Things are running much more smoothly than last week so Amen for that! The cellphone is fixed (Bell is still dead to me), I am the proud owner of a Toyota, it hasn't snowed too much lately and my cold is obviously gone! Woo hoo!
I can't believe I'm going to admit this but I think I'm going to give good ole Weight Watchers a try. Yes you read that correctly! I'm not gigantic but I'm not a skinny mini either and while I have the books that my lovely friend let me borrow, they're not doing the trick. I need to be accountable to someone other than myself or a friend, someone to shame me and tsk tsk me if I don't show some progress. It's worked for a few people that I know so why the heck not give it a whirl?!? Has anyone else out there tried the program and what were your thoughts?
I'm active, I love to go for bike rides and hike and spin and all that jazz but I also love to eat out at restaurants. I mean hello what's better than some veggie korma and naan? Seriously if I didn't go to the gym I'd probably weigh like 300 pounds (Not that there's anything wrong with that! Quick what show is that from?!?)! I have the exercising down pat I just need to get the food part together! Why oh why must a deep fried mars bar taste SOOOOOO delightful!
Anyway have a great weekend everyone! I plan to pick up my car tomorrow (YAY!) and quel surprise go out for some Thai food with a friend and sit and watch Inception in our comfies at his place. Like I'm not going to eat yummy food until I join...pfffff!!!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
It has been a bit of a whirlwind week to say the least. Let's see, in no particular order I found out my car is dying, I got sick, my 5 month old cellphone broke and oh someone copied my bankcard and tried to get lotsa moolah out of my account and now there's a snow storm.... les sigh!
My car has been acting up forever, I thought my transmission was pooched so I took it in to be examined. I never did hear back about the tranny but I did get a laundry list of things that needed to be fixed and one page titled "DANGER". So needless to say I've started to test drive new cars. I think the Mazda 3's are sexy (the older ones circa 2008 not 2010, I don't think the newer ones are sexy at all) but might actually go for a practical Toyota! Who would have thunk!
Everyone around me last week was coughing and sneezing and germy, try as I might I could not avoid the inevitable, I got sick too! It started out as a head cold but quickly turned into a sore throat blah blah. I'm feeling much better now which is shocking. When I should have been sleeping and going to bed early I was staying up till 3am watching a marathon of some show called Inmates (2 days in a row) I had never seen before. It was fascinating!
I'm almost too angry to even discuss the cellphone bullshit! Colesnotes version: I got a BB 5 months ago, the screen went white, Bell refused to fix it under the warranty saying it was "accidental damage" and suggested I had dropped it or did something to break it meanwhile the damn thing was sitting on my desk at work and poof the screen turned white! Anyway my year long warranty does not cover such a thing and I had to spend $155 to get the screen fixed as they refused to do anything about it (other than try to sell me some shitty phone at a discount that would have cost them more than it would have to fix my damn phone for free!!!!) I've been with Bell for 14 years, they can kiss my ass at the end of my contract! They are dead to me!
The bank card/account being compromised was interesting, I found out by fluke when I looked at my bank book. Hmmm I thought to myself "I didn't take any money out today" so I called the bank. Turns out someone got my info and was withdrawing money at 2:30 in the morning, the fraud unit caught the thievery after the first transaction and immediately shut my card down to allow deposits only (which was good because the person tried a few more times to take out larger amounts). The thing that I don't understand is I found this all out at 6pm the next evening.....on my own......ummm WHY didn't anyone A)call to tell me this was happening and B)let me know that I would not be able to withdraw funds. What if I had bought gas (which I NEVER do with my bankcard ironically enough for this exact reason) after the bank had closed and tried to pay with my debit card "oh gee sorry Mr. gas man, I can't pay you but I don't know why"!!! Or what if I was going on vacation and needed to take out money and it was late at night?!? On one hand I'm grateful they caught everything soooo quickly, on the other I'm scratching my head wondering why the fuck no one called to tell me this happened or that I wouldn't be able to take money out until I went to the bank to change my info.
And then there's the storm, I had no idea it was even supposed to snow until everyone around me today was like ohhhhh 20 cm's ohhhhh you have a long commute ohhhhhh.....UGH!!!! On the bright side maybe just maybe tomorrow will be a snow day!!!!!
My car has been acting up forever, I thought my transmission was pooched so I took it in to be examined. I never did hear back about the tranny but I did get a laundry list of things that needed to be fixed and one page titled "DANGER". So needless to say I've started to test drive new cars. I think the Mazda 3's are sexy (the older ones circa 2008 not 2010, I don't think the newer ones are sexy at all) but might actually go for a practical Toyota! Who would have thunk!
Everyone around me last week was coughing and sneezing and germy, try as I might I could not avoid the inevitable, I got sick too! It started out as a head cold but quickly turned into a sore throat blah blah. I'm feeling much better now which is shocking. When I should have been sleeping and going to bed early I was staying up till 3am watching a marathon of some show called Inmates (2 days in a row) I had never seen before. It was fascinating!
