Control Freaks

Sunday, July 25, 2010

I am hooked on the AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com website. I have to get that book. But I found yet another entry that really made me smile yesterday.
The ThanksGiving Letter……..this woman is a riot
We all know someone like this
awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/11/26/a
wkward-family-story-the-thanksgiving-l
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High maintainance control freaks drive me crazy. Part of the problem is that I find them totally obnoxious, and the other half of the issue is doing what they want, just to shut them up. Is that because they know how to manipulate people around them, or is it because I’m programmed to work toward getting approval from others? I don’t know. It’s an issue I intend to work out. I’m getting better because as I’m getting older I care less about what others think, but I still struggle with wanting to make choices others will consider good ones. I guess that the problem is, a lot of the ‘Entitled’ people aren’t smarter, just noisier, and they often play mind games just for the attention. And then other times I wonder if it’s just my perception because of past experiences. There are three books I need to re-read this summer:
‘Dealing With Difficult People’ to know how to handle them,
‘Optimal Thinking’ to try an improve my perspective,
And The Art Of Seduction (Bob Greene) to know when I’m being played.

It was miserably hot last night. Didn’t sleep well. I don’t have the enery or drive to walk this morning. I think I’ll try to do 10 minute intervals throughout the day instead.

stay cool

  

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KAPERK1 7/30/2010 2:30PM

Have you seen www.awkwardfamilypetphotos.com ? Holy Moly re: the Thanksgiving letter. My poor nephew is a perfectionist and didn't want to come to the reunion because he wants to make two perfect, huge dishes, and it's really too much trouble. I told him to just pick up something! Comment edited on: 7/30/2010 2:36:56 PM Report Inappropriate Comment

SCOOTER4263 7/27/2010 9:12AM

I was blissfully unaware of AwkwardFamilyPhotos ... but now I seem to have a new addiction! Some of the comments are as good as the articles. As for control freaks, while you do what they want to shut them up, I can't resist doing whatever they told me not to do, just to yank their chains a little. Comment edited on: 7/27/2010 9:13:55 AM Report Inappropriate Comment

TEENY_BIKINI 7/26/2010 9:03PM

Nope - Normally, I do not get along with control freaks. I just don't like people telling me what to do - now, if they just want to control their own lives they can feel free to do that - just not mine. XO Report Inappropriate Comment

CONNIECOOLCHICK 7/26/2010 7:41AM

I read your thoughts on manipulative people and your response to them and I thought I was talking to myself! I'm going to check on those books you mentioned. Dealing with Difficult People is indeed a many-layered process! connie Report Inappropriate Comment

MORTICIAADDAMS 7/25/2010 8:16PM

re the Thanksgiving letter - do people actually go to this hog's house for Thanksgiving?? Jeez. Not me. I'm sure she has instructions for how to take a dump. LOL. Report Inappropriate Comment

FLAME42 7/25/2010 2:12PM

Absolutely loved this letter! It is sooo far over the top. Usually I just tell everyone to bring SOMETHING if they want to. We have never run out of food yet! Maybe I should try this for Thanksgiving this year and see the response!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 7/25/2010 10:51AM

Loved the link. I would really be tempted to skip the family dinner and go out to eat if I got those instructions. If the instructions are so controlling how much fun is the dinner going to be? And yes, we do all know people like that! I too am caring less what others think as I get older. I used to be so obsessed with doing things right in other's eyes, which you can never really do because everyone wants something different from us. No I'm learning to do what's right for me in my eyes and having a much better time. Report Inappropriate Comment

GRAMMIE1959 7/25/2010 10:21AM

I AM the queen in my family! Tee Hee! Have a wonderful day. Vivian Report Inappropriate Comment

MFFNSLYR 7/25/2010 10:06AM

Thank you for the laughs. Report Inappropriate Comment

46SHADOW 7/25/2010 9:41AM

I have a queen in my family. takes a lot of...patience! Report Inappropriate Comment

