Well, we are still here... or maybe this is the "END TIME"... just look at all the tornados and earthquakes and tsumanis and heat waves.. and Congressmen and Candidates making fools of themselves... but people in the public eye have always done stupid things.. by anybody's standards.
This morning, I woke up in a mild depression when I encountered the following things:
o All of our lights and fans were on for some mysterious reason.
o Our cat had thrown up in 7 places on our main rug and once on the kitchen floor.
o The radio reported that the stock market has continued it's downward trend and I'll probably be poor again soon, if not already.
o The US. credit rating is heading to "junk" and Congress is playing political games about it.
Besides that, I'm very worried about the health of two close relatives and a dear friend who is in the hospital.
However.. there are developments that are making me lose my depressive state:
o It's kind of interesting to follow Congressman Weiner and his strange adventures.
o Newt Gingrich's Presidential campaign staff has quit on him.
o Sarah Palin is learning facts about the early days of our Nation.
And.. Elaine and I are anxiously awaiting a new addition to her family. That will be a joyous occasion.
Here are other items interesting me this morning:
01. Losing Weight
I have now lost 24 pounds since last December. My plan is to lose 1/2 pound each week and reach my target weight exactly one year from today (June 2012). Hey.. I took a long time to put it on; so, if I take a long time taking it off.. maybe I'll keep it off.
I believe that the only diet that works is to reduce calories and increase exercise. I was pointed to a marvelous free online program called http://www.loseit.com/ .. by signing up for that program, one sets a target weight goal, and the program calculates a daily caloric limit to try for. Each evening, one can enter all of the food that one has eaten during the day as well as any exercise taken. The program provides the calorie counts for foods eaten and exercise taken. At first, it may be amazing to see the amount of calories that one is unwittingly putting into one's body. For most people, facing up to calorie reality is a great motivating force.
The program allows for "friends" to swap motivational information. My son is now using the program, as well as a granddaughter and some acquaintances. Try it.. you may be surprised at how well it works.
02. Green Thumb?
Last week I finally was able to fill my 4 Earthboxes with soil, dolomite, fertilizer, water and vegetable plants. I have planted squash, tomatoes, bush beans and cucumbers. The plants have doubled in size in one week. Hopefully, the stink bugs will not find their way to my deck.
I also planted specialty tomatoes given me by my daughter, Diane, a master gardener if there ever was one. Each of these is in a pot by itself and we already have picked 4 red cherry tomatoes to eat. Much more tasty than the cardboard Super Market ones. There are 5 large green ones ready to turn red in this hot weather. I still have 4 hanging baskets of flowers to put up.
Last year, we grew some specialty lettuce and thought that they had died down with the frost. But this year it is back again and as fast as we pick it, more grows. I thought it was a cool weather plant.. but it seems to like the 100 degree days we are having.
03. Global warming?
It's not even Summer yet and the temperature has been hitting in the high 90's for quite a few days. Yesterday, it was 100 in some of the places that I visited. Thank goodness for air conditioning. We keep the house at 76 degrees and thereby are able to function almost normally. I wonder if this weather is the cause of our cat's throwing up. Or maybe she is just bulemic and trying to keep her kittenish figure?
HOLD IT! FAMILY NEWS!
Elaine's daughter just gave birth to a baby boy. So, I have to sign off right now and switch to family activity.
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