Dear Food,

Dear Food,

How do I love thee, let me count the ways... 1. You give me nourishment and strength 2. you smell so nice 3. You help my love handles stay so lovely and large.... wait... whut? Okay so I may have a bit of food addiction, I think of it more as a love, I LOVE FOOD, it's super. Yeah it's good for you and all and food is great in moderation. I guess my problem is more willpower and not food, I really can't say no, I don't know when, or I don't want to stop. I am working on this problem. I however am having little luck. the last month the scale has moved about 4-5 pounds... in the wrong direction.

I'll do really good one week, on diet and exercise, then the next week I am back to my old ways, pizza for breakfast, Burger King for lunch, steak and potatoes for dinner. We've been really good this week and had red meat once. I had a portabella burger for lunch yesterday and i've had plenty of veggies almost every day. Today we had pizza, and tater tots. I needed it, really I did, one can only eat so much healthy before you need pizza. plus I ran out of chicken and didn't make it to the store today.

so anyway; Food & Willpower, I will defeat you, the right way, I will!

Keep on truckin

Things have been very busy here the last few weeks. Paul got word he has recruiting duty orders, currently he is set to report in August, but he's applied to have it pushed back to the following class that would be the end of October. About 4 weeks into the 7 week class we will find out where we are going, then Paul will be allowed to come back here and get me, and together we will move to wherever. I am totally nervous about it, and I want to be prepared and proactive, but how can I plan ANYTHING when I have no idea where we are going? Thewhole set up really sucks.

School is going well for me, I think I have 54 credits, I got an A in my last science class, that was really hard! I think I am going to take the summer off because they canceled my botany class and I have no backup plan, I also really would like to sit down and just read for pleasure, enjoy my time. I haven't had a real break from school in 2 years. just holiday breaks and breaks between classes so it's time for me to rest I think.

at the vet with the monsters

Today's vet stuff went very unexpected. Of all the animals to have a reaction, Taco did. Vaccines were given at about 1030 am, we were home by 1130 fixing to take Renji up for his sick appt at 130, well at about 1220 Taco made this terrible noise, sounded like he was in great pain, I jumped up just in time to see him begin to violently vomit all over the kitchen floor. I called the vet and was told to bring him back in, so we packed up Renji and Taco and we rushed up there. Taco is fine, they think it was stress induced vomiting, he got a shot just incase it was allergies and a anti-vomit shot. Renji got seen about his tummy, he has an abundance of normal bacteria in his tummy, so it's supposed to be there, he just has too much. Also they think he likely has a sensitive tummy, so we'll be switching him to a high quality (expensive) food once we wean him off of the bland diet next week. All in all today went well, Renji hopefully will be able to get his second round of vaccines sometime in the next two weeks and we'll get him microchipped then too. Lots of crazy going on here, but I think we are finally on the track to him being a healthy monster dog again.

Long day ahead.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day, in the AM I have shot appts for Taco (cat) & Aiko. In the afternoon I have an appt to bring Renji to get checked out. He's been having vomit & regurgitation issues. He was doing well on chicken and rice, then we tried to reintroduce dry food and he lost it all, back to chicken and rice, and this morning he threw that up. When I called the vet they canceled his vaccine appt and rescheduled him for a sick call. He has kept dinner down tonight but he's a little extra sleepy.

bleh

I have a tummy ache.

that is all.

Going Pink

I've decided I really want pink hair. Right now is the perfect time because I am not working, and we are moving in about 7 months. So I have about 7 more months of joblessness where I can enjoy my facial piercing and do funky things to my hair before I have to hunker down and go back to fitting into society.

My Inspirations:

KapOne Two

Shocking news this week.

Still not sure of the specifics, but it looks like Paul will be reporting to San Diego for Recruiters school late August. About mid through the two month school we will find out where we are going to be stationed. Then Early November hopefully they will allow him to come back and retrieve me and we will move to wherever.

Yeah I know it's quite a surprise, expecially since Paul found this out as he was trying to turn in his paperwork to extend here another 3 years. I'm sad because we aren't even scheduled to leave until Feb so not only are we leaving early but Paul will leave me 2 months before our move and I will have to do most of it by myself, and we wont even know where we are going until 3-4 weeks before we are supposed to get there.

I am very sad to leave, We truly love it here. Sans deployment this has really been some of the best 3 years of my life. I am so sad to leave. On the other hand I am excited about what waits for us over the horizon. Only time will tell where the Marine Corps leads us.

Sea Glass

I've been doing a bit of reading up on sea glass, and apperantly there is quite the market out there for it. Sea glass is bits of glass that have been disgarded in the ocean and have been worn down by waves and currents, grinding the glass around on the ocean floor. The result is translucent glass pieces with soft edges, often used in crafting and jewelry.

I often find sea glass on my trips to the beach, so I have decided to collect it and look into selling it online. I have created an online store on Etsy and I am currently washing and

separating the sea glass I have and collecting more. I hope to have some items listed by the end of the week.

Beautifully decorated sea glass:

http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2010/01/18/be-my-eco-valentine-big-love-upcycled-sea-glass-necklace/

http://www.seaglassdreams.com/inc/sdetail/141

Upcycle

UPCYCLE

A term coined by William McDonaugh and Michael Braungart. The process of converting an industrial nutrient (material) into something of similar or greater value, in its second life. Aluminum and glass, for example, can usually be upcycled into the same quality of aluminum and glass as the original products.




http://www.sustainabilitydictionary.com/u/upcycle.php


This week I am going to do a few posts about upcycling, I will also try to link to numerous blogs that I have found that feature Upcycle projects.

I've been neglectfull

I apologize for neglecting you blog, and blog followers. Since Paul got home I've been super busy, he's been working less than half days so he's home at about 12 every day (which makes me happy) I will work this week at updating, with pictures, our adventures over the last week. I also had school sneak up on me, I thought I had one more week before my online class started but I was wrong and last monday I started Natural Science, which frighteningly starts the first chapter of the text with some physics. Scary Shit! I am sure I'll do okay though. I have also been riding a whole lot, I rode 56 miles last week, I hope to do 60+ this week. The weather is supposed to be terrible this week though, and I have a hard time riding in the wind, but I'll try. I may get to the gym and do the stationary bike if need be.