In March 2012 I was around 180. This morning I was 155 and my BMI was normal for the first time in years.
When Wanda and I both realized we needed to cut down on the calories and increase the exercise I weighed 193 pounds. Yesterday I wrote a little on how I got there. The 30 inch waist I had all of my adult life was suddenly, I thought, 8 inches bigger. We both made a commitment, bought the Wii and the Fit program, and started on the road to weight loss.
The best thing about this long road to wellness is the way I walked it. I took it slow, just under 40 pounds in just under four years. I love the fact that Wanda is a prodigious baker. We always have something home made in the house. While a few maple snaps or a banana bar square may make the weight loss a little slower it's a lot tastier....and more fun.
I just read an article on the impending retirement crises in our country and according to it, things look bleak. The Employee Benefit Research Institute claims 57 percent of us report having less than $25,000 in household savings and investments (excluding homes and pension benefits).
And, American households are so strapped that only half could come up with $2,000 in cash if an unexpected need arose in the next month.
It's a damn good thing I've been working so hard to get my weight down. I won't need to eat as much in my retirement years.
Disney has a new policy for its theme parks. Beginning March 23 anyone under the age of 14 must be accompanied by someone over the age of 14. OK, so what if someone is 14?
It was a nice gesture even if it was a little short.
A guilty person, both in the deed and his heart, sent a note and $1,200 in $100 bills to the sheriff department of a small town in Michigan. He admitted breaking into a market and stealing $800 thirty years ago.
In a letter packed with emotion and spelling errors, the writer asks for "help in locating a man" to whom the writer owes the money.
"Anyways, I did a very bad thing that I am shamed of and have lived with this guilt," the writer said. "I can't begin to say how sorry iam but have lived with this guilt too long," the letter went on to say. "If you do find him, please tell him that I was afoolish stupid man when I did that and iam sorrie."
The letter was unsigned and had no return address.
The $1,200, while it includes some interest, falls short of making up for the loss in the dollar's purchasing power over the intervening years. The stolen $800 would be worth about $1,800 today, based on changes in the consumer price index.....Picky, Picky, Picky, guy was good enough to do this and they bitch about it!
Maybe I shouldn't complain? Or you get what you pay for.
Last Friday we dropped off clothing at the Good Will, a byproduct of the weight loss. On the way home we stopped at the St. Vincent DePaul. Eureka! Sitting on the floor was a brand new beautiful Lazy Boy love seat duel recliner. The price was reasonable and we snatched it up. They offer delivery service and to our house it's $40.
Yesterday, no delivery because the driver "called in sick." Today no delivery because the "driver is still out sick and our other driver has a big route today and probably won't be able to get there." Tomorrow no delivery because, "We're having a special and will need everyone here." "Thursday or Friday?" I asked. "We'll sure try."
Eric, our son-in-law has a truck and a 17 year old son who happens to be our grandson. I'm sure if we asked, the guys could pick it up for us. It's frustrating to be in this position but at this point in our lives we don't need to be furniture movers.
And while I'm complaining about the love seat I realized how maddening and frustrating the move was for Younger Daughter Rebecca and her husband Tim. Several months ago they entrusted almost all of their worldly goods to "professional movers." The kids got from the L.A. area to Portland well before their furniture. Rebecca did extensive Internet research on the company and still got screwed. I'll not go into details, suffice it to say, it was a nightmare.
We'll get the love seat when we get the love seat.
Just in case you missed it.
The rapper Bow Wow was ordered to pay Celine Tran, a French porn star, $80,000 for using clips of her performing on a pole (not someone from Poland, a pole pole....like firemen use) during a music video of his. She said, "No one can make money off me, but me.".....except she said it in French.
Bow was recently ordered to pay $11,000 in back child support and a future amount of $3,000 per month. He claimed a $48,000 per year income when asking for a reduction. He said, "No one can make money off me, but me"....He said it in English, it only sounded like French, or possibly Hungarian?
What kind of a person screws around with the Girl Scouts and their cookies?
Someone in the Portland, Oregon area placed an order for 6,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. The $24,000 sale turned out to be a hoax.
Two troops put aside boxes for the lucrative order only to learn they had been duped when they approached the company for payment.
The Girl Scouts, ever prepared (or is that the Boy Scouts?) were able to sell about half, or 3,000 boxes, at a week end emergency sale.
It's getting harder and harder to make a few bucks.
Police in Midway, Ga. shut down a lemonade stand run by three girls. The girls were in operation just one day before the crackdown; they were trying to raise money to go to a water park. Police say they needed a business license, peddler's permit and food permit to operate the stand, even on their lawn.
So very typical of our society today, the police say they are working with attorneys to find a solution or a compromise to the issue.
I don't know if the girls retained representation or this refers to the city attorney. Either way it's another example of much ado about nothing.
Loveseat or no loveseat...things are good.
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