The South Pasture Diet
 

South Beach Diet for everyone!
 

It must be good because it's dribbled over here to this part of the world already.

Drink THIS and you'll forget all about loosing weight for at least a couple hours:

Bloody Caesar

• 1 oz vodka
• Celery salt
• 1 dash Worchestershire sauce
• 1 dash Tabasco sauce
• Clamato juice
• Salt
• Pepper

Mixing instructions:
Rim tall glass with celery salt, fill with ice and ingredients. Garnish with a celery stick, straw, and lime.

Bottoms up! :cheers:

Yes! Lush has freedom to potty any time she wants! That is good news! I've always wondered about the potty issue when I buy a latte at one of those roadside espresso stands. Where do they go??? Freedom to potty is a job pre-requisite for me. Even if I don't know how to spell it.

In one hour I will be whisked away to happy hour at the Heathman Hotel and then the symphony. Wish I knew something about classical music. Oh well. I know how to enjoy it. Especially after happy hour. :cheers:

You will be thrilled to know that I managed to get employee w-2's out today, the last possible day for me to do it.

Have a loverly weekend! :D

Don't read this, it's gloomy and depressing
 

keeeeeeeee wwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee----come to canada and live---it's like the other side of the planet,only colder----------went to see Bruce Cockburn tonight---he is a well known {in Canada anyway} folk singer------he is a MAJOR activist song writer----that can get TEDious for sure--------------but he has a gorgeous voice and is an amazing guitarist!!!! Cherry likely knows who he is!!!

i have sent you a fine diamond ring---sell it and meet Peaches at the Gulag Archipelago----the temperature is the same at my house----i will bring the vodka and sugar will hitchhike as it's only up the street a bit from her

I stayed up way late last night.... net surfing and dreaming about making a fortune knitting... Yeah, that's likely! wish I could figure a way to get people to give me money without having to work.....
Kiwi, you're probably right about buying another diet book... I could just as well go back to Sugar Busters... it was in my box to give to HalfPrice Books.... and I did lose quite a bit on that... but it is apparently the exercise (which I've yet to get motivated ENOUGH about) that makes the difference.
I'm happy to do a slug/sloth/eggplant imitation. Though NONE of those are particularly therapeutic, and I've never seen any of them knit. :dizzy:

Got a late start on the day... had an enormous breakfast.... but not too many calories.... I think the Drunken Caesar is a good idea... vegetables AND a buzz... and a SMALL bit of dirty rice.... maybe roast the edame beans that are at risk of freezer burn....

Wabby-- keep listening to classical music and reading the CD cases or "liner notes" That way the dose of "learning" is swallowable. It does help to know a bit about the composer and his/her era... and a bit about the structure of the piece.... I was amazed to find out that basically symphonies (and sonatas) all use the same structure.... so it is the variation that makes so much difference. Hope the concert is entertaining. I used to have season tickets on Sunday afternoon and I ALWAYS fell asleep after intermissiion. Fortunately that was back before my snoring got to sonic boom decibel level. :smug:

Oh durn. I sent DH to the store and forgot to add the ingredients for a drunken Caesar to the list. You wouldn't believe all the junk he bought! We're only having 2 people over tomorrow and I think he cleaned out the junk food aisle. Ah well, never fear, I'm sure I'll be able to finish up all the leftovers in jig-time! :ink:

Excellent, I'm looking forward to my diamond ring. I think you'll like the Gulag Archipelago, Peachie, lots of interesting people there. There might be a language barrier, but I'll bring lots of blue jeans to use for barter. Doesn't it look lovely? Definitely my kind of place. Peter the Great visited there to defend Russia from Sweden and while he was hanging around, he helped build a wooden church that still stands today. I think a Czar who does carpentry is an excellent idea. Kind of like Jimmy Carter only a little less civilized. Although I must say, rather dashing if he really looked like the painting below..

Amazing to see such gorgeous architecture and such shabby housing.

I think a cow of the Lohani breed could live quite well in such a cold isolated place.

Kiwi, cheer up.
Sell your diamond and we'll all go to Las Vegas. I want to go to the place that is faux-Venice.

I must go be productive. bye

I'm on my way!
 

See yas all there! It's like head north and veer a bit over to the right, eh?

Computer was acting weird AGAIN last night. Wouldn't even start Windows. Boy was I in a panic. We somehow got it started again today. Phew! Trying to get internet access on the other computer which runs on XP but the ISDN USB thingie won't work. It's all so confusing.

