Kindness.
There is a person out there whom I know who showed me the most wonderful kindness today. It is weird how the littlest of things can make your day. Weight loss is a struggle. Many of us face it. Whether we want to lose 10 lbs or something a little greater, it is a battle. Wendy, I cannot thank you enough for your words of encouragement. Knowing that there is a someone out there is absolutely uplifting and amazing. When times get tough, even if we have never met, I am out here for you. I have someone out there for me and I will be out there for you.
Please remember to be kind to others!
~HUGS
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
73 Days Until Dragon Con
Game of Thrones.
Sunday is GoT. Last night was the next to last episode. I was so pumped and yet as the season winds down I am bummed because it is almost over again. YUCK. Last night was EPIC. I made Kraft Macaroni and Cheese...one of the greatest meals of all time. I ate the entire box. It was a stressful episode. OMG I almost forgot to tell you about the donuts.
For breakfast I had 10 donuts in the box. These donuts were to last me all day and into today. I had 2 and left the box on the table and went upstairs. I was busy doing stuff and then the dog (Maclane) disappeared. I could not find him. I went looking and headed downstairs. What did I find, a dog with his nose sticking out of the donut box that was now on the couch. He looked at me and licked his lips. HE ATE THE ENTIRE BOX OF DONUTS! I was sooooo mad. Needless to say he had a belly ache and was not in favor with me all day long! He did not get a single other thing to eat the rest of the day. No dinner, no treats, nothing. That 35lb pig just ate all of my donuts. In hindsight, I did not need all of the points and it was probably a good thing he ate them all but don't tell him I said that.
Sunday is GoT. Last night was the next to last episode. I was so pumped and yet as the season winds down I am bummed because it is almost over again. YUCK. Last night was EPIC. I made Kraft Macaroni and Cheese...one of the greatest meals of all time. I ate the entire box. It was a stressful episode. OMG I almost forgot to tell you about the donuts.
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| Maclane |
74 Days Until Dragon Con
Oh how the weekend sneaks up on me.
I was a very BAD girl this weekend. I did the unthinkable. I sat on the couch and played Neverwinter all day Saturday. Neverwitnter is a online Dungeons and Dragons game for those who do not know. I had so much fun but it was counter productive to my goals. Oh well. Can't do everything we want to do and still be 100% on plan. Also, ate pizza. It contains all of the major food groups so it is good for you, RIGHT? Yeah, yeah, I know it is terrible for you but it is soooo delicious.
I was a very BAD girl this weekend. I did the unthinkable. I sat on the couch and played Neverwinter all day Saturday. Neverwitnter is a online Dungeons and Dragons game for those who do not know. I had so much fun but it was counter productive to my goals. Oh well. Can't do everything we want to do and still be 100% on plan. Also, ate pizza. It contains all of the major food groups so it is good for you, RIGHT? Yeah, yeah, I know it is terrible for you but it is soooo delicious.
75 Days Until Dragon Con
Have you all ever been on https://www.pottermore.com/? It is a website by JK Rowling for Harry Potter fans. (Yes, I still LOVE Harry Potter). You can get sorted into a house and even get what your wand would be. I was sorted into Ravenclaw. WOOT! I was so shocked I tried it again and sure enough it was the same both times. There are additional tidbits, facts and even writing by JKR. There is so much more here too. It is really cool. If you are a fan of Harry Potter you totally need to check this out. Let me know which house you got sorted into.
A few months ago a friend went to Harry Potter World in London. WOO HOO!! She bought me a Ravenclaw tee shirt. I was sooooo excited. She bought me a XXL which should have been PLENTY big even after it shrank. Alas, I guess those Brits are tiny or something. I hope to be able to wear it for con next year!
A few months ago a friend went to Harry Potter World in London. WOO HOO!! She bought me a Ravenclaw tee shirt. I was sooooo excited. She bought me a XXL which should have been PLENTY big even after it shrank. Alas, I guess those Brits are tiny or something. I hope to be able to wear it for con next year!
