Wine & Cheese ~ 64th Serving

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Romantic lunch setting with wine and food for twoWelcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 64th serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(  Really???? Chili cook offs in Farmville2?  Not like I have nothing better to do, with feeding a bazillion animals, raising crops and harvesting them before they wither in the fields, making things, and recently the addition of buffalo that I did NOT ask for, now I have to make chili?  What was I thinking letting myself get sucked into this game?

:(  If that is not enough, this morning when I gathered eggs from the chicken coop, the game informed me that I need more chickens. SERIOUSLY?????

CHEESE

:)  Okay so those were not great ‘whines’ but honestly I am walking on sunshine today and just don’t have anything to whine about.

:)  As I alluded the other day, the Marvelous one has met someone very special.  Okay more than special.  I received an email on the dating site and answered it.  The rest is history.  Amazing, glorious, joy-filled, walking on the clouds history.  It had me singing, “I’m Walking On Sunshine” in the shower this morning.

:)  Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

DESSERT

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Wine & Cheese ~ 63rd Serving

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An assortment of breads, cheeses and two glasses on wineWelcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Every week on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining. Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well.

I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings.

Sit back and join me now for the 63rd serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(  I wish the weather would make up its mind and pick a side…Team Winter or Team Spring.  I think things are off by about 3 weeks here, and so when it would normally be WARM every day, we’re still getting a few chilly ones with frost warnings at night.  While I love the smell of a fire burning (in the fire place) I am over the cold.  My sinuses would probably throw a party.

:(  I love the smell of fresh cut grass, but my allergies are not at all impressed.  Yep I am a hot mess and keeping Kleenex in business.  Very sexy, I know, but then no one sneezes with quite the delicate charm as me.  Time to double up on the Zyrtek.

:(  I have nothing else to complain about.

CHEESE

:)  A lack of things to complain about is a good thing!

:)  The weather today is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G, warm and breezy, blue skies….heaven help me to come back to the office when I run out at lunch, as it is going to be a real temptation to keep on going!

:)  I’m out in front on the Diva Den Biggest Loser contest, down 7 pounds as of yesterday and yes, I am gloating.  *princess waves*

:)  I have stumbled upon the Court Jester, he is attractive and very amusing.  More to follow on that. *wink*

:)  Yummy lunch today!  Subway 6 inch chicken teriyaki with cucumbers, spinach, black olives and onions.  No cheese, no sauce.  Baby angels dancing in my mouth!!

DESSERT

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Monday Quiz About Me

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It is time for the Monday Quiz About Me sponsored by Acting Balanced.  You can join in and link up by clicking the icon above.  She provides the first 4 questions, we each add a 5th question for our readers to answer.  So,with further ado, here are the Questions:

1. What did you do for Mother’s Day?
2. What was the best advice your mother (or a mother figure) gave you?
3. Are you gardening this year?  What have you/will you plant?
4. What is the first song that comes to mind today?

And don’t forget to add a 5th Question on your own blog so we can answer as we hop around!

1.  What did you do for Mother’s Day?

I spent the day with my daughter.  She took me down to Metamora, Indiana to browse shops and have lunch.  I very much enjoy her company and we always laugh a lot when together.  While there I found a really sweet sounding wind chime for my mom for Mother’s Day.  I knew I’d find something down there for her.

2. What was the best advice your mother (or a mother figure) gave you?

Probably the best piece of advice was the same I heard from my grandpa (her dad), “If you don’t have something nice to say, it isn’t necessary to say anything at all.”  We call it the Thumper Rule now, as that is the advice the little rabbit from Bambi shared that his mother had taught him.  If I kept my mouth shut more often I’d be far better off.

3. Are you gardening this year?  What have you/will you plant?

Not a darn thing.  I have a black thumb. Really, when I walk into a garden center all the plants run the other way screaming, “no, not me not me”.  I can kill a silk plant, honestly.

4. What is the first song that comes to mind today?

Oh that is easy, Miranda Lambert’s, “Mama’s Broken Heart”.  It reminds me of how I was after my marriage ended.

**Bonus Question** Please take time to answer in the comment section!

5.  What one, small thing could you do today to make someone else’s day better today? (now that you mention it, go do it!)

