Another Chance Ranch

Kelp

My grandparents have owned a nutrition shop for the past 27 years.  I have been around natural herbs, vitamins and minerals for quite a long time.  I know they work.  I have seen them work.  

Recently I went to spend the day with them and I came back with some Kelp.  I had been complaining to my granny that I was gaining weight and I needed to get something to help build my metabolism back up.  She suggested Kelp.  

I read about it in some of the books there in their store, and decided to take it.  It comes in capsule form, and I take 6 capsules a day.  It is good for the thyroid, metabolism, overweight, poor digestion, kidney problems, circulation, inflammation, Arthritis, Rheumatism, immune system and stress.  I took a bottle of it and could tell a big difference.  Not only did I lose weight, I noticed a bit of stress relief.  I ran out of it and am not hoping my grandparents remember to bring me some more when they come to our Thanksgiving dinner.  

Here's the deal.  If you are interested in trying the kelp, let me know cause I can hook you up with a super deal.  

Gray or Grey?

Which is it?  Gray?  Or Grey?  

Do you have grey/gray hair?  How did you feel the first time you noticed the lone gray/grey hair?  Did you pull it out?  You know you did.  Did 2 to 10 grow in it's place?  

Why am I asking?  I found my first grey/gray hair the other day.  I wasn't really devastated, but I wasn't happy about it either.  Now I just have to decide whether to pull it or not.  Hmmm.

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Tomorrow is the 4th From My Bookshelf to Yours, the book is Playing for Pizza by John Grisham.  My friend Muncy has donated to my cause, I am not yet sure what my cause is, but she is helping out.  :)  I really puffy heart that girl!

Here are the rules.  Yes, rules.  And no, I do not expect Swampy to follow them to the T.  :)  

If you have a blog, please link to the giveaway.  I will be checking this time.  If you do not have a blog, please do not feel like you cannot participate, you are more than welcome to join in the fun!

See you tomorrow!

Cool Mornings

Cool mornings make for fun photos.  

A nice cold morning provides awesome steam.  I love steam.  Maybe tomorrow I will hunt a steaming cow patty.  Ok, maybe not.  

If you catch some steam be sure to let me know so I can check out your photos.  

Have a great Saturday (or Sunday, Pete).

Sleep or Lack Thereof

Have you ever laid in bed and watched your loved one sleep like a baby, while you couldn't sleep a wink if you wanted to?  Oh my, that was my last night.  I fell asleep at 9ish and slept like a baby, until McD woke me up to go to bed.  Then I was wide awake.  I checked email, looked at websites and then tried to go to bed.  While laying in bed I remembered the wet clothes I had in the washer, so I got up to put them in the dryer.  Checked email again, I didn't get much in the 20 minutes I had killed laying awake praying for sleep, just a bunch of junk.  

Back to bed, my second trip to bed was about 12 am this morning, and the last time I looked at the clock was 2:59.  It was then that I told myself I would not look at the clock again.  I am not sure how much longer it took for me to go to sleep, but I do know that listening to McD snore on one side of me and Hoss & Mia snore on the other side of me was about to drive me insane.  

I wanted to shake McD and tell him that I couldn't sleep.  I wanted to tell him all about all my plans for the holidays.  I REALLY wanted to tell him about his birthday gifts, only because it is so hard for me to keep surprises from him.  Oh and it is getting harder and harder by the day.  He is going to absolutely love some of his gifts.  More on his birthday next week.

As for this morning, I am rambling on and on and just hoping that some of these sentences are coherent!

I want to give a big shout out to Pamela!  Have a great Friday!  You know what I mean!  I will be thinking of you! 

Whadda Wanna Know?

Occasionally I like to ask you guys what you would like to know about me, my life, etc.  I  know there are some new lurkers out there that might have missed a few things, and I am giving them all a chance to catch up.  But, if no one has any questions that is fine.  If you have anything you would like to see on Another Chance Ranch let me know.

Be sure to be here Monday for another From My Bookshelf to Yours giveaway, Wicked is up for grabs.  

