mommakitty's Journal

Doing the Happy Dance! (not diet related)
Dec 22 2008 16:23

Norm (room mate) just walked out the door for his Christmas vacation to his Sister's house in San Diego.  He'll be gone until the 1st.  I don't know what to do first.  I can't believe he made a cab wait for him while he went to the liquor store.  He bought me a Christmas present.  It's a scratch-off ticket.  Hmm, I gave him a perfectly good used computer.  That's not the spirit I should be feeling now, is it?  I'm going to hold on to that bad-boy until Christmas. 

We've got snow, snow and more snow.  I haven't really enjoyed the shoveling, but at least it gives me some exercise.  This is good snow-man stuff.  I had to shovel a path for BU, since it's up past her belly.  Then the snow plow came and plowed the drive way shut. 

I made a decision between last night and this morning.  I'm going to go back to school.  I might have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up; a Nutritionist.  Lord knows I've got a background for it.  I have most of my general credits for an AA in something, just never got around to finishing it up.  I am here, alone, day after day.  No transportation, except the bus.  When I write to Mia, I never have anything new to tell her.  I have been asking God for some sort of direction in my boring life.  I enjoy helping people; I think that now it's time for me to help myself for a change. 

So, I went on line to Central Oregon Community College website.  Downloaded everything I need to get my life back on a positive note.  Since their office is closed until after the first of the year, and some forms have to be handed in in person, I guess that part will have to wait.  I'm just about beside my self with joy!  That part of life has been missing for a very long time. 

I caught my self before I went and made a double serving of shrimp, rice and broccoli stir fry.  It dawned upon me that just because Norm isn't here, doesn't mean that I need to eat like a pig tonight.  He's never here when it's my dinner time anyhow!

Jamie, I hope your family, especially your son, is getting better.  I read your posts, and just don't know what to say sometimes.  I have been praying for you all.  I guess if it's not one thing it's another.  At least your husband is well.  I hope he's able to pamper you a bit.  The doggies sound like they're hanging in there as well. 

I'll try to write here more often now that I have a bit of a better attitude about my life.  Someone made a comment to me about how "lucky" I was that I didn't have to get up and go to work.    I think that's sad.  When you don't have anywhere to go, how do you know when you've arrived?  I think I just messed up a Bible verse there some how.  Sorry.  When every day seems like Saturday, what is there to look forward to?  I better go now before I depress myself!  Gods Blessings to all.  Stay warm everyone.  My prayers are with everyone's animals too when it's this cold out side.  Don't let on to BU but I got her a new food dish and some fresh cat-nip for Christmas!  Shhish!  ~Tonnie

December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
Dec 07 2008 09:25

I would just hope that everyone can take a moment or two of silence in remberance of "the day of infamy" .  I am too young, but my Mother is not.  She was sitting in a movie theater with a friend when they stopped the film to make the announcement that the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor.  Reminds me of September 11, 2001.  Now she's lived through two world changing events and has memories of them both.   

Test Only
Nov 29 2008 05:02

I guess I need to learn how to risize my pictures.

I just haven't felt like writing here in a while
Nov 20 2008 15:34

As of last Friday, I still weighed 156.6.  That's seemed like a million years with everything I've tried.  Monday morning I weighed 163.00.    I just don't get it.  Tuesday I was down to 159.2.  So, I have vowed to really, really watch what I eat.  I went out and bought some greens.  I'm just now cooking them.  I know I can eat them raw, but I'm just about saladed out!  I did read that they are easier to digest if they are cooked.  They don't lose their nutrients with cooking.  And if I want to munch them, then I should steam my baby carrots.

I also decided not to weigh again until next Tuesday (that's a week), instead of being constantly disappointed by a slight gain or non-loss.  So, I haven't left the site or become unfriendly; I just haven't had anything wonderful to say.  Gods Blessings to you all.  ~Tonnie

David's Girls
Nov 10 2008 13:33

I was playing around with Clip-Art and photo shop.  Here is the result.  Keep in mind with the picture I posted; it is a picture of a picture that was orginally taken with a cheap digital, and the picture of the picture I took today is from the same cheap digital camera, so it's a little fuzzy around the edges, but the original picture was taken using too much zoom-in.  I was told later that it would have been a better quality picture to begin with if I had just taken it with out the zoom and cropped and enlarged it later.   I couldn't get the cows to pose for me again!  Moo.  My next project will be a picture of BU.  I want to decorate her with a santa hat for my Christmas cards.

I've got my 2nd attempt as Spaghetti Squash in the oven.  Yesterdays results didn't make me very happy.  I had checked out websites for recipes and found tons of them, each with a different way to cook.  Yesterday I poked holes (BBQ fork works great for that), then baked for  45 minutes at 250 degrees.  Since I had never cooked one before I didn't know what I was supposed to get.  When I went to string them I could only get down to about 1/4 inch thick rind.  That seemed like a huge waste of flesh.  I sliced them up and put them into my jar of pickle juice that's waiting for hard boiled eggs.  I don't know what I mixing up there, but at least I'll have utilized more of the squash.  I did roast the seeds.  Ilet them soak in water with Liquid Smoke in it.  They didn't come out too bad at all! 

