Hey all, I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season no matter what you celebrate. Its been more hectic than I would like at work this week, I know that's silly but we are short staffed and its a bit crazy.
We visited NY and PA this holiday season, Separately of course. NY is always great, Dad bless him is going to be 89 years old tomorrow. The man is a rock star!! Everyone loves him, the mailman was telling me that he listens to make sure the mail falls on the floor and not on top of other mail. This way he knows that dad is getting the mail and he is okay. Wow, I mean really now?? Thats awesome of him.
Now as for PA, my hubs is from there and we had stopped at a Turkey Hill gas station, which is their equivalent of a 7-11 or Quickie Mart. As I watched from the car, the realization that my hubby really fits in there hit me. He looked cute LOL he had on his new work Ballcap (its actually very nice, all cloth and stitching, nothing plastic) his shirt and jeans, along with the style jacket he had was like so many of the guys in there. He fit in, I can't explain it any other way. I could live there, I like PA.
Christmas came and went and to be honest it didn't feel like it. Im hoping that next year is better for everyone. I have friends with personal issues that seem ti be going okay but I wish that they all come to good ends. I hope that we finally can sell our home, pay what we owe and start again ourselves. That's my personal goal along with being a size 14 by next Christmas. To be honest this is the first time in truth that I feel it will happen. I lose but its happening in earnest now. One thing I am not pleased about is that I am seeing my fae change and right now i'm not liking it LOL I dont want to have a face that will end up looking like a melted candle HAHAHA Few other things but that's my concern so not sharing.
Well peeps, I want to wish you all a fabulous new year and may it find you healthy and happy, or at least get you that way before the year is out
So Ciao for now and will see you in 2017 xx
Thoughts,feelings and rantings of a relatively sane woman striving to get fit! (God help us all!!)
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
Monday, December 19, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
So Here I Am In NYC ...(WAS in NYC)
...and I have a fucking stuffy head. UGH!! I canceled my nail appointment as I just couldn't think of sitting there for the better part of an hour sniffling and hoping I don't sneeze on the nail tech LOL I am seeing Sis later though, she is cooking for us and I want to see her, its been too long. We are going to the mall if I can and if not I will have her go then I will meet her later. I still have to color my hair also. What? yes i alter my shade. I was blonde for many years and now i needed a change again. So dark auburn it is. I like it and I can do it myself, unlike the blonde that in my opinion needs to be done professionally or you get brassy. My girl still cuts my hair, so no 1980's rocker girl look anymore. I may go back to blonde in the summer, who knows :-D
I had a very smooth trip up from VA, only little burp was in Staten Island but that nothing new. LOL Oh man, about a year ago they were widening the roadway and getting across S.I. was such a clusterfuck. If you didnt get there by midnight they closed the entire roadway and you had to go on the side road. So the entire Staten island expressway was guided onto a two lane access road. NOT FUN!! They are still putting final touches on but for the most part its complete and much better. There was construction on the New Jersey Turnpike also but on a Thursday night it wasn't an issue and as we drove past the construction workers I felt bad for them. its was very cold and you could see their breath hanging in the air and few of them were blowing into their hands to warm them up. Little safety vested oompa loompas paving and smoothing the roads. HEHE Better men than I Gunga Din, or something akin to that. :-D
So had tea with my Da when I got there, and he wanted to carry my duffel bag upstairs but no, wouldn't allow it. It was way too heavy.
So the rest of the weekend was great. Saw Sis on Friday and she made the most delicious chicken stoop. So yummy then we played with make up. She gave me so many cool things to play with, Lots of make up and clothes and cooking spices.
The trip home was great as well, took Dad to church then this lady that helped him out of the car had just missed her bus so I drove her the 5 blocks to her destination and she offered to buy me a coffee in return, I declined as I had to get gong but to make a long story short, 45 minutes later we were still talking. She was very nice and perhaps about 10 years older than myself. She said she will look for my dad when she goes to the noon mass and then maybe they could go for coffee as she said he seems like he likes to have fun. Told my dad and he was like, maybe I can ask her out for coffee. I don't know WHAT I was thinking lol oh boy, go dad. LOL
So as far as VA is concerned all is good. Out new phones came and I love it, the screen is bigger for one, LOL The main thing is that it costs just about half of what we were paying. I can still facetime and all using my old phone as an Ipod but it has to be on a wifi. But facebook messenger has its own version of facetime plus there is google duo that's the same and that ole standby Skype LOL So my friends can still see me if they want to :-D I do like seeing them as we speak, its a great feature lol
Well other than that its been peaceful, to day is the anniversary of my MIL passing, its been 7 years already, time flies bioy. Hubs is sad but okay. Love him and hate seeing him upset. I know how he feels so I understand his emotions today. So to stay out of the way tonight I will be finally writing out my christmas cards. I hope my overseas friends get them in time. But what I was saying is that hubs will need some alone time tonight. Shrimp scampi is on the menu for dinner and I will be here if he needs me but I will also let him do his own thing. Talk, or stay alone, its all his call tonight.
