So, the gym is doing something for me after all!

I might not be losing weight, but I am definitely converting fat into muscles! My former regular pants can now be pulled off without unbuttoning/unzipping them. My "new" regular pants are the pair of pants I bought by accident over a year ago. They were hanging in the right size section at Wallyworld and I just grabbed them and bought them with out trying then on. When I did try them on, at home, they wouldn't even go all the way up my thights! And now they fit! I have gone down one pantie size and now can buy hipsters instead of the hideous "granny" panties. I am now using the second row of hooks on my bra instead of the first, and the bra fits better then it ever has! The cups are filled better! No winkles! Also, I do have to say, my new shirts feel a little. . .big, but I when I look at myself in the mirror it appears to be alright.

When I started at the gym, I think their scale weight me in at 210/212? I now weight 205! A couple of days ago I went down to 203.8! So there is a slow effect going on. Personally I think it's because of the rowing machine! I started using it about. . .a month ago? At first I did ten minutes, and then increase each time until I was at 30 minutes. I'm afraid I did start at the highest numbered setting because after all, I am used to picking up 33 pound balls of dough at work. And before I got fired, I was carrying vases around, that greatly varied in weight. Only half of the dial on the rowing machine is numbered, but it has the capacity to be turned all the way around. I'm assuming that it gets harder to do as you turn it, pass the numbers. So I'm starting to slip it pass number 20. The effect has been, a, changing fat into muscle, and b, I can longer wear the full lenghts coat I've had for over 15 years. It barely fits on my shoulders! I move my arms and I can feel the lining snapping  tight on my back! Even although I wore this coat when I weighted 236 pounds, it won't fit around me! I can make the edges touch and that's all. It's my butt!!! It's so big! It's so round! It's so firm! We can also blamed the ellipse machine for that too! Actually I luv my bootie!

Again With The Shed!

Yes, I noticed a while ago that the duct tape had been cut and someone had been in there again. And again, besides from the first time (when the house behind me was being built), and one of the car ramps that Daddy made, and Crystal's mattress, nothing that I can detect has been taken. I was, and still am discouraged about my ability to keep this from happening. Also, I keep waking up around 6:30 A.M. and I hear what I think is the doors on the shed being opened. And about ten minutes later, being closed. I keep chickening out because a., survival instinct says don't go looking for trouble, and b., I'm SOO tired. Menopause is kicking my butt, in relationship to sleeping. But I am going to try again.

So, plan C, or what ever. . .Yes, I am going to tape it up again. But this time, on the inside of the doors, I am going to tape strings of jingle bells. Maybe THAT will work.

Okay, had a minor talk with Best Friend

I'm a little reassured. She sounds like she knows what she is doing. But I'm still faced with the fact that she wants to have a relationship with a guy who's a convinced felon, has never had a full or part time job, no car and very little prospect for improvement.

On the other hand he does keeping asking her what does he have to offer her?

I still think he's stringing her along for sex.

I also asked her about the fun option. It turns out I am wrong, there is no fun option or any other kind of option Zousk doesn't ask questions like that. What she does have is a statement that she wants to have fun in her profile. . .I'll hate to think an simple statement like that could be seen as a sexual invitation. It looks like the school teacher is just a pervert.

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My cousin and partner have quit Facebook! I got a email from him yesterday, saying they were both now too busy with her going to university to stay on it. I emailed him back saying I understood. Man, I'm going to miss our little chats, and right now even leaving status updates seen a little hollow since he won't be able to read them. I really felt connected to him through our chats.

The only upside to this, is that I won't have to feed the partner's turtles anymore since they are now gone from Fish World. And this means I can get rid of my fish tanks. . .I know they aren't real, but stupid hind brain sez's I'm killing them! But my fish tanks are a total waste of time, and it's not like anyone else is playing that game with me.

Sometimes You want To Beat Your Friends With A Stick!

And this is one of them. My best friend has finally gotten off of E-Harmony and switched to Zouks. I was pleased about this, because she had set her options on the Harmony site to world wide, so most of guys she e-mailed with were not close enough to actually date. (Please paid close attention to that little factoid, for some unknown reason, she keeps setting herself up to fail, and I don't know why.)

So enter the Zousk web site and she sets it to local and starts getting hits from local guys that she can go on a date with. GOOD! GREAT!

