The MakeMeThinner Support Forum

[rodeomom]

Today was the usual... carried in firewood, fed horses, cleaned the barn etc. Sure hoping to sell some of my crafts tomorrow. I need $300 before the 7th or I am homeless! Oh, my daughter will get to stay, but my Dad said if I can't get caught up on what I owe him, I have to get out. Still trying to figure out what he expects when I only get $400 every two weeks from worker's comp I pay him $270 out of each check with includes my MF stuff and I do have other bills. I thought he would take all my work here around the farm, but no luck there. Prayers for some relief would be appreciated.

[Charity]

I'm goining to sound really silly here but I thought that people who kept horses were really well off! Aren't horses like, a gazillion bucks, or at least as much as a car?

IMHO,I think that the work you do around the house on top of the fact that you are their child should more than be enough!

One would need to pay me a lot more that 300 a month to carry around all that firewood in the cold and then some!

I will pray for you!

Oh, may I suggest that you but your start date above your ticker? It's sooo inspirational 1lb a day?!?!?!? Wowwy wow wow!

[bikipatra]

Today was the usual... carried in firewood, fed horses, cleaned the barn etc. Sure hoping to sell some of my crafts tomorrow. I need $300 before the 7th or I am homeless! Oh, my daughter will get to stay, but my Dad said if I can't get caught up on what I owe him, I have to get out. Still trying to figure out what he expects when I only get $400 every two weeks from worker's comp I pay him $270 out of each check with includes my MF stuff and I do have other bills. I thought he would take all my work here around the farm, but no luck there. Prayers for some relief would be appreciated.

You are definitely in my prayers! That is just an outrage. Good luck.

[rodeomom]

I'm goining to sound really silly here but I thought that people who kept horses were really well off! Aren't horses like, a gazillion bucks, or at least as much as a car?

That is actually a myth that most people believe. The big time race horses are the big money. We get ours cheap, in fact my daughter traded some hay for two of her's. The money is usually in the training, but since she trains them she makes them worth money without the expense of a trainer.

With my dad it isn't that he NEEDS the $300 at all - the fact is that I owe it to him and that is enough to get worked up over. I could see if I was continually falling behind on my rent, but I faithfully give them $270 every two weeks. It is just that one stinking time when worker's comp screwed up and I got behind that is the issue.

Thanks for the heads up on my ticker - I will see if I can figure out how to change it.

[rodeomom]

You are definitely in my prayers! That is just an outrage. Good luck.

Thanks Biki - I knew I could count on you for prayers. I am hoping to sell a bunch of purses today to make the money to be able to stay!

Blessings to you!

[lifelovinaries]

Rodeomom, i too, am keeping you in my prayers. Good luck with the purses. Have you ever thought of ebay too? <img src="http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/36/36_11_22.gif" alt="SmileyCentral.com" border="0"><img border="0" src="http://plugin.smileycentral.com/http%253A%252F%252Fimgfarm%252Ecom%252Fimages%252Fnocache%252Ftr%252Ffw%252Fsmiley%252Fsocial%252Egif%253Fi%253D36%252F36_11_22/image.gif"> THAT'S FOR DAD for being...well...being him for now! You do a HELL of a lot around there. I bet he would miss it if you were not in the home any more. I'm sure you will sell what you need to. Many prayers and thoughts are going up for you!! Take care.

[rodeomom]

Thanks for the prayers and well wishes Erica.

No luck on the purse front today, I sold one jean purse for $10 - woo hoo. I just don't get it. Everyone that sees my purses without knowing that I sell them tells me I should sell them, but when I try to sell them they don't sell. I will have to admit it is quite discouraging.

I have thought about Ebay, but I don't know. I am stuck in this cycle of frustration and discouragement and I am afraid that Ebay will end up being another dead end.

At least I got some NSV's today from people who hadn't seen me in a while. Hoping for more tonight at the banquet.

[bikipatra]

Hope your banquet goes well and lots of people tell you how great you look. As for Ebay, after being a seller for a while, I am soured on the whole concept. I haven't even trolled for BCBG clothing in WEEKS and it used to be one of the first things I did in the morning. It was more problems than it was worth. I still have an open dispute for 4 pairs of size 26 petite pants that I was asked to list for a third time so they coud be purchased and still no payment! You have a good time and let us do the worrying and praying for you this evening!

