Yoyo's are a blast

So, I started off browsing in a quilt shop ( just to spend time with my mother in law because she loves quilting ) and while it was all so pretty I knew it was something not for me.

Until I walked by this one little quilt with a bunch of wadded up material and thought it was pretty. I said " Maybe I could do that? " and then it began.

The love for making yoyo's. The buying of the fat quarters and material. Buying marked down material because its out of season or flat out ugly and turns into something beautiful in a yoyo.

I have made a few crafts out of them and additionally made over 278 yoyo's medium sized and over 58 large sized ones. Some small ones but not the tiny ones or the jumbo ones yet.


I'm having such a great time making Yoyo's.

Between making yoyo's and going on pinterest I have my hands full but I'm alot LESS stressed out now and thats great for me.

Have Fun with it

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SHARKS ARE ATTACKING, WHAT DO I DO?

Imagine This;
Your child (or dearest friend who you love) is swimming at the beach, so blue, so calm and having a great time.
You are standing on the beach, Suddenly you see a shark fin atop of the water heading to them. Your heart pounds, you start to jump up and wave to them to warn them "WATCH OUT, GET OUT OF THE WATER" You scream, you want to save them from such a horrible nightmare but then you don't because you don't want to ruin their fun day at the beach. You don't want them mad at you right?
NO WAY, You scream WATCH OUT, You do anything to get their attention, You don't care if you ruin their fun because you want to spare their pain and suffering, This is why I speak out about GOD.
Just as there is a heaven. There is a Hell.
Everybody has a choice of where they want to go, its called Free Will. But, you do not get that choice once you die.
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Matthew 12: 36, 37
36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
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Romans 10: 13
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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John 3: 16, 17
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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1st John 4: 1
1 BELOVED, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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Revelation 20: 15
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

SO, ABOUT THOSE SHARKS, I FEEL I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU FOR I DON'T WANT YOUR SOUL TO GO THROUGH SUCH AN ETERNAL NIGHTMARE AS WELL.

OK SO YOU DON'T BELIEVE THE WORDS IN THE BIBLE?
WELL HOW ABOUT THIS.....
COULD YOU PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH AND DISCREDIT THE BIBLE FOR ME?

PLEASE SHOW ME WHY YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT AND PLEASE GIVE FACTS NOT OPINIONS.

START WITH EVOLUTION VS CREATION

THIS I PRAY THAT YOU FIND JESUS, YOU REPENT AND DIRECT OTHERS TOWARD CHRIST.  PAY IT FORWARD.

MAY THE GRACE OF THE LORD BE UPON YOU ALL

What do you want to know?

What would you like to know about me?

(1)  I Love God. I am a Christian. I am saved by the grace of God, I Trust him as my Lord and Saviour. It is not enough to believe for even the demons believe and tremble. With that being said, I am not a bible thumping, hell and damnation person either. I cannot judge anyone lest I be judged in the same manor.

(2)I Love Poetry, it doesnt have to be long, just real from the heart. Infact, I have written some of my own poetry. I also enjoy reading others as well as their own short stories.

(3) I Love taking pictures, of nature, animals, people and to capture something on camera is just plain fun. I also love seeing other peoples real pictures.

(4) I am a Proud Navy wife and my husband was on submarines. We were stationed in
Connecticut, South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia and finally retired in Virginia.

(5) I work for Colonial Williamsburg up until recently as a tour bus driver and I LOVED working there. Alot of great friends and I Loved meeting people from different states and countries.

(6) I am a Proud AirForce mommy. My son and his wonderful wife (I couldnt have chosen a better wife for him and I love her dearly) are in Japan and will be there for acouple more years. I cant wait till they come back to the states.

(7) I have a beautiful, smart daughter who has overcame so much and I am proud of her for overcoming and not giving up on herself. She has given a gift of life to my Grand daughter and trusted me enough to raise her as well.

(8) I love meeting new people, joining new groups, friending others and helping people as well. I have always tried to live by the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

(9) I have lost alot of weight recently,(infact its over 40 pounds) the healthy and safe way. No dieting, No starving, No killing myself at the gym and most importantly no invasive procedures. It's a nutritional program that as a side effect you can lose weight,

If you want to know more about me, then email me at buchmansrus@yahoo.com and put in the subject concerning this post and what you want to know.

