rich and delicious

my new weightloss plan is Rich and Delicious

i signed up at ediets / lose ten pounds in five weeks / where you choose the menu plan that suits your needs

you can choose low fat low sodium / vegetarian / blood type / atkins / glycemic index / mediteranean

i considered the possibility that taking five pounds off would be easier / heh / if i followed someone else's idea of a weightloss plan

so far i have done the glycemic index / the blood type (A-) / and the Mediterranean

i fib each week at the weight check in / i say i have lost a pound a week / they like that

aside from learning some new and interesting food possibilitease i have not conscientiously followed any of the eating plans / in fact, they seem wierd / there are days when you eat tuna fish three times / but you should see the Atkins diet / meat times 3

jenny craig model is processed and packaged food / when i chose jenny (after seeing kirstie alley on tv) ediets warned me of its sodium overload / see / i had checked low sodium in the preferences at the beginning

how nice they are looking out for me

here's my new plan : Rich and Delicious

you eat very very tasty yummy foods esp the favorites of your life time but you eat very very tiny amounts and you eat what you have on hand which will be all the stuff you primarily buy or want to buy

example : i love mushrooms and bacon on toast

half a slice of bacon crispy with 2-3 mushrooms sauteed in a little olive oil (yes, skip the butter)
on extremely thin slice of spelt baguette that is not very big around

there ~~

maybe a handful of parsley or cilantro for the green group

and Oh maybe some minced garlic

burp

stay tuned

epiphany of the day

a light goes on

i tell my daugher :

ever since i fainted and had all the tests and made out my will and my medical powers of attorney and other directives i have focused so much on "end of life" issues like getting my affairs in order and not leaving a mess for someone else to tidy up that i have not been having any fun with my toys

it's like

oh i am going to die i better clean out a drawer

she laughs

this morning i am firing the kiln

there is the bottom of a canning jar on top of a tangle of copper wire on top of a couple of pieces of clear glass to complete the glass and wire "sandwich" / leftover bracelet pieces decorate the canning jar bottom

and

toasting Really Rustic 'Routons / the spelt baguetts torn up into pieces / doused with a little spanish olive oil / Real Salt and lemon pepper

into the oven

now ~ two activitease that require watching and timing

no time for drawer cleaning

Skaterina's email / part two

she received this email yesterday :

"We have an ongoing discussion in our house regarding the phrase
Shoot phooey. I use it a great deal; my 16 year old thinks I'm making up stuff. Is this a phrase you've heard others use, or are we the only two cool people in the world who understand the power of the two words together?"

--
Posted by Anonymous to skaterina at 10/19/2005 06:34:58 PM

~~

now this is an email that is the exception to the former post

this commenter actually appears to have read Skaterina's blog for she does, indeed, use the phrase Shoot Phooey

and has done so for many years

she usually says Shoot Phooey aloud with an understood comma between Shoot and Phooey

like this :

shoot, phooey

and, yes, we are prolly the only two cool people in the world

smile

Skaterina's email

everyday she gets an email from an "anonymous@blogspot" claiming to have suddenly stumbled onto her wonderful blog and they immediately bookmark it it is so fine and tasty and when she has time will she please visit their blogs which sell wine dog coats cooking lessons and many other desireable objets d'arte or activitease

it is fairly obvious that this is some form of spam

one wonders why the email and not a comment since a comment with the link enclosed would then be available to all her 1-3 readers

one guesses that these poor blogspots are in need of readers and this is one way to drum up a little biziness

sorry / it is not working

oh i got old part three

the exact moment ?

i was sitting outside in the outdoor room appreciating my vision and my vision quest

when i saw myself as an old lady with a Seeing Eye dog

what a great comfort

to be able to take a dog where only Seeing Eye dogs can go

meanwhile

i memorize the digital button controls on the washing machine

major set back ~~~~~

~~~~~~ in the weight loss program

i got a new digital scale / it weighs me five 5! pounds more than the other scale

sheesh

oh i got old part two

first there was crossing the line / gradual but inevitable / like being pre-menstrual and later pre-menopausal

a line that zigged and zagged / sneakily took a serpentine path / there were random detours and loop de loops

sometimes the line took a long ride on a merry-go-round or on a roller coaster

there was a lot of to and fro-ing and considerable time gazing in to a mirror

i was still me / post menopausal / officially a senior citizen / shoot i even collected social security and have medicare

William Saroyan wrote once that he didnt know he was going to get old

i always knew that / i just didnt know what it would be like / aging presents one with a fair amount of surprises

and then One Day there was The Moment when i clearly realized OH I got OLD

after all is said and done i will never again be who i was but Get This :

in becoming Old i also become someone New

i mean if Skaterina isnt going to skate what's the next best thing ?

old lady characters simmering on the back burner

Mrs. Foley springs to mind / with her little psychic side kick, Miss Tickle to beat the drum

so Oh i got Old and it's cool and i am ready

oh i got old

smile

what will i wear ?

what about my hair ?

answers soon

on being a denizen of the blogisphere

i read quite a few political blogs

favorites are bookmarked and likely favorites are bookmarked too

but

when a blog is not updated Every Day i bump it off

heh

i should bump me

! calling all skaterinas !

skaterina is receiving e-mails that mention topics she is writing about but she isnt exactly doing that

someone refers to her writing about breast cancer

not i, said the little red hen

weight loss ?

er / who ? us ?

intelligible design

if It is So intelligent
why isnt it smarter?

we went to the mtns ~~~~~

~~~~~~~

we went to the mtns to see the fall colours

we picked two hatfulls of high mountain rose hips

caterina is now slumped in the recliner *

picking the little fuzzes off the rose hips so they can

go into the dehydrater

and then provide the potential for rose hips jam

syrup soup puree leather most likely tea

they are no doubt an essential element of

pemmican



* the recliner is an updated version of the old 50's butterfly or sling chairs in that structural elements are metal pipe and the seat and back is a one piece padded piece slips over the top struts / extremely comfortable / low enough slung to provide an impromptertou exercixe moment as it takes a bit of ooooomph to lift oneself out of the chair

the leg rest of the recliner is a large exercise ball / the blue one has little legs on one side so it will not roll away when you are not looking / there are six legs they look like teats / udderly delightful / flinging ones legs over the exercise ball and slumping in the chair are essential routines in Improvahoga Yoga

that's that on the recliner chair

except for this : arrange the ball and your legs so that the backs of your knees are in harmony with the top of the ball / bounce up and down gently lightly subtley / clarity resides in the backs of your knees / get in touch with your knee backs

wriggle your toes

goodness / oh yes / it is October