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Healthy LifeStyle: Friday check-in

When we last left off I was not a happy person.  I had just weighed in at 156.8  This was two weeks ago; after Jordan's birthday and before Thanksgiving.  Thanksgiving has come and gone, so have all the left-overs.  I haven't started my Christmas baking, yet; but probably will get started this weekend. 

Okay, are you ready?  This morning's official weigh-in weight is----drum roll please----151.4!!

We leave for our trip in five weeks and five days.  I can't see getting to my goal weight by then, but I am absolutely confident that I will have lost the initial 20 pounds maybe even 25 pounds by then!  Even though we are in the midst of the Christmas season;  I just have to make smart decisions---take the whole week into account when I'm making my food choices for the day.  Not, just that one day.

Slow and steady wins the race and I'm this close >< to being half-way there!

Stuck in the house---there's a lion on the loose!

We just heard that there is a lion (or tiger or some other large cat) running loose in the woods nearby. Apparently this creature lives just across the highway and up about 1/10 of mile from us and has managed to escape from it's cage.  Supposedly there are a bunch of State Troopers out looking for it. Do you think I'm going to walk down to the end of my road to check it out?!? H*ll no!

Darcy and Baron won't be allowed outside by themselves, either. Especially since they are always on a chain---they wouldn't have a prayer of getting away.

I hope it doesn't decide that OC would make a good meal. Damn! I need to find her---but what can I do with her??? I can't let her in the house because I'm way too allergic.

How to Save Gasoline

***this has been edited as someone pointed out that it was not said by George Carlin.  It still sounds good, whether or not George said it.  Which is why I'm not deleting the whole post, but am adding this disclaimer instead.  (godin-van-cynisme; thanks for the heads up and the link, )

Recieved via e-mail.

 

Solution to Save Gasoline

Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use.....

The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport 11 million illegal immigrants!

That would be 11 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would come down.....

Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the Border....

When they catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq ..

Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve a tour in the military....

Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.....

After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country.....

He will also be registered to be taxed and be a legal patriot..... .

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for themselves.. ...

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo.....

Problem solved.....

If you think this is a good solution to both the problems, forward it to your friends. ............

I just did.........

 

    

 

 

QotD: Vox Potluck

If your Vox Neighborhood had a potluck dinner tonight, what dish, drink or dessert would you bring?

If I knew about the potluck yesterday (so I had time to get to the grocery store); I'd make my homemade from scratch lasagna. 

I'd also bake my Deep Dark Chocolate cake. 

Yummy!!

Thanks----I'll go have my oatmeal now.  ~sigh~

Trip question

As many of you know in January the company my husband and I work for is sending us to Hyderabad, India to do some extra training.  On our way back home we will be stopping in Paris for an extra week to take a long overdue honeymoon/vacation.  (Married 15 years in March 2008)  We will be gone from January 9th and not getting home until nearly midnight on the 27th.  While we are in India the time difference will be about 11.5 hours (noon at home will be 11:30 at night in India).  When we are in Paris the difference will be 7 hours (noon=7:00 at night).

Jordan has just turned 12.  My parents are coming to stay with him while we are gone so he can go to school.  Should we plan on trying to call and talk with him everyday or do you think an every other day (or maybe even every third day) would be okay?  I know that when Jordan is visiting his grandparents we will go two or three days w/o talking to him---but then at the most he is only two hours away.  It looks like calling while in India won't be that big of a deal; I can call him first thing in the morning for me, and it will be suppertime for him.  It will be while we are in Paris/Rome that the time difference will create a bigger challenge.  The 'Mom' in me wants to talk to him everyday.  I'm not sure that it will be completely possible though, as he will be in school during the times it would be easiest for us to call.

What have you done when/if you've been away on a business trip?  How often did you touch base with your child?

A LadyBug of a Different Color

Checkout the cluster of LadyBugs that has decided to call our storm shelter home for the winter.  I guess I didn't realize, until I saw them all gathered up like this, that LadyBugs come in a variety of colors.

