I'll let it go .... When YOU GO AWAY!!!
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Cat meets Rat ....
Here are some pictures I took last week of our cat Weasley and a rat who climbed a tree in our front yard. The 2nd picture is amazing!! I cannot believe I actually got that shot! In fact .... I probably need to post all 3 of these photos together and maybe even the little video I got!
Truth is .... I saw the rat climbing the tree and I got our cat Weasley and put him on the tree, too ... and he took off after the rat. The last picture is Weasley backing down. He ended up leaving the tree and I had to get to the gym. When I left, the rat was still out on the branch. When I returned neither cat nor rat were around. We have yet to find rat parts for this particular rat ... notice the tip of his tail is missing .... no tail-tipless-back-halves of rats have shown up.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Whew .... Finally Recovering!
WOW .... I had a nasty cold!! I haven't been sick like that in 12 years .... It didn't actually take me DOWN down .... but it sure lingered. I still have a little cough left ... but plan to go back to full workouts tomorrow. Yay!! I have really missed it! It is just so hard to swim when you have to cough all the time!
I am also going to add some StairMaster to my workouts .... starting very slowly. They have 4 machines at the gym. I just notice that I find stairs get my heart racing .... we climbed a lot of stairs during the UNT tour with Robbie and I got out of breath way too easily. They say swimming is supposed to be a great Cardio work-out ... but I am not feeling it! I guess I need to really seriously use my heart-rate monitor and push myself more than I am. Play faster music and swim with the beat!!
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Tom and I had a nice evening with La and Allen last night. Champagne and beers and cheese and crackers and fruits and dark chocolate .... yummy! Hot Tub and conversation and laughter. La is such a sweet person and Allen has really begun to open up around us ... he is so shy! I am looking forward to him getting the boat out again and going out on the lake. La's life has kind of opened up now that her tailbone doesn't hurt her as much. I think she actually is looking younger, too! Pain is so wearing and so debilitating. I know she had to feel like a new person without the constant pain!
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Spending time online with The Accountables is going well. Some very nice people on the boards. There are still issues there .... but I think the truth is beginning to emerge. I went into FP to drop a note to Sweeney on her B-Day .... and also posted a note to Catmadam about her inch loss and her weightloss .... so in response, Accountables got a "visit" from WF and Catmadam. I once again posted a nice note to Cat .... no response. ((Edit: Catmadam DID respond by starting a new thread in FP which basically took my post to her as an insult. So ... for you Catmadam fans ... Cat absolutely did NOT forbid me to talk to her. Admin_John suggested I not talk to her. However ... I hoped that giving her a sincere compliment would be okay ... I guess I shouldn't have prefaced it as I did. I apologize profusely to Catmadam and her fans. I sincerely only meant to compliment.)) Sweeney didn't even stop by on her B-Day ... but still, I thought of her!
I do have a couple of new people reading .... one from Carol Stream, Illinois ... and one from Washington DC ..... I know who they are .... but wonder why they care. Q-Ball is still reading but now shows up as being from Holt, Michigan. I have absolutely ZERO idea why SHE cares .... I am pretty sure she hates me ... although I have no idea why.
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Tom and I are half-on-half-off SBD .... but we are both doing great with going to the gym and maintaining weightloss .... I think exercise and the routine of going and doing is probably the overall best thing we are doing!! I am FEELING so much better ... it may be the Iron Pills? Fish Oil? Vitamins?? Exercise?? All of the above?? Whatever it is ... it works for me.
I am also going to add some StairMaster to my workouts .... starting very slowly. They have 4 machines at the gym. I just notice that I find stairs get my heart racing .... we climbed a lot of stairs during the UNT tour with Robbie and I got out of breath way too easily. They say swimming is supposed to be a great Cardio work-out ... but I am not feeling it! I guess I need to really seriously use my heart-rate monitor and push myself more than I am. Play faster music and swim with the beat!!
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Tom and I had a nice evening with La and Allen last night. Champagne and beers and cheese and crackers and fruits and dark chocolate .... yummy! Hot Tub and conversation and laughter. La is such a sweet person and Allen has really begun to open up around us ... he is so shy! I am looking forward to him getting the boat out again and going out on the lake. La's life has kind of opened up now that her tailbone doesn't hurt her as much. I think she actually is looking younger, too! Pain is so wearing and so debilitating. I know she had to feel like a new person without the constant pain!