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| XXL London HP Ravenclaw tee. |
Saturday, June 18, 2016
76 Days Until Dragon Con
This has not been a good two weeks. First the toe and now a cold. UGGG. I have not been walking or working out a lot. Also, there was an accident at the store and Oreos made it into the house. Now I never had more than 3 at a time but still. Alas, they brought bagels into work yesterday. I succumbed to the delicious dough-ey-ness. SHAME SHAME SHAME
Date: June 17, 2016
Time: 10:30 pm
Water: 60 oz
Activities:None...I have a cold
Steps: 14007
Thursday, June 16, 2016
77 Days Until Dragon Con
Traveling
I have always had to travel to Dragon Con. In the beginning it was from San Francisco. Now it is from Denver. Either way, it is a long flight. There is a lot you are limited to when you fly. First, unless you want to pay extra, and depending on the airline, you are limited to one carry on bag and a purse. I go for a week. Do you know how hard it is for me to pack regular clothes for a week in one suitcase and a purse? UGGG! Then, HEAVEN FORBID I buy anything. The trouble of shipping it home is a total mess. One year I decided to ship my dirty laundry home via Fedex. That way all of the delicate things I bought would be safe in my suitcase. To ship Fedex regular-not overnight or something-was over $40.00. WTH? AHHHHHHHH!
How do you take costume supplies and how do you bring stuff back home? It is a gigantic mystery to me how so many people can do it. I can take one or two smallish costumes and that is it. I have had to be pretty sparing on what I take so I have room to bring things home. One year it was 18 tee shirts. YAY! This takes up a lot of room in one small carry on suitcase and a purse. If you want to pay the $50.00 extra per bag per leg of the trip you can do checked bags. Prices do vary and some are dependent on size and weight. Money grubbing airlines!
Depending on the airline, the seats are so doggone narrow, there is no way to not infringe on the person next to you. Then, you have to deal with the ugly stares you get from the people passing by hoping they do not have to sit next to you. It is miserable. Don't get me started on the seatbelts. They do not always fit. I swear some of them would not fit around kids. So you have to go through the staff and say, hey I am fat, do you have a seatbelt extender? They make airplanes embarrassing enough without drawing attention to ones self. NO THANKS! I just tucked the ends of the belt under my shirt so they thought I was strapped in. Some airplane seats are so small that the average person spills out of them. What are chubby people supposed to do? TOTALLY UNCOOL AIRLINES!!!
THEN I found one of the most AMAZING websites EVERRRRRRR! Seat Guru. http://www.seatguru.com/ This website actually helps you to find the different seats you might want. They identify longer leg room, armrests that do not go up, and seat widths. WOO HOO CHECK IT OUT!
On a trip From NYC to San Fran, Virgin offered a first class upgrade for $100.00. It was the best and worst decision of my life. I did it. Since then I am spoiled. When it is a long flight, I wait until the fares for first class come down until they are barely over the original price of the main cabin. This year I am spending less than $200.00 more for roundtrip first class vs what I would have spent last fall for coach. ANNNND I get 1 free checked bag. WOOT! I do not have to worry about seat belts, people looking at me funny because I am chubby, not fitting into the seat at all, or if I can get my stuff in the one small suitcase. First class is totally worth the extra $200.00. I recommend it.
I have always had to travel to Dragon Con. In the beginning it was from San Francisco. Now it is from Denver. Either way, it is a long flight. There is a lot you are limited to when you fly. First, unless you want to pay extra, and depending on the airline, you are limited to one carry on bag and a purse. I go for a week. Do you know how hard it is for me to pack regular clothes for a week in one suitcase and a purse? UGGG! Then, HEAVEN FORBID I buy anything. The trouble of shipping it home is a total mess. One year I decided to ship my dirty laundry home via Fedex. That way all of the delicate things I bought would be safe in my suitcase. To ship Fedex regular-not overnight or something-was over $40.00. WTH? AHHHHHHHH!