Baby Steps

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428502_409581465815733_728306446_nI’ve been super confused of late about relationships, dating, and what my heart can take/not take.  Last Saturday I spent the entire day with Teddy Bear, talking very openly about our lives, our experiences, and taking turns asking probing questions that sparked all manner of great conversations and memories.  Later, after a fun day of driving the countryside of Indiana, through an adorable small town, lunch and dinner at new places for me, and touring an art museum (where I discovered I’ve really grown up as I LOVED it), I was laying in bed contemplating some of the conversations.

All day long my inner child and my heart took turns peeking around the barriers while trying to stay hidden.  But maybe not all that hidden?  I was told that despite thinking I have my heart locked up tight where it cannot be broken, that it shines through in my eyes and smile.  I began wondering if maybe I am just over thinking things and need to just let it out to wander again.  After all, with love comes heart ache, they seem to go hand in hand.  I see it as a mom when I dearly love my kids but my heart suffers with theirs when they are hurting.  You cannot love without pain being involved at times.

So I started to think just maybe it is time to remove the barriers and let my heart out completely.  Stop hiding behind the heartaches that have healed long ago and explore the possibility of finding potential forever love again.  It means I have to take chances, risk getting hurt in order to find love.

I’ve reached the conclusion that one day, my heart can and will find someone that I can love completely, like I did the ex.  But I have to be open to exploring those potential loves.

It is with baby steps that I’m shedding the walls and unlocking the gate to my heart’s garden.  Time to see where my heart takes me.

 

Friday Confessional

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WOOHOO!!!!

It is F-R-I-D-A-Y baby!!!!

Confession, it is said, is good for the soul, so let’s get started!

I confess…

I am just about dancing on the ceiling!  Okay so I know it is likely water weight but when the numbers on the scale begin to DECREASE I get happy and very very motivated.  3 pounds down this morning and that is making all this water (I could seriously row to work) worth it.  And giving up my wine for flavored water, and measuring everything that is going into my mouth.  Next step is to add in walking.  I WILL beat my mom, sister, and sis-in-law in Biggest Loser score.

I confess…

Tonight it will be hard to be good.  Train ride, dinner, all with a dear friend and my kids and their SO’s.  But I WILL make an effort.  It is the start of ‘pre-partying’ or ‘tailgating’ for my 50th next Friday.  By good I do mean watching what I eat and drink.  I mean it, I have every intention of being very careful.  And grandma used to say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.  I’m screwed.

I confess…

That wine glass from yesterday’s post?  I should have stayed off of that website.  SO many amazing ones to chose from.

I confess…

When I was out with my friend last Saturday, the topic of Internet dating came up as that is how we originally met.  I got to strolling down memory lane, wondering what fodder was there for my novels in the making.  I have to say that it was fun, meeting so many men and enjoying conversation.  But there were a few horror stories in there as well.  It could make for a great book in and of itself if not a few chapters.  So, for shits and giggles, I checked to see if my profiles were still there, and they were inactive but accessible, so I activated them.  Holy Mother Of Freak Parades, into my mailbox came the full blown marching band.  Thankfully I’m able, due to past experiences, to weed through the clowns and ring masters to find the truly REAL and nice guys on these sites.  They are few and far between.  NO I am not looking to date, was just curious, and yes I know all about the cat and curiosity.

I confess…

I am about to go devour a wonderful salad with tuna and fresh avocado on it.  Avocado is a new thing for me, and while I’m still acquiring a taste for it, I’ll admit it ain’t bad!

Sipping Water From A Wine Glass & Playing With Pou

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MyTiaraWineGlassI am fast realizing it is the presence of the wine glass that I enjoy at night, and not so much the contents.  I am sipping white grape flavored water from mine, and well it is still soothing.  And at zero calories, compared to wine at 80 per 4 ounces (as IF that were truly a glass of wine), this will suffice for the time being.

A few days ago my sister-in-law was over with her fancy water bottle.  75 ounces with a freezer thingie for sticking in it to keep it cold all day.  I had to have one, as that would be the day’s water consumption and I know I would not lose count.  Pink of course, and it is AWESOME!  Had it with me all day and by the end of dinner I had consumed every drop.  I am still under my minimum calories by 3, but I think I can live with that.

