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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/20zJzoxIw4s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-7059308129885482956</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-09T07:36:36.698-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PlayStation 2</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WWE SmackDown</category><title>Sleepover Weekend</title><atom:summary>Wow, this has been a long weekend. Mel had his sleepover. Friday night, he had 2 boys sleepover and for the rest of the weekend, it was just one. His friend stayed the entire weekend and is still here! He'll be going to school from here this morning!I just feel like I didn't get enough sleep.LOL They went to bed about midnight most nights and you know I wasn't going to sleep before them. Overall,</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/11/sleepover-weekend.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/Svgal5peIII/AAAAAAAAA1M/O77-V4e1RfI/s72-c/SmackDown_vs._Raw_2010.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/1kK5GKAPfiA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-7942995209153952916</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-06T08:44:33.479-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">books</category><title>Have You Ever Had An Angry Conversation with God?</title><atom:summary>I want to share a book with you. I had won this book awhile back and never got around to reading it until last week. Angry Conversations with God by Susan E. Isaacs has got to be one of the best books I've ever read.Susan covers all of the feelings we've EVER had towards God in your lifetime! She says all of the things that we've wanted to say. She's asked all of the questions we've wanted to ask</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/11/have-you-ever-had-angry-conversation.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/SvQ1qkuD7UI/AAAAAAAAA08/tYCawC93gm8/s72-c/9781599950624.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/xQlU_70Dxq4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-6239098310226795998</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-01T17:23:03.652-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><title>What a Wonderful Boy</title><atom:summary>Ramel has been outside playing most of the day. A few minutes ago he came in and handed me half of a cupcake. Our neighbor had made Halloween cupcakes and had given them out to the kids. He ate half of it and brought the other half in and said "Here Mom, you want the other half?"Isn't that sweet? He knows how much I love sweets. He could have just eaten the whole cupcake and I never would have </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-wonderful-boy.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/2dmq-K6xj_8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-5396920644481714742</guid><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-31T08:43:20.464-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">dreams</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Rape</category><title>Weird Night...</title><atom:summary>Something weird happened last night...well really, this morning. I went to bed around 11 or 12pm like I normally do, and took an allergy pill (irrelevant, I know!). At exactly 6:25am I was in the middle of a dream when I suddenly heard a woman yell "Rape!" really loudly! It wasn't a part of my dream because when I woke up startled, I remembered exactly what I had been dreaming when it happened.I </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/weird-night.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=Bx104wYWdgg:3NE-1zNVbIU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/Bx104wYWdgg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-5414857590154912392</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-30T06:45:15.326-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">basketball</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><title>Oh Well...</title><atom:summary>Mel didn't make the basketball team.He wasn't too upset. If he was, he hid it from me pretty well. We're going to go to the local rec center and sign him up there. He's played for them for the last 2 years. He enjoys it there. He said it seemed like the coaches at the school already knew who they wanted. I told him things like that DO go on sometimes, but not to worry about it.I just want to take</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/oh-well.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/Dp6pA2C96lw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-7278317837214454622</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-29T09:01:51.713-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><title>Thanks and Basketball Tryouts</title><atom:summary>I want to thank everyone for their suggestions on the Christmas Charities for Mel. Nothing has panned out yet, but I'm still working on it. Thanks again!I'm kind of having a rough morning. Awful stomach pains. Not only that, but I woke up in the middle of the night with serious ankle pain. That's from my service connected disability. I hadn't really been having any trouble with my ankles in </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/thanks-and-basketball-tryouts.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/oSLfuaSougc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-4577353234608695081</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-26T12:42:18.787-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><title>Trying to Find Help for Christmas</title><atom:summary>Does anyone know of any National programs that offer Christmas Charity lists? Like the Salvation Army? Christmas is going to be really hard for me this year especially since Mel's birthday is coming up even sooner. I pretty much waited too long to get Mel on the Salvation Army list. I had no idea we'd be in this situation. I've never had to use a service like that before.I really want Mel to be </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/christmas-charities.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/Bb4Cqt7ZgYk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-8093006972877541652</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-22T08:50:00.364-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><title>Ramel Brought Home a Note From School Today...</title><atom:summary>Mel brought home an sealed envelope today. On the front it said To the Parents of Ramel Thompson. He had no idea what was in it, so he was in a hurry for me to open it.It was basically a letter from his Science teacher. There are 2 sets of lists. On the left side is Things to Be Proud of. On the right side it's Things Ramel Needs Help With. There was nothing checked on the right side. Things that</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/ramel-brought-home-note-from-school.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/St-Cwcts_KI/AAAAAAAAA00/u3yAo28y7Fg/s72-c/Photo-0072.