Well break is almost over and I want to get some tea so ciao for now peeps x
I had a very smooth trip up from VA, only little burp was in Staten Island but that nothing new. LOL Oh man, about a year ago they were widening the roadway and getting across S.I. was such a clusterfuck. If you didnt get there by midnight they closed the entire roadway and you had to go on the side road. So the entire Staten island expressway was guided onto a two lane access road. NOT FUN!! They are still putting final touches on but for the most part its complete and much better. There was construction on the New Jersey Turnpike also but on a Thursday night it wasn't an issue and as we drove past the construction workers I felt bad for them. its was very cold and you could see their breath hanging in the air and few of them were blowing into their hands to warm them up. Little safety vested oompa loompas paving and smoothing the roads. HEHE Better men than I Gunga Din, or something akin to that. :-D
So had tea with my Da when I got there, and he wanted to carry my duffel bag upstairs but no, wouldn't allow it. It was way too heavy.
So the rest of the weekend was great. Saw Sis on Friday and she made the most delicious chicken stoop. So yummy then we played with make up. She gave me so many cool things to play with, Lots of make up and clothes and cooking spices.
The trip home was great as well, took Dad to church then this lady that helped him out of the car had just missed her bus so I drove her the 5 blocks to her destination and she offered to buy me a coffee in return, I declined as I had to get gong but to make a long story short, 45 minutes later we were still talking. She was very nice and perhaps about 10 years older than myself. She said she will look for my dad when she goes to the noon mass and then maybe they could go for coffee as she said he seems like he likes to have fun. Told my dad and he was like, maybe I can ask her out for coffee. I don't know WHAT I was thinking lol oh boy, go dad. LOL
So as far as VA is concerned all is good. Out new phones came and I love it, the screen is bigger for one, LOL The main thing is that it costs just about half of what we were paying. I can still facetime and all using my old phone as an Ipod but it has to be on a wifi. But facebook messenger has its own version of facetime plus there is google duo that's the same and that ole standby Skype LOL So my friends can still see me if they want to :-D I do like seeing them as we speak, its a great feature lol
Well other than that its been peaceful, to day is the anniversary of my MIL passing, its been 7 years already, time flies bioy. Hubs is sad but okay. Love him and hate seeing him upset. I know how he feels so I understand his emotions today. So to stay out of the way tonight I will be finally writing out my christmas cards. I hope my overseas friends get them in time. But what I was saying is that hubs will need some alone time tonight. Shrimp scampi is on the menu for dinner and I will be here if he needs me but I will also let him do his own thing. Talk, or stay alone, its all his call tonight.
Well break is almost over and I want to get some tea so ciao for now peeps x
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Hi All, Yes I'm Still Here, and Still Fat & Fabulous!
As we roll on into December (no pun intended) I'm finally starting to get into a Christmas mood. I think it started on Sunday when I went to get our Christmas cards and saw all the fun things they had. There was a little girl with her Mom in the store and she was talking up a storm abut how Santa was coming to their new house and I hope he knew that she moved, It was so sweet and that's what I love. With all the shit going on in this world the simple innocent joy of waiting for Santa is still alive and well. Of course I find the oddest things. They had beer bottle openers in the shape of a smashed flat beer cap and had names n them. I found one that had the name Jesus, of course my sarcasm was instantly activated. I put a pic on facebook saying I'm sure Jesus would love one but I think he's more into wine. LOL Im seeing Sis this weekend and of course my dad so that always makes me feel good. I'm going to put up the ceramic tree for Dad. Made it in the 70's and so many people had them. I think the pottery stores had a special as you see them all over. I will post a pic when I put it up. This reminds me I need to get the little plastic bulbs as there are quite a few missing.
I have to get it down as its way up in Dad's closet next to the porcelain Infant of Prague that my Uncle brought me from Italy. I am not religious but it does have a very pretty face. The features are so perfectly painted. Its about 20" tall and has velvet robes with lace. I should donate it in my mothers name, to dad's church.
