Good Morning, Lovelies!
 

POURING rain here :rain: and still dark at 6:15.

DH has opted to go back to sleep instead of going to the gym at 6:30 as per schedule. I feel better for having taken it easy yesterday. I have to remember that I can only push myself so hard, and when my body says "enough" that it really is enough, and will be counter-productive if I push harder. I hate having days where I don't feel energetic enough to want to do anything. Such a waste!

Re: aura (bear with me if I'm going back a few days!) - http://www.seventeen.com/reallife/re...844819-1-0-984 I decided to look up directions for seeing your aura and checked it out. The color I saw ranged from a deep, green-tinged blue to indigo. Cool!

Jenn, where are you in NFLD? (And Labrador, as they say now, but that seems to make it so geographically unspecific!) I lived in Gander for a year. I LOVE NFLD; it has such a fantastic, wild spirit. I hope to go back again some day. Did you know that our beloved Wildfire here is :queen: of Cape Breton? We have a real Atlantic provinces contingency :)

Wildfire, all quiet on the homefront? Ahhhhhhhhh! DH and I are planning a 3-day hiking trip to Fundy Nat. Park on the Labor Day weekend. It will be nice to be by ourselves for a bit :D

Zadie, a big WOOOHOOO for getting through the exam! Hope you have a windfall and don't have to be so careful of your $. Poverty sucks, as I know from experience. I was a single mom/waitress for years. I remember vowing to eat lentils and rice when times got hard (hmmmm.... I used to be slender, though, didn't I :chin: )

Anagram, I do perceive you as ageless. Which is the territory I'm hoping to move into now, too :D I find it interesting the way some people seem to project a certain age (not necessarily their own, though), and others don't. I'm quite often surprised at the ages of my online friends.

Cerise, I'm enjoying your new surroundings! Seattle always seems like a lovely spot. Going back a bit, you mentioned Barbara Kingsolver. Love her! I read "Prodigal Summer" a while back. I think it was my favorite. Who else do you like (always looking for new reading excitement!)?

:queen: Eydie, what a good idea! I intend to pursue my regal nature today! I thought when I saw your idea yesterday that, were I a queen, I would just have the attendants fluff up the pillows and feather bed, and settle in with a good novel until I drifted off. :yawn:

Frogger, WTG on meeting LDG! Yay for you! :balloons:

Kaylets, my favorite room in my house is the dining room, because it's the one that is closest to being "done." We bought a house that needed a lot of cosmetic work (linoleum fastened down with duct tape, 30-year-old dog smelly carpets -- pink shag, blue shag :eek: ) The dining room had peeling indeterminate-colored wallpaper which we stripped and then painted the room a very soft yellow. There's a butler's pantry at the back, with a nice window with stained glass and built-in china cabinets on either side. I have a collection of soft green-blue glass objets displayed in the window on the side wall. And we've inherited MIL's dining room table and chairs and china cabinet. So, along with art work and pretty blue and white Delft plates, it makes for a nice room. Now that I think of it though, the hardwood floor needs refinishing :rolleyes:

Amarantha, I know that there are places that can get the data off those discs. I hate to think of a whole novel written and just going to waste! Have you tried searching on the Internet? Congrats on being so close to LDG, too! :D

Punkin, great to see you back! And don't you look FAAAAABULOUS!!! :cb: :cb:
Bet your new duds on your newly trimmed bod get you a lot of compliments! You're doing fantastic!

To one and all, mentioned or unmentioned: Let's make this a great day! Love to all!

Wonderful Me Wednesday!
 

Wonderful Me Wednesday!
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To everyone:

YOU ARE THE BEST. From me to you, YOU ARE THE BEST.
I am inspired by nearly every post, just to share in your experience gives me perspective, understanding and broadens my horizons.
Thanks for your sharing your lives ....I hope I can return the favor!
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As for the friend I mentioned yesterday, she is a little wobbly but will be fine.

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Today's thought is:
"Motivation is like bathing, that's why we recommend it daily."
---Zig Ziglar

Question of the day:
"Do famous people have a responsibility to be good role models?"
--Table Topicss
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Really running late-- have got to go.
Take care all!
Its Wonderful Me Wednesday...no matter what happens, I am going to talk to myself like I was talking to the boss! ( and I talk very nicely to them!)

Good morning, Regal Personages. Should be a nice one here.

Thank you for the "ageless", Wood Nymph! It's truly how I feel. The 16 yr old is still in there trying to work it all out. A Petrina Pan? And we all should remember to give ouselves those leisurely days occasionally.

