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| Wednesday, 7-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Road Trip, Weight Loss and "I Want"s....
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i want a cat!....
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....but you know who would eat it, I'm pretty sure
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i also want a tattoo...not so big like this one, & not on back.
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So I still don't have my usb cable to upload recent pix so I'm settling for some that are already on my computer. I'm going to N. Carolina this weekend BY MYSELF to go to Raleigh with my Mom so we can do the "weigh in" at a disovery store. I'd like to lose 20 lbs. Discovery Health is doing the National Body Challenge starting January 10th. For those of you with weight loss on the resolution agenda this year, go check it out! We can start our own little discussion group if you'd like. Just a thought. Let me know. I know that greater success comes when you have support and there is strength in numbers.
http://health.discovery.com/convergence/nationalbodychallenge/nationalbodychallenge.html
It will be strange to go somewhere by myself. I always am with my family. ALWAYS. God love em.
But the plan is for Mom and I to do the weigh-in, then have an old fashioned girls night out. Her and I never get to spend time alone.
Now I'm off to the plasma center to raise capital for my little road trip and weekend of entertainment. Donating plasma twice gets me gas money there and back and movie/dinner/fun money. Hey, I'm not working right now so I don't want to take any money away from the family budget. Yes, I can make a dollar stretch due to military living (since 1990). I think that's a good thing. It's not a complaint. I/we have all we need.
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| Sunday, 4-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Me with my little niece who calls me "best friend"
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still no smoking!!! I'm proud of myself. But tonight when I was walking the girl (dog), I smelled smoke in the air and felt like knocking over a tree, rolling it up and smoking it. Luckily, I'm not Popeye. Damn. He smokes too. Nevermind. I just keep telling myself how nasty smoking is. How bad it looks. How bad it is. I feel better already.
Next week is back to class for me. I've SOOO enjoyed my holiday break from reality. I almost wrote that I got by with no trips to the emergency room, but then had to recant in my brain because I had to take my husband to the E.R for his sinusitus. It wasn't emergency but that's where we have to go when we're traveling (military...gotta love military medical insurance...nuff said). What you have to understand is that with 4 boys, I've aquired an unwritten quota of at least once a month minimum to go to the E.R. I don't dare say it outloud if a month has gone by without a visit for fear that someone will spontaneously break an arm. Stitches..broken jaw....elbows/shoulders out of socket....seizure (from a darned urinary tract infection!)...skateboard accidents...the list goes on...I'll write a book some day. I'd dress them in football gear everyday if it weren't so bulky. Jeesh, how did I get on that rant?.....
Let me get to bed. One hour of sleep before midnight is better then three hours after midnight. And guess what....It's after midnight.
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| Saturday, 3-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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RESOLUTIONS
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Words of Advice
When on the ladder of success, don't let boys look up your dress!
Approach both love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Never cut what you can untie.
Talk only if you can improve upon the silence.
It is best to remain silent and let one think you a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
It's better to be down here whishing you were up there, than to be up there wishing you were down here --A pilot's motto
Belive those who seek the truth, doubt those who find it.
There are too many sad things in this world. don't walk away from the happy ones.
Donâ??t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up. --Robert Frost
Donâ??t tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. --George Patton
Don't tell me WHAT to do, tell me WHY you think i SHOULD. --Ross Bracco
Don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but by how high he bounces when he hits bottom. --General Patton
Borrow money from pessimists--they don't expect it back.
Always try to be modest. And be damn proud of it!
Keep me away from the wisdom that does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. --Kahlil Gibran
Don't be a sexist, broads hate that.
If you can't take the heat, don't tickle the dragon.
The first step in getting out of a hole, is to stop digging
If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to know a man, don't bother analyzing his ways of being silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he's a good man. --Fyodor Dostoyevski
Never speak ill of yourself; your friends will always say enough on that subject
There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart... pursue those.
