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Hellooo, Hellooo, is anyone out there?

Wednesday, October 31, 2007 22:00:20

Hey my friends!

My laptop has been on the fritz for about 6 wks--I feel totally alienated from the people I adore. My folks are in town so I am catching up on hundreds of emails! Yikes!

I miss you all terribly--training will be starting soon. I am so ready to come out of this fog! I am really looking forward to meeting some blogger friends at the Mini this year.

Who else wants to throw down on Vickie (TBL)?

I'll be checking in on all of you! Hugs!

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Library Notification

Tuesday, October 30, 2007 23:03:19

I am so excited! (B-kay, can you believe I would say that I am excited just minutes after sending you sucha gloom & doom msg? LOL--I actually opend the notif after I hit 'send' to you).

Anyway, I just received an e-notification from the library that a book that I requested last month has come in. It is: Half-assed : a weight-loss memoir by Jennette Fulda--I think Stardust was the one who suggested it. It is definitely time for a new read. Hopefully one that can inspire me out of this funk I have been stuck in.

Miss you all. I have been so caught up in food and being a couch potato that I haven't felt "worthy" enough to blog. I know whatever, Mom Up, sissy girl! LOL

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Hey My ePeeps!

Saturday, December 8, 2007 21:00:22

Went to the dr yesterday for my annual wellness visit. My blood pressure was down but still not ideal. My dr sees an improvement in me; however, I guage my improvements on my "wanting to" workout. So far that hasn't happened yet.

I did go to Zumba a couple of Saturdays ago but that is obviously not a sufficient workout. Working out one day a month is laughable. There is no real excuse for my unwillingness to workout. The weather is absolutely ideal. It is so cool and breezy. Fall is my favorite season.

A couple of weeks ago I was able to locate an older half sibling that Nate has by way of father. I was able to locate her on Facebook & MySpace. Although I requested that he not contact her (as I didn't know whether her mother had told her about him) he did so anyway. They have been in touch thru im'ing and texting for the last couple of weeks.

It seems they are making plans to meet at sometime. Looks like we could possibly be making a trip to Baltimore in the next year. New race possibilities. Yay!

Glad to see ya'll are getting along so well!

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A better option for a bailout

Saturday, December 8, 2007 22:05:18

Normally I don't like to pass this stuff along but...I'm sure you'll agree, this one is worth contemplating. Hmmmm......

SOMEONE E-MAILED THIS TO ME TODAY AND I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT.

I'm against the $85 BILLION bailout of AIG. Instead, I'm in favor of giving $85,000,000,000 to America in a "We Deserve It" dividend. To make the math simple, let's assume there are 200,000,000 bona fide U.S. citizens, aged 18+.

Our population is about 301 million counting every man, woman and child. So, 200,000,000 might be a fair stab at adults 18 and up. Now, divide 200 million, 18+ adults into $85 billion - that equals $425,000.00 each! Yes, my plan is to give that $425,000 to every adult as a "We Deserve It" dividend.

Of course, it would NOT be tax free. So, let's assume a tax rate of 30%. Everyone would pay $127,500.00 in taxes. That sends $25.5 billion right back to Uncle Sam! It also means that every adult 18+ has $297,500.00 in their pocket. A husband and wife would have $595,000.00!

What would you do with $297,500.00 to $595,000.00?

* Pay off your mortgage - housing crisis solved

* Repay college loans - what a great boost to new grads

* Put away money for college - it'll really be there

* Save in a bank - create money to loan to entrepreneurs

* Buy a new car - create jobs

* Invest in the market - capital drives growth

* Pay for your parent's medical insurance - health care improves

* Enable Deadbeat Dads to come clean - or else

Remember this is for every adult U.S. citizen, 18 and older (including the folks who lost their jobs at Lehmann Brothers and every other company that is cutting back) and of course, for those serving in our Armed Forces.

If we're going to re-distribute wealth let's really do it! Instead of trickling out a puny $1,000.00 economic incentive.

If we're going to do an $85 billion bailout, let's bail out every adult U.S. citizen!!

As for AIG - liquidate it.

* Sell off its parts.
* Let American General go back to being American General.
* Sell off the real estate.
* Let the private sector bargain hunters cut it up and clean it up.

We deserve the money and AIG doesn't. Sure it's a crazy idea, but can you imagine the coast-to-coast block party?!

How do you spell Economic Boom? W-e D-e-s-e-r-v-e I-t D-i-v-i-d-e-n-d! I trust my fellow adult Americans to know how to use the $85 Billion "We Deserve It" dividend more than I do the geniuses at AIG or in Washington , D.C.

And remember, The Birk plan only really costs $59.5 billion because $25.5 billion is returned instantly in taxes to Uncle Sam.

What Cha Think !!!!

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I'm fudging on the numbers for now

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:09:18

This morning when I showed up for my annual the nurse led me straight to the scale. As I was sitting all of my stuff down she mentioned that it was weighing her 4 lbs heavy this morning. After I saw my weight I decided to take her word for it.

My regular ob/gyn was delivering a baby at the hospital so a new female dr stepped in in his place. I'm telling ya it was the zippiest pap I have ever had. I don't know what my regular dr does while he is down there!LOL I'm thinking of switching to her in the future--she doesn't dilly dally around.

