Ooops. I Are a Skrew Up!

When I made my button, I put one to many .com in the direction line of the code and it wasn't working. It is fixed, now and should work properly. So, if you have grabbed my button, please discard the old one and grab the new one. Or you can just remove the additional .com in your HTML/JAVASCRIPT gadget. I am so sorry about that. Here I am, trying to whore my blog and I can't even solicit properly.

Some blog whore I am. :P

A sincere thank you to RNTGirl for letting me know. And telling me what I needed to do to make it work. *big kisses!*

And yes... The misspelling in my title was indeed, deliberate. My attempt at being cute. :P

So, how is everyone this fine Sunday morning? I am okay. I held steady on the scale. Not surprising, considering how puffy I am. *sigh* It never fails. I suck. lol Hopefully next Sunday will be better. 

I am sure that actually sticking more closely to plan wouldn't hurt! (Yes, that was directed at me. ;)) 

It is going to be a gorgeous day. The sun is shining, the birdies are singing and it is already warming up nicely. If this keeps up, we are going to be able to start planting Spring flowers, soon. Pansies first, probably, as they are most cold tolerant in case we get a late cold snap. Then petunias, portulaca, daisies of different varieties, especially African daisies, geraniums, alyssum, million bells... I need to get some nice trailers, too for hanging baskets. Maybe I'll try my hand at some dahlias and some other varieties I have never attempted, this year. I can't wait! I love to grow flowers. :D

Is it just me or is my blog now annoyingly pastel, even for my oh-so-girlie standards? lol

Okay, I am still 3/4 brain dead. I need another cup of leaded and to start on my water for the day. I'll catch all you fine folk, later.  

Pampered and More Positive

I decided to lock myself downstairs in my little suite with a big bottle of water and just pamper myself a little. I did my promised pedicure, first. I really worked my feet over, removed a little dead skin, used cuticle remover on my toenails (boy! what a difference that stuff made!) then painted my toenails a soft, milky pink. Then I applied pretty flower decals to my big toe nails and topped everything with top coat. While it was drying, I took a good look at my manicure and it looked terrible after all that abuse. So, I decided to do a manicure, too.

I soaked off all the glitter and all my patches soaked off too. My poor nails looked all beat to shit and I didn't think that patching them up again would do much good so I grabbed a grinder and did what had to be done. After I shaped and smoothed them I painted my nails a pretty grey that looks quite smashing on short nails. I think that a little pampering and some time to myself was just what I needed. I heartily endorse it for anyone who is feeling a little stressed, tempted to stuff face or having a bad day. (Week...)

Food is really good. I am well under. Water is going down. I'll end the day a little short, but I have swilled a gallon so I am calling it good. Dinner was some steamed cauliflower, salad and a shrimp dish I am working on. I think that I am getting close to a working recipe. I have a few ideas and I need to try them out. I am trying to get a lot of flavour without excess calories and sodium. The sodium thing is difficult... Soy is a part of the whole thing. Soy and shrimp are a match made in nom heaven.

It is supposed to rain and snow this weekend. Blech! Moar snow. Spring can't come too soon for me. I was perusing my new Burpee catalog and I want so many plants. I have no room for even a fraction of the ones I want. Condos aren't exactly huge garden spots. And... Let's face it. I am not the greenest thumb in the world. I can do a respectable job with easy to grow flowers like petunias, pansies, African daisies and so forth. I murder snapdragons and can't grow food to save my life. If I had to live on the produce of my garden, I would be damned skinny. lol

Tired. I am ready for a good night's sleep. And this sleeping so late business has to end. I didn't get up until eight, this morning. I am such a sloth. :P

Post Number Three for Today

I am such an attention whore. lol

So, I was doing some blog hopping and thinking about the things I was reading and I think that I am about ready to cast off the reasons why I felt I needed to remain fat. My fat made a right handy shield against the world and the eyes of others. Especially others of the opposite sex.

