One day at a time.

• Oct. 8, 2008 - Economic Collapse- who started the roller coaster ride?

Interesting video showing some pretty interesting information gathered from news media sources all over.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EyKiOE78yU

You decide.

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• Sep. 23, 2008 - The stress-coping diet...

Only girlfriends can understand this one. This is specially formulated diet designed to help women cope with the stress that builds during the day.

Breakfast
1 grapefruit
1 slice whole wheat toast
1 cup skim milk

Lunch
1 small portion lean, steamed chicken
1 cup spinach
1 cup herbal tea
1 Hershey's kiss

Afternoon Snack
The rest of the Hershey kisses in the bag
1 tub of Hagen-Daaz ice cream with chocolate chips

Dinner
4 glasses of wine (red or white)
2 loaves garlic bread
1 family size supreme pizza
3 Snickers Bars

Late Night Snack
1 whole Sarah Lee cheesecake (eaten directly from freezer)

Remember: Stressed spelled backward is desserts.

*This isn't really my diet- but it's pretty close! I'm printing this and taking it to my WW meetng next week. :)

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• Sep. 18, 2008 - Why did the chicken cross the road??

WHY did the chicken cross the road?????

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road
because it was time for a change! The
chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road
because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all
the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I
personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes
me uniquely qualified to ensure - right from Day One! - that every chicken in
this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this
really isn't about me.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the
chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of
the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no
middle ground here.

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can
clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken.
What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross
the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled
about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against
it.

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need
some black chickens.

DR.. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this
chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this
side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other
side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting
by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is
why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn
from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give
this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his
life like the rest of the chickens.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there
is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side
of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's
guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking
American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me
which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market
to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave
me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he
cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed
I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain, alone.

JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you
people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side. ' Yes, my
friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay,
too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the
liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other
side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as
simple as that.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken
crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was
good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a
few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the
heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went
on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the
road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads
together, in peace.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008, which
will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents,
and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of
eChicken2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never craÅ #@&&^(C%...........reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross
the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

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• Sep. 18, 2008 - Missing in Action

Wow...it's been awhile since I've been around. Time flies!

Since I last posted, we've been to Chicago and back. We made a day of going downtown with our boys. They rode the Metra trains (1.5 hr each way), rode on a Trolley, rode the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel, ate at "Bubba Gump Shrimp" restaurant (I love that place!- Great Shrimp sampler!), and then took a water taxi from navy Pier over to the Fields Museum. We spent the rest of the 'school day' exploring the museum. My 4.5 yr old was a bit freaked out by the mummy displays- especially when he saw the REAL ones unwrapped. But he was happy when he found his "dumm dumm" statue in the South Pacific. (That's the big statue from the "Easter Islands" I think in the move "Night at the Museum" with Ben Stiller. They think it's hilarious.) The Fields Museum was fun for them because it was so much like the movie's museum- including the big dinosaurs that they called "Rexxie". We were going to end our day by going up to the top of the Sears Tower, but on the trolley ride back- which was standing-room only, and we were standing, my 4 yr old fell asleep- STANDING UP! Someone was kind enough to get up so I could sit with him, and we decided to just head back to the train station and go back to Grandma's. He slept for over an hour. We were almost home on the train when he finally awoke. It was quite funny. Wore the little guy out.

So after our trip to Chicago, visit with family there, and along the way, we made it back home. I immediately dove into my new 'job' as a Pampered Chef Consultant! YEAH! And the days are a blur. I've been studying my material, looking for leads and opportunities, and just found out last night that I have a 90% chance of getting in on a booth at a huge Home & Garden show in our area next weekend. YIKES! I'm excited for the opportunity to generate bookings and sales, but also nervous. I'm not an extrovert at ALL! I'm ok when I get started, but it's the 'getting started' in the conversation that is hard- especially since I'm selling something.

And finally....this picture had NOTHING to do with my thoughts for the day. I just saw it on another site and thought it funny. Apparently, it was seen in a Grocery Store.

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• Aug. 15, 2008 - Moses and Friends

Moses and Jesus were in a threesome playing golf one day. Moses pulled up to the tee and drove a long one. The ball landed in the fairway, but rolled directly toward a water hazard. Quickly, Moses raised his club, the water parted and it rolled to the other side, safe and sound.

Next, Jesus strolled up to the tee and hit a nice long one directly toward the same water hazard. It landed right in the center of the pond and kind of hovered over the water. Jesus casually walked out on the pond and chipped the ball onto the green.

The third guy got up and randomly whacked the ball. It headed out over the fence and into oncoming traffic on a nearby street. It bounced off a truck and hit a nearby tree. From there, it bounced onto the roof of a shack close by and rolled down into the gutter, down the drain spout,out onto the fairway and straight toward the aforementioned pond. On the way to the pond, the ball hit a stone and bounced out over the water onto a lily pad, where it rested quietly. Suddenly a very large bullfrog jumped up on a lily pad and snatched the ball into his mouth. Just then,an eagle swooped down and grabbed the frog and flew away. As they passed over the green, the frog squealed with fright and dropped the ball,which bounced right into the cup for a hole in one. Moses turned to Jesus and said, "I hate playing with your Dad."