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| Friday, 2-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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Ug. I'm all stuffy. It looks like it's going to be a nice day in Virginia. The family and I plan our new years hike today...just to a local state park...not the mountains or anything. I do hope to get to the mountains in 04 though. I quit smoking as one of my new years resolutions. I tried a couple of half hearted attempts in 03. This time I'm determined. If you don't smoke, please don't ever start. It's not as simple as "just stopping" and it really is a filthy and unhealthy habit. I started out as a social smoker. How goofy in retrospect. I graduated to an every day smoker and before I knew it, I couldn't stop. I made sure, upon this final attempt, to throw out all smoke related things before we left for Christmas vacation. I left my lighters in Carolina. I cleaned out and put away the one n only ashtray in my garage, etc. I almost had a breakdown last night. 2 days into quitting, I wanted one. I always smoked when I let the doggie out for the final time at night. This is how bad it can be. I knew that i had a few "butts" outside in the backyard and I thought if I could get just one puff.....I got the dog ready for her walk and to my frustration, but relief, my husband had cleaned them all up. I went for a walk with Maxi dog and the craving subsided. It felt good to walk in the cool night air. I concentrated on breathing in clean air and even did a lil jog with Maxi. That's my other resolution. To start walking/running again. 30 pounds found me in 03. 30 pounds!!!!!!! And I didn't have any babies in 03!!! I just turned 32 in December. I know metabolism slows down starting in your 30's, but did mine come to a complete halt???? I think that maybe just the number 3 doesn't like me. So, I'm grateful for 04. I want to be in some of the family pictures again, so I'm determined to lose weight and get in shape. 2 days into the new year and I'm SUCCEEDING!!!! Yippee!!!! 
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| Thursday, 1-Jan-2004 00:00 |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I'm so upset, I left my usb cable for my camera in NC and then last night, I left my camera charger at the party I attended last night. I'm starting out the new year on a forgetful note and I hope this trend doesn't continue. So no party pictures to post. We had a great time though. A kid friendly party; what a concept. I'd never met the hostess before but had heard lots about her; a very nice couple-down to earth and so friendly. My youngest got a party prize of a stuffed animal for being the first to "crash". He fell asleep with about 25 minutes to go until the new year. I was amazed that he lasted that long. At around 10 pm he cuddled up with me and said it was time to go home. Poor guy. It's tough being 4 1/2 when Mom and Dad drag you to a New Years' party.
As promised, I'll post my "year end review" pictures from 2003. My heart has really been heavy with all the craziness in the world. That, with a few family ups and downs in 03....jeesh. But all in all, I do feel very blessed to have a wonderful husband, 4 healthy and bright boys, the worlds best dog and my basic necessities. I'm grateful to have loving in-laws who have always treated me as their own. I'm grateful for a mother who has always been strong and served as an inspiration by showing me that it's never too late for an education (she graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a masters in english in 01). I'm grateful for having a relationship, though long distant, with my father again and that he is finding his niche in life. I'm glad to be surrounded by such good friends, who are supportive of my dreams and hopes. I graduate from college this year, as does my husband. I can only hope that 2004 brings us health and peace in our family. I extend this hope to you and yours. check back for added pictures to this day...i only have a few on as of yet.
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| Tuesday, 30-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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unwanted gift certificates
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this is exactly what i thought
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new years resolution...learn to draw beautiful mendhi better
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I'm up at 5am. Why? Because my husband is snoring. This is generally not a problem. He had an operation for sleep apnea several years ago and has since not had any problems with breathing at night/snoring. But he has sinusitus right now and is snoring so bad that he's sucking the curtains and paint off the walls of our bedroom. I feel bad for him, but I feel bad for me too. This has been going on for more then a week and lack of sleep is kicking my butt. The snoring doesn't seem to be affecting his sleep. However, me and the dog are really tired of the racket. Maxi (dog) has come out in the livingroom with me to see what I'm posting on fotopages. So now I sit drinking orange tea in my green silky robe listening to Jane Monheit. For those who don't know, Jane Monheit is an incredible jazz singer. Her voice is like butter. She's incredibly soothing for times like this. I'm signing off now to go finish up making my cinnamon rolls. It's a great recipe called "christmas morning cinnamon rolls". I've been making them for the last 6 years or so as part of our Christmas traditions. I didn't make them this past christmas bc i left the recipe at home. Everyone was rather hostile to me because of this until I reminded them that Christmas was not a good day for killing. The kids have been after me to make these damn rolls since we got home, so I started the dough last night. Time to punch it down. I'm SO MARTHA!!!!
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| Monday, 29-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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| Sunday, 28-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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Back from Holiday vacation!!...
After being surrounded by the flu, sinusitus and several other upper respiratory ailments, I think that I'm coming down with something. My teeth hurt. On the bright side, I'm getting sick just as the kids are heading back to school and my husband is checking back in from leave.
Christmas is but a memory until it comes again next year. This is a good thing.
Now let me be sick in peace.
Happy Holidays to one and all.
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| Saturday, 27-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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All about the kids!!
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| Friday, 26-Dec-2003 00:00 |
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Yes Ins. bets out of pocket any day
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