busy ...

After work today we need to go out to St.Albert to drop my dog off at my Dads so he can babysit her while we are out of town at the wedding. I'm a little worried about this, only because lately her legs have been bothering her. Last night she was limping a lot and her hind legs would shake if she would stand on them too long. This morning there is no change, she limped her way into the living room to have oatmeal with my hubby. She is getting old, 11yrs, and I am a little worried that since she is a Rottie she may have hip dispalsia (sp?), which is apparently very common in Rottie's. Hopefully it is just sore bones from all the rain we have had lately but I hate leaving her when she isn't feeling very well. It's like leaving your baby with a sitter when they have a cold! ?

Only one and a half more days till my boss is back and it seems like each day is getting harder and harder. I think I definitely have the more stressful of jobs here and honestly don't think I get paid enough to "baby sit" the so called "assistant manager", I think I am going to ask for a raise when my boss gets back and hopefully I will be backed up by our salesman to tell him how much I did!

A little busy lately ....

I am counting down the days until my boss returns, I have 4 more - including today! I can hardly wait till he gets back, I hate dispatching! I feel like I have to babysit them (the drivers) all the time and the one time I don't go in the back to check off what parts they brought back is the one time that parts are missing or get delivered to places that weren't billed for them! ? It's not like these drivers are new, they have been working with us since we opened our door two years ago, they should know how to do their job by now with me telling them! And to top things off the guy that is suppose to be the assistant manager has all of a sudden denied the position and claims that he is not the 'ass man' and that he merely just has a key to get into the building! ? Which leaves me doing all the paper work and cashing out! Yesterday was a super bad day - I was totally stressed by the time I had to go home! I am hoping that the missing parts from yesterday will turn up sometime today and I'm hoping that the guy that also answers the phone helps a little more. He is much to old to be working and I feel that he should be retired already. Everyday I have to tell him how to do his job, it's like he forgets from the day before - maybe the beginnings of altzimers!? Anyway - he should take more days off, it would be less stressful for me! I'm going to give my boss a hug when he gets back and if he expects me to do this next time I will definitely be needing a raise! :P

I'm going shopping tonight, we have a wedding this weekend out of town (close to the mountains), I'm expecting it to be cold so I need a warmer outfit then the one I wore to the wedding last month plus I just want new cloths! I'm not sure if I want a pant suit or dress, but whatever I decide to get tonight will also be my outfit for the track banquet in October. I'll have to see what's on sale!? I am also going to bring my rings with me to get sized, I miss my rings - especially my wedding band and can hardly wait to be able to wear them again! The track is finishing off the race that got rained out last week so I will be home alone tonight. :(

a big myth??

I remember before I started dieting everyone would tell you to make sure and drink 6-8 glasses of water! I always kind of thought that this was just a myth to help fill you up so you didn't eat as much!~? I tried not to drink too much water, I feel like I pee enough as it is and didn't really need help in that department! If anything I thought I would probably get more exercise from having to walk to the bathroom every hour! he he I am now a huge believer in making sure to get my 6-8 glasses of good ole H2O! As you probably already know I let loose a bit in Edson and ended up gaining +4lbs over the weekend (I blame the booze) LOL ;) But since Wednesday weigh in I have been back on track with my water intake and have drinking it like crazy! I am happy to say that this morning I snuck a peak at the scale and jumped on to see if I was doing any better, well I am back down to 169.4 (unofficial), yeah! I find it so odd that by just making sure to drink your water your weight can fluctuate that much!? I haven't changed my diet, in fact I feel like I am eating more now then I ever have and yet I am down 2.6lbs in 2 days! The only answer is that it was all water weight!?

We are suppose to be working at the race tack tonight but it is raining outside! So if it doesn't clear up by 4:00 this afternoon they will probably cancel the race, not that I would be too upset about that - it's just a street legal! ;) The rest of the weekend is suppose to be nice, it is the "bike drags" this weekend at the track and I think I will work it this time. I told them at the beginning of the year that I didn't want to do the bike's but I guess the lady doing my job at the last one sucked so they are kinda hoping that I will work this one, even though I have never really said I would and they have never really asked me if I would!? I'm not sure if we will work at the track full time next year or not, we didn't get anything done this year around the house! We had planned to do so much this year - finish or start the basement, side the garage, build new sheds, install the new sky light, finish the patio door .... the list goes on! We didn't get one of those things done and I think we will be lucky if we get the garage sided by my birthday party!

