Greetings from the beach

wow...I can TOTALLY get behind this kind of relaxation. I'm here at Atlantic Beach taking in the sea salty air and loving every minute. I've really discovered I like fishing...with the exception of actually having to take the fish off the line once you've caught it. hah!



The house we rented has a dock and we've done some fishing and crabbing. :)



It's so relaxing to sit out there with the pole in your hand and iPod going with some good music...or even without the iPod. It's so quiet and peaceful. Speaking of my iPod...I was able to get and load the new Sugarland CD in it before I left. Man, I'm REALLY loving this new disc of theirs. Jennifer kept talking about how 'organic' it was and I see what she ment now. It's a bit of a different sound, but not that different from their previous stuff. It's quite nice. So back to the vacation, so far we've caught a few crabs, but only 1 was a keeper. hah. Wow, I just looked up at the sky and it's so pretty. ::sigh:: well time to go enjoy more of this great weather and relaxation!! More pics:

Beautiful Eyes

Ok.  So Taylor has a new disc dropping tuesday: Beautiful Eyes.  it's re-releasing some new versions of old songs and also has 2 new songs.  Check a preview of it out below!  I love Taylor and maybe you will too :)  

more boredom

wow...I'm terribly bored here without my hunny.  Oliver is keeping me busy though.  :)  I'm sitting here while Oliver sleeps watching Hogan knows best. lol.  Jeremy would be dying right now.  But hey!  The TV is ALL mine! hehe!  I'm excited about tomorrow!  I'm going to my best friends house to hang out with them and go swimming!  :)  ::sigh:: time to go find something else to watch.  :)

Boredom

Well, Jeremy just left for his trip to meet Sig from the Northwestern boat from Deadliest Catch. For some reason I'm incredibly bored! We know that I'm ridiculously bored because I am here listening to Conway Twitty's Tight Fittin' Jeans and then there's Neil Diamond. Trust me, these are the kind of songs that just crack me up. I by no means am a Neil Diamond fan...LORD NO! But Sweet Caroline and America are songs that just crack me up! and to watch people perform these songs in karaoke is even better! Takes me back to when me and my best bud Sherri went on our cruise! We went to the karaoke bar nearly every night...and this dude did a few Neil Diamond songs...great entertainment! Now it's David Allen Coe!!! What an outlaw! hahahahah!

"well, i was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
and i went to pick her up in the rain
but before i could get to the station in my pickup truck
she got run ned over by a damned old train

chorus:
and i'll hang around as long as you will let me
and i never minded standing' in the rain
no, a' you don't have to call
me darlin', darlin'
you never even call me
well i wonder why you don't call me
why don't you ever call me by my name"

My newest love in life...

Well, I've now got a little man in my life that I simply love and adore. It's my new shih tzu puppy Oliver. :) We got him over the weekend while we were in South Carolina. We've been talking about getting a puppy for a while now and we wanted a little small dog. Oliver seems to be adjusting well to us.

Waxing or Waning?

LOL! Ok, so this past Friday I decided I would give into peer pressure and curiosity...I got my eyebrows waxed. This was quite an interesting experience. Mom's told me for years I needed to wax my eyebrows, and if I hadn't been in a salon and it had been more than what I paid, I'd have never done it. I really didn't know exactly what to expect. The wax actually felt kind of good when they put it on, it's just when they ripped it off, that's when it hurt. MAN did it sting. As you can see by the picture below, my skin was in total shock and NOT happy! hah! And believe it or not, I had to be out at a bridesmaid luncheon about 2 hrs after I did this! lol! :) I doubt I'll do it again, but I can say I'm glad I did it! heh! :)

Weighloss Drugs

Lord if you are considering taking any weight loss drugs, I'd advise reading the article below first. This particularly applies for the drug "Alli" but I'm sure most all drugs of this kind have the same effects... ROFLMAO!!! I could hardly contain myself while reading this.

Alli Side Effects In Layman's Terms
by Jeff Kay

Alli is a new over-the-counter weight-loss pill which, predictably enough, has proven to be a massive best-seller from the moment it became available. The drug, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, reportedly works by blocking the absorption of excess fats by the body. And folks are waddling, not walking, to their local drug stores for a chance to start on the Alli "program."

