Absurd! Absurd! The Wing is on the Bird!
Tee hee! I read that a loonnnng time ago in an olllld Dennis the Menace comic book, and it always stuck with me.
But anyway, it's now officially Spring! Yahoo!
And I'm up this week, but only a little (+0.2, total 186). Not too bad, considering all the Italian food I've been scarfing down this week.
Hey - when your employer is economizing on catering, and then one day, out of the blue, you're told that there's leftover Italian food in the break room - well, what could I do? I'm only human! (nyuk nyuk!)
Anyway, I'm wrestling with a moral dilemma, so perhaps someone reading this has had a similar situation and can give me some advice.
I got an "email chain letter" which reads as follows:
I am supposed to pick 12 women (who have touched my life) and who I think would want to participate. I think that if this group of women were ever to be in a room together, there is nothing that would be impossible. I hope I chose the right twelve. Please send this back to me (You'll see why). In case anyone is not aware, Saint Theresa is known as the Saint of the Little Ways. Meaning she believed in doing the little things in life well and with great love. She is also the patron Saint of flower growers and florists. She is represented by roses.
REMEMBER to make a wish before you read the prayer. That's all you have to do. There is nothing attached. Just send this to twelve people and let me know what happens on the fourth day. Sorry you have to forward the message, but try not to break this, please .. Prayer is one of the best free gifts we receive. Did you make a wish yet? If you don't make a wish, it won't come true. This is your last chance to make a wish!
St. Theresa's Prayer:
May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith in yourself and others. May you use the gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content with yourself just the way you are. Let this knowledge settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.
Now, send this to 12 women within the next 5 minutes. And remember to send this back. I count as 1...you'll see why. Suggestion: copy and paste rather than forwarding.
Now normally, when I receive something like this, I just hit "delete" as fast as my little fingers can pound. But here's where the "moral dilemma" part comes in:
It's from my boss.
Gulp!
So what would you do? I'm gonna set up a poll - please vote within the next 5 minutes or your wish won't come true! (Nyuk nyuk!)
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Seven themes for a Monday morning
First: I lost 1.4 pounds, woo hoo! Official weight: 185.8! Yippee skip!
Second: I have gotten into what I think is an excellent habit: getting off the subway (L.A.'s world famous Metro Red Line, in case you didn't know) one stop before my "official" stop and WALKING. I walk every morning through the heart of downtown Los Angeles and it has really made a difference - not only in my fitness level but also in my morning mood. By the time I get to the office I feel awake, energetic, and - hungry!
Third: Which is why it's a good thing I've developed yet another healthy habit: Oatmeal for breakfast - every day! Usually it's the Weight Watchers brand (Maple sugar, 2 Points, with 8 grams of fiber, yum), but if they've made it by the time I get there, I really prefer the buckwheat oatmeal at Organic to Go at California Plaza (near my office). Only problem is, they recently changed their hours and don't open till 7:30 - and apparently don't even start cooking the oatmeal till then either! And since I get into town at 7:20 a.m. for my Big Morning Walk, that doesn't do me a whole lot of good. So, default Oatmeal Option: Starbucks!
Fourth: Still loving my eBook readers: the eBookwise and the Amazon Kindle 1.0. However, the eBookwise dropped dead this weekend, while I was right in the middle of my tenth rereading of "The Mists of Avalon" (that's right! I'm a Catholic and I read "The Mists of Avalon"! What can I say? I like good writing, no matter what viewpoint it comes from).
So anyway, I was just at the point where Igraine and Uther had gotten married and Morgaine took over the narration, and little Arthur was running towards her, crying, with a bump on her head, and WHOOPS! There goes the battery! I thought I'd be able to recharge it, but nope, it didn't seem to be taking a charge. So I've sent an email in to the trusty folks at eBookwise and will keep my fingers crossed that they'll exchange it, so I can find out what happens next.
Fifth: Yeah yeah, I already know what happens next! But I'm a rereader, OK? I like to pretend I haven't read it before, each time. My other favorite rereads: "David Copperfield", "Gone With the Wind", "Little Women" ... and yet I've never been able to read "Moby Dick" more than once, all the way through. I've tried. I get through the interminable list of quotations at the beginning, and the "Call me Ishmael" ... narration, and Ishmael's fun first night with Queequeg. But then, right around the time they're going to that church and that preacher starts in, I lose interest and go on to something else. ("Chapter One. I am born.")
Sixth: It's Monday and I'm happy. That's probably the biggest change in my life. After all the years of being alone, depressed and fat, I'm married to a wonderful guy who, with all his flaws (and he doesn't a whole lot, at least nothing I can't handle, nyuk nyuk), is the best thing that's ever happened to me. And being married is great - nothing like what I thought it was going to be. We're almost up to two years now and I can honestly say that it's better than it was at first - and it was pretty great at first, so that's saying something!
