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Sunday Weigh In and Pictures of Us... 2007-12-16 15:46:00 How true is this picture? courtesy of http://ourworldasweseeit.blogspot.comThe persons name who writes on this blog is Debonair Dude.....hmmmm, what do ya think he looks like? With a name like that I have high expectations, but who wouldn't, right?I wasn't going to do a weigh in video again until January, but I thought that I should keep track of my progress or lack thereof because I'm in the "maintain" stage of my physical reshaping journey.I decided that NO PROGRESS is better than LOST PROGRESS, especially during the holiday season with all the many tempting shier delights!This is the month that I said I was going to eat maintenance calories so that when January rolls around, I can take off the final ten pounds. My body goes into starvation mode very easily, so the break was a necessity since no matter what I was stalled!I was looking at my video, and of course I was not happy with what I saw...UNTIL...I went back to around Sept 15, which was only two weeks into this journey... Read more:Pictures
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The Red Bowl 2007-12-15 17:55:00 I had an Eastern Nutrition class this semester....the final was to have the class over to my house for a Chinese nutrition food fest.Anyhow, it reminded me of a story about this particular class, and it gives me a chuckle every time I think of it.Dr. Wang is the instructor of the eastern nutrition class. She is very old school Chinese and is wealthy with knowledge. The down side to this fountain of wisdom, is that her English is very broken and it's extremely difficult to understand.It was about around our third class meeting that Dr. Wang and I started to know each other. That night I helped her out to her car. It was at that time that we took some time to get to know each other. During the conversation is when she discovered that I lived very close to the school.That very next day after the class, I received a call from Dr. Wang and a message she had left on my voice mail.Dr. Wang told me that somehow she had forgotten her "red bowl" from that previous night's class and would I
Dear Fellow Dog Person; 2007-12-14 08:56:00 Dear Fellow Dog Person,I go to the park each day to enjoy my dogs. I don't go to have fellow dog owners patrol my every move and comment to me each and every time Orbit decides to be a dog.What is with you people anyhow? Do you come to the park to patrol the actions of others, to gossip about other people and their dogs, or just to harass other fellow dog owners?Clearly us dog owners who frequently visit the local dog parks need to post a list to the other more "involved" pet owners, a list of basic common courtesy and etiquette rules in which to live by so that all of us may enjoy our day at the dog park;1) You are NOT the dog park police. So if my dog happens to growl at another dog, please do not look to me as I have committed some social fou paw2) You are not the authority on dog health, if I chose not to vaccinate my dogs, please respect my decisions. I do not have to hear about your thoughts on the subject, as if YOU are somehow the higher authority.3) You do not have all the
Courtsey of Aunt Sally... 2007-12-11 15:17:00 Happy IVGLDSW Day!Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day, so please send this message to someone you think fits this description.Please do not send it back to me as I have already received it from a Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman!And remember this motto to live by:Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride!' Have a wonderful day ! Inside every older person is a younger person -- wondering what happened. - Cora Harvey Armstrong-Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.(Unknown)The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Helen Hayes (at 73)-I refuse to think of them as chin hairs. I think of them as stray eyebrows. - Janette Barber-My second favorite househo Read more:Sally
2007-12-21 22:10:00 Ahh, I really don't know what to say, because actually I feel the situation is quite quite sad and for me very frustrating.This is about that the very nice looking guy I blogged about a while back. (remember the way younger hot guy)I think he may possibly be interested in me, but then again I'm thinkn' maybe he's just a really nice guy, whatever, I can't decide which it is.No matter what, this guy manages to initiate a conversation with me every time I see him, and I swear he seeks my out, or maybe I'm imagining it, who knows, I can't decide that either.None the less, we seem to have a conversation every night no matter what.I however, whenever I see him coming, always go the opposite direction and try to avoid him. I find just totally avoiding temptation makes life so much easier, if ya know what I mean.I have trouble just taking one bite of a yummy food and always end up eating too much of it, leaving me with a stomach ache, and wishing I wouldn't of indulged so free
