Fighting the Dark Cloud of pudge!!

Well, my new school isn’t exactly what I expected.  When I was told we did not accept behavioural students I did not realize that was limited to those designated in spec ed as behavioural.  So, my first day I spoke with a parole officer who informed me that we have MANY of her students.  OY!  And she was right.

Aside from the constant fight for school domination, I now have a cold!  My second day off (and only week 2) and tomorrow I am seeing a dr.  It is getting better, but I can’t talk so I can’t take charge of an already unruly school.

Staff is great, on the other hand.  Just never thought I would find kids even more clueless than the last group I taught.  Perhaps some will surprise me here as some did there.  These kids are on their last chance in the school system and yet they still think they can have a school their way.  (showing up up to an hour late for class etc).  Quite the battle ahead of me.  Good thing I took that theatre voice training!!

On a brighter note, my DH is taking very good care of me, and my faithful dog is by my side - unless someone calls him for a meal.  At that time I am dumped like a hot potato!!  *sigh*

Hope all is well with my sisterhood here.  Will check in on your blogs.

Seems in my desire to rid myself of Spam I may have deleted all comments!  This new format is soooo confusing.  Soooo, nothing personal if I accidentally deleted something you wrote! I really did love it at the time!  I think I went way beyond recent comments.

Yes, the dog’s waitte loss has surpassed mine. Perhaps it is because his only stress is the timing of his next walk?  Or maybe because we regulate his food more than our own!  Or finally, it could be that he is on thyroid meds and I am not!

My last day of freedom.  47 spams today.  I am thinking of opening a new blog and cancelling this one just to escape them.  How much longer can I get comments on various drugs, porno and other such things.  I recall when my email accounts were flooded with spam.  My favourite being Russian women who wanted to marry me.  I am just not that type of a girl - not that there is anything wrong with being that type of a girl.

As I said, my last day before I return to work.  Today I have to fit in everything I did not do in the past 6 weeks.  Can I do it???

Rented DVD 21 last night from Blockbuster but it is scratched and did not work.  So I started watching Mad Money.  I bought it previously viewed as it had looked cute when I saw the trailers waaay back.

There was a huge propane explosion in Toronto a few days ago.  Not sure if you read about it but I know it got far reaching coverage.  Not my part of the city but it is where my Maid of Honour lives with her two little girls - and her parents are nearby.  Fortuantely, when I did get her, she was at the cottage.  So, she is safe.  Not sure what her place will be like though.  Apparently there is asbestos in the air in parts too.  Winning situation!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you are all doing well.  I have hair colour on my head right now that needs attention.  I use the wash out kind as I gave up dying about a year ago.  I am aging somewhat gracefully.

Looks like a nice day so it should be good for running errands.

Cheers!

DH is driving back to CT today.  He is just going for a few days but the dog and I will be in a bit of shock without him.  Hard to believe he has only been here for 6 weeks!  So much has happened.  I would have gone but I am back to work on Wed.

It is a rainy day here.  And i cannot get a handle on this waitte issue.  Seems I eat well, gain weight.  Eat poorly lose weight.  Eat normally, lose or gain weight.  Two steps forward, one , two or even three back.

On a brighter note, the dog is losing waitte!  Perhaps he can give me pointers!!  The vet is thrilled!  He is due to start thyroid meds so should be at normal waitte in a few months!

Just ordered a pair of lovely shoes from Neiman Marcus online.  Got them sent to my mother-in-law’s address in CT as it is much cheaper than mailing them to TO.  Also Tomboy construction boots are on sale online at Home Depot.  Great for walking the dog!

Cheers

OK, 56 so far today.  Is there anyone we can contact at 3FC to deal with this??  They are spamming every blog I have written in the past 1.5 years!  OY!

Well, the MK business is puttering along.  I actually made top 10 in sales in my unit last year. More due to the lack of work of anyone in the unit than my great achievements, still, a prize is a prize, right?!  My goal this year is to win prizes.  Hey, I may as well have  fun!

Painting the hall is coming along.  I finished the walls and will now do the floorboards.  Ok, I have to touch up where in my impatience I pulled off tape too early and took a chunk of paint from above the door. No one will notice but me, but I will notice it every day!!!  Now my hall is a cheery yellow.  Not everyone’s taste, but I like it.  It is the same colour as the kitchen.  In fact, the only colour I am not overly thrilled with is the one I chose for the bathroom.  Someone before me had painted/stenciled a shell motif along the top and I decided to try to make the wall look like sand to match.  It is more a nude skin tone colour than sand, but c’est la vie.  Hey, it is a rental after all.

Still slimfasting but TOM must be approaching as I was starving and craving yesterday.  Funny how we can overindulge that once and actually lose 1/2 a pound and work so dilligently other days only to go up 1/2 a pound.  I think the former is to lull us into a sense of thinking we can eat it all and still lose.  Somewhere there is a fat god/goddess just having a blast at my expense!

OK off to paint floorboards.

Have a good one!

OK, is it TOM or is it not?  This peri - menopausal thing is such a pain.  Not sure what is going on with my body so how can I figure out my waitte?!!

Stayed the same today.  I have been using slimfast for breakfast and lunch and then anything I want for dinner.  Lost 1 so far.  But I am impatient and want to lose more!!!  Seems patience was never my virtue!

