Yesterday I spent time with an older friend.  She only really started to “age” about two years ago.  She’s 85 now.  So really... “83 years of youth”.   We should all be so lucky.   I think her secret was/is – a positive attitude.  She’s had a lot of upsets in her life.  I’ve been witness to many of them in the past 30 years.  But she seldom let that set her back for long. She’s lost a lot of pets.  Those deaths affected her the most.  She currently has a 16 year old Lab, named Diamond Lil.  She names all her pets after “fun” people, as she puts it.  She had a German Shepard named Bonnie, and the world’s ugliest (and meanest) cat named Clyde.   There was Annie O.  And Billy K.  I’m not sure what inspired the name for Diamond's sister, Tina Marie.  (That cat has attitude.  “Don’t even look at me, and maybe I’ll let you live a bit longer.”  I guess my buddy is an evil cat magnet.)  But I digress.    She has always been active, and ate right (except for the sugars.  She always had sugars around to temp me.)  But she could eat one piece of chocolate and not touch the box the whole entire rest of the day.  Amazing!  She’d actually make a box of chocolates last a whole month or more.  I think she did that to tease me.  Drove me insane! 
But the point is--- I think there was a point...  Oh yes – eat well, stay active, and keep a positive attitude and you can hold on to your youth well into your 80’s. 

Give me some ideas, if you will.  What sort of things do you want me to put out here?  Write about?  Not write about...?  I can write about meatloaf, if ya want.  It's about the only thing I'm an expert about........ ☺☺☺ Not really, but I like making it.   And eating it.... with chocolate....

This is gonna hurt me, more than you........  I don't want to do it.  But ... I have to come clean---
I didn't get ANY of that stuff done today.  NONE of it.  Didn't declutter ANY of the rooms.  I did go thru one box and pulled out about 8 things to give away.  Whooopie.    Better luck tomorrow!!!   ☺

I am watching  Hoarders.  This show is bad for me cause I think, "well, I'm not THAT bad, so I'm ok.  I mean --- I don't keep trash.  Empty bottles and dirty plates and blocked pathways  ...  2,0000 pieces of clothing????? OMG!!!  But these people do have emotional issues and their families don't understand that.  They are mean sometimes.  They Need the professionals there.  Chip always comes thru when I'm watching that and says.... "Don't get no ideas, woman!"   Ok.  I won't.  I won't get rid of nuthin.  Hahahhahaa....

My Shark Tank will be on soon.  I don't know why I like that show.  But I do.  I guess cause I figure I'll be on there one day!  Don't know if I'll be on the stage, or in a chair!!!  Haven't decided yet!  :o)

Alrighty... Next time I come on here, I'll have something profound to say.  I promise..... maybe....

Sorry for the absence again peeps.  Why don't I just start a blog and then neglect it like I do everything else I start and not finish?  Geez Louise!

In all fairness --- or unfairness as I choose to see it ---- I have been suffering with a horrid sinus headache most of the week.  Ok, just two days.  That's a LONG time to me.  I hate headaches.  Like who doesn't, eh?  I took a Zyrtec... nothing... took a Clariton...nothing...  Benadryl  helps a tiny bit, but puts me to sleep.  Well, this sucks.  Hard to look at lights (like on this screen).  Soooo I haven't been around.  BUT ---  I will survive!

Also haven't been doing my back exercises... so -- yep -- back's a hurting.  THAT I can do something about tho, so no reason to fuss.  Just get my act together on that one!

Hey - did I tell you - I got my taxes done.  YAY!  I put em off and put em off and it really only took me about 4 hours grand total.  And that was mostly finding paperwork that I had put away for safekeeping and then forgot where I put it. 

Today I am going to get at least two, if not 3 rooms decluttered.  Famous last words!  Oh Gosh......... if you don't hear from me in a few days --- I may be trapped behind a pile of Something!!!!!!!!  Call out the fire department or something.  Maybe call out the Horders show.  Or call out the Marine Corps... or no - call the fire department.  Yeah, definately them.   They only hire Hunks. If I have to be rescued, it may as well be some Hunky dude doin it, eh?  

Ok, enough rambling...  I got things to dump on ya - but not till I get this headache under control... but then - block out some time.  I'll have to tell ya all my big ideas and little ideas and art projects for you to work on  and .... ☺   Stay tuned!! 