 

Ladybugs

QotD: Holiday Shopping

Did you shop for great deals on Black Friday or Cyber Monday?  Or did you observe Buy Nothing Day?

I shopped on both Friday and on Monday.  I have about 3/4's of my shopping done.  I just have the difficult to buy for people left.  My Dad, Chris's Dad, Chris's brother-in-law are so hard to shop for.  I have a couple of 'easy' to find something for people left, too: Chris's Mom and sister.  Other than those five, I think I'm done....I'll have to go back through my list to make sure I haven't forgotten anyone.

Thanksgiving weekend

It's Sunday night.  The long weekend is over.  We had a good time this weekend.  Wednesday we went over to Chris's parents house where I was in charge of making Thanksgiving Dinner.  So, my first order of business was to go shopping!  Went to the Wal~Mart that I used to work at.  I saw many people that I knew/remembered me.  It was kind of nice to touch base again after all this time.  Kind of sad, too.  Because all of these people have aged....that can only mean that I've aged too.  I can only hope that I am aging well.  Got back to the house and made two pumpkin pies and a blueberry pie.  This made Paul mad because I did not bake him an apple pie.  ~whatever~ six people do NOT need four pies.  Especially when five of the six are overweight and at least one of them has diabetes.

Thanksgiving morning came around and I spent the day watching the parade and cooking.  My mother-in-law, bless her heart, can not stay out of the kitchen...she ended up doing the majority of the cleaning.  Which was just fine with me---I hate cleaning up a kitchen.  The turkey turned out beautifully; it was moist all the way through.  I made homemade noodles and they turned out so good that Chris told me on the way home that mine were better than his mother's.  I told him that I can't take all of the credit, his mother was right there directing me the whole way through and adding her own touch here and there.

Friday morning Chris and I got up and hit the stores.  I had laid out my plan the day before and was successfully disappointed by my first two stops.  Neither store had the items that I wanted.  Oh well---I went in knowing that I most likely wouldn't get those items anyway.  Wal~Mart shopping was much more successful.  I can't believe some of the 'Secret Deals' we got in on just because I happened to check out Wal~Mart's website on Thursday.

We came home on Saturday and started putting out our Christmas decorations.  We are not finished yet as we have so many boxes to put away....and I want to put up another tree and my nativity scene.

Back to work tomorrow.  I have to go to T-Town as I have a Dentist appointment.  fun.

Here is a shot of me with all the yummy food I made for Thanksgiving.

 

Trish--Thanksgiving Dinner

Adventures at Target

Tuesday evening after work we stopped by Target to pick up some flavored coffee that I can't find at any other store and a gift card to send to my sister-in-law so she can get the girls a wagon for Christmas.  (Was going to order it on-line but shipping was $50.)  So, I picked up my coffee, picked out a cute gift card and headed to the check-out.  Paid for my purchases, picked up my bags and left the store.  We drove our 60+ miles home and when we got there the gift card was missing! 

I immediately called the store and asked them what my options were.  They basically told me I was just tough out of luck there wasn't anything they could do since the gift card (and I) left the store.  I politely asked to speak to the manager.  An extremely young sounding girl got on the phone and in a very un-manager like way told me there wasn't anything they could do.

Chris went to the Target website and found an 800# for lost/stolen gift cards.  I called it and talked with a nice man from a call-center in India.  At first he told me that I needed to return to the store that night.  Which couldn't happen as the store was closing in less than an hour and it was 60+ miles away.  So, after explaining to George that we couldn't make it back to the store he promptly cancelled the lost card told me how to get a replacement card.  Much much better customer service from the guy in India than from the person 60 miles away.  tsk tsk tsk.

I'm not at all happy with Target right now.  If it wasn't the only place around that I can find the flavors of General International Foods Coffees that I like----I might quit going.  But, really....what good is a one person boycott??

QotD: Black Friday

When do you start your holiday shopping?

I shop year 'round.  If I see something that I know someone on my list will love, then I pick it up....especially if it is on sale.  I've been known to to pick something up on Dec. 26th and hold on to it for 364 days before giving it to it's intended recipient.

I love a sale.