I'm almost too angry to even discuss the cellphone bullshit! Colesnotes version: I got a BB 5 months ago, the screen went white, Bell refused to fix it under the warranty saying it was "accidental damage" and suggested I had dropped it or did something to break it meanwhile the damn thing was sitting on my desk at work and poof the screen turned white! Anyway my year long warranty does not cover such a thing and I had to spend $155 to get the screen fixed as they refused to do anything about it (other than try to sell me some shitty phone at a discount that would have cost them more than it would have to fix my damn phone for free!!!!) I've been with Bell for 14 years, they can kiss my ass at the end of my contract! They are dead to me!
The bank card/account being compromised was interesting, I found out by fluke when I looked at my bank book. Hmmm I thought to myself "I didn't take any money out today" so I called the bank. Turns out someone got my info and was withdrawing money at 2:30 in the morning, the fraud unit caught the thievery after the first transaction and immediately shut my card down to allow deposits only (which was good because the person tried a few more times to take out larger amounts). The thing that I don't understand is I found this all out at 6pm the next evening.....on my own......ummm WHY didn't anyone A)call to tell me this was happening and B)let me know that I would not be able to withdraw funds. What if I had bought gas (which I NEVER do with my bankcard ironically enough for this exact reason) after the bank had closed and tried to pay with my debit card "oh gee sorry Mr. gas man, I can't pay you but I don't know why"!!! Or what if I was going on vacation and needed to take out money and it was late at night?!? On one hand I'm grateful they caught everything soooo quickly, on the other I'm scratching my head wondering why the fuck no one called to tell me this happened or that I wouldn't be able to take money out until I went to the bank to change my info.
And then there's the storm, I had no idea it was even supposed to snow until everyone around me today was like ohhhhh 20 cm's ohhhhh you have a long commute ohhhhhh.....UGH!!!! On the bright side maybe just maybe tomorrow will be a snow day!!!!!
Monday, January 03, 2011
I had a great holiday but feel like I need more time off just to recoup from all of the socializing and very late nights! I'm still absolutely knackered! I suppose my internal clock is all out of whack and those very late nights make it very hard to get to sleep at a reasonable hour on a work night! I was up till 4am staring at the ceiling last night....dum di dum....
I know a lot of people are summarizing 2010 and I've enjoyed reading all of those posts but I'm not sure I have much to say about mine really. I didn't go on any big trips though I did see those Furries in PA, I continued on with my goal list which pushed me to try new things, I ventured out into the dating world and went on far more dates this year than I ever have before; some good some odd, I laughed, I cried and in retrospect 2010 was a good year! I've tried to spend more time on me and the way I view life. Sometimes I sweat the small stuff so to speak when in the grand scheme of things the irritants in my life are mere peanuts compared to what's actually going on in the world. The problem with growing more aware of myself and my thoughts and wanting to be a happier person is that I've noticed many people around me who are still sweating the small stuff. They complain non stop, they're negative and debbie downers 90% of the time, they yell and fuss about nothing really. I'm not sure I want to be around such energy anymore.....
I usually make one resolution or ambition as Claire calls it (I love that!) and this year I resolved to meditate 3 times per week minimum and threw in a 2nd to not get so defensive as I find from time to time my little ego gets a big miffed for no reason at all. It should all be water off a ducks back as they say!
Of course there are other things that I will try to do but those two will be my main focus. I'd also like to go to the gym regularly, read more often, keep a gratitude journal, take my bloody vitamins that have been wasting away in my cupboard and of course just enjoy life to the absolute fullest! We only have one and it should be lived with love and happiness! It's taken me 32 years but I think I'm finally getting it!!!
I know a lot of people are summarizing 2010 and I've enjoyed reading all of those posts but I'm not sure I have much to say about mine really. I didn't go on any big trips though I did see those Furries in PA, I continued on with my goal list which pushed me to try new things, I ventured out into the dating world and went on far more dates this year than I ever have before; some good some odd, I laughed, I cried and in retrospect 2010 was a good year! I've tried to spend more time on me and the way I view life. Sometimes I sweat the small stuff so to speak when in the grand scheme of things the irritants in my life are mere peanuts compared to what's actually going on in the world. The problem with growing more aware of myself and my thoughts and wanting to be a happier person is that I've noticed many people around me who are still sweating the small stuff. They complain non stop, they're negative and debbie downers 90% of the time, they yell and fuss about nothing really. I'm not sure I want to be around such energy anymore.....
I usually make one resolution or ambition as Claire calls it (I love that!) and this year I resolved to meditate 3 times per week minimum and threw in a 2nd to not get so defensive as I find from time to time my little ego gets a big miffed for no reason at all. It should all be water off a ducks back as they say!
Of course there are other things that I will try to do but those two will be my main focus. I'd also like to go to the gym regularly, read more often, keep a gratitude journal, take my bloody vitamins that have been wasting away in my cupboard and of course just enjoy life to the absolute fullest! We only have one and it should be lived with love and happiness! It's taken me 32 years but I think I'm finally getting it!!!
