deb's life

I'm obese

2012-01-01T17:32:00.000-08:00

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

2011-09-18T10:48:00.000-07:00

me at my fattest.

Wedding

2011-07-17T15:37:00.000-07:00

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

2011-03-25T17:45:00.000-07:00

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

2011-02-28T20:44:00.000-08:00

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

2010-03-04T09:16:00.000-08:00

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

2010-03-04T09:08:00.002-08:00

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.

This Week

2010-03-04T09:08:00.001-08:00

Sunday

2009-09-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

Missed the concert last night at the Shul thanks to my wonderful family. Has anyone seen the movie "houseguest"? that's my life right now.

Went to the synagogue Friday night for a little spiritual pick me up. G-d I love that place. Maybe I'll quit my job and become a strictly observant Jew. Can anyone pitch in financial donations??? LOL. ... Work tomorrow then in a couple of weeks I have vacation.

Sidney is sick.. Hope it's just a cold. Isaac is at Kenny's his PawPaw.

Next weekend will be devoted to Rosh Hashanah . I CAN'T WAIT!!!! See ya soon.

Saudi Arabia: Countering Terrorism With Brutal Repression

2009-09-13T09:16:00.000-07:00

Saudi Arabia: Countering Terrorism With Brutal Repression

My quest to become a Jew

2009-07-27T01:24:00.000-07:00

I can't sleep. I wake up thinking about G-d. What am I doing wrong? What am I doing right? How can I get there faster? It's the middle of the night and I should be sleeping. So to help myself I will start daily blogging about this issue in my life. I have people in Israel that are helping when I send them questions. Sent the Rabbi a very long email I'm sure he's gonna be thrilled to get that.

I should be reading Torah maybe that's why I'm awake. But instead of putting me to sleep it actually would be like picking up a really good book that I can't put down. Please G-d help me to be a better person and to have self control. I'm going back to bed but tomorrow there will be a long post about my quest up to this point.

Quick story, I go to Nashville last week. Run into a black hat Jew is all I know to call him. Never seen one before in public. I go knock on his window in his car. (probably a big fat no no) He rolls down the window. I say excuse me sir do you know where I can get kosher food.? (HG HILLS used to be there is Green Hills) He says Cincinnati and chuckles. Anyway he had a teenager in the back seat and she told me who to call. Now I don't think that is a coincidence. You tell me.

Lonely

2009-05-28T19:17:00.000-07:00

Well I thought I wanted the house to myself. JR went back to work. Sidney is coming and going. Kenston and Isaac have been back at Erica's, for how long I don't know. Didn't sleep last night, the house was too quiet. I am in search of a dog, received an email with a potential dog for us. I miss Isaac when he's not here. I've gotten used to having him here!!!

2009-05-17T18:05:00.000-07:00

Time for Desperate Housewives. I've been trying desperately to get a picture of a new bird in my yard. It looks like a Coal Tit but that's not common in this area. Maybe I'll get a picture and someone can help me figure this out.

2009-05-17T18:04:00.000-07:00

This is my very aggressive Mockingbird. He/she thinks she owns the yard and constantly attacks my cat Paris Hilton.

Male Cardinal

2009-05-17T18:03:00.000-07:00

My first underwear

2009-05-17T14:27:00.000-07:00

Lazy Sunday

2009-05-17T14:23:00.000-07:00

Today we've spent just lounging about. Kenny just stopped by to show us a Porsche he's trying out and I got to meet his friend Debbie. Kenston and Isaac are living here now....that's been a big adjustment. Sidney has gone to get her hair highlighted....Roast in the crockpot so dinner is covered.

Lilly

2009-05-17T14:20:00.000-07:00

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cardinal

2009-05-17T13:28:00.000-07:00

cardinal ?

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2009-01-25T16:14:00.000-08:00

Isaac slept over last night and we went to Lewisburg for the day. Had big fun... he just goes wild down there. Mom is doing much better . She cooked us a big dinner for a change. It will probably take her the week to recover from that. Glad to be back home. Almost time for Desperate Housewives.

Isaac's birthday

2009-01-18T19:54:00.000-08:00

So today we went to Chuck E Cheese for Isaac's birthday. For some reason these things always seem like a good idea when you plan them. Of course it turned out fine. He had several major meltdowns, like when we wanted him to open gifts, and when we wanted to take pictures with his cake, and when he couldn't do EVERY SINGLE GAME RIGHT WHEN HE WANTED TO!@!!! Ok , I can calm down now. At least none of the adults were having meltdowns.

It was really fine but wow I am tired. Welcome to the terrible twos!

My Birthday

2009-01-12T17:25:00.000-08:00

We had a lovely evening at Longhorn Steakhouse for my birthday. 39 and holding!

Lazy Saturday.

2009-01-10T14:13:00.000-08:00

Been on the couch all day. Headed over to get Isaac. He'll be thrilled to see his DIDI and PAPAJ.
Mom was back in the hospital. She fractured 3 ribs from a fall last week. She's back at home. It's neverending.

