So I think a lot...and often.
I have thought about creating a place in the interwebs where I can dump memories, thoughts, ideas, plans, and everything else that typically is lost to me at the beginning of the next day. No one has time to put pen to paper, or at least that is what I tell myself every night before the lights go off . I do welcome questions, but if you do not like what I say here, then don't comment just avoid me like the plague. Now that does not mean that I don't like discussion or more information.
So welcome to my "Mind Palace" Thought Castle, ADD Rant, whatever and this is the beginning, and so here is today's topics.
Money- it's always on my mind.
My husband, who I will refer to as P, and I have 800 credit cards (I exaggerate often, so be prepared). I cannot keep up with which are paid off, which have a balance, and even which one is which. I keep asking myself: How did I get here? I could possibly have 6 AX cards, but who knows. I am an adult I have a good paying job, a track record of taking a modest income and stretching it into a very rich one. Not to mention that I am the proud owner if a good bit of solid productive thinking skills. Well obviously, I need to get it narrowed down to one or two of the best and the rest paid off. I do not know about the rest of the world, but I find this task daunting. It might be prudent to again mention that this ability to streamline was a necessity and very doable when I was 20 and 30. Yet, almost impossible in my 40's? I googled how to get it under control and lo there has been new credible study on American debt and the mind set that is necessary to get out of it. Here is the trending research on our over indebtedness, for our over crowded minds.
Gist: Pay of the smaller first - high interest would be smarter but we like the joy of accomplishment so snowball works best. So, stay tuned and I will let you know how that goes.
Diet- Where did my 20's weight go?
I make no joke about weight loss and a 45 year old women. A happy little women that I work with actually had a Doctor tell her no matter how hard she might work she will not see weight loss during or after menopause. So there is all kinds of stupid information out there and not just the non-credible stuff. So once again, I researched and I found Optifast. No, I don't sell it or get paid to promote it, but damn people it works. I have never had a serious weight problem, but I married a man when I turned 38 who is a joy to be around. We cozy up in bed, turn on Poirot, get with a snack, and a brown drink. Thus, I have a serious weight problem. My poor frame cannot handle the 30 pounds that I have packed on and the 10 years that have aged these bones. So two weeks ago P and I went to Nutrition Solutions down the road from my home. We talked with a guy who knows about diets and he basically agreed we were fat. For the record, P is obese and I am overweight so obviously I win. I also won at the first test, the blood work. I am perfect, except that I feel like I am dying. P, is pre this and post that and high this and scary that. They then had us meet with the nurse who went over the program from start to finish. Then with more than a bit of trepidation, we put down 10 million dollars, and left with our weeks worth of powdered shakes.
We are both down 10 lbs! That is only in the first 4 days. I am hungry, but not so much that I cannot wait for the next shake (every 3 hours 5 times a day). It is looking pretty promising. Interested?
By the way, it is a chunk of money. We both realized that we were moving towards 50 feeling like 80. It scared us both to think that our last best 20 years might not be that great, on the track we were on. I promise to tell you if it works.
The State of America- We are not what we appear in the media, or are we?
It should be said here and know that I am an optimist and largely irritated by the press. I worry for them though because they may divide us as a nation to the point where they kill their own freedom of speech and therefore be out of a job.
We are money driven people. Although we have become socialist in many many ways we are, at the heart of hearts a money driven society. And I think that it works for the most part. Except when that money is to be made out of exploiting our weaker areas. Then we needs some type of standard, rule, conscience, something that holds our tongues and keeps us on the riot lines only when it is needed.
If you are one that is looking for a level mind and an American through and through, Mike Rowe is your man. I find myself reading his letters out loud to my husband during our cozy time (you know with the snacks and the brown drink) and it takes be back to talks about life with my dad. Rowe always starts with a polite greeting and a charming story that you are left to wonder what application it might have and then, the moral comes and all is clear and ends are tied off, clarity gained, and feelings healed. It is Paul Harvey and FDR all rolled up into that guy you had do your cabinet work.
Love it and love him.
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| Me, in my 40's Cheers! |
STAY TUNED.