God bless us all
ps. Find me on facebook "Smile From The Inside Out"

Musings of an Airforce Mom: You Are Not Alone

Musings of an Airforce Mom: You Are Not Alone: One of the first things I realized is that I need support.   I can’t do this alone.   I need my family and I need my church.   But I also ne...

My daughter taught me a lesson

Throughout my years I have tried and failed at numberous diets. Too many to list. Sure, I would lose 5 or maybe get lucky and lose 10 only to plateu and then double up the weight back on. I would obsess over that scale. It always had a pull on me, and there, in the background was my daughter, watching and learning. Shes learning to rely on that scale and how society sees us. Even though I have always taught her to "Love yourself first" that "she is beautiful" and never judge your own happiness by somebody else's needs or wants.

I was like the old saying "The pot calling the kettle black" or "Do as I say, not as I do". Its a shame. Why? because not until recently did I notice that my daughter coughs alot and that shes always gagging or throwing up. See, she just came to stay with us for a week. I thought it was because she quit smoking, or she caught the flu bug or something. I knew she had lost alot of weight in the past year but I think (or thought) it was because she was finally happy in life. Lucky in love with finally somebody who loves her and treats her the way she deserves to be treated. I know shes happy but I guessed she wasnt eating because of depression and she had more energy now because she finally found love. Indeed that is true however, she pretty much stopped eating.

Yes, she was too skinny now. She went from overweight to almost underweight. I personally think she is underweight. I wont mention exactly how she did it because that is not my intention to let others go down her path. But I will say, she was scared, I was scared. She couldnt hold anything in her stomache because her stomache had shrunk too much, she went to the hospital. Her blood work came back and they gave her acouple prescriptions and told her to start off on a liquid diet, then brat, then solid foods.
It was a scary situation for all.

I share this story with you because I do not want any more moms or dads obsessing over those damn scales anymore. Sure, it looks nice to see it go down. Sure it feels good when the weight is coming off, But most importantly we need to focus on getting healthy more than anything. I'm not saying you cant talk about it, or share that you lost weight. Please do, BUT dont step on the scale daily and dont let the scale determine your happiness (especially if you have a child in the house)

2012 is my year to do it right. Sure, I retired 40 pounds in 6 months and went from a size 22 to a 16 but I did it the Healthy, non surgery, non diet, right way.So yes, say goodbye to the weight. Celebrate smaller pant sizes. But most importantly CELEBRATE a HEALTHIER, HAPPIER me. I'm able to hop out of bed in the morning and get going without coffee. I'm capable of keeping up with my grand daughter. Able to jump on the trampoline with her instead of just watching. I'm able to go into walmart and not worry about trying on clothes, or go into subway or wendy's and not worry about who's going to see me eating there.

I breath better without all that extra weight, My energy level is great. I can tie my shoe without holding my breath and walk and look down and see my shoes without holding in my stomache.
I'm able to laugh alot and not be so fearful of somebody across the room laughing because I thought they were laughing at me.

This year, start loving yourself. Put yourself first. Your health is very important. If not for yourself, then do it for your children or grand children. Be the example. Be the happiness you want them to have..
Please pay closer attention to your love ones but also pay close attention to what your doing in front of them. For they are learning by what they see.
God bless, April Buchman

