Political Quiz

TJ sent me this quiz a week or so ago and I wanted to post the results. I am a Centrist..."CENTRISTS espouse a "middle ground" regarding government control of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on the issue, they sometimes favor government intervention and sometimes support individual freedom of choice.
Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind,tend to oppose "political extremes," and emphasize what they describe as "practical" solutions to problems."

Are any of you shocked by this revelation? Thought not. If you would also like to take the quiz, do so, but you must tell me how you rank!

I have much more to tell you all about the Holidays and whatnot, but there are such time constraints...more to come tomorrow...hopefully, that will bring everyone back to hear more about the "Life and Times..."

Great Day

Today has been an amazing day. It is not over yet, but I have come into contact with some amazing people and other amazing things have happened.

First and foremost, today was the day we delivered goodies to seniors in Morgantown for In Touch and Concerned. This day can be sad, but this time, it was amazing. I met Virginia Hunt, Kathleen Smith and Mary Francis. They are 89, 85 and 93 respectively. I received three "thank yous," three hugs and three kisses on the cheek. Virginia was actually waiting for us when we pulled up and had the biggest smile on her face.

Visiting these women was a true blessing. I know they enjoyed it, but I am not sure they realize what I gained from it. I am thankful that I am able to have the ability to do this type of thing in my life and meet the people I come in contact with.

Also today, I went to Weight Watchers and weighed in 2.5 pounds lighter than last week. I broke into new numbers as I have now lost 51.5 pounds. YAH! I am so excited. Then, I received my grade from my current class and FINALLY received my first A. Let's just hope the rest of this day continues with more of the same.

I hope everyone else is having a great day too.

SPAM and Other JUNK

I, for the most part, do not like getting SPAM in my inbox. I usually do not mind forwards too much though from friends and family. I like the ones with cutesy pictures of animals and stupid things. I usually do not pass them along.

I HATE, however, e-mails that say, "Jane got this e-mail today and did not have enough e-mail contacts to send it to 5 people and 18 hours later she was hit and killed by a hit-and-run" or "Julie got engaged this afternoon and had been praying for that day to come her whole life...she received this e-mail that day and did not read it, she just deleted it, and her fiance died that evening in a wreck with an 18-wheeler." I do not want to read the poem, I do not want to force my friends and family to read that poem and I surely do not want to be afraid that I am killing someone because I save them from reading that crap.

How did this start? Does anyone else find it as annoying as I do?

Have a great day!

Busy Busy Productive Me

I had a pretty good weekend. I was not looking forward to it to be honest with you though. TJ went to Snowshoe with Nick and I was left at home to do whatever I needed to do. I was almost looking forward to my time alone (as sometimes I do) because I can do what I want to do without worrying about bothering TJ. For example, I can sit on the couch and watch TV without showering and stay in my PJs all day - honestly, from 9am until I go back to bed.

However, I had things to do this weekend. I did do fun stiff too though...I went to see The Holiday with Nicole and one of her friends on Friday evening. It was a really good movie. I recommend you put it on your "to watch list" this holiday season.

On Saturday, I had to work from 9-noon. All in all, that was productive as I got my Christmas cards done (all I need now is stamps!). I then went to Blockbuster and rented two movies. When I got home, I ate lunch and went to work on the bar. I was a little nervous about the bar because I thought that I was going mess it up. I sanded, wiped down and stained the bar. It took about 3 hours or so. Then I settled in to watch my movies.

I rented Stick It and John Tucker Must Die. I enjoyed both movies. Stick It was not what I was expecting and not what it was billed as. I thought it was great. John Tucker was cute and also not exactly what I was expecting. These were not your run of the mill teenie bopper movies!

Today, I was up early and cleaned. I put one coat of polyurithane on the bar and cooked spaghetti and meatballs. However, I was not impressed with my cooking efforts this evening. I am very glad that TJ is home. I miss him when he is not around.

This upcoming week is sure to be very busy as well. Who are we kidding, the next TWO weeks are going to be very busy. I will try to keep you posted on the goings on.

And the results are in

And I am aggravated because I have ALREADY typed this once and tried to spell check it and it all disappeared. I fear now that this post will not be as witty as it once was, but no one will know about that except for me!

OK -

I went to Weight Watchers yesterday to weigh in. I lost 4 pounds. I am now at a total of 49 pounds lost. I have struggled through the 40s and it is my hope that I will see new numbers next week. I think the major issue here was that I haven ever lost more than 46 pounds in my entire life. Therefore, I kept telling myself (subconsciously, I think) that I could not do it. I need to grab my willpower by the straps and get on with the weight loss!

In other news...I think I am finally getting over this stupid cold that I have had since THANKSGIVING. Hello! It is December 7th! I am so over this. I am told that I do "sound" better and that it seems like I am "draining". Apparently draining is a good thing because if you aren't "draining" you can get an infection. The draining is now making my stomach hurt though. I am not one of those people who can make that gross sound and get everything up and out of my system. So don't ask...it is just going to continue to may my tummy hurt.

I also wanted to share with you all a pet peeve of mine. If you are asked to do something or participate in something, you have the right to say "yes" or "no". You can even say "no thank you" or "not at this time", but there is NO reason to yell and excuse to the messenger. Furthermore, there is really no reason to give an excuse as all humans have the right to say "no" to something they do not want to do.

I guess that is all...again...I will try not to delete this one. I hope you all have a lovely day and remember not to yell at anyone...it just isn't nice!

I'm Back...

I am not going to tell you all what kind of bad blogger I am. I have received two comments from both Mookie and Candace telling me that they miss my blog. Bad news bears when considering that Candace is blogging again after a year-long hiatus! :) Welcome back!

To catch you up - I have been struggling with the Weight Watchers the past three weeks. I weigh in tomorrow and I will update everyone on what the progress is. I do not want to only post about weight loss, but it seems like that is all I think about to keep on track. I have to think about every ounce of chocolate that I want to put in my mouth, but that I don't. If I do, I think about how sucky it was that I just ate that chocolate and how disappointed I am in myself and my lack of willpower!

In other news, I am working toward finishing my Masters in IMC. I will graduate in May 2007. I cannot believe that it is almost over, but on the same token I cannot remember a time when I was not working 40+ hours a week AND going to school. What in the world will I do with my free time? I will blog better...hold me to it!

I will be starting a weekly Wednesday "how'd ya do" about weight watchers. I will use my online community to keep me on track. I will be accountable to all of you in cyberspace. Be strong for me!

Until tomorrow...

Ok, not until tomorrow anymore...I just spell checked my blog (because I am a bad speller and equally bad typer). It amazes me that the terms "blog","blogger" and "blogging" are not recognized. Furthermore, I misspelled working. Here comes the funny part...hold on to your seats...I typed "workign" and spell check's only suggestion was "orgasm". What?