And they -- waiting for the Labor Department to release the unemployment figures for December. And no one's expecting it to be good news at all not at all they're talking about may be over 500000. Jobs cut in just last month one month he has.
But -- assaulting and done to meet with us this morning that there's one area where at early recession what recession ended in the area of gun sales.
Yeah there's 24%. Increasing our own purchaser background checks for last month and that is like one point five million. And it was one point two million last year and that is on the heels of a 42%. Increase in the checks for November -- highest number in the history in fact. There's so many people trying to purchase firearms and filling out these mixed checks as they're called. Then there's a shortage of the forms you can't even -- form right now you gotta go on line. In downloaded to normal temperatures spiral my business aren't you in the face of all his bed retail and sales nationwide as a nationwide absolutely and it just -- aside this is with the forms. Well as to just call in anticipation of recommends -- it -- the Florida before with the government Jessica I'm cool now but I can't read it and make it a bit.
Oh thanks so I'm excited my motive you can sell something that's available free more Pontiac. They'll. We sell a lot of -- about water and that's true that is true technology that. But anyway it's on its -- in anticipation of some increase regulations and restrictions in on the Obama administration and -- begun proponents in the Second Amendment people who you know hunkering down they get ready and this is part of -- people saying before it gets to Lleyton has bans and restrictions on purchases future and now want to get -- good and had done it myself -- of -- one of the local gun dealers here every who has just in -- was like two months ago during a booming business people coming in men and women who makes no difference. And they were buying everything that that shoots. We always just doing a story for a magazine -- on this very issue and one of the points and number on around -- and his woman a lot of people -- in the face of all -- downturn economic times and the fire -- industry is big it's multi billion dollars in his country and if they cut that out but as yet another -- you know they have and you gotta say -- the economy stupid it's not just the second amendments also --
very interest and so yes follow -- absolutely thanks a -- days later. If you have been following. This week Oprah Winfrey she admitted in a magazine and also on her show that she has fallen off. The way to -- him over the last couple years with the thyroid problem the issues -- with her school in South Africa and Banc one week she flew South Africa twice. That she basically gained forty pounds the last couple years so she's topping 200 pounds. About falling off the wagon and what areas of your -- have you fallen off the wagon not just talking about week. It could be same vowing that he not -- about credit card debt and now -- back in it again. It could be -- smoking it could be that you wanted to spend more time exercising and then things happen to any -- putting yourself father and for the down the list. I mean Bob I think out -- the big Donna so many areas that one can fall off the wagon and their own lives.
Yeah and how do you deal with that -- and it's going to -- this -- the -- are -- and his -- high profile person -- nationwide television. In her problem is being addressed on nationwide television so she really has a lot continues forms being a role model in explaining how to deal with -- problem.
Grind them maybe you follow the way to when it comes to your spiritual life that you promise that you take time to meditate and pray that thing you know as an offensive to do those pop on prayers. Is it enough to -- you -- He hits to bed.
What about tempers you know that's one people try to control at -- religious noon and they'll lose it in a -- lose it.
every time he talks -- 26 what they sent me a toll free 86688987. He was ways and what areas of your life have you fallen off the lag and and honey -- back on track in your -- Moscow to -- Okay we'll counted ten we'll take a commercial break while we're doing that Donna you can Monica pier for them to you LA -- does come in what areas of your life have you. Admittedly lost control are not -- first our fallen off the wagon Oprah Winfrey this week can live your best life interestingly enough she's talking about how. What she thought she headed lifts that she realized you know without putting herself first not taking care of herself without doing the things I had worked before. And coming to the place where she felt that she had collected the problem. She felt that everything was okay mixing in the -- turn around you thought it found heavy over 200 pounds and she says she's embarrassed she's mad at herself for doing that. And what areas of your -- have you fallen off the wagon especially when you vowed that this was it. They get my spending under control to get my family life under control and then the next thing you know. It's out of control out of control again. 26187. He had toll free 86688987. In an Osaka -- about. You know praying that that's what MI areas where have to really really make time to be quiet and -- to think about what's going on not to hurt people. You know the point.
people fall is just slowing down. -- some from people -- so hard to just take a few minutes and catch your breath and slow saying you know going to stop and sniffs the rose is a little bit giant.
