The 12 days of Trekmas

On the first day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
The captain of the starship enterprise.

On the second day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the third day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the fourth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the fifth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the sixth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain if the starship enterprise

On the seventh day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Seven of Nine
Six Alien species
Five Borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the eighth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the ninth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the tenth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Ten academy graduates
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise

On the eleventh day of Trekmas my true love sent to me
Eleven phasers firing
Ten academy graduates
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

On the twelfth day of Trekmas my true love sent to me...
Twelve holodeck getaways
Eleven phasers firing
Ten academy graduates
Nine away missions
Eight medical tricorders
Seven of Nine
Six alien species
Five borg cubes
Four klingon bat'leths
Three lieutenant officers
Two plasma conduits
And the captain of the starship enterprise.

Yup, I'm a geek :-)

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

All credit for these wonderful 4 books goes to Ann

I first started reading this series before the first book became a movie and when I saw the first movie it was perfect. It was amazing in every way that made me love the books and I was shocked that they had managed to make that adaptation work. So often I'm disappointed with movies based on books.

The second movie was the worst disappointment. Somehow it was made worse by the greatness of the first. I'm not entirely sure why they did it, but they took the last 3 books and turned them into the second movie. They changed parts. They altered the timeline. They left out important bits. And why didn't they make 4 movies? 4 books, 4 movies. The math seems simple enough. Did they not have the money? Would the actresses not do 4 movies? What caused this? I don't know.

I will say I loved all the books. 4 girls, 4 summers, an amazing friendship and an amazing pair of pants that helped them grow and change into the people they became.

They are wonderful books, and if they aren't on your list of must reads, they should be. Maybe i should look up why they did that with the second movie.... *goes and does that*

Ok, apparently the second movie is based on the last book, so that doesn't explain why they didn't make the other 2 movies or why they would incorporate story from 2 & 3 into it. And leave out major things like who Bee is dating in the 4th book and why and when Bee really went to see her grandmother.

I don't know. I still recommend the books. Read them. Love the sisterhood. See yourself and your friends in them. It's what I did.

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Today is 5/7

Today was supposed to be beef and tomato day but I forgot to cook my beef :-)

Today I had salad with 2 slices of ham, and orange juice for lunch. I got home and had a little cheese and a few pieces of cereal that alex shared with me. And right now my meat is cooking and hopefully will be done soon. I'm hungry, lol.

Ok, beef was done hours ago, had some of that + 3 tomatoes.

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Today is 4/7

Today was the milk and banana day of the cabbage soup diet. You are allowed to have skim milk and bananas and it's supposed to keep you from wanting sweets, according to one site.

So far today I've had a spinach salad with dried strawberry, strawberry vinaigrette, sliced almond, and 2 slices of roast beef on it. A quart of 2% milk (i don't like skim) a honeycrisp apple, and I did "cheat" a bit. It's not really cheating imo because a. I admit it here on my blog and b. it's my diet so i can follow whatever plan I want to really. But my cheats were a 20 oz cherry coke that my super awesome coworker bought me, and 3/4 of a mcd's double cheeseburger that chris bought me on the way home from work that I shared with alex (hence the 3/4) so that wasn't that bad, and I've only drank like half the cherry coke so far.

Surprisingly i didn't have any bananas on my milk and banana day. Alex decided today instead of half a banana he wanted more so he got a whole one today.

I went super duper nutso cleaning at work, thoroughly swept the entire concrete pad. That was way more activity than I normally do at work because I did a very thorough job of it and ran back and forth helping customers and such. You can't really tell I did much though. It was all tiny dust and dirt that was all over the surface left over from the snow. We've been sweeping it up for a while now.

Oh, and yesterday I also ate a slice of some raisin nut bread that Judy, my son's dad's mom, makes during the holidays. I munched that last night while I was reading my book.

And OMG last night I watched wednesday's episode of survivor on the app on my phone and oh sad day! Jane got kicked off. I adored jane! I was so super happy when may finally got the boot cause he was trying to get rid of her. She was one of my favorites, I wish they hadn't kicked her off. Plus she looked like she was totally going to cry when she came up to sash, holly, and chase and they said they were thinking about getting rid of her. I think my new favorite is dan, cause somehow he's still there despite that he's one of the weakest. He's flown a bit under the radar.

Well that was a touch of digression... Anyway, I'll admit it, I said I wouldn't weigh myself til monday, I said I would have restraint. I have none. I didn't wait til monday. Maybe it's impatience, maybe it's habit because I was weighing myself fridays before, or maybe it's just me being me, but I did. before work it said 199.8 and after work it said 200.4 so that's actually pretty good. :-)

so... See you tomorrow!

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Today is 3/7

Today I did badly because I was upset by stuff. No I'm not clarifying. About what I was upset about, I mean, I'm clarifying about the "did badly" part.

Today I was allowed soup, fruit, and veggies. Again I didn't follow the plan by having half a banana. I don't understand why you aren't supposed to have them anyway as they are highly nutritious. I didn't eat on my lunch break ay work because of issues. I had packed a lunch with soup, an orange, and some carrot sticks, but didn't eat it. I just recently ate a slice of turkey rolled with half a slice of havarti cheese, but even that I forced myself to eat.

Getting upset really kills my appetite no matter how hungry I was prior to that point. It's irritating because people sometimes think that overweight people are "emotional eaters" and that's the key to "fixing" their issues.

It's funny, I don't know how I reached this point in my life. I've been virtually anorexic, eaten normally, gone on diets, tried riding my bike, jogging, walking, lots of things. The 6 week challenge worked best for weight loss but I was constantly hungry and it's similar now. It's strange how the more I seem to eat, the hungrier I get. With the 6 week challenge you eat 3 meals and snacks in between, and I was always hungry. And now I can eat as many fruits and veggies and as much soup as I want but I'm just hungry again a couple hours later. What's the point of eating a massive plate of food that's good for you, just to feel hungry not even 2 hours later?

But I've learned since I was younger, a few tricks to distract myself from feeling hungry. I get busy, distract myself from it. Or I go to sleep, I'm never hungry for at least an hour after I wake up so that helps. I know that your body feels hunger for a reason but a massive plate of food should tide you over for at least 4 hours, imo.

I didn't exercise today.

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