Well that's all for me today ..... gotta get to work now! ;) Have a good weekend!

Not so nice out ...

Well I made it through another busy day at work and haven't been fired yet! ;) Only one call from the boss about my cash out and some missing invoices but that's all! :) It wasn't very nice out yesterday but I still took the dog for her walk after supper, I feel like I have to get back on track. After our walk I decided to make cookies. A few months ago I bought some cookie dough from my niece who was selling it as a fundraiser for dance. It is pre-mixed cookie dough and all you have to do is scoop it onto the pan and throw into the oven! Super simple -- but because it has been so hot out lately I have been putting off baking cookies. They turned out pretty good and made quite a few, I still have one more tub of dough to make - maybe in a few weeks!?

The races also got rained out last night which means we will probably have to finish them off on the next race weekend. This weekend is the "bike drags" but the weather doesn't look too promising - I think it will get rained out too!?

I stayed up much too late last night reading Harry Potter, not the new book but The Chamber of Secrets. I have watched the movies and really enjoyed them and I always heard people talk about the books and how good they are so I thought I would give the books a try. I'm glad I did, it has been a long time since I've read a book that I actually enjoyed! I can't wait to start reading the next book, which I have already bought. I have a coffee date tonight with my best est bud and a girl I haven't seen in about 10 years ? We found each other again on Facebook and decided we need to met for coffee to reminisce on the old times! ;) It should be tons of fun but hopefully I won't stay up late again, I really need to catch up on my sleep! :o

TGIF !

So as long as it doesn't rain this afternoon we will be going to the race track tonight for Street Legals. However this will be the only time we go to the race track this weekend! :) I'm totally looking forward to sleeping in on Sat. and Sun!! Although I don't want to sleep the whole day away and I do have plans. I would like to catch up on some cleaning that has been missed over the past few weeks, like washing the sheets, washing windows and cleaning floors. Plus I would also like to get a hair cut, I feel like Mr.Mugs, I hate when my hair is in my face - I desperately need my bangs cut! I would also like to do a little shopping on Sat. for new pants and a few summer tops. I received my cheque from the insurance company the other day and the hubby says I get to spend $500 of it!! WOW - I don't think I will, I'm much too cheap to spend that much money on myself! I will probably only spend $200 and put the rest towards bills!?!

On Sunday we plan on going visiting, cause we haven't done it for a really long time, and stopping at the in-laws after to give the FIL his Father's Day gift. Then we are headed to my brothers for a BBQ for my Dad, I need to bring "my salad" so I will be making that on Sat. night. I'm excited to go see my brother, not that I'm excited to see him but more that I'm excited to see the kids! I wish we lived closer and I could visit them more often!

I'm sooooo grouchy lately! Especially at work, I'm not sure why but I feel like I need a break!? I just had holidays, everything here frustrates me, I feel like my boss is "baby sitting" me - always listening in to my phone calls with customers and doesn't let me try to find things on my own. He will automatically pop his head out of his office and answer my question or interrupt my conversation. And if a customer walks in he jumps out of his chair too see what they need, I feel like he doesn't think I can do the job!? I'm sure he only does it to be helpful but to be frank it annoys the hell out of me! I heard on the radio this morning that they are raising minimum wage again to $8 which also boils my blood! WTF ?? When do I get a raise? I did just get a raise but it was so pathetic they may as well not even bothered!? I think I would be better off to quit and get re-hired, I would probably end up making more !? A lot of people are quiting and not because the company sucks but only because they need to go where the money's at. I work for a smaller company that honestly can't compete with the larger companies or dealerships when it comes to wages. However because this company is so much smaller they treat you as a member of their family and not just a number, like larger companies tend to do. So it's kinda a toss up .... smaller company = smaller wage but you get treated like a family member OR larger company = larger wage but upper management doesn't even know your name!? Maybe I'll feel better after a weekend off! ? Or at least you can hope !! ;)

Almost the end of another week!

