just say NO

it is time for me to just say NO to indulging in food. food is not my enemy but my poor choices have sabotaged me. pre wedding i did nothing to lose weight and i even ate elaborately at shower and parties while managing to keep my weight at a steady point not losing but not gaining. the now mrs. thomas on the other hand has become rather round and robust in the past months. i chose to eat the Reece's hearts, blue bell candy jar ice cream, and good hearty winter meals. NOW I AM MISERABLE... my pants are tight and this makes me grumpy... i don't want to be both grumpy and frumpy...

my dad who has copious amounts of will power (i wish it was genetic) and i spoke last night about his rigorous and ridged diet plan. i am on it because it is simple and manageable... simple because there really are not alot of options and because the options are pretty much always available.

breakfast
heaping bowl of special K (strawberry kind)
skim milk

or

2 eggs
dry wheat toast

lunch
protein bar (he is partial to the Power Bar - Peanut Butter)
apple

dinner
1000 calories

chicken
baked potato

or

salad
with chicken

2 nights a week I am allowing myself ICE CREAM. this is an addendum to my fathers plan (shh don't tell). if you cut out ice cream totally it is not really realistic... at least not at the THOMAS HOUSE.

an unrequested extention = freedom for the moment

i just was granted a 2 week extention on two rather large state portfolio assessments. there was a month of projected due dates mine had orignially fallen on the first of those... and then by the hand of GOD i was graciously moved without ever having asked for it. thank you... i am greatful!
it is an hours past quitting time and i think i'll head home.

x-ray

chip my hard hat wearing hard working man

my chip is an electrician. websters-merriam defines an electrician as one who installs, maintains, operates, or repairs electrical equipment. i think of him in a more essential modern terms... he wires buildings, builds structures to process information and makes sure that the rest of us can do our jobs. from civic centers, banks, hotels, walmarts, at&t, data processing, doctors offices, colleges, and on and on ... he builds the capacities and connects the wires so that lights come on, computers connect across the world, machines work, money is processed, x-rays are taken, and the life luxuries that technology has created since BEN FRANKLIN that make our lives easier and more productive. i am thankful, i am bias, i am in love.

thank you

the best valentine's gift ever.

thank you chip!

sun ... does your body good.

i saw the sun this weekend for what seems like the first time since november. it does your body SO much good. i am definitely in an OUTSTANDING mood for a MONDAY... and a monday during my busy season. ahhh... VITAMIN D

candy jar ... i scream