Holiday's are coming!!!

I love this time of year, but as you all know it keeps us all busy.  Work is busy and then busy on the weekend preparing for the glorious holidays.  I didn't want any of you to think I forgot about my blog.  I been a support to a friend with a very ill son, and as I looked through my special poems and inspirational things I keep to send her I ran across one of my very favorites so I thought today I would share this piece.  Love all around!

THE SHOES

 

My alarm went off ~

It was Sunday again.

I was sleepy and tired,

My one-day to sleep in.

 

But the guilt I would feel

The rest of the day

Would have been too much,

So I'd go and I'd pray.

 

I showered and shaved,

I adjusted my tie,

I got there and sat

In a pew just in time.

 

Bowing my head in prayer

As I closed my eyes,

I saw the shoe of the man next to me

Touching my own. I sighed.

 

With plenty of room on either side,

I thought, "Why must our soles touch?"

It bothered me, his shoe touching mine,

But it didn't bother him much.

 

A prayer began: "Our Father"

I thought, "This man with the shoes has no

pride.

 

They're dusty, worn, and scratched

Even worse, there are holes on the side!"

 

"Thank You for blessings," the prayer went on.

The shoe man said a quiet "Amen."

I tried to focus on the prayer,

But my thoughts were on his shoes again.

 

Aren't we supposed to look our best

When walking through that door?

"Well, this certainly isn't it," I thought,

Glancing toward the floor.

 

Then the prayer was ended

And the songs of praise began.

The shoe man was certainly loud,

Sounding proud as he sang.

 

His voice lifted the rafters,

His hands were raised high,

The Lord could surely hear

The shoe man's voice from the sky.

 

It was time for the offering

And what I threw in was steep.

I watched as the shoe man reached

Into his pockets so deep.

 

I saw what was pulled out,

What the shoe man put in,

Then I heard a soft "clink"

as when silver hits tin.

 

The sermon really bored me

To tears, and that's no lie

It was the same for the shoe man,

For tears fell from his eyes.

 

At the end of the service,

As is the custom here,

We must greet new visitors

And show them all good cheer.

 

But I felt moved somehow

And wanted to meet shoe man

So after the closing prayer,

I reached over and shook his hand.

 

He was old and his skin was dark,

And his hair was truly a mess

But I thanked him for coming,

For being our guest.

 

He said, "My names' Charlie,

" I'm glad to meet you, my friend."

There were tears in his eyes

But he had a large, wide grin

 

"Let me explain," he said

Wiping tears from his eyes.

"I've been coming here for months,

And you're the first to say 'Hi.'"

 

"I know that my appearance

"Is not like all the rest,

"But I really do try

"To always look my best."

 

"I always clean and polish my shoes

"Before my very long walk

"But by the time I get here,

"They're dirty and dusty, like chalk."

 

My heart filled with pain and

I swallowed to hide my tears

As he continued to apologize

For daring to sit so near.

 

He said, "When I get here,

"I know I must look a sight.

"But I thought if I could touch you,

"Then maybe our souls might unite."

 

I was silent for a moment

Knowing whatever was said

Would pale in comparison.

I spoke from my heart, not my head

 

"Oh, you've touched me," I said,

"And taught me, in part,

"That the best of any man

"Is what is found in his heart."

 

The rest, I thought,

This shoe man will never know. . .

Like just how thankful I really am

That his dirty old shoe touched my soul...

 

 

Happy Friday!