My mom gets home today from her trip to Vegas!! I was watching the weather on the news and it sure was hot down there! I think yesterday it was 38C! Mom probably wasn't liking that too much and more then likely stayed inside and played the slots!?! Today it looks like it shouldn't be as hot there, only 28C but still much hotter then my mom would like! ;) I guess I'll find out tomorrow if she won the "big one"!? Someday I will experience Vegas, some NS members are planning a trip to Vegas in October and have asked if I want to go but I don't think it is in the budget this year!? I would like to wait till we can afford to drive down, see the sites, maybe go check out the Grand Canyon then on the way back come up the coast and stop at Disneyland. I mentioned to the hubby about how it would be neat to walk the strip and he agreed mentioning something about how he would like to bring the car down so he could go down the strip!? Well I was talking about "the strip" with all the hotels and he was talking about the drag strip! ? LOL Just goes to show how different our thoughts can sometimes be!

I found a 'friend' on

Facebook yesterday that I haven't talked to since grade school! I introduced her to her husband and it says on her profile that she now has two kids! I'm so happy for her and e-mailed her, I hope she writes back and hopefully she doesn't think I'm a Facebook stalker! ;) I'm telling you this Facebook thing is great! It's great to see people that you haven't seen in years and catch up on what's new. Sometimes it's odd to see that my friends have friends listed on their list that were definitely not their friend in school (different group) but now that they are older they are considered "friends"?! And I admit I have people on my "friend" list that I have never even met but we work for the same company so now all of a sudden we are "friends"!? It's fun searching for friends and groups, you should check it out, then I could add you as a "friend"!! LOL ;)

Wednesday Weigh in

Week 37 =177.6lbs

(-1lb)

I'm actually a little surprised by this weigh in, yesterday I mentioned how I snuck a peak on the scale and liked the number - well it was lower then the number I got today and I'm not really sure why!? I walked a lot yesterday and thought I burned a bunch of calories, I followed the NS plan 98% eating only NS meals for most of the day (except for my snack - I had a 100cal bag of popcorn, which shouldn't have made that much of a difference)? But yesterday I saw 175 on the scale and today was two pounds more! Not that I'm upset with my -1lb loss, I think it's great, I just would have liked to see that 175 again!? I'm sure I'll see it again, maybe next week!? ;)

My hubby had a meeting last night with his boss/ co-partner, I don't think this job is going to work out for him. He is more miserable working with this guy then he was working for the other company! I don't think it is ever a good idea to mix friendship with business, we have never had a good experience with it anyway!? Ideally I think my hubby would do good being his own boss and getting his own jobs so that he can set his hours but the thought of not knowing how long you need to make your paychecks last kinda scares me! I like the idea of knowing I get paid on the 15th and 30th of every month and I know it is for X amount! This way you get to plan things better, if you want to make a large purchase you know that you can afford it, I think that having your own business you are always living in the unknown or the what if factor! What if you don't get paid by this customer that seemed to be nice in the beginning but now has turned into a jerk!? What if you can't find a job for a few weeks and need to make your last cheque stretch for longer then expected? But if I don't let him try to do it on his own again then he will just be miserable working for other people! I wish I could take an accounting class and then I would know more of the secrets to writing off things when you own your own company!

Meanwhile on the news this morning they were talking about how taxes were going to be going up 10% and gas prices keep rising but yet my wage still remains the same!? I feel sorry for kids now that are trying to get a start in life and buy a house or start a family!? I think they need to have a really good job just to get a house and in order to live comfortably they may even have to take on a second job!? I sometimes wish we were back in 1960, I think I would have enjoyed living in that era!? People were more social and respectful and even though you only made a few dollars a day it worked out for buying things. It seemed to be a simpler life even though you worked harder. There were less chemicals in our food and everyone seemed to help each other out. You don't get any of that now a days and I'm sure it will just get worse for the next generation!

Look who found there way home!

Look who greeted me when I got home yesterday !! YAH!! :)

Only 2 more bears to go before I get my goal bear! I'm excited for the next one's, not only because it means I'm that much closer to goal but because they are completely different colors then the ones I have. All the bears I have so far seem to be either a shade of red or blue, none of them really stand out but 80lb is orange and 90 is black so they will look awesome beside all the red/ blue bears! ?