Wowser...Heading The Right Direction 2008-03-09 08:58:38 Click on the title to read about the newest and the greatest for pet care.....Okay...here is the part I like most about it; Holistic therapy for pets Treatments: Acupuncture, Chinese herbs and homeopathy Cost: $200 for an initial one-hour appointment; $90 for 30-minute follow-ups Ummm, I think this is as much as Neurologist for humans might charge or for that matter a lawyer's hourly rate is right along that line.Ahhhh, I think I'm heading the right direction! WOWSER...I think that I could pay my bills with this kinda of rate....WhooHoo.Although...I feel a little guilty here...STOP!My idea has been to open up retail outlets that make holistic health care for pets affordable.Honestly, to charge this much is really not right, nor can regular folks afford it. As a result of these prices s Read more:Heading
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Get A Clue Holly 2008-03-07 21:52:02 Its Friday night...which always brings me back that to that time...Friday nights were always about the party...He always had that weekend itch...Friday nights meant going to the most hippest parties, hanging out with the coolest people, and partying the night away.Let's see, I've written twice about some very vivid times, that at the end of the day got me into deep waters with this guy...A guy that became a big part of my life..for better or worse.So what comes to mind...These are the things that should of given me a clue way back then during that very first seductive Florida night.They were all there, the clues were so clear...but I guess when your bound and determined to "be in love" all reasoning just flies out the window;Here goes:1) He was in Florida trying to get a screen play publ Read more:Holly
The Beginning..... 2008-03-02 23:39:43 I read a very thought provoking post written by Lone Chantelaine...it's about where she's at in life right now, and how she feels about maybe never being pregnant by a man she loves.Her post hit a note with me....because when I was her age I also have had that feeling deep inside within myself and then WHAM...it just welled up and came barreling out of me with a roar....And my whole life changed as a result of that single instinct or that single fear...Whatever you chose to want to call it.I was around 41 years old at the time when I hit that proverbial midlife crisis....I had been married to my childhood sweetheart, who was my best friend more than anything else, because we weren't lovers that's for sure...None the less our friendship ran deep which made everything so much more heart
That Moment In Time... 2008-03-02 23:33:38 I believe that this particular memory that I'm about to share is one of my most sharpest and memorable images I hold within, because even at this very minute, I can picture it in my mind, and bring that night back as if it was something that happened earlier to me just today...I just so happened to be in South Beach, Florida for a business trip....This was about 10 years ago last October....It's hard to reconcile that its been that much time since then, because the consequences of that one single night lie at my feet my every waking hour.So many times I wonder....what would of happened that night if I would of simply gone through another door... just any door, or if I would of gone right instead of left, or if I would of slept in just an hour later that fateful morning....Looking back I Read more:Moment
What We Have All Been Waiting For.... 2008-02-29 10:47:48 Once again I find more interesting dog things to speak to as opposed to my own uneventful life. And I'm not kidding about that....However I have managed to keep busy with my blooming herbal business, its taking most mornings to talk with the people, put the orders together and send them.It's a lot of fun to watch this small business growing...its adding some pocket change to my wallet...I just wish I had a little more time to spend on building it.But what I have here today; something that we all can use...Check it out;I monthly urine test for dogs and cats!I got this so I can watch Orbit's Kidney values because of his renal disease.Actually I received this about five days ago...but I have to figure out how I can follow Orbit around and put the dip stick under him while he goes potty.I thi Read more:Waiting
The Week In Review 2008-02-24 14:01:49 Another week...So what do I do with this week as I wasted more time that can never be recaptured?I worked on building my small intent business which is Chinese herbals for dogs and cats.Here is my herb room;Okay so I'm not going to make my fortune at it...right now I'm getting about 10 orders a week.What I love about it is when I get the happy thank you notes or calls from the pet owners that are ecstatic that the herbs helped their dog or cat, and generally these are very sick pets. People seek out me as a last resort, which is too bad, because if we can get the pets taking the right herbs early on during the illness....then it really really works. (same with people)Along with this comes new Internet friends that I'm making along the way. Many of the people I sell my formula to become p