Love Fridays!  #1 because I get to sleep in tomorrow!, Reason #2 it is because it is my cheat day to have what I want for dinner!  I don't go to overboard but I eat what I want and it is usually Mexican cuisine, pizza, or a naughty fattening hamburger with fries!  So last Friday I went to 5 Guys (YUM) and my number was 43, but when my order was up he yelled 43 and 44!  Damn if I had a couple drinks and a couple friends I would off done the Iggy thing and yelled 44!  whoa ladies that's me gonna get some burgers gonna get some burgers lol.  I was 43 but my imagination was running wild!  The number 44 when I hear it, it will always be in my mind that great commercial.  Tonight I am thinking OTB, I just love their fajitas and hell that isn't even that bad of cheat.  I am almost at my 20 lb mark finally dropped a 1 pound and a 1/2 this week and got moving again from that 2 weeks of stagnate no loss. I like this article and I utilize some of them already so I thought I would share it.  http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/24-food-swaps-that-slash-calories/ss-AAceit?ocid=iehp
One that isn't on here is you can cut your calories and carbs almost in 1/2 by choosing the Delight pizza at Papa Murphy's over the other choices, and psst Tim even likes it! On Thanksgiving I am sure my cheat will be off the charts!  But hey isn't Thanksgiving made to over indulge?  Have a great weekend my peeps!  Hugssssss :)

Happy Birthday Theresa!!!!

Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday to YOU, Happy Birthday dear Theresa (Birdie) Happy Birthday to you!  I love you girl and I miss you so much.  I will see you in February!!!  Here is some cute pics I had of our lil Birdie!  Enjoy!

Beautiful smile gf!

Hey Michelle!  I am a walrus!

Beautiful Mothers make Beautiful Daughters

Two of my favorite people

Say cheese!

Burg and Theresa

Happy Halloween!

three Beautiful Souls

ahhhh isn't this sweet!

happiness!

Me and my girl!

my Sweet Daughter with my Dear Friend

Birdie!!! being a horsie!

Happy Tuesday and Happy Birthday Paula!!!

I haven't seen Paula for a while but I want to wish her a very Happy Birthday, I miss you girl!  Sorry for more then a week of not blogging I have been busy at work ewwwwwwwwwww!  haha!  Still on the diet track though and this morning I finally lost 2 pounds after being at a stupid stand still for almost 2 weeks!  That is frustrating!  I wanted to congratulate Denise and her daughter Megan.  Megan has lost 8 lbs!  I am so proud of her!  Denise is eating healthier and she lost 3 pounds and I am sure is feeling much better.  I ran across a article that I am going to share because now that I been on a diet for 2 months almost I do have a day where one meal I have what I miss or really want and I thought do I gain back anything from one cheat?  So this article answered it and it makes you feel better to know overeating one day doesn't make you gain weight!  http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/can-you-gain-weight-from-one-day-of-overeating/ar-AA7swwm?ocid=iehp With Thanksgiving coming up this article is a good one, cause come on who doesn't over eat on a Holiday?  I for one will eat pumpkin pie and possibly not stop at one piece hahah...  If I would just get busy and work out I would lose this faster, but I just don't wanna work out ughhh I am a bit lazy hahahha...  Does anyone want to sign up for water aerobics with me?  I love it but I would really like a buddy to join me.  Hugs :)

Happy Birthday Kelly!

Everyone join me and wish Kelly a Happy Birthday!!!  Kelly I hope you have a beautiful birthday and your day is full of happiness and joy!  Love you forever and always!  Isn't Kelly damn cute! 

old blue jeans on!

Stuck in the middle again!

ohhhhh I am so naughty!!!

Yes,  I am sexy and I know it!

is that a pen or a sucker let me have some!?!

Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!  Tim and I ate dinner and walked to the Moonlight to see the girls' costumes.  They all looked great as always, and Brea she was amazing cute and my favorite costume this year!  She is the cutest lil Sailor Girl!  We meant to go for a couple and got hung up on enjoying all the fun people and the great costumes and ended up walking home and getting home just shy of 1 am!  wow!  My favorite costume for men was this guy wearing a red long haired pig tailed wig haha a white t-shirt with big ole fake titties with life like nipples, shorty shorts and they were sliding down his ass so you could see his butt cleavage! He was having a blast shaking his shit and rubbing all the men's faces in his huge falsies.  Was hilarious! It takes a lot of guts to be a free spirit and do that.  Of course secretly I was checkin out the guy as Magic Mike, holy shit ladies yum!  lol Of course his date looked like ummmm Barbie and well came as Barbie.  So all and all a fun night.  Love to all!  Kelly you are the best lady!  mwah!