Fave room - the sanity saving patio if you can call it a "room".
Second - the family room/den. We've spent so many good hours there. And though it's small, when all are here we tend to crowd iin there and leave the living room isolated. Third - dining room where my computer is in an armoire that I can close off when needed - but doors are usually wide open. Blue rug, chinoiserie(?) wall paper, mahogany furniture, light blue drapes over white lace sheers, framed paintings of my kids and my favorite decoration - piles of papers that need "something" done, read, sorted, thrown out. But orderly.

I think we all need to be good role models - each in our own way. Sure it's important for "famous" people because they probably influence more for better or worse. But we each in our own lives influence others and by simply being the best that we can be we are being good role models. Many of the role models in my own life were never famous (or rich) but I've learned so much from them whilst still picking and choosing what I thought were their outstanding or admirable qualities. My Queens are all admirable role models.

Well, dh is waiting on the s.s. patio with breakfast and the paper so I will adieu. Breakfast today is Slimfast again, pool on agenda again, trying to get back in the "flow". Should be third good day in a row if all goes well.

I'MHEALTHIER THAN I'VE BEEN IN YEARS!

My $0.02
 

Hello,
Well, national night out was very good. Met most of the neighbors and they are interesting folk. Plus found out the story about the kid infestation. Turns out that someone who rents a house in the next block over has a sister who lives in Chicago who wanted her kids out of the city for the summer. Four kids. Plus their friends. So eight kids. With almost no supervision and nothing to do arround here. Well, they drove the whole neighborhood nuts and then were sent back to Chicago becuase they drover their aunt nuts too. And the landlord who did not know they were here till he started to get complaints.

Doing well with the food thing.

QOD: Yes. If you do not want to live an anonymous life you must face the fact that people will emulate you. And for people who are famous, which is a choice in 99.99% of the cases, there is a responsibility to be someone who is worth emulating.

Yo! Only missed one day but I can't see all the posts to answer because the stupid privacy software, which I don't feel like disabling because it DOES work, obviously, so after reading I'm just responding to what I remember and hope that's ok! :write: Wanted to see how long of a freight train sentence I could construct there! :write: :s:

Wood Nymph, I've asked around about getting that disk open, but everyone pleads inability! :) It actually was a good novel. I got several really long responses from publishers, more personalized comments than in the usual rejection letter. Too bad I'm far too intellectually lazy and burnt-out with writing to ever consider rewriting it. I just want to be a dietician! :)

Kaylets: Thanks for the aura link. I'm going to try it in a bit! Re the two QODs, I guess my favorite room is the computer/office room, unless I'm working at home and then my fav is the living room! :) Can't see the question about the role models, but do think it would be great to be one. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! :)

Re taking medicine, once (a long time ago when I was much stupider) I had dental surgery and as the night wore on the pain kept getting worse and worse and I thought, wow, those pain pills aren't working at all, so judgement keep going down and I took some more and the pain kept getting worse and the judgement keep getting worse because by then I was in terrible pain and hadn't had any sleep and was just lying there in the dark, so took more pain pills, which could have really been a disaster because they could have killed me, EXCEPT, I wasn't taking the pain pills, I was taking the antibiotics. So by morning, I was still alive and in terrible pain and had taken ALL the antibiotics that were supposed to last seven days. Moral being, don't put two bottles of pills beside the bed at night and take them in the dark. In fact, don't put bottles of pills by the bed and take them in the dark at all. Always get up and go to medicine closet and turn on the light and look at the bottle AND only take the recommended dose even if you think it's not working! ALWAYS!

Eydie: Yes, it was sad about the woman who wouldn't sit with her family to eat because she was "unworthy" ... that show troubled me because as I said, I actually weigh and measure everything, not to mention logging it into my new software program or writing it on paper for logging later. But like you, I do it because I feel it's just the best way to stay in control and avoid sabotaging my goals ... I hesitate to say that word, Dr. P, but for me this is not a negative ... I am not suffering because of it ... I am not feeling "unworthy" ... I am not forcing small children to eat that way and I am not depriving myself of the pleasure of food ... for me, it's just fun and enlightening to "make the connection" between what I am eating and what I weigh and to realize that small manipulations have and are making so much difference. I would not have lost 100 pounds by not weighing, measuring and counting. It would not have happened.

Hmmm. Why am I feeling the need to justify this to Dr. P, who doesn't care or know me? :s: But I have often been told I'm obsessed ... usually by people who could afford to lose a few pounds!!! :s:

Ok, rambling. Have a whole agenda. Gotta go!!!

