Today my head is in that place it goes when I’m feeling very blessed in my life. I’m taking deep, grateful breaths and just being glad for so many things. I’ve taken 10 giant steps back and slowed my racing pulse, realizing that “wasting” those extra 5 minutes at a stoplight really is not something [...]
Archive for July, 2007
Just Breathe
Posted in Things to Ponder on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Monday is Cold Shower Day
Posted in Various and Sundry on July 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
And so is Saturday and so is Sunday! My water heater croaked somewhere in the middle of the night Friday, so that when I woke up Saturday and ran a quick HOUR on the elliptical trainer, and my natural impulse after that was to take a nice warm shower, guess what? No dice. All that came out [...]
Down
Posted in Various and Sundry on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I think I may sell my country house. I love it, but I cannot afford it. I mean, really, I can’t. I’ve spent so much time trying to justify the expense, but I’m tired and I’m sad and I just don’t want to justify anything anymore.
I want to go home, crawl underneath my covers and [...]
Skinny Jeans
Posted in Weight Watchers Journey on July 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I weighed in last night at Weight Watchers, and to be honest, I’m not at all impressed with my 0.6 pound weight loss over the past 2 weeks. Really not impressed. And no amount of “You really don’t have that much to lose in the first place so it’s going to be harder for you,” [...]
Denise Vacation… (aka: that selfish beotch)
Posted in Girlie Complaining on July 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Denise is going on vacation, so she’ll be gone for 6 whole work days and believe me, I’m quite annoyed with her lame ass about this. Not that I’m calling her selfish… er, okay, I am. But still, what are friends for if not for calling you mean names behind your back? Besides, how great can [...]
Boy TV
Posted in Girlie Complaining on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My husband regularly watches television programming I find stupid, but yesterday he was watching Pinks on the Speed channel and let me tell you, that show is beyond stupid.
The premise is this: two guys with suped-up cars spot each other on the internet or wherever guys with suped-up cars find each other, and challenge each other [...]
Sleepless
Posted in The Adventures of Eco Girl on July 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been hot here in sunny Colorado — I mean HOT. And in light of my attempts at “greener” living, I’ve really been rationing my family’s use of air conditioning at home. No, I haven’t made them quit “cold turkey” (pun intended), but the thermostat never falls below 78 degrees, and around 9pm we turn off [...]
Big Fluffy Slippers
Posted in Old Favorites on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
September 2006
My younger daughter owns a pair of the biggest, fluffiest, ugliest slippers on the planet. They look like Oscar the Grouch, except rainbow colored. But that really isn’t where I’m going with this. This morning, she wore them to school in lieu of regular shoes. No big deal, in my opinion, as long as [...]
Dieting
Posted in Old Favorites on July 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
October 2006
What a wretched word, ya know? “Dieting.” Ick. But, that’s what I’m up to again these days, since my bathroom scale is groaning in the mornings when I slowly step on. I’ve actually begun tiptoeing up to the thing, in fear of it rising up and running away. Hasn’t happened yet, but you never [...]
Poem
Posted in Dealing with Cancer on July 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am reading a book my mother gave to me, called “Fine Black Lines” by Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad. It’s about Lois’ journey with breast cancer, and her overall outlook on life. It’s beautiful, and if you can find it, it’s well worth reading.
If you have a chance, there is a poem on page 99, titled, [...]