Seventh: We're planning to spend our second anniversary at the fabulous and reputedly haunted Queen Mary in Long Beach. Will let you know if we see any ghosts. I'll just be happy if I can see the ghostly screen of my eBookwise reader by then!
Second: I have gotten into what I think is an excellent habit: getting off the subway (L.A.'s world famous Metro Red Line, in case you didn't know) one stop before my "official" stop and WALKING. I walk every morning through the heart of downtown Los Angeles and it has really made a difference - not only in my fitness level but also in my morning mood. By the time I get to the office I feel awake, energetic, and - hungry!
Third: Which is why it's a good thing I've developed yet another healthy habit: Oatmeal for breakfast - every day! Usually it's the Weight Watchers brand (Maple sugar, 2 Points, with 8 grams of fiber, yum), but if they've made it by the time I get there, I really prefer the buckwheat oatmeal at Organic to Go at California Plaza (near my office). Only problem is, they recently changed their hours and don't open till 7:30 - and apparently don't even start cooking the oatmeal till then either! And since I get into town at 7:20 a.m. for my Big Morning Walk, that doesn't do me a whole lot of good. So, default Oatmeal Option: Starbucks!
Fourth: Still loving my eBook readers: the eBookwise and the Amazon Kindle 1.0. However, the eBookwise dropped dead this weekend, while I was right in the middle of my tenth rereading of "The Mists of Avalon" (that's right! I'm a Catholic and I read "The Mists of Avalon"! What can I say? I like good writing, no matter what viewpoint it comes from).
So anyway, I was just at the point where Igraine and Uther had gotten married and Morgaine took over the narration, and little Arthur was running towards her, crying, with a bump on her head, and WHOOPS! There goes the battery! I thought I'd be able to recharge it, but nope, it didn't seem to be taking a charge. So I've sent an email in to the trusty folks at eBookwise and will keep my fingers crossed that they'll exchange it, so I can find out what happens next.
Fifth: Yeah yeah, I already know what happens next! But I'm a rereader, OK? I like to pretend I haven't read it before, each time. My other favorite rereads: "David Copperfield", "Gone With the Wind", "Little Women" ... and yet I've never been able to read "Moby Dick" more than once, all the way through. I've tried. I get through the interminable list of quotations at the beginning, and the "Call me Ishmael" ... narration, and Ishmael's fun first night with Queequeg. But then, right around the time they're going to that church and that preacher starts in, I lose interest and go on to something else. ("Chapter One. I am born.")
Sixth: It's Monday and I'm happy. That's probably the biggest change in my life. After all the years of being alone, depressed and fat, I'm married to a wonderful guy who, with all his flaws (and he doesn't a whole lot, at least nothing I can't handle, nyuk nyuk), is the best thing that's ever happened to me. And being married is great - nothing like what I thought it was going to be. We're almost up to two years now and I can honestly say that it's better than it was at first - and it was pretty great at first, so that's saying something!
Seventh: We're planning to spend our second anniversary at the fabulous and reputedly haunted Queen Mary in Long Beach. Will let you know if we see any ghosts. I'll just be happy if I can see the ghostly screen of my eBookwise reader by then!
Monday, March 9, 2009
At Long Last Loss!
Yes, after a couple of weeks in the doldrums of "no change", I've finally lost 2.2 pounds, one again shocking the Weight Watchers computer into wagging its li'l finger at me and warning me about losing too quickly. For shame!
Oh well ... I'm doing my best, li'l computer, but you know, weight loss is an inexact science at best. And programming my body to lose in exact increments of two pounds at a time is a little tricky.
However, I'll upgrade my system to Chrissy 2.0 and see if that works. I've heard these newfangled computer programs can do wonderful things!
Still enjoying both my ebook readers! Today I decided to bring only the Kindle with me to work. Mainly because the eBookwise, while beloved, is also somewhat heavier. And I'm enjoying the experience of traveling light.
So how is your day going? Hope all is well. If you're experiencing the economic downturn in a personal way, let me offer my sympathies and, if you don't mind a little Catholic/Christian theology (this is, after all, the Curvy Catholic!), please remember Matthew 6:19-21:
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Where is your treasure? Perhaps it's time for an "account transfer". ;-)
Oh well ... I'm doing my best, li'l computer, but you know, weight loss is an inexact science at best. And programming my body to lose in exact increments of two pounds at a time is a little tricky.
However, I'll upgrade my system to Chrissy 2.0 and see if that works. I've heard these newfangled computer programs can do wonderful things!
Still enjoying both my ebook readers! Today I decided to bring only the Kindle with me to work. Mainly because the eBookwise, while beloved, is also somewhat heavier. And I'm enjoying the experience of traveling light.
