Re: OT - Hungry for Change

[Guest guest]

No clue why bugs love me so, when they leave other around me alone. I always

figured it is because I am so sweet!

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> > Well ants are greedy little creatures, and I don't like to eat after

them.  I thought the whole big bunch of little tiny bananas were so cute. 

And the big huge flower at the bottom of the bunch was somehow sexual

looking.  Was interesting.  I'll have to get your email and send you a

photo but I may have it on my back up drive instead of on here.  I am glad I

had them as it was very interesting.  I guess I am a bit picky about what I

eat though as I didn't like them in and on something I might eat.  There were

ants on the stalks. 

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> >  The park here is going to spray for them this year.  I have to worry

about my plants and to have them off the ground I guess.   And have to

worry about the weed killer too that they are going to put down.  I rent the

lot I live on and mobile doesn't mean mobile when it is a home, especially an

older one.   If we had to move, we'd lose it all as it can't be moved. 

But they are putting big expensive ones in here so shouldn't have to move unless

we can sell.  We bought cheaply and fix up different things every year to

make it better for us.  Planning next projects now.  Can't physically do

them but find someone who can and do a bit every year.  It is bathroom floor

this summer and topped off with tile, then getting up new wallpaper and a new

wall cabinet. 

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> >  I have a major problem with the bugs biting me though.  So I am not

out in the yard a lot as they munch on me.  Maybe if I ate better my blood

wouldn't be so very sweet to them.  It must also be near the surface. 

Even fruit flies like to munch on me I think. 

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> > Carolyn Wilkerson

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[Guest guest]

HI. I just had to put my two cents in because of a conversation I had today on

the bus with yet another person I struck up a conversation with. I had just come

back from my first trip to a garden supply store (I'm making the video, it will

be up later).

So I'm standing at the bus stop and this lady is talking Italian next to me and

being Italian, of course we all start talking to each other and she says " I

cannot wait to get home and get off my feet they are killing me " . I look at her

and say " You're diabetic right? " She says 'yeah, my feet hurt " . I said " How's

you sugar? " She says " not bad, but I have lots of problems in my life and I'm

going through a hard time " . I say " what do you eat? "

She says:

" Oh, I'm good, I'm also on Coumadin because of my heart but I watch what I eat,

and my doctor says to not eat too much chicken because it will affect the

coumadin " . I just looked at her. That was a new one for me.

I said 'So what do you eat? " She said 'well, I don't really eat things I'm not

supposed to eat, then she leaned in and whispered " Well, I do have my macaroni " .

I said " you have WHAT??? "

She says " Hey, I'm Italian, I'm not giving up my macaroni " . I said nothing.

She then said: 'You know what my weakness is? " I said 'what? " She said " Bread "

I said " You eat bread?? " She said " All day long "

I said 'You eat bread all day long, and you're diabetic, now why on earth would

you do that? "

Her answer??

Hey, if I die, I die.

I looked at her and for the first time I opened my mouth (I've heard this so

many times but never responded. Today I responded.

I said " Now why on earth would you say such a thing, what do you mean if you

die, you die? "

She looked at me and said " Well, I don't know what else to do? "

MELODY HAD AN OPENING!!!

I said " Why don't you do what I do? " (By the way, I thought she was over 70, she

was 56).

She said 'What do you do? " I said " I grow sprouts in my home, I grow broccoli,

sunflower sprouts, radish, etc. "

She goes " Oh, you have a backyard?? " I said 'No, in my kitchen "

I then pulled out my Flip, pressed play and there she was (and everybody else at

the bus stop), looking at my kitchen sprouting shelf and my new greening up

stand.

They were going ooooohhh and aaaaaah, " look she grows her food " .

Then they all got on the bus to go home and eat their bread and macaroni.

I do believe than only CERTAIN people who want to change WILL change.

lol

Mel

[Guest guest]

thats sad!  But i am glad you got to get your 2 cents worth in!  Maybe just

Maybe one day she will change!! wow 56?? I am 54 & I am on NO medications at

all!!! 

 

Patti 

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To: sproutpeople

Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:19 PM

Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

 

HI. I just had to put my two cents in because of a conversation I had today on

the bus with yet another person I struck up a conversation with. I had just come

back from my first trip to a garden supply store (I'm making the video, it will

be up later).