I’m in a mood again, peeps… but rather than burden up your day with my mess… I’ll try to bring a smile instead…

Joke Wednesday Everyone!

Tuesday… I meant Tuesday.  How do I keep getting so off on my days?  I need to move to Australia!!  I know a few folks around here (in my 3D world)  that wish I would!!   

“A sign at the beginning of the serving line in front of the apples at a church picnic:  “God is watching, take only one.”  At the end of the line next to the cookies, a little sign said, “Take as many as you want.  God is busy watchin’ the apples.”

“A robber was rifling through a house, and he heard a parrot-like voice say, “Better leave now.  Jesus is watching you.”  The robber looked over at the crazy bird and kept loading up his bag of stolen goods.  The parrot again said, “Better leave now.  Jesus is watching you.”  This went on several times and the robber finally screamed at the bird to shut up.  As the robber entered a bedroom, a vicious Doberman lunged at him, growling, barking  and setting teeth into his arm.  In the background the parrot calmly said, “Meet Jesus.”  (that was from memory, so I may have messed it up, as I often do….)

 

A couple good quotes to round things out:

“The secret of good management is to keep the guys who hate you away from the guys who are still undecided.” – Casey Stengel

 “No one appreciates the value of constructive criticism more thoroughly than the one who’s giving it.”  Truism!!

 “Remember, some of us learn from other people’s mistakes and the rest of us have to be the other people.”  Oh geez – aint  that the truth!

 “Community should be spelled, “come in unity.”   Good One!!!  

Tomorrow, hopefully,  I will have snapped out of my mood enough to pass along some interesting things I recently read...   A couple exercises I am doing that are making a big change in my overall well-being…. And some info about Kefir.  I’ve seen mention of Kefir on here, but this info amazed me and made me want to go out, right now, barefoot,  in my jammies, with unbrushed teeth, uncombed hair,  raccoon eyes, and get some, no matter what it costs!!!  Not like I haven’t actually strayed away from the estate in that condition before…  but I’m more mature now.  Hahahahahaaa… the jury is still out on that.  Stay tuned.

 

 Happy Tuesday (and Wednesday) Everyone!  ╍●‿●╍

Ok, peeps.  I'm in a better mood today and I appreciate your support!!!

I figured out my problem.  TOO much in my head that I HAVE to do.  I do a lot of reading on how to improve my life.  Improve my writing.  Improve my relationships.  Improve my artwork.  Improve my exercise.  Improve my diet.  Well.......... I cannot keep up with it all.  I try to do it all, and I don't get much of anything Finished, so I am left feeling overwhelmed and failuristic!!   Every time I read another good Idea... I file it to do later.  And file something else for Later.  Eventually I have tons of files with 'to do later' stuff in it and I don't have time for it all.  SOOO --- today I dumped some folders.  Just dumped em...unread.  One had 32 unread emails in it.  How to lose weight by eating the right foods, etc.  I already KNOW what to eat and not eat.  I do not need to Save those ideas.  I'm doing ok already.  I might need to lose a few more pounds but it isn't because I need information about it.  I just need to DO something with the information I have already!   PLUS  --- when you subscribe to too many things... they start to contradict each other.  Then what do you do?  Like Eat Breakfast Every day.  NO, Breakfast is a killer.    Or  You Must do Squats. NEVER do squats.   Bananas are the BEST food for your body on sooo many levels.  NEVER eat bananas unless you want to be fat forever.   Auuuughghghghghghghghghhh... No wonder my brain is cyclonic!  TOO much to sort.  So I just DUMPED a bunch of stuff today, unread, and I feel like I lost 50 pounds.  Really.  That was HARD at first... but once it was done.......... I relaxed .... a little.  I still have a long way to go, but at least I know what I need to do.  WHEW!!!  I hated that state I was in yesterday.  That was messin with my Mojo BIG TIME.  

And the taxes are still messin with my zen too.  I dread them, but  when they are done, I will feel like I lost another 30 pounds.  I may shrink to a microscopic size.......... hmm.... that Might be ok.  I can really Lurk Then!!!! 

Later gaters...  And pray for my hairline. It always gets sparse when I'm around tax equations!!