As you all probably know, I have been recording my daily meals on SparkPeople but was a little surprised by my first entry being so high!? I noticed that on Carb Addict's she has been recording her meals on FitDay, so I thought I would enter my info on both and compare the two, here are my results:

Day 1 (Wed)
SparkPeople = 1907 calories, 56g Fat, 244g Carbs, 94g Protein
Fit Day = 1610 calories, 38g Fat, 249g Carbs, 83g Protein

Day 2 (Thur)
SparkPeople = 1666 cals, 52g Fat, 184g Carbs, 94g Protein
FitDay = 1500 cals, 35g Fat, 232g Carbs, 95g Protein

Day 3 (Fri)
SparkPeople = 1365 cals, 34g Fat, 222g Carbs, 46g Protein
FitDay = 1376 cals, 26g Fat, 254g Carbs, 53g Protein

Day 4 (Sat)
SparkPeople = 1428 cals, 31g Fat, 213g Carbs, 57g Protein
FitDay = 1330 cals, 28g Fat, 223g Carbs, 60g Protein

Day 5 (Sun)
SparkPeople = 1471 cals, 43g Fat, 181g Carbs, 65g Protein
FitDay = 1273 cals, 33g Fat, 190g Carbs, 70g Protein

Day 6 (Mon)
SparkPeople = 1275 cals, 28g Fat, 199g Carbs, 62g Protein
FitDay = 1379 cals, 32gFat, 238g Carbs, 56g Protein

So as you can see I got completely different results from both websites ? I entered everything the same but the programs differed between the calorie count in things like fruit and veggies? I found that SparkPeople was way easier to enter info on and also had a ton of other things I could check out while on their website. I liked how Fitday had the daily percentages and a little pie chart that made it easy to see your stats but it was hard to find certain foods and I couldn't find a place to enter foods that I eat all the time to make it easier for next time. SparkPeople had a "favorites" section on their site to make it easier to locate foods you eat all the time?! I found that keeping track of all my food in a journal seemed fairly easy to do everyday but it was quite a pain entering it all into the computer!? I'm not sure if I will continue journaling my meals on the computer, maybe just in my little book!? I will find out tomorrow just how good my week was but according to my journal it looks like I over did it? I did sneak a peak on the scale this morning and it did look really good, I think I know what I'm doing for the most part and I may just track it in the book, this way if I do have a week that I gained I can go back and see where I went wrong.

I think the thing I liked the most about NS is the fact that it is mindless eating, you follow the plan and it just works - no counting calories, no adding up points. I now choose foods that are low fat, low cal, high protein and low GI. I eat about 75% more fruits and veggies then I did before and 110% more water, I feel that as long as I follow these basic rules of healthy eating I should be fine!? I think the journaling may make me resent the new lifestyle, I'll give it another week -journaling in the book but NOT the computer, it was just way too much work?! he he

Thursday --

So we had our meeting for the race track the other night and they seem to have lots of new ideas in mind for this year. They have also been doing or plan on doing some improvements to the grounds! They plan on adding more suites on the drag side, improving the lounge, adding a real coffee shop with 'healthy' snacks and upgrading the bathrooms!!! Their bathrooms were horrible out there - because it is a race track it is situated outside of the city close to the airport (too many people complain about the noise and pollution when it was in the city). So because of this it was like going to a camp, just recently they got running water for the bathrooms (before all they had were outhouses) and the water that they did have in the bathroom was ice cold cause there was no hot water tank! The toilets were constantly getting plugged either from idiot people that thought it was fun!? or because the toilet was just a piece of junk!?






I have been interested in getting more hours with the track - cause I'm money hungry and could always use a few extra bucks! So we talked to the manager last night who also wants me and the hubby to work more or at least come out more to help fill in for breaks and be kind of a floater!? I think being a floater will be fun cause I'm not stuck doing the same job all day, sitting at a desk typing in numbers! I did mention to her that the only issue I had was with pay and how last years pay was crap! She agreed and asked how much I would like to get -- I absolutely hate this question! I always seem to under cut myself cause I don't want to sound greedy by saying some outrageous number! So I spit out $50 an event - WTH was I thinking! Grrr -- clearly I wasn't thinking, $50 stinks too! I don't want $50 an event that's still crap pay!! It's still works out to less then minimum wage, I hate my big mouth! I hate when I open my big mouth without thinking first - and I seem to do it a lot (un-intentional of course)!! She was so quick to say OK to my stupid $50 an event that I felt like an idiot! Now how am I going to tell her that I was stupid and actually I want more .... like $75 an event!! @#(*&@ DUH !! ((sigh))