:wave:

Addendum: Ok, I see the QOD! This is actually a topic (among the zillions) that I mention a lot to people and they roll their eyes in a "there she goes" fashion ...

IMO, people who are "famous" per se don't have any obligation to be role models, BUT I have a strong belief that society should or must hold certain people up to a higher standard of behavior and ethical judgement. These are the people in positions of power (such as the president, judges, police officers) and people who lead others (such as teachers, the clergy, physicians, counselors, etc.) ... an overlapping category contains people who hold their positions by dint of professing sets of moral, ethical or spiritual values that seemingly place them in a light of superiority over others.

Another category might be people who by simple virtue of their jobs influence events, collective values and simply what people pay attention to on a given day. That category would include members of the media, writers, journalists, tv anchormen, editors, photographers, etc., as well as the corporate giants who act as gatekeepers to what gets attention on the media. Online bloggers, editors, writers, etc., would also qualify.

Ok, now I really have to go pay bills. :write:

Week's-half-over Wednesday! :cb:

Enjoyed my visit with my gurls immensely last weekend, but I'm looking forward to a quiet, lazy weekend in a couple days.... :faint:

Sat out on mom's covered front porch yesterday afternoon and watched an amazing thunder storm (yes Anagram, a porch is like having another room!). One flash was so close the thunder hit before the flash was gone - and you could feel the hair on your body raise - too close, time to go in! :eek: But it was beautiful to watch.

I made a decision yesterday to make a home gym. I have a spare room that gets used once a year - with a futon, my computer... well, the computer can stay, but the futon's going in the tv room and my elliptical, step, yoga stuff, etc. is all going to find a home in that room. I already have a nice portable stereo to go in there and extra VCR, I just need to find a small tv.... Imagine....exercising without having one of the cats attacking me! :cb:

Amarantha, I wish I would've seen that Dr. P show. Every Sunday I spend a little time and measure out my cereal into 5 Gladware containers for the week. I do the same with salads - I make 5 at once and throw them in the frige (looove Gladware!). I've even been known to put my salad dressing into 5 of those little 2T Tupperware containers... It may seem extreme to some - but it makes my life much simpler and makes healthy eating much less of a choice. Sounds like the lady on Dr. P may be going a little above and beyond - but for people "like us" there's a huge element of control in doing it.

Zadie, I envy your night out. They were talking about how it went in Portland and it sounded like fun. I could stand on my front porch and not even see the houses next to me! :dz:

Kaylets, good to hear that your friend's going to be ok. That's scary! I hope this doesn't sound too harsh, but when you've got different meds in your possession, doesn't it make sense to *read* the lable to make sure you've got the right one before you put it in your body? She's lucky it was a minor "oops".

Frogger reached her goal!!!!! :dance: :cb: :dance: :bubbles: :encore:
I'm 2.8 from mine - riiiiiight behind ya!

Arabella, DH may have a good idea - rest! Sometimes you've just got to give in to what your body's telling you. I've learned if you don't, you end up getting sick - your body's way of saying "sit DOWN already!". :lol: Be a sloth and enjoy!

Jenn, I'd miss my fruits n' veggies too much too. Maybe that's why Atkins never appealed to me. I figure, I didn't get fat eating carrots, why should I cut *them* out??

Q o' the day ~
I agree that we *all* are responsible for being positive role models, but on the question of whether celebrities should be or not, I think they absolutely should. THEY chose to be public figures and they have to assume/accept/expect that someone, whether it's a child or an adult, is going to look to their actions as setting a bar of what's acceptable or not.
The basketball team here, the Portland Trailblazers, has a guy who's been busted for pot 4 TIMES in the last year n' a half (hence the "Jailblazers" nickname the team has). The most recent bust was at an airport where he laughed and admitted the pot was his when it was found at security. He laughed, sends a good message doesn't it? Certain adults are going to be thinking it's funny or cool to do pot, and kids? Oh, I shudder to think of how they think you can do drugs, be famous, rich and get away with breaking the law... :rolleyes:

Ok, offa da :soap:

Toodles for now!

Terri

Hi Sweet Ones!

Amarantha, I've been called obsessed by folks who could use a few pounds too. Speaking of role models, I'd like to be at my goal weight so I can be one!