And a stop saying yes to every request to so easily you run into a situation where especially people expecting LA and and -- we been giving a lot of gifts and people like you I'm sure you get. All the time people -- to speak. They want you and bill they want you to participate. Not a pop pop pop up a be done to -- absolutely not and then before you know.
Well listen -- yeah I'm sure you you've got to do battle cry and it's very hard to say no mean number digital want to disappoint a minute don't realize that it's. I'm not just them that's make commitment.
Verizon and in the end you know you enjoy to you'd think it's clear that Gibson is for you it comes very naturally but before you know it. You're ripping and running all day long and you have taken no time for yourself even to just grieve and be quiet. Are to get you quiet in in the continually got to whatever it is that's important to -- that slows -- down and keeps you centered. And before long it impacts other areas of your life you might not be sleeping as much as you showed you mean I'd be eating well you may not be exercising. And Eliza and -- so many areas so hot you fallen off the wagon. 261870. A toll free 86688987. About that as well you know it's not always easy to talk about a social look at -- to examine analyze that is the only way we not only survive. And thrive and grow its critical you know there -- areas and analyze it we are honest with ourselves. Where we have followed where we have Sam agrees that going to be this way from now on. And then live shows up things start to happen and then next thing you know you -- fallen -- fallen off the wagon but asking you this more. July tendency. In what areas have you fallen off the let wagon and how are you planning to get -- gone. To gain control of your life in -- stimulated from a sided with Oprah how best life week. Is going on -- on Monday she admitted that she lost a controlled though the -- wagon. But there's so many areas we talked about credit done we talked about exercise we talked about even the impatient with our children. Because sometimes you know we. Who restarts -- don't have -- kids they do do have my nieces and nephew and say okay they going to be patient thinks you know we kind of no way no way to -- issues in what did you do this in my to do that -- the next thing you know it's it's not the situation that we really thought we would want.
We'd like different some people it may be came up with solution to not fall off the way and what did you do to prevent yourself from getting back into the same all same all. I'm no group put guys in and they all wanted to lose weight in on an individual basis Chenault is -- need to do this and it on themselves. But what they would do was it would have a way it. And they would all meet in weighed themselves -- right down to wait a minute put up a few bucks that they and the -- one -- lost the most weight. Collective know worked as they all lost weight and it worked like espy put the pressure on yourself and a different way and I think that's what Oprah's going to accomplish was her problem. Because she's exposed to the entire nation. She's got covers of magazines she's on television people looking at a hearing this and I think that will perhaps be motivation. To get back on the wagon that she.
Fall and rise to 6187 -- toll free 86688987. In ski you know what is the plan once you. Either you say okay I -- I Walt all of the way I gotta do this and if you have fallen off the wagon because we all do in some areas of allies. What's the plan to -- gain that control. All of your life and one of the things that open is doing is that she scheduling they open time you know that from everything from which it's going to be eating. What time is going to be eating you know she has a lot of help now on that then yeah true -- nobody would deny they know poetry personal try.
that dietitians. I mean this -- and get more help it was still got limited shows the point how tough it is even with all that despite that she's still got the problem.
Because you have to do it for yourself there are some things that no one can do for you. Thank you for yourself to 6187 -- toll free 866889870. In what areas of your life. Have you fallen off the wagon and how -- you -- get back on all of our maybe you have of successfully got back on of the wagon and how did you do that. Let's go to John good morning -- that we have done yet this page on the morning.
I'm. Pretty you know -- you comment on you know -- cuts or or you know. I get a new light -- is that everybody -- think about what you've done and which can do to improve your life. You know we get a new day every day okay and occasionally mistaken he may -- eat it too much or are you may have done -- wrong. -- could just deliberate thing the next day. And -- right down. That they don't want to accomplish in the day the week the month in the year. And that's what always stick to it but every day refocused on -- track and dumb to be a better person. You gotta have a poignant. So on that's my comment Thursday.
Yeah absolutely. In my particular area where you've had to keep the -- and make your schedule you professional live is that what the plan was he doing this for your entire life all areas of your life.
Right to try to be a better person each and every day. And guess what we all make mistakes just don't all what a mistake to think about the way you can make it better okay all right well fail me.
