Ahhh...

My head is back down to a calm Cat 1. Relief. :) Hopefully it will stay quiet for a bit. I could use a breather. lol

Thank you all for your hugs and love. You all help me to feel better. *hugs*

I am having a really great day, food and water wise. I did decent, yesterday. Not stellar but better. I really am trying very hard to turn this slump around. Yo-yoing in the same area, losing only ten pounds since January is hardly impressive. And it makes me feel pretty crappy. I really want to see how close I can get to the one hundreds by the end of this year and I am not going to get there with shenanigans. I need to do the work, not just pay it lip service. Oh yeah. I have become good at that bullshit, lately. Allowing a slip because I have done so well and one won't matter. Until I do it again, the next frakking day.

That is the kind of fucked up thinking that has sent me into a total spiral and gain it all back plus more more times than I can count. And I have no interest in doing that, again. So, I am taking myself to task and not allowing anymore crap thinking and slipping. "Just this once." Just this once, my big, dimpled, white ass.

Anywhoozle, today is pretty fab. I am sitting at 1228 calories. And almost five quarts of water down. Now to start a streak. :D

It got up to almost seventy, today. It is still going to be in the thirties at night... Yuk. But at least it is warming up a bit, again.

I was so pissed at William last night that I almost chopped my hair off. I got out my scissors to cut out coupons and I had them in my hand and had this insane urge to just weed whack my hair. I am sooooo glad I didn't give in to that urge! I hate my hair short (I am not saying I hate short hair, you close cropped beauties, out there. I just hate it on me. :)) and would have been kicking myself from here to Pluto if I had cut it. Almost every time I have chopped my hair off it has been an emotional reaction to something that has really upset me. Usually thanks to my husband.

Man just isn't good for a serious dyed in the wool longhair like me. :P

Once stupid face gets his shit together, I need to get into a salon and get it coloured. I am so. sick of looking at it like this. Blech! Dirty dishwater just doesn't inspire me. I don't even want to style it, right now. I just wash and condition it, twist it up in a big jaw claw and ignore it. That is how meh I am about it, right now.

Oh! Speaking of hair... I was asked if I would like to hold a giveaway sponsored by a hair styling tools company over on my other blog. If you would like to enter to maybe win a new hair straightener, here is my giveaway post. I am not into using a straightener, myself (I can get about the same look with a blowout, so I don't really need one) but I know that a lot of gals really like them. This is supposed to be a good one. It retails for $129.00 and has tourmaline ceramic plates that are supposed to get your hair really smooth and shiny. So, please come on over and enter, if you like. :)

Well... I can't really think of a lot more to talk about, at the moment. I hope that everyone has a great night. <3

A Little Less Freaked Out, Now

I am not happy about my weigh in, this morning. But I am calmer, now. I have to remember that I have a bod with a certain history. And I shouldn't be so surprised. The fat is coming off. I can feel the difference in my body composition. I am still on track and working and I am certainly not going to let this setback send me off over the edge. I am going to stay on track, keep slugging water and have a good yap with my doc when I go in for my appointment on Wednesday morning.

I am low on calories, right now. I had two cups of coffee and a Fage for brekkie. And I just chowed a veggie cheeseburger for dinner. I did a Morningstar veggie burger, half an ounce of 2% cheddar melted on top, a multi grain sandwich thin, a little light mayo, a couple of slices of tomato, some onion and lettuce. Yum! I had some Special K crisps with it. The Special K crisps are kind of like Pop Chips, thinner a bit more crisp. But yummy. I have enough calories to have a little nosh later, should I desire while we watch a movie.

I ran out today and did some shopping. Picked up some things I needed, hauled a little polish, including two Color Club sets at Ross. I also got a pretty China Glaze Halloween polish at Sally's on clearance. A buck ninety-nine. That is my kind of bargain. :D I picked up some other girlie necessities. And a jar of the new Loreal souffle foundation. I am hoping it will step into my beloved mineral foundation's shoes. Getting old is hell... Lines and wrinkles that are forming are not working and playing so well with mineral, anymore. *sigh* And my lines seem to be forming a little faster as I deflate. Time to start saving for that face lift, I guess. lol

Brrr! The temps are dropping fast, clouds are streaming in and there is a 30% chance of snow tonight and tomorrow morning. But it is supposed to warm up to the mid forties, so if it snows, it shouldn't hang around long. Rain would certainly be better! I love rain.

So, we have a new common wall neighbour. The condo next door finally rented. A lady and her little pooch moved in. She is single, right now but engaged to get married. Funny enough, my son and her fiancee know one another. He works for a loval vendor and delivers to the store where Pookey works. Her little doggy is kinda cute, a fluffy ball of cocapoo type canine life. He isn't too yappy, thank heavens! I am not thrilled with sharing a common wall, but as long as she is reasonably quiet, clean, her dog doesn't bark the walls down and I don't have to listen to her and her guy getting freaky, we will all get along just fine.

