Safety testing legislation and it's impact on small business

New safety testing legislation going into effect in February is great
... but will have a negative impact on small business at a time when we
need them the most.

Follow this link to read more and maybe help:
http://onegoodie.com/blog/2008/12/30/not-goodie-not-goodie-at-all-but-th
ere-is-a-giveaway/

Horoscope for the week

I asked the cards: what can I expect this week

The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand. The High Priest: Mercy. Kindness. Goodness. Forgiveness. Inspiration. Compassion. Servitude. Overt reserve. Captivity to one's own ideas. Tendency to cling to ideas and principles even if outdated. A person to whom one has recourse. Conformity. A religious r spiritual leader. A person with a sense of historical importance.

Also, I figure I'm using http://www.facade.com/tarot to ask the cards, so here is a little info about the spread I used and how you can get your own set.

The One Card spread is the most concise of all spreads, intended to provide a quick take on a situation, or to reduce it to a single point of meditation. The Cat People Tarot paints a picture of faraway lands trod by mystical archetypes and their feline companions. This deck is a perfect tool for dreamers and idealists, and is a great choice for divining the nature of human imagination. If you would like your own copy of the Cat People Tarot, you can buy it now!

Horoscope for 12/26/2008

Scary how this was right on today...


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December 26, 2008 Daily Libra horoscope:
You are normally very good at concentrating and getting your chores done, even when chaos reigns around you. This will likely not be the case today, though, dear Libra. Even you will come under the influence of the erratic. It's simply too hard to get much done with all the commotion and confusion. Don't fret about your lack of productivity. This is merely one day. You may as well give in to it. Relax, have some fun. Tomorrow you can get down to work.

Horoscope for 12/25/2008

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December 25, 2008 Daily Libra horoscope:
Tension may be running high today as things come to a great emotional climax. It may seem as if everyone is out to get you, dear Libra, but more than likely, this paranoia is simply a figment of your imagination. Don't get carried away with crazy scenarios that have no basis in reality. People are apt to be acting out in an animalistic manner, so don't be surprised if reason and logic are nowhere to be found.

Wil Wheaton's Greatest Hits...

Amusing Article... www.nerve.com -Wil Wheaton's Greatest Hits

Tarot for the day...

I asked the cards what today held for me...

The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand. Queen of Swords: Sharp, quick-witted, keen person. Intense perceptions. A subtle person. May signify a widow or woman of sadness. Mourning. Privation. Absence. Loneliness. Separation. One who has savored great happiness but who presently knows the anxiety of misfortune and reversal.

RIP Grams

Remedios Herrera Quintanilla

02/26/1934 to 12/16/2008

Rest in Peace Grams, no more pain.

I had a rude awakening this morning...

and I just hope that this conviction stays with me. The "rude
awakening"? Well, I opened my closets (which is filled with clothes) to
find something to wear to work this morning. NOTHING fit me, and some of
the clothes are recent additions and so are larger sizes than what I
used to be. That right there tells me that I've let my weight get out of
control and enough is enough.

Tarot for the week...

The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand. Ace of Wands: Creation. Beginning. Invention. Start of an undertaking. Fortune. Enterprise. Gain. Inheritance. Birth of a child. Beginning of a meaningful experience. An adventure. Escapade.

Humor: Christmas Story

So that's where it came from!! :)

I received this as an email at work. I decided to share.

*~*~*~*~*
When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce
toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the
Pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs. Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which
stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were
about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out,
Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked,
the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered.

Frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot
of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank
all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally
dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces
all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice
had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door,
yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big
Christmas tree. The angel said very cheerfully, 'Merry Christmas, Santa.
Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would
you like me to stick it?'

...And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the
Christmas tree.

Face Memory Test

Face Memory Test: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/tmt/

My results:

Recognition score (if you saw it) 

Your score: 100%
Average score: 92%

This is a measure of your ability to remember the photos you've seen,
regardless of the part in which you saw them. From all 24 photos shown
in Parts 1 & 2, you recognized: 24 photo(s).

Temporal memory score (when you saw it) 

Your score: 95%
Average score: 68%

This is a measure of how often you recognized a photo and matched it to
the correct part, instead of just remembering which ones you'd seen.
From all the photos you recognized, you matched: 23 photo(s) to the
correct part.