MCSNYDER1 7/25/2010 9:05AM

hmmm....am I a control freak? I haven't gone to awkwardfamilyphotos.com yet, but I will--to read that Thanksgiving story. I tend to find myself in charge a lot---I drives me crazy to see something that needs to be done, other people walking right past it, and leaving it---usually for me---to deal with. Well, putting that in print made me realize that maybe they don't do it,because they know I will! hmmm.....My mom says you can always tell when there's a teacher in the room---because that's the person telling everyone else what to do! Oh my.....I need to work on ME! Thanks for the unintentional wake-up call! Comment edited on: 7/25/2010 9:07:05 AM Report Inappropriate Comment

ANNIE924 7/25/2010 8:52AM

Boy I hope I never get invited to that woman's house for thanksgiving! Thanks for the laugh. I know what you mean about being manipulated. I try my best not to fall into their traps, but they are wiley devils. Hope you are able to get your short walks in today. I got up a bit late so didn't get my exercise in. I'll have to do it this afternoon. Have a great day. Report Inappropriate Comment

TOTHEFUTURE1 7/25/2010 8:46AM

Society certainly exerts tremendous pressure to confirm to society's ideal. Try to paddle your own canoe! Hope you sleep well tonight. Report Inappropriate Comment

STRONGFOCUS 7/25/2010 8:33AM

|I feel you on the not sleeping - this is the second night in a row where sleep decided not to visit my house. I love that style of picture - I collect them whenever I can. Hope you have a wonderful day. Report Inappropriate Comment

I'm Rambling...It Must be the Heat

Saturday, July 24, 2010

start with a smile....This is a Link to
Eye Contact (from Awkward Family Photos )
HAS ANYONE SEEN AUNT TELCIA ?
can you find her ? There are 7 people in the photo
awkwardfamilyphotos.com/2009/10/14/e
ye-contact/
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I live in Jersey. Last night was the first time I've seen the National Weather Service interrupt TV Programming for a special weather alert warning of a SEVERE Tornado cutting across my area. They were advising people in the path not to go outside. If you hear a loud noise, get away from the windows and go to the basement.

A Loud Noise....in the tristate area? Really? Are you kidding me?

And then there is the issue of seeking shelter away from windows and such. It brought back memories of a time when we practiced hiding under our wooden desks in the event of a nuclear attack. I lived in a 15 story New York City Housing Project at the time. Our 'attack shelter' was the hallway on each floor, complete with ‘shelter’ sign and all. I can remember official drills, in New York City, where they would turn the city sirens on, people would clear the streets and even traffic was supposed to come to a halt. Try that today.

So just for fun, I went to READY.GOV; FEMA's official disaster readiness plan website. You know the one with the advisory to have a "Dust mask, to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to shelter-in-place ". And I would love to know how many people actually have a BASIC EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT. Even MOI, champion water drinker, doesn't have 3 gallons of drinking water sitting there waiting in case of an emergency. And most of the people don't even have enough containers or would think of filling the bathtub at the start of a real emergency. Hell…most people don’t even think about what they would do if they lost contact with each other and could not access phone service or the internet.

So on a much more mundane level….I think I need a BASIC EMERGENCY FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE KIT. I have a small plastic container of almonds and raisins in my handbag. A container of bottled water in the car. A pair of sneakers in the car. A couple of wet napkin towelettes in the glove compartment. A small fanny pack with my pedometer, id, in case of emergency phone list, and $10. And of course… my cell phone.

They predict a brutally hot day. I took my walk. Going to try some toning now. And then I plan to just make some sun tea and read ‘The Disappeared’…….
After I duck tape the refrigerator

  

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INTERSTATEVERSE 7/25/2010 12:38AM

Funny! My mother was living in the Bronx in the 50s and she remembers the nuclear drills too. What a crazy time. Your emergency kit sounds great--I need to get one of those. Thanks for the well wishes on my trip, and yes, I'll go to Cadillac Mt. for sure! Jeneen Report Inappropriate Comment

