Sparking Up Again

In October 2007 I was on the SparkPeople diet which is really not a diet but they teach you how you should be eating the right foods and the right portions. They tell you what foods to eat which include the food pyramid and you eat veggies all day long and drink water all day long and you tell them exactly what you ate and they tell you how many calories, carbs, fats etc you had for the day. This is really helpful in losing weight. It's not a diet because you are eating foods you are supposed to be eating anyway. You can eat snacks just as long as they aren't too fatty or have a lot of calories. Eating an apple for a snack is good, or carrots, hey my mom used to give that to us for snacks and celery with peanut butter. And they tell you to exercise and you can log your cardio exercises in there so it can tell you how many calories you have to burn 3 days a week. The program has 4 stages too.

In October 2007 something changed in my life a few weeks after I started this diet and I ended up slacking off because I was too depressed to continue with it. I started out on October 1st at 225lbs and lost about 13lbs. Since I quit I gained 30+lbs. I can't tell you how much I need to lose this weight. I am having trouble breathing, my back is breaking all the time from carrying around 93lbs of extra weight, I have sleep apnea, if I don't get thin I will be diabetic and that is no joking matter. I need this to work. I'm going to try to get a jump rope today because apparently that is really good cardio. I was using the treadmill a couple years ago and the calorie loss in 1 hour is the same or more for 30 min of jumping rope. When I was a kid I jumped rope for hours so hopefully I can get back into it and lose the weight.

Elton John Concert Part 2

We just came home from the concert and it was so good. We were in the wrong seats and this rude crack head came up to his and said "you're in my seat get up now". I knew we were in the wrong seats but that's where the usher told us to sit. She looked at our tickets but apparently someone was in our seats so we had no where else to sit. So we got up and I said you don't have to be so rude about it then we went to the usher again and told her that we were asked very rudely to get up, where are our seats again? She shined the light on the seats that were apparently ours and so we sat down. They were much better seats anyway, the seats we were in before, the wrong ones, we couldn't see the screen and since all we could see was the back of Elton's head the screen was so nice to watch. We were glad she asked us so eloquently to get up.

But it was fun, we had such a good time. I got so buzzed from the 3 beers I had but the giant pretzel soaked up most of it so I was ok to back seat drive on the way home. I'm glad we went. Chip has never been to a Elton John concert in his life so good for him that we went.

Elton John Concert

We are going to see Elton John in concert tonight. Chip is so excited. I like Elton John but I really don't know the lyrics to any of his songs except for Don't let the sun go down on me and only because George Michael sang that song with Elton John. But I do enjoy his singing and I can't wait to see him.

Panasonic DVD Recorder

In January 2007 I bought a Panasonic DVD Recorder VCR combo DMR-ES35V and last month all of a sudden it started freezing on me. I don't know why. Luckily it had a 1 year warranty plus I bought a 1 year warranty which expires in January 2009 so I called Panasonic up after it had been freezing a week. I was giving it time to make sure it was the machine and not me. So I called and the guy had me convinced that it was me. I was trying to watch something I taped last night on the dvd-ram and everytime I tried to pause it the numbers would stop (when I say numbers I mean like 1 hour 24 minutes, the time that I've been watching it) but the show would continue to play. I couldn't do anything so in order to get it to stop doing that so I could pause I'd have to power off then when I turned it back on and hit play it started from the beginning 0:00:00 and I'd have to fast forward. So I called today and told the guy I spoke to what happened and that I called last month and he said it's probably the firmware. OMG Why didn't I think of that? I said do I just download something and burn it to a cd? He said no, I'm going to send you a cd in the mail. I really don't mind downloading it because it'd be a lot faster than US mail hehe. But, I guess I can wait. I don't know if the download is old or not so I'll wait.

Different Day Strange Dog

Well, yesterday morning when I woke up Flower was back to normal. I forgot to blog this yesterday but all of a sudden she was fine. I thought she was damaged but she's back to her old self. I don't understand what happened or what was going on in her life or going on in her head but all of a sudden she was scared of us then next thing she snaps out of it. I don't know. We got that carpet steam cleaner and I used it today on the kitchen floor and it was wonderful, tomorrow I'm going to work on the carpet to get rid of the cat/dog pee and cat barf stain/smell. Chip bought the pet carpet cleaner stuff. I hope it works out.

Same Day Different Dog

I don't know what happened. We were cleaning the patio off today so we can service our cooler because it was supposed to be 96 degrees today and Chip bought a BBQ and I put that together in the back yard while Chip was clearing the patio and Flower was out there with me helping me. She was fine all day as we were working and then we went to the store for charcoals and chicken for the new BBQ and when we came back I heard Flower screaming. I rushed to open the door and she was by herself at the door. I just figured she was overly excited that we were home again after 10 minutes of being gone. Cause you know, 10 minutes is forever in dog years hehe. So Chip and I didn't notice it but she peed on the kitchen floor and I went to go watch Big Brother and I went to go get some iced tea and look for Flower and she wasn't in the house so I went to the back yard to see if she was out there and he said she wasn't and so we came in the house and was calling her name over and over and no response. 20 minutes later I see her cowering in Opals room from under the bed and I had looked under that bed too and didn't see her. All of a sudden she's freaked out and I don't know why. I tried giving her a treat and she turned her face. She would not have it. All she wants to do is go hide and I don't know why. Maybe when we were gone she was overly enthousiastic with the cat and the cat probably scratched her and that's what the screaming was. I don't know, I went to find the cat after I heard flower scream but the cat was laying by the chair by the patio door. I don't know what happened. She's laying on my bed right now and I know she just wants to be alone so I'm giving her some space while I eat some BBQ chicken.