Mrs. Witness

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  Has anyone here tried Hoodia?

  by FreedomFrog in

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  2. friends

  i'm looking into trying hoodia because i need to lose about 60lbs to get to my goal.

  i exercise just about every day.

  my daughter and i walk on the trail that is behind my apartment.

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  Mrs. Witness

  Just saw your last post...I am dealing with depression, too (my hubby's a JW...) and eating is definitely my comfort. My solution for that is that I build in at least one "Free" day a week where I can eat whatever I want and don't have to think about it. I love to bake, so I usually save my binge till Saturday so I can bake some goodies and go to town. The trick with that is that you have to get right back on the right road the next day.
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  Has anyone here tried Hoodia?

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm looking into trying hoodia because i need to lose about 60lbs to get to my goal.

  i exercise just about every day.

  my daughter and i walk on the trail that is behind my apartment.

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  Mrs. Witness

  Freedom! I feel your pain! I, too, am about 60 lbs from my goal. I have tried Hoodia and it gave me a raging headache. I tried other diet pills, too, but they didn't work. I was HUGE when I gave birth 2 years ago, and have lost a bunch. What I found that worked for me is following the Weight Watchers points, walking at least 1 mile every day (only about 30 minutes or so) and doing yoga every morning. I've also read "YOU on a Diet" and I think that when I hit a plateau with WW, I'll give their plan a try. I really recommend changing eating habits and exercising. Read "YOU on a Diet"...spend the money on the book instead of the pills.

  Good luck!
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  Anyone grow up in a small town?

  by RisingEagle in

  1. social
  2. humour

  grrrr.

  bad enter key, bad.. those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.

  those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is.

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  Mrs. Witness

  I can relate to most of these! My town's a little bigger than that (we have 18 holes on the golf course), but still very similar! Gotta love small town life!!
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  The WTBTS Can Help YOU Teach Your Kids How to Avoid Molestation!!!

  by Mrs. Witness in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  last night as i was cooking dinner, mr. witness came to me with an issue of the awake!.

  i am supposing it was the most recent.

  he started reading to me from an article about .... guess what?!

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  Mrs. Witness

  Last night as I was cooking dinner, Mr. Witness came to me with an issue of the AWAKE!. I am supposing it was the most recent. He started reading to me from an article about .... guess what?! Sexual Child Abuse and how to keep your kids safe!! He read for awhile (as I started seething) then asked my opinion on what he'd read. I said "Oh, I have many opinions on this topic, but I don't want to argue"...

  Background info: we have two daughters (2 & 11). We have discussed "stranger danger" and what's appropriate touching already with our 11-year-old.

  So he wants to have a serious discussion about teaching them body part names and how to avoid predators. I said "OK, let's talk, but put the magazine away". His eyes glazed over, he stared through me, and kept reading. That's when I lost it! I said "I will not take advice on how to teach my daughters about pedophilia from an organization that sanctions it!!!" Then I proceed to tell him (again) about the recently settled cases. He still wanted to read to me from the stupid MAGAZINE!!! I said "when this is a burning topic for YOU, not something you read in a MAGAZINE, then come back and we can chat". UGH it was so frustrating...then he says that I sabotaged the conversation about "something as important as our daughters" but he wouldn't (couldn't) speak about the topic without the magazine!! AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!

  Later, I was chatting with my 11 year old about the conversation between me & Mr. Witness and said to her "you know about private body parts and inappropriate touching, right...do I really need to go over it with you again & again?" And she says "Yes, I know and if someone tries to touch me...that's when I whip out my Kung Fu moves" and proceeded to karate chop the invisible attacker. It cracked me up.

  I am so sick of WTBTS articles about family and how to run it! Is it just my JW or do all JW's (no offense meant) have a serious lack of common sense?!
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  WTBTS Official Testified in the US Congress that Rutherford is Inspired

  by Leolaia in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  mr. goux.

  mr. goux.

  mr. goux.

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  Mrs. Witness

  First of all Leo, I have to commend you on your research and thouroughness. I don't have the patience for it and I'm always blown away by your posts.

  Secondly, where did you find this transcript? Is it on a website somewhere? My hubby loves to watch Congressional stuff on C-Span and laugh at people testifying in front of committees. I'd love to print the actual transcript for him to show him how "funny" one of his own can be...
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  Revalation..was it personal?

  by Burger Time in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i am sure this has been brought up in the past..

  was john's revelation supposed to be simply john moving over to the afterlife?

  by this i mean instead of being some grand prophecy, could it have been our own personal armageddon?

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  Mrs. Witness

  Great thought Burger! I have wondered the same thing myself.
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  Anyone here from Boston MA Spanish Congregation???

  by Hermano in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've wanted to do this for some time now.

  i've had enough beers tonight.

  anyone here from the boston ma spanish congregation?

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  Mrs. Witness

  I'm not a JW, not from MA, and can only speak an itty bit of Spanish, but my BIL spent some time in a Spanish congo around there...he's from Lynn but recently moved to Gardiner. My hubby's ma is a pioneer in one of the Lynn congo's...

  So there, you got a reply and I'm not ascaird of your avatar! I love Stephen King and it p's off my JW hubby!!
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  OH Prosecutor is exposed

  by MadTiger in

  1. social
  2. current

  http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/09/garfield_heights_prosecutor_ac.html

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  Mrs. Witness

  ewwwwwwww
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  Dad asks me if I have hindered the HS by heavy drinking. I had to.

  by oompa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  yes he is an elder.

  i said "absolutely" and there was silence.

  i don't drink anymore (3 months).

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  Mrs. Witness

  I agree with Hermano. My JW hubby was an alcholic for MANY years and he always said that he was the failure, not the religion. I keep trying to get him to see that he's not lacking, the religion is lacking, but he can't. Someone else said prayer is a mind game...I'll go one further, religion itself is a mind game. It's the "opiate of the masses" and is used to control people. I agree with you, too, oompa...pick me up, show me! Give me undeniable proof that my prayer was answered, not some guessing game!!
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  Learning a "lesson" from my 3 yr old daughter...

  by FreedomFrog in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so here i was watching diego with my 3 year old daughter sierra.

  when the show came on they were talking about three-toed sloth being in trouble and needs to be rescued.

  for some reason i thought they were saying "floth".. anyway diego says "say sloth...say sloth"...i said "floth"....my daughter turns around and says " nooooo mom, it's "floth"...(hmmm, that's what i said.

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  Mrs. Witness

  Too funny! I have an almost-2-year-old daughter and I love it when she says "foot" "cute" "too" and when she pats me on the back when we hug! I love this age!!