MORTICIAADDAMS 7/24/2010 8:57PM

ROFLMBO!!!! Sometime in our area you are lucky to get to see 5 minutes of TV out of an hour all day due to the NWS issuing this watch and that watch and this warning and that warning. We also have a weather radio and it will be squawking like a goose. DeedleDeedleDeedleDeedleDeedle. Yak,yak,yak. Yes, the good old days when a sturdy wooden desk could keep you safe from radiation poisoning caused by a rudely-placed h-bomb. This has to be one of the silliest things they ever had us do. My grandma was in the worst tornado in history. It razed the place like an h-bomb occurrence. What interior walls? What windows? What houses? The people who went to their basements were buried alive and burnt to a crisp. But I can't complain. I'm a NOAA Storm Spotter and when you are headed for the basement I'm supposed to be headed outside, like Dorothy Gail, to measure the wind speed and hail size. Hopefully a house won't fall on me. I guess my storm spotting status makes me invisible. I do have the emergency supply kit though and my emergency plan which has me, machete in hand, clearing the jungle like Rambo. Report Inappropriate Comment

GRAMMIE1959 7/24/2010 1:45PM

I have an Aunt just like that..never fully in the picture! (she doesn't have a clue about life either, so mostly missing from photo ops and Life in general!) Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 7/24/2010 1:37PM

I loved the pic! It took me a minute to find the aunt but then I saw her and it really made me laugh!! We had something hit and destroy a trailer in a community 30 miles from here in southern NM a few days ago. The experts are still arguing whether it was a tornado or a microburst. Who cares, the wind hit and totally destroyed the home, which luckily had no one in it at the time. It happens in our area very very seldom, maybe once every several years. We are not in tornado area normally. Normally don't have destructive microbursts either if that's what they want to call it. Seems it has something to do with the direction the wind is traveling. Report Inappropriate Comment

PATRICIAANN46 7/24/2010 1:34PM

The picture was great......even with my horrendous claustrophobia, I had to laugh when I found Aunt Telcia!!! You also triggered gradeschool memories of Disaster Drills. I specifically remember our 3rd grade teacher announcing them, followed by a stream of urine flowing toward my desk from the poor little girl who sat ahead of me. She was terrified and this was always her immediate response!!!!! Then we had to file down to the basement of the school (which I think was built in the late 1800s), where we all huddled together and tried to breath in the dank air. The restrooms were down there too and I really think their location led to all of the urinary tract problems I have had over the years. I was champion at holding it rather than having to go down to that scarey place!!! Sorry.......my memories have taken a turn for the worse, so I will close..... Report Inappropriate Comment

SUZYMOBILE 7/24/2010 11:44AM

Funny!! We heard there were tornado warnings for NYC. How about that for an emergency situation? What would people DO? We live in a modified mobile home, so we're basically toast if a tornado homes in on our place! Love the photo, though it took me WAY too long to see what was funny about it. When I finally got it, I shrieked and laughed! You and Morticia are just too funny today!! Report Inappropriate Comment

ROCKYCPA 7/24/2010 11:34AM

Live in Maryland and this is just too hot!! And you are right I don't have an emergency kit either. Report Inappropriate Comment

FLAME42 7/24/2010 10:38AM

I do think we have grown to complacent, too many luxuries close at hand and always available. Luxuries like water, lights, food, and shelter, not gold, money, or jewels. Love your BASIC HEALTHY LIFESTYLE KIT idea!! You do plan ahead for success. Now if you could just find a kit to make the temps. and humidy more tolerable! Report Inappropriate Comment

KATHRYNLP 7/24/2010 8:53AM

I live in S.W.Ontario, Canada, and it's been 97 degrees here, with high humidity, making it feel like 110 in the shade, all week. We've had Tornado's touch down around the northern shores of Lake Ontario. And yes.. I remember those Tornado Drills, as a child too, living in Windsor, Ontario. (across the river from Detroit, Michigan. Report Inappropriate Comment