I had my reasons. And I realise now that I have been punishing myself in terrible ways for things that were not my fault!!!!!! I didn't ask for them to happen and I didn't do anything to deserve it. In fact, it probably didn't have anything really to do with me. It was men feeding their own sick ideas of what they thought they needed. I was merely an object. Yes, it fouled my perception of myself up for a long time but dammit! I am over it. I am not willing to allow it to hold me prisoner any longer. And I am not willing to allow this shield that I have built up against the world hold me in the past any longer. I am done.

I have no doubt that this is going to be an ongoing process. You don't get to the point I am overnight and expect to just cast it away without it putting up a fight. But I am going to win. I want to win. And I want my life back.

I am going to take it back.

Want to know what really fired this? A dream I had this morning. I was receiving attention from a man. Nice attention. He called me irresistible and unforgettable. And I basked in the attention and the words. I knew, in my dream that I deserved to hear them. And maybe one day, I will, when awake.

It could happen. :D

I want to be open to that possibility. And I can't be until I shake my old shit and dump my old tapes.

Anybody have a Dumpster? lol

I am going to be a little on the high side of acceptable calorie wise, today. It is Subway Day and I have been snacking a little. Nothing major... Some pretzels a few peanuts and some watermelon. And I still need to have dinner in a bit. But I knew that this would be a higher cal day so no worries. My Subway Days haven't done any harm, yet. I realise that as my weight drops, I will have to adjust parameters. But I am still good, at present. :D

The snow is slowing down. Hopefully it won't snow much more. It is supposed to clear up tomorrow and be back in the seventies by Sunday. then back down in the sixties Wednesday. *sigh* All of this stupid back and forth with the temps.

I and glad that I haven't yet planted flowers. I would be worried sick about them, right now.

Did I mention it is in the thirties, right now?

Edited Later: The snow didn't stop. It really started coming down and there are a couple of inches out there. Yipes!

A Good Day

It was a lovely day, today. Sunny and a little warmer. There was a cool breeze but downright gorgeous in the sun. So much so that when I took my dog outside earlier I decided to grab the loppers and give some stuff that grows around here a much needed haircut. Now, the cottonwood, ponderosa pine and holly-oak all look much nicer and neater. And they are no longer grabbing my clothes and even worse... My hair. And they are no longer hanging over my patio.

I am eagerly awaiting it being warm enough to get to planting. My fingers are itching to get into soft, warm, rich soil and plant flowers. I don't plant food... I am a failure at growing things we can eat. Just ask anyone who saw The Great Tomato Plant Debacle of 2007. lol It was bad. Really bad. And we never speak of it.

But, flowers I can do. Unless they are snapdragons. I love snapdragons. But I kill them. Every time. I don't understand it. They just don't seem to like me. You would think that they were food. lol If I can get a couple of planters large enough, I may see about getting a couple of rose bushes. I would love to try growing roses. I can't plant a bunch of them in the ground as I wouldn't be willing to leave them behind when we leave here. But a couple in containers I could take with me. :) We'll see.

Urg. I am sore. All that lopping is good for the looks of my tree friends and for my muscles; bout damned time I used the muscles that God gave me, wouldn't you think? My arms and shoulders hurt a bit. But it is a good kind of hurt. So, I think I can live with it. :D

I ate well, today. 1537 calories. And good food, so yeah... I am pretty pleased. :D I didn't hydrate as well as I should have, tho. And my feet show it. Swelling sucks. Major goats. It sucks. I have put up with that BS since before I went through puberty. Started on the top of my left foot. Now it is both lower legs, ankles and feet. So. Sick. Of. It. Losing this weight will help that. I suppose I should see a doc about it... So that he can tell me that I need to lose weight, probably. Well, no fucking duh! *rolling my eyes*

Anyhoodleedoodledoo. It was a good day. And for that, I am thankful.