Sleep scientists say that:
- Recognition memory for faces is unaffected by sleep loss. A person who
has not slept for as much as 35 hours can perform as well as someone who
is not sleep deprived.
- The area of the brain that controls temporal memory can be affected by
prolonged sleep loss and/or ageing. So a healthy 65 year old who sleeps
normally would be able to perform this test similarly to a 20 year old
who has gone without sleep for 36 hours.

...

Winterborn, by Crüxshadows

"In the fury of this darkest hour,
I will be your light.
You've asked me for my sacrifice,
And I am Winter Born.

Another "interesting" Internet related news article

What's next?

This article was @ SacBee.com's website:
http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/1445792.html
The title? "Internet "terms of service" may open cyberspace can of
worms"

It was sparked after the story of Lori Drew who was accused of posing as
a teen on MySpace and being part of a "hoax" that led to the
suicide-death of Megan Meier back in 2006. If you don't know anything
about this ... just google either person.

Oh, and as the above article on SacBee's website suggests, if you're a
minor, don't listen to me. :)

Things do eventually get easier over time...

I was thinking this morning as I was taking my supplements, they're a
lot easier to take now then they were when I first started.

I remember when I first started taking these herbal supplements; I used
to gag most of the time. A couple times, I'd even chock on them. I've
never been a pill taker, I used to actually have to put them down my
throat and then hurry and drink water to make them go down. Growing up,
my mom used to crush them on a spoon for me.

What makes these herbal supplements a little more difficult to take is
that a couple of them have a weird taste when activated by my saliva,
it's almost like they warm up. (Not sure how else to explain what
happens).

Well, now I don't find I'm having any problems. I toss the pill in my
mouth and drink some water and BAMPH! I've taken the pill.

And it's a good thing too because I've increased the number of pills I'm
taking. One of the supplements from Herbal Life I'm taking is "Cell
Activator". One of the main things it's supposed to do is give me
increased energy. Before, I was only taking 1 pill 3 times a day
(actually, usually only two times because I tend to forget to take them
at dinner). I remember that I'd find myself so tired during the day and
couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Well, the bottle suggests 1 to 3 pills 3 times a day. I'm going to start
out taking 3 in the morning and afternoon and 1 at dinner. We'll see how
it goes for a week or two and go from there. I don't want to take all
three at dinner because I'm afraid I'll have too much energy and not be
able to fall asleep. I've already held back on adding protein because I
sometimes have a hard time staying on track and eating breakfast and/or
lunch because I'm just not hungry.

the only downside...

...to this diet is that I drink A LOT of liquids. There are my two
shakes (breakfast and lunch), the eight glasses of water I have to drink
at a minimum, and then anything else I may drink during the day.
Generally, this is just coffee in the morning and one can of diet,
non-caffeinated soda at night. I could give up the coffee and soda, but
then where is the fun in that?

Trying again...

It starts again today... even though I feel like the boy who cried wolf.
I stepped on my Wii Fit and was happily surprised to see that while I
wasn't drinking my shakes and taking my supplements, I was still doing
well enough that I lost weight over the last time I stepped on the
scale. This after the Thanksgiving Holiday! :)

So I'm down 3.6lbs from the last time I weighed in (yes, over a month
ago). I started a new goal today, and the plan is to drop under the 300
mark in a month. I set my goal for 15lbs even though I'm currently only
less than 14lbs over the mark. I figure it's a nice round number. :)

Kitties and lolipops

As most of you know, after many years as a smoker, and a couple tries already, my husband has once again tried to quit smoking. We actually went to a "Quit Smoking Seminar" and he's trying something other than the patch right now. He has moments where he REALLY wants a cig, but he's doing good. So, to try and help him out, just before Halloween I bought a large bag of lolipops. Their the "dum dum" kind because they're small and conceivably, he can talk with one in his mouth. He got tired of the lolipops quick, and generally chews gum when he has a craving attack. So the bag sat on the counter since halloween. He'd take a couple a week to work just in case, but about half the bag is still there. So I started noticing random lolipops around the apartment, and at one point, Monster was playing with one under my husband's computer. She'd even found a way to unwrap a couple (but they didn't look like she'd licked them or anything). It was now obvious what was going on, but he bag look undisturbed so we were sure exactly what was going on. So yesterday I placed the bag on top of the fridge while cleaning (the cleaning part actually as an explanation, which I will share in another post). While I was taking a break and upstairs, my husband was downstairs snacking on leftovers. He comes back up and says to me "The top of the fridge isn't a safe place for the lolipops." I looked at him like "What?" and asked if they had fallen off. He said no, that Monster had jumped up to the top of the fridge, very carefully pulled ONE lolipop out of the bag, dropped it to the ground and hopped down after it.

