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...