Why do we do the things we do?

Things I Can't Say is one of my new blog faves.  I particuarly like and am linking to her Wednesday series Pour Your Heart Out.  I've decided this is the perfect spot to use those venting posts that sit in my draft folder.  It doesn't get more real than those things I write and never post.  This one was written in 2010.

I sometimes wish I could understand people better than I do.  I cannot understand ulterior motives.  I cannot understand saying you'll do one thing and then doing another.  Sometimes

I

get

hung

up

on

trying

to  figure it out. 

Sometimes I am cynical and untrusting of people's motives.

I try to just accept people for who they are.  I treat them kindly and love them "as is." One of the lessons I learned long ago is You never know what goes on behind closed doors.  God gave me a measure of empathy for those around me.  I found out I'm not a psychologist.  I can't fix everything for everyone.  But, I can be a bright spot in someones day.  I can be the person who will love them unconditionally.  This I do.  This I expect in return.  But that

gets

me

hung

up

again.

Not everyone is going to love me back in the same way.  If that realization stopped me then I would be placing conditions on my love. 

Pouring My Heart Out for the world to see,
Kim

Life with my dh

My dh has recently taken to writing on my dry erase board every night.  Each day we are greeted with something interesting to make us smile. I’ve done it for years, but never like this: 

I write cutesy things on this board.  I write Bible verses on this board.  My dh does that with the board.  He’s so much better at it than I so I’ve almost quit putting anything on it just so I can see what he’s going to come up with next. 

Isn’t it great?  Lest you become too envious and start stalking me in an attempt to grab this fun loving guy, let me show you a sample of what I might receive on any given day through text message:

 

The text message read:  “85 mph.  Got insurance paid?”  And by insurance, he was referring to his life insurance.  Still want him?  This was not very long at all after I ordered “Texting Kills” thumb rings from All State insurance.  I gave them to everyone in our family.  I talked to my friends about the dangers of texting and driving. (And let me assure you, the middle of Girls Night Out is not the time to try and sway otherwise sound Moms.  It was like I was attempting to have a conversation about, I don’t know, Bible study or something .)

I have to admit I laughed, and tried to light heartedly reply something about not being ready to be a widow just yet.  

 

Loving Life,

Low Carb Products I Love

 

My current Whim or obsession is Low Carb Living.  It’s an on-going thing, but all I seem to want to write about recently.  Here are some products that help me live a low carb lifestyle.

This is honestly one of my favorite products in the world.  With only 60 calories in one pita, 8g carbs, 4g fiber, you get a net carb count of 4g in one pita.  I eat 1/2 of one three or 4 times per week.  Such a great alternative to bread!  Unlike the low carb tortillas I have tried, these also make wonderful chips.  Super yum! I make the chips as a rare treat that satisfies the need for a salty, crunchy snack.

From Free Digital Images

See this basket of veggies?  An absolute must for maintaining a low carb diet, and really for any diet I guess, is an abundance of vegetables.  I’m currently crazy about cauliflower.  Cabbage, cauliflower, and zucchini are more than what appears at first glance.  I have found them to be very versatile and here is a thought that might not occur to the low carb naysayer:  When incorporated into a dish as an alternative to rice, noodles or potatoes, they help to stretch a small amount of meat.  Who in the world could negate the advantages of omitting starches, using less meat and increasing vegetable consumption?  Even people who lose weight on a “Low Carb diet” miss this key component to the diet.  No one can indefinitely exist on bacon, eggs, green beans, steak and chicken.  It’s fun in the beginning and it works.  But, you (I) have to, for long term health and success have to be looking for balance. 

  Sugar free gelatin.  I hated Jell-O all my life.  Until I began a low carb diet several years ago.  Now if I get a very rare sweet craving this does the trick.  I keep it made up in the fridge all the time.  The children love it and it’s there if I need it.  A little dollop of whipped cream on top and I’m good to go.  I hesitate slightly in recommending it for everyone because I’ve read of so many people who go to great lengths to procure the perfect “alternative” recipe for low carb desserts.  I’m not one of those people.  I do not crave sweets unless I am eating an abundance of carbs.  I suspect, but cannot confirm that some of those referred to persons, are doing themselves a dis-service by putting so many sweet into their body.  I believe it triggers more cravings.  But then, I do drink a lot of coffee, with a lot of sugar free sugar alternative creamer, so maybe I’m keeping my cravings at bay with that.  My opinion on that is a little fuzzy.

Until next time,

 

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