Halloween's past.....

Happy Halloween.....  Here is another trip down memory lane.  Halloween's past...  Mona you rock in this pic!  Loved looking up these pics, all you girls look great in em! Hope you enjoy them too!  Love to all my peeps!   Here is an awesome tool for those of you dieting with me...
http://www.calorieking.com/calories-in-alcohol.html

Zug Zug....

I missed Launa's Birthday it was October 22.  So Happy belated birthday, Zug Zug!  I have got to see Launa last few times I stopped by the Moonlight on a Wednesday for a couple drinks, and so last night we sat together for a short time and did a lil catching up.  For those of you that haven't seen her a while she looks as good as always.  For fun I am showing you pictures from some of our fun past times of Launa (Zug Zug)....  Mark still Zug Zugs Launa if you were wondering lol! Got to love Marks eyes, the reason they are like that is each picture had him with his eyes closed so now we got them open!  haha  We were laughing about the party we had at The 303, when Launa was Zug Zuggin Mark in his truck in the parking lot!  Tony a past friend had asked what she was doing, as we were standing outside during band break smoking, only to find out when she honked the truck horn with her knee they were going at it.  Tony was covering his eyes telling me OMG Vanilla! Vanilla!  she ruined it she isn't Vanilla anymore!  As if she ever was hahah you know the girls that are quiet and sweet are always the dirtiest of girls. Thanks to Tim remembering that story, we had a good laugh.  We have some amazing memories we have all made with each other, with that being said we all need to get back together for a reunion it has been a while for us all to get together!  Enjoy the old memories, and cheers to making many more! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30 YEARS!

October 29, 1984 is the date of Tim and I's first date, now here we are 30 years later still going strong!  I always laugh and think I told my gf's that day in the lunch cafeteria I was gonna marry him and see I was right!  I guess you could say when I want something I do go for it until I get it!  psst he was easy though!  hahahha So I guess tonight I will take my lil love bug to dinner.  Try to find a picture of Tim where there is no finger!  IMPOSSIBLE!  hahaha!  Tim I love you! Forever and Always! 

 

 

 

 

Mike Mike Mike what day is it????

Haha!  it's Friday!!!!  Woot woot I am already envisioning me sleeping in tomorrow with no annoying alarm clock noise!!!  Next Friday is Halloween, had me thinking of Halloween's passed.  We have had some good ones but damn has it been a while since we have done a group outing on Halloween!  Of course we all know I am married to ummmm a bit of a fun sucker!  He will say that it is stupid lol.  I think a band I love is playing though at the Parkway Plaza lounge that I might possibly be able to talk Mr Grumpy Pants into!  Just a thought anyway.  Have 2 more people joining me on my diet and I am psyched about that!  Thanks Denise and Megan!  The more the merrier nice getting healthy and losing excess weight with friends.  Keeps me motivated and I love to motivate others.  If you want to check it out please do and like I said if you just want to be healthier there is that option too! 

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You know what it is time for?  Really we need a road trip!  Maybe we need to do Deadwood, nothing like partying at the Saloon 10!  Hmmmm I need to start planning I miss my peeps I haven't seen in a while and even though drinking isn't really a great thing on a diet it is a mandatory thing to be me! HA!  So let's hear it my friends who wants to think of a road trip? 

Happy Thursday!

