Today is my Birthday

Today is my birthday.  May 30^th.  I love the month of May not only because it is my birthday month, but because it is spring time.  The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the birds are singing.  Yes I love my birthday month.  ( I could rebuff this by saying this month of may has been horrible.  Rain rain rain.)

I love being pampered on my birthday, and am not shy to tell people it is my birthday.  As I get older I appreciate my birthday greetings from all my friends so much more.  I love that facebook reminds everyone that your birthday is coming up.  I woke up with tons of birthday wishes.  Thanks friends.

I had an early birthday dinner with my family on Saturday.  Mike cooked dinner and we all took turns cooing with Stanley.  Have I told you how cute he is?  Today after work the girls are taking me out for dinner.  I am so lucky to have such great friends and co-workers. 

Speaking of friends, Susan took me to the movies yesterday.  We saw Bridesmaids and it was knee slapping funny.  Thanks Louise.

As my tradition I buy myself a gift as well.  I love this new tradition of mine.  Try it. It’s cool.

For those of you who read my sisters blog, “Sanne’s Grain of Salt”, she roasted my today.  Don’t believe a word she says.  I never took temper tantrums.  She also said something cute and that was that we are Gemini and that means twin.  Yes we are twins for 5 days.  Then she turns one year older on June 4.  Happy Birthday Sanne.

I will have a great day and thanks in advance for the birthday greetings.

Nette

My Story

I am surprised that I haven't had any comments about my last blog.  It is a story I thought I would write and see if my readers wanted more.  It seems no.  mmmm.... I will have to come up with something else.  I can always talk about my grandson.  How advanced he is for 2 mths.  I will come up with some interesting blogs for sure, so keep reading, my inspiration is coming, just like summertime. later folks, nette

a story

All she remembers as she regains consciousness is that she was on a boat, a big boat.  Why she was on the boat and how she ended up on this sandy beach is not even a blur. It’s a total blackout.  Beside her lays a man with a knife in his back, still unconscious. She gasps.  She suddenly steps back in fear.  He stirs and lets out a tiny moan.  She moves towards him and is about to take out the bloody knife, then stops.  She stands up still a little wobbly.  “Where the hell am I?"  She said aloud, as she takes in the breathtaking scenery of the sand and the waves whooshing ashore, the palm trees and the blue sky with the sun beaming down on them.  She falls on her knees and grasps her head.  “Try to think. Think.  What happened? How did I get here?” Nothing comes to her.

               She turns again to the sound of his moans. “I must help him. But…what if I did this to him…or what if he’s the bad guy."

               “Mister? Mister? Can you hear me?” She shakes him gently.  He stirs again, opens his eyes and whisperes, “Get that damn thing out of my back will you?” But you may bleed out” I stupidly said. A little louder he says “,  Damn it.  Just pull it out.”  She hesitates, then gives one quick pull and its out.  Just a little blood spurts out and she tries to stop it by putting pressure down on the wound with her hand. He looks up and says “Thanks, I’m Thomas.”

“What the hell happen? I don’t remember anything”.  Thomas replies with a shocking answer, “That makes two of us.  One minute I was on board the Evening Star, about to introduce myself to you when some guy shoves this knife in my back. Then he knocks you upside the head. You kick him in the groan and push me overboard and then you jump in after me.  As we try to get to shore you all of a sudden went under and lost consciousness and I had to go down for you and swim for the both of us. Once I got us to shore I must have lost consciousness.” He takes a breath and says, “So you tell me what the Hell is going on”?

Mother's Day

Today is Mothers Day.  I cannot say enough about my mom. I have written about her previously in my blog.  My sister phoned me this morning and asked me what annoyed me about mom while growing up.  I couldn’t come up with anything.  (I could write a book about my dad’s annoyance) I kinda had to make something up.  Yes it is true that I didn’t like sitting at the table until I finished my greens or my cream of wheat. 

Today let us celebrate the new moms.  Audrey is such a loving mom to Stanley and I see it in her eyes how happy she is.  She is kind and always happy to have me drop in to hold and cuddle and kiss the little man. 

My friend Sue has a friend that is a new mom to twins.  Happy Mother’s day double to her.

We as mothers work hard and love hard.  Happy Mothers Day to my co-workers and friends. 

Nette

Diet?

I read my sisters blog daily and she writes often about losing weight or lack of it.  I recently read that losing weight would be so much easier if it worked like our bank accounts.  If that were true I would be a toothpick. 

So here are my thoughts: Your weight naturally fluctuates during the day, and if you have been constipated for a few days that could explain the uptrend, diarrhea the opposite.  To avoid these fluctuations make sure you weigh yourself the same time every day, (after a bowel movement).

You could also be retaining water, we all know that salt is bad, so stop eating salty chips, peanuts, nachos and eat chocolate while watching TV.

You could have hit a plateau which is known as “weight-loss plateau”.  Some plateaus can last a couple of years, but that’s okay because everyone knows that you always get off that plateau.  I’m sure mine is coming any day now.

Another reason could be that you forgot you were on a diet and plaster butter on that fresh slice of bread or nibbling while you cook. (a sip of wine a nibble of cheese, wine, you know what I mean) so stop cooking and eat out.  The most important thing is to not weigh yourself on a Monday because we ALL forget that we are on a diet during the weekend.  So I suggest you weigh yourself on Thursday, because you have been good Monday through Wednesday because you felt guilty being bad on the weekend.  Don’t weigh yourself Fridays because by then you are frustrated and tired of being good.  So I think that is the bottom line.  So be kind to yourself and stay healthy. 

All kidding aside we all know it is hard to diet, and easier to put it off until another day.

Nette.