Blogging 2008-02-19 12:45:05 I've been thinking about this phenomena for a couple of days.....it's really interesting how the whole thing works.I remember when I first started blogging I had no idea why I was doing it and I was also clueless as to how to find readers or to find blogs that I liked to read.Little did I know that there's a whole world of different people out there, and all I have to do in order to know them is to click into their blog, make myself comfortable and live life through their eyes.Its as if I know these people.......Lone Chateline single.... much to her chagrin; But for me, her journey to find true love and good sex is a hoot! Although there are days when I just want to go through the computer and just give her a hug...because this journey can sometimes be a rocky road. I know that she she Read more:Blogging
This is Why I Stay Away 2008-02-17 22:36:47 I've never been the type of person to hang around women...and there's a reason for it. Because most of them are top notch bitches...fact and end of story.And tonight I got a reminder of how nasty they really can be. Uggggg (I also see the irony of my dream for a woman president...that's not lost on me)I am working on setting up a Eastern Nutrition group, which gets people together once a month and we discuss blah blah blah...and I'm doing this with a woman from my school, who I really didn't know much about, but she seemed intelligent and has a wicked sense of humor.It was my job to set up the group e-mail account. I did it, but I spelled the ID wrong. I had no idea that I did it wrong, because it was an honest mistake.I received an e-mail from Ellen that she could not log in. I had no ide Read more:Stay Away
Words 2008-02-16 22:33:08 I know, I know , I know...Just by looking at my sidebar its not hard to tell what I've been up to.....Old habits die hard.There have been words floating around that are really bothering me.No matter what channel or news article I read there are groups of people that are called "lower scale democrats"....These are people that work hard for a living and did not complete college."Lower Scale"......I don't know why more people are having problems with that description. And they(pundents and newswriters) say these words with no conscience...UgggHere are more words that erked me"You challenge the status quo and suddenly the claws come out," Obama said.The CLAWS come out? Really?Here is the next one that fries me;Then yesterday Obama told reporters who had asked about Clinton's latest attack ad," Read more:Words
Orbit's Answer 2008-02-14 14:53:06 Yesterday while I was getting ready to go or doing something, I don't remember what it was, but I caught my sweet Orbit
just standing there, very alert and he was staring at me and it was very intently.I looked back at him and I was thinking how beautiful he's looking, his coat is shiny, his eyes are bight, and his spirit is light.But there is no getting over the fact that in the terms of his life on this planet, he is getting old by all standards.So every time I have one of those special moments with Orbit where we're lookin' eye to eye, I commit them to memory, because I know that soon my four legged loyal best friend will no longer be with me, a sad reality, but a fact of the cycle of life and the way things just are.As I continued to look into his eyes as we were staring at each ot
Confession of a Political Junky 2008-02-13 10:39:52 Okay....I lied. The reason I never have any time to post lately is because I have become utterly consumed with politics.I spend time reading different pundent articles and I am constantly surfing the net trying to find positive information with respect to my candidate of choice.(which is scarce)My moods rise and fall depending on the news cycle and I have concluded;This is OUT OF CONTROL.So what am I going to do about this? Here is my list;1) No more cable news 24/7. In other words, the TV stays off so that I'll not be tempted to wonder over and space out on the newest news cycle. I swear they write news like soap operas now a days..I'm hooked!2) No more endless surfing the net trying to find more more more about politics.3) No more weekend marathons watching election returns. STOP THE MAD Read more:Junky
It started Like This 2008-02-12 17:29:50 I seem to have no time what so ever. I'm not sure what the deal is, but I'm tapped and am having difficulty keeping up with my favorite hobby was is to blog.In retrospect it all started with this;I started cooking just for Orbit because of his Kidney disease. He wouldn't eat the special Kidney food they make for dogs...So I did what any good dog mom would do, I started making him his own special dinners...The problem with that is that now I have to make special dinners for ALL of them. So it seems that I am always shopping for the evening's delight, or cooking the "special dinner" as my dogs so fondly know this ritual, as well as constantly picking up and cleaning dog bowls since they get this gourmet feast two times a day.Here is the menu;KidneysLiversKidney BeansBlack BeansBlack Sessame
Daisy's Nose Problem 2008-02-09 21:37:52 Daisy has a little problem...it's an addiction and I caught her right in the act....Daisy has "ring around the nose". It kinda takes me back to my ole party days...Now I live vicariously through my dogs.What does that say about me?"Awwww shucks, so what if I tear up the grass...its so much fun!"
