Cathyisms

I just had to stop in the middle of my busy day to make a comment about this product.  I have been taking it for approximately two weeks now and am just realizing some changes in how I feel.  I had been having pains in my upper arms that seemed to limit my range of motion and felt like the bone was splintering…..well that seems to be gone.  Now, keep in mind, I am on the computer almost 24/7 and am pretty inactive.  I am sure with some exercise I could improve upon that range of motion thing.  Also, I had been having some fatigue and low moments mood-wise.  That seems to have dissapated as well.  I have notice this especially because I usually go to bed about 11 p.m. and am up at 4:30 which are not the optimum number of sleep hours.  The funny thing is the urge to nap has not even been as strong.  I am just generally noticing a general feeling of well-being and increased positive energy.  I would love to have some feedback from others who have been taking this product and see what they have experienced as a result.  Talk to me…as there is a fairly long leadtime in getting is when ordered.  I don’t think I want to run out!!!  Oh, one more thing and perhaps the best thing…..a somewhat diminished appetite.   Maybe some of this weight will come off next!!!

I need to get to work on my latest project but just had to put a couple of thoughts down before they got lost in my busy mind.  I had a conversation with my son just now where he referred to the new generation of thinking in business relations.  The fact that people change jobs frequently signifies a rebellion again the common attitude of corporate America.  The creative thinker can be suffocated by some of the attitudes out there and if they want to survive they need to use their thinking to figure out what WILL work using discipline and self-motivation.  These are a lot of words leading to my philosophy on this.  I believe you need to be a moving target if you don’t want to end up pinned on some corporation’s bulletin board….whether is it good or bad news that is being displayed.  If it happens to be good news, then that’s great but the problem is that you ARE pinned!  By my personal definition, that means you cannot move.  Just like our bodies (oh, don’t I know it), our minds and dreams must keep moving to keep their life blood flowing and our enthusiasm flourishing.  If you are feeling this way, then you are truly living every step of the road and that is such a good feeling that you wish the road would go on forever!!!

Okay, I am on a roll today.  I love to play Pogo games!  They provide me with entertainment as well as relaxation and keep me sharp.  The problem is I get a sickening feeling when I am sitting here that I am accomplishing nothing in other areas of my life.  Here is how I have solved that problem.  I have a list of my favorite games.  Daily I play them in an order starting with the highest jackpot (as if I really believe I might win and be able to perpetuate this life of leisure).  I only play each game up to 2,000 points earned.  But the real key is that for each 1,000 points I earn I have to get up and do something.  It may be to fold laundry, clean a window, dust a wall’s worth of furniture, spray down the shower and the next 1,000 points earned I wipe the shower down.  It would surprise you to know how much I accomplish doing this.  When I was young and raising my children, I used this techique with the soaps.  Every commercial required a task be attended to and I could fold clothes while viewing.  It works for those of us who are concerned about idling too much.  Sometimes we get so involved in our task at hand that we don’t get back to the game or the show.  This is so much the better.  This last weekend I vacuumed the house, changed around the living room, deep cleaned some of the furniture, cleaned my shower  again, cleaned the kitchen floor, washed my car and played lots and lots of Pogo.  Anybody else as lazy as me ever tried this?

Okay, I have made a point to sit down and reply to my comment from Michelle, thanks Shell!  I have made a comment for Dan and a comment for Ken on their respective blogs.  I have felt my way through all the steps and hope everything ended up where it was supposed to.  My plea now is to have someone in the know, sit down with me and give me a comprehensive course as to how this all works.  I think I would be much more proactive blogging if I new what everything I am seeing means.  True, I am learning by doing but have a lot of questions.  Unfortunately, those (an you know who you are) who would enlighten me are very busy.  Actually I take that back…I really need one of the enlightened ones to be very busy if I am to be able to continue this great educational ride I am on.  Anyway….just wanted to throw out there that I might be more productive here if I knew more about it.

I am going to have to learn that when I have something valuable to share, no matter how shortwinded, to write it down.  Today I must share the value of oatmeal.  I have discovered that if I start my day out with a hearty bowl of oatmeal, the whole day goes much better.  In fact, the value of cereal is very underestimated by the public, it seems.  I have been on an ice cream binge for some time now.  Ice cream is a creamy sweet comfort food that does one absolutely no good and makes life even more miserable for one who tends to be lactose intolerant.  Well, a nice big bowl of oatmeal with milk, a little butter and about at teaspoon and a half of sugar is also a nice creamy sweet treat and the results of the tradeoff are amazing.  The same goes for a bowl of Cheerios in the evening in lieu of the bowl of ice cream.  It is sweet, creamy and crunchy.  As for the milk, well some of us are willing to suffer some for that comfort.  If anyone has any ideas for comfort food substitutions, please let me know.  These things seem to pay off in the weight department as well, as what you are eliminating will gradually show as eliminated from your middle.  This isn’t a very exciting post but I just had to share something that I think works!

