2025: A Breath of Fresh Air

  Am I hopeless ? It's been a bit since I wrote, so I'm glad I use the date for my blog titles now. I'm also glad I no longer "count" the days. So what's gone on since 9-7 ? Well, on Friday 9-12 I went to the Mets game with Barb & Rich. Weather was perfect, we won the game and there were fireworks. What else can you ask for ! Sunday 9-14 was eggplant day at Kim & Joe's house. We sliced and fried a boatload of it and ordered Mexican food dinner. It was expensive and just ok - not worth the $17 my enchilada entree cost ! I brought home 5 bags of fried eggplant, some hot peppers, some roasted red peppers and a single bag of butternut squash. I also brought home 2 whole eggplant, which I roasted and ate the next day ! I just sliced it, sprinkled with bread crumbs and then added some parmesan cheese at the egg. It was good but of course not as good as the fried stuff ! The only other item of note, of course, was rock & roll bingo on Wednesday 9-17. ...

  Today's quote is SO me ! I spend too much time "wishing" and not enough time actually "doing" !!  So to catch up, I never did get on the treadmill Friday. I let the day slip away and once it got into the evening I was too tired. Yesterday was the Swiftie boat cruise and I had to leave the house at 2:20 so I didn't exercise. I could have .. I just chose not to because I am still beyond lazy ! Anyhow, the boat cruise wasn't really my thing. A bunch of crazy women screaming TS songs at the top of their lungs and dancing around like fools was less than enjoyable. I prefer a a quiet and relaxing cruise. I guess I'm getting old ! I enjoyed spending time with Michelle, Kim and Lauren and that was all that mattered. After the cruise we had mexican food at San Miguel in Baldwinsville. I had the fajita quesadilla with chicken and it was enormous ! It was chicken, onions & peppers inside a homemade tortilla. There was a TON of meat ! It also came with ref...

  Today's quote is food for thought. I feel like I stopped trying a long time ago, even before I was laid off. The weight started piling back on even before mom passed away. Those 2 statements tell me one thing: there is no one to blame for this but me. It wasn't losing mom. It wasn't losing my job. It was just me and my arrogance. I clearly didn't learn anything during the 2+ years it took me to lose 140+ pounds. I didn't "change" my eating habits, since I went right back to them once I hit about 160 pounds. Now I'm back to nearly 300 and faced with the monumental task of losing 140 pounds again. I haven't really been trying and that frustrates me. I honestly don't know where to "find" the inspiration and motivation I need. I keep thinking "what is the point?". At 63 my time left on this earth is limited and I'm sad about that. Life didn't change when I lost the weight and I think that sits in the back of my mind an...

  Since 2025 has been a horrible year so far (from a diet and exercise perspective), I decided to restart the year in early August. I'm titling my blog's with the date, because I tend not to write every day and it gets hard to keep track of the days. I will still try to capture everything I've been up to when I do write. I haven't written since Saturday 8-30 and not much has changed. I celebrated my 63rd birthday on Sunday at Kim & Joe's house. We had a nice meal (burgers, pasta salad, corn, cake & ice cream) and made some "friendship bracelets" for the Swifties boat cruise we're going on Saturday 9-6. I'm not really a Taylor Swift fan, so I'm just going for the boat ride and (hopefully) dinner afterward  ! I did nothing much on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday was rock & roll bingo and that was fun. We didn't win and the categories were really hard but I enjoyed the night out ! That brings to me today ! The day started off warm an...

  Since 2025 has been a horrible year so far (from a diet and exercise perspective), I decided to restart the year early this month. I'm titling my blog's with the date, because I tend not to write every day and it gets hard to keep track of the days. I will still try to capture everything I've been up to when I do write. It was nearly 10 am when I got up today, so I guess I was tired ! I go to bed around 11 but if I'm playing Jackpot World hours can go by before I actually go to sleep. I try not to take the tablet to bed every night, but at this point it doesn't matter what time I go to sleep or what time I get up. I'd actually prefer being an early riser, but that 11 pm reset on Jackpot World pulls me in every night ! I like to get right in there and collect rewards, send coins to my friends and get the daily challenges done. It's a competition thing with me that exists only in my mind. I'm going to make more of an effort to leave the tablet downstairs...

  Since 2025 has been a horrible year so far (from a diet and exercise perspective), I decided to restart the year early this month. I'm titling my blog's with the date, because I tend not to write every day and it gets hard to keep track of the days. I will still try to capture everything I've been up to when I do write. It's been nearly a month since I last wrote, and nothing much has changed. I'm still retired/unemployed. I still go to rock & roll bingo on Wednesday nights and I am still struggling with diet and exercise. Both struggles are exacerbated by laziness and a lack of will power. Exercise is further exacerbated by my addiction to the online slot games. I'd rather sit and play games all day instead of taking 30 minutes out for some exercise. I did have a couple things to do this month and I managed to do that. The car needed inspection and my driver's license needed to be renewed. I got the inspection done last week and I renewed my  license ...