GETTING HALLOWEENED

FRIDAY FUN

Alright nothing to report really on Honi, I will be posting more tips and stuff as I go along.. but today.. well today is devoted to things that make me laugh... I indeed like to laugh.. in fact I darn right love to laugh.. and with the ways of our world right now.. we all could use a good laugh..
So no offense to any easily offended people.. here we go:

ON SARAH PALIN :
"She does know about international relations because she is right up there in Alaska, right next door to Russia." –FOX News Channel's Steve Doocy, gushing over Palin's qualifications, to which Jon Stewart quipped, "When you think about it, Alaska is also near the North Pole, so she must also be friends with Santa."

SARAH PALIN FACEBOOK PAGE
REASONS TO LAUGH
LOGOs GONE TERRIBLY WRONG
LOVE THROUGH THE EYES OF KIDS
STUFF THOSE KIDS SAY
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Wish me well
Wish you well too!

HEALTHY WEIGHT FOR EVERYBODY

AS I move along my own weight loss I thought it might be fun to share with you the hand outs I get in class.. I recieved a lot this week so for now I will share the below with you.. click on each one , resize it so you can read it if needed. Use it.. I will be including recipes as well... over the next week or so.. I hope these tips and ideas help you along your way... Yes they are things you know by rote.. you have known them a very long time but maybe by seeing them once again in print.. it might give you encouragement or ideas along the way.. we can do these things.. we can make these changes.. a simple step at a time..
If you visit my friend over at ESCAPE FROM OBESITY you will see she has developed a cool participatory program regarding changing one habit a week.. read it.. it might give you inspiration.. She is a wonderful writer as most of you are too... check her out...
I any respect.. tis time for Honi to get ready for work..
and since I get off early today I am going to go swim ..
Wish me well

Wish you well too..

RESULTS

3 POUNDS DOWN AND AWAY SHE GOES!! YEP LOST 3 POUNDS FOR THE FIRST WEEK...
SWAM FOR 30 MINUTES.. ( COMBO LAPS AND WALKING JOGGING IN WATER) THEN GOT IN THE HOT TUB FOR 10 MINUTES CAME HOME AND HAD SCRAMBLED EGGS.. A WHOLE WHEAT LENDERS BAGEL AND HALF AN APPLE AND A SMALL HANDFUL OF CINNAMON SUGAR ALMONDS..
GETTING READY TO HOP IN THE SHOWER
TO MY FRIEND LAURA. THANKS FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT DURING THIS ORIENTATION INTO THE WORLD OF FIBRO~ Post below explains doctor visit today...
WISH ME WELL
WISH YOU WELL TOO!~

TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT THINGS

So its early this morning.. and I go to see the neurosurgeon.. I get there about 30 minutes early as I had to go down to my regular doctor to get the MRI pictures to take up to the neuro. So I get there do the paperwork etc.. My appointment is at 9 ( oh by the way still waiting on blood tests results so far everything has come back normal... still waiting on the vitamin D test) so I finally go back at about 9 15 .. at 9 45 an assistant of the doctors comes in to do an eval on me... Then at 10:00 the doctor comes in.. and tells me how my doctor wanted him to work me in.. blah blah blah..He was nice enough.. my herniation in my neck is not that big.. which is good.. but then the doc does the same eval the previous doctor did.. and then at 10:15 he says the most profound thing..
HONI YOU MUST LOSE WEIGHT.. ( said with the deepest sarcasm I can muster) .. right I say.. and you must exercise at least 5 days a week.. he says.. right I say.. ( all of these things I fucking know) he says that those things will help me manage my pain better.. right I say... I know these things.. so at 10:20 I ask for PT.. he gives me an intense 6 weeks 2 to 3 times a week session.. which is what I wanted in the first place not a lecture that I need to lose weight.. YOU REALLY THINK I NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT.. I know these things.. trust me..... I am thinking.. then the doctor said there are 2 things he would never want to have.. Fibromyalgia and MS.. whew thats a relief to know.. lol.. oh well.... so I know I have to make some lifestyle changes but for now I need some short term relief so I can get to the long term things.. I have been doing ok on the eating.. I go weigh in an hour and a half and then tonight I am going to swim.. I hope I am not commiting too big of a sin...Thursday afternoon when I should be in temple for Yom Kippur.. I am going to my initial PT session to get my eval so I can start therapy ASAP to get some short term relief so I can move better.. I figured I would go to services in the early morning.. come home.. swim.. shower.. go to Pt.. go home and change and go back to services then go to my aunts.. or I might not get a swim in on Thurs but I am going to try.. I have a late work day tommorow so I can not swim then.. So I am going to swim tonight, Wed. Thursday ( hopefully ) and possibly Friday.. not sure.. I just know when I am in the water I feel better or when I am moving I feel better..
In other news... check this cool site out..ME AND GOJI
Wish me well
Wish you well too

