Brown-Teman & Christiansen - A Century of Caring: Obituaries

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Eunice Sovereign
(December 3, 1908 - September 18, 2006)

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Mrs. Eunice Helen Sovereign, 97 and 3/4 years old, of rural Cedar Springs, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 18, 2006 under the loving care of her family and Hospice of Michigan at her daughter Judy’s home near Pierson. The daughter of Harman D. & Lucy E. (Howard) Streeter, she was born on Dec. 3, 1908 in Cedar Springs. After graduating from Rockford High School, she worked as a telephone operator until marrying Herbert C. Sovereign on Dec. 19, 1934. Together, they raised four children and farmed over 100 acres in the Harvard area. She was a long-time member of Oakfield Baptist Church, was an avid reader (especially the Bible), and enjoyed puzzles. Eunice was looking forward to celebrating her 98th birthday, having already started hinting at birthday gifts.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Herbert C. Sovereign on Oct. 26, 1977; a son, Jack Sovereign; and three brothers, Lloyd, Howard, and Glen Streeter. Surviving are her two daughters, Joan & Jack Cottrell of Muskegon, and Judith & Jake Sheber of Pierson; a son, James Sovereign of Newport; a daughter-in-law, Thelma Sovereign-Taylor of Cedar Springs; two sisters-in-law, Dagmar Streeter of Charlotte and Berniece Streeter-Parker of Grand Rapids; 11 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006 at Oakfield Baptist Church (corner of M-57 and Wabasis), Oakfield Township, with the Rev. Richard D. Whittenburg, pastor of Oakfield Baptist "

Lifestyle Changes Rule!

Well just checking in... uh to my blog?!? Anyways still working out. I have got to pick up in my alternate day work out. I have noticed some small changes in my body such as, my arms I have a muscle! And my legs I feel the muscles on both sides of my thigh. I was showing my husband just this weekend how my stomach is starting to change shape. My torso is getting smaller but I was showing him how the fat is grossing me out with how it has morphed as well. Hard to explain but tonight it came up in class, weird but that is how God works. And He is with me on this journey, so my answer to what is happening to my gut was...more crunches!!!!!!!!!!Percita explained why it was happening because of all of the crunches we do that work our core and abs the shape is evolving so we (i wasn't the only one in class that had this concern or problem happening)must work the lower part of our torso as well. Made sense and she has a new machine that she showed us was the perfect piece of equipment for the job. Knowledge is power;)
Enjoying the aches and pains ride!!

2 more inches gone!

Well I have joined up with a trainer at the gym. I am going into my 3rd month with her. "Her" name is Percita. She is awesome! Since I started with her I have lost around 6+ lbs but more importantly...inches! At last nights weigh in I had lost about a pound, 2 inches more inches in my waist, an inch on my arms and legs.
A pair of jeans I had bought for new years that were a little tight when I bought them, and then couldn't really even wear because they were just to tight in March, are now the only pair of jeans I have left that aren't to big. And... they are even a little too loose. Whoa!!!! I feel good and looking forward to a very active summer. Enjoy The Ride!!!!

I stand alone

Well I am so irritable I can hardly stand myself! PMS sucks for everyone, yourself and the people around you. I weighed in with percita before my workout I went down about another lb. Pretty good considering I know I have water weight this week. Which brings my total weight loss to about 30 lbs since I started this journey. Many inches also. I can hardly "weight" until I have before & after pics of my very own.
Going to watch the game in a little while GO LAKERS GO!!!!!!!!!! Then I will go do mt cardio at the gym.

* I just wanted to say thank-you to other bloggers who post so many wonderful pics to save, and enjoy as my screen saver, and post to my own blog to help describe how I am feeling when I make a blog entry. I have collected about 100 pics I love them!!!
One of my favorite blogs is Paris Daily Photo; by Eric, an amazing photographer!

STILL HERE

Well its been a while, but I am still going at it! I have started working with a trainer 3X's a week for about a month now. I have lost, at last count a week ago,4 lbs and almost 3 in in my waist. Doing good keeping at it!

Todays exercise:
1 hour class with PERCITA!
muscle work


Jena

Day One of Year 34

Well my birthday was yesterday I went to my meeting with the its start over day and... Happy birthday to me I lost 3 lbs! I feel differently about this bday older but I am on my way to feeling much better about myself. More later Enjoy The Ride~~~~Jena

No worries

This is my daughter Vanessa. Just wanted to share a picture that to me shows complete innocense. Enjoy all of the ride. Dieting can consume you at times, its all you seem to think of. Don't forget to enjoy life...

Newlyweds

Well its been a little over a week since we got married and its really been a wonderful week. Its like we have fallen even more in love. Brian has been so sweet and the sex! Loving It!
I have walked the 3 miles to the train for 3 days now, my legs are a little stiff but I feel good. Bonus activity points at night;)
Enjoying The Journey and my Husband!!!~~Jena B.