Todays victim was poked, then microwaved for 4 minutes to soften it up a bit and make cutting easier.  Then I cut in half and placed in 1 inch water in a casserole dish, oiled them and into the oven  at 400 for at least an hour.  I hope this way works better.  The spaghetti I got yesterday looked like a mound of hair you pull out of your hairbrush.  Not at all what I expected.  If this doesn't work then I'll mash it all together and make mashed squash with sweetener and cinnamon, or with garlic and salt.  It could go either way.  Or dump in some bran and make some high fiber  muffins.  I don't know!!!!  I wish there was a better selection of smileys here.  I'd find one showing it pulling out it's hair.  Hope you are all well.  Still no SV for me   ~Tonnie

I'm not ignoring you.
Nov 08 2008 18:25

I've spent the last two days working at a Holiday Craft Show at the VFW that I am a lifetime member of.  It was so good to see old friends again.  I just about broke up in tears when I would run across someone new.  All of our sale items were "white elephant" things that had been donated for us to sell.  The proceeds goes to the the Auxiliary Cancer Aid and Research fund.  Nothing had a price tag and for the most part, people were generous with their offers, and some even donating cash for the fund without buying anything. Little things like that restore my faith in humanity .  I still think that in general, most people are good and caring creatures of Gods creation.

It's amazing how tired I've been when I got home last night and tonight.  I didn't do anything physical to speak of.  Most of my time was spend sitting on my butt and visiting with old and new friends.  I did manage to eat well even with a cafe open and selling foods.  Decadent things.  The cook and her husband are professional chef's and can turn regular cafeteria type food into 4-star dining.  Joycelyn and Dan are always something to look forward to when you know they are cooking for a VFW function.  I packed my lunch both days, but because I knew they were having navy bean and ham soup, packed accordingly.  I also logged in a glazed donut which I knew would be there this morning.  I was ready for that.    I wasn't ready for the greasy feeling I felt on the roof of my mouth and threw half of the donut away!  That was not the cooks fault since they were day-old.  I probably would have eaten it all (it was logged for) if they had been freshly made this morning.  Wow.  I shocked myself by doing that.

My new picture today is with me and my friend, Karen.  I practically had to tie her down to get that picture and promised that I would remove it in a day or two.  I just wanted my friends here at CC to know what an angel looks like for real. 

It's going to be an early night tonight.  BU has been so rude to wake me up between 2 & 3 for the last two mornings.  It's not supposed to get terribly cold tonight, so she just might spend the night outside.  Knowing me, I'll call her and try to get her in.  I just feel better when I know that she's warm and safe with me.  At least if she does wake me up early, I don't have to worry about getting up to be ready to leave so early like I did these past two mornings, and hopefully I can get back to sleep.  I don't think her time clock got set back like mine did.  I am yawning now.  I hope you all are well and safe.  For a bunch of people that I've never met in person, I feel like you all are part of my family.  ~Tonnie

Really, it does say size 12!
Nov 05 2008 07:35

There's 3 new pictures in my gallery.  Yes, this is a size 12 tag, and yes this is me wearing the size 12 shirt Picture below tag picture.  ) Despite my still existing plateau I am managing to keep motivated.  Next size goal is a single digit.  Never been there before.  I'm not going to worry about a scale number anymore.  It was really stressing me out.  I saw the excuse to eat and just about did it with the "stinking" thinking mentality of "why not, nothing is working anyhow."  --->Common sense brought me back to reality.  I had made a decision months ago to lose this weight and I've worked too hard to mess it all up.  If I stop now, then I truly am a failure in my eyes.  So, on I go.   

Twilight Zone
Nov 02 2008 11:03

I was a real idiot this morning.  Not only did I not set my clocks back last night, but I set my brain an hour ahead.  So, when the clock said it was 5:00, I figured it was 6:00, but it was really 4:00.   This stuff only happens to me.  I couldn't figure out why the the usual Sunday morning TV shows were different.  It wasn't until I checked the TV guide channel and saw their time said 9:15.  My two clocks and watch still said 10:15.  I haven't located my cell phone to see what it says, but that usually sets itself......Okay, I located the cell phone; it had fallen off the back of my desk.  Yup, it's time is right.  At least BU knew what time it was; feeding time!  Weight is still the same!!  I ate no Halloween candy!  I'm proud of that!  Norm was good enough to take it to work with him.  He can have a good point to him sometimes.  I wish it would show up more often.  Rain is predicted through out the week.  I was just noticing that the tree I cared so diligently for all summer is looking a little weepier than normal.  I suppose that's because it's a "Weeping Cherry", but I think that because all the leaves have fallen off for the winter it's supposed to look sad.  At least I hope they're supposed to fall off.  If not, then I've killed it!  I better look it up on some website.  Looking at other trees in the neighborhood, their leaves are gone too, so I think we're okay. 