Currently Reading: Vorpal Blade

Vorpal Blade (Looking Glass, Book 2)

May your Stuffing be tasty, may your turkey be plump,

may your potatoes 'n gravy have nary a  lump,

may your yams be delicious,

may your pies take the prize, and

may your thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Currently Reading: Into the Looking Glass

Into the Looking Glass by John Ringo

LATE NIGHT COMEDY: Jimmy Kimmel - Can I make jokes about Obama?

Jimmy Kimmel is pretty funny. He did a "Can I make jokes about Obama?" segment, check it out here:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOXr2HPqSCQ

I hate Mondays...

That is all...

I've fallen ...

into a little slump....

I've been playing WotLK since it was released. I got out of work early and picked up the game at lunch time. I immediately installed the game on both mine and my husband's computer and after like a half-hour of installing and patching, I was in. I'd been in beta so a bit of the content wasn't new to me. I finally hit 74 I think Friday night, and have started to get into areas and content I didn't see while on beta.

I'm really enjoying myself ... or rather I was. I'm kinda bored at the moment. I don't know if its just that I'm tired of sitting at the computer (and having lack of sleep right now), or if its something else.

I did make a Death Knight, I had one in beta too. I've done the starter area and moved her on into the world. I LOVED the transition quests and the reaction that she received when she arrived in Stormwind City. It totally fit and was exactly how you'd have expected them to react to a Death Knight in their city after they were just attacked by the Scourge. I haven't progressed her beyond 58 yet because, well, that means I have to quest in the Outlands again. I have my main, who is now 74, my Hunter who is 70 and just stepped into the Howling Fjord zone, and my Mage is who either 64 or 68 (probably 64). Thats a lot of questing in Outlands ... oh and my rogue finally made it to 58 so the outlands is now open to her as well.

Oh, and did I mention that I'm exaulted with the Netherwing and Skyguard? Yeah, I have a dragon and a few Netherays ... that was wayyyy too much questing. But I have to say, it amuses me that the Ogres still call me their Queen.

I think I'll go take a nap (gotta love sleep deprevation) and maybe play a little again before heading to visit the hubby at his job for lunch.

WoW funnies

Check out the DING! Comic for 11-18-08. :)

Its amusing for those playing WotLK and have made a Death Knight.

Oh how the mighty (NOT) have fallen...

I'm restarting my diet tracking. I've been "off the wagon" for so long the numbers won't really mean anything anymore. I really screwed this one up. On top of it all, I think I may have gained all my original weight back. I'm going to try and weigh in tonight when I get home so I have a starting point. Right now, I'm trying to force myself to drink my morning shake and take my supplements. It's after 10:30 ... should have already had breakfast, etc.

more on the subject of vampires... Twilight

And while I'm still thinking of novels about vampires and such, I'll touch on the upcoming movie Twilight, and the corresponding books.

I have read all of the books in the series except for the most recent (I think it's titled "New Dawn"), and I have no intention of reading anymore. I guess I found them to be too ... boring, and maybe a little whinny.

I guess I shouldn't really worry about it; I'm not exactly the author's chosen audience. The thing is, I'm tired of all the angst ...

whaaa, I'm undead and lonely. You're so beautiful, I love you, I want to spend the rest of my un-life with you. No, no matter how much you beg me, I won't turn you into a vampire because then you can't tempt me with your blood anymore, and then I can't be a brooding vampire trying so
hard not to eat you. Oh I'm so lonely.

But oh, the sight of Robert Pattinson (Cedric for those Harry Potter fans :)) as Edward ... that's drool worthy. I might just go see the movie because of him.

True Blood and the Sookie Stakehouse novels...

So a friend of mine got really excited about a show on HBO called True
Blood. To be honest, she kinda shoved it at me. When she gets excited
about something, she goes all out and most often, this is a little bit
of a turnoff for me. I hesitated to watch the show till I could form my
own opinion about it. I actually ended up reading all the novels except
the most recent "From Dead to Worse". Part of me regrets reading the
books first because in my opinion, the books are far better than the
show.