Election Eve

2008-11-03T18:59:00.000-08:00

I sit here tonight on pins and needles waiting to see what will happen tomorrow. I will be so glad when this is over. At least SNL is on to lighten things up. Anyone wants to drop by and watch the election returns with me is welcome to come.

Sidney has been sick with mono for anyone I haven't told. She also got her hardship license this week which is very scary!

MORE HALLOWEEN PICS

2008-11-03T18:53:00.000-08:00

We had Isaac this year for Halloween. It was great. We only went to a few houses and he threw a fit because he wanted to go in every house. Last year he went with his granny Vicki and his cousin Leah. After that we went home and sat on the porch and handed out candy. He really enjoyed it but didn't really understand it. Hope we get him every year!

THE TWO HEADED MONSTER

2008-11-03T18:52:00.000-08:00

ISAAC AS ELMO

2008-11-03T18:51:00.000-08:00

2008-11-03T18:49:00.000-08:00

MY LITTLE LADY BUG

2008-11-03T18:48:00.000-08:00

ELMO AND PAPA J

2008-11-03T18:46:00.000-08:00

My Guy

2008-10-12T07:38:00.000-07:00

This is Isaac cracking up at Sidney and her friend dancing.
He loves blondes.

Thank God I live in the US

2008-10-07T14:25:00.001-07:00

Jerome Corsi author of a book I am currently reading was just ejected from Kenya. I guess they didn't like the fact the he basically proved half of Obama's autobiography was fiction pulled from his childhood imagination of what he thought his father was. Funny....

DAY 4

2008-10-07T14:01:00.000-07:00

Been in the condo all day. It's raining which is fine with me. Everyone has gone to Destin. Sitting here making myself sick watching CNN. Dow down 500 pts, holy crap. Thank god I'm only 39 and not even close to retirement.
Yesterday went to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola. I thought it was awesome. Some in our group were less than impressed as usual.!!

2008-10-05T19:17:00.000-07:00

DAY 2

2008-10-05T18:15:00.000-07:00

Got up early this morning thanks to Sid and Michael. We thought it was like 11:00 and it was really 8:15! We exercised and then jumped in the pool. Then we ended up in Destin. Not something I was dying to do but it was ok. There was a seafood festival and the shops were ok. No big thrill there. We ate at Cracker Barrell, something we could've done in the boro but that's where we ate. No big surprises there. Sidney has JR down on the beach now looking at sand crabs, Desperate Housewives is calling my name.......

FIRST DAY

2008-10-04T17:51:00.000-07:00

Well we arrived in Navarre Beach a few hours ago. I'm hoping this will be our best vacation ever. There are practically no people here which I think is great. The beach only had 10 or so people that we could see and they weren't the 90lb golden brown bikini clad kind. The women actually looked like normal people. We just ate at a nice place called Cocodries. It was delicious. They had an awesome grouper sandwich!! Local people and college football. What more could we want. The condo is awesome too 3 bedrooms 3 bath great view right on the ocean!

Papa and Isaac

2008-10-03T20:06:00.000-07:00

Isaac

2008-10-03T20:04:00.000-07:00

He thinks everything is so funny

Current situation

2008-10-03T18:47:00.001-07:00

Well I've just about made myself sick with all that's going on the financial markets. I'm so angry at Congress right now I don't know what to do!!! Finally the American people as a whole stood up and made their voices heard across this great country...and what happened? The politicians still did exactly what they wanted. What a bunch of crap. I think in November I will vote only for people who's names I don't recognize.

We're off to Santa Rosa Island in the morning and I hope like heck I can forget about this for a little while because it's making me nuts. I also hope the gas supply stays good so we can make it back home. Hope everyone reading this has a great week.

My Baby

2008-10-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

He's was laughing his butt off at the girls dancing.

Flowers

2008-10-03T18:37:00.000-07:00

Academic Award

2008-10-03T18:35:00.000-07:00

We're all about academics and Sidney and Michael and Lindsay were three of
the few
honored last year for their hard work. The speaker was Rudy Kalis which
was pretty cool although I didn't really like his speech.

THE RUNNER

2008-10-03T18:33:00.000-07:00

He's big and he's bad and loves to run

Sidney being cranky

2008-10-03T18:31:00.000-07:00

Whitewater Rafting

2008-10-03T18:29:00.000-07:00

This is our rafting trip. It
was so much fun. We weren't
sure why there were so
many Indians there but
Gatlingburg must be their
new ultimate destination.
They were nice but wouldn't
help paddle the boat. JR
broke his paddle and Sid gave
him hers. The Indian guy
on the left tried to give her his
and she said "no I'm good!"

Gatlinburg 2008

2008-10-03T18:24:00.000-07:00

My family

2008-10-03T18:22:00.000-07:00

This are my guys and gal. We love taking Isaac outside
just to explore. It' s all new to him.