Unfortunately, I think exercise IS the key to weight loss. Diets just don't work in the long run, and they're sure not gonna get you any muscles! This is coming from someone who had a lovely cold, ate lots of chocolate yesterday and hasn't exercised since Thursday, but what the h*ll.

Upon my return....I am leaving because I am unplugging my computer and moving it across the room where there is not(yet) a phone line....I will report on the true South Pasture Diet...a path to lifelong slimness for those of the udder class.

It's Berrypie aka Frappe aka Donna. I'm down South now, North Carolina. Missed y'all. Life's been a *****, eh?

FRappe!!!!!! You need to fill us in on details. Life around here is pretty normal....lots of whining...not much else. Our kids are still brilliant and beautiful, as I'm sure yours are. Peaches let us have a new girl.

Kiwi, I overate last night, too. I need an explanation of your Fab by Feb signature. Does it mean your goal is 145 and you are 162 already? If so, you are truly fab. I, on the other hand, have failed at Fab by Feb...which I joined for about 15 minutes in Dec. It's a shame, because I really liked the name and thought that alone would motivate me.
I moved the computer to a nook in the living room. DD found the prospect of Superbowl Sunday and no computer to be unacceptable, so she ran the phone line around with about 3900 feet of wire.

Last night, I let my son go to a superbowl party at the home of a very nice family. At 11, they called and said they were TOO DRUNK to drive him home. Thank G*d they called, but still....
Sugar, Fix that computer. What will you do stuck all the way over there with no computer? Hang with the butcher's wife? Frightening. You are right, we have to move the tocuses.

Painty, would you really want to earn a living by knitting? I'd rather be a teacher...(she says now that her period of servitude is over)

Must go. Please come around and post today. I'll be home all day. L

Hey Frappy Wappy!!! Are you still thin? Show us pictures! Why are you in NC? Tell us detaillsssssss. Step by step how you got there and how much you weighed along the way and can we find the kids in the video rental store again and will you stay this time?

Yay!
 

Frappe's back!! Wonderful news! We missed U!

First things first - how in the world is Bugsy? And do you have the same ol' dh, or did you get a new one? :p

Frappe! you can't just stop in and not dish the dirt with us. What's up? what's new? still skinny? We've all lost a gazillion pounds, toned up and now look like Jane Fonda in her prime --- Not! Isn't it amazing how many years it can take for us to get perfect?

I didn't watch the game so I missed Janet Jackson's boob! So much attention for one boob.

I weighed 148 this morning. This is up from my low in November of 143. My slide down the slippery slope has to stop. I'm going to eat right and move my b*tt today. The secret to weight loss is exercise and constant vigilance. I've been slacking on both.

Four days until Seattle garden show. Meet me there.

Beer goggles??
 

And a fake boob at that. :dz:



Don't tempt me, lady!!! :dizzy: :dizzy:

Didn't watch the game either (not that I could have even if I'd wanted to) but in the true spirit of junk food I ate nacho cheese tortilla chips with cheese dip. Total overkill if you ask me. Computer stopped making noises for now. Maybe because I stopped swearing at it? :devil:

It means I haven't changed my sig since December. Believe me, if I had lost even a pound more, I would have changed it. Apparently I'm going to have to rename this headlong charge into fitness... Perhaps "Apathy to April"?

Here's how ridiculous we and our friends are: at the end of the halftime show last night, one (out of 4) person in the room said "Did you see that?" The rest of us looked at him like he was nuts; we thought he meant the lewd duet between Jackson and Timberlake. He told us he saw Timberlake expose Jackson's chest. We thought he was having us on. He insisted, we laughed at him. We are a bunch of 'tards.

My shoulder hurts soooooooo bad. Lush, did you do anything with yours other than ibuprofin and rest? This is so bad I'm having trouble sleeping and driving is very painful. Stupid computer.

Kiwi

No Kiwi, the end of the story on my shoulder was that it was the position of my seat in the car that was injuring it, not the computer. I started sitting on a pillow and put a pillow at my back and it is fixed. I'm so glad it wasn't the computer.

That's interesting. Must not be the same thing at all. This is definitely due to excessive mousing. I can keep it from hurting while I'm typing by resting my elbow on the arm-rest; I can stop it hurting while driving if I rest my arm on the middle console in the car. I've had it before; eventually it will go away. Probably would go away a lot faster if I stayed off the computer entirely. Fat chance of that.

