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Well, I guess considering what all I’ve been in to this week this has been a boring day.  Nothing much to blog about, diet is going good, worked out at Curves and then got in a bike ride.  No dog attacks today, I went to the river and road the park.  Only dogs allowed there have to be on leashes.  Guess a cross squirrel could have held me up and taken my mp3 player but didnt run into any of those today!  But then again, I am getting pretty good with the pepper spray.  And for those of you out there that do run/walk/bike and dont carry it (I know some of yall commented about that in my blog yesterday) I say run/walk/bike to your local hunting supply or weapon store and get you some.  I’ve had to use mine twice now, both times on dogs.  Almost had to blast a 3rd around this time last year but he backed down.  Plus you never know what else you might run in to out there.  Its cheap and wont kill anyone…just make ‘em burn like hell!!

My mom’s birthday is Sunday and she wants to go out to eat.  But luckily for me she wants to go to Applebee’s!  They have a WW’s menu so I get to eat out but stay on track. Now to have the chicken or the steak?  I’ve had both and they are yummy!  She wants a chocolate cake so no threat of me eating any of it, I dont like chocolate cake.  I know, I know…I just heard alot of yall gasp and grumble.  Call me weird but I’m not a huge chocolate person and never cared for the taste of chocolate cake.  Now if it was a yellow cake or God forbid a strawberry cake with cream cheese icing?  I would have to be carried out on a gurney after I finished the entire thing!

More storms moving tonight.  I am so sick of wet weather.  In fact for the next 7 days we are looking at rain/storm chances.  At this rate I’m never gonna get a garden put in.  I guess I’ll have to start visiting the Farmer’s Market downtown after I get off work.  The ground is so soupy I cant even get close to the garden right now without burying up.  I’ll be lucky to get my pumpkins started on time.  Maybe I’ll garden earthworms to sell to the fishermen down at the river.  Seeing plenty of those playing out in the turned over earth where my garden should growing!!

Ok…well, I guess thats about it.  I think I’m gonna see if Tom wants to load up Mollie and take a ride down by the river (but not in a van LOL!  Ever watch SNL?).  I am so bored and there is nothing on tv.  I would do something outside just to say I did something but its too stormy looking and I’m not brave!  Oh!  Weigh in tomorrow and its looking good!!!!  I dont want to jinx myself but at home this morning my scales showed 2 pounds gone!

Later gator~

Now that the shock has worn off and I am no longer scared (and almost not shaking anymore) I am just pissed.  No…more like PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I almost got dog bit, just not 20 minutes ago.  I was on the last leg of my route when out of no where comes a huge blond lab out of the woods.  I am thinking lab…how mean can he be?  Well let me tell ya!  Meaner than hell!!!.  I tried talking to him but no, he didnt stop.  He came up out of the gully and right at me.  I’m going uphill so I drop the bike in low and give it hell.  Well so does he.  So I am trying to keep an eye on him, keep my bike up and load my pepper spray.  Yeah, try doing that with him grabbing at your shoe.  It took 3 times spraying him to get him to stop.  He charged once, I sprayed and he stopped.  Thought to myself thank God.  Nope, he lets me get some distance and here he came again.  Sprayed again (I’m not sure I hit him those two times) but he stopped again.  Almost to the top of the hill screaming all sorts of stuff I’m gonna have to ask forgivness for later and that bastard started after me again.  This time I said f” it, stopped in the middle of the road and gave him hell with the spray.  That did it.  I hauled ass home.  Parked my bike, grabbed my keys and went looking.  If I could have gotten my eyes on him I was calling the cops.  Yup, I am in the country but we do have a law against aggressive dogs running lose.  But no luck.  No where to be found.  Damnit.  When Tom gets in we are going looking again.  I sure wish I could find the owner, he and his damn dog could go to jail.

But why am I on fire?  Well once I got back home I realized I also have sprayed myself.  I guess trying to keep on the bike and shoot behind me caused me to get into my own line of fire.  Right across the right side of my face, down my neck and my right hand.  Put me under a fluorescent light and I’m gonna glow blue.  Damnit, damnit.  I have extremely sensitive skin and this will burn me, like a sunburn or worse.  But THANK GOD I didnt get bitten.  Especially since I cant find him.

