An award and more...

Karen over at Make Just a Ripple is one of my most faithful followers. She has given me an award, but more than that, she has given me a wonderful compliment.

Karen wrote: "I adore Ida. I've never told her (until now, I suppose)but I sorta look up to her as my surrogate cyber-mom. If my mom were still around I know they'd be incredibly good friends."

I think this is about the nicest thing anyone has said to/about me in a long time. I love all my wonderful cyber-buddies. I know people who aren't 'into' blogging and meeting people on the computer, but I have met the best people ever here in the blogosphere!

As we come to the time of year when our thoughts turn to the things we are thankful for, my Internet buddies are right up there at the top of my list. Thank you ALL for being there for me when I need you!

God Bless you each and every one!

Just me and my guy....

What a wonderful day it has been. Not only was the weather perfect in almost every way, but I spent the day goofing off with my favorite guy. I had to go work for a bit this a.m., the we did some garage sales in Garden, went to Wally World, and were fixing to drive home when we noticed a 'gun show' sign, so we drove out the the fair grounds for that. We spent about 2 hours looking around there. Then we headed home. We didn't even spend a lot of money, either. It was just a great day spent together doing the things we enjoy.

I woke up with a bit of a sore throat this morning. I think it is allergies. I will take an

antihistamine tonight before going to bed to see if that makes a difference. I do hope that I am not coming down with that crud again. I can't believe I am having so much trouble getting over that. I rarely ever even get as much as a cold. I take vitamins and extra vitamin C, don't know why I got it this time. There are a lot of people around here that are sick, though. Lots of nasty stuff out there these days.

I haven't been watching what I've been eating too close lately. I have not tracked it in quite a while, well, since I went on vacation. I don't know, I guess I just got tired of counting. I suppose that we all go through that at one time or another. I don't think I have been eating as much as I was, and I still have been watching myself. Eating low(er) carb has become a habit for the most part, although I did eat mashed potatoes tonight for supper. I allow myself that indulgence occasionally because I do love me some mashed up taters! I haven't gained any, so I figure I've put myself into maintenance mode. Not where I want to be just yet, but maybe I need to settle in here for a while and give my body a break from the diet weightloss plan.

Emotionally I am doing a lot better. I have been making myself go to bed by 11:00 every night, and it seems to be working. At least so far I have gone to sleep right away, and I have been waking up at about 6 every morning. I don't get up (except to run to the potty and then hop back in bed) I just lay there and sort of drift in and out. I love waking up like that, not having to hop up right away. I know that I should go ahead and get up and spend that hour walking on the treadmill or riding the stationary bike, but I'd rather lay in the and snuggle up to the big guy.

Well, I've rambled enough. Good night and God bless!

to sleep; perchance to dream,

ay, there's the rub.

Sleep. We know that our bodies need sleep. It is the time when our bodies repair themselves. Without adequate sleep a person can become fatigued, depressed, and have trouble concentrating,. It can also cause illness and injury. Sleep deprivation also affects motor skills, enough to be similar to driving while drunk. Driver fatigue, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, causes over 100,000 accidents and 1500 deaths each year.

I have occasional insomnia, as you know if you read my blog with any regularity at all. I figure that I spend most days in a state of sleep deprivation. Makes me wonder how I've managed as well as I do all these years. I have yet to figure out WHY. I've discussed it with my doctor, who just gave me a prescription for sleeping pills, which I seldom take because I can't seem to wake up the next day. It is something that I have lived with for several years. I have often wondered if I have Somniphobia (the fear of going to sleep)or Clinophobia (fear of going to bed). But I don't have a fear of going to bed, I just don't want to. Even when I am really sleepy, I just don't want to go to bed. Weird, I know. Anyway, I know I have to sleep. Monday's breakdown was just a small example of what sleep deprivation can do to me. Being sick for 2 weeks, not sleeping but a couple of hours for 2 days, and stress at work and at home, and the time change was too much and I broke down. So I have decided that I will go to bed by 11:00 each and every night. I won't get back up and I will get up at 7:00 each and every morning. I will do this for 1 month, and see if I am feeling better.

Good news on the weight loss, I am down another pound this week to 160.2. I am going to deal with my sleep, and lack thereof, this month and will deal with the exercise need at a later date. I think I need to concentrate on one thing at a time.

Good night and God bless.