 

Hi Guys.   Sorry I've been absent.  I just haven't been in a very good mood lately.  Kinda bummed out for No Good Reason.   Hard to snap out of it when I don't even know why I'm In it...  But I do have some Quotes for you... to tide you over... till my old self comes draggin back...... 


"If we can but prevent the govenment from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy."  --- Thomas Jefferson
So this crap has been going on THAT long???  Heaven help us!

"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself.  For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition."  Martha Washington
Ok, Marthie, but what about if we don't HAVE a circumstance? Nor a situation?  What if there is No Reason for an ill disposition?  What then, Missy??

"Don't wait around for other people to be happy for you.  Any happiness you get you've got to make yourself."  Alice Walker
I have been trying.  Ohhhh have I!   I saw some really cool toothbrushes today.  (yes, even a psychodelic toothbrush can be a happy thing!)  I got excited for a moment at the thought of owning one.  But then I decided I didn't Need one.  So I got the plain jane variety.  Blahhhh......

"A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?" - Albert Einstein.                                         
Well There ya go.  I don't have a violin.   I shoulda known that was the problem all along..........?!!
Did you know that one of Einstein's early teachers said he had learning problems and would never amount to anything?  Hmmm....

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure  of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.  It is far better to take things as they come along wtih patience and equanimity."  Carl Jung
Patience?  I have very little of it.  So I guess that is my problem. But what can I do about it?  How does one grow a batch of patience?  Equanimity?   Geezzz.... Now I gotta go Googling.......
Ok, I got equanimity.  But the thing is... nothing is bothering me.  I have a HUGE appreciation for everything and everyone in my life.  I am among God's Happiest and most appreciative children.  I am.  I got it good, and I appreciate it Immensely!!!  This isn't about any of that tho.  I am just ..... I don't know.......... Blahhhhhhh...........   I'll get over it.  Later. 

Ya know it's bad when you think you can just go poo pooing the quotes of the greats.  Sorry guys, and gals.... you're the greatest.  You're just ticking me off today!! 

The Mister says we are going to Walmart now.  I say we are not.  NCIS is on tonight and I don't miss Gibbs and Abby.  Cept once when C. said we are gonna run to Walmart real quick.  I fell for it, and he took the truck to the tire shoppe and they worked on it for TWO HOURS... and it still wasn't fixed right even then....  and I missed my Gibbs and Abby.   I'm still not quite over it, if you can't tell!   So no, I am not going to Walmart tonight.  He can.  No........... he can't be let out up there without supervision.  Remind me to tell you about the last time I allowed that........ hooo boyyyy....   Anyway... gotta go argue with the hub for a bit before my show comes on.  Then I like to watch The Lying Game.  Anyone watch that???   Those are my only two shows for the week. I'm not much into TV.  But I do get caught up in The Voice, and America's got Talent, when they come on....  Anyway --- Have a good eve!!!

I just spent an hour trying to figure out how to get back in here.  What a hassle.  All because I didn't remember my password. Geez, I've slept since then... Remembering passwords.... Isn't that a form of discrimination?  Elder abuse?  I'm gonna be checking into that by golly.   If I remember...

Morning all.  I have so much to share with you today......... but, I have to get back to the yard while I'm in the mood.  It is looking SOOO good out there.   Not braggin.... It's all God's work, but I'm helping Him make this little piece of His paradise look neater!!  Happy to be chosen to help out!!!   Now get off your 'puter and get out there in Your little piece of paradise.  (no whining about snow either.... ya'll are welcome to move down here with me!!!)

26 Months!
Quit Date is: Sunday, January 09, 2011 at 10:00:00 PM
Time Smoke-Free: 789 days, 8 hours, 51 minutes and 29 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked: 15787 (can you imagine that IN your lungs????)
Lifetime Saved: 4 months, 14 hours (I intend to enjoy every second of it too!)
Money Saved: $3,555.00 (Spending $16 of that at the 3D movie today!!)