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A Very Proud Moment 2008-02-05 21:33:17 Today was the first time I have ever voted.It struck me that this was a profound moment for me. For the first time ever, there was a woman on the ballot for President of the United States.It gave me goose bumps. I know this is a very hotly contested race, but the fact remains, finally a woman is in the running for the top job.Love her or hate her...she's has given us all a gift. Hillary Clinton is making it possible for the next qualified woman to run for this high office.She has broken through a glass ceiling for future generations.I don't understand why so many women get so angry with her...Sure shes not perfect, sure she has some baggage, but what she has accomplished is open up the door for the next very perfect female to be elected President, if there is such a thing in the eyes o Read more:Moment
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Rainy Sunday and A Dog Pile 2008-02-03 16:47:01 I need to make a relaxing post....I'm following the elections quite closely and some of the stuff I'm reading is awful.....how bout' this;Media >> Kristol: "White Women Are A Problem, That's, You Know -- We All Live With That"Errrr......there is so much of this crap floating around and these idiots get away with it. If we were black, they couldn't say such a thing. All the black leaders would be calling and protesting and the Talking Heads would be horrified that such a thing could be said on the air....Nope, par for the course.So it goes and we seem to....just let it happen.I'll be glad when this election gets settled.I thought since today is a rainy day, and I have that wonderful picture that I posted at the start of the post, I would highlight our own dog pile right here on Sassafras Read more:Sunday
Like A Larva 2008-02-01 00:37:05 So I'm at the gym minding my own business....and I'm sitting there just kinda staring off into space:When this drop dead very good looking 40 something hot to trot guy started talking to me.I wrote a post at the beginning of the week that I needed to come out of my cocoon.Ahhhh....I came out of it okay; but just like a struggling little larva.....Picture this, he's about 5'11', very long hair, big brown eyes, hot physique...in a word, beautiful. He's from some island near Hawaii. Getting the picture?I was so flustered that this drop dead gorgeous guy was talking to me that it left me speechless and feeling like a fish out of the water....Damn....I use to be so good at this type of thing.Afterwards I gave this entire situation some thought.Its hard to be 50 somethin' and play that game..
Featuring Daisy and Chico 2008-02-01 00:36:13 Its been awhile since I posted pictures of my dogs...Daisy
is just about all grown up, and she has become quite a character.She does this very weird thing with Chico
, which is whenever they play or they get excited together, she puts her entire head in Chico's mouth, and then she starts licking his gums....it's very strange.I try to get video of the interaction, but Orbit always sticks his big head right in front of me.Here is the clip and I call it "Symbiosis"
The Surgery Was A Success But The Patient Died... 2008-02-01 00:35:38 I consider myself a pretty good business woman. My background is corporate America and I was really good at it so I figure I'll be pretty competent at building an acupuncture practice, so I had to laugh at myself when I saw a new patient this past Monday night.That evening I saw one of my first new assigned female patients. A very pretty 54 year old woman with beautiful blue eyes and a very quiet demeanor. She had only one previous acupuncture treatment and really did not know to much about the whole thing.Her chief compliant that evening was foot pain or otherwise known as Plantar Fasciitis which is a condition which causes constant and annoying pain while walking.My supervisor who is this (as my friend describes him) high functioning austic type of guy, sits and speaks with her and th Read more:Success
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Hearing Again.. 2008-01-23 09:38:48 I...who am an almost acupuncturist, finally went to see, for the very first time a REAL acupuncturist, not a student acupuncturist...Big difference.This was a big deal for me to do, because I have doctor phobia. Haven't been in years.I went because of my ears....and I'm happy to say that today, I can hear more normally, everything is not as muffled. I knew the treatment was going to work because right afterwards, as I was driving home, I could feel my ears begin to drain down the back of my throat. YuckHe also performed something called Moxa on the exterior of my ears, which is a method that actually warms the channel. Basically, the heat from the Moxa stick "melts" any accumulation throughout the ear canal and helps starts the transformation of the phlegm and damp that has been lodge Read more:Again