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Spending time online with The Accountables is going well. Some very nice people on the boards. There are still issues there .... but I think the truth is beginning to emerge. I went into FP to drop a note to Sweeney on her B-Day .... and also posted a note to Catmadam about her inch loss and her weightloss .... so in response, Accountables got a "visit" from WF and Catmadam. I once again posted a nice note to Cat .... no response. ((Edit: Catmadam DID respond by starting a new thread in FP which basically took my post to her as an insult. So ... for you Catmadam fans ... Cat absolutely did NOT forbid me to talk to her. Admin_John suggested I not talk to her. However ... I hoped that giving her a sincere compliment would be okay ... I guess I shouldn't have prefaced it as I did. I apologize profusely to Catmadam and her fans. I sincerely only meant to compliment.)) Sweeney didn't even stop by on her B-Day ... but still, I thought of her!
I do have a couple of new people reading .... one from Carol Stream, Illinois ... and one from Washington DC ..... I know who they are .... but wonder why they care. Q-Ball is still reading but now shows up as being from Holt, Michigan. I have absolutely ZERO idea why SHE cares .... I am pretty sure she hates me ... although I have no idea why.
Ms Owings Mills, Maryland ... whom I believe to be MsWillow ... has learned how to hide her path from the SiteMeter .... and someone else has learned how to hide behind AOL. Why am I so important to these people?
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Tom and I are half-on-half-off SBD .... but we are both doing great with going to the gym and maintaining weightloss .... I think exercise and the routine of going and doing is probably the overall best thing we are doing!! I am FEELING so much better ... it may be the Iron Pills? Fish Oil? Vitamins?? Exercise?? All of the above?? Whatever it is ... it works for me.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Fresh Start ....
Well ... my goodness this BLOG attracted a lot of attention lately!!
Due to a couple of kind emails from people who will remain un-named, unless they wish to be named, I have basically hidden most of the posts which have to do with my dealings with The South Beach Diet Online and the Message Boards there. The posts still exist, they are just not available for public view at the moment.
Kind words and kind treatment of me and my friends will always get Kindness in return from me. And all I ever wanted was a safe place for me and my friends to play and feel welcome. Kindness will hopefully lead to more kindness will hopefully lead to more kindness ...
You will find a few other things changed on here, too .... but hopefully they won't be an issue to any of my readers.
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March 28, 2008
Fresh Start has been canceled. Once again the TROLLS have been messing with me and mine in SBDO. So the truth is once again here for all to read. Lots of trolling activity on the site meter. Most are using software to hide themselves. To me, that sings of guilt ... but ... whatever.
Due to a couple of kind emails from people who will remain un-named, unless they wish to be named, I have basically hidden most of the posts which have to do with my dealings with The South Beach Diet Online and the Message Boards there. The posts still exist, they are just not available for public view at the moment.
Kind words and kind treatment of me and my friends will always get Kindness in return from me. And all I ever wanted was a safe place for me and my friends to play and feel welcome. Kindness will hopefully lead to more kindness will hopefully lead to more kindness ...
You will find a few other things changed on here, too .... but hopefully they won't be an issue to any of my readers.
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March 28, 2008
Fresh Start has been canceled. Once again the TROLLS have been messing with me and mine in SBDO. So the truth is once again here for all to read. Lots of trolling activity on the site meter. Most are using software to hide themselves. To me, that sings of guilt ... but ... whatever.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Issues with Gravity ...
Yep .... that's what it is .... Issues with Gravity. THAT is why I weigh so much! The Earth is pulling me more than it should. And that is why I enjoy water so much ... I am weightless in it! I float really really well! I swim pretty well. I wish I could stay underwater and swim, but my butt floats to the top before everything else ... sigh.
I love listening to my iPod while walking and swimming and I can kick it into gear while swimming when a good song comes on .... but when I am walking and a good song comes on, and I WANT to kick it into gear, I just can't. Some of my music makes me want to do fancy dance steps and jigs and skips and I just can't do it! I feel glued to the Earth. And I don't like that feeling. I need to try to break that grip. Maybe try to jog a little? Maybe skip a little? Maybe jump rope?
I am jealous of Caterry's post about running on air .... I can't imagine. But she is a runner ... so she is going for the "runner's high". And she can run. Sheesh ... I can't imagine running ... but maybe I should try ... a little at a time .... a quick-step ...?