So how is your day going? Hope all is well. If you're experiencing the economic downturn in a personal way, let me offer my sympathies and, if you don't mind a little Catholic/Christian theology (this is, after all, the Curvy Catholic!), please remember Matthew 6:19-21:
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."
Where is your treasure? Perhaps it's time for an "account transfer". ;-)
Monday, March 2, 2009
Better late than never, and falling in love with ebooks!
Hi! Sorry to be late! I usually try to update my blog first thing Monday morning, but today was awfully busy!
Weight first - it's exactly the same as last week. I won't tell you what that is, so as to encourage you to scroll back to last week's entry. I need the hits!
About the post title - a couple of weeks ago I discovered the joys of ebook readers! I was sitting next to a woman on the subway who was reading an Amazon Kindle. When I got to work, I started reading everything I could find about it.
Unfortunately, the price tag - over 350 smackeroonies - discouraged me. I really wanted it BUT just couldn't justify it.
And then - I found the eBookwise 1150! At only $135.95 it was obviously way more affordable than the Kindle. And everything I read about it at places like the MobileRead forums (where I'm registered as "stoogeswoman" - drop by and say hi!)* led me to believe it would be a good alternative.
Did I say "good"? Make that GREAT!! Because I really, really love it! I've put about 50 books on it and there's room for more!
I carry it with me and read it on the subway -- and now I'm the one inspiring other people to research ebooks!
But does that mean I gave up on the Kindle? Not hardly! What I did was get a used Kindle 1.0 (a real steal at $200!) and it just arrived in the mail today. It's very different from the eBookwise - for one thing, much lighter in weight, and the buttons are in different places, so it'll take some getting used to.
The main advantage to it, however, is that it has a direct connection to Amazon - so I really have to be careful, in these tough economic times, not to blow our entire bank account on ebooks!
(Um, sweetie ... just pretend you didn't read that ... ok?)
(*P.S. here's my thread at MobileRead with a slightly more detailed review of my two beloved readers!)
Weight first - it's exactly the same as last week. I won't tell you what that is, so as to encourage you to scroll back to last week's entry. I need the hits!
About the post title - a couple of weeks ago I discovered the joys of ebook readers! I was sitting next to a woman on the subway who was reading an Amazon Kindle. When I got to work, I started reading everything I could find about it.
Unfortunately, the price tag - over 350 smackeroonies - discouraged me. I really wanted it BUT just couldn't justify it.
And then - I found the eBookwise 1150! At only $135.95 it was obviously way more affordable than the Kindle. And everything I read about it at places like the MobileRead forums (where I'm registered as "stoogeswoman" - drop by and say hi!)* led me to believe it would be a good alternative.
Did I say "good"? Make that GREAT!! Because I really, really love it! I've put about 50 books on it and there's room for more!
I carry it with me and read it on the subway -- and now I'm the one inspiring other people to research ebooks!
But does that mean I gave up on the Kindle? Not hardly! What I did was get a used Kindle 1.0 (a real steal at $200!) and it just arrived in the mail today. It's very different from the eBookwise - for one thing, much lighter in weight, and the buttons are in different places, so it'll take some getting used to.
The main advantage to it, however, is that it has a direct connection to Amazon - so I really have to be careful, in these tough economic times, not to blow our entire bank account on ebooks!
(Um, sweetie ... just pretend you didn't read that ... ok?)
(*P.S. here's my thread at MobileRead with a slightly more detailed review of my two beloved readers!)
Monday, February 23, 2009
Kind of in Limbo, not to mention DOIN' the Limbo!
189.4 - up 0.4. Not surprising, since hubby and I went to a Mardi Gras dance this weekend!
It was held at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Fontana, California (sister church to our own St. Mary's in Sherman Oaks).
The food was EXCELLENT: real Southern fried chicken (not that fast-food crap!), cornbread (yum) and jambalaya with sliced kielbasa - MMMMM! Really good!
Not to mention really SPICY! Which of course meant that we had to imbibe lots of cool drinks to compensate!
The dancing part wasn't so great. Steve and I are not, um, shall we say, accomplished dancers? Actually, we kind of suck. And we also kind of suck at compensating for each other's goofs.
It didn't help that the music was SO LOUD WE COULDN'T HEAR A THING WHAD'D YOU SAY HUH HUH HUH??? I know, we're old, but still ...
At one point we actually came close to having a fight, about which I won't go into detail except to say we've made up, but we did leave the dance early because THE NOISE THE NOISE OMG IT WAS DRIVING US MAD! MAD, I SAY!!!
It's so nice to be at work, where it's vewy vewy quiet today. Perhaps a lot of rabbit hunting. ;-)
It was held at St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church in Fontana, California (sister church to our own St. Mary's in Sherman Oaks).