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Interning and and out of the Cocoon 2008-01-20 10:03:14 I took a week off simply because it seems as if I don't have much to say that is very interesting. This feeling started right after I got that very bad cold. When my ears plugged up, so did everything else.I'm just now starting to feel back to normal...or maybe I think the problem is this; Now I'm an Intern....that's a good thing. I'm almost done with my studies, I almost have a masters degree and that's with only two and a half semesters to go...so why do I feel so glum?Because my stay in the cocoon is almost at an end..and that makes me a bit sad.Three and half years ago I was in pretty bad shape, mending a broken heart and spirit, without a clue as to how I was going to pull my life together. It was at that time I decided to take a four year time out, slow down, and figure out what I w Read more:Cocoon
I Told Her So...Remember This? 2008-01-12 19:24:41 "Remember
this? This was the blog about my friend Michele and her whirlwind romance she found on the island of Hawaii...she told me that this time, "it was different"...okay I said....and kept my big mouth shut...She was making the big move to Hawaii because she found her true love.Fast forward three weeks later...the guy comes out for a visit....NOT GOOD.The first problem was that she found out he was a hard core Scientologist..I asked her what all that stuff was about...LOL...her explanation was something like..."To interact you must get on the third parallel plane"...I said what? She said she didn't have a clue...and that it was totally "different" and "weird"...My young friend is not at all cerebral...and that is being kind. How funny is that anyway...Next they both got sick from eithe
I Was There 2008-01-10 20:43:17 I was there when it happened....I worked harder than any man in the company, but I was paid less.I performed the job of COO for one of the largest independent telecommunications during the late 90's and early 2000's....but I never got the official title.I was called a bitch, I was said to be hard to get along with, I was told I had a reputation....and I was the "go to guy" for every important project that came along....I was just reading an article about two yahoo's who were chanting "Iron My Shirt" during one of Hillary Clinton's rallies...Sadly, sexism is alive and well....From two fellow woman bloggers, I read that they wanted a woman for president but not THAT woman.Trust me when I tell you, know matter WHAT woman it is, she will come along with the reputation of being a Bitch....That
Still Sick.... 2008-01-10 09:44:19 This is pathetic, still sick with this cold. It has gone to my ears and I can't hear...It is really quite embarrassing, because when I do go out in public I have to say Huh? to anyone who asks me a question.I now know what its like to be deaf.It is also quite pathetic of me, that I have more to post on my Pawhealing With Herbs blog than on my personal blog.On that note, I have been doing some work on trying not hold grudges;I called my Aunt Patty because I know that she is very sick, and I figured, okay she hung up on me...I can be bigger than that, and called her....twice.She never called me back....so;LOL, I guess she REALLY HUNG UP ON ME!Meaning; she doesn't care to ever speak with me again.I can live with that, I feel better that I at least attempted to do the right thing, and by no
Glued To the TV... 2008-01-08 21:55:39 I'm somewhat memorized by what is happening tonight. For three days I have heard Hillary bashing, and done with such enthusiasm, it was quite a spectacle. She was projected to "to have the stink of looser" on her....So the race is close. I think no matter if your not a Hillary fan, you must still admire her for staying strong after what she has been through during the past few days. She has been bashed unlike anything I have ever witnessed....incredibly vicious and uncalled for.For that matter, you have to appreciate all of them. Each one of them wants this so dearly, and they are all putting their hearts and souls into the process.UPDATE; Hillary Wins.....Hurray!I'm so excited, the prospect of our first woman president...in my lifetime!
On The Mend.... 2008-01-06 10:45:10 I'm back...so my herbs did work. I had a severe attack of wind-cold-damp attacking the exterior and the Yang Ming (stomach).And my ex-whatever, did NOT show up to bring me support. What a rat...The herbal formula that I took that has done the trick, one of the formulas is called "gan mou ling. This is a very interesting formula, because of an an ingredient called of ban lan gen, which is an herb that China has used successfully to treat epidemics.I have a touch of a headache, but I warded off probably the worse flu I could of had in a very, very long time. Wow.....it was bad.By the way, this herbal formula, ban mou ling, is very common, and everyone should have it as a staple item in their medicine chest to be ready for an onset of a bad winter cold.The other formula I'm taking, because
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