Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

Two bright stars that have gone out. Any astronomer knows that bright stars go out the soonest.

May they rest in peace. God Bless....

I'm Pissed

Yeah, I know, I'm not supposed to say that anymore...

I think killing a Dr who provided abortions should be prosecuted as a hate crime.

I'm pissed at the way the "right to life" religious fanatics are behaving. I'm ashamed to be an American.

I don't want to be part of a humanity with this little humanity.

My First Tornado!

WOW! We had a tornado here yesterday morning - about 6am. I woke up with thunder and lightning - the cats were all nervous - not like them at all...

I looked out the window, all the fog on the inside made that hard, but I saw the shadow of the trees going a million miles an hour back and forth, hitting the AC unit.

There was lightning followed immediately by thunder, and a tree went down, taking the electric pole with it. A tree went down next door over a car. Across the street, an evergreen was sheared on one side - it looks a little funny.

I had electric wires across the driveway, so I couldn't/didn't go anywhere for hours.

It was also like 95 degrees and 90% humidity! YUCK! Sticky, hot weather! And it rained off and own, all day, too.

I found a battery-opertated radio, so at least I had some news. I read a book. I played with my cats. We got through it. I was so lonely for my work that I about ate my fingernails.

Late in the day, electric power was restored, and the wires picked up, so I got to go out. I didn't do much, but it was interesting to look around town and see all the downed trees.

What a day...

oh man!

WOW - a party yesterday. It was the near-end of a tough week, and I ate.

I ate stuff I haven't eaten in a while - cookies, tamales, and so on. Nice friends, good conversation. I just didn't want to stick out. And I think I needed to numb out from the frustrations of the job.

The sweets about put me to sleep. I came home finished my work and slept.

Got rest, Oh Joy!

I know, ain't been postin'

Been doing facebook instead. Time is limited, you know...

I lost a friend last week...

I lost a friend last week. She is a smart woman, but she seems to be under the influence of some very scary people. She's been forwarding increasingly hateful, untruthful, and inflammatory e-mails. She's been slandering the President of these United States.

I've had to listen/read these kinds of e-mails for years - both sides send them to their friends and family. Some are truthful, most are not.

I finally got offended to the point that I didn't want to see any more of those come my way.

I sent her a link to snopes.com, which is the myth-dispelling website. They check all the myths, forwards, rumors and so on, and tell you which are true and which are false..

So, I sent her the link and asked her to stop spreading hate and falsehoods.

She came back with more hate - but at least it was original hate. She now blocks all my e-mails. It's too bad. I wasn't attacking her, but just asked her to stop spreading hate and falsehoods.

Over-reaction. Pure and simple. It's so sad; she couldn't even see what my objection was. I never told her what to think, who to vote for, or how to believe. In her response, she did all of these to me.

I wish folks who did this kind of thing could see what is being asked and what the true objection is. I don't care who you vote for, as long as you vote. I just don't want to spread falsehood and hate. I delete them. I won't forward them.

PLEASE!!! If you forward e-mails to folks, check them for truth before you do. It will cut the amount of SPAM we all get, and keep your friends happy.

Back on the horse....

Been doing good the last couple of days. Hard as hell to eat so much food.

Who'd a thunk it would be eating to LITTLE that would make me balloon out???

sliding back to the plan

I didn't have it in me to completely follow the plan yesterday - felt like there was too much stuff in my gut.

I did a couple of plan meals, then munched on pickles (salty cucumbers) for a while.

I had a Mango, too. At least it wasn't a full-on break with a huge feast!

Back on plan today. I think I'm rebelling because of the 1) cost, 2) amount of cooking, and 3) time constraints.

I have to take food with me if I'm going to be out for more than 2-3 hours. It's bad enough having to check in on the computer every 4 hours, but this "call to food" is a ROYAL pain!

The cost is pretty steep. I'm still figuring it up, but it is more than I used to spend on groceries. On the trade-off, there isn't as much eating out. I need a full month of the money to see how close I am in actual spending to my projected spending plan.

I've already commented on the cooking! Enough said.

Getting ready to build my home

I found and claimed my property yesterday. I expect to go through the next stages of the program and actually move late October. That is a month earlier than I expected.

Groundbreaking is July 25.

Ah well...

Fell off the food plan last night. I went to the grocery store for cucumbers - my free food. Believe it or not, there were NO cucumbers on the rack where they normally live - there were some wanna-be pickles, but no cucumbers that I would consider for a salad.

Ended up getting 2 artichokes. That blew it for the evening. Back on it today.

Another 4 pounds!

Woo Hoo!!!

Boy! Hardly time to eat today!

I've had a very busy day today, and ended up skipping two snacks....

I got my main "meals" but missed mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacks. Supper was good, and I really haven't been hungry.

I met my new accountant today. He's a young dad from Memphis way. He's just certified as a CPA and wants to get into tax law, so he moved here to attend LMU. Nice fella!

He is going over the books tonight, and we'll get things fixed tomorrow.

I'm glad it's him, not me.... I'm NOT good with accounting, which is why he's setting it up all over again.

Oh boy! I get to re-do the entire last 5 months of transactions! Well, if it will make it right, that's the important thing.

So much going on in my life, it's hard to keep track.

Cucumber helps

I've added a snack in the evening of sliced or cubed cucumber. It helps because otherwise it's too long before bedtime. It's a "free food" as long as I don't use any salad dressing. I'm using lemon juice or vinegar, so that seems to be OK.

Gum is not a good idea. It sets up cravings, so I won't be chewing any more gum.

At least not for now.

Feeling pretty good otherwise.

Had a good day yesterday.

I've got to do all this accounting stuff for Habitat, and my bookkeeper hasn't returned my call so I'm not sure what's going on with her. I may just have to audit my books myself. Not a good situation! The same person who makes the mess should normally clean it up but in bookkeeping, it is advisable to have another pair of eyes. I'm not asking for free bookkeeping services, either. I'm paying for this, but not getting anywhere. Frustrating!

A New Month, New Outlook

Feeling pretty good today. So far, anyway. I've already eaten, and I didn't try to get extra minutes in dreamland. I just got up.

I got out of my e-mail before 8:15, so I'm all ready for my appts. today.

A good start to the day!