How do you take costume supplies and how do you bring stuff back home? It is a gigantic mystery to me how so many people can do it. I can take one or two smallish costumes and that is it. I have had to be pretty sparing on what I take so I have room to bring things home. One year it was 18 tee shirts. YAY! This takes up a lot of room in one small carry on suitcase and a purse. If you want to pay the $50.00 extra per bag per leg of the trip you can do checked bags. Prices do vary and some are dependent on size and weight. Money grubbing airlines!
Depending on the airline, the seats are so doggone narrow, there is no way to not infringe on the person next to you. Then, you have to deal with the ugly stares you get from the people passing by hoping they do not have to sit next to you. It is miserable. Don't get me started on the seatbelts. They do not always fit. I swear some of them would not fit around kids. So you have to go through the staff and say, hey I am fat, do you have a seatbelt extender? They make airplanes embarrassing enough without drawing attention to ones self. NO THANKS! I just tucked the ends of the belt under my shirt so they thought I was strapped in. Some airplane seats are so small that the average person spills out of them. What are chubby people supposed to do? TOTALLY UNCOOL AIRLINES!!!
THEN I found one of the most AMAZING websites EVERRRRRRR! Seat Guru. http://www.seatguru.com/ This website actually helps you to find the different seats you might want. They identify longer leg room, armrests that do not go up, and seat widths. WOO HOO CHECK IT OUT!
On a trip From NYC to San Fran, Virgin offered a first class upgrade for $100.00. It was the best and worst decision of my life. I did it. Since then I am spoiled. When it is a long flight, I wait until the fares for first class come down until they are barely over the original price of the main cabin. This year I am spending less than $200.00 more for roundtrip first class vs what I would have spent last fall for coach. ANNNND I get 1 free checked bag. WOOT! I do not have to worry about seat belts, people looking at me funny because I am chubby, not fitting into the seat at all, or if I can get my stuff in the one small suitcase. First class is totally worth the extra $200.00. I recommend it.
78 Days Until Dragon Con
Soap box time.
SORRY!!!!
I have a box. Many might refer to it as a soap box. The box is of my own making and I try desperately to not bring it out in public. Unfortunately, here, today, it is getting brought out. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????
Shooting up nightclubs? Losing your kid and killing a Gorilla? WTF? A kid is 'snatched' by an alligator? I cannot imaging the immesurable pain these families are going through. My heart goes out to all of those who remain. To those who have to pick up the pieces. Tho those who have in someway been impacted by these tragedies. I cannot imagine your pain and to be brutally honest, I do not want to try to imagine it.
STILL, WTF? Why are we doing this to ourselves? Yes, I say ourselves. The gorilla was in no way behaving out of character for a gorilla. What was the kid doing in a place where he could get captured by the gorilla to begin with? The alligator, it probably thought the kid was something to nibble. If you go near the water, home to many alligators, do you really expect the alligator to not come take a nibble? It is like asking the fat kid in school to not eat the unwrapped tweenkie that you left on his lunch tray in front of him. Would he have asked you for your tweenkie? Probably not, but if you open it and put it in front of him, what is a fat kid to do?
In both of these incidents, the location of the animals and the animals themselves are being blamed. WHY??? THEY DID NOTHING WRONG. Yes this is a terrible tragedy but it is not the facilities or the animals that were in the wrong. Is anyone to blame? Yes and no. Accidents happen all of the time. The parents took their eyes off of the kids for just a second and whammo. Does that mean the park/zoo or animals are at fault? NO!
AS for the shootings? Seriously? Does it matter if it was a homophobe with religious undertones or just a plain homophobe? Whether he blames Isis, or some other terror organization, he still targeted a gay nightclub. That makes him a homophobe. ASSHOLE!!! All of these political pundants are fighting over terminology that just does not matter. SHUT THE HELL UP. It is still some mentally deranged person killing others for their own reasons. Terminology does not matter. How you respond to this does. How are you working to stopping this from happening again? That is what matters. His rationale? WHO CARES?!?!?!?
