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I don't know how it happened but somehow I got on Donald Trump's campaign email list and he is sending out daily and somewhat desperate emails to his fanbase. It is weird. Seems a little early to be campaigning to his base for 2020. Weird. But the guy is weird. Totally. I am going to stay on this list and see what happens here. I am just curious about the tone of his campaign. I also monitor the White House communications - I have followed that since Obama and now I watch with dread as the Trump White House sends out their crappy stuff. Crazy. Best to know the enemy, eh? I still really miss Obama.

So I am doing well. I am almost through all my events at work and into planning summer vacations. <lj user=khylea> is coming for a visit the end of May and we are going to do local things here. A fun Bay Area vacation. There is a lot to do so that will be no problem in thinking of things to do. Yay! I also am going to Vegas this summer so have that to look forward to.

I need to also see my parents sometime this year so hope to get that trip going. Anyways. That is what is going on with me.

I am adjusting to maintaining here on the weight loss. I still track on the WW app and watch what I am eating. I think I always will do that to keep within an acceptable range of eating. Most people who maintain well do that from what I have seen and I am used to tracking. I really don't want to gain the weight back so I will do what I need to and keep it off. I am allowed to eat more now so that is good. It is a bit easier now. One thing that is easier now is clothes shopping - I am looking for used clothes at the Goodwill and finding things and going to discount places like Nordstrom Rack and consignment stores. Hoping not to pay a lot for clothes that fit. I got a pair of nice jeans at Goodwill yesterday for 4.00! Woot. Gotta love that.

So that is all I have. I am trying to keep active too. I do a few work outs a week and walk on the weekends. And go to yoga when I can. So that is fun.

Anyhoo. Hope all is well with you. Spring is happening here. The weather is getting warmer for now and then it will settle into the cold SF summer.

Cheers!

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So hey - I was going to post more in the new year. I have been meaning to post but not gotten around to it so here I am.

2018 is going great for Donald Trump so far, eh? *sarcasm* He is using his great words to great effect, right? He says the best things. I mean really He insults all of Africa and Haiti in one really horrible sentence and we are supposed to be ok with that? Let me just say here that he does not represent me or my views. I did not vote for him. I do not agree with him and his inherent racism. And I think it is worth noting that he did not win the popular vote. The majority of Americans voted against this troll. We do not like him either. We wanted Hilary Clinton. So BOOM. There it is. We are stuck with this fool until he can be impeached. The Dems need to win the midterms and get this creep out of office. That has got to be the plan. There are a lot of House seats up and enough Senate seats to do the job. So my hope is that the Dems will do this and if Trump keeps this up- he will be helping the Dems win the midterms. So keep it up Donny-boy. Keep it up. /end political rant.

I have great news on the job front here - I saw this job on the Uni website and it was perfect for me - a great job, director level, excellent pay but it was closed to applications since December. So I debated applying for it and thought - what the hell. They can ignore my app if they don't want to see it. So I zapped my resume and cover letter in there to see what would happen. And guess what - they wrote me back and I know the person hiring. She said that she is glad that I applied and wants to interview me next Friday! Psych! So I guess closed does not really mean closed. I will remember this for future things. So I am super excited. The job is for a Director of Special Events at a college and I feel like this could be the one. THE ONE! It is all very copacetic here. I helped them with a hiring committee a few years ago and remembered thinking that they would be great to work with so here is my chance. Awesome!

(please don't mention this on FB. I count on your discretion)

On the WW front - I am so close to goal that I can taste it. I am .8 away. So very close. I am hoping to hit that this week. Woot! Once I hit goal - I have to maintain for 6 weeks and then I am lifetime - I get to go for free forever. And I intend to maintain my weightloss forever. I did not do all this work to gain it back. I have been reading about what it takes to maintain weight loss and you have to keep on top of it. I think this will be a constant thing for me and I will always have to watch it. I don't mind that as I enjoy tracking food and all that. My plan is to go a bit below goal so I have a few buffer pounds between me and goal. So that should work.

So all good news. Sorry about the political rant - it was in my mind and came out of my fingertips. Oh and Slashy Valentine - not started. Oops.

Hope all is well with you in your part of the world. I love comments!

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I am here and around. I have been meaning to post and failing at that so here is a year end post. I am glad this year is ending and I don't know what the new year will bring. The political scene is dampening my mood for 2018. I am trying to be hopeful but I really hate our current administration and what they are doing. They just passed this horrible tax plan they totally benefits the wealthy and corporate interests on the backs of the middle class and the poor. It is decidedly not fair. Sure our taxes may go down in the short term but over the long term they will go up and significantly. They are really trying to pull one over on the American people and hoping that the short term dip in taxes on payroll will help them on the midterm elections next year. I really hope people are not fooled. The Democrats are doing well right now and heading for an upswing. I am a Democrat and I hope they take back Congress and stick it to them. I vehemently oppose this administration and all that it stands for. They lie and cheat and steal. This is kleptocracy at its worst.

