Midlife Musings

Sorry this is late, ya’ll. I hit the ground running yesterday, and I stayed that way until 10pm. That’s what I get for not pre-publishing this week.

Also, I hope whatever that weird spot thing is on my picture is only on my lens. Every shot is like that.

Okay, I just posted a post that was basically whining about my current weight. The fact is that I have weighed what I weigh now for over a decade, and it’s my normal adult wight, and I am trying to change what appears to be set in stone. But in the grand scheme of things, my 10 pounds is small potatoes, because I am still in control of what I put in my mouth. I eat because I am physically hungry, but that’s where it stops. Unlike those who are addicted to alcohol or drugs, I’m not needing an intervention over my food choices. Well, mostly, LOL.

Not that I couldn’t use a 12-step program for other issues in my life. Anger, resentment, pity parties, bitterness, LAZINESS. Oops, did I say that? The truth is that there is no visible drug detoxification plan for those things, but they can do just as much damage to our emotional and spiritual lives as drug abuse does to our physical lives. Think about that. Imagine the druggiest drug-out druggie you know or can think of. Maybe the one you saw on tv, living in rags under the bridge with horrible teeth and scabby arms. Yeah, that one. Now imagine your spirit, your inner man, looking like that. That’s quite the mental image isn’t it? yeah, and if that’s you, it ought to be scaring you, because I will admit that when I look in the mirror, that’s sometimes what I see. And that is why the current series I am running on women in Proverbs won’t be the last such series you’ll see here.

But back to the subject at hand which started out as drug rehab, specifically Chapman House, before I got derailed. Chapman House uses a 12 step program to help folks overcome physical addictions. You ought to know from reading this blog that I am all for a program that points people to God, even if they add the phrase “as we perceive Him//her to be”. Admitting that there is a Higher Power is the first step in meeting the Real One, after all.

They also offer professional interventions for folks who just haven’t come to terms yet with the fact that they need a little help to overcome their issues. Just like a lot of life, that first step is the hardest one. Chapman accepts insurance, and they are CARF accredited, so you know they are among the absolute best.

Here I am, on Friday morning, drenched! We had extra trash this week, so I dashed out to help the trash guy. BEFORE I realized it was raining. But daggone, my side yard looks 400% better!

That’s what I said when I first read about this deal from Charter. If you sign up for their services, you are entered into a drawing for the Charter Laptop A Day Giveaway. They are giving away 30 HP Compaq Presario C770US Laptops. Plus, you get a gas card. The value of the gas card depends on which of their services you end up subscribing to, but they start at $25, and top out at $100. Hey, gas is gas, and at almost $4 a gallon still, that’s a sweet promotion.

You’ll note I said I said ‘Ooh, Ooh, Ooh”, not I’m saying, “Ooh, Ooh, Ooh”. That’s because Charter isn’t available here. But you know how badly I want a laptop, and I know you want me to have what I want, so how about I make you the same offer I made the readers of my craft blog. You go sign up. keep the gas card for yourself. If you win the laptop, give it to me as a finder’s fee. That would totally work for me! Whaddya think?

Otherwise, I am just going to have to work for it, and working is so passe’, don’t you think?

In other news, I’m planning a very busy weekend, which doesn’t include much work for which I get paid, but does include plenty of the other kind. Yay me!

Ok, sorry. But really, when I started writing the title, it cracked me up! Because I am like that. HA!

Ok, on Friday, I posted that I was committing to the great mag purge of 2008. Since I did not finish the 486 page InStyle, I had to toss something. Goodbye TownHall from April 2008. I am sure there are 48 thousands more controversies in the ensuing 6 months.

Then there was the party Saturday afternoon, which I referenced in the previous post. And Sunday was church. And that’s what I did this weekend, except that I noticed that I am still not in the habit of wearing the watch that I purcased specifically so I could tell what time it was on Sunday morning, so I could be sure to be where I am supposed to be at the right time: kid’s music at 10:15 and hostessing coffee fellowship at 10:30 and in the sanctuary at 10:55. Have I mentioned I have been being late into the sanctuary? Repeatedly? Yeah, not good.

Now, I wonder if I would feel more compelled to wear my watch if I had one of these Breitling watches. Isn’t that gorgeous? I know it is a man’s watch, but hello! It is pink! And you know that I love pink! I also like blue, by not as much as I like pink. Of course, I’d like to point out that the blue ladies’ watch is thirty-two THOUSAND dollars less than the pink men’s watch. What’s up with that, I wonder? Clearly, Breitling watches knows I am not above buying a man’s watch, that’s what. Except, for that small matter of the $32,000. Not sure I could even use “being on time for church” to justify that, yk?

Or commitable, depending on your point of view. But here is my commitment: One magazine per practice day to be read and/or tossed. As of today’s mailrun, I have a backlog of 39 magazines. The regular season doesn’t even last long enough to read them all!

Funnily enough, I keep up with some subscriptions much better than others. I always read InStyle, Allure and Country Living as soon as they hit my desk, and Wondertime and Rachel Ray within the week. What I am trying to say is that I have been keeping up lately, and the backlog is old issues.

Is this blog stalling out for anyone else? I’ve come here a couple of times in the past couple of days and the thing just stalled out on the load. No content, no sidebar, just the background. Do I need to enable the cache, do you think?

In other news………nothing. Still working on my project, and I am pushing to be through today. I’ve been pre-occupied with it long enough.

Hi there! I’d like to take this opportunity to point out the little purple banner on the sidebar. You know, the one that you haven’t really paid attention to for the past 9 months. Hey, I’m not ragging on ya! I;m just pointing out that I’m signing up again as a team captain, and it’s time to start raising funds for the Alzheimer’s Memory Walk again, and I could really use your help. And so could all those affected by the disease. And those caring for those affected by the disease. Can I count on you?

It may be that you want to do even more. Maybe, like me, you’d like to be a team captain or organize a walk in your area. I can tell you from experience that it’s not hard to do, and it’s a great feeling to know you are making a difference in people’s lives. Go ahead, it won’t hurt you to click and find out more information, and it may help someone else more than you will ever know.