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So I believe I have done this before but I my birthday is in less than a month and figure I will give a new birthday list…

1.  I want a new cover for my Nook and love this one!!

2.  I need a new folding chair for games and practices.  I got Mom C one that is like a part mesh, part canvas chair at Walmart and it’s oversize (not for two people) and I love it.  Can’t find it on line though…

3.  I think I would like to try Weight Watchers and if they do gift certificates, that would be great…

4.  I believe Curves is doing a 3 month membership for $99 in Whitman and would like maybe a gift certificate to there to help defray those costs or to Club Ex in East Bridgewater.

5.  I am super into sewing right now so a gift certificate to Jo-Ann’s Fabrics would be good because I have a few more blankets to make.

6.  Barnes and Noble gift certificates.  I have a friend who can get me books but just in case there is one I want that he is unable to get it for me.

7.  Sadly, this was super hard to find online, but with all the crafting I’ve been doing, I would like to organize it a little better and make it look like part of the living room.  I like this piece that can be combined for not only that but also the book case that is a bit of an eye sore in the living room.  With a set of the fabric drawers in the brown and maybe green, I think it would look pretty nice in the living room.

8.  Gift certificates are always good.  I could use some clothes but not fully sure of the size of myself and hoping that it is smaller by the time I can get out and go shopping.

9.  Kenny Chesney tickets!  Oh my God!  I would love to see him and The Zac Brown Band in concert!  I’m not even sure if there are any even available but Oh My!!  :)

10.  This one is a long shot, but it doesn’t hurt to cross my fingers and hope.  The one regret I have when I got the Scion was the in dash radio/gps system, so this doesn’t have to be the one, but I knew where to find this one, so…

Diet Diary

So I was feeling good about myself for the most part yesterday.  I put on my only pair of shorts I own that fit right and headed out after making sure it looked okay in my mirror at home.  Windows in stores suck and so do other peoples mirrors!  I suddenly looked huge!  Why is that?  I got on the scale and it says I gained 7.5lbs.  That sucks!  I don’t want to gain that weight or any weight for that matter.  I hate my obsession with food.  I want to switch from Ally to Weight Watchers, but it’s pricey though I seemed to have hit a stand still with Alli right now so I don’t know what to do.  I could do the Weight Watchers online, but I don’t think it’s the same.  It’s horrible to say (and I apologize to both of you) but I am so jealous right now of Brittany and Stacie who both look amazing.  Stacie had done Weight Watchers and lost I believe around 20lbs and Brittany’s speed camp, which I wish I had something like that in my life, is losing weight like crazy.  It’s so sad and I’ve only actually admitted the fact that I’m jealous to Eric who keeps telling me I’m fine and I look great.  I wanted to through things at the TV when it said I had gained 7.5lbs.  I am back up to like 194 per the Wii and that really bites.  How do I get over my obsession with food though?  I love food and the summer is one of the hardest months to try and do anything to lose weight as there are so many tasty things right now.  Cookouts and baseball tournaments and baseball games/speed camp (the driving to and from part) and working late are all hampering on my diet and I wish I could just say no!  I just don’t know how to.  I’m not strong enough.  I’ve actually thought of hypnosis but I wouldn’t even know how to go about doing that.  I am so disappointed and truly disgusted with myself and I don’t think anyone really understands that.  I just don’t know what to do anymore.  I try to be good and for the most part I have been, but then something happens and I just want that little piece of whatever.  I was good on the 4th though and I think I only had one cheeseburger and then stayed away from the desserts, eating three or four cup fulls of fruit.  I just don’t know what to do anymore.

Book Reviews

So I’ve read a few more books since the last posting on this and thought I would tell you which ones…

“D” is for Deadbeat by Sue Grafton – I’m really liking this series, though with every other series I’ve ever read, I hate the chapter (or two) that tells about things that have already been said in previous books.  I only need to read about that once…Still a good series overall so far.

Any Man of Mine by Rachel Gibson – Cute book.  Another romantic one.  Sam is a football player and beautiful (so the book states) and made a mistake in Vegas that landed him a son.  The story centers around the two of them getting back in touch, along with the love being reignited between Autumn.

I Beat the  Odds by Michael Oher – Not what I thought it was going to be but still an alright book.  I’ve been in to reading non-fiction books recently and this one was harder to read (and I read it on the treadmill more often than not while in PA) but it was still not a bad book.

I’ll Walk Along by Mary Higgins Clark – This was an interesting book about someone’s double.  A woman’s son had been kidnapped years before and was made to look like she had taken him.  Lots of plot twists and came out to be not what I expected at all!  Was a really good book!

Lies that Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea Handler – Though I don’t find her as funny as Jen Lancaster, she is still funny in parts of her books.  I don’t think I would want to be friends with her due to all the embarrassing things she does to her friends and staff.  Though I guess the perks might out weigh the fact that she is super mean!

Night Road by Kristin Hannah – Thank you Tanya for recommending this book!  Though I already had it on my Nook, I hadn’t read it yet and I loved this book!  Oh My God!  I cried, I laughed, I felt things that I didn’t think were possible!  This book was super good and am looking forward to reading more of hers.  I felt Jude’s pain.  I felt Lexi’s fears.  I felt Zach’s love for Mia.  I heard Mia singing.  I felt Miles losing everything.  Easily added to one of my top ten all-time favorite books.

Something Blue by Emily Griffin – have you ever wanted to hear someone else’s side of the story or see what happens at the end of a book (I wanted a little more at the end of Night Road)?  Well, that is what you get with Something Blue.  This is the part after Something Borrowed, giving you a glimpse into Darcy’s life before and after Rachel and Dex.  Another good, quick read.

The Castaway by Elin Hilderbrand – She might be one of my new favorite authors, which I might have said already when I did the last review.  This is a story about friendships that last through years and so many other things (death, affairs, etc) and what happens when one goes missing.

Again, not full out and out reviews, as I only just finished Night Road and it’s been over a month since I’ve read some of these, but little glimpses in to what I’ve read and it’s a little more for me to see what I have read over the year.  I think I just added eight books here, which seems like a lot since June 1st when I did the last post.  Holy crap!  I do get a lot of reading done.  I’m not sure when I find the time, though I did read three books while I was in Pennsylvania for the two weeks.  Oh well.  Twenty five books since starting at the beginning of this year.  I’ve been busy!