out in Texas because you couldn’t get your sugar down below 200. Lainie now reports that someone tested her, and it was 207!! I tested her once and she was 167. She needs to get on a diet. She needs a doctor, but I don’t know if she can go to a clinic. Lainie, I know you’re reading this, but I also know that you know how to diet. My sugar stays in line, because I pretty much stay on a good diet. My apetite isn’t very big. Carmen is going to get going on a good diet, I know I can help her. I worry about everybody.
BEN!! Cut it out!! You have a family to raise. They need you!
BUD!! Same thing!! Take care of your health, please. Let me see. who else?
Brenda is practically living on starvation row, and can’t lose an ounce of weight because of the thyroid problems she’s had since she had most of her’s removed. Brenda, do you read us?
Where is everybody?
I love you all, and I don’t want to outlive any of you.
Lainie! Ben! Julie
October 30, 2007 | Ad-MOM-ishments | Comments [1]
I just read your response to my Goodlooking kids post, and you said your blood sugar was 207!! You are definitely diabetic, and it’s serious. Get that under control right away. It sounds like you are doing it. Avoid much starchy foods, breads, and sweets. You know how the tap dance is danced. As you said, you’ve been dieting all of your life. As for your legs. They are pretty, but Carmen, Beth, and Brenda have prettier legs than you and Maria, but you and Maria still have pretty legs. Bill was right, I think I got myself into trouble with those comments. We can’t have everything. I had bad skin all of my life, and here I am 70 years old, and I have adult acne….that stuff I’ve had all of my life. And now 2/3rd’s of my hair has fallen out. I was always proud of my thick hair, and maybe my pride was my problem.
Ben, I’m so sad that you have to go back to work all of those hours. Please stay away from those sandwiches. What about your sugar? Do you test often. Hmmm! I just read your article. The parts I understood were funny.
Read Ben’s article in “silver bullets comics”. Click on “Welcome to Silver Bullet Comics (in red print), and then scroll down, and watch on your right for “meanwhile”, and his article is the third one. There is a picture of little Ben and the big one.
Julie! Loved the photos. Speaking of which. Where are the photos that Luis and I are supposed to get. You know. The ones we took at J. C. Penneys. You surely must have gotten them by now, unless something went wrong.