ANNIE924 7/24/2010 8:29AM

When I lived in Georgia and worked with teen girls, we were required by the state to have our emergency supplies ready at all times. Enough food and water for each person for 3 days, food that did not need to be heated. It took quite a bit of planning to keep this up, the food and water had to be rotated since they all had best by dates. I know it's a good idea, but I don't think that many of us do it. I guess we are too comfortable to contemplate what we would do without basic services for several days. Glad to hear you got your walk in before the humidity hit today. Enjoy your book. I have to work a half day, but I did complete my WATP 30 min. Now I'm ready for my shower. By the way I couldn't find the soup recipe, but I didn't have a lot of time last night. I'll look for it again today. Enjoy your book. Report Inappropriate Comment

Fon of Dahomey Women Warriors

Friday, July 23, 2010

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS IN VEGAS…
I JUST WISH I COULD REMEMBER
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I've just learned about a female army that existed among the Fom of Dahomey of West Africa, now Benin. During the 18th century, the king had some of his wives trained as royal bodyguards. Houegbadja's son King Agadja (ruling from 1708 to 1732) developed the female bodyguard into a militia. Unlike the semi-mythical Amazons, these were real female warriors that were never romanticized, and their existence is a mere footprint in history. Documentation suggests they were used to protect against European colonizers. "This army was not defeated until 1892, when France sent:
Troups With Artillery,
The Foreign Legion,
A Marine Infantry Regiment,
And The Calvalry."
Just goes to show you...
It’s almost impossible to stop a woman with determination.

So on that note, I’m off for my walk and afterwards do my FIRM ‘Total Body Toning’ DVD. Then I’m going to make a trip to the farmers market. I plan to make my Bean/Tomato/Chicken Soup and have it with salad for lunch and grilled eggplant for dinner.

My FlyLady routines are really working so housework is a snap these days. I have one last clutter corner of paperwork to file or shred and then I’ll feel NORMAL. I suffer from a disorder called ImportantLookingPapersPhobia. Now that I have most of my bills sent online, and I’ve asked my credit card companies to stop sending those CHECK promotions, the problem has been greatly reduced. USPS is a disaster in my area and I get other people’s identity sensitive mail all too frequently. I wonder who’s getting mine.

Make it a great Day and Do some fun stuff this Weekend !

  

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SCOOTER4263 7/27/2010 9:07AM

The delivery thing is nuts, isn't it? There are only maybe half a dozen houses on my road - you'd think they could keep us straight! Report Inappropriate Comment

INTERSTATEVERSE 7/24/2010 5:23AM

Cool about the Fon women. Great that you're getting so much exercise, and clearing stuff out. I'm doing the same--getting rid of years of old paperwork and old financial papers. Feels liberating! Report Inappropriate Comment

MORTICIAADDAMS 7/23/2010 10:30PM

We try to stop all that kind of mail. I want a Vegas doggie too.!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

TEENY_BIKINI 7/23/2010 5:58PM

Totally cool. Report Inappropriate Comment

KATIEJO5 7/23/2010 12:49PM

Loved the warrior info. Love FlyLady, too. I used the SideTracked Home Executives system that FlyLady is based on when I first came home with my kids. It saved my life! Great job on the workouts. And I want your recipe as well. Is it in SparkRecipes yet? Report Inappropriate Comment

PATRICIAANN46 7/23/2010 12:26PM

I am definitely going to have to look into FlyLady. My house has become a disaster in the last 2 years and I need to do something NOW. I have always thought that a woman President could be the answer, but we tend to make too much sense, so it probably won't happen in my lifetime. Have a great weekend. We have had so much rain here that Ken has moved his canoe to the living room just in case...... Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 7/23/2010 11:30AM

That's a great story! I did not know about the women warriors, but we can definitely be unstoppable! Report Inappropriate Comment

ELSEEBEE 7/23/2010 10:25AM

Loved the warriors story. My theory has always been out only women in the armies and watch the world become a more peaceful place. I relate to your comments about the USPS. But where we live is so small (how small is it?....) that when I had cancer someone sent a get well card with only my name and road on it- and I got it! Report Inappropriate Comment