Compassion

Well, I am not sure what is going on here but I have been trying to upload photos all day and it just isn't working.  So, I am going to talk about something else.  Something that I do not have photos for.  I want to say something about the Compassion Bloggers.

As many of you know, several from our blogging world traveled to the Dominican Republic with Compassion International to see their ministry firsthand.  While they were there they blogged about it.  Hopefully we will hear more stories even after they return.  I know for a fact that McD and I want to sit down with Marlboro Man, A. & P. to hear all the details.  

About a year ago a friend of mine told me about Compassion International.  She and her family had always sponsored a child, and they still do.  Shortly after she got married, she and her husband began sponsoring another child.  I was very excited to hear about Compassion.  I came home and told McD all about it.  At the time we were more concerned about doing other things with that $32 a month.  It isn't like we were taking the money and buying a bunch of junk.  We felt like we should take care of our own first.  It sounds kind of selfish when I type it all out.  But think back to when you were first married, and this probably wasn't the case with everyone reading, but for us it was tight.  We had child support to pay, bills, and we had to pay to keep McD's mother in the nursing home.  Now that the boys are grown and both have families of their own, we don't want things to always be "tight" for them too.  So occasionally I would call the grocery store where they live and purchase gift certificates for them.  Or if we were in town we would stop by and get them groceries, etc.  It was kind of our way of helping out.  I am not sure why I am telling you all of this, I guess to reassure myself that I was still helping.  I wasn't helping those children though.  

After reading all of the posts about these bloggers experiences in the DR, meeting the children they sponsor, the love and adoration they have for their "second families, " etc.  I have decided that McD and I will be sponsoring a child.  He doesn't know this yet, but I have no doubt he will be on board.   Something else that helped me make this decision is that Compassion International has been around for over fifty years, and they work through local churches. 

Please head over to the Compassion Bloggers website and check out all the different bloggers that went on this trip.  If you go to the home page you will see where you can tell them that you would like to go on their trip next Spring.  

Do you already sponsor a child?  If so, please leave a comment and tell me about it.  I want to know as many details as possible.  Did you choose the child you are sponsoring?  Or did you let them choose one for you?  How old is the child you sponsor?  What kind of things do you send to them?  

Vampires, trundle beds and tomato preserves

In honor of Joanie winning the Twilight Series here is my favorite Vampire.

Talk about random.  

Yesterday at lunch a friend and I were talking about beds, trundle beds.  Did you ever have a trundle bed?  Do you, or your kids, have a trundle?  My sister and I loved ours.  We would drag it out from under the bed and raise it up.  We wouldn't raise it up and lock it, the way you are suppose to do it.  We would only lock one side of it.  Then we would sit on the unlocked side adding a little umph to it and would ride that side of the bed to the floor.  I can't believe the bed ever stayed up right after all that.  But we had a lot of fun with it. 

I tell ya, there are some crazy random things going on in my head today.  

Have you ever heard of Tomato Preserves?  A chick I work with told me that her husband wanted her to make tomato relish, we kind of crinkled our noses and went on.  Then today she comes in and tells me that it isn't relish he wants, it's preserves.  Tomato Preserves.  I've not heard of that one.  If you have let me know, she is looking for a recipe.

I Voted

Well, I voted.  I chose the person I felt was best for the job.  I hope you did the same thing.  I hope you went out and voted for whoever you thought was best for the job.  That is really all we can do.

Happy Election Day!  I am so glad it will all be over!  

Night & Day

Night.

Day.

They are so different, yet both so beautiful.  Just like people.  My sister and I are, in a lot of ways, like night and day.  McD and his brothers, well they are all like night and day.  If McD is night, then they are day and vice versa.  My grandparents are like night and day.  My Grandad would be night, and my Granny day. They are all beautiful though.  Okay, McD's brothers are not so beautiful.  :)  

I wasn't going to make any political comments here, but this applies to our candidates as well.  I don't know about you, but I am ready for all of this to be over with. 

Cheater, Cheater

Check it out.

Cheater, Cheater by Joey + Rory  

Ya gotta love it.