Damn the wind sucks!!!!!  Last night I celebrated my 24 day mark with a couple slices of not diet worthy pizza!  Damn it was good...  haha I love my carbs sometimes but know to keep on track and lose the rest no more splurges.  One of my favorite products though with this new way I am going is Carb Ease for those of us that need our carbs!  Check this out.... You have to love a product that cuts down on the absorption of carbs and has other benefits.  I don't know one person that doesn't need this awesome product!  https://www.advocare.com/141015180/Store/ItemDetail.aspx?itemCode=T4462&id=TS  Anyone that buys this product from me this week off my website or direct from me I will throw in a couple Spark's in.  This is a energy drink mix that I can't live without now.  20 vitamins that give me get up and go and is sugar free and only 45 calories!  Can't beat that! 

HEY all my readers since you don't comment I don't know what I shall write about!  Come on I took a long hiatus who has some stories or adventures we did that I haven't written about you would like to see me blog about????  Drop me a line or a comment and let's get this blog back on crazy train track!

Day 23 of the 24 day challange!

Hi Peeps, day 23 of my 24 day challenge.  I have lost 12 pounds and shed a lot of inches.  I am proud of what I achieved and will continue down the road until all I want gone is gone.  This is the best diet I have been on.  I feel great!  I read a lot now about healthy foods, healthy snacks, foods that help your metabolism, and foods that burn fat.  I ran across this article, what 200 calories look life with some of your favorite candy.  I thought I would pass it on. Great article when Halloween is just around the corner. 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/what-200-calories-worth-of-your-favorite-halloween-candy-looks-like/ss-AA6P3Cm?ocid=iehp

I was telling my husband I have lost a bag of potato's lol and while standing in the check out lane at the grocery store, I realized the cat litter was 10 lbs. so I handed the bag to Tim and I said hold this.  I told him that is a lil less then what I have lost so far.  In my mind at first I was like 10 lbs. isn't much but hold a bag of potato's or litter like I did and you will realize that weight you were carrying around it is more significant then you think. 

I hope everyone had a great weekend, I can't believe the weather has been so great.  I enjoyed lunch this Saturday with Denise, Gary, Michael, Kim and Mike.  We finally got a wedding gift to the newly weds.  I remember when Kim thought this would never happen for her so I silently lean back and smile and think life is good!  I told her it will happen when you least expect it.  As they say don't worry about tomorrow it shall worry about itself.  Funny lil story though the first time I met Mike, I leaned over to Kim and said you will marry him.  Sometimes I love my six sense!  I wish all the happiness in the world to Kim and Mike.  As I wish for all my friends, I hope you find your Tim. 

Wishing you all a good day! 

Since being healthy is drinking lotsa water!

Since I am now trying hard to drink 1/2 my body weight in ounces of water a day, I found these recipes great!  Thought I would pass them on.

http://www.prevention.com/food/cook/25-flat-belly-sassy-water-recipes

Scale was my friend today 1 1/2 lbs down more today!  Did my happy dance! Life is good! 

Have a great weekend all! 

 

I just knew pumpkin pie had to be good for you!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/superfoods/13-comfort-foods-that-burn-fat/ss-AA2fl0Y

I been reading a lot of articles about foods that burn belly fat, increase metabolism, and are low calorie, low fat, and are beneficial.  So I thought you might like to see comfort foods that actually burn fat.  I was excited to read one of my favs, Pumpkin pie made the list, oh yummm!  I am on day 18 of my healthy diet plan and have lost 10 lbs.  I lose weight slower then I lose the inches and I also lose weight slower then other women due to a very slow metabolism and being over 40!  Being over 40 slows down our metabolism even more!  I will lose it faster once I start my exercise routine, I think I am finally better from being so damn ill!  Hell I am tickled with my results thus far and I don't consider it a bad thing I can pull my jeans off or on without unbuttoning or unzipping them!  So even when I reach day 24 of the challenge, I will keep on going until every last drop of this weight is gone.  I love this diet because I know how to maintain my weight afterwards and how to eat properly.  So a win, win for me.  So an update on my weight loss journey, maybe tomorrow I will have something more entertaining to write about!  Later my peeps!

