The Women's Show

Yesterday I spent the day in Nashville at the Convention Center. The annual Women's Show was this weekend. I have been three times in the last four years. I go with Mike's sister Lesa. We spend the day there pretty much. I had a good time yesterday. There was some good stuff. I watched a fashion show for women over 40...that was cool...I guess.
I am not into the botox, surgery, make me younger kind of thing.
I am struggling with my weight right now. I want a quick fix. I broke my leg three years ago this summer. I had to stay off that leg for 12 weeks. Needless to say, I gained quite a bit of weight. I am having trouble with losing and making the time to exercise. I work full time and by the time I get home, I am leaving for a baseball game. But don't get me wrong, I love going to ballgames.
Anyway, back to the show. Lesa convinced me to try this thing where you wear a patch around your "spare tire" area and walk around for 45 minutes, go back, get measured, and you will have lost inches, that's right, inches. The sign said, "it really works" Well, I was all excited thinking I was going to lose 3 inches and go home and Mike would be all tongue tied looking at my new figure. Lesa and I actually had our patches on for an hour and a half. We went back and got measured. I had not lost anything in one area, GAINED a 1/2 inch in another, and lost an inch in the other area. I was seriously thinking of signing up for this deal which would cost me about a 100+ dollars a month. I mean just think, I would lose INCHES without having to exercise a bit! It would just melt off! WHOO HOO! The more I thought about it the more I got turned off. Especially when it would hit my account once a month. So we walked away.

Another booth was selling the rubber bra, no straps thing. You know, the fake like boobs. I was kdding with Lesa and said they would probably not stay on me, they would fall off. Well she takes me seriously and blabs to the ladies ( who looked like manequins (sp) )
what I said. They were just "oh no" "they don't fall off" all serious like. I was thinking "okay plastics" One of them looked like Elvira from 1945. So I had to stand there and engage in a demonstration of how to put these "bra boobs" on and how they would stay put. Whatever...NEXT.

I also got to watch and listen to a presentation on some "zapper" that takes away lines and discoloration and all that good stuff without having to use botox injections. OK. This would cost me like $160.00 plus a month. I took my sister, Montee's advice and bought me some OLAY face product last weekend. I went on the OLAY website, filled out the questionare, got the reccomendation and headed to Walmart. I have used the product, which cost me $8.00, and have seen a difference in a week! Thanks Montee for sharing your opinion on OLAY products.
After my experience yesterday, I learned you don't have to spend a fortune on products to look nice.
I am at the point in my life where I am comfortable with me. I would like very much to lose 40 pounds for mostly health reasons. I am border line diabetic and lost my father when he was only 49 to a massive heart attack.
But the main thing is, I know God loves me. He made us all different and He loves each and every one of us unconditionally. He sees us all as His beautiful children, with all our shapes and
sizes. I don't want to interfere with his creation. I am not going to try and FIX anything. He does expect me to take care of his temple and I am going to work on that.
The only "Lifting" , "Fixing", "Straightning Out", or "Smoothing" I need will come from my Heavenly Father.
I left the Women's Show with some things, Egyptian bed sheets, nail polish, sore feet, and a new attitude.