Painted the front hall - second coat this morning.  Am off to run Mary Kay errands this afternoon.  Hard to believe I am back to work a week today.  OY!!  I am not ready!!

Oh and so far 37 spams today!

Is anyone else being bombarded with wordpress spam??  Seems I get 40 or so a day!

But onto other things.  My rant of the day is “Give up skim milk”!  I believe that all these low fat products are taking the sheer enjoyment of food away from us and the constant search for fulfillment is making us eat more.  Anyone have any ideas on this one??

Other than that, I painted my front hall finally.  Ok, I was waiting until the sofabed arrived figuring that the delivery guys would bang the walls.   So I did coat one today.  Tomorrow’s excitement?? Coat 2!  And then I move onto the floor boards.  Is there anything or anyone who can beat that for excitement??

This month’s challenge is to put MK on 30 faces.  Cheer me on!

Live the dream!

We all face challenges. How is it that some of us eat our way through them and others do not?  In my case, I am so overloaded that I am eating on the run and fast items are full of calories.

It seems the more successful I am at work, the less time I have to organize my eating and the less likely I am to find time to exercise.  I know, put it in my agenda book. Treat it like an appointment!  Well, between moving (we are STILL unpacking),  the wedding, Mom’s illness and teaching it seems the summer has got away from me.  AND I go back to work on Aug 13!  Where did my summer holiday go????

I want to thank everyone who has commented on my blog over the past few days.  Although I must admit I was overrun by SPAM so I just did a group spam and deleted 55 postings.  I hope none of them were from “real” people.  They all seemed to be from one source.

Bree (the wonder dog) will never go on the long 5km walks he went on with the dog walker again, but he is recovering otherwise.  Walking is just a bit difficult for him.  Running after squirrels, however, is always possible!  Since we moved and his “grandmothers” are not around as often to give him treats, he has lost 4 pounds!  That is more than I have lost!

Mom is home and recovering.  She will also never be able to walk 5km however she didn’t do that before hand either.  Her breathing is laboured at times but she is managing.  I go over and make dinner for her most nights, and then come home and make dinner for the DH and me.  He gets home around 6:30 and she likes to eat at 5pm.

I just wanted to check in to let you know I am no further ahead on my journey, after a year of blogging.

G’nite

Happy to report that the pup is doing well.  Turns out it was an under the skin cyst.  Still cost a small fortune but at least it wasn’t life threatening.  Speaking of life threatening, Mom is coming home from the hospital tomorrow.  She has severe COPD.  Although one day I was told she would be on oxygen forever and the next day she was walking down the hall, with a walker but no oxygen.  I was told “she recovered more than we thought!”.  Reminds me of the song…”what a difference a day makes..24 little hours..”.  Who am I to complain?!!  I took the opportunity to toss all her cigarettes and lighters while she was away.  So, if you heard a scream in your neighbourhood - it was coming from Toronto!!

DH started his new job.  Seems to like it and seems to be adjusting to life in Canada.  I attended some of the annual Mary Kay convention. I really do want to try to make this thing work for me, so if you know anyone in the Toronto area who might like to try it, let me know.  Or anyone in Canada who wants to buy products.

I appreciate all of the support you have given me over this period.

Diette wise, I am pretty well stable at 198 or the infamous 197.5.  I need to unpack more to locate my Reno Tosca book on Eating Clean.  DH and I are taking turns  cooking dinner.  We both have diet restrictions so cooking is a challenge for us.  We both can cook but modifying our recipes to suit the other one’s needs is a challenge.  Still, I seem to live for challenges!

Hope you are all doing well.

I find I always gain weight when I come to CT.  No idea why that is.  Perhaps I just have less control over what I eat - or am trying more new things.

I actually miss exercise.  With the move, the wedding et all I have had no time to work out, and I miss it!  When I get back to Toronto on Friday I will be contending with my Mom- who is not well, and my poor dog will be Elizabethan collared on Monday as he has to have a mysterious lump (let us all pray it is a calcium deposit) on his hind leg.  The poor pup has had a terrible dermatitis on his front paw which caused us to discover that his paws fold over (like a sharpei’s skin).  Ulcers developed in the fold making it very painful for him to walk. No wonder the guy dawdles along.  Although re constructive paw surgery  is an option, the vet favours cleaning out the folds daily.  He is at the kennels right now so they are merely making sure his paw pads are clean.

Such has been my life.  DH starts his new job on July 21.  Many changes.

Have missed you all!

OK, I am married, somewhat destressed and ready to play again!

Waitte, is about the same 197.5 forever haunting me.  Wedding went well - except the chocolate fountain never showed up.  C’est la vie. Hotel did not charge us, obviously, have upgraded our first year anniversary room and thrown in the breakfast buffet.  Added bonus, they forgot the bar wasn’t included so we weren’t charged for it.  I did ask about the bar, but they said there was no charge.  After that, I didn’t want to open a pandora’s box as obviously no one  took sotck of how much was drank.  God was smiling on our nuptials, obviously!

The pool in my new condo building looks worthy of a go.  Once we are back from CT I will attempt to use it.

Hope you are all well

Shari