So I'm standing at the bus stop and this lady is talking Italian next to me and

being Italian, of course we all start talking to each other and she says " I

cannot wait to get home and get off my feet they are killing me " . I look at her

and say " You're diabetic right? " She says 'yeah, my feet hurt " . I said " How's

you sugar? " She says " not bad, but I have lots of problems in my life and I'm

going through a hard time " . I say " what do you eat? "

She says:

" Oh, I'm good, I'm also on Coumadin because of my heart but I watch what I eat,

and my doctor says to not eat too much chicken because it will affect the

coumadin " . I just looked at her. That was a new one for me.

I said 'So what do you eat? " She said 'well, I don't really eat things I'm not

supposed to eat, then she leaned in and whispered " Well, I do have my macaroni " .

I said " you have WHAT??? "

She says " Hey, I'm Italian, I'm not giving up my macaroni " . I said nothing.

She then said: 'You know what my weakness is? " I said 'what? " She said " Bread "

I said " You eat bread?? " She said " All day long "

I said 'You eat bread all day long, and you're diabetic, now why on earth would

you do that? "

Her answer??

Hey, if I die, I die.

I looked at her and for the first time I opened my mouth (I've heard this so

many times but never responded. Today I responded.

I said " Now why on earth would you say such a thing, what do you mean if you

die, you die? "

She looked at me and said " Well, I don't know what else to do? "

MELODY HAD AN OPENING!!!

I said " Why don't you do what I do? " (By the way, I thought she was over 70, she

was 56).

She said 'What do you do? " I said " I grow sprouts in my home, I grow broccoli,

sunflower sprouts, radish, etc. "

She goes " Oh, you have a backyard?? " I said 'No, in my kitchen "

I then pulled out my Flip, pressed play and there she was (and everybody else at

the bus stop), looking at my kitchen sprouting shelf and my new greening up

stand.

They were going ooooohhh and aaaaaah, " look she grows her food " .

Then they all got on the bus to go home and eat their bread and macaroni.

I do believe than only CERTAIN people who want to change WILL change.

lol

Mel

[Guest guest]

Don't get discouraged.  Sometimes it takes a lot of time to absorb some things

and habits even longer.  Have to do it 7 times to get a habit or something like

that.

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 4:19 PM

Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

 

HI. I just had to put my two cents in because of a conversation I had today on

the bus with yet another person I struck up a conversation with. I had just come

back from my first trip to a garden supply store (I'm making the video, it will

be up later).

So I'm standing at the bus stop and this lady is talking Italian next to me and

being Italian, of course we all start talking to each other and she says " I

cannot wait to get home and get off my feet they are killing me " . I look at her

and say " You're diabetic right? " She says 'yeah, my feet hurt " . I said " How's

you sugar? " She says " not bad, but I have lots of problems in my life and I'm

going through a hard time " . I say " what do you eat? "

She says:

" Oh, I'm good, I'm also on Coumadin because of my heart but I watch what I eat,

and my doctor says to not eat too much chicken because it will affect the

coumadin " . I just looked at her. That was a new one for me.

I said 'So what do you eat? " She said 'well, I don't really eat things I'm not

supposed to eat, then she leaned in and whispered " Well, I do have my macaroni " .

I said " you have WHAT??? "

She says " Hey, I'm Italian, I'm not giving up my macaroni " . I said nothing. She

then said: 'You know what my weakness is? " I said 'what? " She said " Bread "

I said " You eat bread?? " She said " All day long "

I said 'You eat bread all day long, and you're diabetic, now why on earth would

you do that? "

Her answer??

Hey, if I die, I die.

I looked at her and for the first time I opened my mouth (I've heard this so

many times but never responded. Today I responded.

I said " Now why on earth would you say such a thing, what do you mean if you

die, you die? "

She looked at me and said " Well, I don't know what else to do? "

MELODY HAD AN OPENING!!!

I said " Why don't you do what I do? " (By the way, I thought she was over 70, she

was 56).

