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Writer’s Horoscope

Posted on January 26, 2014

A friend of mine was talking about this website – Brigid O’Connor’s Star Signs for Writers. This is me: LIBRA: (September 23rd – October 22nd) The Scales Mission Statement: I BALANCE Traits: Love harmony, are elegant and need to share everything in life. They desire nurturing company and wicked sense of humour. They are indecisive, like order, can sit on the fence. Note to other star signs: Libra makes bad relationship choices when off-balance. Writing genres: Witty, detailed novels, confessional diaries, two sides of the story plot lines, novels based in elegant locations. Yeah, I’m a procrastinator. Occasionally indecisive. I’m not sure about the ‘bad relationship’ thing, though. I mean, I was married the first time for 32 years. This time around, I lucked…

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Categories: Modern life

January 26, 2014

Posted on January 26, 2014

I’m working out. Honestly. Not as much as Burn the Fat says I should, but I have to realistic. There are so many bad…no, unproductive…habits to break. I can’t just eyeball servings any more. I’ve replaced the batteries in my Perfect Portions scale so that I can weigh everything larger than an egg or a tiny cup of nuts. It’s excruciatingly accurate. If I grow accustomed to using it religiously, it will help me become more mindful of what I’m putting in my mouth. I need to train myself not to ‘taste’ as I cook. A small blob of peso sauce. Can’t throw that into the dishwasher like that and waste it, can I? Yes, I can. Does the soup need more thyme? More…

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Categories: What I'm Doing

Tagged: Burn the Fat, Perfect Portions

January 25, 2014

Posted on January 25, 2014

Sunday. The beginning of another week. Good grief. February soon. Because I’m plotting my own fortunes this year, I’m searching for different things to try. We breathe without thinking, but we can think more when we breathe. This is my February objective. “I am solid as a mountain” – oh, yes. I’ve donated and downloaded some Tibetan Singing Bowl music. The thing is, I get so relaxed I lose my motivation to do anything else but listen.

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Categories: Things I'm Going to Do

Tagged: meditation, Tibetan Singing Bowls

January 24, 2014

Posted on January 25, 2014

Well, it’s almost the end of January. I’ve done not too badly, but it’s the weekend and I’ve cut back on my food intake so that I can have a second glass of wine as we watch TV tonight. I think I’ll go to the gym tomorrow. Being at home really cuts back on my step count, although going up and down the stairs does help to burn off some calories. Yoga starts Tuesday at work. Bought some new yoga gear at Winners. My old gym stuff is okay for the community centre facility but I know that there will be almost 60 fit people in my class, which is very intimidating. Do I wish it was hot yoga? Damn right. Or somewhere on…

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Categories: Things I'm Going to Do

Tagged: stay the course, Yoga

January 23, 2014

Posted on January 24, 2014

Most of the time, when I look at photos of actresses in glamorous gowns, all I can think of is, “That woman needs a good burger. And fries. And a chocolate milkshake.” Why do I think of them at all? Because it strikes me as so bizarre that these young women who have tons of money, who could buy anything they want in terms of food and enjoyments, look like they are starving. What gets me is how normal women with flesh on their bones are characterized: ‘butterbodies’. As if that’s a bad thing. Just think of butter – meltingly salty-sweet, soft, creamy, luscious on the tongue. Makes everything taste better. When a photog catches a shot of ‘side-boob’, there is great excitement in…

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Categories: Stuff

Tagged: Butterbody, love yourself