On a plus note, everyone (on the drag side) commented on my new look and weight loss! I love being able to dress up a little and feel good about the way I look - I love being able to impress people and have them look at me different. But I still feel really awkward when they start to talk to me about it and ask questions! I sometimes wish that people would just talk amongst themselves and I would just know that I look better - I don't need everyone telling me that! But if no one did I would wonder what the problem was! ? !? It's tough, or maybe it's just me being weird!? ? I was surprised at how many people made it sound like I was a failure for not being able to loose weight on my own and that I had to go to a company that supplied food to help!? Just the things they were saying, it would go something like this:






"Wow, you look good! You were busy this winter! How did you do it?"


So I would reply....


"oh, thanks- I am on Nutrisystem"


and then they would say something like...


"OH - Well .... whatever works I guess" or "well, I'm a firm believer in going to places that help you loose" ? ??






I probably would have never even said NS if it wasn't for the fact that I told a lady last year that I had joined and she started some crazy diet (similar to Atkins) where you are only allowed X amount of carbs for so long then you can slowly bring them in and she had these powdered 'energy' drinks? It clearly didn't work for her, since she looked like she had gained back all the weight she lost before winter and was back to where she was a year ago!? She is a super nice lady and we do get along so I do feel bad for her, I just think it was a crazy diet that isn't meant to be long term - there is no way a normal person could live on that diet for life! She gave me a bunch of these to try:

They are coffee sweeteners that are flavored like Mocha, French Vanilla and Hazelnut! They are not available in Canada yet and I was anxiously waiting to try them! Because they are made by Splenda they are 0 calories and I absolutely love hazelnut in my coffee! Unfortunately that was the only flavor she didn't have but I tried the French Vanilla one last night and I'm not sure if I liked it? I missed the "cream" flavor, the coffee looked like a black coffee but smelt like a French Vanilla! I felt the need to add milk to it just to get the cream flavor!? Kinda defeats the purpose in using it?! I also needed to use 2 packets in my coffee just to get enough to taste, I'm not sure if I would buy these when they do become available to us Canadians, it did taste OK but I still really like my FF Hazelnut creamer! This lady did mention that her daughter likes to put the french vanilla one in her plain yogurt to give it a boost and I think this would be a great idea! The one tiny little pack of french vanilla made my kitchen smell great! The smell was much stronger then the taste.

Thursday thoughts ...

As some of you already know - I was involved in a youth group as a child. It was called Job's Daughters. It is similar to Rainbow Girls in the States but you need to be related to a Mason in order to be a Job's Daughter. Some of you may not be familiar with what a Mason is or you may have heard bad things about Freemasonry, like -it is considered to be a cult because of their secrecy of the order. When in fact if you have ever met a Mason you would know that they are the most loyal and giving person you have ever met. There is another organization that is linked with Mason's that is much more known for their charity and in order to be one you need to be a Mason first. This is the Shriner's, they are most known for their Shrine Hospital and the Shrine Circus. Now you may be wondering why I am bringing all this up? Well a few days ago my mom informed me that she was reading the obituaries (something you do when you get old-I guess) and she came across one that we know. Last Friday one of the mom's that was a big part of the organizations had past away, she was only 55! Her funeral is being held tomorrow at one of the funeral homes close to where I work so I plan on attending. She had a huge influence on both the girls youth group (IOJD) and the boys youth group (DeMolay) and I'm sure it will be a full house. I would like to give thanks today for all my friends and family that are in my life. It seems like when ever we are faced with a death of friends or relatives it is like a eye opener and we reflect on our lives, I realize just how lucky I am to have healthy friends and family. My thoughts go out to the Keparts - Karen will be missed by everyone who's heart she touched! :(

Thursday ......

