Trying something new

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol

I tried to go to your website and this is the message I got. . .

" Thank you for visiting this Homestead Web site.

We can't find the page you requested. Please check to make sure that you

typed the correct address, or try searching our Directory of member sites. "

Any ideas?? Let me know and I will try to access the website again.

Thanks, Kathy

Trying something new

>

> I haven't written in awhile because I have been busy trying to learn how

to

> start a non-profit organization for special needs children in my home

area,

> but I do read al l the posts. I wanted to share with the people that I

have

> come to think of as my far away friends and ask for your opinions on this

new

> adventure I am undertaking. I have already given notice to leave my job

so

> that I can devote more time to this dream of mine (although I will work

> through a temp agency 'cause I still have to have a roof and food etc. )

I

> have no idea how to put this together although I am researching and

learning

> everyday about the structure of putting together this organization. I

have a

> web page that I am working on and although it's not ready for the public

yet

> I wanted to s hare it with you guys and ask for your feed back (positive

or

> negative). What I am trying to do is to provide a service for parents to

> give them a few hours respite when needed by organizing outings that their

> children can attend, I also want to set up a hotline for parents to call

just

> to talk with someone who's been there done that, I want to be able to have

a

> list of referrals so that people won't have to go what I've gone through

to

> find agencies to help, I want to set up a lending service so that if

someone

> needs a wheelchair but can't afford one they can have a place to come and

> borrow needed equipment(not limited to just wheelchairs) I am working on a

> survey trying to find out what parents needs are that have not been

addressed

> by other agencies and I'm working with a transporation company who is

willing

> to provide transporation for those who need it. I realize I will have to

> start slow and build up but my dream is to provide after school activites,

> week end activites as well as offering support for parents with IEP's.

Right

> now where I live we don't have a parent support group, we have no day

care

> provider's in our immediate area and it's something that is badly needed.

> Trisha has to travel anywhere from 45 mins to almost 2 hrs depending on

how

> many stops and where the stops are in taking her to camp and bringing her

> home. Camp is over at 4 but she doesn't get home until 5:30 sometimes

6:00

> in the evening. Please if you don't mind check out my webpage and then

leave

> suggestions, feed back or take the survey, I need all the input I can get

so

> that when I start applying for grants I have documentation to support the

> needs of special needs families.

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> Thanks,

> Carol

> Trishasmom

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Carol,

The very best in your new endeavor! What a wonderful service you will be

providing.I wish you well.

Charlyne

Mom to ZEB 8 DS-?

[Guest guest]

I recently ran into a former co-worker who was easily 100 pounds overweight and,

like me, her problem area was the gut.

I haven't seen her in five years but ran into her about two weeks ago. She

looked FANTASTIC. Not only had she lost all the weight but her entire body was

tight and trim-- including her belly.

Don't get me wrong-- her gut area is not " perfect, " she can't pose in a bikini

contest. But, for someone in their forties who used to be so overweight -- holy

cow, what a transformation! She is 45 and looks 25!

She exudes healthy energy and a positive attitude -- just amazing. So of course

I asked how she did it and she used a diet almost exactly like what I am already

doing and a program called ChaLEAN Extreme.

This program is on DVDs and is supposed to mimic having a personal trainer.

Basicaly, it is weight training three times a week with interval training for

cardio two days a week, and two days off.

It is a 90 day program. My old friend did one 90 day stretch, took a break for

a month and used other exercise, then went back for a second 90 day round. In

just under 8 months, she lost over 100 and looks 20 years younger.

It is a tough program. You need to have already been exercising for awhile

before you endeavor it. She said she couldn't perform some of the exercises the

first go-round, so she just improvised and kept pushing herself until she could

do it by the second time around.

To make a long story short I went ahead and ordered the program. It is supposed

to arrive by Saturday. I'll look over the materials and probably get started on

Monday.

I'll let you know of my experiences with it.

Lori-Ann