A Married Woman

Its been a very busy week, but I wanted to take a few minutes to write and say officially I am the "Mrs" now. I will post some pics very soon. We had a great time, I ate a few things not WW but made good choices for the most part. The buffets were the best place for me because I could fill up on veggies, salad, and I had some of the best baked fish I have ever tasted! Not sure about my weigh in tomorrow but we will see. Last night we ate at Applebees so that was a great 7 points. Hopefully I will have a loss tomorrow but if not that's ok too. Its been a great week anyways I feel much better not as sick as I had been. Looking forward to starting my work out routine up again, and get to work on my next goal of 25lbs. Brian and I had a discussion and we are going to hold off getting pregnant till I hit my next goal. Well that's it for now more after weigh in tomorrow.
Enjoying The Ride ~Jena

A Reminder For Us All...

To All Our Troops...Thank-You
To The Police & Fire Departments everywhere...Thank-You

20 LBS GONE!!!

2.6lb loss this week, yeah!! That brings my total loss to 20.6 lbs.
And as an added bonus I found my wedding dress last night. It fits beautifully. Got a Marilyn Monroe thing going on, perfect for a Vegas wedding!!
I have set my next goal for 25 pounds. I am really looking forward to the weather changing I am going to buy a bike to take to the train, ride it the 3.1 miles to work(uphill) and then back again in the afternoon. That would give me a +6 miles ride more if I ride the 1.5 miles to the train from home. I'll start out with 2 days a week and work my way up from there.
Well that's the plan thus far.
I have really been sick and have not been up to working out. We leave Monday morning for Vegas. I have everything planned to a T. Its going to be so fun! A perfect little wedding and added bonus no wedding cake Yea!!!
Enjoy the Ride~~~~~~~~Jena~~~~~~~~~

Still not tired

Of course I watched The Biggest Loser Special Edition tonight. They are having a casting call in Burbank on Saturday, my daughter Amber says I should go. I swear if it wasn't just days away from my wedding and I didn't still have a million and one details to attend to, I would go. That show is something else. I swear it make you want to be there and experience what they are experiencing. But alas I could never just be gone for possibly months! I can barely make it to the gym now! However, there is a woman at my gym named Percita(or A.K.A Peaches in stripper class) that is going to be my Jillian as soon as I have the $ and time to commit to her Percitas's Fitness Challenge I really wanted to join starting the 1st of Feb. but I really have been so sick I didn't feel that I could give her the 110% I know she will expect from me. Now I know that sounds like an excuse but I really have been fighting illness for weeks now, I even was basically sent home by my boss today. I didn't even excercise today because Brian picked me up on his way home, but I did walk the 3 miles to the train Mon. & Tues. and here I am supposed to be asleep and getting much needed rest but I am wide awake!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will walk the 3 miles tommorow though unless I end up feeling really bad again we'll see I know points are good the past few days because I have no appetite. Well i guess I should try to go to sleep, I have to get up in 5 hours UGH. I just have so much on my mind its hard to sleep hope writing helped, till next time ~~JENA~~

Magnanimous

While helping my step daughter with a report on lions last oh August or September I
happen to look up the word Magnanimous, I had heard it before kinda understood its meaning but once I went over and over and over its meaning with Chantelle it really stuck with me. I have a great respect for anyone or anything that can be...Magnanimous. This picture represents a lot to me. On this journey I sometimes feel like the Lion... strong, beautiful, invincible KING of the Jungle! But and there is almost always a but, sometimes I feel like a lamb... not strong not beautiful, not invincible JUST a Lamb. And then that word that one word pops into my head... MAGNANIMOUS adj. 1. generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from pettiness.
2.showing noble sensibility; high minded.
I think if I strive to be Magnanimous, be forgiving when I insult or injure my journey, if I free myself from being petty. Show Noble Sensibility and try hard to stay high minded, I will achieve so many goals. So many dreams. So many promises to myself. A Lion as fierce as he or she may be, is something that is not bothered by the things that do not matter, that is why it can sit with a lamb and not harm it for it has done nothing but be a lamb. Sometimes we are like a lamb... we are what we are, we fall down we feel unimportant but we can sit with a lion and draw strength from him. My very soon to be Husband is a Leo I am a Pisces. As a "weaker being" I fully appreciate and understand this photo as I see US in it.Although I am not always strong(picses are generally very emotional)like a Leo or lion somehow this picture to me, makes us one and the same.

6 days till Valentines Day. Here comes the Bride.
Enjoy the Ride~jena

I DID IT!!!