That's currently thank you very much. 26187. -- toll free 866889878. And John is absolutely ride there isn't some of them the program that they you know you can always restarts today. You know a lot of people walking in to the office -- the hit into the office in Detroit medicine may already be -- 9 o'clock in their already grumpy. There already grouchy Ghali the connection that he stole something out of the bag. Blood you can catch yourself and you can restart that moment that morning at that moment doesn't have to carry throughout the entire day. And after seven days -- and after 52 weeks of Santa 362. Hey you gotta make some browsers running I. I gotta be batting in the though there's little doubt about. Like any I would -- Sylvia and careful and loving and and going slowly to -- as well as is not so admonished anyone but just due to help close look at certain areas of alive when we've fallen off the wagon and what we can do. What we should do they -- continuing to do. You kids back into control. We'll talk to you just moments on the instinct above don't join -- today along with Monica.
Delight you know some people recover enough of -- ball game has stayed up late watching last night I watched it tonight that -- ahead of the game you have this guy Tim Tebow for Florida quarterback. Great ballplayer barely inches and -- C on the NFL welcomes the triple option in the jump past. That's been that's if that's college besides stuff that I he's he's definitely headed for the pros and what a wonderful young guy is on the community work and service then he's done for a 21 year old is -- credit.
CA has a handle on what's important to all ready you know it's not so much as you do for yourself would do for others as well. And we're asking you also in what areas of he'll live if -- fallen off the wagon and if you are busy are you just stayed up all night long almost and I -- eight. The BCS championship game we should email Don. At WWL. Dot com on Monica. At WWL. Dot com and this talk about them -- especially interested to find out what is your strategy what is your plan. How you plan to get back on the wagon all you people not all of before. What did you do to get back on the wagon and Donahue says some people really. Upon the beginning say look I'm not going to follow the wagon I'm going to be -- this and I'm going to make sure that I do you say invades and I think the planning is a key component. To doing it in some people like to write out their plans and it I know I used to do everything in my hair but it had to come to the place in my life where. You know I look at it share and I also shared with someone to help be accountable your friends -- write what they did was they held each other accountable. For what they said they were going to do and I feel little scared because we don't always want people to know that we need help. You know Oprah says she was embarrassed supplied the which she did in new didn't do with her alive and how she had been encouraging people to live their best life. But I magazine articles with -- television show ended here she is. Not in -- was not leaving her own best life.
And no 1 she probably thinks that she's lent her audience that. Because if they say while you know belongs to -- she couldn't keep it off why -- and can expect myself to do it I think she's probably feeling guilty not just for herself. But the impact that she's and can she realizes the people that she touches.
Absolutely and then people would say to cable but can't do it all -- help all the money she has. What help we would hope is therefore meet. To accomplish these things that you know we all are responsible for our own lives and it we keep putting ourselves last night not even on the schedule of -- even on the list. We're put to get some results so we don't want -- new release to wake up and say I am imported I can actually do more done for others if I do more for myself. And put myself I mean I knowing you go out in the woods you are commuting at. You are -- is told from beginning he's like the Communist president shoots things that I ever ever had and and it thank you know how to go get centered. It's not just because this is your business this is inside of viewing it slows -- down he keeps his -- keeps you comic it keeps you --
Therapy now get out there in the woods and just common down and enjoying the nature and you know being part of it as a participant in nature and everybody's got. Still things like that you need to identify them stick -- and.
Stay on track right in and a couple of things that I do that simple and millions of people say you know that I loans greeting. Inspirational stories people especially when they started did nothing. And created something I'm just so inspired by those those up particular stories and that I don't do. -- but I don't -- Spend time with done as much you know it really throws my day off in and I said okay -- to -- well ran ran ran ran ran at the end of the day. It's almost at 9 o'clock and 9:30 am going to thank you god in human being hit embedded bathing IL idea. And when those days have I just run into trouble and into trouble and has a ripple effect in so many other areas of my life. 26187. -- toll free 866889870. Your life. Take a look at your life and what areas have you fallen off the wagon and of course it doesn't have to be wait. Can be other things as well and especially with credit I know look at that I know people who just really. Had it this was their concern linked to McCain credit. And the next thing you know then back into.
While another big Linden is smoke in the mean you know people just try and try and try and in the more than -- the worse it gets Olympic if you -- have the right. The surroundings in the right advisers and yen in you know an attitude is everything you know you gotta make up you mind this is going to be at this is I want to quit and can understand the reasons. Why you want to quit I quit smoking and after many many years and I haven't had a cigarette since 1984. And I were a distance on a bit difficult to quit but I had to go ahead of big motivation was -- along the store to get into an had to do with Turkey hot. And that's would cause me to stop -- and once you get the right motivation you realize this is on visits over on the equipment sit.
