Wednesday, October 11, 2017
It's True by Garcia Lorca
It's True
Ay, the pain it costs me
to love you as I love you!
For love of you, the air, it hurts,
and my heart,
and my hat, they hurt me.
Who would buy it from me,
this ribbon I am holding,
and this sadness of cotton,
white, for making handkerchiefs with?
Ay, the pain it costs me
to love you as I love you!
by Federico García Lorca
~*~*~
Heard this on a TV show and liked it enough to want to save it somewhere for posterity. Lucky you.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Hockey Season Has Begun...
Unfortunately, we haven't gotten off to the start we wanted...
Friday's game: Stars vs Vegas Golden Knights
Saturday's game: Stars vs. St Louis Blues
I was disappointed by Friday's loss especially since I attended the game, but it's still early in the season. The team is still learning the new system from their new coach. He's not expressing too much worry yet, so I won't worry so much either...
Fingers crossed they start picking up some wins.
Friday, October 6, 2017
Do we really need a play-by-play...?
Granted national / local news and tragedies are way more important than sports, but does the American public really need a play-by-play of every. single. thing. about ongoing investigations and natural disasters and the clusterf*ck that is the American political system?
Some people are newshounds and. you know, they have every right to be. I'm not. I like to know what happened when it happens and then update me every so often, but hourly is too much. Daily is pushing it for me unless it's *really* important.
Now, I don't watch the news by choice. But--there is a bank of TVs at the gym, several of them turned to national news channels and another handful on local news. I can't hear what's being said, because you have to plug into the system to hear those. But I see the headlines constantly scrolling by.
I can ignore it, look away, concentrate on the music that plays and on my workout, read on my phone while on the treadmill and the stationary bike. But it's still there.
And I have to wonder when is it too much?? Does the bad news propagate itself?
I wonder...what would happen if there was a 24/7 national broadcast of good news?
Like successful return of any number of our military ships and our troops.
Like animal shelters being low on animals.
Like a peaceful protest--no police needed to be called.
We might have to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get started, because as I'm trying to think of good stuff that everyone would be happy to hear, it's hard to come up with stuff.
But you know, things like the Cajun Navy showing up Houston.
Like two little boys who went out in the rain to bring in the American flag one day at school getting soaking wet in the process because it was the right thing to do.
Like people paying it forward, like those Soup Ladies I mentioned Wednesday.
What if the nation were inundated with glad tidings instead of bad each and every day??
What could happen?
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Who helps the helpers...?
Y'all know how much I love Mike Rowe, right? Well, he's got a new series out called Returning the Favor, where little Internet birdies whisper in his ear about some do-gooder, and he bounds off to help that do-gooder do even more do-gooding.
Yeah, I know, but keep reading please...
This weeks episode is about the Soup Lady--a woman who feeds first responders on scene. These first responders are usually stuck with MREs (meals ready to eat) and/or granola bars. Not the best way to replenish energy during high-stress emergencies. This woman and her retinue of Soup Ladies makes a batch of high-carb, high-protein soup and can generally feed up to 100 people out of one of her "go-trucks." She has at least two.
I thought this episode particularly fitting considering all the horrific things going on in our country right now where first responders--from Citizen Joe to the professionally trained--have stepped up in a big big way.
We definitely need more soup ladies across the country.
Here's to Momma Ginger and her Soup Ladies for the blessing they bestow upon those who run in when most of us run out.
And thanks to Mike Rowe for blessing her so that she can help even more people.
Monday, October 2, 2017
Quarterly Update...
I really have something to celebrate this time around!!!
After several years of yo-yoing and over a year of gym attendance, I have finally reached my goal weight. HAHAHHAHAHAAAAA! I'm so excited. My list there on the left says between 120 and 125 pounds. I've reached 123.2lbs and I'm terribly happy about that. I need to celebrate for sure.
I started my journey in January of 2012 at somewhere around 165lbs. I knew it was going to take a long time, and it has, but I'm finally here. That's not to say there's not a new goal in regards to all of this, but the weight part is done.
So let's visit the rest of the list...
--> I've gotten off schedule of writing to my grandmother and I really really really need to write one and get it in the mail. BAD JEN.
--> Call my moms. I've been doing pretty well. It's almost that time. One mom is on vacation though, so I'll probably wait a week or so before checking in. I should probably reach out to the other this week.
--> Cook and eat better. Well, this one kind of goes hand in hand with the weight loss, but not entirely. However, while I may not necessarily be cooking better because I don't cook--as in prepare ingredients and then prepare a meal over the stove--I am eating better. I mentioned that lavash bread awhile back which was a huge boon to helping me reduce the number of not-good carbs in my diet. I eat more salads and include spinach and kale in them and rarely do I use iceberg lettuce. I'm staying balanced between fats/(good) carbs/protein.
--> I cleaned up my writing room a little, but not the really concentrated sort/discard/clean I've intended.
--> Cleaning plan. HAHAHAHA. 'Nuff said.
--> Publish six books by September. Well, September ended two days ago and I just finished book six, like, a week ago. So that one's definitely a bust. But book six is now done and the new goal is to start publishing in November.
--> And guess what??? I actually started walking the dog. I needed a little more activity in the evening and she needs the exercise. we probably go five out of seven days, so doing better that my goal. Except now she's limping because she sleeps on the same side all the time on the hardwood floor and I think she's sleeping on a nerve.
So YAY for me for accomplishing two more very important goal. Still working on the rest.
My thoughts go out to the victims and their families as well all the first responders in Las Vegas.
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