MCSNYDER1 7/23/2010 8:52AM

Are we related? I have that same Important Looking Papers Phobia---that crap is EVERYWHERE!!!! Are we next door neighbors? The USPS really sucks here, too. ummm...maybe that's everywhere...sorry postal workers! This past winter someone who lived on the other side of town received MY tax information from an investment co. Thank God for a small town---this person knew I'm a teacher and brought it to my school!!!!! HAVE A GOOD ONE, GIRL!!!!!!!!!!! Report Inappropriate Comment

ANNIE924 7/23/2010 8:49AM

Very interesting info about the female warriors. You always fine the best stuff! Hope you find some great produce at the market. Your soup sounds great, where can I find the recipe? I just finished my 30 min WATP and day 4, week 2 of the 28 day bootcamp. I find I can't do the floor exercises on that because of my hip, so I try to modify them as much as possible. You're right housework is easier when you are in better shape, but I still don't like it. Have a great day and a great weekend. You continue to be an inspiration. Comment edited on: 7/23/2010 8:50:30 AM Report Inappropriate Comment

Whale Watching ... The Untold Story

Thursday, July 22, 2010

A RALPH AND PALOMA WENT SAILING NEAR CAPE TOWN.
THEY WERE WATCHING A WHALE FLIPPING ITS TAIL
FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR
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THEN THE WHALE DISAPPEARED UNDER WATER


“ HEY …. CHARLIE THE TUNA SENT ME
YOU THE GUYS BOTHERING MY BUDDY
TRYING TO GET HIS OMEGA-3s
FORGEDABOUDIT ! ! ! "

SUDDENLY THE WHALE JUMPS OUT OF THE WATER,
LANDING ON THE YACHT, BREAKING THE STEEL MAST.

" UNDERSTAND ? ”


" HONEY….. DID YOU BRING MY CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR ? "

that's my version of the story....for the real headline story go to
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38339576/ns/wor
ld_news-africa/

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Status:
Yesterday I had a problem with salt. I love black beans (canned), and I drain & rinse them before adding them to my dishes, but I guess they still have a lot sodium. I need to try making them from scratch. My ankles (or should I say my cankles) where swollen. Heat and humidity help aggravate the situation.

It's getting progressively hotter towards the weekend so I need to get my exercise done early. I've been fine with the food; lax with the exercise.
Make it a great day...do an anonymous act of kindness
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A spark friend (BESUSAN) recommended giving others a heads up to other blogs that inspire us. TEENY_BIKINI is a Spark Diva that needs no intro to a lot of us. This motivating woman is BEAUTIFUL inside and out. And her blogs are wonderful....I particularly loved this one but they always make me smile.
www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_jo
urnal_individual.asp?blog_id=3287902

  

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BENDER7 7/24/2010 8:16AM

Loved the commentary! Report Inappropriate Comment

FLAME42 7/23/2010 10:54PM

Guess we humans should just look at things from a distance! Hope you can get your exercise in early before the heat gets worse. Sending you COOL thoughts. Report Inappropriate Comment

MORTICIAADDAMS 7/22/2010 9:33PM

It would be just my luck to end up with a whale in my boat. I bought some dry beans to fix. I like canned beans but usually stick with garbanzos as they hold up better. Enjoyed Teeny_Bikin's blog!! Report Inappropriate Comment

MCSNYDER1 7/22/2010 5:42PM

You always make me laugh, or giggle, or chortle, or snicker, or-----something else!! BTW, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE you peppers background!!!! Did you grow those? They are beautiful! At this house, it's peppers of some kind on everything we eat. I never touch a salt shaker (but like u, I get plenty--I ate black beans yesterday too0! But the pepper shakers and grinder are constantly in need of filling. The hotter, the better for me-----uh, oh, now you'll go lookin' at my SparkPage at my hot husband!!! Well, OK--you can look, but Hands Off, Lady! uh oh, now i've done it! Report Inappropriate Comment

EARTHSEAME 7/22/2010 2:43PM

Hope the whale was OK! Report Inappropriate Comment

PATRICIAANN46 7/22/2010 1:07PM

Ken and I watched whales in the Vancouver Island area, but we were in a ferry. I like a VERY BIG BOAT when viewing anything that LARGE!!!!! I, too have problems with salt causing swelling in my feet and ankles and also LOVE black beans. I just rinse them LOTS and will do what MEL_UNRAU suggests re: the overnight soaking. We are getting LOTS of rain today and the humidity is off the charts!!!!!!! I didn't need to hear this on the TV......I can HEAR my hair curling!!! Have a good day..... Report Inappropriate Comment