As is the case with most drugs, Alli comes with a risk of certain side effects. Or, as they're known on the company website, treatment effects.

A person is reportedly limited to 15 grams of fat per meal, and if they go over (or even if they don't), there's a significant chance they'll find themselves out behind a shopping center somewhere, crying and clutching a wad of horrifyingly soiled undergarments, searching for a place to ditch it.

As best as I can tell, anyway...

Since a lot of this stuff is couched in language that is technically truthful, but very carefully worded, I've taken it upon myself to go through the list of side (treatment) effects and warnings, and translate it all into layman's terms.

I'm no scientist or doctor, and don't pretend to have any special knowledge. I'm just a person who's fairly good with words and reading between the lines... The highlighted phrases below are direct quotes from the Alli website, with my translations in between.


Undigested fat cannot be absorbed and passes through the body naturally. The excess fat is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it in the toilet as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.

Here the drug makers are trying to soothe the nerves of the skeptical fatty, by speaking their language. Pizza is something fatties understand, and a big part of the reason they’re interested in Alli to begin with. Pizza is good, pizza is reassuring… even when it’s flowing from your ass like molten lava.

The website mentions seeing the undigested fat in a toilet, but that’s clearly a best case scenario. You might also see it on the tops of your shoes, across the hood of a car, or way up the shower curtain, near the loops.

The fat passes out of your body, so you may have bowel changes, known as treatment effects.

Bowel changes. Notice how they phrase that? It means stuff will be happening the likes of which you could never have imagined. It’ll be like a daily Dean Koontz novel inside your underwear.

You may get:

gas with oily spotting

You’ll be farting Wesson oil straight through your Dockers…

loose stools

and having violent chipped beef explosions...

more frequent stools that may be hard to control

all the time, with a sphincter that can no longer be counted as a friend.

Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. Limit fat intake in your meals to an average of 15 grams.

The McDonald’s Big Mac has 34 grams of fat, and the Burger King Whopper has 40. Eat either of these while taking Alli, and you’ll very likely be transformed into a diarrhea cannon.

Learning how to manage treatment effects is an important part of being successful with alli. Here's how to take control:

Start trimming fat from your diet now, even before you begin taking alli. Then pick a day to begin taking alli, such as a weekend day so you can stay close to home if you experience a treatment effect. Make the timing work for you. If you're getting ready to travel or attend a social event, hold off on starting with alli until the event is over

Blowing liquid feces down a row of bridesmaids, for instance, could be viewed negatively in certain circles. Further, an unexpected bout of the power-squirts while riding “The Bullet” at the county fair might not ingratiate you with your friends. Or anyone on the fairway. Or the folks in the parking lot walking to their cars.

While no one likes experiencing treatment effects, they might help you think twice about eating questionable fat content. If you think of it like that, alli can act like a security guard for your late-night cravings

You see, when you think about it, shitting yourself is actually a positive.

You can't "save fat grams" from lunch and "spend them" at dinner. Spread your daily fat gram allowance of 15 grams on average per meal over the whole day

Cheating can lead to embarrassment, tears, and the introduction of a frantically constructed toilet paper crack-wedge in the bathroom of an Applebee's. It’s simply not worth it.

You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work

Until you get the hang of it, you should probably take along a rolling suitcase full of brown clothes everywhere you go, while taking Alli. Luckily, however, turd-colored clothing is in this season; turd is the new vomit.

If co-workers ask about it, there is no shame in telling the truth. You might be surprised how understanding folks can be if you simply say, “I dress like this to conceal the poop that's constantly soaking through the seat of my pants.”

You may not usually get gassy, but it's a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens

Showboating is not recommended.

You can use a food journal to recognize what foods can lead to treatment effects. For example, writing down what you eat may help you learn that marinara sauce is a better option than Alfredo sauce

In addition to a handcart full of extra pants designed to camouflage your anal leakage, it might also be a good idea to carry a schematic and information wheel, so you don't repeat past mistakes and have a treatment effect halfway up your back.

I hope this information has proven to be valuable.