I love listening to my iPod while walking and swimming and I can kick it into gear while swimming when a good song comes on .... but when I am walking and a good song comes on, and I WANT to kick it into gear, I just can't. Some of my music makes me want to do fancy dance steps and jigs and skips and I just can't do it! I feel glued to the Earth. And I don't like that feeling. I need to try to break that grip. Maybe try to jog a little? Maybe skip a little? Maybe jump rope?
I am jealous of Caterry's post about running on air .... I can't imagine. But she is a runner ... so she is going for the "runner's high". And she can run. Sheesh ... I can't imagine running ... but maybe I should try ... a little at a time .... a quick-step ...?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
My iPod ....
I thought I might share some of the music that I enjoy swimming and walking to! I do have a waterproof iPod Shuffle which my dear hubby got me for Christmas from http://www.swimman.com . It is a real iPod Shuffle ... 1gig ... which has been waterproofed for swimming. It comes with a special pair of headphones, along with the regular headphones ... and it really does work in the water!
So .... my playlist varies .... and iTunes makes it so easy to change things up! But I have noticed certain songs which really make me smile and swim or walk faster ...
Swing the Mood ... by Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers
In the Mood ... by Glenn Miller
Kokomo ... by the Beach Boys
Sweet Emotion ... by AeroSmith
Smooth, Maria Maria, Oye Como Va, and several others .... Sanatana
Jesus is Just Alright .... Doobie Brothers
Several Celtic tunes by various artists ...
The waterproof headphones don't even bother me at all anymore .... and I stopped using the neosporin which was kind of messy .... I need to get a picture of my goggle/headphone/iPod rig to post here .... I'll do that soon. But it works really well. I love being alone in the water with my music ... weightless ... it is great! I could probably swim more than I am already .... and will probably up my minutes or start doing it more than 3 times a week ...
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Here are the Lyrics to "CALEDONIA" by Dougie MacClean:
I don't know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid
That I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
That make me think about where I came from
And that's the reason why I seem
So far away today
Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me
And now I'm going home
If I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything
I've ever had ...
Now I have moved and I've kept on moving
Proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
Stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have traveled hard with coattails flying
Somewhere in the wind
(Chorus)
Now I'm sitting here before the fire
The empty room, the forest choir
The flames that could not get any higher
They've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking my way is clear
And I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow
Then I will disappear ...
WOW .... the lyrics were even more apt then I knew at the time! I am enjoying my time with the Accountables ... people can find me there if they want to. I've noticed increased activity viewing this BLOG ... but then, they never did really stop checking on me, did they? Now they are ramping it up to daily visits instead of just occasional hits.
Okay .... gotta go update my Journal ...
So .... my playlist varies .... and iTunes makes it so easy to change things up! But I have noticed certain songs which really make me smile and swim or walk faster ...
Swing the Mood ... by Jive Bunny and the Master Mixers
In the Mood ... by Glenn Miller
Kokomo ... by the Beach Boys
Sweet Emotion ... by AeroSmith
Smooth, Maria Maria, Oye Como Va, and several others .... Sanatana
Jesus is Just Alright .... Doobie Brothers
Several Celtic tunes by various artists ...
The waterproof headphones don't even bother me at all anymore .... and I stopped using the neosporin which was kind of messy .... I need to get a picture of my goggle/headphone/iPod rig to post here .... I'll do that soon. But it works really well. I love being alone in the water with my music ... weightless ... it is great! I could probably swim more than I am already .... and will probably up my minutes or start doing it more than 3 times a week ...
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Here are the Lyrics to "CALEDONIA" by Dougie MacClean:
I don't know if you can see
The changes that have come over me
In these last few days I've been afraid
That I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
That make me think about where I came from
And that's the reason why I seem
So far away today
Oh, but let me tell you that I love you
That I think about you all the time
Caledonia you're calling me
And now I'm going home
If I should become a stranger
You know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything
I've ever had ...
Now I have moved and I've kept on moving
Proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing
Found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying
Stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have traveled hard with coattails flying
Somewhere in the wind
(Chorus)
Now I'm sitting here before the fire
The empty room, the forest choir
The flames that could not get any higher
They've withered now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking my way is clear
And I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands are shaken and the kisses flow
Then I will disappear ...
WOW .... the lyrics were even more apt then I knew at the time! I am enjoying my time with the Accountables ... people can find me there if they want to. I've noticed increased activity viewing this BLOG ... but then, they never did really stop checking on me, did they? Now they are ramping it up to daily visits instead of just occasional hits.
Okay .... gotta go update my Journal ...
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