I am listening to pop tart music as I type this. Sometimes a little Katy Perry or Lady Gaga is just the thing a girl needs. Shut up and put your money where your mouth is... That's what you get for waking up in Vegas. Fun. :D

My son was born in Vegas. We lived in Bullhead City at the time but the local hospital wouldn't deliver babies unless it was an emergency. And all of the OB/GYNs in the area at the time were... Well... Things I heard... Don't know if they were true, but I wasn't taking any chances. So, I had an OB in Vegas and that is where I had my son. He is a Nevada native, tho he only spent three days there. lol

More Than This by Roxy Music... Looove this song. Sometimes I play it over and over. I wonder if I could get one of those music playing gadgets to play it on my blog page? Hmmm... Maybe a few other songs, too. I'll have to sift around and see if I can make it happen. :D

I think I got a little sunburn, today. My skin is hot and my face is pink/red. Blech. Burn isn't good for us pale ones, more-so for me. I am trying to get rid of discolouration on my face with retinol, then I go out in the sun unprotected for a few minutes. Should have put on a hat. When will I ever learn?

Manicure day, today. I keep all of my supplies in a cute little Longaberger basket with a multi compartment plastic lining that Husband picked up for me, one day. It is perfect for this purpose. It holds everything I need and it is easy to carry around and small enough to fit nicely on my little side table. :D Contained within are the usual any girl needs for pretty fingers. Remover, cotton rounds, Q-Tips, a mister bottle of alcohol, glass file, base and top coats and clean up brushes and an old wash cloth for blotting off my brushes and to catch little remover and acetone drips. I also have little plastic fruit cups for when I try water marbling. :D



Today's mani is brought to you by the letters C and G. For China Glaze Frostbite. With the usual base and tops. This first pic was taken indoors with flash. I'll tell ya, flash does screwy things to this polish. It must be the shimmer... It totally freaks out my little camera. lol Check it out:

The next two were taken outdoors, no flash in setting sun. This polish photographs a lot lighter than it actually is. I suspect that there are interference pigments in the shimmer that cause this.
If you look at the shadowed part of the bottle, that darker blue is closer to the actual colour. I have a real knack for choosing enamel that is the dickens to photograph, don't I?

I think I am in love with this colour. It is a beautiful royal or sapphire blue. There is a lovely deep translucency to it, tho it isn't sheer. It is almost like jewel toned enamel. This polish also has a shimmer to it. But it isn't a typical shimmer. Or a frost. It's deep, almost hidden. Sunlight and camera flash really make it fire.

This polish is beautiful but it is a bit of a pain in the neck to apply. It is a thin jelly that really loves to flow. I got this coverage in two thickish, runny coats. I should have done three or four and had better control. Clean up was a real biotch, too. By the time I was done polishing but before cleanup, I had enough blue smeared on my fingers that I was afraid I was going to get taken in for murdering a smurf. Clean up took a long time. This polish loves to make it's presence known and to stick around. lol But the colour is so pretty, that I forgive it. Next time I use this polish, I will definitely do multiple, thinner coats and work more slowly. It dried sort of dull. I was expecting much more shine. But after a coat of Seche, I was happily admiring a nice, glass like shine.

Well, I suppose that I have nattered on long enough, for now. I should spell check and hit Publish before this entry gets any longer. Ha ha ha.

Queen of a Frozen Realm

Yesterday, we had snow, rain, more snow and thaw, thaw, thaw. By afternoon the world was wet and running water and my patio was covered in water. By sundown, the skies had cleared, the temperature dropped and my patio was converted to a skating rink. This morning, everything was frozen solid. Except, thankfully, our pipes. lol

The sun is warm, this morning and all of the ice and remaining snow is rapidly disappearing.

I really hope that this is our last hard freeze. I am so over the cold and Winter needs to go away. I need warmth, open windows and soft breezes. Flowers and green leaves and birdies singing. I crave digging in rich, warm earth and baby flower plants and cool, fresh water running coolly over my bare feet. Miracle Gro and gardening gloves. :D

I have housework to get done... My bathroom asks for a scrubbing, my broadloom wants to be vacuumed and dusting is waiting. My dishwasher is full of clean dishes that need to be slotted into their rightful spots and floors are ready for sweeping. Oh, and the litter box needs to be scooped.

But I think I will finish watching The Biggest Loser, first.