Punkinseed, I'd love to have a real home gym! Right now, I have the treadmill in the bedroom, dumbells and videos in the living room, weights in the basement. It's a dream to have it all together--maybe someday. Cant wait till you post the pic of your 'temple of fitness'!:)

Anagram, I think of you and your patio of sanity when I'm rushing around in the morning and longing to have my coffee out on the deck. I'll make that my challenge---I'll relax on the deck and report back!;)

Tried something new: a Crenshaw melon---quite yummy! Anybody else tried anything new and healthy and good?

Amarantha, let's resolve to get that novel out of those discs. Do you know what the discs are called? How old are they? I remember some pre-floppy discs. I might even have access to a computer that still has a drive for them, if that's what these are.

Punkin, I sort of have a home gym ... at least a room where I used to workout before joining the gym ... it's a laundry room now, but served me very well and was a wonderful sanctuary. It's a great idea for you to set that up ... you might get a small bench as well ... they aren't expensive and make weights so much easier.

I personally lust for a Bowflex, but that's another story!!! :s:

Arabella, these disks are absolutely unretrievable ... believe me, you've never seen anything like them :) ... can't imagine why I thought they were the wave of the future ... anyway, it doesn't really matter to me as I don't seem to want to be a writer anymore ... I might like to write trashy romance novels with no redeeming social value, though? :chin:

Thanks, guys, for weighing in on the portioning out thing. Dunno why but I get bothered by these things. Punkin, I do the same thing with all my food when I get it home from the store. I weigh and measure everything and mark it and if it's not in my new diet computer program, I create the item so when I eat a serving, I can just log it.

Having this program in my computer has been really nice. It's not perfect (e.g., I can't delete food items from the database and it still lapses into French) but it's really helpful. I love the graphics. I figured out what the strange cabalistic stone graphics is all about (it's called "THE PODIUM") ... it shows you what items made up the bulk of your calories, carbs, proteins, fats ... the numbers come at you on the screen and land on THE PODIUM ... it's wonderfully ritualistic.

Anyway, I'm digressing and need to go. Avanti!

Hello you lovely losers!

I saw that Dr. Phil show, too. I don't think the problem was in the portioning, weighing, and measuring that she was doing. It was in how she was treating herself emotionally and what she was putting her kids through. Can you imagine being so messed up that you didn't feel worthy of sitting at the dinner table with your family, regardless of what you ate, or if you ate at all? Those kids are going to have food obsessions being subjected to what she puts them through. Now, there's nothing wrong with serving healthy portions and foods, but forbidding your child to have more if they are telling you they are still hungry just sets the stage for bingeing when they have control of what they eat, how much, and when. Sad, that her parents and society turn out people with these problems.

Nope, nothing wrong with planning, portioning, weighing, and measuring when you are on a program to lose weight, as we are. We don't force the people in our lives to do the same, or forbid them to eat!

Eydie, what does a crenshaw melon look/taste like?

YAHOOO FROGGER!!! :cb: :bravo: :encore: You've reached your goal for Labor day, with almost a month to spare!

zadie, your neighborhood get-together sounds great! I wish every neighborhood did it. We barely greet each other these days, don't know anyone personally....too much time working and time spent inside or on the back deck. I miss the days I knew my neighbors and people gathered in front yards.

Kaylets, glad your friend has no lasting side effects from the medication mix-up. Scary!

Arabella, yes, very quiet around here! Quite nice, actually. The days are going faster than I'd like, since I'm on vacation, but I guess I can't have it all! When do you get your bike? I rode mine to the market today, and a friend saw me....she said I looked like I dropped right out of a Paris tourist brochure....cropped pants and striped tee, riding along with a fresh baguette and cut flowers in my basket. :lol: I suppose the neighborhood is referring to me as the crazy lady on the red bike....but I don't care! :bubbles:

Ah, laundry calls....hello to all! :wave:

Hello all!

No Punkin, not harsh at all----in fact, I have been suspecting a servere loss in vision but had no proof-- except that floors, lawn, clothing appeared to need "tidying" but then, sometimes, I get sloppy or the grass gets a little unruly. But when someone tells you they just changed to go out, are not mowing this week because it doesnt need to be done-- etc,etc.

I did suggest perhaps keeping the daytime meds on one shelf and the nighttime on another but was told the caps are different colors and she was just distracted or complacent. ( Really used the word complacent to describe herself).