Kiwi

Frappe's not the only one with celebrity friends - One of our clients showed her dog in the Eukaneba AKC dog show that was on Animal Planet on saturday. He was the beautiful American Staffordshire terrier who lost against the cute little terrier who won best in show. I think I saw Lush's little Westie. Anyway, looked just like her. The dog, not Lush.

Lush-- I think we should develop an infomercial about the meditative values of knitting and freecel. You can't loose at either one! You just start over.

the temperature's dropping here and my head is clogging up. I don't want to feel crummy for my pre-Valentine weekend away in FL. grrr. I better go to bed.

Frappy Comes By And Then She Leaves Again?:????????????????//not Acceptable Frappy------------see Peachers In Detention!!!!!!!!!!!--------------------------

naughty Frappe
 

That reminds me of what my grade 9 chemistry teacher used to write at the bottom of every single test I ever wrote: C - , See me! :^:

Kinda like dieting.

GOOD ONE WABBY!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I have a book unrecommendation. Do not bother reading Swimming by Joanna Hershon. It is dragging on and on, and it's killing me not to just skim to the flippin' end of it and have it over with. However, if I start a book I feel like I've got to finish it. Besides, I don't have anything else here to read. :dizzy:

It's been an incredibly boring day here, and I haven't seemed to stay with my healthy eating and exercising lifestyle past lunch time for the last couple of days, and the leetle chihuahua has been pooping in my house, and I'm just worn out with the tedium of my life. however, I'm getting a satelite tv system installed at my house today and it has a DVR system and a bunch more channels, along w/ HBO!!!! Now I can really be a couch potato!

Wabby, you're not watching those reality shows are you? I'm marrying an obnoxious guy and I'm a dumb rich blonde herding pigs and I love bugs and all that.

I've never watched a reality show...but last night I caught 10 mintutes of the obnoxious boyfriend show. This is my question......How did they explain the cameras to her parents...and don't you think that her parents have to get the idea if there is a camera in their house while their daughter is calling them to say she's marrying that whack-job? I should design these shows.

I went to Organized Living today. It is a WONDERFUL store....they have all kinds of things to help organize...or to give you an excuse for not being organized because they are so expensive.

I'mtired...I'm going to bed. bye

Organized Living!!!!!!!!is That A Big Box Store ,seperate From The Mall Stores,or In A Mall--------describe------is It Like The Store Known As "containers"-----------------i Need To Know---do They Have A Website???

I just wrote the LOOOOONGEST message. Where is it?
frappe

oh my god. it happened again!

A Long Boring Story
 

3rd time's the charm.. If this disappears too, I'm giving up.

Had to leave Canada because we were g oing broke paying the 120% taxes. DS and I came down to NC last dec and rented mini-me apt. Why NC? Because DH laughed when I said I wanted to move back to LA or Manhattan. NC was affordable, we knew one family here, his best friend was in the process of moving here and I'm a saint.

DD1&2 were left in Mtl in college, sharing apt. almost killed each other. dd2 had romantic breakdown, missed mommy, dropped out and moved down to join ds, me and bugsy in teeny tiny apt. dh sold house etc, moved down and joined us in apt. dh and i fought like mad, ds was depressed and agoraphobic, dd2 was needy and obnoxious, bugsy loved it.

bought house, began endless renovations, moved, upped Prozac, dd2 started on paxil, ds started on lexapro. dh threatens to leave every time he gets pissed off (about 4 X a day). ds starts high school, makes lots of loser friends, dd2 collects and discards boy friends fast and furious in her :wounded bird" phase. she and dh fight like mad. i insist we all start family therapy.

mother in law (age 91) moved in with us. she's on antidepressants too. i should start cooking with the stuff.

detective work on my part & we discover ds is smoking weed daily and showing entrepenurial talents in dealing. confront him. he runs away. we call the cops. hospital for a week. think we finally got his attention and he agrees to begin outpatient rehab. still insists he doesn't have a problelm....it's OUR problem. dd2 agrees with him and evidently has been enabling this because "it's only weed." i could kill th em both. esp her.

i tell dh to either leave or shut up about it forever. he picks shutting up. actually he and i bond over ds's crap.

i have major gallbladder attack and need to schedule surgery. i'm editing a horrible book about the mormon church.

i think there's more, but that's the highlihgts, lowlights????

can't write this all out again so it better post this time.

didn't you all miss the drama of my life?