Wish I had the power to mend a broken heart....

The one thing I wished I could heal it a broken heart. I think that is truly one of the worst pains to go through and takes the longest to heal from and for some it never heals it hides beneath the surface and comes bubbling out now and then. They say the eyes are the window to the soul, I find that hauntingly true you can see when someone has eternal pain from looking into them.  A dear friend of mine is going through the broken heart, I can tell when I love a friend because I physically cry tears for them and ache inside as they do, not to the severity I am sure but I do feel it deeply.  Love is such a hard thing to figure out.  Some people feel it easily, deeply, completely and honestly and some just can hold back and not feel it at all.  I sometimes wonder after having your heart broken severely one time can you honestly maybe not feel it again?  Or some just really never grow to feel it for ones that love them.  That might be one of the hardest and truly one of the most painful things to deal with. Why as we age do we have such fear of saying it to someone and saying it loud and proud? Is it because we have so much fear that it won't be reciprocated?  Are we afraid of looking foolish because we might feel it sooner then warranted and inturn causes us to push away the one we love?  Is there really a perfect time it should be said so then we suffer no regret or what if's? I wonder as we age why does love become so complicated we think so hard about if we do or don't we talk ourselves out of feeling it? I know when a relationship ends the pain goes in thinking back what you could of done differently and wishing that one could of been bolder and just said it just risked it and maybe that would of been the only difference required for a different outcome.  I wish I knew these answers to lifes most elusive questions. The most important advice I have is be yourself don't change for anyone. Be proud of who you are, because being who your not just to please another won't  buy you happiness. A man worthy of your love should love you for who and what you are and appreciate everything about you quirks and all!  That is true love and brings true happiness. 

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Don't say I don't share :)

I have become excited about something so I want to share! 


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The Nutty Dumpster Diver....

Happy Monday!  Well this weekend was a quick one I want to shout a thanks to Brigit for joining me and Michael on the 24 day challenge

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, she has very minimal to lose but she likes the health benefits of it.  Thanks Brigit for your support you are an awesome friend and lady!  I finally went to the Dr. for those of you that know I was on a 3 1/2 week journey of being ill.  After spending 2 1/2 hours in Urgent care I found out I had acute bronchitis and got antibiotics, a steroid, codeine cough syrup, and a inhaler.  Wow do I feel better, but being sick has not deterred me from my diet plan. So still on tract!  Ready for a laugh.....  Here we go!!!

Everyone I am sure has heard of me talking about one of my bff's Kat from Boston.  What you might not know is how much we are alike.  All of you that know me know how if some funny shit is gonna happen it will happen to me.  Well Kat shares in that blessing or curse however you would like to view that.  With that being said I have a story for you.....

The art of dumpster diving is nothing new. I have heard of many doing so from all walks of life.  Some for aluminum to recycle for money or some that like to find treasures others throw away and consider trash.  My Aunt has found many beautiful antique treasures this way and believe me looking at her you would never think she would take ones trash.   As they say one man's trash can be another man's treasure. Or in this following case one woman's trash can become one nutty Man's treasures.