A good friend is having surgery this Thursday and Sis and I may be visiting her on Saturday. She is a lovely woman and I haven't seen her in a while. Oddly enough years ago (okay decades ) her husband and I actually dated. LOL Theater groups, very close knit people LOL He dated several others as did I.
OMG my co-workers crack me up, just now one of the women walked over and said very loudly to another "Why are you using a blackberry?!" We all laughed too as we had teased him. His phone is getting repaired and this is an older phone his cousin lent him to use in the meantime. LOL I remember when they were all the rage. Hubs and I are getting new phones this weekend. I am ordering them online Friday. We are using phones from Google Fi, cool plan so bye - bye verizon. LOL
Oh man I so wish I had all the money I wanted to get peeps the coolest things for Christmas, they know I love them and i am here so I guess that will have to do this year, and truly its enough for me too. There is a post going around facebook that goes something like you Christmas list gets smaller as you realize the things you want can't be bought and its so true. I'm feeling the love for my dearest and my family. So muah, you all know who you are!! You better!!! LMAO
Okay my friend I am out of her so herself wishes you a great evening and here I am.
Oh you know I took a selfie today, new blouse! No make -up BOO!! hahahahahaha,
need tea - Ciao for now
Friday, December 2, 2016
Christmas Comes To Sterling VA
So it's Friday and thats always a good day but my manager was in a very chipper mood today. Maybe he got laid who knows , who cares. he's quite funny really. We have a new acquisition coming in and I was on a 2 1/2 hour conference call yesterday afternoon in regards to it. The new people all got an email that they all had to do drug test within the next week. We were laughing wondering how many for these new people would be gone now LOL
getting back to my original statement. manager decided to go through all the christmas boxes and found the top half of the office tree. So he starts taking everything out and putting it all on the empty desk in front of mine. I feel like I'm in a friggin forrest. HAHA he went put an bought a new 6ft tree for the office. I told him I hope he doesn't expect me to put lights on it as its a foot taller than I am . he was amused. I have my tree that i need to put up also. Plus I have a huge christmas bulb that hubs got me to hang on my wall. Its awesome looking. I may come in on Sunday to "festive up" my desk
SEE - a forest LMAO
Day is pleasant enough, and I am wearing a blouse i usually wear with my dress slacks but today I wore it with my jeans. I usually don't as well since Im fat I have a tummy and i like it to be covered. I dotn like things hanging out LOL So this blouse is shorter than I usually wear so today someone told me how good I looked and so I went into the ladies room and well i will say that I can finally wear most of my blouses now with jeans as yes even I will admit my tummy is flatter. Now don't get me wrong, I am still the round chick but not as bulbous as before hehehe . It was nice to hear on Friday
I am looking forward to seeing Sis next weekend, I need to empty the hatch on my car to bring home the haul of goodies she has for me. My Sis-In-Law is going to hem all the jeans I am getting. whoot whoot.
Well I have go tot go, lunchtime is over and I need to get on phones until 1:30 then emails again until I go home, so ciao for now and if I dotn come back on , have a great weekend.
getting back to my original statement. manager decided to go through all the christmas boxes and found the top half of the office tree. So he starts taking everything out and putting it all on the empty desk in front of mine. I feel like I'm in a friggin forrest. HAHA he went put an bought a new 6ft tree for the office. I told him I hope he doesn't expect me to put lights on it as its a foot taller than I am . he was amused. I have my tree that i need to put up also. Plus I have a huge christmas bulb that hubs got me to hang on my wall. Its awesome looking. I may come in on Sunday to "festive up" my desk
Day is pleasant enough, and I am wearing a blouse i usually wear with my dress slacks but today I wore it with my jeans. I usually don't as well since Im fat I have a tummy and i like it to be covered. I dotn like things hanging out LOL So this blouse is shorter than I usually wear so today someone told me how good I looked and so I went into the ladies room and well i will say that I can finally wear most of my blouses now with jeans as yes even I will admit my tummy is flatter. Now don't get me wrong, I am still the round chick but not as bulbous as before hehehe . It was nice to hear on Friday
I am looking forward to seeing Sis next weekend, I need to empty the hatch on my car to bring home the haul of goodies she has for me. My Sis-In-Law is going to hem all the jeans I am getting. whoot whoot.
Well I have go tot go, lunchtime is over and I need to get on phones until 1:30 then emails again until I go home, so ciao for now and if I dotn come back on , have a great weekend.
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