This 'n' That

It's been a few days since I've written on my blog.  I have many excuses but the main one is I didn't know what I wanted to write about.  I've had many things on my mind yet each one wasn't enough to write in a whole blog so I decided to write about this 'n' that!

First on my mind are my struggles (and I say struggles) with my weight.  Now that I am a "menopausal" woman I have no metabolism to speak of.  I know this and I know what I need to do.  Watch what I eat and exercise.  Can it be any simpler than that? 

Last year I went on a strict vegan diet, exercised religiously and lost 30 lbs. in five months.  Come January, for some unknown, insane reason, my brain convinced me I was tired of exercising.  I was no longer on the strict vegan diet, but I remained a vegetarian.  That opened up my culinary world to my biggest love which is cheese.  Any kind of cheese and eggs and ice-cream and all those high fat delicious foods.  I've gained back 12 pounds, so needless to say, I'm back on track.  I'm back to exercising but I will remain on a more realistic vegetarian diet with primarily high fiber foods.  Wish me luck!

Another thing on my mind is menopause.  The root cause of my slow metabolism, mood swings and I know my increased craving for sweets. (I didn't used to have a big sweet tooth when I was younger).  I look at this word and see men - o - pause, which I take to mean take a break from men or as my husband might think, he needs to pause (or take a break) from me.  Is that how you see it?

It makes sense to me because during this time I never know what kind of mood I'm going to wake up to which is dictated by the kind of night I had.   Then again, I could have slept like a new born kitten on her momma's teat or tossed and turned throwing the covers off and on with hot and cold flashes.  My moods are my moods.  Thus the reason my husband and I need to pause and think before one of us says something, well, stupid!

Enough of that subject and on to something fun.  I've talked about my cats and dogs before.  Today I will give the spotlight to the baby kitten, Annabelle Lee who is four months old now and as cute as she can be.  She is at that age where she thinks all the animals are her personal best friends forever.  However, the older cats have pretty much put her in her place because they are not in the mood to romp and roll around with her.  Merlin and Missy are younger and will play with her for about a minute.  Then there is our one year old dog Clarke.  Those two can play and romp for a little bit until Clarke wants to start treating her like one of his stuffed animals.  That's when Annabelle has had enough!

All in all, if I am in "one of my moods" all I have to do is sit down for a few minutes and watch these innocent and lovely gifts from heaven.  God knows what I need because they will lower my blood pressure, calm my nerves and make me laugh out loud!

Annabelle Lee

I have to admit after writing this I am in a much better mood and ready to face this hot, humid Oklahoma day.  Thanks for listening and come back again.  I'd love to hear what's on your mind, too.

Have a blessed and happy day.

SG