Goes out with one guy, like him a whole lot, they text back and forth, he sets up a second date and NEVER shows up for it. At this point I'm afraid she will never date again. But miracles of miracles, she sets up two dates on the same day, a week later!

The first guy, all she tells me is that she ended up in a local park making out with him. . .WHAT!

The second guy she meets at a local restaurant and they have dinner and talk about their work and stuff like that. The date lasts about one hour as it is freezing cold in the restaurant. She hugs him good bye.

The next thing I know she is having sex with the first guy on the second day. Turns out he lives in the same apartment complex! Also, he has no job, no car, and oh ya, a prison record for drug dealing. Also, has never had a real job since prison record keeps him from getting hired. She believes all of this, because everything he says is the truth. . .of course.

At first it's just for sex. . .oh really, best friend? She does believe they are having a relationship, even although he keeps telling her he can't provide for her, since he doesn't have a job.

I believe he is saying "You are not my girlfriend, I am just stringing you along for sex."

She is hearing "When I get a job, I will take care of you and we will get married!"

Why do I believe this? Because this weekend we went to get our eyebrows done again and we stopped in a formal dress shop there and she looked at the red bridesmaid dresses and asked me if I would mind wearing red since it is his favorite color!

She is also talking about going places with him, in her car and her money.

Frankly the only thing this guy has going for him is that he hasn't taken her money. . .so far.

She is completely besotted with him.

And oh ya, the second guy? She didn't hear from him until the next Saturday at 9:00 p.m. when he started texting her about jacking off about thinking about her breast. She texted him back that she didn't know him, was really uncomfortable about this and she was turning off her phone. She is completely in the dark of why a school teacher would do that.

And here's why. . .she very casually and very, very quickly mentioned and moved on from the fact that when she set her options on this site, she didn't pick "I want a relationship." She picked  "I want to have fun." Apparently she is completely clueless that means sex with no strings attached.

For the first two weeks I was going with this from her viewpoint, and then three days ago my sub-conscious reared up and smacked me. Oh! He's a complete loser. He's probably lieing to her. He's NOT her boyfriend.

And the fun setting? I am going to explain that to her. I know she will reject my explanation. I will try to tell her my opinion on her "boyfriend", but I have no hope she will dump him.

Would having a talk with the "boyfriend" be of any service?

Got the blower motor replaced

On the 6th. I also asked them to replace the bulb in the top brake light as it was out again and that's not one I can do. So I drove there, dropped it off and went over to my bank across the street and deposited the money I had saved up for the job. There was no way I was going to walk back with that kind of money in my purse.

So they called me about 3 hours later, and I walked back. The estimate I signed before asking them to do the light as well was for $320.00. What I paid was $375.00! They charged me $47.00 to do the light. The real kicker afterwards was that BF told me one of the bottom brake lights was out. Yep, they charged me $47 and they didn't even buy me a new bulb! They took the bulb out of the lower light and put it in the top!

I also asked them how much it would be to replace the water pump. My car is now passed 100,000 miles and I know that's something you are suppose to do as preventive maintenance.Their estimate was $475. I texts Bob and he told me to shop around. Unfortunately I think I will have to.

I'm being some what productive

Which is amazing because my neck is tweaked! This is the third day of the tweaked neck, and I truly believe my muscle relaxers would really, really help, but I just can't find them. The last time I remember having them is on a house sitting trip to Jackie's. I tried a viocodent the first day, BA! Did nothing for the pain and just made me lie around in a stupor until eleven p.m. So, I have been taking three aspirins at a whack and that does help. I managed to mow the lawn, most of it at least, before I chopped the extension cord in half with the mower!

So, applied for five jobs today, the job applying has been a little messed up because of A. neck,  and B. Cousin. My Cousin is pretty lonely, even although he won't admit it! I know this because this is week two with out the partner or Big H at home, and he has talked to me on chat four times this week! For over two hours each time! I don't mind even although it really does screw with my will power to look for a job.

The new kitchen and bathroom are coming alone, and the washing machine and "tumble" dryer have been moved to a utility shed out back. He always refers to the dryer as the tumble dryer! I asked he why (since I am not aware of any other kind of dryer) and he said because it was so posh! The kitchen is now 99% done, and he is awaiting  the arrival of a silver microwave to replace their old white one. He sent me a picture of the kitchen.