new year

Well with a lovely fresh new year upcoming I think this is probably the last blog entry of 2012.
I have something to say. Twenty Twelve sounds crappy. The number is two thousand and twelve. Stop being too lazy to say an extra two syllables. Sorry to be so disagreeable but sheesh.

My friend Marcy's dad died the other day, it is pretty sad. I went to the memorial service which was at that church and led by that pastor who unfairly fired me by encouraging me to "resign" which was fishy. I think really maybe there was something going on between him and my ex husband's boyfriend. Me being sick and/or making mistakes was an actual problem but how many Christians ignore the obvious weirdness of a woman suffering from hypothyroidism so badly she may as well just be on the floor asleep the whole time? Especially someone they've known through two pregnancies? I mean, obviously, I was a weirdo pregnant lady. How did he not notice I was slowing down so badly? Eventually low-thyroid just results in a coma or something. How did my friend's dad dying become about me? Oh. Because I had to sit through a simpering sermon from Pastor Dale.
More disagreeable!

Here is something agreeable: Working at a Bookstore!

So I have been "Eating Clean" by the book, the Tosca Reno book, and I really do love it, I lose weight so fast it's amazing. Like a pound a day. Not even kidding. If I had stuck to it I wonder where I'd be today. But no, I got down to 175 right before Thanksgiving and I was hovering around 180 last week but now I'm back to 177. And I eat all the time, that's one nice thing about it, the 6 meals a day. I don't actually get 6 meals a day I don't think. I mean it is possible. Three of them are sort of snacks, and the last one is optional. I am more inclined to eat the last snacky meal, like a cup of kefir or something. I don't ingest nearly enough veggies to actually count but I do try to accomplish that big veggie meal at night when I'm home. I want to get better at packing my Cooler. You take a cooler with all the food you need for all day. What I need is some way to accomplish the veggie requirement. I like to take the tuna in the little packs, so the protein is easy, same as raw almonds, etc. And eggs, I like boiled eggs. I want some way to boil the egg whites. I might find those "Eggys" things you can fill with egg and boil without the shells. So yeah, I'm having some success. It does not take long to adjust to the portion sizes, and somewhat restricted Wheat Products.

Okay so how many people have seen the book Wheat Belly? I snuck the Wheat Belly Cookbook into the music dept. the other night while I was at work. I also watched the new Wimpy Kid movie which was adorable. Okay Wheat Belly guy alleges the New Wheat, the chemically, biologically altered Wheat, Dwarf whatever, is bad bad bad news. I have an inclination to agree with him. I have noticed that when I do eat wheat products, I do have some kind of compulsion to eat more and more of it. I could care less about it when I haven't eaten any for some time, but geez, the home-made bread is irresistible, the coffee cake, which was more like a bread. Anything Made of Wheat is really suddenly important to my brain if it's around. I have suspected maybe bread was somewhat addictive. I think it just does something to my brain. I love it too much. Same with John. John will go in the kitchen and make 4 pieces of toast with butter and walk around eating toast all morning. He gives me a bite here and there. I try to buy the Ezekiel bread so at least we are doing low glycemic. Once in a while the boys throw in a loaf of Cottage White at the grocery store.

You know what I just noticed it is 1AM. I tried to go to bed early last night. I took Nyquil except not the cold and flu syrup, this stuff is just the sleep aid and you know what? It did the opposite. I don't think I actually slept all night last night. So then I stayed in bed all morning because the kids weren't home and I didn't need to work till 2. Of course now I'm wide awake.

I also need to remember to introduce the new little family member. I am not sure yet if she is staying, she is kind of bossy and extremely cute. The one on the bottom is Patchy and the one on the top is a Toy Fox Terrier, named Sadie. I am inclined to believe Patchy might have some Toy Fox Terrier in her lineage. Those ears are just magnificent aren't they? They always stick straight up and both sets are jet black. Sadie's whiskers are funny, one side of her muzzle has white whiskers and the other side has black. She is 7.5 lbs. and makes 10 lb Patch look like the Hulk. The kids exclaim over how tiny her hips are in relation to her gigantic shoulders and head. I'm hoping eventually she puts on some weight. She is still a Foster Doggie but the kids and Patch might be attached to her already. There aren't any Adoption Events lined up till January so for now she's going to be around.

 Now if my nails would dry I could go to bed!