And -- and -- is open says that really has resonated with me is that she thought she had to wait they lived. And we ran into trouble when we think that you know we say never again will have to worry about my weight never again will have to worry about my credit. And when you think you have been linked you know. As a deadly -- in the troubled because a gain it's only this process in the journey that keeps you to the place would -- to you want to be. It's a quick break we come back -- Joyce wants to talk about her strategy in the role that she lives by silicon -- in. We're following up the last thing. And more importantly. -- take control and get back on. Since it's only seventy toll free 86688987. Until ice I had to go like I -- jobs dot dot com but interest in her philosophy and how she. She lives the lives that she really wants you know and it's it's constant you know I don't think we ever get to the point where we can say. Done it arrived doubted that's the end of that never gain. If we do we'll find ourselves sometimes slipping. And going back to where we were any gets hot and sometimes dying and they want what is okay. Alone this exercise and a half every day and double get -- a half hour earlier will meditate will pray we'll spend time communing with nature and then the next thing you know. I did -- did do all of those things.
A lot of times is something that an event that happens or a change in lifestyle going job in in the just throws you off schedule and then that's the thing economy gets put on the Simon you don't get to get back into it -- and that's the thing that you know maybe somebody can shows no way they overcame that because. That I think is being distracted away from an effort that you're making is probably one of the biggest causes of people. Fallen off the wagon whether it's weight loss smoking temper control family time whatever it is. And I think that that might be. Some good strategy if someone could give as -- tells how they overcame that and you know even though you get distraction you gotta stay focused on.
Rides in in the planning alimony to my dear dear friends. Mom was villages in the hospital and she made the comment. -- have been spent and Ivan momma and I've beaten everything in every vending machine can get my hands on. And and sometimes it might be a matter of grabbing something in having it with even then again if you -- just dash out to the hospital. You know. The we have -- one donate policy I don't see a name okay.
Good morning as this is Joyce Joyce joins. Hi Joyce isn't Monica do you is not a kid done good morning good morning or listen to your radio all the time but you and -- My attitude is farmer has been strategy and myself all. Of course. We thought I think she as a -- I have to do -- get to decide that you want to be. And then when he closed its cheap tight tight it -- back off and of course exercise and eat healthy. And he's -- in the 36 wait for years and I bid ask size eight and three. This seems to work companion bar BMX beautiful because I tell that he gets out of the 36 that -- because they get. It's like expensive. For but you hold you accountable and that way -- that -- allowed by apple will wardrobe upload it had the whole closet full of clothes that I did it was so it's it's. It works could use it holding is the measuring stick. Right -- closed -- and of course you don't want to get out outside boarding because -- away because. You're at risk for cardiac or -- my cell. If -- decide that you want to date and when you closed its tight he gets back well. The -- now account balance so largest eyes because and it -- to get out of control.
Absolutely so when life. Comes -- you really high really fast in a -- get sick or somebody you know might might be a downturn in the economy that -- how do you deal with. Yeah mesa ball what you're saying you know don't listen to the good data out of control. -- shows up what's the strategy.
Well I've been through a lot of rough times and you just learn how to deal with a chance to be a strong person.
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I don't want to dialogue -- because that -- you you'll get until larger and larger like it gets out of control you've given in down -- out there I and I didn't aside eight canned for years I'm 67 mail my -- 71 he's very thick waist. And we exercise we eat healthy. And out because people are tight we just.
a witness as a starts to happen not if you found later not a hundred pounds laid out -- you don't want to about the air that's why don't want it out there. But is also being honest and they want right now and say okay this is going to get to the point -- letting go and be so now I need to take some measures from. But -- thank you very much I don't think it gets there you know it just didn't like it -- support and all right train advise joins thankfully I don't have to you don't have to -- in the world are anything like that. We get with inside the body -- work group we let it carry in the Pacific people I won't. That's what -- that's a great strategy it is wonderful all right just thank you very much okay I'm. Just in conversation he had his choice and even given more look at it to consume.
We'll try it on you enjoy snow okay I don't around naked at that that's a night out at. And you better get it together and you look like sausage in a shirt produce something.
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