So I was thinking ..... these Thursday thoughts are turning out to be quite the bore and I find that they just turn into a ramble about silly things that no one seems to care about really ?? So instead of Thursday thoughts I am going to do Thursday This n' That! What does that mean?? you might be asking yourself, well on Thursdays I will be able to post lots of different stuff now like maybe a little bit of THIS or a little bit of THAT Hopefully you enjoy this more then just a bunch of talk! lol

My food order has been shipped out but I'm almost certain that they left my 30lb bear out! The weight of the package is only 30.30lbs and that is exactly the same weight as before when they never sent 10lb! But my fingers are crossed and I guess if it's not in this order I will give them one more shipment before I complain or else I may end up with two of them again (like 10lb)!

We weighed the dog again yesterday!! Hubby said it's Wednesday Weigh in so we need to weigh her too! LOL She is down to 91lbs!! Which is super, last year at the vets she weighed 110lbs and the vet told us she would like to see her at 89lbs! She is a 10 year old Rottweiler and I thought the vet was crazy but it looks like we are right on track! We also weighed the cat, who alot of people say we should paint orange and she would look like Garfield!! lol And guess what ? She is down too! Last year she weighed 13lbs and yesterday she weighed in at 9lbs !! Now I just have to work on the "fatten the husband" evil plan! he he

Thursday Thoughts .....

My thoughts for today are going to be on luck! I believe that luck is all determined on the amount of risks you take. It all depends on certain choices you make, if someone thinks they always have bad luck I would tend to think that it was because of bad choices! If you take a second mortgage out on your house just to gamble it away and loose all your savings it's not because you are unlucky, it's because you made a really bad choice! If you become pregnant at a young age it is usually also because of a bad choice. Almost all unlucky situations I can think of boil down to one bad choice. Yesterday the 6/49 lotto was apparently really high - 35 million I think? So everyone at work put a couple bucks in and we bought some tickets, of course we didn't win anything but there is always hope! I rarely buy lotto tickets because I never win but you have to buy in order to win, right? I have always thought that I have been naturally lucky but I think it's because I don't take too many risks, I like to live a simple life knowing what I can expect tomorrow. When I invest money I hate the thought that I am not guaranteed the same amount i put in so I usually invest in low risk investments, which I know will never really get me anywhere but its safe.

Last night I took the dog for her walk and decided I would go to this field that is fairly close to home. I thought it would be a good work out walking through the knee deep snow - which it was but we came home with only three out of the four new booties we bought for her!! grrrr I was so upset about it, she's only worn them like three times and already we lost one?! What good are three booties?? Unless you had a three legged dog! So my hubby takes me back to the field in search of the missing boot! Luckily we found it right away, right at the beginning of the field. I liked hiking through the field it was a good work out but I don't want to loose one of her booties - those things cost alot of money!! Maybe I'll just stick to the paved paths.... less risk of loosing a boot!

Thursday Thoughts ....

This week I would like to post a subject that I'm sure will get people talking! It is a subject that nobody likes to bring up around friends because it does cause such a controversy. It is like talking about politics right before an election, nobody ever really admits who they are going to vote for because they don't want to have to justify why they believe in that party. This week I would like to post my thoughts on Spirituality!

Now I would like to start by saying that everyone is entitled to their opinion and once again these are just my thoughts, so sorry if I offend anyone!? I am the type of person that is more mathematical then scientific, a+b=ab. I personally have never had any experience with ghosts or spirits. I'm not really 100% convinced that there is such a thing as life after death. I believe that when your dead you are dead, that's it. I don't believe that I was someone else is a previous life and I don't believe that ghosts haunt you. The biggest reason for my believes is probably because I have never encountered a spirit or ghost.

Now I would like to note that I was involved with a youth group as a teen (IOJD) and it studied the Story of Job which we had to memorize. So I pretty much know all about his trials and tribulations. My whole idea of God is hard for me to describe, I do say a prayer almost everyday (especially if I see a sick or dying animal) and I do find that I talk to Him when I'm in need of answers. But I also believe in the Evolution theory and I'm not too convinced on the whole Adam and Eve story? Being in the youth group we had to go on "church parades" and visit different churches. I have been to a Church of Jesus Christ and Latter day Saints and got my free book of Mormon. I have visited a Sikh temple and ate there little nut mixture and sat on the floor. I've been to a Jewish synagogue and saw how they hide their bible behind this curtain. Along with going to various other Catholic, Anglican and Protestant churches. I find that I am very curious of different religions but yet I don't have one of my own.


