Failed Diet Website

So I gave up on that website I was so excited about.  I don't who the webmaster is but they did not build it correctly.  There are definite bugs in their system.  However, I have found a great website that has even better tracking and an online community for motivational purposes.  There is meal planning and all kinds of functionality.  It's called startyourdiet.com.  Now if you want access to everything, you have to pay $30 a year but I think it's worth it.  I'm on my fourth day and doing great.
Wish me luck!
M

Diet Website Woes

Some of you may have read that I was using this diet website to plan and track my diet and I was excited about it.  However, after a few days I have realized the website is inevitably flawed and it is driving me crazy.  I have spent a lot of time now searching for another website and I have but I had to pay for its services for the year.  I will report on my progress in a week and let you all know which one it is so you can use it if you are interested. 
M

I should have stayed in bed

I had a radio frequency injection in my neck today.  It hurts like a SOB when I come home but usually I have to stay in bed the day and the second day.  If I try to do much it hurts more. Well here is my story:

I'm on this diet thing, some of you might have read about the website I found the other day so I need to eat only the food on the diet and my husband can cook practically nothing.  So I march myself downstairs after I sleep off the anesthesia and I start cooking.  Let me tell you OWWWWWW.  I should have stayed in bed.  We had basil oil cod with asparagus and brown rice.  The meal yesterday was so much better. On a scale of 1 to 10 this meal was a negative 3.  I should have stayed in bed. 

Well then I proceeded to knock over an entire pitcher full of raspberry tea all over the floor.  So there I was standing in the middle of raspberry tea feeling drowsy with pain killers after forcing down nasty yucky diet food.  Duh duh duh....here comes my savior to clean up the mess but was upset I didn't just stay upstairs in bed. 

Here I am now in bed propped up with ice and more pain killers. 

What is the reason for all this you ask?  Well it's supposed to help the pain in my neck.  But to get there, I have to have pain in my neck.  Oh well. Life goes on.
M

Surprise, surprise! OR NOT

Went to the doctor today and of course I knew that he was going to tell me that I needed to lose weight and exercise because of that annoying thing called cholesterol.  Big Shocker, I felt like telling the med student he always has come in first to assess his patients.  I felt this news coming.  But you all don't want to hear my woes. 

I found this really cool website where you put in your food allergies, the foods you don't like and it plans out your meals.  It gives you a shopping list.  There is a place to plot your progress and log your exercise.  That was exactly what I was looking for because I hate diets (not just the word) because I never know what to cook.  This gives you options of recipes for all the meals of the day and then you log them in. I thought I'd check it out for a couple of weeks and see how it goes.  Here is the site: http://www.drgourmet.com/user/login.php

Let's see if I am successful considering my bum ankle and inability to really exercise.  Will update you all later.
M

Fat Tuesday

I would also like to say a word about Fat Tuesday today.  I have never participated in the Fat Tuesday events to celebrate before lent begins.  I figure like this: it is just an excuse for people to go out eating and drinking and partying. 

For lent, pick something that is very meaningful for you and which you will learn something significant if you were to deprive yourself of it and give it up.  It's not so bad.  The one thing that's hard for me is the no meat on Friday thing.

I remember one year I gave up chocolate: oh my goodness did I go crazy.  I was so addicted to chocolate that giving it up taught me that one should not be so addicted to anything like that. 

It's late now so people are probably home but I bet they went out to party before the season of Lent and of sacrifice.  What are you giving up?
M

Starting all over....

Many generations of the women in my family have crocheted.  I still have the memory of my grandmother crocheted even as her hands were shaking.  She didn't have a purpose for the crocheting; she would just make blankets like crazy so we would donate them as baby blankets to St. Vincent De Paul.  Well I used to say as my mother tried to teach me that I couldn't sit still long enough for crocheting and that I'd rather read a good book (still would rather read a good book).  These days I like to crochet.  Even made a purse. 

The one thing I hate about crocheting though is that as you are going along and everything is all peachy keen, if you start making mistakes, particularly in the early years of learning, then you have to unravel the entire thing.  It sucks.  Also if you want to cut off a piece here or there, you can't because then your yarn would unravel.  I've started all over on one of my blankets three times now.  Hope it is the charm and I won't have to start over again.
M

Many Hours of Searching...No Job

I have spent countless hours searching many different websites looking for a part-time job or something I can do at home and have come up with nothing.  It gets frustrating when you know bills are coming up and your husband has been carrying all the weight.  I have searched my brain trying to think of something I can do.

I have started two separate novels.  One of the novels is about 1/4 of the way done.  I am hoping that I can finish it and maybe publish it.  Problem is, I'm stuck.  Too much stress from the job hunting and money problems have wiped my creative brain.  Please muse come and visit so I can continue writing.  The one I am focusing on is a romantic drama about a woman who experiences a death in the family and then has to overcome that.  It might be the answer to my prayers. If only I can finish it.
M

Dogs must have arthritis

Today I saw a commercial for an orthopedic bed for pets.  My mother and I sat and laughed.  It's made out of the temperpedic material that returns to shape after you lie on it.  I guess some pets must need a really comfortable bed once they get up in age, but some of these TV ads are just hilarious.  What will they think of next? 

By the way, people claim the Pedi Sure works to cut down dogs nails but it scares the crap out of them every tme you put a nail in the litte hole and it hits the sand paper.  I think it's a bunch of crap and I ould rather take my dog to the groomer from now on. 

Have you guys ever bought anything off the TV that actually worked for you?
For me, it was the wonder hangers.  That's about it.
M

When you're out of commission

Whenever I am sick or unable to do the regular chores around here, somehow the world starts to become messier.  I admit that my husband does try to do some dishes but unfortunately he does not know how to cook.  So I tell him, "Baby, what happens when I am so sick that you have to take care of me completely and you can't cook anything?" Well, we are at that point. I can't stand on my splinted ankle and my husband has to run out and get fast food every night because he doesn't know what else to do.  If he tried spaghetti, it would be mush.  I know, he tried mac n cheese; you wouldn't have wanted to be there.  His eggs leave something to be desired and I am a picky eater.  He should go to cooking school or at least take those classes where you learn a few dishes.  I would attend.  So today I had a meltdown because I knew this would happen that I would be left telling him that I was hungry over and over and he wouldn't know what to do so the hours would drag on.  Here we are and he finally went to Taco Bell and I hate Taco Bell but it was better than your traditional hamburger and fries.  During my meltdown earlier today I called my mom and cried mom help me.  So she is coming over tomorrow thank goodness and I know I can count on real food instead of fast food for days.  Soon she will be moving in and it will be for the best because situations like these come up more often than not.  I love my husband but there is no one that can take care of me like my mother.
M

Uncomfortable Restrictions

Well, friends I am sitting here with a splint on my right ankle/foot.  It sucks.  It is bothersome and sometimes it hurts.  I have to wear it until I have an MRI and the doctor gets the results back.  All because I stepped wrong on my ankle and two months later the pain is worse.  The worse part is we have stairs.  How in the hell can I bring my dog up and down the stairs with this damn thing?  I hope I don't have to wear it for long. 

And to add to my frustration, I think I have killed my seedlings. I have been trying to grow daisies in this special seedling grower and there are only a few hanging on.  I'm hoping if I put them in a bigger pot they will live.  If not, I'm giving up growing things from seeds because my thumb is brown not green.  I'll just buy the flowers already grown up.  Perhaps then I can keep them alive?  Please Mother Nature.

M