Lord, I did not mean to post all that. But that is how I feel.

So I did not get that job I applied for. I got terribly sick for the interview and had to video conference for that and I think it totally hurt my chance for that. I was psyched to get to the third round and be in the running so will take the positive from that. I want to work on my resume and cover letter and keep looking. I am bored where I am and kind of just dial it in. So I need more of a challenge. I will keep looking for that. I could also use more monay. So all of that. I can stay where I am too - I mean, I have a job but something better would be good.

So I am going to get a newer car. Not sure if you know but I have a really old car - a 1993 Ford. My friends have a 2006 Subaru and want to sell it and it is in great shape so I am going to buy that from them for a very fair price. I am also going to turn my current car into the CA Air Quality people and get some money for it which will pay for most of the newer car. So exciting news on that front. I have never bought a brand new car. I think cars depreciate too much - I mean like the minute you drive it off the lot - why lose all that value and pay that much? I have had good luck with used cars and so there you go. The new car is a small wagon and a 5 speed so I will be back driving a manual. No problemo on that.

So - I have to start the paragraph with so - I am spending the holidays with friends in the area. I am not traveling this season. I looked into airline tickets back east and it was ridiculously expensive. I have some projects to work on in my house - clutter to go through so that will keep me busy. I want to work out and do some hiking too.

So I am 4 pounds away from goal on the Weight Watchers thing. I am super excited about that! Yay! It is going slowly and holidays are hard with all the events to go to and all that. I am thinking I will hit goal in January some time. I will post here when I do! Yeah.

So I hope you are all having a great holiday season and enjoying your time with family and friends. Take good care and comments are love. My one New Year's resolution is to post regularly on LJ. I really like the blog thing here. So I will try to post a bit more here.

Happy Holidays!

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Here I am - with a post. I am here.

I guess the biggest thing that is happening is that I have started doing Weight Watchers and it is going great! I have lost 13.4 pounds so far and am really into the program. I am tracking every little thing that I eat and feel like everyday is a little victory. I find that the program encourages healthy eating so it is really working for me. I have a good amount of weight I want to get off this time around and I really like the meetings each week. I lost my first 45 pounds on my own and I don't really want to do it alone this time. This is more fun to have people to talk to and an instructor in your corner cheering you own. I really like that. I did not think I would be this into it but I kind of am. So it is very good. I have never done and organized weight loss program before but I am really into it. Keeping track of what you eat really helps and they have online tools that really are helpful. I can track on the web and on my phone. So I am digging it. I have good support on this at work, from friends and all that so very exciting. I have reached 5 percent of goal and I got a little charm for a keychain. It is kind of cute. :)

What else? So the big news with my family is this - we found my long lost half sister! My dad had an affair before he met my mom and there was a pregnancy from that. So I have an older half sister. Stuff was done and the girl was raised out in Ohio by her mother and her brothers. So years later my mom tells me about this (when I am in college) - that my dad has this other child. So at that time - I store it in my brain. I later told my brothers and we have decided that we should look her up and make contact. So we found her on ancestry.com. It took all of five minutes to find her really - it was amazingly easy and we wrote her an email. She wrote back and now we are all friends on Facebook. We are talking about doing a meet up next summer on the East Coast. It is all kind of wild. My mom had some reservations about it but now is on board with it.

Work is work. Not much going on there. I am kind of bored there actually.

I am nervous about the season premiere of The Walking Dead. Looking forward to it but kind of not if you know what I mean.

So that is about all I have. Hope all is well with you there. This is my post. I will try and post more - even if I post about inane things.

Comments are most welcome. I will reply!

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I have sent my story off to my brave beta

khylea. I think it needs some work and hope she will have some pointers on it. I tried to find inspiration on the conclusion of the tale and while usually that is my strong suit, this one is not working really. Will see what she says.

I have a fun weekend coming up. I am going to a 60th birthday blast hosted by a friend of mine from work. He is a good party planner and has definitely got a fun night planned. He has rented out a Mexican Restaurant, booked a mariachi band, provided transport (a bus!) and then it turns into a disco dance. I just cannot wait. I think it will be a blast. I have no idea what to wear but hope something will pop out at me from my closet.

