KattyWilly

Here is an interesting gallery here in Florida. http://www.florida-art-gallery.com/

And this is a local gallery that I like to visit
http://www.packinghousegallery.com/index.html

One of the RSS feeds I get in my aggregator is the
current weather.
I work everyday in the engineering section of the building in a nice
cube next to a window, a frosted window that doesn’t provide any idea
of what the outside elements are like other than dark or light.
Sometimes it’s nice to know that the weather outside is gorgeous. Today
I ran out for a quick fast food lunch so I was able to see how
beautiful it really is.

It’s not all about quiting or giving up stuff. Cindy was a dietitian
and she always said everything in moderation, eat a varied diet and
only eat as much as you need. Don’t eat so fast that you don’t realize
you are full. That was always my downfall, I would eat so fast my body
never had time to tell me it was full. It was too busy trying to deal
with all this stuff I was putting in my mouth 🙂 Once I started to slow
down I found that I did start to eat less because I would feel full
before I got the chance to eat all the food that was present. You know
the “how can I be full when there’s still more food?”

I think that this theory can be extended to many things we do in
life. I don’t watch too much TV (when would I have time for that?) and
I haven’t been drinking anything for a few weeks. Mostly because I was
sick, and now I’m on medications, but I plan on resuming my wine or
beer with dinner once I’m well again. And partly because I got a bunch
of beer and wine as gifts and I can’t let it go to waste. I should have
enough to last me till summer though. “:->”

And speaking of happiness, I found Bernie when I was really in need of some fun, and at his site I found my mantra:

“You can’t choose to be happy, but you can choose to have fun.”

Oh, and how can anyone be so happy at 4:30 in the morning?

Halley is talking Happy today.  She points to an article which had one line that sums up what I would like to get better at. 

“Really emphasize and think about emphasizing good behavior because then you get a child who likes doing good things.”

Everything I read says the same things, our children inherently want to please us.  Even when they do things that we don’t like, deep down they are trying to get our attention and want to do things that we will praise them for.  Now how do I make cleaning the bedrooms something good that they will want to do?

A quick medical update. I’ve taken day one of my Z-Pack. I really like the short run, you only take it for 5 days. I have a much better chance of remembering to take it for 5 days. I just did my new nasal spray. It tastes so horrible that there are detailed instructions on how to administer it so it doesn’t run down into your throat. All I have left is the cough medicine, with codeine. I have waited to take that as I plan on going to sleep soon afterwards. I didn’t want to take it earlier for fear I’d burn dinner. The only symptom I haven’t covered is the fact that my head and shoulders are so stiff and sore and every time I cough it feels like the back of my head is going to blow off. With all the other pharmaceuticals I’ve got in me I’m afraid to take my Extra Strength Excedrin.

The other night I was out on the deck talking on the phone when I saw this cool looking frog. I’ve seen him before, but this time he was emerging from one of the wind chimes.

And here is tonights menu. Three cheese escalloped potatoes, Spinach and Ricotta stuffed shells, stir fried zuchinni with Benihana Veggie Sauce, Loaded Baked Potatoes with cheese and sour cream (in case you don’t like the escalloped potatoes), and broiled Red Snapper.

Click the thumbnails for a bigger image.

Shall I call in Sick for you?  Yes, Please!

Sometimes I use song lyrics to express my feelings on my blog.  Halley seems to do that too sometimes.  This time she points to a very nice Eric Clapton song that I haven’t heard since, well, the gathering we had for Cindy.

I became friends with one of the school moms, Karen, when we volunteered to do an end of the year photo slide show presentation when my oldest graduated from elementary school.  I told her it will be easy, I’ll scan in the photos we’ll scarf theminto PowerPoint and add some music.  It was a lot of hard work but we had fun.  Karen has been doing these slide shows ever since.  The one that is the most important for me is the one she did for Cindy.  Everyone went through the photo albums and collected pictures of Cindy that Karen put to music.  Of course one of the songs was a nice Eric Clapton song.

I’m finally starting to feel a little better.  I had a gaggle of giggling girls in the house today and they may have provided the medicine I needed to get well.  I posted a few more photos from the holidays.