She said 'What do you do? " I said " I grow sprouts in my home, I grow broccoli,

sunflower sprouts, radish, etc. "

She goes " Oh, you have a backyard?? " I said 'No, in my kitchen "

I then pulled out my Flip, pressed play and there she was (and everybody else at

the bus stop), looking at my kitchen sprouting shelf and my new greening up

stand.

They were going ooooohhh and aaaaaah, " look she grows her food " .

Then they all got on the bus to go home and eat their bread and macaroni.

I do believe than only CERTAIN people who want to change WILL change.

lol

Mel

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing this conversation, Melody. You certainly did all you

could to educate and advise her. It's startling that she looks 70+ at only

age 56. That alone is a testament to the bad lifestyle she has and inasmuch

as no one would want it to happen, it's quite likely this lifestyle will (if

it hasn't already) shorten her life significantly.

As we'd discussed before, people will change when they are motivated to do

so, beyond that we can only sow the seeds of information and hope they

'sprout' at some point in their minds and then in their lives.

BTW, I have to say, I love the way you can recount a complete conversation!

I'm telling you - get busy on that book!! If I remember correctly, I gave

you some working titles already, LOL! You can use EW as a technical advisor

and you can tell the tale!

Thea

From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

Behalf Of Melody

Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 4:20 PM

To: sproutpeople

Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

HI. I just had to put my two cents in because of a conversation I had today

on the bus with yet another person I struck up a conversation with. I had

just come back from my first trip to a garden supply store (I'm making the

video, it will be up later).

So I'm standing at the bus stop and this lady is talking Italian next to me

and being Italian, of course we all start talking to each other and she says

" I cannot wait to get home and get off my feet they are killing me " . I look

at her and say " You're diabetic right? " She says 'yeah, my feet hurt " . I

said " How's you sugar? " She says " not bad, but I have lots of problems in my

life and I'm going through a hard time " . I say " what do you eat? "

She says:

" Oh, I'm good, I'm also on Coumadin because of my heart but I watch what I

eat, and my doctor says to not eat too much chicken because it will affect

the coumadin " . I just looked at her. That was a new one for me.

.._,___

[Guest guest]

I have this peculiar gift. I can remember every conversation (almost word for

word)I have had. When I quote back to my husband a conversation we had 30 years

ago he usually throws up his hands and goes " OMG, there she goes again, don't

you ever forget anything?? "

And I can relate WORD FOR WORD the Star Trek episodes I've seen. I was once

watching Star Trek and I said to the person sitting next to me, " Watch, I'll say

the dialogue as it's being said " . She said 'Get outta here, no way "

Way!!!

lol

Melody

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> I'd love to be your advisor. Did I ever tell you that I was an English Major

in college?

> ew

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> Re: OT - Hungry for Change

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> HI. I just had to put my two cents in because of a conversation I had today

> on the bus with yet another person I struck up a conversation with. I had

> just come back from my first trip to a garden supply store (I'm making the

> video, it will be up later).

>

> So I'm standing at the bus stop and this lady is talking Italian next to me

> and being Italian, of course we all start talking to each other and she says

> " I cannot wait to get home and get off my feet they are killing me " . I look

> at her and say " You're diabetic right? " She says 'yeah, my feet hurt " . I

> said " How's you sugar? " She says " not bad, but I have lots of problems in my

> life and I'm going through a hard time " . I say " what do you eat? "

>

> She says:

>

> " Oh, I'm good, I'm also on Coumadin because of my heart but I watch what I

> eat, and my doctor says to not eat too much chicken because it will affect

> the coumadin " . I just looked at her. That was a new one for me.

>

> ._,___

>

>

[Guest guest]

It is a gift and one that should not go unwritten, LOL!

Thea

From: sproutpeople [mailto:sproutpeople ] On

Behalf Of Melody

Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 9:49 PM

To: sproutpeople

Subject: Re: OT - Hungry for Change

I have this peculiar gift. I can remember every conversation (almost word

for word)I have had. When I quote back to my husband a conversation we had

30 years ago he usually throws up his hands and goes " OMG, there she goes

again, don't you ever forget anything?? "

And I can relate WORD FOR WORD the Star Trek episodes I've seen. I was once

watching Star Trek and I said to the person sitting next to me, " Watch, I'll

say the dialogue as it's being said " . She said 'Get outta here, no way "

Way!!!

lol

.._,___