Surgery Over; Challenge Update

March 27, 2010

I had my surgery on Wednesday, and I am doing pretty well. Yesterday was awful because I had terrible nausea from the pain medication. The doctor took me off the pain meds and gave me a prescription for the nausea, so I had a much better day today. I’m doing pretty well without any pain [...]

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Carla Sonheim Online Class – The Art of Silliness

March 22, 2010

Artist Carla Sonheim will be hosting an online class, The Art of Silliness, during the month of April. I’ll let you click the link for the details of the class, but I bet it is going to be a fun one! I took a drawing class with her at Artfest a few years ago and [...]

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Adorable Rats Doing Funny Stuff

March 20, 2010

I know that LOTS of people think rats are creepy and scary. I am not one of those people. I have a lot of trouble understanding why they feel that way. I feel the same way about spiders, though, so I can relate. Don’t expect to see pictures of adorable spiders doing funny stuff on [...]

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iPad: Why All the Vitriol?

March 18, 2010

I ordered my iPad Friday night, a belated birthday gift from my husband. I hate to label myself an Apple fangirl, but since switching to Mac a few years ago, I have definitely fallen in love. I don’t buy all of their products – we don’t own AppleTV and we certainly don’t buy every generation [...]

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It’s Be Nice to Your Spouse Week!

March 17, 2010

Okay, I made that up. As far as I know, there is no such thing as Be Nice to Your Spouse Week. You should probably be nice to your spouse every day! But I bring it up because I am in the middle of reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. She selected a different [...]

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Review: bodybugg calorie management system

March 11, 2010

UPDATE May 5, 2010 REGARDING CUSTOMER SERVICE, see end of post I first heard about the bodybugg in September 2009, when my husband told me his boss was using one and loved it. Stephen knew it would appeal to my obsessive compulsive side. The idea behind the bodybugg is simple. You wear an armband with [...]

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February Weight Loss Graph

March 11, 2010

Here’s my weight loss graph for February. Stephen saw it and said, “You flatlined!” Thanks, honey. But I am actually continuing to do pretty well. It took me awhile to make the graph because I’ve been procrastinating. I am sticking this in my blog prior to the iPad and bodybugg posts, because I think they [...]

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Be Kind to Yourself and Other Advice I Don’t Always Take

March 10, 2010

A friend of mine is having one of those weeks. You know exactly what I am talking about. The kind where not only does everything go wrong, but also the things that wouldn’t normally get you down start to seem like the end of the world. It’s a busy week at work AND she has [...]

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Challenge Update: Terminal Freeze & A Dwarf Launches a Little Ball

March 2, 2010

I am almost caught up now on my reading, which will hopefully make me less stressed about my challenge. Surprisingly, I’ve done much better with the weight loss portion than the reading portion, but I am trying to even that out. I finished Terminal Freeze by Lincoln Child tonight. Child is one of my favorite [...]

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Challenge Update – Weight and the Secret Life of Bees

February 24, 2010

Sorry for the delay in posting my challenge update from last Friday. It was my birthday weekend, and I was busy having fun! After losing more than six pounds in week six, I gained just under four pounds in week seven, making my overall weight loss so far a little more reasonable. Plus I seem [...]

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