In fact, I'm not really sure how I feel about the show. I've watched up
to Episode Six (and as I told my husband it took that long for my dear
Ms. Anna Panquin to become an official soft-core porn star). They've
changed several things from the books to the show. Like for example, all
the books up till "All Together Dead" were prior to Katrina. "All
Together Dead" was post Katrina and that was a major backdrop to
everything that was going on. They didn't do this for the show.

They also introduced some things into the show that don't show up for a
few books, or introduced those things but twisted them. They also
changed a few characters around. Majority of the changes don't sit well
with me, which is why I wished I'd waited to read the books. But then,
the more I think about it, the more I realize the issues I have with the
show I'd still have no matter if I read the book before or after seeing
the show.

Overall it's not a bad show. If you like vampires and supernatural
stories, then you'll like this. If you're a Buffy the Vampire Slayer and
Angel fan, you'll likely enjoy this show ... just be aware that the
content is more Anita Blake than Buffy. The sex scenes are very
soft-core porn ... but then that shouldn't be surprising, it's on HBO.

Speaking of Anita Blake; that was one thing I told my husband I liked
more about the Sookie books than the Anita ones. Sookie pretty much
remains human through everything. She doesn't get exponentially more
powerful with each book (hubby thought I was going to say with each sex
scene :P). I guess the short of it is that Sookie is more believable ...
you can relate to her better.

Oh, and to save this link to read later at home. It's some kind of HBO
Wiki for the show...
http://truebloodwiki.hbo.com/thread/1839895/Sookie+Stackhouse+novels+vs+
show?t=anon

Tarot for the week...

The card represents the critical factor for the issue at hand. The Emperor: Worldly power. Accomplishment. Confidence. Wealth. Stability. Authority. Indomitable spirit. Leadership. Maturity. Father. Brother. Husband. Male influence. Direct pressure. Conviction. Domination of intelligence and reason over emotion and passion. Attainment of goals. Achievement. Desire to increase domination in every direction. A capable person who is knowledgeable and competent.

And fear prevails?

Of everything that I've heard over the last several months leading up to yesterday, this quote is the one that saddens me the most ... because it proves that perhaps most are too weak to not let fear and ignorance overwhelm them.

"As a licensed minister, if I was told to wed a lesbian or gay couple, I'd refuse," said Arab. "I'd take my chances and go to jail. It's anti-biblical and against God's law."

The right for same-sex couples to marry was to be a STATE recognized union. This was not the State telling churches they had to marry these couples, yet that is obviously what was believed.

The quote was taken from my local newspaper in this article:
http://www.sacbee.com/391/story/1371979.html

Granted, the lead is a slim margin (52% to 48%) and only 92% of precincts reporting. It COULD change, but I'm not holding my breath after all the hate I've seen recently.

Believe me I can understand the other side's view. Most are upset simply because it's changing the TRADITIONAL definition of marriage. They claim that same-sex couples already have all the same rights, etc. But the truth is they don't. If their partner is hospitalized or sick, do you think they are allowed to be at their side? No. I can also understand this from the religious side, having grown up with a Roman Catholic grandmother. But as I've said before, Church and State are separate and this was a STATE issue. This country was founded in order to be free from oppression and to allow for religious freedom. Right now that's not looking like the case.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness."

That is a very well known excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.
By the passing of Prop 8, it's my opinion that we just told a group of Americans that they are NOT created equal.

Math Help

I'm sharing this link in case anyone else can use the help.

http://plus.maths.org/index.html

I'm preparing for a promotional exam that will be given in a little less than a year (yes, I'm getting ready early). I googled "Math Refresher" to try and find some help. The exam has a section dealing with statistics and I've never taken a statistics class. While searching I found this NASA site (http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Smath.htm) which recommended the above link.

"Each time a man stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." 

- Robert F. Kennedy

Virtual Murder with RW consequences?

You have to read it to believe it...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27337812/?GT1=43001

Wii Fit Challenge: Goal 1 - Week 3

I'm so ashamed of myself. The first two weeks of my Wii Fit Challenge, I
wasn't on track at all. I didn't actually use the Wii but a couple times
to weigh in. I didn't drink my daily intake of water, didn't drink my
shakes, and didn't take my supplements... nothing. The first week, I
lost .9 lbs, 2nd week I maintained. I shouldn't be surprised that I
gained weight this week, really shouldn't.