Besides that the bike ride was nice but now I am scared to go back on that same route.  I cant go thru that again.  Now where?  I guess I’m gonna have to start loading up my bike and going to the river park.  No dogs down there.

I’ve had a good diet day, no problems and got in a good workout at the gym. Probably burned off a good pound fighting to get my fat ass up that hill before Kujo got me.  Better see a HUGE loss this week.

Dont forget Biggest Loser tonight, only 2 more episodes left.  Who is gonna win?? 

I’ll be back later to go thru my messages, I’m not ignoring my buddies I swear!  But right now I gotta go walk off this nervous energy, my hands are shaking again.  Later guys.

First off I want to say OOPS!  Major typo in my blog yesterday.  I used the word live instead of leave in my title.  Bet that left a few folks scratching their heads.  Sowwy!

Now back to Sunday.  Could the day have been anymore perfect than it was?  NOPE!  After I finished my blog I did run up to our grocery store and I did find fresh corn and squash!!!  So my mouth was watering all afternoon.  But to keep away from the munchies I spent the afternoon working in the yard.  Cleaned up my patio furniture, cleaned off the backporch, cleaned out a flower bed, swept the astro turf around the pool.  Put on a tank and worked up a nice sweat while catching some rays!  Gotta love days like that.

Finally we started supper only to have two of our friends show up.  Good thing Tom had gotten 3 pounds of shrimp!  But we hung out and grilled and ate and it was perfect. We ate on the backporch (glad I got the furniture all cleaned) and it was nice just chatting and listening to nature.  I got my belly more than full on my grilled chick and veggies….oh the veggies!  They were soooo good and I would love to eat more right now! LOL!  And since I ate so many veggies and had too many points still I did enjoy 2 beers with my buddies!  Not a bad afternoon at all.

So now I am trying to figure out if I can get in a quick bike ride.  I just missed a bad storm on my way in from work and right now the sun is out here.  But as any good southern living person can tell ya when storms are expected around here they can pop up at any time without warning.  And we are under a thunderstorm watch so I dont want to get too far from home just in case.  We do have a circle drive, guess I can ride round and around and around and around…;-p  But I did get in my workout at Curves today so I wont go without exercise.  I’m just thinking I’m too much of a chickenshit to go out on my bike.  One clap of thunder and I’ll be all over with!

The scales have crept down 1.2 pounds!  I had to do a sneak peak this morning, I seriously couldnt help myself.  After being good all weekend long I just had to see if it paid off.  And it looks to me like it did.  I did the silly naked dance all over the bathroom while my cat looked at me like I was crazy and then went and piled back up in the bed.  I think I called him an ugly name! LOL!

Cheeseburgers and fries for supper tonight!  I have been craving that for a few days now.  I wish it was already 6 so that I could get started on it.  Funny, I have nothing to do this afternoon and its killing me.  The house as ya know is clean, so is the backporch/pool area now…hum, what to do, what to do?  I’m checking out the radar…it looks ok.  I’ll think maybe I’ll attempt it afterall.  Later buddies!

**edited to add….Nope, no ride.  As soon as I hit publish it thundered…loudly!  And now its really rolling. Oh well, glad it started before I left.  Stupid radar was WRONG!

And I’m not talking about my diet, I am talking about my house!  After I spent the first of last week doing my spring cleaning I asked Tom to help me keep it straight this week.  He’s not really piggish but he has a tendency to not wipe up spills and track dirt in or not wipe out the extra toothpaste out of the bottom of his sink.  But this week he really tried so there isnt alot to do around here today.  Just some laundry, a quick wipe down and sweep up the floors and I am done. Gotta love it!  I hope he continues to do this.  It will be nice this summer to lay around the pool on Sunday’s instead of spend it cleaning house all day.

