I'm obese

So today we went and had dinner with my sister in law. I had decided a few days ago to start ANOTHER diet.

Got home and weighed on the WII...179!!!! that is obese and my fit age is 57!!! Well I have decided to stop this madness NOW. So hopefully daily I will be updating and charting my progress here. Unfortunately with my severe foot problems and fibromyalgia AND my love of eating I know it won't be easy.

I have chosen the volumetrics diet since I always seem to need something to chew on. Also I have to get moving . My body is obviously accustomed to my daily activity so I will have to bite the bullet and actually exercise.

Let's get started and wish me luck..

Debs Life

me at my fattest.

Wedding

Spent the day AGAIN doing wedding stuff. We have one week until the big day. Much to my dismay I realized we picked a date that in the three weeks of Jewish mourning leading up to T'ish B'av. I will pray that this does not create some kind of hex on my daughter. Luckily she's not jewish so she doesn't really care although I do occasionally suggest that a seventh day adventist is just a Jewish Christian. Enough of that messianic stuff they are the real deal. But I ramble.

Happy to be off for the next two weeks, may have to get a part time job to pay for this wedding.

Shabbos

Good Shabbos all. I'm online and shouldn't be. Wanted to go to Erev Shabbat services tonight but didn't make it. Tomorrow night we are attending a benefit for my nephew's school. It is at Loveless Cafe and Allison Kraus will be performing. Not sure what she sings but I know I'll enjoy a night out with JR and my dad.

My dad seems to be coming out a little since my mother's passing in October. We made it through Thanksgiving and the holidays ok I suppose.

Met with the conservative Rabbi a couple of weeks ago. Torn as to what to do there.....I guess prayer will help me decide which direction to go at this point in my life. Plan on attending Chocolate Seder at The Temple on Sunday ....that should be interesting.

Sidney is moving out on the 8th. She's all grown up. later all

The Israelis

Had a great night tonight at the Schraugers. Met some very interesting people from Israel and also some great local people. gosh who wouldn't love the Israelis? They are intelligent, warriors, peace activists, nationalists and just great human beings who value life. I think they are fabulous. Again a great evening.

The Dream Act

http://dreamact.info/

This is my new project. I have a friend who is an illegal alien. He is a child in high school. Through no fault of his own he is in the US.

If anyone is reading this, for a moment put aside you bias towards illegal aliens and whatever you bring to the table. Imagine for a moment that your child has gone to school here most or part of their life. You have hopes and dreams for your child right? Your child has plans for their future , right? Maybe your child wants to be a lawyer, a doctor, a school teacher; well for the hundreds of thousands of undocumented children in the US this dream is an impossibility with our system the way it is now.

These children cannot go to college and if they are lucky enough to get into a college when they get out of school they are STILL illegal and will not be able to get a job! Our federal government has allowed these children to be educated until graduation from high school then they are hung out to dry. What are their options? Stay here, living in the shadows or go back to their PARENTS home country where they don't have a life. Their life is here. Please if you can look at this without bias , support the dream act. Look at the provisions in it and see if it is something you can support.

This Week

Well this has been a rather odd week.

Last Saturday I attended the funeral of a dear friend Jerrel Jeter. Jerrel was a great guy. I've known him since I was in 5th grade. He had lots of stumbles along the way after we became adults. He had finally gotten his life together, truly together and then BOOM the unexpected strikes. ILLNESS.

He had a wonderful wife, whom I didn't know but I can tell just from the short time I was around her in the past few weeks that she had helped him tremendously get on and stay on the right path. The only thing that has helped me with his passing is believing that G-d has a plan for our life. We may not know what it is or like it but it's the way it is. I can only hope that Sean, ( another friend who died about 6 years ago) was there waiting on him. Maybe he needed a friend to be there with him.

Yesterday I attended another funeral. This one was quite different. It was for Mrs. Scales who was almost 98. I can only assume that she accomplished untold amounts in her lifetime. It was a beautiful service and her family will miss her for sure, but 98 is a good long and fruitful life and I'm sure she outlived more people than I can even imagine.