I'm back up another 2.7lbs; bring my total loss down to 3.7lbs. *sighs*

I have however been on track since Monday. I've also used the Wii Fit 2
out of 3 days. The Hula Hoop game in the aerobics section is a LOT of
fun. I've also been doing some of the yoga moves. I have some time yet
before I'm in shape enough to do the One-legged Prayer Pose (Sanskrit
name: Eka Pada Pranamasana).

I found the Sanskrit name for it here:
http://www.totalyogapractice.com/YogaPosesGalleries/YogaPosesGalleries.p
hp

I have the Warrior one down pretty good. On the website I listed above,
it's titled "Warrior 2". I'll probably just stick with that and the
basic stretching poses for now. I'll need to do the strengthening
exercises more before I'll be better able to do the one-legged poses and
such.

The Wii Fit is also a lot of fun in that the more you use it, the more
it unlocks other training "games" for you to use. It's like the game I
have for my DS called "Brain Age". I've unlocked all the games on that
though. I mostly play it now for Sudoku.

I need to get motivated...

I need to make four birthday cards and a good luck/happy retirement
card. I just can't seem to focus or get inspired.

Thankfully the retirement card isn't needed for a couple weeks yet.
However, all four birthday cards are needed by Monday at the latest.

So tonight I'm going to try a couple things and see what I come up with.

No on Prop 8... wow, I'm getting all political!

So, I'm reading the newspaper online, and reading an article about Prop
8, which is set to ban same-sex marriages.

I personally am against Prop 8 and will be voting no. I'm also saddened
by some of the lies I've been seeing about the Prop, trying to get
voters to pass it. This is not Massachusetts people ... this is
California.

Here is the news article that I read:
http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1329814.html

And this was my favorite commented posted:
kwinflight wrote on 10/21/2008 10:28:29 AM:
My "lifestyle": Get up at 5am, catch the bus and go to work (I take the
bus because it's cheaper and more responsible). Spend 9-10 hours a day
at work. Come home. Eat dinner with my children and talk about their
day. Pay bills. Read bedtime stories. Worry about the economy. Go to
sleep, and do it all again the next day. Wait, you mean that sounds like
your life too? Hmm, that's odd. Mine's the gay version. We're not that
different. Too bad homophobes will NEVER admit that.

So, I was trying to find more information on Prop 8 ... I wanted to read
it for myself and see what has these people yelling that their children
will be forced to learn that gay marriage is okay, or whatever.

Here is the link to Prop 8
(http://www.voterguide.sos.ca.gov/title-sum/prop8-title-sum.htm) ...
there is a link on that page that will take you the text of the proposed
law (the document it links to has the text of all the proposed laws). No
where did I read that it was going to force schools to teach children
about gay marriage.

As I was doing a little more searching, wondering if maybe there was
more info on this Prop somewhere (hoping to find unbiased info), I found
a little blog post by Google. For some reason, I found myself wanting to
share. You can read it here:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-position-on-californias-no-on
-8.html.

My stance on this? This is about equality. The Church and the State are
separate. The State is allowing same-sex couples to marry. They are not
saying that Churches have to do it. To deny two people who love each
other the chance to fully share their lives because they are the same
sex is just plain wrong.

Just some thoughts...

Trying to lose weight has not been an easy journey for me. Since I've
started on my recent attempt, I find I struggle because ... mostly ... I
don't find myself hungry.

Today started out well enough. I had my supplements and morning shake
before 8:30, I'd also already had 2 of my 8 glasses of water for the
day.

Its not nearly 1:30 and I still haven't had my lunch shake (forcing
myself to drink it now) and I barely finished my 4th glass of water. I
should be on my 6th by now.

I had to fight with myself to not go out and get some solid food. I
really wanted some red meat. Not because I was hungry, I just wanted it.

At least the last two weeks I lost some weight (even if the total was
less than a pound), regardless of the fact that I wasn't drinking my
water, shakes or taking my supplements. I weigh-in tomorrow night so
we'll see how things stand and if I finally gained some weight.

Free-Form Writing...

It's been a long while since I actually wrote anything. This morning I
opened Word and just started typing.

I posted what I ended up with (there were no changes, I posted exactly
as it was written) at my writing LJ @
http://draketamer.livejournal.com/5521.html.

In which I swoon...

Dresden Files ... as read by James Masters!

Read about it @ http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,9183.0.html

In which I'm still dealing with being sick...