There are those that blame the guns. I am one of them. Am I saying all guns are bad, yes I am. NOW before you get your panties in a bunch please keep reading. Guns are specifically designed to kill. The guns in question are doing EXACTLY what they are supposed to do. Do I think all guns should be banned? HELL NO! When the second amendment was written it was all about muskets and little balls of lead. The Founding Fathers did not have the problem we do today with the amount of school et al mass shootings. I think there should be limits on guns. There need to be more limitations on WHO is able to get a gun. There needs to be a limit on the number of rounds that can be fired. There needs to be stiffer penalties for manufacturers and dealers who break the rules. I think guns are essential to who we are as a people. We need to be able to protect ourselves if we need to. For those hunters out there, you need to be able to hunt.
ALL of that being said, why as a species are we so damn awful? We killed a gorilla for doing nothing more than playing with someone who came into his home without permission. Would we legally do that to another human? HELL NO! We are horrific to our planet, animals and to others. When will we ever learn? When will we be kind to not only ourselves, but to others, other species and our world?
Off the box.
SORRY!!!!
I have a box. Many might refer to it as a soap box. The box is of my own making and I try desperately to not bring it out in public. Unfortunately, here, today, it is getting brought out. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????
Shooting up nightclubs? Losing your kid and killing a Gorilla? WTF? A kid is 'snatched' by an alligator? I cannot imaging the immesurable pain these families are going through. My heart goes out to all of those who remain. To those who have to pick up the pieces. Tho those who have in someway been impacted by these tragedies. I cannot imagine your pain and to be brutally honest, I do not want to try to imagine it.
STILL, WTF? Why are we doing this to ourselves? Yes, I say ourselves. The gorilla was in no way behaving out of character for a gorilla. What was the kid doing in a place where he could get captured by the gorilla to begin with? The alligator, it probably thought the kid was something to nibble. If you go near the water, home to many alligators, do you really expect the alligator to not come take a nibble? It is like asking the fat kid in school to not eat the unwrapped tweenkie that you left on his lunch tray in front of him. Would he have asked you for your tweenkie? Probably not, but if you open it and put it in front of him, what is a fat kid to do?
In both of these incidents, the location of the animals and the animals themselves are being blamed. WHY??? THEY DID NOTHING WRONG. Yes this is a terrible tragedy but it is not the facilities or the animals that were in the wrong. Is anyone to blame? Yes and no. Accidents happen all of the time. The parents took their eyes off of the kids for just a second and whammo. Does that mean the park/zoo or animals are at fault? NO!
AS for the shootings? Seriously? Does it matter if it was a homophobe with religious undertones or just a plain homophobe? Whether he blames Isis, or some other terror organization, he still targeted a gay nightclub. That makes him a homophobe. ASSHOLE!!! All of these political pundants are fighting over terminology that just does not matter. SHUT THE HELL UP. It is still some mentally deranged person killing others for their own reasons. Terminology does not matter. How you respond to this does. How are you working to stopping this from happening again? That is what matters. His rationale? WHO CARES?!?!?!?
There are those that blame the guns. I am one of them. Am I saying all guns are bad, yes I am. NOW before you get your panties in a bunch please keep reading. Guns are specifically designed to kill. The guns in question are doing EXACTLY what they are supposed to do. Do I think all guns should be banned? HELL NO! When the second amendment was written it was all about muskets and little balls of lead. The Founding Fathers did not have the problem we do today with the amount of school et al mass shootings. I think there should be limits on guns. There need to be more limitations on WHO is able to get a gun. There needs to be a limit on the number of rounds that can be fired. There needs to be stiffer penalties for manufacturers and dealers who break the rules. I think guns are essential to who we are as a people. We need to be able to protect ourselves if we need to. For those hunters out there, you need to be able to hunt.
ALL of that being said, why as a species are we so damn awful? We killed a gorilla for doing nothing more than playing with someone who came into his home without permission. Would we legally do that to another human? HELL NO! We are horrific to our planet, animals and to others. When will we ever learn? When will we be kind to not only ourselves, but to others, other species and our world?
Off the box.
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