Consistent---- Humm, let's see!!!!!!!!!! My day starts early 4 am to be exact. My alarm goes off at 4am. I wake up... consistently .... get breakfas... Read more
Good morning Spark Friends. Such a beautiful start to the day . I have been absent from Spark all week due to another overtime week and a Celebratio... Read more
Hello friends, I hope evry one is doing well this week. I really would like to Spark more than I have been this week, but do to working 10 hour day,s... Read more
Well all my efforts in the past to lose weight and eat healthy never really transpired. As I sit here and write this I realize that this is not just a... Read more
So, I haven't blogged for a long time. In fact I haven't been even coming on my Sparkpeople site for quite a while. Just not making the time to do i... Read more
It's been a hard work day. Coming home to my hubby is a nice feeling. He is out of a job for a while. Praying that he gets something soon. Although it... Read more
I sit here and wonder why I have put on so much weight over the years. Some reasons I lean to are Stress, poor eating habits, laziness, not active as... Read more
One of the most common causes of mysterious bucking is pain of some sort, often back pain. Make sure your saddle is fitting properly, with no pinching... Read more
I had a day off work yesterday for a dentist appt. About 7 AM I was drinking my coffee and watching the news when someone knocked on my door. It was a... Read more
this morning my husband said I look like i already lost weight... what a sweetheart..it's only been about 5 days.. maybe he's visualizing..... Read more
For my friends who wanted to see this, I finally got on my computer and uploaded Ians 5th Birthday Party with the Star Wars theme. His dad dressed up... Read more
Yesterday at work we had our annual Diversity Day party. FOOD FOOD FOOD. Everyone brought their traditional family favorite foods from Cape Verdean Mu... Read more
I spent much of Sat and part of Monday doing my taxes with Turbo tax, finally finished and e-filed on Tuesday. My printer was out of ink, so I just tr... Read more
Talking with Joanna, a friend at work. She mentioned she once lived in the south end of New Bedford Mass, the city where I grew up. I asked her where,... Read more
Alton, my neighbor Lorraine and I finally went on our long-planned day trip to this interesting museum in Salem Mass We needed to go before the end of... Read more
I like to make things from scratch, same as my friend Juli G. She says her sister often comments "If there's a hard way to do something, Juli will fin... Read more
Ilene Finkelstein and MCS Strait N Fancy at home in Troup, TX............
Their first ride at home was this afternoon, Dan Finkelstein, Ile... Read more
Here is Fancy (what you can see of her) at "school" in Stephenville, TX, learning how to be a heeling horse! The trainer said at first, she was... Read more
Yesterday I applied for Social Security retirement , and Medicare. Makes me feel good in one way cause I have been putting it off for weeks and now I'... Read more
We are getting Direct TV installed as I write this. Of course, everything they promised me when I signed up is not known to the actual installers.... Read more
In theory Alton gets to name the gray cat. Our agreement is I can attempt to corral any stray that shows up in our yard, but I can't import any cats.... Read more
He escaped from solitary a few hours before his neuter appointment. When I caught him, he bit my hand. I know cat bites get infected easily so I put o... Read more
I found that having the SparkPeople application on my phone is really a useful tool.
Now instead of writing down on paper what I eat and drink a... Read more
Maple syrup is the first harvest of the year. We tap the three Norway maple trees that line our driveway when the sap starts rising, usually mid- Febr... Read more
"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred less one day so I never have to live without you." - Winnie the Pooh
Who would have... Read more
Night time temps over the weekend forcast to be in the teens with below zero windchill, so we captured the gray male cat that has been hanging around... Read more
As many of my friends know, we have been breeding Paint Horses for many years. We have owned two registered Paint Horse Stallions and a few mares.... Read more
The secret to keeping up regular exercise is to make it fun rather than seeing it as a chore that must be done. The trick is to take up an activity wi... Read more
The calico cat has a name. BF says Kaleidoscope, because her face and coat are such a mixture of colors. Her trip to the vet was less expensive than a... Read more
I've been leaving dry cat food out in the old garage/barn for over a year because we took in a stray in January 2011, had him fixed , and kept him in... Read more
Had a new experience while in South TX with our friends, Eileen and Roger (from Minnesota, no less!) While they were old hands and familiar with thi... Read more
I have to say that this year, I made a real commitment to lose some weight and keep it off, by changing my lifestyle, and the way I eat.
I am... Read more
Here it is the 2nd day of 2012, and I have done well, both days. One of my goals was to increase the amount of fruits and vegetables I eat in a day a... Read more
Summer's not over yet! There's still plenty of time to tone up and bust out that swimsuit for one last hurrah. Get results in just 15 minutes per week with this plan--no excuses!
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