I think I've hit a rut because of this stupid cold. I haven't been able to focus very well the last week or two. I haven't designed a card in weeks. I've made some, but they weren't my designs.

Its just been ... surreal. Its almost like I've been watching someone else's life.

Like for example. It had been nearly a year since I'd seen a certain person, regardless of the fact that I pass by their workplace (and my hubby's) at least 5 times a week ... when I'm picking him up or meeting him for lunch. As I mentioned in a previous post, suddenly I'm seeing her every time I go there. I keep telling myself its just because she has a similar shift to my husband at the moment. But the thing is, I know that she has had a similar shift before ... why all of a sudden does she now show up so much? I have a feeling that she will make it to the convention we go to every year, again. Last year I was thankful I didn't get into a game I wanted to play because she ended up in it. Is it wrong that I wish she'd just disappear? Or at least, pretend I don't exist... like I try to when I see her. I don't stare at her, I just go about my business. But when I look up, I find her staring me down. *sighs*

In which being sick ... sux!

I took a day off work on Wednesday last week to take care of some things. By that evening, I had developed a sore throat. Who knew that it would be Tuesday before I returned to work? I don't have the sore throat today, however my sinuses hate me and my nose in particular has it in for me.

Granted, yesterday was Columbus Day and a state observed holiday. Therefore, my office was closed and I didn't have to use any sick leave to stay home. I can assure you, I was still miserable enough yesterday to want to stay home.

I did however, take the time to step on the Wii and at least weight myself for the week (as noted in my previous post).

I've also had a lot on my mind recently. As a lot of my close friends know, a few years ago some really bad things happened in my life, one of them nearly being the destruction of my marriage. One of the perps that did their best to help the destruction along seemed to have vanished from my life and it helped me to move on. Well, that person suddenly reappeared about two weeks ago... after nearly a year of not seeing them. Granted, they still work at the same place as my husband, but I began to enjoy not having the fear of running into her when visiting my husband at lunch, or picking him up on the days he wanted me to drive him in.

Seeing the person also help me realize that I was better and that time does heal most wounds. This one is still there a bit and not fully healed, but its better. I only had one nightmare after the sighting, and it wasn't any like the ones before. The biggest help has been my husband. He has been supportive and doing what he can to sooth my fears and hurts after all this. He understands that I still have trust issues and that has been a huge balm. He doesn't make me feel silly when I have a bad moment, and only once got frustrated when I apologized for "being silly." He looked at me and said I wasn't being silly.

Another of the issues that I was dealing with at the time was nearly losing my grandmother. Her health has slowly been deteriorating and earlier this year she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. They told us she only has six months left to live, without treatment. My grams is still with us at the moment, but her lungs are starting to give. She's refusing chemo, and I honestly don't blame her. However, she is now virtually always on her breathing machine and they had to increase the oxygen because one of her lungs is no longer getting enough. My uncle drove her down from Oregon a couple weeks ago and she's living with my sister. My sister couldn't be happier because now my grams will get to see her grandchildren and not be so far away. My mother is living with my sister too and is taking care of my grams.

Wow, that was a lot to share ... that's what I get for not posting in so long. I'm going to also try and work on some craft projects tonight.

Wii Fit Challenge: Goal 1 - Week 1

I haven't been on track at all (again), but I did lose .9lbs. My first goal is 15 lbs to put me back under the 300 mark. Yes, 300 ... I tell friends that and they tell me I'm lying. If I'm lying, then the scale is lying. *shrug*

I know I said previously that I was starting over. That is true, but then not true. I'm starting over by not posting results as weeks. I've decided to do it by goals, hence the title "Goal 1 - Week 1". We'll try this out and see how it works.

Cross-posting ... so much easier!

As I cause the rebirth of my blog, I have found that cross-posting is
now very easy. One post and BAMPH! It's on both blogs.

Imagine that.

Why didn't I do this before?

Whoohoo, its all working!

I’ve tinkered with a few more things and I’m very happy with the results. I don’t think I’ll be re-creating my blog using the b2evolution software. I really liked it but I’m a bit lazy when it comes to some things. It took me an hour with b2evolution to do what just took me 10 minutes (at the most) with blogger.

 

I set up a sub-domain on wonderwench.com (blog.wonderwench.com) which will redirect to my blogger.

 

Now I need to tinker with the layout until I’m happy. J

Just a test...

I'm tinkering with a few things and so I'm just testing to see if this
will post.