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Just an area for what I’m doing on an everyday basis.

Sunny & in the 50s

Posted on Saturday February 23rd, 2008 by | Comments Off on Sunny & in the 50s

The weather has just been stunning for a Feb.  I love it, not too hot but sunny with a crisp smell.

Didn’t get to the gym today, but spent time on the wii doing the “training” for the boxing so I can figure out the moves.  That is a work out.  And I finally broke past my game high of 186 from 2 days ago for bowling, got a 203.  That is only because I got 2 turkeys (3 strikes in a row) because I missed a few spares that I normally don’t.  My shoulders are sore.

I am enjoying that fact that when I get restless and don’t want to be in the office for a few minutes and I have something to do.

The problem with it being nice out is that I don’t want to be in the office getting work done and I don’t want to be downstairs, because nether place gets the sun very well and that just drives me nuts.  Our old office received a lot of sun so that was nice and if that wasn’t enough, I worked on the patio.  When it is nice out I’d rather be in the bedroom because it gets the most sunlight.  So that is when I like playing the wii, I can open the window, enjoy the fresh air and be active.

Today I had to do a quick errand and decided not to come home right away.  It was just too nice out and I didn’t want to be in the house.  I finally stopped at a bookstore not too far from here that I’ve been waiting to visit. It was so different to the one that I’ve spent the last 3yrs browsing through, but it was a nice set up.  I also felt lost because so many new books have come out that I wasn’t familiar with.  I miss knowing all that.

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Posted on Friday February 22nd, 2008 by | Comments Off on Blah

I am sore, especially my right shoulder. I spent about 3hrs bowling on our wii last night, did a few games today. I really wanted to do more and actually was thinking that I need to do the boxing one, just so both of my shoulders are sore, but I had to get work done that I’ve been avoiding. =( I also went to the gym today, got some stress out there. Really, debating with myself about getting up tomorrow for a class at the gym. With it being a Saturday, I don’t know how busy it is going to be. I hate crowds.

I was doing so much running around that I forget to eat lunch…..not good. I’m having some wine and cheese and crackers right now. But before this I only had 1200 calories for the day, that is not good. A body should not go below 2000 a day. So I’m treating myself……probably at 1500 calories now.

Started to go tanning again this week. I haven’t done that since we left Indiana, so I was trying to take it slow. I did great the 1st night, but the second night I think the girl put me in a stronger bed (I asked for a weaker one) because I had some red marks on me……ouch. Needless to say I couldn’t tan for 2 days due to the burn. =( I went today, I’m a little red. We’ll see how I am by tomorrow evening. If the red hasn’t faded very well I will have to wait until Sunday to go back. The good thing about tanning is that it makes me use lotion like I should be.

Right now I’m watching Real Time with Bill Maher and I’m trying to figure out why when I try to upgrade my itunes I get an invalid drive?? It is just pissing me off. I never had an issue before…….ggggrrrrr

If you seen Harold’s post earlier, we are stressing about Reggie. =( He hasn’t changed in attitude but, hell, he doesn’t have a clue. He want love when he wants it and grouchy as hell when he doesn’t and looks cute the whole time…..ornery shit.

Grouchy

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Today’s Babble

Posted on Wednesday February 20th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Today’s Babble

We got our wii today. After arguing with fed ex……..gggrrrr My body is sore. =) Thanks to our friends Kris & John for bringing theirs down, we just had to get it. An actually video game that I will play. Hell, my parents played more video games then I did when I was a kid.

I’m just hoping that playing wii today will help me settle down in bed tonight. For some reason it has been hell on getting comfortable. And the other night it was so bad that I went downstairs just so my husband could sleep because I was so restless.

Actually went back to raining today after some stunning sunny days. But it was become clear again in the afternoon and it was perfect for viewing the lunar eclipse tonight.

We are going to visit a gym tomorrow to see about joining. It is with a national chain and they are all over Portland so it will be easy to transfer to where ever we move to.

I had a lot of other thoughts that I wanted to add, but just don’t remember them………lol

Man, these people are annoying!

** This is so true! If you have traveled as much as I have you would recognize it.

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Beautiful Sunday

Posted on Sunday February 17th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Beautiful Sunday

It was a stunning day weather wise.  Sunny, clear and in the 50s…..a little breezy, but perfect.  Too nice out to stay inside, so I went for a walk today.  It felt good.

One thing I noticed the other day, that when we are driving towards home when Mt Hood comes in view it looks huge and it doesn’t seem that far, but when I walk it seems so distant.  I wonder if it is because the road that we drive is higher up then the road I follow when I walk.  Food for thought.

It is chilly when we get up in the morning, as normal mornings are, but it seems as if we never warm up.  Then it dawns on me, we usually end up in front of the computers so we aren’t moving…….so our circulation sucks and makes us cold.   But I didn’t have to worry about that today…….today is my normal attack the house.  Boy did that warm me up.  I like to vacuum just for the activity it gives me.  Then I did my walk and I’ve barely been chilled since.

I am also hoping that it will help fall asleep.  Activity is great for that.  I can’t wait for the wii…….that will help.

Our truck is as 99,998.5 miles…….I know it is goofy, but I want to try and get a picture of it at 99,999 and 100,000.  The only thing is that it is a digital………so I won’t get the turning of the miles, the old fashion enjoyment of it. I know, I’m weird…….lol

A Boilermaker won the Daytona 500! 

**It doesn’t say anything about his association in this article, but Harold said that they were saying the Boilermaker won the Daytona 500.  So that was cool.  I honestly find racing boring………but I’m always happy when a Boilermaker wins……..it is the school pride thing.  =) Here is his wikipedia page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Newman 

Now this is when Bill Clinton is at his best : Fired Up Bill Clinton Goes Off On Pro-Lifers 

**I would love to see the video of that.

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Just Chilling

Posted on Saturday February 16th, 2008 by | Comments Off on Just Chilling

After 2 days of intense work, I’m just chilling mostly.  I some work that I can and will do…….but not the main focus today.  I’ve brought my laptop downstairs just to get out of the office.  Totally tired of it for now.

Grief-stricken? How to deal with pet death

I can honestly say that I have never gotten over it — I’ve just gotten used to it.

**This quote is a perfect description of how I feel.  I thought I was nuts and the only one who hadn’t gotten over it.

The most distressing are hallucination-type experiences that leave an impression that you are hearing familiar sounds of your pet walking or calling. Some people even think that they see their pet out of the corner of their eye, especially after just waking up 

**I some times feel as if I should still be seeing them……..even though we have moved since.  This article was nice in that I some of the things that I go through is considered normal.

I have a little quote thing on my google desktop and it came up with a very interesting one from John Adams, our 2nd President and one of the main architects of our government :
“The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion” 

“This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it” 

**There is a lot more of similar quotes from other greats on that page, very revealing.

This is coming from one of our most religious of founders.

So I get to livid when people like Huckabee say shit like this :

“But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living god. And that’s what we need to do — to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view.”

He just needs to be bitch slapped and given a huge history lesson on what this country is founded on.  The founders were very religious and used it to guide them, but they were very well aware of the dangers of a theocracy.  Which people such as Huckabee want us to be, they are no better then the Taliban and the other Islamic extremists……..ggrrrr

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