So I am feeling it today.  Got tons of energy that I would love to spend out working on my garden.  I went to Wally this morning and bought seeds…broccoli, squash, okra, onions…but when I got home Tom told me the garden is still way to wet to set rows.  I’m starting to get really peeved about the whole thing.  Right now they have rain forecasted to move in tonight and stick around for a WEEK!  I mean every friggin day, especially tomorrow when the storms are suppose to roll thru.  So not only will that push my planting back again, I also wont be able to ride my bike.  I figure if its only light to moderate rain I will still go, but if its heavy or stormy I’ll have to do something else inside for cardio.  Thats one thing I wish my Curves center had, some cardio machines.  I mean I do have plenty here at home but I’m more likely to use them while I am already at the gym and hot and sweaty.

Anyway, we are grilling out tonight.  Normally during the warm months we grill out every Sunday.  Tonight its mesquite grilled chicken breasts for me and grilled shrimp for Tom (I dont like shrimp, thays why I wont be eating it).  We are also gonna grill some corn on the cob and I’m gonna grill myself a big ol serving of broccoli….YUM!  With this nice weather I am totally into the fresh veggie scene.  In fact I wonder if the grocery store has any fresh squash in yet?  I would love some of that grilled too.  Guess I need to run up there and see what is in yet.  I know its early but I cant help myself!

Ok guys, gonna get.  My colored clothes are about ready to hang up and I do think I’m still gonna go check out the produce just for shits and giggles.  I do want to leave you with this quote to ponder.  My dentist sends out monthly newsletters and this quote was in this month’s.  I thought it was quite fitting for alot of us here…

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”  Will Rogers

Have a great Sunday and get out and enjoy the nice weather if you are having it! 

Well, I stuck to my guns and didnt gorge on my grandmothers home cooking.  I took my usual to eat when we got back home from going to yard sales but she automatically started in “you arent gonna eat my food again?”.  I told her I was gonna eat my healthy food first.  Then I would have a small bowl of beans and a small piece of cornbread.  That was the only way I knew I could prevent a pig out because we got home so late and I was starved, like crazy starved!

So I did just that, a few beans and the top half of one slice of cornbread.  I did indulge in a small piece of crumb coffee cake too and then told her to get it far away from me because it was soooo good.  But when I saw it had over 360 calories for a full slice I decided it wasnt worth it!

So to make up for the little extra today at lunch I had a Lean Cuisine chicken club panini for supper.  I am sure I’m gonna go to bed hungry but I have to keep it low to make sure I dont go over my points today.  I’ll be fine, I am so tired I doubt I am up late tonight anyway.  My drinking buddy had to work today too so I know he wont miss me as much as he thought he would, he will be crashing early too.

Got some really good stuff at the yard sales today.  Including a brand new pair of Nike workout capri pants for only a buck.  The price tag was still on them for 19.99!  And I blew out a flip flop just minutes after I had bought another pair thank goodness, so I just threw my old ones in the trunk and grabbed the new ones! LOL!!

So thats gonna be it for today.  I think my only exercise will be the numerous times getting in and out of my car and all the walking we did.  Another reason why I want to take it easy on the food intake tonight.  I am telling ya, I refuse to see a gain this week.  I may have to stand on one foot and exhale deeply to see a loss but by God it wont show a gain!

Have a great Saturday night!  Be safe out there too!

Wow!  Where did this day go?  It seems like I hit the ground running this morning.  Had errands to do at lunch and still hit the gym.  Which was wonderful!  I am sure that is where all the energy is coming from, I have been going nonstop since I left there.  I could barely sit at my desk this afternoon for wanting to get outside and do something!

So when I got home I did my other errands here in town and then went and washed my car.  Man did it need it.  My car is red…or its suppose to be.  Here lately its been orange because of the inch thick layer of pollen built up on it.  I refused to take my grandmother around town tomorrow in that filth!  And after supper I’m going out to dust it really good because its black on the inside (shows dust badly)…with another layer of yellow on top of it!  Can we say Acccchhoooo?

