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Skin Changes Weirdness on the skin today. First, a bit of history. I have permanent (I think) lymphedema in my left leg due to a blood clot I got when I was 29. The leg stays swollen. My skin as a rule is drier than most, but on my left leg it gets *really* dry. Alligator skin. Yum. Creams really don't help, and usually the condition doesn't … [Read more...] about Skin Changes

Donuts Babyboy's teacher brought donuts to his class this morning. They are going in earlier this week because they have an extra class an hour earlier. Guess the bimbo thinks that this will assist in waking them up and assist them in their learning. Here's an idea: why not give them extra recess time? That's what they need. How dumb can she be? … [Read more...] about Donuts

Sugar Man! Talk about a huge difference. OK. Regarding sugar. Yesterday I literally dumped cinnamon on my oatmeal. So bad that there was no way I could eat it all. I tried - I had no more oatmeal made and it takes at least a half hour to make. So I decided on Kashi Go Lean Crunch. Big mistake. It's got 12 grams of sugar, and the sugar is high up … [Read more...] about Sugar

Diet and Weight Loss I was surprised to find this morning when I measured my waist that I lost 1/2 an inch. This is why the diet I'm on is called "waist management" as opposed to weight management. I've not lost anything in the way of pounds - I am, however fluctuating wildly up or down 4 lbs- very strange. I'm really not expecting to lose … [Read more...] about Diet and Weight Loss

Came across this today. I just had to laugh. I got a kick out of it, mainly because it sounds like something I would do. Come to think of it though - I'm not coordinated enough to combine the treadmill with a computer and do stuff with either, especially at the same time: We got ourselves a treadmill (Precor, locally bought on eBay). I … [Read more...] about Laptops Computers and Treadmills, Oh My

Wow. That's profound isn't it? Of course we all know this, but I've always pretty much stuck to the "sugar" thing. We've always been pretty good with sugar and babyboy - severely limiting his sugar intake. You ought to see what we do to the poor kid on Halloween. And Christmas? He is so well trained that Christmas morning he takes a few pieces of … [Read more...] about What you eat can rot your teeth

So babyboy and I were watching TV and a Dexatrim commercial came on. Babyboy wants to know if he can take Dexatrim to lose weight. Strange. I was having nearly the exact same thought when he said it - only the thought pertained to me, not him. And it goes to show ya just what kind of mentality we have: oh take a pill and your problem will be … [Read more...] about Dexatrim

I watched Honey We're Killing the Kids for the first time tonite. On the learning channel. 2 kids, a boy 9, a girl 11. The boy could be babyboys twin. I found myself laughing: not at the kid because obviously he was miserable but because Babyboy acts the exact same way. Oh the horror! He even stated at one point his mother was making him … [Read more...] about Honey We’re Killing the Kids