Things we can do and not do to help us get better Part 3

1) Drink water. Stay hydrated, it also helps flush toxins out of our body.
2) Extra Virgin Raw Coconut oil. This is proven to stimulate metabolism, improve digestion and help release fat cells. It also gently stimulates the thyroid.
3) Organic apples will help regulate blood sugar, reduce appetite, and increase in cleansing of the liver, gallbladder and colon.
4) Organic grapefruit has been proven to help release fat. And also regulate blood sugar, reduce appetite, and stimulate cleansing of the liver, gallbladder and colon
5) Raw organic apple cider vinegar. Take one tablespoon 3 times a day. Use as your venegar of choice in salads and cooking. This stimulates the metabolism and cleansing of the internal organs. It is also very powerful in helping release stored fat cells.
6) Drink Organic green tea. Minium of one cup a day. It stimulates cleansing of the cells, increases metabolism, and helps regulate hunger.
7) Whole food supplements. Everyone has nutritional deficiencies.
8) Calcium supplemnts. Been show to have major health benefits and increase weight loss.
9) Eat breakfast. It is important to reset the body's weight set point, increasing metabolism, and decreasing appetite throughout the day.
10)Eat dinner before 6pm. You should finish eating your dinner no less then 3-4 hours before you go to bed. It is very important so as not to store fat.
11)Eat Organic hot peppers or hot salsa. It stimulates an increase in metabolism and reduces appetite. It is very effective at helping reset the body's weight set point, metabolic rate and additionally, helps release stored fat.
12) Cinnamon. It helps regulate insulin and blood sugar, it also normalizes appetite and helps release fat reserves.
13) No trans fats, no high fructose corn syrup. Read the food labels. Try shopping at Trader Joe's and other whole food stores.
14) No artificial sweeteners. They make you fat. They are also highly chemical addicting and cause depression and anxiety.
15) Eat only organic meat and dairy. It is perfectly fine to eat beef, chicken, turkey, milk, cheese and dairy as long as its organic. Organic meaning it's from grass fed animals that are not injected with groth hormones, antibiotics and other drugs.
16) No farm raised fish. Farm raised fish live in cesspoools of poison water. They are fed massive amounts of drugs and chemicals to increase growth and production. Much of the fish is injected with chemical food dyes to make them appear fresher longer. The chemicals in and poisons found in tehs fish cause hormonal imbalances leading to weight gain and depression.
17) Absolutely no microwaving. Research shows eating any food that has been microwaved adversely affects blood counts and leads to depression. It also causes hormonal imbalances leading to weight gain.
18) Carbonated drinks block calcium absorption and lead to nutritional deficiencies. If you absolutely MUST have one then NEVER drin a "DIET" carbonated drink.
19) No fast food. This is a given
20) Get sleep. Recommended 7-8 hours. The body releases certain healing hormones during deep sleep.
21) Take Krill oil and Vitamin E. Do not buy at a local store or pharmacy. Be careful with which ones you buy. Stay away from anything synthetic.
22) Digestive Enzymes. People lack digestive enzymes because of all the processed foods and microwaved foods. There aer many good brands available.
23) Fiber. Adding fiber to your diet will help speed up the weigh loss process dramatically. It will reduce appetite, relieve constipation, improve digestion, help cleanse the body of toxins, help increase energy and help correct years of eating super highly refined foods.
24) Lift weights. Doing any kind of resistance training such as weight lifting is encouraged and beneficial. You can burn calories up to 8 hours after your workout.
25) Prescription and non-prescription drugs are dangerous. I am not saying to go off all your meds.
But anything over the counter right now stay clear away. ( I will go more in detail later as to why)
26) Again, if the food is not 100% organic, the animals and dairy products will be loaded with growth hormones, antibiotics, and other animal drugs. When you consume meat, poultry and dairy you are, in fact consuming these animal growth hormones and drugs. This causes health problems in the body, depression, and leads to obesity. If the animals are not 100% organic and grass fed, they are fed genetically modified grain, man-made chemical food products, and ground up dead animals.
27) Stay away from any PORK products
28) Stay away from Deli meats

I know we cannot do all these but most of these is better then none of these. I've already bought Organic milk and eggs. Tested them out on my husband as well. The eggs were brighter and they tasted so much better. The milk tasted the way milk used to taste and was delicious. I encourage you to try some or all if you can these things.

If you want more information please contact me for more information.
I found out alot of this of one book but I did alot of cross referencing too.

Contact me if you want more details.
April Buchman
buchmansrus@yahoo.com

These things blew my mind part 2 of why we are so sick

Chiropractors have been proven in court to reduce and eliminate back pain better then any drug or surgical proceduce. Yet, more and more drugs are pushed.

