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Thursday 11/20/08

I'm feeling a little bit defeated today. Not with diet but with finances. We make good money but there never seems to be enough. We don't even have credit cards and a lot of debt, I'm talking just getting by things. I know it's not something limited to just me, everyone is struggling right now, but it seems like we're always damn struggling and it's old, real old.

Oh well. Last night was date night so DH and I went to a really nice Mexican restaurant for dinner. I had a very very yummy salad with chicken, tortilla strips, tomatoes and a pomegranate dressing. God it was good. I did probably overdo it on the chips/salsa. The chips were thin and so light it was like eating salsa on air LOL.

Days I don't come straight home from work are the worst for me I have realized. Tonight, after a quick stop at Publix, I will be coming straight home and cooking something, probably a meat loaf. I also have to cook something for DH's Thanksgiving luncheon at work for tomorrow and I have some work that I need to do for the office so I can be off next week.

Off I go to make this child get her slow ass ready for school before I kill her. Have a great day.

Toodles

Helping Hands

Weight loss is hard. Very hard. Going at it alone is even harder. We all need support, encouragement and every now and then, a good swift kick in the ass.

I joined www.sparkpeople.com a while back and that is an excellent website for people trying to lose weight. I met some really nice, wonderful ladies on that site. I learned a lot from those ladies. I watched them lose pound after pound after pound, while I gained pounds and lost focus. I got a little wrapped up in being, I don't know, I guess I just got wrapped up in the social aspect of it. Watching my new friends go so far while I went backwards frustrated me so I stopped visiting the site.

Recently one of my friends from Spark texted me up and we've been chatting. She had some of the same problems I did and stopped visiting the site as well. We've now made a pact that we will help and support each other. A lot less likely to get wrapped up in the wrong thing when it's one on one.

As part of our new program. This week we're watching portions. If it's too much food for a 10 year old, it's too much for us as well. We're adding some strength training, slowly. This week we're doing 50 wall push ups per day. That's it, just 50. But 50 is a lot when you haven't been doing anything at all. And finally, we're blogging. We both need a way to address our feelings without feeding them.

These things were my idea, and yesterday I flaked. I ate a thing of ice cream before bed last night. Not sure why I wanted it, I think I just wanted something sweet. Should have went for the apple in the kitchen instead. I forgot all about doing wall push ups and didn't blog.

I'd like to say I'll double up on things today, and yeah I'll try, but most likely it won't happen. So I'm blogging early today to make sure I get that done. I AM going to do some wallies before I get ready for work this morning. We'll see where the day takes me after that. I will get in my 50 for the day, and I will try for 100, but realistically, I doubt I'll make that.

Toodles.

Great news!

I wanted to announce that our oldest daughter got accepted into Birmingham Southern College yesterday, with a $12k a year scholarship. BSC is a very prestigious private college with very high standards. It is her first pick of colleges and her first acceptance so she's thrilled. Takes a load of stress off of her and us, and adds new stress, how to pay for it hahaha.

It's all good, we'll be happy today, stress tomorrow.

My America

In the last several months we have heard a lot about what America is, what it means and what's wrong with it. Now that the election is over, results being what they are, agree or disagree, I feel it necessary to voice what My America is.

In My America, hard work is rewarded. We work for what we get and we work hard for it. Those less willing to work, have less. This idea of "spread the wealth" is a joke. Why are those that work hard for their things/way of life going to be punished? Why would we reward those that won't work and/or only do as much as they have to to get by? People seem to think that re-distributing the wealth will make things better, more fair. Well, frankly people, life is not fair. Get off your ass and work for what you want, stop whining. You're getting your tears on my money.

In My America, companies that are ran by smart people and make smart decisions thrive. Those that are ran by idiots and make bad choices, fail. The People should not be handing out money to bail out those idiots. If they fail, so be it, they fail.

In My America racism exists. It exists in all forms. Black v. white; white v. black; Asian v. white; white v. Hispanic; Hispanic v. black, you get the point. It's not isolated to white on black anymore and yet that's all we ever hear about. Being different is what makes us such a great place, we all have strengths and weaknesses and if we stopped focusing on black v. white, we'd be able to balance each other out better.

In My America educating a child means something. The children are indeed the hope for the future. And yet these days, schools have to fight for every penny they get from the government to use in educating the children. Kids are going to school in buildings with mold; in trailer classrooms; with out of date books and technology. Parents have to buy supplies from paper to soap.

In My America "We The People" meant something. We The People are perfectly capable of making decisions for ourselves. We do not need big government telling us what to do, where to go to school, how to save for our retirement, what kind of jobs we are capable of doing, who we should marry, how many kids we have.

My America was founded on the backs of hard working people willing to put their lives on the line for what they believe in. We fight for what is ours. We do not back down to tyrants and terrorists. Soldiers volunteer to fight and die because it matters to be an American. They fight because they want to, not because they have to. When they go to war, those of us at home support them.

In My America we support our President. We do not trash him on International television. We might not agree with him, but that's okay, we have the right to not agree with him. However, we defend him and stand behind him against those that would tear our country apart by tearing down the government.

This morning, I was ashamed to be an American because I feel that so many of my brother and sister Americans fell for a handsome face and some very idealistic ideas with no foundation in reality. Tonight, I remember what being an American is and I am no longer ashamed. I am not happy, hopeful, or proud of our upcoming president. But I will stand by my Country. I have the right to not like the president, and believe me, I don't. However, I know, that My America will make a come back. We have been through tough times before and the next 4 years are going to put our mettle to the test, but we will overcome and come out better for it.