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=f-8UFBAMJwA:yfnHXyT9Pjk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/f-8UFBAMJwA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-5525303889462704972</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-21T07:33:18.245-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Biggest Loser</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><title>Biggest Loser and November Birthdays</title><atom:summary>I feel good this morning even though my lower body is SO stiff! Monday evening, I did some of the Biggest Loser Cardio Max DVD and yesterday I did a one mile Leslie Sansone Walking DVD plus 30 mins of hand weights and a few mins of dancing. I am officially sore. You would think my upper body would be sore, but it's not.It feels good to get moving again. It allows me to feel productive. Love that!</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/biggest-loser-and-november-birthdays.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=e973vFTm5TQ:lY1hC4xNPbU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/e973vFTm5TQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-714342218352135345</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-16T19:51:43.107-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mental Health</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Depression</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Anxiety</category><title>The Last Few Days</title><atom:summary> Every time I look up I have a headache and I'm not sure why...honestly, I think it may be a small case of dehydration, eventhough I'm still drinking water...maybe just not enough...trying to fix that.Whenever my blood sugar reaches around 160 (after I eat) my head aches too. I've just been trying to think happy thoughts (keep stress level down), and just relax alittle. I've started a new book..</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/last-few-days.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">6</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/tMh10PLP2B4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-912931990291079154</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-14T11:15:21.123-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Ramel</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">report card</category><title>Ramel's Report Card</title><atom:summary>We went to Mel's school last night to pick up his first report card of the school year. (I still can't believe my baby is in the 7th grade!) I got a chance to talk to all of his teachers except one and he did pretty well. He IS struggling (he's even admitted it) in one class, though. Language Arts. We're going to start practicing alittle at home everyday to pull this grade up.Reading 94Technology</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/ramels-report-card.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/StX4-h-dfzI/AAAAAAAAA0U/a3oMm5rgfVo/s72-c/Photo-0070_e1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/TSRnPN0SAak" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-294533733544755159</guid><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-12T12:35:37.422-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blessing</category><title>A Reminder From God</title><atom:summary>An interesting thing just happened. I was picking up around the living room and I ran across an old folded up piece of paper. I could tell it was Mel's. It had come from his book bag. So I went over and opened it up.It could have been a note from a girl that could have said anything...it IS 2009! But do you know what it was?An old Math quiz with a score of 100% on it.That may be a small thing, </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/reminder-from-god.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/YEIQx6Nmzpk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-7981623977265719284</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-08T08:27:37.724-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Updates</category><title>Update on The Last Few Days</title><atom:summary>Hey everybody. Just finished breakfast (Cream of Wheat) and thought I'd let everyone know that I'm doing fine. It's been an interesting few days. God has been leading me to do alittle writing. Not here on the blog, but in my personal journals. I've started writing prose like I used to years and years ago. I actually used to keep a book of poetry from when I was very young, but back in 2006 when </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/update-on-last-few-days.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/3c7XGqXDqug" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-5047990840366250833</guid><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-06T16:27:50.903-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lord</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">God</category><title>Today Has Been Hard</title><atom:summary>Today hasn't really been a good day. Have you ever been "down" and couldn't put your finger on why? Sometimes I get a pain in my body (maybe a headache or a stomach ache) and I just wish I knew what was causing it. Not being able to feel good alot of the times is really hard for me. It's hard to be in a good mood when you're not feeling well.I have so many things on my  mind sometimes. I'll just </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/today-has-been-hard.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=k8ZyXjvbsIs:Pw2yah4epik:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/k8ZyXjvbsIs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-5283407992169163401</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-02T08:27:42.627-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Updates</category><title /><atom:summary>Yesterday was a long day...Yes, I was one of those parents who waited until the last day for Mel to get his shots!LOL We had a 9:15 appointment and didn't get seen until after 11:00! Then we didn't get home til after 2pm! Between the appt and the buses, I was wore out! But I thank God that the clinic is on the bus line. God always makes a way.It's been about 3 days of working out for me and I </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/yesterday-was-long-day.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/SsX_T3-P_6I/AAAAAAAAA0E/AyDy2c5N6GM/s72-c/real-housewives-of-atlanta-season-2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/wDY4YNA5ksg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-1719505338307342828</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-01T07:00:05.781-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Meme</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">funny</category><title /><atom:summary>If you'd like to join up, just check out 2nd Cup of Coffee and jump right in!1. Tell me the absolute best way to watch a movie. Sitting up in the bed, leaning on a pillow, with a pint of Blue Bell in hand!2. Do you ever think about your own funeral? If so, do you have specific ideas about how you would like it to be? I want to be cremated. I've already told my family this.But before when I wanted</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-youd-like-to-join-up-just-check-out.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/SsNQjYdlUiI/AAAAAAAAAz8/64a35hp9q1Q/s72-c/random+dozen.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/G4NJiJp9ypg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-5621929815954473461</guid><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-27T13:51:27.092-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health</category><title>It's Time...