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As They Say in the land of the Interwebs....BRB.
Posted Sunday, March 27, at 2:11 PM I am having major surgery and finding out a few other things regarding my health. Funny how getting healthy again has caused me to get sick, oh well, these things too shall pass. I will be gone for about a month, maybe a tad more and then we can meet here once again for some laughs and to discuss issues that otherwise may never see the light of day...
As we have now made our new house a home, the paint has been put aside awaiting the warming rays of the spring sun and the tools are snug in their boxes for a time better served to be used. Our home has increased once again in size. As most of our friends are aware, all of our animals are rescued. ...
Silent Night It's a quiet night here in the country and I find myself bundling up to go outside for a walk around my new yard. I am amazed at the stars and the brightly colored, low set moon out tonight. As my breath crystallizes into vapor, I am comforted by the knowledge that tonight, we are safe and warm...
We The People We the people of the United States of America have become prisoners of our own class warfare and citizenry. Hearken the minions of the haves to rule over and possess the rights and privileges of the have nots. Let us who have the most tell those with the least how they can live and behave according to our standards! Of course, you peasants are of lesser breeding and knowledge and should acquiesce to our rule; due to your inability to formulate a good, productive life based on "the common good" of us, the ruling class. ...
I have been so busy with the purchase of our new home that writing hasn't been my priority. However, in the midst of all the chaos purchasing a new home and moving can lend itself too, I felt the need to try and put into words the joy I am feeling about a life change that has taken hold...
"If That's Moving Up ... Then I'm Moving Out!" A great oldie by Billy Joel aptly describes how I am feeling about our move from Brazil to an outside city. Our new home is everything we have been looking for since we first set wheels and feet into your beautiful state. Our landlord is also our real estate agent and after over two years of looking at what seems like 200 homes, we finally found our secluded nirvana just a few minutes outside of our dear city. ...
Had Enough? This past week, I was horrified to see a young mother out of Anderson, Ind., who has been featured in a "reality" (I put that in quotes as no reality show is that at all) show called Teen Moms on MTV named Amber Portwood. This spoiled nincompoop, simian-like girl has really put a big "redneck, backwards, uneducated and willfully ignorant" billboard across our beloved State of Indiana. ...
When It Gets Ugly I have found that the interim elections are getting even more ugly than the Presidential race of 2008. Seems I cannot open a newspaper, drive down the road or turn on our television without having to deal with why one person is a scumbag and the other person is angelic at the very least. ...
Relax, It's Only A Relapse! I just knew at some point, I would relapse. I was aware of a hurricane of trigger factors headed my way and I choose to tie myself to a tree with a cord and ride it out! Problem ... I'm not far enough to the point of going all "Richard Simmons" up in here!...
Then BOOM! Out Sprang the Life Lesson! I have a theory that all life lessons come without warning. Either because we are not looking for it or are oblivious to it until the rough edges of the brick scrapes your scalp just before impact. We have been dealing with a financial problem due to someone getting our account number and having fun online spending away. ...
Serving Size: The Final Equation The debate over serving sizes rages on and I am on the frontlines taking down the facts. The fact that we as Americans are completely fooled over what a true serving size for the most part is just sad fact. We are so used to being given a whole days caloric intake in one part of a full meal that we no longer are easily able to discern what is and what is not a healthy, normal amount of food to put into our gastric muscle we so loving refer to as our tummy, stomach, midtown juicer or best friend of the Twinkie.. ...
They say with any great life change, there is a period of depression that assists with this as well. It 's the letting go of our vices that causes our minds to just implode. It's as though we to a certain degree, regress in order to isolate. To me, isolating is my way of figuring out how I got here and what is my best course to achieve a better outcome?...
"...And This One Belongs To the Cilia!" After my triumphant 3.5-mile walk with my son (see last blog), I began coughing. I began coughing so badly, I was incapacitated. I figured it was just my bodies way of cleaning out all the crud out of my lungs from years of smoking and that this one would be the BIG ONE and life would go on as normal. ...
Tae Bo a Go-Go and the Key to the City Since I have been able to walk, I have always wanted to run. I was told as a child that because I was tall and big that I was comical to watch run and decided then and there that I would never run again, physically. Seems I have been doing the entire running in my brain instead. Well, okay, you could call my rather fast pace towards the fridge as technically a mild jog. Lol...
To Tell The Tooth We have all heard how eating unhealthily and smoking damages your teeth. Well imagine my surprise to find out just how extensively it damages your teeth, gums, jawbones, tongue and throat. Forget the chronic halitosis that is oh so inviting to the non-smoker you're talking too, let's focus on what there are seeing that you aren't...
Anger, Anxiety and Taco Bell Some may get drunk and I have been known to be one of those people. Although, one day, we wake up with that final hangover and decide that spending our hard earned dollar to throw up and wondering what outrageously stupid thing we did the night before gets old. ...
In a Word ... OUCH! Stretching hamstrings that haven't seen a full leg reach since possibly 6 months ago is in a word ... OUCH! Instead of a pull, it feels more like a tear and I shudder to think about 2 or 3 a.m. at this point. "Oh Charlie? Mr. Horse? Oh yeah, there you are!" With two legs full of bricks and a face full of tears, I walk around in my weary state knowing this was part of the price to pay for a year of slothful indulgence...
Drop It! Hello again! It's been a bit more than a year since I last considered blogging and I have had good reason for it. I have been eating myself to death over the last year. Since moving to Brazil, I have successfully ended a long-term battle with obsessive weight loss by gaining 100 pounds in just over a year. I have been eating loneliness and being separated from friends and family and feeling very isolated...
Steve Lamb Goes Out on a Limb No, he isn't dangling out there helplessly. To the contrary, Steve Lamb, Councilperson for Ward 3 has made a HUGE decision. Steve Lamb is leaving the Democratic Party. Tired of the two party rhetoric and the inability for those that are neither dyed in the wool Democrat nor Republican to have their voices heard strong and loud in the political realm, he has decided to become an Independent Candidate for the 2010 Council race. ...
Love and Lawn Care We were back in Ohio this weekend visiting with my family and I had a chance to see something that really choked me up. For several months my mother's dog (a shih-tzu (insert all jokes here)) has struggled with a flea and itching issue that drives the poor little dog insane. ...
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