Kat decided to clean out her closet, which I am sure it is quite a chore because the one thing we don't have in common is this girl likes to shop!  So she loaded up all her don't wants into trash bags and quickly deposited them in her trash bin at home.  Since she filled up her trash bin she decided the rest she would throw in the trash bin at her work.  Now if I haven't told you where Kat works it would be helpful to this story to inform you she works at a nut farm.  Have you seen that movie Shutter Island with Leonardo DiCaprio?  That is what Kat's nut house looks like beautiful and spooky, that is beside the point but thought it was fun facts to share.  LOL.  So Kat throws the bags in her trash at work and thinks not another thing about it until her boss calls her and asked if she lost her pocketbook. (hope the facts are accurate) Pocketbook in Boston talk is a purse, to me it would be a name for a wallet but lol I am not from Boston. She said no she indeed had her pocketbook, that is when she was informed there was a nut walking around with her old pocketbook with old paystubs bearing her name. Kat is mortified that now the nut knows she is the person that has deposited his new treasures into the trash.  Even better yet he is walking around in her old pajamas.  I am picturing this crazy man walking around with a purse and pink flannel jammies right now aren't you?  Even the thought of that isn't even the best part of this story.  As Kat sits there thinking of all she threw away in that bag she tossed at her work she remembers that particular item that was on top of her closet shelf she had purchased from one of those sex parties, that she quickly tossed in the bag also.  Now I got your minds working huh?  Remember those parties girls that we use to have and remember that one dildo that stuck to a shower wall or other places so that you can indulge in the fantasy it is a sexy hot man and not a dildo stuck to a wall.  So do you think that nut has the dildo in his newly acquired jammies while he walks around or just maybe in his newly acquired pocket book or is it on his wall in his room?  I can imagine hearing the nut at night when he is alone saying in a high pitched voice BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, while he is backin up to take Kat's discarded toy to his secret place.....  This shared story made me laugh and laugh and I am glad she let me share it with you all....  Sometimes I wonder who is the nut or did she just become a nut from working with the nuts?  If you can't laugh at yourself then who will right?  There is a very important lesson to this story. Before you toss anything out of your closet go through it and make sure nothing bares your name on it, especially when you are like Kat and throw away kinky sex toys! 

Some one murdered Peter Cottontail!

Before I get to who murdered Peter I wanted to share a recipe with you.  I love this time of year because Perkins has their Pumpkin Oatmeal Pancakes!  OMG they are to die for!  I did gobble some up before I started my diet, and was pleased to come across the recipe and thought I should share it.
 http://www.examiner.com/article/fall-recipe-pumpkin-oatmeal-pancakes Enjoy!

Who murdered Peter???? Peter Cottontail frolics out in my work parking lot everyday and has for quite some time now.  He seems to love to sit by my car and when I go out on a break during the day he just likes to sit and watch me.  I have become fond of Peter so you can imagine the horror when I came back from lunch yesterday to see his grotesquely twisted lil body lying lifeless in the parking lot.  I came in quickly and asked down the hall who killed Peter!?! So everyone comes out in the parking lot to glance down at lil Peter's body and the Shipping Manager sweetly picks him up with a shovel and places him in a bag for burial.  So now the investigation begins on who murdered Peter.  Did anyone come apply when I was gone?  Did we have any vistors?  Peter is laying in my parking spot so was trying to figure out who parked there when I was gone or who is trying to frame me!  After a lot of thought the guys all came to the sad conclusion maybe I hit him backing up that morning?  NO that isn't so Peter was happily hopping around after I arrived yesterday.  The guys then point out Peter is laying in what appears to be my tire tracks. (we have a dirt lot)  I asked them wouldn't Peter run hearing me open and shut my door and start my car when I left?  Wouldn't I hear thump thump if I indeed ran over Peter?  So the Mystery is still a question for CSI because I think I am being framed and if not then I think Peter committed suicide using me. Sighs..... I asked the shipping manager if he buried him this morning and if he made a lil cross for his grave, and he says nope threw him right in the dumpster!  OH MY!  Poor Peter!  So I think Tim the Shipping Manager might be on the top of the list of suspects!  Peter you will be missed!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!  Love all around! 

Healthy is feeling good.

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Day 10!

