blue and gray skies

Sometimes, it rains here while the sun is shining.

That's a muggy whipping right there!

  

Sometimes, I cool off, and take a walk in the store - cool a/c!

The stores are super-sized here - 2 or 3 times around is a mile!

It's especially convient to walk on lunch break, at work.

 

I'm a little OCD so I fold a paper in the basket... hmm.

Ya never know what yukky gunk is in those baskets, eh?

Bodacious - also sells Flax!

Milk and Honey!

"Y'all" or "ya'll" ?

The jury is still out, but till then, either is ok.

Ah the folly of youth. Going to Taco Bell. 

What is a Pet Wash?

Dirty Dog!

 Eh?

"Please, sir. I want some more!"

I was the lead in the high school musical production of "Oliver!"

 I played the part of little Oliver Twist.

Been seeking my fortune, and looking for love ever since.

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Monster / whey protein

2 eggs w/cheese.

Eggs are soooo easy and fast to cook. 

I can't come up with one single (good) reason why I can't have these every day.

SpunkySuzi sets goals once a week.

Maybe I should set a goal. Like, to set more goals!

And get some things done up in here!

It's "funny" - I feel like I've missed a few months.

Like it should just now be March or April.

Where does the time go?

The sleep must be starting to come off of me.

I haven't wished to do myself in (so to speak) for weeks now.

That's probably a good thing.

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Hope you are having a great week end.

Getting a good balance between rest, and invigoration.

Come back well-rested and invigorated!

the most boring summer EVER

summer 2009

Wasn't it our dear Jack Sh*t who wrote a letter from his future self to the present-day guy, telling him all the reasons he was glad he followed his weight loss plan?

This is an "over the shoulder" shot of me driving out of the desert. No cars for miles around. Kind of cloudy, kind of bright, not too hot. Just driving.

These days, my thoughts are changing. Even my dreams are changing. I feel like I am going somewhere. Waiting to go somewhere. Getting the heck out of Dodge. Not in Kansas anymore. Poor Kansas. Always getting the bad rep. Or is it a bad "rap?"

I am finally ready to start my journey. I thought I was already journey-ing. The truth is, I am just getting started. And I am planning to have the most boring summer ever.

Just for this summer, I plan to do my boring work out most every day, even when I don't feel like it. Even if it's for five minutes. Just do it.

Just for this summer, I will pack my boring little lunch, without all the little "treats" I think I am entitled to, and will no doubt die without. I will do without them, just for one short summer.

Just for this summer, I will not even go to places that have been a temptation before. I will go PRE-prepared (hehe) and feel the boredom of not having everything I want. As if my eyes conspire with my hands, and force the forbidden food into my open, waiting mouth.

I am my own worst enemy. That fat Oompa Loompa in my ego's mind is forever telling me what to do. I know a guy named Ken. He says when the ego talks, do the opposite of what it says, and you'll be fine!

So just for this June, July and August, I will be on a budget of my mind. I can hear that little brat screamin' now! No junk, no cheating, no looking back.

I've had boring summers before. And I will again. But at the end of THIS summer, I will at least know I can do SOMETHING to really help myself. Perhaps I can look back on the summer of 2009 as the summer that I made it happen!

If I lose one pound or twenty. Me and my shadow are getting out of this dry and dusty desert. I see the buzzards circling overhead!