Researchers in Canada were curing breast cancer with linseed oil better then chemotherapy. Why wasn't this discover in headline news? Woman around the world would be outraged that the truth and effectiveness of linseed oil treating breast cancer is being hidden from them.

Get children pumped up on psychiatric drugs such as Ritalin and other drugs. Along with the mercury laced vaccines, which have been proven to produce autism and other learning disabilities was increased. Schools were given $500 per month per child that was on Ritalin, Prozac or some other psychiatric drug.

Since the cancer industry is on of the most profitable industries in the world, anything that would adversely affect the profits of the cancer industry must be suppressed. Sunscreens cause cancer.

Get rid of the silver fillings in your mouth. Metal simply, should not be in your mouth. Researchers in Europe have estimated that perhaps up to half of all the chronic degenerative diseases and illness can be linked to the toxic dental metals in your mouth. It most notably causes symptoms like MS, Parkinson's, arthritis, headaches, and lack of energy. It can cause stress, depression, anxiety, mental confusion, feelins of insecurity, lack of concentration, irritability, kidney, cardiac and even respiratory disorders.

Vitamin E cures cancer. Look up Dr. Jeff McCombs, he is the author of a book called "Lifeforce"

Allicin comes from raw garlic. It's a miracle product, It is antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and stimulates and boosts the immune system.

Many of the products used in cosmetics, skin care, soaps, detergents, shampoos, etc,, contain ingredients that are categorically cancer causing. Here are a couple examples, DEA, or diethanolamine. This ingredient has been found in over 600 home and personal care products.

Propylene glycol is the main ingredient in antifreeze, yet go into your household cabinets and look at your toothpaste, underarm deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, lotions and soap. You will be amazed when you see propylene glycol. You will also see somthing called sodium lareth sulfate. Propylene glycol is everywhere, yet it gives you cancer. It is a colorless, viscious liquid used in antifreeze solutions and hydraulic fluids, and as a solvent. It is not only used in brake and hydraulic fluids, paints and coatings but also in floor wax, pet food, tobacco products, and laundry detergents, but also in cosmetics, toothpaste, shampoos, deodorants, lotions and processed foods. You will even find it in baby wipes. Check the labels. This is also why our pets are getting cancer more then ever before.

The same holds true with another toxic ingredient called sodium lauryl sulfate or SLS.

Think about this for a second, Remember way back then, many years ago, Our grandparents would take or give us if we or they were constipated. What would they take? What would they give us? Some of you may remember prunes or prune juice and castor oil was the cure all. Today, you hear about all the drugs, powders, laxatives. You NEVER hear about the simple things anymore because they want their profits from you being sick. Prunes, prune juice and castor oil are some of the best ways to treat you.

Studies are linking Hair dyes to cancer. According to the BBC, researchers have found more evidence that hair dyes cause cancer.

Study links pain relievers to cancer. A study shows that over the counter non-prescription painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen increase the risk of cancer.

Breatst cancer cured?. Linseed oil or flaxseed oil is inexpensive but there is virtually no major research being put into the use of linseed oil or flaxseed oil in the treatment of breast cancer or any other types of cancer.

Canadian researchers have proven that linseed oil is KILLING BREAST CANCER cells in woman who have breast cancer. So go to your local health food store and get some whole flax, which is a great source of fiber or some flaxseed oil or some linseed oil and start adding it to your diet.

Vitamin D cuts cancer risk in half.

The most recent drug to be recalled is phenylpropanolamine. It has now been shown that this drug increases stroke, bleeding in the brain, as well as a host of other medical problems. This is a dangers drug and causes illness and disease. What is this drug in? You  wouldn't believe it. I will post a detailed list shortly but please make sure to check the labels yourself on all products. In the meantime here are a couple of the products that some of their products share this dangerous ingredien.

Acutrim, alka-seltzer plus products, including childrens, BC, Comtrex, Day and night contact, coricidin, dexatrim, Dimetapp, naldecon, permathene mega, robitussin, tavist-d and Triaminic.

PLEASE CHECK ALL LABELS.

More coming shortly.
God bless