Rather than getting down over my weight today I am going to wait until my my wellness ck in about 10 days to officially record it on here. Hopefully by then I will be feeling a little bit better and able to get out and move some more.

Tomorrow I am supposed to be doing Zumba w/ a ladies group from church.

Happy, happy weekend girlz!

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Many thanks to my nurse, I forgot....

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:08:20

fortunately she did not have me step on the scale. If she had I probably would have stroked out when I saw the digits.

Fortunately I don't have 'white coat' syndrome. I have my annual pap tomorrow, my mammo on Tues, and my wellness ck at the very end of the month. Unfortunately, I may have escaped the scale today, but tomorrow will be a sure thing. I may not look and ask her to not tell me. Maybe I can get a few lbs off by the time of my wellness ck.

Nite Nite, gotta rest now! Love Yas!

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There is a reason for this funk!

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:08:20

And not a good one.

The last several weeks or so I have been feeling absolutely miserable. The last couple of days I have been stressed the max. This morning I was having a gnawing headache w/ lotsa tension in my neck and shoulders.

I decided to have a co-worker check my bp--it was 158/106! WTH? She took it a second time just to be sure it was accurate and it came up the same. Immediately I contacted my drs ofc--fortunately they are right across the street from my ofc.

When I got there it had gone up to 166/108! The nurse said the dr was running a little behind but if I wanted to wait she would be sure to let him know I was waiting.

We figured out it was b/c I was taking two different rxs up until May--one of the happened to suppress my bp (plus, at the time, I was much more active). When we switched to the single rx I lost the benefit of bp suppression.

He mentioned that I seemed to be in a bit of a funk. He said he didn't understand it b/c the last time he saw me, about 6 wks ago, I was bouncing off the walls trying to convince him to come to a ringa class or was it a zombo class. The 3rd year med student who he brought along w/ him started chuckling and said, "would that be a Zumba class"?

He put me back on the second med immediately. I am still feelings a little uncomfortable but at least I know I am not going to keel over unexpectedly.

Do any of you have bp probs? Does it make you wanna choke the sh*t out of co-workers? As if I don't have all this serious grown-up stuff to deal with I have these petty, fake, childish adult women that I work with. Today I finally had enough w/ one that I really considered a very dear friend. Whatever made me think that I would be immune from her backstabbing. Whatever, I need to have positive, uplifting people in my life. Still kinda hurts tho.

That little Kaitlyn Mayer, 4yr old singer on America's Got Talent, is the most adorable little princess. Angela she reminds me of a smaller version of Tatum.

Now that we have gotten to bottom of this health issue I am looking forward to working out again in the very near future. My dr is so wonderful. He reminded me that this is actually a physical ailment.--no more beating myself up for being a lazy sloth.

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So much for high speed internet

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:07:19

My dear EPeeps I would love more than anything to comment on your wonderful accomplishments & epiphanies; however, the "new & improved" EP site is not allowing me to.

Travel girl! You go girl! I have always wondered why they hadn't put your picture up!

I have officially reached the point where I have no shut-off valve when it comes to eating. I am totally miserable.

All my life I have been pretty good at sticking w/ something until I meet a goal; however, once it has been reached I revert back to former bad habits. Now most normal, rational people would say, "OK, set another goal for yourself"--well in an ideal world I would be able to get this through my thick cellulite & skull.

It feels like I am preparing for my winter hibernation mode.

Sorry girlz, more of the same ole, same ole from me.

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She better hope I faint, puke, or die....

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:06:21

because if I don't, and Jillian talked to me that way, I would so be kicking her @$$!

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Bonus to not having a phone

Saturday, December 8, 2007 23:01:20

I never realized how many times I consider calling for food delivery. When I was really tired I would think, "Oh, what the heck, I'll order....", go to pick up the phone to call.....damn! I had forgotten.

On my birthday my bff took me to a ladies night out at her church at a local coffee house. They were introducing there fall semester of small groups. I decided to walk on the wild side and sign up for a group called the Cuisine Queens. It is a group of gals that will meet for dinner, once a month, to experiment w/ international foods.

Our first night out is next week. We will be meeting at a local Thai restaurant. Suggestions? Suggestions anyone? I am hoping to be able to make some healthyish choices--I just don't know if I will be able to convey that to the server.

My goal for this next week is to return to Zumba. I haven't gone for about 4 wks. No more excuses. The weather had really cooled down. I can almost breathe when I come out of my ofcs at night.

Tonight I experienced my first purse party. I was the first to get there. The purse lady wasn't there yet so I just sat down, patiently in the living room, waiting for her to set up. Little did I know that they other ladies were totally going thru the totes as she brought them from her car. It was MAYHEM! Elbows and purses were flying--I have never seen anything like it.

I walked out w/o making a purchase. The only one I really liked got scarfed up before I made it into the room where she was attempting to set up. The night was not a total loss--Jen, the hostess, offered snacks. I had the most amazing Key Lime cheeseball. I don't know what the calorie count was; however, it would definitely liven up low fat or no fat cream cheese.

Great to be home!

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