Guilty Pleasure

So my best friend got me watching "So You Think You Can Dance" this season and it is my newest guilty pleasure. Not only do I love all the different dance genres that are featured, but tonight LL Cool J appeared on the show debuting his new song, "Baby". I was a teen in the late 80s/early 90s and remember being seduced by LL's silky smooth vocals on "I Need Love". Since that time, he's been consistently putting out fabulous music with energy and ingenuity. It was great seeing him on a show that featured LA Ballet Dancers in a Pas De Deux. It shows the enormous appeal of music and dance combined and I love that the diversity is evident throughout the show.

Don't fritter away your happiness.

When I am upset, food is my chosen solace. Like many people out there a donut or fries are not only enjoyable after a sucky day of work or an unfulfilling job search, but they are also a reward for surviving the not so fun aspects of being a responsible adult. Unlike normal addictive substance that people can quite cold turkey (alcohol, nicotine, caffeine), there's no way to just give up food. Lately my relationship with food has not been all that stellar. For years I have been a secretive and shameful eater...I'm not really sure who I am hiding from since there's no one around to judge me except myself. I guess taking it one meal at a time is the best encouragement I can give myself. After a really bad work day (one of many lately) I was able to avoid the donut shops and the drive-thrus on my way home from work and instead stopped at the great wholesale grocery store where I bought cherries, grapefruit, and nectarines. Picked up some beautiful dried fruits too. Not exactly sugar-free, but at least their natural sweets to tame my out of control sweet tooth.

I continue to be a work in progress and will probably battle my weight for years to come, but for now, I am going to just work on today.

Which Celebrity Chef am I?

Which Celebrity Chef are You?

You are PAULA DEEN! You are all about getting back to your roots! It ain't about bein' fancy or low-fat, it's about FAMILY, FRIENDS and FUN! Paula's Home Cooking would be THE IDEAL SET for you!

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Ode to the Headache

My constant friend for four weeks straight
Not acting myself, a crabby friend and mate
The throbbing feeling inside my brain
Insistent feelings of tension and pain

The ongoing search to find a cure
Yoga, pills, sleep, lose their allure
When none work, none relieve the ache
It's all I can do to function, more then I can take

Go away you evil fiend
Leave me alone, stop making me mean
I want the freedom to think pain free
Doctor find a cure and give it to me!!!

ABCs of Me

Courtesy of my wonderful cousin, The Angel Forever!

A = Age: 33
B = Bed size: Queen
C = Chores you hate: Vacuuming, I just hate the sound!
D = Dessert you love: Pie, any type of fruit is great, but cherry, apple, blueberry, strawberry-rhubarb, and gooseberry are my favorites.
E = Essential start your day item: caffeine in coffee or diet coke form.
F = Favorite actor(s): Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, and John Barrowman.
G = Gold or Silver: Yellow gold
H = Height: 5′1”
I = Instruments you play: I think the question should actually be, what didn’t I play?
Piano
Flute
French horn
Trumpet
Saxophone
Suxaphone
Tuba
Guitar
Violin
J= Job title: Senior Rep…it’s a glorified Customer Service title.
K= Kids: Just my husband.
L = Living arrangements: House
M = My name is: Honey
N = Nicknames: Megastein and Vidby
O = Overnight hospital stay: I was born premature and hung out in an incubator for awhile.
P= Pets: None
Q = Favorite quote: "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be
achieved by understanding." - Albert Einstein
R = Right or left handed: Right handed
S = Siblings: One sister, one brother, and 4 guys who are brothers of the heart.
T = Time you woke up today: 8AM
U = Unique about you: I like going to movies alone, but rarely get to do it.
V = Vegetable you hate: raw tomatos
W = Worst habit: procrasination
X = X-Rays you’ve had : wrist, ankle, knee, back, teeth, head, shoulders
Y = Yummy food you make: matzo ball soup
Z = Zodiac Sign: Libra

They found who did it!!!!

A friend of mine who sat in front of me during Algebra 3&4 in High School was murdered in 1995. I have often thought of her beauty, kindness, strength, and terrific sense of humor and how it was cut short by some horrible person. In the past I have contacted my hometown police department to find out whether an arrest had been made in the case. Unfortunately each time I called I would find that no progress had been made in the case or that the person I spoke with could not release information to me because I am not a family member. Periodically I would search the internet using her name to see if anything could be gleaned from the information superhighway. Over the intervening years I sort of gave up on ever seeing a resolution in the case. Thankfully, tonight I tried searching her name again and the above article was what I found. Hallelujah, they caught the damn bastard who snuffed out the life of a loving mother, sweet and loyal friend, and just a wonderful human being. Thanks to the police department for never giving up!