Pink Elephant

Lets talk about the big pink elephant in the room!!!

Recession? Depression? What’s the difference?

An old joke found among economists….
Recession is when your neighbor looses their job.
Depression is when you lose your job.

I know you haven’t been living under a rock and it has affected everyone in some way.

The rich lost just a billion or two dollars of their money due to the stock market
The middle class have lost their home, cars, 401K and live on food stamps and unemployment.
The lower classes have fewer places to choice from government housing and funding from government assistant due to the middle class living in the same housing and living off the same assistants.
(This is based on my personal opinion)

A cute joke I found….
“I went to the ATM this morning and it said “insufficient funds”. I’m still wondering is it them or me"

Anyone on a Diet?

Has anyone been on a diet? I am on one right now.

Ever try diet pills? Too many years ago for me.

I once heard Oprah once say "If there was a pill out there for weight lost, I would already bought it and had lost the weight a long time ago" So, if the richest lady can't find the pill or the quick fix answer. Than there isn't one.
I enjoy working out, but eating right can be hard. I am teaching myself to change my life style and not to call it a diet. ( To late...I already said the "D Word" 3 times). Life Change, Life Change, Life Change.
I have bought a lot of vegetables and fruits lately. I clean, cut and put them in a container and place them in the fridge so I can easily grab them instead of chips or something else bad for you.

I think at this time I am doing a good job. I try to keep active with some kind of work out every week (about 6 to 7 hours a week total) and I have lost 15 pounds in 7 weeks. However, the hardest thing is my husband.

He loves the fast food, chips and Mt. Dew (Not pop...gotta to be the dew). This life change is to help us both and I am trying to rub off on him. I might not get him to the gym as often as I do. But at least I can change what he is eating at home. Notice I said home, when he is at work he runs out and grabs Wendy's, McDonald's, Chinese or sometimes subway for lunch.

Both sides of our family deal with very poor health issues; for example, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high blood pursue and ect. We both worry about our family members and scared for their health. I told my husband in a recent conversation Lets Break the Cycle. We are young and we can live a healthy life for our family and our little dog Bella.

So lets stop and think before we eat

Park the car a little father away from the store in the parking lot

Take a walk on a nice day around the block.

The Reason

Have you ever walk through a store or driving down the road and some topic has hit you so hard you want to write it down and express your feelings about it? You don't really care if you share it with the world but just feel the desire to pull over or stop what you are doing and let it all pour out.

Even though I spent six LONG years in college and wrote endless papers, studied for countless test and read so many text books. I have never been a good writer. Or even at spelling. I have felt many times it has hold me back in life. At times, I have found myself taking a denture in life to overcome this. I have always had a learning disability since I can remember. The statics of me going to college was always low and to finish with a degree and succeed was even lower.

Don't get me wrong...I have two degrees. I have a two year degree in Business Management and a four year degree in Business Administration however, I can improve so much if I just took some time and write a bit in my spear time.

The key to all of this is TIME. It has always took me time to write a paper. For example, in college it would take me two times longer to read the research and understand it and than write what I wanted to write. NOW, DON'T GET ME WRONG... I can read and write...I just take my time. My mind goes quicker than me typing the gamer out on the computer screen correctly. So, I find myself typing whats on my mind than turning around than proof reading what I wrote than editing. Than walking way a bit, than proof reading again.

So the overall reason for the blog - improve my writing skills and expressing my feelings by writing and spelling correctly and efficiently.

So from the begainning....I am sorry if I misspell something or something isnt wrote gramerly right. Just let me know. Just a learning process.