I'm optomistic about tomorrow morning's weigh in.  Of course, I always am.  Sometimes I think I'd be better off as a pessamist, that way I don't get disappointed .  Nope, don't want to do that.  I don't think I could ever do that.  I like to be hopeful and smiley faced.  That's all for now.  Hope everyone is over their illnesses; it still hasn't reached my town yet that I've heard.  The local news is usually pretty good about keeping us informed.  I guess with all the election stuff, a flu epidemic is back burner priority.  I can't wait until Tuesday is over.  I hate all this mud-slinging.  If it's not presidential, then we've got some pretty nasty state and local election commercials to put up with as well, but I guess that would be the same for all.    Can't win!!  ~Tonnie

It's finally over, Halloween; not the plateau
Oct 31 2008 19:59

I really braced myself for a Halloween horror; a bowl of candy calling to me.  I was in and out of the kitchen most of the day, and finally I moved the bowl by the front door and out of my sight.  At first I thought we wern't going to get any goblins, but then they  started coming.  Not too many, as of right now there's been 9.  I'm only  going to keep this up until 9:00.  Shouldn't all little creeps, I mean creepy things be just about ready to get tucked in for the night?  If they're stil out there, then I think they're too old anyhow.  My opinion and don't expect anyone to agree with me. 

Nothing exceptional or remarkable to say today.  I haven't gotten to anyone's Journals, so I'll do that when I'm finished here.  I'm using my old computer in the dining room tonight.  After using my new one in my sewing room, this seems so sssllllooowww.  I needed to be out here for the tricksters and didn't think I would hear a knock if I was in the other room.  Norm asked me to take pictures, and I did once, but one of the second group of kids told me that he wouldn't be comfortable with that.  My God!  What was I thinking!  Smart boy.  Too bad for Norm. 

November 1, tomorrow.  The candy fuss will be behind us.  Norm promised to take all the left-over candy to work with him.  I did thank him for that.  I just hope he remembers.  I think I'll put it in a bag and hang it on the front door knob so he can't miss it.  I'm going to read journals now.  I hope all of you had a great day.  Nicole, I hope you got kiddo pictures!  Mia is going to send me some of those 3 grandchildren of mine that she's got.  Sleep well, God's Blessings to you all.  ~Tonnie

Finally, I got it added
Oct 26 2008 17:44

My new picture is the gift I made for Mia and her husband back in July.  I finally was able to get it posted.  It's called a Mariners Compass (pattern) and isn't that hard, but definately not for a beginner.  If you click on it twice you can see it close up.  Yes, I am proud of this.   Mia says she's going to rearrange some of the pictures in her livingroom in just a bit and will send me another picture when she gets the grouping all figured out.

Jamie-tomorrow's the day.  Please, please don't worry.  What will be, will be.  My prayers are with you.  Nicole-I hope your assistant is a bit friendlier after your brief break from school.  I also hope she learns to respect the position that you have and accepts hers as your assistant.

Tomorrow is "good oil" shopping day.  I've spent a lot of time researching these "good oils".  Aparently, I'm not getting enough, which is why my plateau is in day 24 now.  I'm grabbing at straws for theory.  Jamie, I'm not going to spend a lot of money on oil; I do have a coupon for $1.00 off.  I have cheap store brands right now.  I don't add enough of any of it in my regular cooking since I usually use boullion or broth to "saute" with.  I want to fry something.   I have a can of salmon (ick) that I'm going to make into cakes, and want to fry them in olive oil or canola oil or motor oil if I have to.  Somethings gotta give way here.  Maybe I should stop tomorrow and get some greasy McDonalds french fries.  They use the healthiest oil, don't they.  I thought I saw a comparison some where.  That's it, a childs order of fries and a diet coke!  Lot's of people do that, don't they?  (I'll change my mind by morning, I'm sure, but just incase, I'm going to check out the calories anyhow and plan for it tonight.)

I'm even going to check out Psyllium tabs.  That is a last resort.  Well, not totally last (cod liver oil is below that).  I'm not in despair because at this point it is funny in a maddening sort of twisted way.  Just chuckle with me; humor me.  I'm a sick, sick individual right now, trying to make myself laugh.  (No, I don't feel ill, but I want to eat something ooey-gooey, rich and chocolatey and I don't have anything, so it's not going to be a problem.)   

I have a question for you guys.  When did this site turn into Calorie Count M.D.? It sure seems like there were a lot of people this weekend asking questions about their birth control--not how it affects weight loss, but how long before it takes effect, and questions about their blood pressure medicine.  Wouldn't you ask your doctor rather than asking a bunch of strangers for their opinions?  It was amazing though, that they actually got answers!

BU just told me it was her dinner time.  She's had a rough day.  G'nite all.  Sleep well, my prayers are with all of you.  Now, I'm off to check calories at McDonalds.  ~Tonnie