I Took The Plunge....

Yesterday I took the plunge and went to 24 Hour Fitness and signed up! Today I had my first meeting with my trainer and learned how to use 3 of the hundreds of machines they have. My trainer was really nice.... except for the part where she didn't seem to believe me when I told her I gained 30 pounds within 6 months after having a hysterectomy, and another 30 when I took anti-depressants and that... is how I got so overweight. She went over the fact that 1 lb. of fat weight equals 3500 calories. I don't want to argue with what seems like a logical scientific fact, but I do know that Doctors are FINALLY agreeing that those two factors can cause weight gain. They used to say that anti-depressants caused weight gain because they make you feel hungry and you eat more. Now they just say they can cause weight gain....period. I think you can gain weight without over eating...the same way that stress from a death in the family or divorce, etc. can cause weight loss or weight gain. I have seen it happen many times...in my lifetime. But...of course I could just be in denial that I consumed 245,000 extra calories that caused the weight gain. But when you are in denial, you don't know that you did that...right? So I am sticking with what I said before.

Anyway...other than that.. it felt really great to try something different. I know that exercise is going to make me feel a whole lot better, and I am excited about going. I was a little leery at first about having others watching me exercise, because I have been known to be a klutz at times....but maybe it will just create some funny stories to tell to the grand kids. I've got plenty...but I can always use a few more.

Our weather was EXTREME today!!! I don't know what the temperature was, but while I was out the wind was fiercely freaking freezing! I think about 900 people in the city lost their electricity and several trees blew down. We had light snow, but no accumulation. I had to go to the store to purchase a lock and small towel before my appointment, and went to put the items in my trunk and the wind blew my trunk on my head. OUCH!!! Not a good way to start out to the gym. No brain damage that I have noticed yet though.

Maybe later in the week I will talk about a book I just finished by one of my favorite authors, Vince Flynn. Right now I am freezing and have to go get under the covers!

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An Early Christmas Present From God

My son gave me this orchid for Mothers Day about 5 years ago and when he gave it to me it had a beautiful bloom on it. I had never had an Orchid until this one and tried to care for it according to what I had read about it. I re potted it in soil that is specifically made for them and fed it with food made for Orchids. It did not bloom however, after the blooms died off....until now!!!

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw this shoot coming up on it the other day! After waiting 5 long years...here she is about to burst open with a gorgeous flower or flowers....looks like maybe there are 3 or four!

My African Violet is also in need of some tender loving care as it has split off and made another plant.

When the orchid blooms I may take a photo and use it for my header photo or avatar for awhile.

Thank you God for this most enjoyable gift.

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How I Named My Blog Day

While visiting Dana's blog this morning I discovered Ruth is having a How I Named My Blog Day. So...thought I would join in.

Lets see......I started a blog just about this time 2 years ago called Ageing Wisdom. I started blogging mainly because we were expecting our first grandchild and I wanted to journal about the experience. I think that name just popped into my head, without much thought behind it....getting old...being a Grandma....maybe I have become wiser.....Ha! I would have been ok keeping that blog and name, but when blogger decided to add the sidebar thing that shows the blogs that you follow....mine would not update. I liked that feature and the only thing I knew to do to get mine to update was to start a new blog all together. So that is when I chose the name "Days of My Life". There isn't anything interesting behind that thought. It is nothing more than a journal of my days. I do wish I would have put a more creative spin on my name though....I wish I would have named it "A Blip On The Radar" maybe.......because I think about how huge blogging has become and how many good blogs and nice people there are out in cyberville or cyberland ....to get to know.

I love all the creative names for blogs and enjoyed seeing some of them over at Ruth's. Thanks Dana for directing me there.

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Maddie's Hat

Well, I finished Maddie's knitted hat. I had to make it up as I went along. I was using a free pattern, that made no sense to me, so I winged it all by myself. Now I am making her a poncho to go with it. Big coats are difficult to deal with with you are buckling them in the car seat. Hopefully it will be warm enough in the car. We have some snow in our forecast for Thursday. I am ready for it, I think. I have all the snow wear for her to enjoy building a snowman. I doubt we will get much accumulation though. I started putting up the tree and decor today. Hopefully I will finish it tomorrow.

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Colors

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I am not sure why I found this so fascinating but I did. I was looking at some of my blogs I visit occasionally on my reader and came across this colored pencil site where you can click on a group of them and see all the color names. Wouldn't that be a fun job? To try and come up with enticing names for colors. Well, it might be fun for awhile but maybe after doing it for a month or so, it could be challenging. Something like my Happy Thoughts blog. At first it was fun to try and come up with all the things about life that make me smile or feel good. Try doing that for a year though....you really do have to put more effort into observing things....and then you think...opps...already said that one 6 months ago. With colors, I suppose you can just rearrange the words around and make it seem like a different name or color even though it isn't . Like 'Orange Blossom' and later 'Blossom Orange.'


I used to sell Avon off and on for years, and had a lady who bought about 5 tubes of lipstick every 2 weeks. She confessed to me that she did not really wear all of them, she just loved the names they had and liked to look at the colors of them. Which reminds me...I have a drawer full of outdated makeup that I think I will try and use to do some kind of art work with, before they go in the trash. Ummmm....what could I come up with.

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