[rodeomom]

You are such a sweetie pie Biki! Thank you for the prayers and blessings! I did have a great time last night. Pleanty of people we amazed at how I looked. Some, I could just see in their face, they didn't say anything, but others came right up to me and told me I looked fantastic. One tween girl almost dropped her plate in the food line when she saw me and exclaimed to her mom "OMG, Brenda's lost A LOT of weight." Her mom came over a kind of appologized that they were talking about me and I smiled and told her she could talk behind my back like that anytime. Deanna won reserve grand champion in her age group for the year in points for her one horse that she races so it was a good time all around!

[bikipatra]

How fantastic! I am so happy for you both!

[rodeomom]

Thanks Biki - I am so proud of my daughter. She rodeo's against some of those high dollar horses trained by famous and high dollar trainers. To see her be able to walk away with such a prestigious award riding horses that we either traded a cow or hay for is pretty darn impressive to me. None of her horses would be "valued" at more than $3000, but she is beating horses that couldn't be touched for less than 4 or 5 times that. That is all due to her riding skills and her "way" with them. I swear she is a horse whisperer.

As for me, I was in need of the NSV's. Got another one today at PT. I always go straight to the scale which didn't show me what I wanted to see today. HOWEVER, when I turned around two women who were on the treadmills just gushed over how great I looked. They don't know me, but have been watching me come in for PT (the office is in a gym). They just felt they had to tell me how thin I was getting and that I even looked like I was glowing because I looked so healthy. Everyone here should already know that I don't put a whole lot of stock in the numbers on the scale, so I wasn't completely devistated over the numbers today - had I been though, what those two women had to say to me was enough to wipe any depression I might have felt away.

Completed my barn chores and then some today. My daughter is home sick with a bit of a stomach bug so I am doing her chores too. Carried in a bunch of firewood too, since we are expecting a couple inches of snow tomorrow. I am actually getting some sewing done too. I figure since I might be homeless by the weekend I should finish what I can before I have no place to sew.

So - off to the machine again. Gotta get those orders done!

[bikipatra]

I'm still praying for you and I know others are too!

[rodeomom]

I'm still praying for you and I know others are too!

Thanks Biki! You are a good friend. God is in control of this situation. My prayer is that He will touch my dad's heart and soften it for the holidays. I know that He can. Whatever He chooses to do in this situation, I know that He will not take me to it if He cannot get me through it.

[queenielou]

Hey Rodeomom,

Just wanted to congratulate you on all the weight you've loss and offer you some encouragement. I hope your dad's heart will soften. Not only can you have faith that you won't be lead somewhere that God can't sustain you, but you can have faith that your future will be greater than your past. Keep working hard (MF and otherwise)! I'm keeping you in my thoughts.

[rodeomom]

Hey Rodeomom,

Just wanted to congratulate you on all the weight you've loss and offer you some encouragement. I hope your dad's heart will soften. Not only can you have faith that you won't be lead somewhere that God can't sustain you, but you can have faith that your future will be greater than your past. Keep working hard (MF and otherwise)! I'm keeping you in my thoughts.

Bless your heart! Thank you for the encouragement. Right now I am living one day at a time. Basically, I am spending most of my day in my sewing room. I figure if I can stay out of his way he will be less likely to blow up again.

I am feeling a little lazy today. Deanna has a snow day and since I have done her afternoon barn chores a few times, she did my barn chores this morning. AND since we have 3 inches of snow on the ground I though it best not to worry about firewood (we have enough, but not more than enough) because I didn't want to risk slipping and tearing up my ankle more than it already is. I am getting boatload of sewing done though. My muse has returned and I am getting ready to put together a quilt for Deanna for Christmas. I got an order for some fabric flowers (which I have never done before) so I am working on that project too. It isn't calorie burning work, but it is stuff that needs to get done.

Blessings to all who are praying for me during this time. Maybe Santa can bless me with an early Christmas gift of $300 to pay my dad and be able to be at home for the holiday. If anyone has any ties to "The Big Guy In Red" mention that for me OK.