Last night, I culled through my clothes to put together a donation for "Dress for Success" - a woman's organization that provides professional clothes to less fortunate women. I pulled out some of the plus sized dresses and shirts that I used to wear routinely but now are too big! Yay me! I am a smaller person now. This makes me feel really good. This organization wants plus sized clothing so I am glad to donate for a good cause. We collected these at work and are donating that way.

Random update here and I am ready for the weekend. Hope all is well with you, in your world!

by yueshi at thehappyfactory

Jamie Oliver

I really look forward to my Friday night visits with Jamie Oliver. Tonight is two shows. First at 8pm is a repeat of last week and then the new epi at 9pm. I am not sure why it is shown twice but there it is.

The petition is gaining momentum and has 314,034 signatures. You can sign it here and participate too:

http://www.jamieoliver.com/campaigns/jamies-food-revolution/petition?usa=1

People in the US and internationally can sign. It is open to all. :)

Personal revolution
I thought I would write a little bit this week about why I feel that this is so important, important enough to blog about each week, follow and be committed to in some way. I will get a little personal as it is a very personal issue for me.

As a child I was an average kid, probably a little pudge and then your average kid. In my adult years I steadily gained weight until I was, what most weight indicative sites would term "morbidly obese". It happened gradually but one day, there it was...morbid, fat, lumpy dumpy...big ole me. I shopped plus sizes...think 3-4X.

The turning point came in my doctor's office. I was discussing my blood test results with JG, my GP and it was an open frank discussion. She was worried that I was pre-diabetic as my blood sugar levels were way too high, along with other indicators being of concern. This was the first time a doctor had expressed it in these terms to me. The key tip she gave to me was that this was all controllable with "incremental changes" that individually were not so hard but put together would add up to a lot. I took that idea to heart and began to make some changes. My own personal revolution. She told me to look at the American Heart Association web site, read about diabetic diets and just do it.

Well, I did implement incremental changes...and over the last 5 years, I have lost 55 pounds. I did not do a diet, no program, no drinks, no powders...I applied what I knew about nutrition and studied up and changed the way I viewed food and myself.

-First I cut out Pepsi (and lost 20 pounds!)
-Then I increased my fruit and veggie intake
-Then I cut my complex carb intake (way less bread and pasta)
-I eat breakfast each and every day
-I completely changed my attitude towards cheese. Not a meal but an accent food.
-More veggies, MOAR. You can eat as many veggies as you want really.
-Moderate daily exercise including walking and yoga
-Treat treats as treats.

Anyways. To me this Food Revolution is personal and that is why I am totally for this. I know, that it can work. It has worked for me on a very personal level.

I am going to continue to post about this. I also read other inspirational foodies and I will share that here. This is MY space, my blog and I won't apologize for using this space for my own personal agenda about this.

No one has to read this. But I can post what I want. So hats off to Jamie Oliver for making America mad, making America listen...and maybe...making us eat better and live longer. I feel better than I did before and I am only half way there. I have 55 more pounds to go...but I will do this.

Cheers.

by goodgal996

Today's Bunday has a St. Patrick's day influence to it. You will notice the green background and that our model has a tattoo of a shamrock on his shoulder. So Happy St. Patrick's Day. We aim to please here...

I think this set of shots was from an underwear commercial and hummena. I especially like his tan line. Woo. Sets it off nicely. Woo.

Anyway...enjoy!

Not safe for work!!!

( Erin go buns... )

My world
Work is all consuming. I work full out all week all day. I might throw a plurk or two in there while I work, but in general I am very focused on my job right now. I am working on my job description for promotion to analyst which is harder than it seems and I am going to enlist the help of my sister in law...who is a great wordsmith and see what she thinks of that. I will also then map it to the job mapping site they have for the Uni. I want to get the job classification that I deserve here not what they want to give me.

This week I have two major things happening: lunch program for the Dean and my awards program committee meeting happening. Never stops really.

Personal
I am very excited about my weight situation. I have dropped about 4 jeans sizes and I got into my skinny jeans this week. Not telling what sizes as I am still above what I truly want to be but I am so much closer to goal. I think it is the daily walking (40 minutes both ways to work), less fat eating and sensible portions. I am finding this very easy to do and it feels like I have made the lifestyle change. I now do this as a matter of course. I am cooking more and eating better. I don't deprive myself and I like what I am eating. Last night's dinner was chateau briand so...not doing too badly.

Today
I think I will get some work done and then do some tidying here and get my food for the week at the store. I want to go look at plants and then rest up my shoulder. That is still bothering me and I cannot afford chiro this month really. So have to rest it up.

Cheers to all and hope you are having a good weekend.