Day 10 of my new adventure in the dieting world!  Well forgot to weigh myself so will report that tomorrow but I feel great! I have more energy and I feel just really good.  I have had a on and off again struggle with this like cold/cough for the last 3 weeks and it gripped me hard for the past 8 days, but I am on the mend.  DD has been such a support for me, thank you DD!  She sends me sweet passages some days and remembered it was day 10 of this diet. You are the Best Dorthea Darlene! I really love the way this diet has made me feel, and knowing the inches are quickly coming off by the feel of my pants is a great feeling.  Michael says now 11-24 day of this diet the weight will come off quickly.  woot! woot! I honestly think with the amount of water I am drinking that I am literally peeing out calories, and for exercise sure I increased exercise I walk to the bathroom 50 million times a day!  The new work out I tell ya...  Seriously though when I get this cough totally gone I will be back on my elliptical and join my water aerobics again, and hopefully my clogging class will get a much wanted come back!  But when I do near my day 24 I must confess the way I want to reward myself on day 25 is with a pizza, I know after I scarf that pizza down the next day  I will then continue the program and get rid of all the weight I need too.  They say never to reward yourself with high calorie treats but rather with something like a new outfit etc.  I say well bleep that I want some damn pizza!  LOL After I get to my goal weight I will go to one day of the week being my free day, I will not live my life saying no to the things I love.  I can't and will not live without ice cream, pizza, Mexican food, greasy hamburgers with the damn bun, or French fries!  :) Who in the hell can really, except those super skinny super models that either say no to it, eat it and puke it, or take drugs so they don't desire it. Ya I will stick with my womanly body and once and a while say yes and not guilt myself over enjoying lives fattening treasures or pleasures!  Oh and I will never give up booze!  hehe I just picked a light calorie kind of booze....  Well peeps enjoy the rest of your week and remember, I love you! 

When you become a Star do you lose your sense?

So when you become rich and famous you name a beautiful baby girl, North?  WTF kind of name is NORTH?  So when Kim K pops out her next child will it be South?  Makes more sense, since she is having it out of her South end!  I guess if I was Star would I be wanting to name my child ummm carpet or desk or something stupid as that or stapler at least that is a semi interesting word.  North; it isn't even a word I ever thought was pretty in any sense. Then I hear the new name for the baby girl of The 70's Show stars and they name a baby girl Wyatt?  WTF Wyatt?  Come on Wyatt Earp was a tough cowboy how do you feminize a name like Wyatt?  Just Sayin!  LOL  Have a great weekend all! 

Battle of the buldge continued...

Whooopie!  Got on the scale and 4 1/2 lbs vanished!  Thought I should weigh myself every other day to put my progress down in my booklet.  So far I don't feel deprived and my energy is up.  I think the only thing that is going to cause me trouble is NO drinking for 24 days!  Holy Shit, am I capable of not going out for 24 days?  If I find great success with this diet,  that is healthy I am going to become a distributor.  Thus far I am thoroughly impressed with it except that grotesque fiber drink.  Thank goodness for me I have 1/2 a closet of my thinner clothes and 1/2 a closet of ooops I am chubby again clothes.  LOL  Nice thing about this new approach to diet I am trying this will be easy to maintain and the added health benefits are a great addition.  My goal is to get off at least one of my two blood pressure pills. I truly should quit smoking too and I know that will be the next thing I will strive to do. Like Dorie said it is time to get healthy woman!   I am sure I will find more exciting things to tell tomorrow, lol hmmmm maybe I should tell about my accidental high....  If anyone wants to join Michael and I on our journey of losing weight give me a holler.  If you seen Michael of late you will know how well this works!  He looks fantastic!  Hugs my peeps!

Accidentally on purpose..