KATIEJO5 7/22/2010 12:48PM

Yikes! This is why I whale watch from the point on land! I am still dealing with sodium overload from my vacation. I would think the gallons of water consumed would have normalized things by now, but I shall press on! Report Inappropriate Comment

CONNIECOOLCHICK 7/22/2010 12:10PM

thanks for the photos and commentary! Report Inappropriate Comment

CONNIECOOLCHICK 7/22/2010 9:07AM

thanks for the photos and commentary! Report Inappropriate Comment

GRAMMIE1959 7/22/2010 8:19AM

I bought a can of black beans last week but didn't look at the sodium content. Thanks for the heads-up. Report Inappropriate Comment

MYREALANA 7/22/2010 8:17AM

Ouch! Report Inappropriate Comment

TOTHEFUTURE1 7/22/2010 8:09AM

Fun post. I saw the story on TV. Report Inappropriate Comment

STRINGS58 7/22/2010 8:06AM

I wish there was some sort of counter-agent to the salt because I understand the enjoyment of black beans! And they need a little salt to my palate, no matter how they are prepared. All I can think of is the water and walk routine to manage the swelling! That was quite a whale story --- I can't imagine the dreams one would have after living through that! Report Inappropriate Comment

MEL_UNRAU 7/22/2010 7:59AM

I drain and rinse black beans and then put them in a tupperware with clean water and then store over night and then drain and rinse again... I know it sounds like a lot of work, but I never get my black beans soft when I try making them from dry... unless I have time to use the crockpot...and it is too dang hot to use the crockpot right now!!! BTW... the doc gave me clearance to run again yesterday. Despite the 100+ temps, I am going to put Little Man in the jogging stroller and try for 20 min today, shortly after breakfast... Report Inappropriate Comment

What Were They Thinking ?

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The creators of the successful blog "Awkward Family Photos" received so many uncomfortable photos of owners and their pets that they've created a new venture. Here's a selection of the hilariously awkward photos.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38220974/ns/tod
ay-today/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
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Somehow, it's so much easier for me to look at others and see the quirks.
But when it comes to myself, I often feel like I have distorted images.
Especially, as I purge clothing that has gotten too big.
And I keep saying: 'WHAT WAS I THINKING ?'

I realize that when you are in women's sizes, your selection is limited,
but PULEEZE ! ! !
Some of these things are just plain ugly.
They look frumpy BEFORE you put them on.
Either the designers for women's size clothing are 'secretly' working for WEIGHT WATCHERS, and create these disasters to subliminally motivate us to lose the weight ....OR.....they are just plain sadistic.

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Hot! (ditto)
Up early to take advantage of a cooler morning walk.
Need to push myself to do the exercise. Don't want to waste the summer with a season long pity party and this weather is not moving.
I'll feel better if I can accomplish something. Anything.

Make it a great day !

  

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PENNYAN45 7/21/2010 11:19PM

Very funny pics! I also took an EARLY morning walk (at 6:15) to avoid the hot sun. It felt good to have the hour-long walk behind me for the day before my husband even woke up. Report Inappropriate Comment

CAROLINAMUSED 7/21/2010 4:12PM

love the humor, you rock! and I'll be right in line for that 0-cal chocolate, you betcha. best thoughts to you - and thanks for sharing yourself through the blog, too. carol Report Inappropriate Comment

STRINGS58 7/21/2010 4:07PM

My daughter and I had a traumatic experience in a dressing room when I tried on this pair of yellow pants [[shudder]] and it is nice, really nice, not to need the "X" designation in clothing size. Report Inappropriate Comment

MCSNYDER1 7/21/2010 2:56PM

OMG!!!! That picture is...well....that picture is......uhhhh, I'm speechless! (that never happens) Report Inappropriate Comment