Diet wise I am going strong.  Tomorrow is gonna be a battle though.  I just spoke with my grandmother and since Tom is going over tomorrow to mow her yard she has already cooked for him (her way of showing love…and its deadly to a southern girls diet).  A big pot of great northern beans (my all time fave bean) with a pork roast, potatoes and carrots and another cast iron skillet full of 2 inch thick cornbread.  *sigh*  I really wish she wouldnt do that.  I know Tom loves it but so do I!  Just 1/2 cup of those beans are 2 points and that cornbread?  I couldnt even imagine since she uses real buttermilk, real eggs, oil and goodness knows what else.  I’m just gonna have to be strong and say no and tell her not to get her feelings hurt.  But she just wont stop, she thinks she has to feed him everytime he comes over to help.

But besides that I should be ok.  I’ve already told our buddy that I wont be drinking with him tomorrow night.  I thought he was gonna cry.  He isnt happy about my diet anyway, he thinks women look better (his words) meat-er.  And in his book he thinks I am too skinny.  This man is like a big brother to me so he speaks his mind whether I want to hear it or not.  Oh well, he can just suck it up…I cant see another gain on those scales next week. 

So thats about it for my Friday.  Hope everyone is looking forward to a great weekend.  The weather here is still awesome, 88 today with a nice breeze so that it doesnt really feel hot.  Maybe Sunday we can actually get some stuff planted in our garden!

WOW!  Where has the past week gone?  I have missed so much here this week, my apologies (is that spelled right?  My igoogle speller has quit working!) to all my buddies that I have neglected this week.  I have so enjoyed your comments when I do check in but its been few and far between times for me.  Since I joined Curves work has been nuts so I have been going after I get off work at 3:30.  And I know for those who dont get off until 5 want to slap me but I have one hell of a commute each day.  For a country folk anyway.  So by the time I get off, go work out, then drive home, I am not getting in until close to 6.  My 4:30-5:30 slot I normally have before Tom gets home is MY time and thats when I used to get on here.  So that hasnt worked out buuuuut, I am working my ass off at the gym so that has to count for something, right?

Anyway, I am not gonna drone on because now its 9:46 and even closer to 10 and I have got to get.  I just wanted to check in and say I hope I didnt miss anyone with booster notes tonight and if I did please send me a nasty note telling me I did so!  Tomorrow I am gonna start working out at lunch (hopefully) so my afternoons should get freed back up so I can start reading blogs again.  Of course for the next 3 days I am gonna be balls to the wall (I never did understand that saying.  Granted I dont have them but how do you get them up against a wall anyway?  Oh hell, I am getting side tracked again) but thats normal for my weekends here lately!

But the weather is WONDERFUL!!  91 here today in the south!  I am so looking forward to summer.  Yeah, until late July when I start bitching and you guys can remind me that I once said that.  But for now it feels great and I am ready to get the pool open so I can start laying around it again.  Curves is going great (I think I already said that) so I think I am gonna enjoy the next 30 days.  I did gain 2 pounds last week, not surprised and was actually happy it wasnt more.  I told my leader today I seem to have this maintaining thing down pat but I sure needed to get to goal first. I seem to be doing that part in reverse.

Anyway, I GOTTA get to the tub and get to bed.  Maybe the extra exercise is giving me too much energy.  Who knows but I’m not complaining…..yet!

Happy Friday!

So I joined the 30 days for 30 dollars Curves/Avon fitness program today!!  Like I blogged before I used to be a member of Curves and loved it.  Looks like I am gonna love it again!  I did my first workout this afternoon with one of the trainers and to be honest it wasnt that bad.  I figured since I have done more cardio than strength training it would about kill me but I guess I’m not in as bad of shape as I thought.  Dont get me wrong though, I did sweat and get out of breath!  So we will see how the next 30 days go and then I will make a decision about a longer commitment with them.

The owner also gave me a copy of the diet program they offer.  Its not the newest edition (I would have to pay 8 bucks for it) but its basically what they do.  I am gonna look it over and see how different it is from WW’s and might give it a try for a week or two to shake things up.  But I’ll never give up WW’s because I know its the only lifestyle change I can stick with.