</title><atom:summary>I have decided: it's time to get back on track.I have let my exercising slack off.I have let my "eating healthy" slack off.No more.Lord, be with me. I know you've already given me the strength to do everything that I need to do!I even went to Walmart and bought a Centrum chewable vitamin and two 8lbs hand weights.I'm ready!  </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/its-time.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=DbzcrNm8ebM:DNj3ntxycJc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/DbzcrNm8ebM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-4165919473986337127</guid><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-24T07:34:28.537-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">God</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">diabetes</category><title>I'm Giving Myself A Break!</title><atom:summary>God and I had an hour long talk last night. It took place around 1am.Let me tell you something: If you think God doesn't talk to us, you're wrong. God showed me clearly last night that He loves me. He talked to me on MY level and let me know that He hears me. God gave me a clear picture of where I am right now in my life and I refuse to let anything move me.I thank you Lord for clarity. I thank </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/im-giving-myself-break.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=Y3B4Ozyru9k:WAu1sar4HZU:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/Y3B4Ozyru9k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-8183286613084202852</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-23T15:06:00.758-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Counseling</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">God</category><title>God is Not Mad at Me!</title><atom:summary>Today was my first "counseling" session. I was at the hospital for maybe an hour and Dr. B was very nice. He made me feel at ease and he basically just asked me what was going on in my life. You know, sometimes when I talk about what's going on, I feel like I'm whining. But in my mind, I KNOW that the things going on are legitimate and anyone in my place would have a hard time with some of it.I </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/god-is-not-mad-at-me.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/k4HGSan-CAM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-3837511912976886560</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-23T06:40:01.219-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Boy George</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Culture Club</category><title>Random Dozen Meme! (I Really Enjoyed These Questions)</title><atom:summary>1. Please share one middle school memory. It can be good, bad, ugly, funny. Pictures or words, I don't care, just share. The first thing that came to my mind: We were in school for Halloween in the 7th grade and my 2 best friends (Alisa and Shannon) were dressed as Mikey Craig and Jon Moss from Culture Club and I was Boy George!!! I had on a long blue blazer with baggy pants and a bunch of ties </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/random-dozen-meme-i-really-enjoyed.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/SrjJzrVF_ZI/AAAAAAAAAzM/AdniBc4pt2I/s72-c/random+dozen.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/fZ4WlcRaaMk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-2786309992685223710</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-21T07:50:04.469-05:00</atom:updated><title>I Wish I Could See Myself!</title><atom:summary>Okay, I'm gonna have to do something about the look on my face. I walked downstairs this morning and my neighbor says, "You're not tired again this morning, are you?"If I'm tired at 747am (and many days I am) there is  a definitely a problem that needs to be fixed!</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-wish-i-could-see-myself.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=xlUmLoznPNQ:A2U0PeVhL3w:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/xlUmLoznPNQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-1449411106273236606</guid><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-19T09:06:52.208-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Depression</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blood sugar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Endometriosis</category><title>Clinical Depression and Me</title><atom:summary>I'm not sure if I feel better or worse after my doctor's appt yesterday.First issue: DiabetesShe looked at my blood glucose journal and said that my numbers were actually pretty good except for my fasting which has ALWAYS been too high. When I was first diagnosed, it was in the 180s. Now it's 140. It's been 6 mths. I'm already taking the Met with dinner so now she wants me to take 2 at dinner (</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/clinical-depression-and-me.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/SrTlRONK3XI/AAAAAAAAAzE/na7sIwNMTK8/s72-c/depression.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">13</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=dcHlLzakySs:eB_MpTRyy0o:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/dcHlLzakySs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-440023403503314437</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-18T06:49:22.219-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Coccyx</category><title>Coccyx Pain and My Doctor's Appt</title><atom:summary>I have my doctor's appt today. The only good thing about that is that I get to tell her about my tailbone pain and finally find out what's going on with it! As for the diabetes, I'm not thrilled about what my numbers will say. It's been a hard 3 months. The last time I was there, I was told that I wasn't eating enough carbs and that I HAD to learn to incorporate more of them into my diet. Well, I</atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/coccyx-pain-and-my-doctors-appt.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/SrNzk_OnY_I/AAAAAAAAAy8/4hKjJ9OZk_I/s72-c/305143-307160-309486-309595.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?a=YQrhQcPltJ0:ot0ANpJtTOc:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ChristiansInGoodCompany?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ChristiansInGoodCompany/~4/YQrhQcPltJ0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3246887094988400622.post-799125068285419438</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-09-16T07:12:01.050-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Meme</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">funny</category><title>Random Dozen Meme!</title><atom:summary>1. Which is worse: a long, boring meeting or standing in a return/exchange line after Christmas? I'd rather be in the long, boring meeting! Atleast I'm sitting down!LOL2. Except for maybe Rosie O'Donnell or Ann Coulter, nobody likes confrontation, yet we all have to deal with it. When you feel cornered and defensive, do you "bite back" or become passive aggressive? I guess I become passive </atom:summary><link>http://rlscovens.blogspot.com/2009/09/random-dozen-meme_16.html</link><author>christiansingoodcompany@gmail.com (R.L.Scovens)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iM4KV-a6x00/Sq-SVSiQOTI/AAAAAAAAAy0/4hkHJZyt6nA/s72-c/random+dozen.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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