Starting Over

Friday January 13th, 2012,
Ok since it has been over 2 years since I wrote I am starting over :)
I am inspired by a few blogs I subscribed to found on pinterest.
Pinterest is a addiction with no cure:) I love it. I have even made a few things I have pinned.
One blogger gal is getting a phd in chemistry but blogs about diet & running. She posts pics of what she eats every day. She eats a lot!! Seems like a lot for one who is trying to loose weight. I need to learn how to quickly & easily transfer pics from phone & camera to computer so I can do the same.
Anyway,I am writing now because I am supposed to be preparing syllabi and e-campus for classes that start Monday :(
Y'all know how I work...anything but what I'm supposed to be doing until the last panicky minute & then it gets done.
I lost 50 pounds last summer, but have gained some back because:
1. working doesn't allow me to play in the yard all day;
2. work doesn't allow me to walk 2 miles every night after midnight...have to get up at 4:45am;
3. I broke my toe and one can't walk far with a cracked up toe....it is mended now but still gets angry on long walks;
4.current sinus infection cough/crud....went to doc today, got 10 days of giant pink antibiotics & a steroid shot;
5. holiday willpower succumbed to wine & Chivas....but not whole bottles at a time anymore. Those are my excuses.
Trying to maintain a weight loss/lighter body is such a pain. Fat was sooo easy.
But i got rid of my fat clothes and have new tiny little clothes?? I pick up a shirt and immediately think it is going to be to small & tight & revealing....but wow it fits.

I do not watch TV any more. Cancelled cable so don't have a signal. I don't miss TV.
While at my sisters for the New Year I caught up on the Bravo housewives, like soap operas, you can miss a lot but things don't change :)
Anyway my sister is as the pinterest poster says "one load of 'stuff' away from being a hoarder" so naturally I brought some of her stash home....clothes she can't wear anymore that I can & she buys expensive, an antique chest and & pile of antique linens.....all good stuff :) and some stuff I scored at a New Orleans antique shop...a New Orleans plate, a red & blue stars stain glass hanging, a mink stole, a baby doll like I had.....and some stuff I got at New Orleans Goodwills.
Since I was sick & there were crowds of people in town for sports etc. we didn't do any of the tourist things I wanted to do. French Quarter for beignets, voodoo shop, & above ground cemeteries....I wanted to feel like Alva Starr in This Property is Condemned, walking through old New Orleans scenery....these will have to wait for another trip.
Back to the point I was heading for.....I watched a few episodes of Hoarders on my computer last night....I don't think I am in danger, but I need to get rid of more stuff!!!!
I only have 2 kitties, but they have a lot of toys! I have hoards of holiday decor, too much for this small house, but I use different ones each year....oh well I can rationalize over my stuff as well as the hoarders do over trash!
I think Doug was my enabler....I would at times want to get rid of some of my stuff but he would convince me to save it for when we build a new house....and he would encourage me to do my junk shopping because he knew I enjoyed it. He was my wino enabler too....always made sure I had wine in the ice box.
I don't feel like he is really gone. He is still my voice of reason & common sense, & I always have stuff to tell him...I am sure he is watching over me...he just can't make me get where I'm going on time :) he was right about that :)
Life is different.
That's enough for now.
Bow