Trying to be a Warrior

Trying to be a warrior.. pain is pretty bad.. today .. but I will get through it..
In other news... so did you watch the debates last night... ??? Biden.. maybe.. Palin.. not sure.. she really gets on my last nerve.. I know she is trying to appeal to the general masses .. I guess I am extreemly old school when I prefer a person to use proper english and not come across a couple of times like a smart ass.. Sorry Palin fans but to me there were a few times .. she seemed a bit smart assish.. I also fall into the line of being pro choice so I have issues with her stance on abortion rights and in general rights to privacy .. either she is not well informed or was completely taken by surprise in a recent interview. thats it for politics.. just my thoughts..and trying to focus on other things besides the pain I am in...
Have a great weekend...
Wish me well
Wish you well too

YA THINK?

In 2008 its okay to be Gay Clay.... its not really news... ya know...

Things I love

A magnificent Voice

A funny blog a bit racy be careful where you read :-)

Peace and Quiet...

Things I am dealing with

Eating well

having stomach issues .. waiting for gasto folks to call so i can get endoscope might have another week or so to wait..

Pain with no pain pills.. seeing nuerosurgeon regarding disk herniation in neck on Monday early am.. hopefully he will prescribe some PT for me .. that always helps and might help with the Fibro...

Sleep with no Advian switched to half an Ambian...

Taking care and treating myself.. I bought new glasses, a new bathing suit and treated myself to a new cell phone all which I will be getting between now and November 1.

This Fibro is odd.. I was okay earlier today .. I cleaned the office.. vacuumed and mopped .. I had to sit down and rest.. which I am doing now... very tired now..

Otherwise I am okay.. hanging in.. eating healthy for the most part.. breathing .. living and trying to move a bit..

Wish me well

Wish you well too

REDUCING THE APPEARANCE OF...

REDUCING the appearance of .. well fill in the blank.. be it wrinkles, lines, a big butt .. whatever.. while there is merit in losing the big butt.. what about those lines in your face...why is it so wrong to have lines... or a few wrinkles here and there.. isn't that the sign of a life well lived.. or perhaps some sadness.. so what what if your life shows a little on you.. The facts are simple we all are getting a little older each day.. so what.. we also are getting a little wiser... a little smarter.. we also get a little braver.. A line on my face shows who I am .. not who I am hiding.. I am 45 almost 46 years old.. I am not 18 or 25.. I have been through a lot in my life.. and a majority in the last 7 years... Life bends and turns and deals you shit.. and deals you joy... and happiness.. you have to take the shit.. find some perspective.. and work towards the joy and happiness.. thats my perspective... Going through all this pain lately.. I have done a lot of thinking through the haze of pain pills.. I decided.. not to take pain meds yesterday or today.. how do I feel? pretty much in pain.. but at least my mind is clear.. no fog here... I opened my email to find that I can reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles if I just buy such and such product... seems to me I feel best just trying to feel like me.. lines, wrinkles and all.. thats not to say I do not indulge in the luxury of make up.. I do.. but I also do not hide who I am.. an almost 46 ( November 1) Honi..
Wish me well
Wish you well too.