My Own Thoughts

I am not feeling too great today. I’ve got a tummy ache. So, since lunch, which was eggs, I’ve had two fruit smoothies, to satisfy my fruit requirement for the day, and a lemon protein pudding, for my other supplement. I didn’t eat a protein and two veggies. I just felt awful. Actually, writing that [...]

Once again, for the fourth or fifth week in a row, my car is at the mechanic’s. I hope they can find out what is wrong this time and fix it. I am so sick and tired of this whole thing. I want my car fixed. I would like to have my car for weeks [...]

169.8 I’ve now lost 16 pounds. I like that. Yesterday I had finished all my food by 7. I was a bit hungry when I woke up this morning. It is supposed to help you lose weight if you eat all your food earlier in the day. But I know that sometimes at night I [...]

I don’t think on H-town blogs asked about overweight bloggers. Why, she asked, are so many bloggers overweight? I actually thought she answered her own question. If two-thirds of Americans are overweight, then most bloggers are going to be overweight. I personally am thrilled that bloggers are trying to lose weight. That seems like a [...]

170.4 That’s not bad. It’s certainly better than yesterday. But it’s not as good as I would have liked it. I guess I shouldn’t complain. It’s moving down. It’s down from two days ago and significantly down from yesterday, which must have been water weight. If I lost .4 pounds a day, I’d be thrilled. [...]

I don’t drink coffee. Don’t like the taste, though I find the smell pleasant. However, I was looking up stuff on the caffeine in coffee (web sources range from 85-115 mg per cup) and the benefits of it. I mean, if I’m having to take caffeine, why? Is it all bad? All good? A mixed [...]

Today my scale said I was back to the 171.2 pounds I’ve mostly been at all week. This makes me mad because I am supposed to be losing weight, not gaining it. I have been very careful with my food choices. It’s frustrating. However, I will tell you, I am not sticking with their herbs [...]

I went to Patron Saint Index today looking for some information. It was amazing to me how many things there are to be a saint of. I was also amazed at how many saints are saints of multiple things. I don’t think that God counts saints the way we do, but I would expect that [...]

Today my scale officially said I have lost 15 pounds! Whoohoo! I ran out of EFA’s and they were out at the center. I went to WalMart and got something similar, though not exactly the same, for $3.50 instead of $39.00. I also looked around at the herbs. The price for those at the center [...]

This morning the scale read 171.2 again. In some ways that is good, because I lost the water weight. In some ways it is bad because it didn’t drop more. 36 days and I’ve only lost 14.5 pounds. That’s definitely not good. One thing that is good is that I had baked apple today. I [...]

Okay, even though I’m out of money, and wall space, I went to ebay and looked through the art section. I found some beautiful work there. Conni Togel. I like her stuff. Sherry L. Her Autumn Trees caught my eye. There’s another guy, Bob, whose stuff is hangable now. I put it in Ebay watch, [...]

Day 33, as reported, I weighed in at 171.2. Day 34 I weighed in at 171.2. That’s not good, so I dropped a starch and a fruit. But we went out to dinner and, after assuring me there was nothing on the plate but turkey, I was given a turkey plate with barbeque sauce on [...]

Surfing the web can be dangerous. I found hundreds of dollars of blue depression glass that I wanted to purchase. So I thought I’d do something safer. I went to H-town blogs and started surfing there. Except that one of the blogs is called “Anonymous Rex” and, since my college bud Rex Gillit lives in [...]

We have pretty much left the house as is for a while. However, I think we should redo the dining room. We have bookshelves all around the walls because when we moved in the dining room was the library. For a library, it is great to have bookshelves all around the walls. However, now we [...]

What’s my good stuff? I have a New Century cobalt pitcher. (Hazel-Atlas late 1920s to early 1930s, $60 list in Mauzy’s.) I bought it in Brenham. (I’d like to go back there on a weekend with money.) I have a Moderntone creamer and sugar, without the metal lid. I actually don’t like the metal lid, [...]

Despite the fact that I knowingly overspent my allowance, I am usually a careful spender. I plan where I want my money to go and what I want to do with it. I do have a few things I like to spend money on, though. I like to spend money on art. I bought a [...]

I said I wouldn’t ever again buy a piece that wasn’t perfect. But what if I could buy a piece that sells for $750 perfect? It’s not perfect; it has small scratches and a chip. But I could buy it for $75. It shows well, even though it is not perfect. And it is a [...]

My husband looked at the list (earlier) and said “these are all leftwing.” Since I’m not, I thought, wow, I should go back and look. But they aren’t. Or, if they are, it wasn’t obvious to me. But I am still going through the whole list and writing things down. From the Heart A decidedly [...]

I was antiquing in a town way out in nowhere (go three different farm roads to get there) and found a beautiful Royal Lace pitcher for $175. I didn’t have my books with me and for all I knew it had been reproduced. I couldn’t afford that much for a piece I didn’t love and [...]

Today my weight was 171.2. I’m glad.