The food was EXCELLENT: real Southern fried chicken (not that fast-food crap!), cornbread (yum) and jambalaya with sliced kielbasa - MMMMM! Really good!
Not to mention really SPICY! Which of course meant that we had to imbibe lots of cool drinks to compensate!
The dancing part wasn't so great. Steve and I are not, um, shall we say, accomplished dancers? Actually, we kind of suck. And we also kind of suck at compensating for each other's goofs.
It didn't help that the music was SO LOUD WE COULDN'T HEAR A THING WHAD'D YOU SAY HUH HUH HUH??? I know, we're old, but still ...
At one point we actually came close to having a fight, about which I won't go into detail except to say we've made up, but we did leave the dance early because THE NOISE THE NOISE OMG IT WAS DRIVING US MAD! MAD, I SAY!!!
It's so nice to be at work, where it's vewy vewy quiet today. Perhaps a lot of rabbit hunting. ;-)
Monday, February 16, 2009
Happy Valentine's Day, Mr. President!
Um, ok, well, Valentine's Day is over and it's President's Day, so that's why, so um ...
Hee hee! Sorry. I'm a little waterlogged today! It's POURING down rain here in beautiful downtown Los Angeles, California. I did my usual walk from the 7th & Metro subway station to Bunker Hill, and boy, is it a good thing I keep an extra pair of shoes in my desk, 'cause by the time I got here, I was walking on water - and NOT in a Messianic sense!
Oh yeah, weight loss 0.2 pounds, 189.0 - gotcha!
We had a really nice Valentine's Day - our church had a dance-slash-spaghetti dinner. Spaghetti and disco balls, yummm! And yes, my sweetie and I actually did dance! If you really want to you can find a few photos in my Flickr photostream which Steve's mom snapped on my camera while we were out on the floor. If I feel ambitious - and warmer! - later on I'll come back & post one here myself.
Boy, is it COLD! And WINDY! What I want to know is this: if you live somewhere other than sunny Southern California, what's it like where you live? And if it's over 50 degrees right now, can you find me a job? I'm ready to move!!!
Hee hee! Sorry. I'm a little waterlogged today! It's POURING down rain here in beautiful downtown Los Angeles, California. I did my usual walk from the 7th & Metro subway station to Bunker Hill, and boy, is it a good thing I keep an extra pair of shoes in my desk, 'cause by the time I got here, I was walking on water - and NOT in a Messianic sense!
Oh yeah, weight loss 0.2 pounds, 189.0 - gotcha!
We had a really nice Valentine's Day - our church had a dance-slash-spaghetti dinner. Spaghetti and disco balls, yummm! And yes, my sweetie and I actually did dance! If you really want to you can find a few photos in my Flickr photostream which Steve's mom snapped on my camera while we were out on the floor. If I feel ambitious - and warmer! - later on I'll come back & post one here myself.
Boy, is it COLD! And WINDY! What I want to know is this: if you live somewhere other than sunny Southern California, what's it like where you live? And if it's over 50 degrees right now, can you find me a job? I'm ready to move!!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Cute Cat Saves Economy!
Well, at least that's my hope, as I embed the following video for your Monday morning pleasure:
That's my hand reaching up from the bottom left, adorned with a wristwatch given to me by sweet hubby Steve. We have both gotten in the habit of getting down on the floor and playing with Princess in the evening. As you can see, her "official" play area is small but potent! That mat is hollow and can easily be filled - and refilled - with the highest grade catnip available to mankind!
Which makes it a lot easier for me to let you know that I gained back a little of the loss from last week - 1.6 pounds, so back up to 189.6. Oh well! Down a lot one week, up a little the next, that seems to be my pattern, so I'm not worried about it.
Also, here's something else that cheered me up - I found an old file on my computer with my measurements from last April, when I started all this. My hips then were 55 inches - and today they are 47!!!
Even if I never lose another pound, I'm thrilled with that result!
That's my hand reaching up from the bottom left, adorned with a wristwatch given to me by sweet hubby Steve. We have both gotten in the habit of getting down on the floor and playing with Princess in the evening. As you can see, her "official" play area is small but potent! That mat is hollow and can easily be filled - and refilled - with the highest grade catnip available to mankind!
Which makes it a lot easier for me to let you know that I gained back a little of the loss from last week - 1.6 pounds, so back up to 189.6. Oh well! Down a lot one week, up a little the next, that seems to be my pattern, so I'm not worried about it.
Also, here's something else that cheered me up - I found an old file on my computer with my measurements from last April, when I started all this. My hips then were 55 inches - and today they are 47!!!
Even if I never lose another pound, I'm thrilled with that result!
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