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I am doing well. I cut back on the calories. Now it is just a matter of moving. I joined a gym in January, but my allergies have wiped me out ten days and counting now. I rinse with saline distilled water in my nose it helps the most. It is cool tonight. Tomorrow I am going to church for some time and then on Friday I have some errands to do. My writing is going well, I am alone 99% of the time anyway so I have my writing. My dog keeps me company. I am likely to buy a mobile home this autumn. I want a large one. In four years I may get one in Florida too and go there during winters. I should be sending all three books out by end of summer. They will be as final draft and as done as done can get soon. I have a fourth book written of short stories too in first draft only. I am generally happy and don't need a lot of companionship with others that most people can't do without. I don't understand why people have children, I know how, but it makes no sense to me. After I was a medic and nurse I realized I need not have a child to care for me when I get old, and I am fixed now - not that I have a girlfriend or anything. Those with ten kids had no one around and the ones who had one kid that child was there daily. I also realize if one does not find a good partner by their 20s they're unlikely to find any at all, or they will just settle so to speak. My dieting is going OK and I really, really watch the calories of every single thing I eat. I personally don't understand how anyone can get a diet with all the recommended vitamins if they're eating 1500 to 2000 calories a day, unless a vitamin smoothie is in there... Emotionally I have not been better since my 20s, so that is good one reason is I don't have a lot of financial worries anymore and I live modestly and don't need to waste money to impress anybody. Everyone people are trying to impress will be gone one day soon too, and if God is there those people trying to impress others will be regretting it the most I think - I am talking about the super, super wealthy. I bought myself some nice inexpensive jewelry recently and a nice watch for 1/6 the price online. I have a huge collection of books (many I got for free at the last place I lived) and I have thousands of music CDs to the point I rarely buy any now. I have many family members that are quite well off. I can't complain as I know many Americans who struggle very, very much in life and have next to nothing. Half of Americans almost have no savings, so I realize I am fortunate.
Diet Calendar Entry for 04 June 2013:
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1530 kcal
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Fat: 26.61g | Prot: 59.74g | Carb: 265.48g.
Breakfast: Stonyfield Farm Organic Fat Free Milk, Mango, Runza Banana Smoothie. Lunch: Blue Bonnet Light Soft Spread Margarine, Yam (Without Salt, Drained, Cooked, Boiled, Baked). Dinner: Blue Bonnet Light Soft Spread Margarine, Shrimp, Brown Rice (Long-Grain, Cooked). Snacks/Other: Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop! 94% Fat Free Butter 100 Calorie Mini Bags. more...
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The allergies have me wiped out again. Two weeks of this. I must limit my time outdoors. Church is a quarter-mile away so it is not too far and I need to go. I missed two weekends as I was coughing too much and I didn't want to disrupt things. Otherwise, I am well. I am allergic to grass, which is of course everywhere here in western Massachusetts. I am not far from the Connecticut border well less than ten miles. This area of the country is very beautiful and summers get hot but it doesn't last like down South.
05 Jun 13 by member: GlennM
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So sorry to hear your allergies are soo bad..Glenn...My DH takes generic Zertec..it really helps him...in this kind of stuff..he only takes it in spring and summer...his allergies don't bother him as much in winter...Hope your feeling like your self again soon....I have to agree we really don't have to have everything there is out there...We both spend wisely...and try to save what we can for our future..but its not easy...some things will crop up when you least expect it..Have a great evening...:O)
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Bren - you are right. My allergies are helped best by rinsing my nose out. I am expecting some Singulair in the mail today, it is for asthma usually (I don't have that) but the doctor OK'ed it. ChlorTabs help. I am being frugal. Could I afford a house later this year? Yes. But then I would have no money to live on. A mobile home is affordable. I will get a big one probably. A mortgage payment will be cheaper than my rent, and I will put a fund away in a bank for repairs only. Both of my parents have let their houses go to hell in a handbasket. There is no reason for it they have money (my mom less so because she gives all her money to youngest daughter leech child). Her income was double my father's for like 30 years and he has money saved up and hers is gone - thanks to leech child. Ha, ha. My mom is leaving us nothing (squandered it all) - as for my father he won't write a will so my twin sister who is one minute older will have to take that mess into probate where half of it will be taxed. Oh, well. I am OK now financially - but things do come up. I try to save a little each month. It adds up in time.
05 Jun 13 by member: GlennM
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Neither of my parents are nice people. My income was very low over a decade ago and my mom would pay for my sister and her kid's meals and not for me. My father did the same thing repeatedly too with others. I am supposed to respect them as they are my parents but over the years they have shown me little to zero respect and neither bother to visit my new place, no relative has been here - I have been here over 6 months and can have guests it is a nice-sized apartment, but no one visits. My family members are like long distance extended people I don't know.
05 Jun 13 by member: GlennM
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I really hate that for you Glenn..I have aunts and uncles that don't give me the time of day..my parents are passed..but my mamma would give the shirt off her back if you needed it..not just her daughters but she was a good person to all...:O)
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I understand Bren- not everyone can like us, not even our families. My twin sister's husband inherited two big chunks of money. He bought a $40,000 car with cash - then a month or two later was laid off in 2008. He should of went back to school right away. He did not. My sister is upset I have a pension now. She could have worked for the state as a daycare person at a college and she didn't want to... I never inherited money. I have one aunt who talks with me, the rest of the family lost more marbles someplace along the way and not in the schoolyard as kids... ha, ha. Now I can laugh about it because I don't need my parents in my life or an inheritance from either one anymore. It would be nice, I would likely travel or pay off a mobile home, but I am not expecting anything. My sister wants me to go to my nephew's wedding, I don't like crowds and I don't want to go, so I am not. No one visits, so I don't know her three grown kids anyway... my grandmothers were nice always... my great aunts too. My mom's cousins are nice but I rarely see them, my dad's sister is OK - the rest of the family I have has more screws loose than a motorcycle totaled in a repair shop.
05 Jun 13 by member: GlennM
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:O)..that was funny about the motorcycle in the repair shop...I do understand that..
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:) Bren. I had to say something. I have a bipolar illness diagnosed, most of my family is crazier but they don't see it.
05 Jun 13 by member: GlennM
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