Posted 1:39 PM by Bonnie

Pictures! Pictures! Finally got my film developed so here are the pics of me receiving my trophy for Big Loser of the month for Sept., for my TOPS group, and one of me recieving my charm for losing 40 pounds. You get a charm bracelet or charm pin for the 1st 10 pounds, then a charm when you lose 20 lbs., then you get a charm for every 20 pounds. So, I will get another when I reach 60 pounds. I will also get one at 47 pounds because I will be half way to goal.


Big Loser For September


40 lbs lost charm!

Posted 1:02 PM by Bonnie

The Shrub speaks with forked tongue: Yes, while our current pResident of the White House talks about Kerry flip flopping on the issues, I wonder if he listens to himself.

First he says the reason he banned allowing our citizens the freedom to choose to get less expensive drugs from Canada, and thus allow our senior citizens to save some of the meager social security he has left for them, is because drugs from other countries may be contaminated.

Now - due to the shortage of flu vaccines due to contamination by (not an England company, but an American company outsourced to England) that we will negotiate with Canada for more vaccine.

Which is it Shrub? are you flip flopping on this issue?

Then he says John Kerry has never been to a senate meeting to vote on anything... please rewatch all three debates or read the transcripts... this was one of his repeat lines.

And in the same debates he says that John Kerry voted against certain issues 27 times, and another bill 47 times, and yet another bill... well, you get the picture. Fist John Kerry is never there to vote, but when it was convenient he found hundreds of times John Kerry was at the senate to vote.

Which is it Shrub? are you flip flopping on this issue?

Now I am not the most intelligent person on the face of the earth, nor the most politically in the know, but even I can see or rather hear there is something rotten in the state of bushism!

Posted 8:17 AM by Bonnie

Plutocratpillar: This animatedcartoon was sent to me by a friend in Erie, PA. Thanks Rick! It really is good! Take a minute to check it out.

Posted 8:46 PM by Bonnie

Forty pounds down - 54 more to go! Well, I wanted to post the picture of me getting my charm for 40 pounds, but we didn't have a charm presentation last thursday so the pic will have to wait until next week. On the same roll is a picture of me accepting the trophy for big loser of the month for September. This is with my local TOPS group in case you are a newbie to my site. I am in a weightloss program and have had my ups and downs and in this case have the downs are the best part. So pics will go up next week, but I just had to share the good news.

On the 7th I gave a presentation on Enthusiasm and had a blast with it. Did it cheerleader style and even had two of my compatriots in TOPS up front with pom poms and letter E's pinned on their shirts. It was a lot of fun to present and the group loved it. We had a big weight loss this week after some pretty dismal weeks and a lot of members said my presentation had inspired them. That was good to hear because sometimes I'm just not sure how my weird and crazy presentations are accepted.

Anyway, went for a nice long walk today and have plans to play tennis tomorrow, so I am keeping active, watching what I eat (no I don't eat in front of a mirror), and drinking my water. Seven more pounds and I will be half way to goal, so that is my next small goal and when I reach it I will post to let the world rejoice with me!

Posted 9:10 PM by Bonnie

This one sort of surprised me. I mean, I enjoy reading, love to write poetry and novels, but really was a bit surprised by these results.


You are a complete literary geek, from knowing the
classics (even the not-so-well-known classics
and tidbits about them) to knowing devices used
in writing, when someone has a question about
literature, they can bring it to you and rest
assured; you know the answers.


How much of a literary geek are you?
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Posted 9:00 PM by Bonnie

Gee, is anyone who knows me surprised at this one?

Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?"

Atheist
You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up.

Posted 9:52 PM by Bonnie

From Depthmarker.com

Saturday, October 09, 2004

YET ANOTHER ONE NICKED FROM BILLY

the albums you should have listened to before you die

...copy the list on to your blog, put in bold the ones you have listened to (completely from begining to end) and then add three more albums that you think people should have heard before they turn into their parents - remember, it isn't necessarily your most favourite albums but the ones you think people should listen to...and when we say listen we mean from track one through to the end...

1) Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band; The Beatles
2) London Calling; The Clash
3) Blood Sugar Sex Magik; Red Hot Chilli Peppers
4) Think Tank; Blur
5) This is Hardcore; Pulp
6) Moon Safari; Air
7) Elastica; Elastica
8) Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols; Sex Pistols
9) OK Computer; Radiohead
10) The Kiss of Morning; Graham Coxon
11) Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars - David Bowie
12) The Wall - Pink Floyd13) Setting Sons - The Jam
14) America Beauty - The Grateful Dead
15)Toxicity - System of a Down
16)Train a Comin' - Steve Earle
17) Folksinger - Phranc
18 Come From the Shadows - Joan Baez
19) Bat out of Hell - Meatloaf

The chain is growing and with it the list: check out http://vicsjournal.blogspot.com/ and http://clearblueskies.blogspot.com/
for the latest updates I could find.

Posted 6:13 PM by Bonnie

ARD:I'm finally getting around to posting about last weekend! Maybe someday I'll catch up with myself. Last weekend was spent in Manning, SC with other TOPS groups in our area. This was our Fall Rally or Area Recognition Day. This was the day all the people in our area groups recieved awards for most weight lost over the summer, perfect attendance over the summer, etc etc etc. We also saw a couple fun skits and had time to socialize with people in other groups. Below is a picture of the ones from my group who made it to the rally.



There were a lot of nice door prizes and of course I won the one I couldn't use! Even when I went up to get it one of the women in the group had told another one that isn't Bonnie, I'll be she ends up giving that to Linda because it's something Linda would like. Now, I didn't hear it as I was up front recieiving the door wreath. So, I didn't know why everyone laughed when I walked back and hung it around Linda's neck and asked if she would like it. Below is a pic of me with the door prize that wasn't me.



All in all it was a fun day and I'm glad I went.

Posted 12:19 PM by Bonnie

Letterboxing: Want to add some fun and a new twist to your walks around your town, city, park, trail in the woods? Check out the two sites linked below and have some fun!

http://www.letterboxing.org/

http://www.geocaching.com/

Posted 1:40 PM by Bonnie

This weekend was spent in Manning with the local TOPS groups for our Area Recognition Day also known as the Fall Rally. We had a lot of fun and it was nice seeing others in the area. There were about 100 or more people there. Not a particularly exciting day. Some awards were given out, a couple of cute skits were performed and we had a nutritionist who gave a talk on ...well, nutrition. I did win one of the door prizes, but since it wasn't something I could use (see picture below) I passed it on to another member who loved it and wanted it.

She later told me her mother, also a member and who went with us, said "you know, Bonnie is a very nice person. She has a weird sense of humor, but I had a lot of fun with her today." I guess that about sums it up!

Posted 1:28 PM by Bonnie

National Novel Writers Month (NaNoWriMo) starts November 1st, so get your fingers limbered up and your thoughts in order or not, sometimes chaos works best. Sign up to be a part of the thousands who will be attempting to complete a novel during that month. I am cheating this year and will be working on completing the novel I started last year during NaNoWriMo. I am such a procrastinator!