Was nice hearing from my friends that liked my silliness of this blog!  Thanks your support means a lot to me...  Winter is coming let the boring begin, so that means we will be having to set up a dart game here and there.  Hell that is another thing I gave up I love.  Always was fun getting the group together and throwing darts on a snowy Saturday afternoon.  But first have to make it through these 24 days of this diet I am doing.  I accidentally on purpose forgot that gawd awful fiber drink. I would rather eat carpet then drink that again!!!!  I will find fiber else where thank you very much...  I had dreams last night that that Anabelle (that new scary movie with a possessed doll) was chasing me to make me drink that fiber drink..  Oh my!!! To break up the winter blues in February going to Vegas again, Theresa the 6-9th I am telling you ahead a time so you can meet us early in the day instead after we drank all day and Tim wants to go to bed.  Kelli sure hope you can drive in and maybe stay this time and hang out too!  Vegas has become an annual trip, it is the Month Tim and Laurie's dad died also my beloved Father in Law so we go in celebration of life and fun.  Anyone who wants to join us is welcome.  Friday thru a  Monday is a good amount of time for Vegas after that you are to beat to do anything else but sleep on a plane home!  Well enough of my rambling!  Good day to all! mwah!

Feeling Inspired....

I haven't written here for so long it seems odd, but I got an enthusiastic nudge inside my head to write once again.  I disappeared off the radar for a while, went through a funk you know one of those funks where you don't enjoy things you use to and fall a bit in depths of self pity, unhappiness and a darkness where I just wasn't caring.  Then one day you have to wake up and say hmmmm what the hell am I doing?! It actually took a couple of people to drive me to the realization I wasn't being who I once was and that gave me the idea that I needed help from some of those happy pills.  I always thought it would be admitting I was a failure to do that, but it was actually reaching out for help. Those lil white pills have really brought me out of the darkness and have me feeling reacquainted with me again.  Some might wonder why the slip in a funk?  Well I have never been good with change.  I am stubborn and a definitely set in my ways...  I think that is a Gemini trait so blame my mother for popping me out in May!  So on with what made me slip... Let's see my Mother and Father divorced (that lead to a spiraling of some wicked things in itself), My two best friends DD and Kelly ended their relationship (they seem happy and healed now), Another Best friend Theresa broke up with my dear friend Sean (they both seem happy once again), My Grandmother and Grandfather died months apart from each other, Dorie and I pulled away from each other through a incident that got out of hand (if you're wondering we have made peace and moved on from that), Tim's Father died (which I felt he was mine as well), and my childhood best friend Delicia's son died by a freak accident, and last but not least my daughters grew up and left to be on their own.  They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.  Well I believe that is accurate but as a human I got stuck in sorrow and sadness and didn't want to deal with all the changes seemingly to happen all at once. I guess then came today and this epiphany that this is something I use to enjoy and love and why not start writing about new journeys! So as my new beginning of feeling better I jumped on the scale..  Well I was laughing at myself because with depression sometimes follows a fat ass, which in my case I think I got a double dose of that!  With that being said I decided to start a diet with Michael he has had great success with and was doing his second round and I said I would do it too!  So my enthusiastic mind thought hmmm I should complete a diary on my personal journey going through my mental and physical change back to myself once again, and so with that here I am.

So Day one of the diet journey...  I been emailing Michael all day bugging the hell out of the poor guy with my questions and my complaints and he has been a real trooper.  I don't think he knew when I started this journey he was going to be my mentor but I think he is slowly finding that out.  Starting this diet includes going through a 10 day cleansing process, I looked at all the things to start my day and thought easy enough.  I drank the fruity drink like it said 30 minutes before my breakfast and it was actually good, then it said to drink a fiber drink and water I was like hmmmm what is that?  So I emailed my Mentor, Michael and he informs me where to find that drink.  So I eat my snack and figure no problem do that right after lunch, better late then never right?  Eat my lunch specific to the instruction and then come to work and mix that fiber drink.  OMG like ohhhhh I think I am gonna die drinking this gel like sludge with a grainy feel.  I have to do this for what??  10 days?  Holy Hell is that possible that I can survive it?  Why hasn't this company come around to those yummy looking fiber gummies?  So after almost crying when I weighed myself this morning to laughing at the disgusting fiber drink I will be punishing myself with. I thought Life is Good and I am ready from this day forward to come back to being me.  Life is full of change and sometimes we all have a hard time taking the ups and downs of life but in the end the journey is worth it!  So here I go again!