When I tried to quit smoking, (around 65,000 times) there wasn’t any fanfare. I didn’t want any. Just wanted to sneak off into the night and face the evils alone. That’s how I used to roll. That way if I didn’t succeed – AGAIN – no one would even know I tried. Safety and security in the number 1!! But this last time I quit, and stayed quit, I didn’t go it alone. Not exactly. I took along an on-line army of --- well… Oodles of people…. (Oodles=A Lot!) Via Quitnet.com. And with the help of that ‘army’, keeping me accountable, I have now been quit 26 months. There was a bit of drama out there sometimes, I mean – Quitters aren’t the happiest people. Not in the beginning. So they sometimes lash out at innocent fellow quitters. Oh were there some “brawls”. Not many. They were actually humorous – I thought. But I’m not the best judge really. But the anger was limited… mostly it was a very supportive place, where even people who had been quit 12-15 years still popped in to encourage ‘newbies’ like me. Those ‘old folks’ gave me something to look forward to. I mean ---- 12 years of smoke-free lungs…? I wanted me some of that. And I’m getting there.

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Listenin to some Jack Johnson.  Have you heard his stuff?  Mellow... Real.   I love it.  My teenie bopper introduced me to him.  Imagine that!

I also like "Train."   and some Adam Lavine.  What's up with all those tattoos??? Guess that's his bizz.  I still like his music.   Oh, and Jason Mraz.  Check em out!

So --- 'The Voice' is coming back.  Without Christina or CeeLo (who spells their name that way?  How bout I spell mine Neeeeter Beeeee!)  Anyway - I dunno if it will be the same.  I'll give it a shot, but those newbies had best not disappoint me.

♪ I can't alway always always be playin the fool.....♫   (JJ  ^)

   Have a Marvie day all!!!

A little George Carlin humor to round out the evening...

"Some people see things that are and ask, Why?  Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? 
Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that." 

"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck."




Off to watch some Shark Tank.  One day, when I grow up,  I'm gonna be a shark. 

What? I AM!!! You just watch and see! (or maybe I'll meet a shark, or get eaten by a shark... I know there will be a shark in my future.)

 

<-------- Seeeeeeee, what'd I say????

Ya wanna see some AWESOME artwork????

https://www.facebook.com/#!/booker.glass/photos_stream

I love it.  I'm gonna commission them to make me a Peacock!!  ☺

I just read something that "clicked" in my head.  There isn't really much excess space in my brainpan for something to have room to click, so when it does, I sit up and take Notice!!   This is about Eating.  Or not eating.  

View food as an energy source, rather than a reward.  That way you can ask yourself, is this going to give me lasting energy, or will there be a crash in a little while?  I don't know about you, but I hate crashes.  I also hate Highs, because they make my brain go in 1,000 directions, instead of just 600.  I have enough trouble trying to sift through the kaleidoscopic jumble in my head, I don't need it to speed up.  So the idea is:   if you feel tempted by sweets, or pasta, or fried foods or such, ask yourself, "How am I going to feel an hour after eating this?"  If that feeling is worth the temporary satisfaction, then go for it.  But if you train yourself to look ahead, to the 'dump' later, maybe you can turn off that temptation.   And thusly, have more sustained energy levels.

I also saw a photo this morning, of a plate full of fruit.  The caption said, "There is junk.  And then there is Food."  Hmmmm..... Point taken.    I guess we could expand that to say, "There is junk that will set your blood sugar on a dizzying roller coaster ride if you chose to eat it.  And then there is food that will fill you up, satisfy your 'sweet tooth' somewhat, and still leave you in a non-comatose state later."  Well, you know me....   Take something simple and drag it out forever and a day.  Sorry.... I'm working on that.....  But yeah - I'm gonna try that - looking at food as an energy source rather than a reward!   Right after I finish off the ice-cream bars.   But THEN - I'm gonna do it.  I promise!

People tell me I look a lot like Kermie.  Nonsense I say!!! 

Still just experimenting.  I'll get this all fancied up eventually.  Or as my daughter, Ursela used to say when she was little "Pancy it up."

I have a blog.  ME!!!   I'm so very excited.  I've been planning to do this FOREVER... ok, maybe not exactly forever. But for 169 years or so anyway.   So here it is.  NitaB - that's me.   And this is going to be soooo great.   Thank you so much for joining me.  You won't regret it.  Well, maybe you will, but hey --- that's why there's an X up there in the right corner, and an arrow up there on the left.  NOOOO --- stay away from those.  Please?!!  I'll be back, and I promise I won't ramble like this then.  Maybe.  Sorry, I lied....  No promises afterall ....!