I made 10% today I can't believe it I really thought I had gained 5 lbs minimum. WOW So it is finally official I have lost 10% of my weight. I am definately kicking it in to over drive now I have just 10 days till my wedding day I am going to do all I can to lose as much as I can these nex 10 days. Not sure how I pulled off a 1.8 lb loss since my last weigh in but thats niether here nor there tommorow I am going shopping for my dress so. Things are good today. Tommorow I am going to the gym as soon as I wake up no excuses none I actually miss working out. Who would of thunk it???!! Enjoy the ride! Jena

HuMp DaY

Not Having A Good Week.
I feel so Ugh right now. I hurt my foot on Sunday night. I swear if its not one thing its another! This is truly a journey. Truly. I dropped a jar (full jar) of pickles on my foot. OMG it hurt so bad my middle toe on my right foot is purple and today a purple bruise on top of my foot came shining through. Damn I swear, Well it looks like 10%wont happen this week either. That's what the picture of the Thunderbird is about, my dream car. I have not tracked this week I am thinking about going to the gym even though it's late. I am watching The Biggest Loser Special Edition. When its over I am going to the gym I have not worked out since Friday and I feel like shit! I guess my body has adapted to a work out routine. I started carpooling with someone this week so my 3 mile walk to the train is gone and I have not went to the gym. I have to jump start myself tonight, once again. I think my foot will be OK its sore but I can still do something!!
Enjoying The Ride!?!? Jena
Well I did it I went to the gym just got back, I got really hungry though. so i just warmed up some cabbage and carrots with a little bit of brown rice. 0 points except maybe 1 point for the 1/4 cup of rice.
Excercise today: walked 3 miles a little work on weight machines.

Water Can Suck!!!

Well just as I was afraid of, even though I have had a great week as far as points and excercise were concerned. I am back to 170.2 up a couple oz!!!! Damn I know its just Water Weight but it still just sucks so bad!I showed Pat my tracker all filled out. 2 things she said; 1> don't eat my activty points this coming week & 2> I may be drinking to much water!!!! OMG I dont think so though, maybe a couple days I did but, Well Its over move on keep focused stay an track it has to show up as a loss soon.
My Goal for the next 3 weeks(Valentines Day) is 6 lbs.

Excercise Today:
Me Brian Chantelle Jordan Vanessa and all the dogs walked to Subway (i jogged part of it:))
Activity Points Earned today 2

this past summer

These pics were taken this past summer. Thats Vanessa our youngest. I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw how I looked in these pics. This summer's pics will be so much better.

T.G.I.F.

24 days till Valentines Day!!
Well it is finally Friday. I left work early and I noticed when I got home I started eating and looking in the fridge over and over again. So I stopped went in my room changed my clothes and went to the gym. I weigh in tommorow and I know I did really well with my points this week excercise was great best week yet, I do however feel like I am retaining water I can feel it in my face. So whatever happens tommorow next saturday will give me an even greater loss.Wish Me Luck.


Excercise today: Walked/jogged on treadmill 3 miles
1st workout with weights...already feeling sore:-]
~Jena

My Aha Pic

GOD I HATE THIS PICTURE

My aha moment. This picture was taken after my 3rd week at WW.

Me and my soon to be husband...

My Legs Are Killing Me!

On Tuesday I decided to jog 2 miles of my 3 mile walk. It felt good and wasn't that hard to do. On Wednesday I left work a few minutes late and was worried about making my train, so I jogged again, ow. Today I was so sore! This time I was going to leave early so I could take my time... didnt happen, I coudn't jog it hurt to much, but I had to a little bit and the rest I had to walk really really fast, ow, ow, ow. Points are good today and tommorow is the last day of my tracker! I shall see if all my pain will at least get me my 10% this Sat.

26 days till Valentines Day Here comes the bride... don't mind her limp, her legs are probably sore ;) ~Jena

My First Post

OK Well Hello my name is Jena (pronounced gina). I'd like to first say I'm an avid blog reader. I have bookmarked many blogs that I visit almost everyday. I sometimes leave comments but under "anonymous" . Well now I have decided to let others get to know me to. I am on my first ever weight loss journey.Well, that's not entirely true I lost over 50 lbs once before almost ten years ago. I was 24 "Diet" of choice pen-Fen. So that I do not consider a journey! Now that I am on a true journey I know the difference. Now I am going through a true change of lifestyle, then I just popped some pills and forgot about eating. I am a Weight Watcher now, 16 weeks and counting! I have lost 16.7 lbs to date. My ultimate goal is somewhere between 115lbs to 125lbs(I am 4 feet 10 1/2 in. tall) but I haven't really thought that far ahead, well try not too. I am going to do as my WW Leader Pat says and take a risk, Ok deep breath... I weigh 169.8 lbs so I am as I said on a journey, but this time I am not hoping I make it to the end, I know I will! I joined the gym and walk 3 miles a day from my job to the train station. I am going to follow the lead of Candee( someone's blog I frequent, who has lost an incredible 32+ lbs) and write a journal. So Hello and I'll write again tomorrow.