Pou?  Oh yes, that would be a cute little app for my phone and Kindle Fire.  It is supposedly and alien, but resembles a little pile of poop.  Like the Tamagotchi my kids had many moons ago, I have to feed, clean up it’s poop, play with it etc.  I know, what the heck was I thinking?  Then I come to find out my granddaughter has one on her tablet.  Immediate ‘hip granny’ points were scored.  It isn’t like there isn’t enough ridiculous crap that I do, FarmVille2, Candy Crush Saga (if you don’t already play that do NOT start, it is highly addicting and frustrating), umpteen social networking apps, a blog, a full time job AND a part time business. Yeah, I have spare time for this, right?  My family and friends are baffled that I’m playing with ‘poop’, but it isn’t, it is Pou.

Tomorrow’s post is the Friday Confessional, and oh do I have some confessions to make.  Brace yourself you are going to think I’ve lost my mind completely.  Okay, not funny, I have NOT lost it, at least not entirely, yet anyway.  It may wait until Saturday morning, as tomorrow begins the 1 week count down to my 50th birthday the following Friday and I have a short day at work before heading out with a friend and my kids and their significant others to kick it off with a 1 hour train ride to an Irish pub for dinner, then a 1 hour train trip back.  I have trains in my blood, gramps was a railroad engineer for a LONG time from back when it was coal ran steam engines.  Pass a train crossing and I might just get out and stand there to feel the rumble as all of the sheer power goes by.  Yet I have never been on a train.  Okay I rode the one at the zoo, but I mean a REAL train.  I cannot wait, this is going to be great fun.  Anytime with my kids is fun.

Good grief my head itches! TMI?  Sorry.  I am bleaching my roots and it is making my scalp itch.  I’m a real sight sitting here in a shredded t-shirt, jammie pants, my water in the wine glass and blue goop on my head.  And NO there will be no photo.

Speaking of wine glasses, that photo, if you click it, will take you to the site where you can purchase one.  Next time I have $24 I am dying to part with on something I do NOT need, that will be where it is spent!  I simply must have that one.

Wine & Cheese ~ 62nd Serving

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Romantic lunch setting with wine and food for twoWelcome to Wine & Cheese, my weekly, Wednesday whine session.

Many weeks on Wednesday I devote a blog to whining.

Despite being a really happy, positive person, I do have things that annoy me at times.

I never let anything grate on my nerves for long but thought it would be fun to vent them periodically in my blogs.

I also feel that good things, the cheese in life, should be acknowledged as well. I’m even going to throw in a bit of dessert, a piece of virtual chocolate, something that made me laugh or smile just a bit more than normal.

If you’d like to read the past editions of Wine & Cheese just click HERE for all of the past postings. Sit back and join me now for the 62nd  serving of some wine and cheese!

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WINE

:(  I am most unhappy with myself at the moment.  I logged in to my Sparkpeople account and was very disappointed in myself.  I had set a goal to get the weight off by my 50th birthday…and I failed.  Mostly because I never bothered to TRY to get it off.  I grew very comfy with the ‘curvy’ me that so many men tell me they like.  But I know it is not healthy and with high blood pressure and heart disease floating in the family, not to mention cancer of a few forms, I need to stop ignoring that my being a few pounds over weight is NOT a good thing.  There is nothing sexy about  poor health.

:(  I forgot my running shoes today.  I don’t run, but I do love to walk and when I was shopping for good shoes the folks in the running store fixed me up with these saying it would be better for me support wise etc.  I meant to bring them so I could walk at lunch.  I have on my work tennis shoes but those aren’t supportive enough.

:(  I just looked up my nightly glass of wine to see how many calories it has, and I’m not happy.  A 4oz glass (seriously who has a 4 ounce glass of wine?? that is a sip!) has 80 calories.  I’ll not be indulging in that for a while.

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:)  To make it easier to stay motivated to get the weight off, the 3 oldest of us in the Diva Den are in a friendly little competition of Biggest Loser.  Mom and Boo are doing it through work, I am going up against them at the home front.  I plan to win.

:)  I had such a yummy lunch today!  Subway is just down the street so I opted for a 6 inch sub, building my own online to make it fit my calorie plan before I went to buy it.  Gotta love technology

:)  I love the perks of my job.  Not only my own office, blue jeans is acceptable attire, but I also have a 26″ HD flat screen in my office.  I’m munching lunch, watching the Reds game, and can watch all day if I like while I work.

:)  It is such a beautiful day outside!  I’ve got the office front door propped open, can hear the trains nearby, birds singing, this is really sweet!

DESSERT

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