BESUSAN 7/21/2010 1:15PM

This is wrong on so many levels. ROTFLMBAO. And you ain't right for posting this, Sheryl. That's why I love coming here. Report Inappropriate Comment

PATRICIAANN46 7/21/2010 12:28PM

First I laughed hard at the picture! Then I laughed hard at Grammie's comment!! Now, I PROMISE that you will NEVER see a picture of Ken and me with Tyke and Miki on our laps, even with our clothes on. Now I am laughing at the mental image of us with the dogs and no clothes......... As usual.......Thanks for adding so much humor to my day. Report Inappropriate Comment

LINDAKAY228 7/21/2010 12:04PM

Got my laugh for the day with those pics! Thanks You are so right about the larger clothes. Why can't they make them more stylish? Report Inappropriate Comment

MORTICIAADDAMS 7/21/2010 11:03AM

OMG!! At least they look friendly though I do feel sorry for the cats who look fairly miserable. LOL. It made me feel better about my body actually. LOL. The pictures were really bizarre. I was just looking at this hideous sweat shirt that is in a pile of clothes in a chair that I am debating to get rid of. What's to debate? No one would have it. A clown would reject this shirt!! I agree about the clothing in the women's section - Can you say - Octogenarian? Report Inappropriate Comment

GRAMMIE1959 7/21/2010 9:41AM

so sad to think the couple pictured above couldn't find clothes in their size! Poor kitties! Have a Sparkling day! Report Inappropriate Comment

EIKOOW 7/21/2010 9:23AM

OMG! What WERE they thinking?! Thanks for my Morning Chuckle girl...and I couldn't agree more with the Women's Clothing and lack of design and taste and EVERYTHING;) Hope you had a GREAT morning walk ~Peggy Report Inappropriate Comment

MEL_UNRAU 7/21/2010 8:20AM

I am lucky... the coffee didn't come out my nose while looking at those pics... OMG... HILARIOUS!!! I don't get it either about "plus" sized clothing. I have long wondered what people are smoking when they put pen to paper and come up with these monstrosities. Just because we are (were) fat, doesn't mean we don't care what we look like. Report Inappropriate Comment

FLAME42 7/21/2010 8:04AM

Do have to agree on the clothing designers. Sometimes you just look and think they must be sadistic or something. Either the prints are just wrong or the cut is so riduculous. I have seen thin white stretch pants on sale for larger sizes, not a good idea. Then again not such a good idea for smaller sizes either. Maybe I am just being picky. Have a good walk early today, another warm one on the away! Report Inappropriate Comment

46SHADOW 7/21/2010 8:03AM

love the photo. Happy purging! Report Inappropriate Comment

ELSEEBEE 7/21/2010 7:18AM

Loved the pictures! I passed them on to friends and family. I know what you mean about those plus size clothes. It was always hard to dress professionally when I worked at a reasonable cost. I'm still having a hard time finding my way around the regular sizes, but it sure is fun! Report Inappropriate Comment

MBOLTON5 7/21/2010 7:13AM

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KAATII 7/21/2010 6:46AM

LOLOLOL More power to those two! at least they seem to be comfortable in their own skin which many are not. I do agree with the comments about lack of style for larger women...too true...but the biggest mistake is to make sure whatever your style is that it fits! Yikes.. Report Inappropriate Comment

DESERTDREAMERS 7/21/2010 6:40AM

OMG, the photos were just too funny! I think a lot of so-called designers just hate women - look at the extreme designs they put the skinnies in for the shows - youch! And, they obviously think overweights should just wear a sack. (OK, not all of them, I actually had some nice clothes when I was huge - but most of them? Just butt-ugly) Report Inappropriate Comment

FITKAT2010 7/21/2010 6:23AM

I've come to the conclusion that it is an overweight society that dictates clothing that has no style. Just look around you when you are out and about. I've made and surpassed my initial goal weight. I'm disgusted at what is available in clothing. Makes me want to sew my own but I have no talent to do so. Maybe I'll go around naked with my cats hiding private parts? Meow! Report Inappropriate Comment