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Okay, I admit it. I am a material girl. And no, that doesn’t mean I woke up this morning thinking I turned into Madonna. I just mean that I like material things. I love having a thousand pens in every different color. Without my computer and my candles and my car and my books, I don’t know what I would do. Shopping for new things makes me happy, dammit! And I am not going to be ashamed about that. Sure, the church teaches us that we should be happy in the Lord and that material wealth is not important, etc…

Today is the first day for weeks that there is no rain in the forecast! Woohoo! I haven’t minded the cooler days, but the overcast skies and rainy afternoons have been a drag lately. Yesterday, we had a huge rain shower. It got so loud, I had to go downstairs to watch it and make sure we weren’t going to float away. For a minute there, I thought maybe there was some hail involved, but it turns out it wasn’t that bad. Today, the forecast says sunny skies and low nineties! It’s probably going to feel pretty hot compared to…

Recently, my doctor told me that I am deficient in vitamin D. She instructed me to take twice the daily recommended amount and to come back for further blood tests. I started out okay by taking a tablet with 1000 IU (whatever that is) of Vitamin D, which claims to be 250% of the daily rec. dose. But, as per usual with me and pills I’m supposed to take, I slowly forgot to take them and eventually stopped completely. Today, though, I got a newsletter that I subscribe to through email telling me that new research indicates women with PCOS…

More to Love. It’s basically the Bachelor with so called “real” people. Plus-sized is the P.C. term. Obese is probably the technical term for many of the people on the show. Yes, big girls need love too, we all know that. But something about the show comes off as too much of a gimmick to me. Also, I was expecting voluptuous women with confidence who ate what they wanted freely and without guilt and who loved themselves despite their weight. I don’t know what dream planet I was living on there for a minute, but apparently Fox couldn’t find 20…

I have a doctor’s appointment this morning. Last time I went to the doctor for my annual physical, they did a blood work up and found that I have a high vitamin d deficiency. This was something I had never really heard of before, but apparently, not getting enough vitamin d is a problem. After looking it up online (where, yes, I know you can’t believe everything you read, but still, most sites tend to have similar information on this subject), I found out that lack of vit. d can result in cancer, osteoporosis, and other diseases. It can also…

Determined to get back on track with my fitness and my goals for the year (okay, really goals for my life), I actually got up early this morning and went to Jazzercise class. I have missed it, really. Sure, it’s sweaty and hot and hard work, but now that I’m home, I feel great! And by going to the earlier class at 8:20 (I used to only go to the 9:30 class), I’m giving myself an extra hour to work before lunchtime. My life has been filled with starts and stops… starting on a path towards my goals and then…