Maybe I'm getting a little off topic now, I find myself wondering is spirituality linked to religion?? Do you need to have religion in order to have encounters with spirits? I think out of all the different churches I've visited Judaism interests me the most, can anyone become a Jew or do you have to be born one? I watched an episode of "Wife Swap" last week and one of the moms was Jewish and was explaining a bit about it and I found myself agreeing with alot of her beliefs. I think I am just generally a very curious person and tend to ask alot of questions.

Thursday Thoughts.....

All week I was thinking about what I wanted my thoughts to be for today and I thought I had it all figured out until I had a phone call last night from this survey company that asked me "Do you believe it is ok for gays to marry?" and then this morning when I was viewing my daily blogs Lynn had a posting that also questioned the "marriage definition" for her state.

So I figure a good topic for this Thursday's Thoughts would be on gay marriage.

Now I must admit that I lived a fairly simple life and I have not had much experience with this lifestyle. Maybe experience isn't really the right word ..... I know three gay people in my life and I have only ever met four (two couples) and that is in 29yrs. My personal opinion with this subject is pretty much the same POV I would say for any subject and that is, if you are not harming anyone or anything by your actions then It's ok with me! I think there are far worse things out there then two people that love each other getting married! If they want to live that lifestyle then why not? Now I don't believe that they should be showing public affection but then I don't think that anyone (gay or straight) should "make out" in public, somethings are better behind closed doors. I have never been hurt (mentally or physically) by anyone who is openly gay and the few people that I have met and know are gay, are really nice people! So my thoughts on gay marriage is that I hope it becomes legal in all States and Countries, I don't think that it is fair to make individuals hide their love for each other or be ashamed of it!

Thursday thoughts ......

I thought I would try something new for Thursdays and have random thoughts for Thursdays! Now before I start I would just like to make it clear that:

No I am NOT a scientist or teacher or have any other type of degree that makes me a professional on any of these subjects! These are just simple thoughts by a simple person with a simple mind! I do not mean to offend anyone and I'm sorry if I do but if you agree or disagree with anything that I am about to post I would be happy to hear your comments! So here it goes .......

My thoughts on genetics: I often wonder if my kids will have to struggle with being over weight or have a hard time maintaining a healthy weight just because I have had to deal with my weight for most of my life? I do place some blame on my parents for my weight issues but not because I think it's in my genes to be fat but because of the way I was brought up. I don't think my parents pushed me enough to be active and part of sports groups. I think it all started when we had pizza movie night on Fridays which eventually led to having take out more then once a week and soon we were eating out way more then at home. I rairly remember having "healthy" meals at home. Now some people would probably argue that if your parents are over weight then more then likely there children will be too but is that because of genetics or because of the eating habits the parents have? Just like I believe that if your parents are alcoholics does not mean that you are destined to be one as well. Everyone makes choices in life but as a child they are unable to make certain choices on their own. I do take full responsibility for being over weight as an adult and can't blame anyone but myself for that but I would like to think that my kids will not be destined to be fat as long as I can instill unto them a healthy lifestyle throughout their life. So I'm sorry if I offended anyone - especially my mom with what I have posted I do not mean to blame her for my weight issues now but I can't help but wonder if they had encouraged me to be more active as a child and had taught me "healthy" eating when I was younger would I be where I am today?

Now on a less serious note ..... I did receive my shipment of food yesterday and yes my 20lb bear was in the box!! Yippee !! I was so happy to see him! They also shipped me another 10lb bear ?? So I gave that one to my dog because she has also lost 10lbs being my walking partner!! So you could say that Nutrisystem has also helped her to loose weight as well! She loves her bear and carries it all over the house it's super cute and I must learn how to use our scanner so I can post pics! LOL I only have

10 - Pound (Female) Pound says congratulations on your initial weight loss.She's here to keep you motivated as you continue toward your goal weight

20 - Commitment Losing 20 lbs. proves you have the commitment you need to succeed, but a little inspiration from Commitment couldn't hurt