Month: January 2007

Sob…

I just accidentally closed my main Firefox browser window with a lot of tabs open while leaving a small comment window open. Losing all of my tabs in the process.

Want to guess how many tabs I had open? Anyone?

51 tabs. I know because it warned me before I shut the window. Before I realized that the pop-up comment window was still open.

Many tabs which were things I needed to bookmark but had not done yet because I need to close Firefox to record the latest Pointy Sticks podcast.

51 freakin’ tabs. I could just cry…

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Well, Gee… It All Makes Sense!

Post author By Christine
Post date Wednesday, January 10, 2007
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I skipped the WW meetings while we were in Kentucky, and I skipped last week too. Today, I woke up early. I debated about going, but the meeting location I went to before is almost a 30 minute drive from my house (close in Houston terms, but I still didn’t want to drive it.) So I finally looked up the times for a closer location and I made myself go.

I’m glad I did. I’m feeling a bit more “committed” to this then I was before.

I also learned that I have again been undereating for the most part. I currently get 28 points per day on the new & improved WW flex-points plan (which all equates to calories, fiber & fat grams; but counting points is easier.) I’ve been trying to stay below 28 points. Because if I do that, I’ll lose weight, right?

Wrong. I learned today at the welcome session after the meeting that I am supposed to use ALL of the points per day. All of them. Not almost all of them, but every single one. She said that their studies have shown that if you don’t eat all of your points, your metabolism won’t know what to do with itself and in the end, you’ll gain weight. Me? I gained 2 pounds. So from now on, points, points, points. I’m going to make sure I get 28 healthy points per day, and we’ll see what happens next Wednesday when I go in.

Today’s quote? “The best diet is the one that you don’t realize you are on.” That is what I love about Weight Watchers. I don’t have to deny myself stuff, which really makes life easier as I do have very specific cravings at times. Portion size and points. That is all I have to worry about.

I have learned that I can’t keep sweet snacks in the house because I have two sweet snackers living with me. I could have a box of Girl Scout cookies in the cabinet for 6 months and never open them. When I do open them, I will likely just have a few and then close the box back up. However, if Mike or Jason spot them, they can not resist – they must be opened. Once they are opened, they must be eaten.

Speaking of Girl Scout cookies, if you need any – let me know. I have a connection. They go on sale this Saturday!

Amuse Me

Constant Amusement…

Yesterday, I noticed that the Dial body soap that Mike had purchased, marked to men with a “manly scent” or something like that, actually said “for Hair & Body!” on the bottle.

Me: Have you been using that stuff on your hair TOO?
Mike: Yeah! I told you that when I bought it. It is so convenient! Everything in one bottle!
Me: *look of horror*
Me: Have you learned nothing in our years together? Nothing?
Mike: *laughing* Well, it just seemed so easy.
Mike: Plus my goal in life is to amuse you and to give you things to blog about.

I just shook my head and walked away. If that stuff disappears, don’t blame me, ok?

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Because One Can Never Blog Enough…

Post author By Christine
Post date Friday, January 5, 2007
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Ok, so I wrote this great post. And Jesus Saves, but I don’t, so it was lost instead of posting. Ack. Oh well – here it goes again. I’ve decided to move the knitblogging content over to PointySticks. I will cross-post here for a little bit, and continue to post big things here like the fact that my Faith Jacket might just bust the sweater curse of 2006 and I will finally have a sweater in just a few days. If I can find a RSS plugin that will allow me to post excerpts in my sidebar, I will do that – that way you can see here what is going on there and vice versa.

I may end up with multiple personalities by the time this is over. However, it has bugged me for long enough, so I think it is time to do it.

This site will keep the personal stuff, along with the geek posts and the photography stuff.

Speaking of photography, I am also considering starting a 365 day photo project – but photos of things, not myself. I admire too many other people’s self-portraits too much (Mac is the queen of them, in my book), so I don’t think I could even begin to do it justice. But photographing things? That I can do. It is time to finally make the $10 lightbox that I’ve had bookmarked for ages, and I need to get a flash for my camera and learn how to use that too. So many goals, so little time.

For now, I can’t take any pictures at all. My camera battery died on Tuesday, and the battery charger is missing. I have searched high and low, but there is no sign of it. Craptastic. Hopefully Elaine’s charger will work and I can juice up tomorrow, and meanwhile I will end up ordering a new one. Of course, as soon as I get it, the old one will reappear. It always works out like that.

This time, I’m doing the “copy” thing. I’m not writing this post a third time.

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Market Time, Round 2!

It is that time again! The Yale Street Market is this Saturday in the Heights, and Elaine & I will be there with all of our Fresh Photography goodness! Come on out and see us!