What is it with people who hang on Freecycle? I offered a very nice pink Razr cell phone. Received seven replies from people who wanted it. I offered it to someone, she was supposed to come get it and her son offered to buy her a newer model. Okay fine. So, I chose a gal who needed a new phone for her daughter. She was just desperate! to have it. It has been sitting outside my front door in a little gift bag for two days. If she doesn't pick up tomorrow, it is going to the next person on the list. *sigh*

Well, I guess I have nattered on enough, for now.

Please don't forget to enter my giveaway. You can find the link at the top of my right hand column. Click the logo, if you are a follower, enter. If you aren't a follower, click the follow button and enter. :D You have until the end of the day, tomorrow.

Giveaway Alert!!

The World According to Eggface is having a giveaway to celebrate her new blog layout. Now, I like this lady's style. Anyone who will celebrate anything is all right in my book. :D And I think that she has chosen a fabulous prize. A large selection of sugar free Torani syrups. *gasping, fanning face, fainting* I love that stuff. Seriously, like love it so much I would sell my soul, my husband, my son, my cat and my dog to the devil for a bottle of the stuff.lol

If you love Torani as much as I, clickity-click the link provided in pink above and check out her blog and enter. But don't get your hopes up too high, I plan to become a superhacker and figure out how to make sure I win. ;) lol

BYOC

Woo Hoo! It is time for BYOC! Line up and get sprayed by my insanity.

1. Which one would you rather?

Tom Cruise or Tom Brady?

Mr. Big or Tony Little?

Whoopie Goldberg or Making Whoopie?

Well, I do not know who Tom Brady is. (Did I just hear every reader of my blog gasp, simultaneously? lol) So I will be a rebel and say Tom Cruise. I think that given a little one on one time, I could get that boy on the right track. And off the sofa.

Mr. Big. Chris Noth has always appealed to me. Not conventionally handsome, but so striking and interesting and who can resist those big, beautiful, sensitive looking eyes of his? Besides, I am sorry to say this but... Tony Little is a freak. And not the good kind of freak.

Definitely making whoopie. And that is all I have to say about that. (My Forrest Gump moment for today.)

2. How do you feel about plastic surgery and to what lengths would you go to achieve it?

I am all for it. And, I am plotting how I can get my insurance company to pay for some of it and what banks to rob to pay for the rest. I definitely want to have a "normal" bod, when this whole thing draws to it's finish line. I know that my bod will never look like an 18 year old aerobics addicted little miss perfect but not all flappy and floppy would be nice. :D

3. What is your favourite website?

I have a few. But I suppose my all time fave, my second Internet home is The Long Hair Community. I have met some very lovely people on that site. Plus everyone is as hair obsessed as I am. It is a match made in heaven. :D

4. What is your favourite tip for having a great vacation?

Lots of alcohol.

No... Seriously... I don't know. really. We don't go on vacation. And I wish we did. I wish we could because I am about ready to torch this dump.

5. Repeat question... Whose blog or comment really got to you, this week?

Without a doubt it was our lovely Draz. Her honesty and appeal for comfort and reassurance touched me, as a mother myself very deeply. Hang in there, sweetie. You and yours will be fine. I have no doubt. *hug*

Okay there is my BYOC for this week.

Did you enter my giveaway? Just scroll down a couple of entries and enter.

What are you waiting for? :D

Okay, I need to spell check this and run to the loo before I pee all over myself.

My Very First Giveaway!

Hi everyone! I hope that you are all well and staying cool.

I am excited to be able to be able to hold my very first giveaway. The prize is sponsored by CSN Stores. With a variety of  products like dinnerware, household goods, exercise equipment and even doggie beds, you can use the one time use gift certificate in the amount of $40.00 at one of over 200 online stores that make up CSN Stores. This is a great opportunity to pick up something that you really need or just treat yourself to something special. Perhaps even a little frivolous. :D

Here are the rules.

This giveaway is open to residents of the United States and Canada.

You must be a public follower of my blog. New followers are welcome to enter. Please leave a comment by 10:00 PM MST on August 19 on this post with your username and e-mail address. This will give you one entry.

You may earn a second entry by making a post about this giveaway in your blog. Please leave the url to the entry in your comment.

You may do both entries in one comment or two comments.

I will verify that all entrants are public followers and blog entries.

A winner will be chosen by random draw on August 20. I will notify the winner by e-mail and send the winner's name and e-mail address to CSN Stores. CSN Stores will contact the winner and send on the gift certificate.

So, enter! And good luck, everyone!

Giveaway Alert!!!! Body Bugg Giveaway at Kyokocake's Blog

If you are interested, clickety, click!!!!

Go. Read. Follow. Enter.

Seriously.

Do it.

Now.

:D