Becky, the hint worked!!  He came straight in and aired up the bikes!  He wanted to mow so I took off by myself.  I was really enjoying myself when I started down a steep hill.  I started to apply my brakes but instead of slowing down I was building speed.  So I squeezed the hell out of them and nothing happened!  I went down that hill like Clark W. Griswold did on the saucer sled in Christmas Vacation.  I think I was probably swearing just as bad too!  For the rest of my bike ride I had to Fred Flinstone it up when I needed to slow down! 

Needless to say I had him adjust my brakes when I got home!

Ok, its quick but I gotta get.  Working out after work put me not getting home until after 5.  Then it was supper and a nice long bike ride by the river.  I need to catch up on everyones blogs but it will have to wait until later but I will check in.  Hope everyone had a good hump day!

And quick!  While I have enjoyed being off work and playing around the house the afternoon cravings are a bitch and I cant deal with them anymore!  I had to run to the store this afternoon for some stuff and almost bought a package of oatmeal cookies.  They actually wouldnt have been so bad, 2 points a piece and they were big but I doubt I would have stopped at 1!  So I got the heck outta there and came home and ate some Wow potato chips.

But I am tired and need to get back to work so I can rest! LOL!!  When I work I normally only have to exercise my brain not my body as I have done the past two days but my house is sparkling clean and smells oh so good!  Now if I can just keep it that way between a cat, a dog and a man!

I went and pulled the bikes out of the shop and sat them right in the front yard.  Tom mentioned airing up the tires 2 weeks ago but still hasnt done so.  So I think they will get aired up tonight as he has one hell of a hint waiting on him when he gets home.  And I plan on going for a ride after supper too, with or without him. 

Gotta be home by 7 though, its Biggest Loser night!  Not many of them left so I gotta get my fix now.  Hopefully by the next season I will be at my goal weight.  Two things to look forward to!

Its been a struggle today, I’m not gonna lie.  I’m just not feeling it.  But I went to put on a pair of my shorts and decided they need to fit a little more loose before they will look good.  I cant stand the way too tight shorts ride up your butt!  Plus it looks horrible.  So everytime I think about eating or drinking a beer I am gonna go pull out my shorts and decide which is more worth it to me.  I may have to take a pair to work to stop myself from stopping on the way home by the store or thinking I am gonna skip the gym.

Anyway, time to fix supper.  Chicken and black bean quesadilla’s!  YUMMY!!

Yup, woke up in the middle of the night thinking I was having a heart attack!  My upper back and shoulders were killing me.  Too much on my hands and knees scrubbing the floors I am sure.  Well except for the utility room I wont be doing that anymore until fall.  Thank goodness.

Now of course I have to sweep, then dust mop, then polish the hardwoods.  THAT will finish me off.  I am suppose to try out Curves tomorrow, I may have to crawl into the place! LOL!

And I made it thru the day yesterday, no splurges!  We ate supper early last night so I did get hungry later but I didnt give in.  I had a nice snack and took a hot bath to take my mind off of it.  Since I was so worn out I went to bed shortly there after.  And the scales dropped two pounds.  I know it was just water but its nice to see them getting back down to where they need to be. But I know I am looking at a gain Thursday.  *sigh*  Oh well, no one to blame but myself and I know that.  All I can do is keep trying.

Speaking of Curves, I remember how much I loved working out at their center before.  Back in my skinny years I was a member in the town I used to live in.  I went 6 days a week, hail or high water.  I was fit and loved the way it made me feel.  So that is what I am hoping will happen with re-joining.  I dont plan to do all that extra stuff they do, I just want to work out.  And since its only a few blocks from my office I can probably walk there and work out while I am still at work.  You know they say if you ever go home before going to the gym you wont go back.  So we will see.  Maybe it will have me so pumped up that I come home and work out here some too.

Ok…enough rambling!  I gotta get off here and get my chores done!  Those floors wont srub themselves!  Plus today is my grandmothers 88th birthday and I need to get finished early so I can go see her.  Not sure what we are gonna do but something tells me its gonna involve food.  Lord help me!