What really annoys me is that so few people know how to deal w/this type of situation-- She waited almost too long-- but kept eating hoping to even out the extra meds. Ate a very big candy bar, etc, and finally a PB and J sandwich which seemed to make a big difference in the long run. Yet, the ER gave her a glucose IV and kept her there nearly 6 hrs monitoring her. And wouldnt let her leave until she ate another meal.
My husband takes type II meds and I have no idea what to do if he takes too much accidentally. I will make it my business to find out.

A QOD a while back brought up a question to me about my collections--
I love books too but for the most part, try to limit what I keep.
I spent almost 2 yrs recollecting vinyl music albums as I regretted selling my original collection. Luckily I have even more than before as many people were dumping. I was able to pick up entire collections of some jazz musicians, etc. In fact, I should bring the stereo in this room and stack them up!
I also collect but very selectively, Precious Moments. The very first was a gift as my wedding cake topper, ( a couple in car that plays music . Its called Roads to Happiness).
The most recent I found yardsaing and it has a girl in curlers standing on scale with a box of candy in her hand and its called "The Spirit is Willing but the Flesh is Weak". In fact, that one is right here in front of the monitor.
I also collect, pins to wear on a collar or blazer. The more unusual, old, distinctive the better.
I have had to stop my obsession for Pfaltzgraff dishes. I love at least 10 of their patterns and the reality of it is, how many dishes can anyone use??
Now, I just try to buy to resell or I have to let something else go to keep a new piece.
Just this past Christmas, I started collecting Fontanni Nativity figures. I have a very special stable that is nearly 3 ft tall by 3 ft wide. I chose the Fonatanni line of figures as they make all walks of life-- as soon as I saw the women shepherds, I said "And why not... " .

As you all know, I collect motivational and uplifting quotes, books,
websites, people, etc.
I also love really clever stories that are funny without putting anyone down.

Ok-- know I'm forgetting something.

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Frogger- GOOD FOR YOU!! And look how many excuses you could have made, " things are packed, its crazy now, I'm too busy, tired, etc...." You are doing fantastic.

And Punkin, you too, with everything going on, I know you say your meals are the only thing you feel you can control-- yet, hats off to you, you are really doing it.

I have gone on way too long and dishes are still not in the dishwasher....

Take care all!

Punkin, I love the gladware idea. You're brilliant! :D

Wildfire, a crenshaw melon looks like a rather homely honeydew melon. I just asked dh how he would describe it and he said 'like melons would look 100 years ago, before they became so uniform-looking.' Tasted very sweet too-worth asking around. And I'm sure one would fit perfectly in your bicycle basket!;)

Kaylets, I loved hearing about your collections. It's great to get a peek into your life. [I'm going to look up Fontanni---gotta see the shepherd women!]

Good night, all!

Hello all!

Melons are my favorite too! seasonal fruit really is so good--
a good lesson in enjoying the moment.

Did I ask already if anyone is taking Black Cohosh for PeriMenopausal symptons?? ( and how are you supposed to know when Peri ends and that you are in Menopause anyway??)

I have some symptons and believe I am feeling some "flushing" but since its the summer and also very humid.....its a little hard to pin it down-- I am expecting ( but not hoping) symptons to worsen and would like to know what might help. I am not impressed with the HRT info out there so am looking for "an alternative".

WW's home page says "Watch for Flex points " I'm really excited to see the new program- I am getting really motivated and want to ride the "draft" of the momentum of the Revised Program.
Some folks are upset because program is working well for them and that's great but in my experience, every time WW's revises itself, its for the better. I sure don't miss the fish 5X a week, citrus every morning, liver 1X a week-- not that I don't enjoy any of those things but that is not a good fit for me-- I need choices--

A girlfriend is interested in the South Beach Diet-- shes tried WW's a few times and admires my success yet she is the opposite --- her personality is more "black/white" -- she prefers having a rigid program. I might be able to do that for a few weeks but then would BINGE on every thing I could lay my hands on. I need VARIETY< CHOICES< SATISFACTION<.

I gave up my "No coffee " experiment. Dh quit a week b/4 I did.
I wastn losing any faster and also had a horrid sinus headache last weekend ( most of you lived thru it w/ me) and finally remembered that caffiene if in a lot of the medications. And it worked. So now I'm back to two cups a day and am trying another over the counter sinus medication and that loud THUMPING you've been hearing ( from the front of my face) is GONE! What a difference!


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Today's thought is:
"Every Exit is an Entry somewhere else"
---Tom Stoppard

Question of the day :
"What is your favorite evening entertainment?"
--Table Topics
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I'm healthier than I've been in years and its really starting to show! ( Thanks for the reminder Anagram!)

Take care!