I’m still learning this Word Press/Yahoo stuff. Here is some information that I hope will help.
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Please register for the blog. If you register, I will upgrade you so that you can comment without waiting for approval. So far, I haven’t had too many people register.
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With the template I’m currently using, there is an issue with the comment form. I will either figure out how to fix it or I will change templates, but in the meantime we can over come the issue. A form will pop up for your comment, it has a black background and several text boxes that are a light color. But at first you can’t tell what goes in the boxes. If you go out to the right side of the box and hold down your mouse key and “paint” to the right, the words explaining what needs to go in the box will show up. Then just fill it out as normal and submit.
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Right now, these are the most pressing “issues.”
Archive for December, 2008
Some General Blog Information
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Random Acts of Kindness
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Much ado has been made about “random acts of kindness.” I don’t think of myself as a nice person. I think I can be nice, but mostly it doesn’t come natural for me. I have to think about it. I always admired people who could whisk into a situation and knew exactly how to lend a helping hand. With the holiday season here, I prayed that God would give me a situation where I could help out, maybe even a project. Yes, I’m shallow, I guess. I wanted to be the superstar who came to someone’s rescue. But I’m rethinking that. Maybe my purpose is not to be a big hero, but maybe I’m meant for the smaller detailed type stuff. And maybe I have been all along but I’ve been rushing through the day, missing opportunities to be nice and to help because I was after the big picture or doing it for the wrong reason. Today for example, I went to the doctor’s office to have some lab work done. I didn’t have an appointment and hoped I didn’t need one. Turns out I really should have made an appointment but the girl at the desk took pity on me and squeezed me in. I waited my turn and when it came time, I sat down and made small talk with the nurse. I asked her how her Christmas was and she gave me the pat answer, that it was great. Then I was kind of overcome and felt like I should say more. So I said, “You know, I’m always afraid to ask that because what if someone had a real depressing Christmas.” Well that opened the flood gates and she talked to me about her Dad who is terminally ill and how she was depressed at Christmas but she had a change of heart. She talked more to me in that 10 minutes that she’s said in the 2 years she’s been sticking me with a needle. It was like she needed to say those things and she just needed someone to listen. Maybe I helped…maybe not. But I sure left there feeling on top of the world. And I left realizing that maybe God was giving me opportunities all along but I wasn’t paying any attention to them. And maybe “random acts of kindness” shouldn’t be an event, but how we live day to day…..rather “regular acts of kindness” should be the buzzword or even “routine acts of kindness.” After all, we’re all just trying to make it through the day.
This time with picture
Monday, December 29th, 2008
Let’s see if this works…
This is a test post
Monday, December 29th, 2008Testing to see if my post will be posted pre or post approval 
Weighty Matters
Sunday, December 28th, 2008I’m about to get really real with you. One of the reasons that I started this blog was to journal about an issue that’s close to me…all around me, actually. My weight! Now, lest some smug individuals in that land on the far left side of the Americas thinks that I started thinking about this because some heathen “adult” with an adolescent brain called me fat in a personal attack, you can wipe that smug ass look off of your face. You had nothing to do with it. I always thought it was funny that people thought they could hurt me by using some superficial deficiency in a derogatory manner. Don’t they think I know how much I weigh. I mean, I have to brush my teeth every morning and night. And I don’t do it with a blindfold on. But I guess that just shows the idiocy of that notion. But I digress…
I have battled my weight for most of my life, particularly since I’ve been an adult. I’m sure there are deep-seated issues that I have to deal with, but I haven’t figured them out yet. But here’s what I do know. I don’t want my weight to kill me…and it will. Do you see many obese old people? In order for that not to happen, I have to do something about it. I joined Weight Watchers on November 19, 2008. Who else but a masochist joins Weight Watchers the week before the biggest pigout holiday of the year? Now, here’s where I get real. I have come to understand that this will be a whole lot easier if I reach out for support from family and friends. In the past, I’ve kept things hidden and fought the battle alone. I know there are people curious about my weight. I know this because my son used to pester me about the magic number. No one but the folks at WW really knows how much I weigh….until now. My starting weight on November 19, 2008 was 270 pounds. There I said it. I have been successful with WW in the past but have been unable to keep the weight off. I think that’s because I still kept viewing it as something I started and stopped, not a real change of lifestyle. But we’re all in for the lifestyle change. About the time I joined WW, we received a real blessing. Because Bill is active duty military, we got a free membership to the YMCA. We joined and we’ve been working out. I really do enjoy going to the Y.
Now I will admit…I have sort of gone through the holidays half hearted about the whole thing. I don’t weigh in again until January 7, 2009. But now that we’re past Christmas, I have to put my whole heart into this thing. I’ll be posting my progress here. I’ll be posting my downfalls too. You folks are going to keep me real and honest and I hope provide encouragement. I hope that by being honest with you and myself that I’ll discover what I have to change on the inside to perpetuate change on the outside. I’m not trying to look like some super model. I just want to be a healthy weight so I don’t have to start medicine for diabetes which is a weight loss death sentence. And I would ultimately like to get off the high blood pressure medication. There are all sorts of things I’m looking forward to as I make this journey. But for now… this is the start of it. Stay tuned!
Christmas Light Night
Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Tonight was the annual Christmas Light Night adventure. After dining on homemade hamburgers, we dressed warmly…because it’s darned cold tonight…and hit the road. The picture above is Joel and Heather as we’re about to leave. First stop…Starbuck’s. And if you’re White Chocolate fan, give their White Chocolate Hot Chocolate a try…it’s yummy! Joel got into the Pay it Forward spirit. He decided to pay for the car behind us. That’s so much fun. It’s definitely something we’ll continue doing. Then we drove around and looked at lights. We had a good time, but you can definitely tell the economy or whatever is wearing on people. There were a LOT less lights to look at this year. But we had a good time. We’re all back in our snuggly house. Monday night football is on the TV and I think I’m going to go make some sausage balls.
Welcome to the Madness
Sunday, December 21st, 2008
Hey there!
I thought I might give this kind of blogging a try. I felt a little creatively limited by the MySpace blog. Bear with me while I learn the software. It took me two days to figure out how to customize the theme. But figure it out I did and we’re ready to roll…I think. Speaking of themes, whaddaya think? I believe it suits me.
As always, any and all comments are welcome. Check back often. You never know what you’ll find here.
‘Til Then….
Tracy