I’m baaack!  Tonight I would like to expound on why I have not been doing my blogging.  Since I have extricated myself from alcohol, antidepressants and a suffocating job, I have been re-discovering who I really am and what I really like to do.  One of the greatest perks for me has been the freedom from obsession with only one or two facets of my life…most of the time those things being my lovelife or lack thereof and my job at the time.  Sooo, what have I been doing and thinking about with this newfound freedom?  Here goes….I spend more time with my mom and watch Dancing With the Stars.  I read one book after the other.  I dream up one recipe after another and cook it for my mom, myself and my neighbor.  I daily check in on, visit or help my neighbor as she has MS and finds it difficult to get around.  I eagerly anticipate communication with my children and grandchildren.  I look forward to everyday working for my son and seeking creative ways to help him in his endeavors as well as hearing what new idea he has come up with.  I play Pogo, although a lot less than I used to.  I now seek out communications with my friends and my brother.  I always have a nook or cranny that needs cleaning up and am on a drive to use up all the wonder products I have purchased in the last two years.  I am continually seeking out ways to painlessly lose weight…the doughnuts and ice cream had to go.  When I am curious about something, I look it up and learn about it.  I am amazed at how little money I have to spend to be happy.  I love and do crossword puzzles daily.  Now, doing all these things leaves little time to sit down and write.  The thing is, I still have many things I am going to be doing in addition.  I am going to learn to do some kind of daily cardio exercise, plant tomatoes, get dressed and, yes indeedy, when I am able, I WILL shop.  But in the meantime every minute of my day is a source of pleasure and gratification.  Oh and by the way, I haven’t totally discounted the prospect of a lovelife, but when you have the track record that I do, you don’t go looking for it.  Besides, I am not sure I want to give up any of the things I am doing now for a full time relationship.  So, I guess I have to say that I have found my best relationship so far to be the one I am having with myself at the moment.

Okay Danny, is this good??? I just love you for encouraging me to do this.  It is a chance to stand back and see how rich I am.

I was just thinking this a.m. about purchasing a couple of small items to organize my home business projects.  It dawned on me to start this endeavor off right could save me from kicking myself later for things I wish I had done.  I just thought I would share this little tip with my entreprenurial friends as well as those who work with expense accounts.  Certainly the years I work in operational accounting were valuable on many levels.  When you purchase an item, by all means, save that receipt.  Tape the receipt to an 8-1/ x 11 sheet of paper.  When taping, be sure you do not tape over any writing.  The tape will obliterate any printing underneath, most especially on thermal paper.  If you made multiple item purchases, some of which are not business related, circle the item for your business.  Do not use a highlighter with the exception of the color yellow.  Any other color will make it a “blacked out” line item should you need to copy it or fax it.  If anything, color highlight the items that do not apply to your business as they will not transmit clearly if at all.  It is perfect if you can tape on receipt per page.  This will give you space to make notes regarding the reason for your purchase.  Doing this is especially helpful with dining/meeting receipts where you made need to explain, who was present, their affiliations and the purpose of the meeting.  Further, keep these pages in a binder in chronological order and your purchase history is at your finger tips.  To further economize, hang on to papers that come out as not useable when you print and use the back of those for your receipt pages. 

Okay, I have made my contribution for today.  Let’s see how good I am at following my own advise.  Have good and prosperous day all of you!

It is the middle of the night again and I have a nagging question keeping me awake.  How do some people keep themselves and everything around them so clean?  I have polled some of these people and their most common response is “you do a little bit everyday.”  I am talking about things like the following: crumbless, non-sticky counter tops that shine, no less; showers and tubs that are always dry and scum free; crumbless, dustless, non-sticky floors; dust free clutter free furniture; appliances without finger prints and sticky smudges; houses that smell like no one has ever eaten a meal there.  Oh and here is a real biggie: fit and slender people with refrigerators and freezers filled to the brim with a gourmet’s choice of tasty meal items.  The fridge smells fresh, nothing looks manhandled and you know those two (looking the way they do) could eat all that stuff before its shelf life is over!  Do they clear out the fridge and go shopping every week?  Now I happen to know that these people play golf, have their nails done, care for grandchildren, socialize with friends and a multitude of other things.  How on earth do they keep all this order in their homes and on their persons.  Guess they don’t play Pogo much!

I am undisciplined.  This is something I learned from my 12 step experience.  I woke up at 2 a.m. (a common occurence these days).  I am greatful to my son for introducing me to this forum because he knows that my mind is always tossing ideas around like a salad.  I am sure he realized that I needed an audience as those closest to me have had a lot of tossed salad from me through the years.  Right now I would like to be able to go back to sleep but feel I need to contribute something to this, my new outlet.  My thoughts this morning have to do with my thoughts being so rich (or so I think) and my product so sparse.  What I am coming up with is that to be productive in a rewarding manner and actually make a product a reality, one must eventually take time out from thinking and dreaming and start doing.  Action on a consistent pre-determined schedule is the ONLY way we are going to reap the rewards of our BRILLIANT ideas.  We can think and create in our minds from here to forever and never get to experience the satisfaction of utilizing and outwardly living with those dreams as reality unless we take time out and do something.  My son and myself are conceptualizers and very, very good at that, and that is a very exciting thing but only by actually taking the time to do something before we move on to our next brilliant idea, will we actually reap the reward of all that thinking.  Are you reading this Dan?  Does anyone else out there struggle with pulling their great ideas out of their overworked brains and making some productive use out of them?  Bottom line, take a break from thinking and do something for awhile.  Any suggestions or kick starts are welcome and you can bet they will be overly analyzed before they are ever put to work.  Just once I would like to show my friends and family something I have accomplished before any of them ever knew such a thing was even on my mind!

Good morning world!

This is my first attempt at blogging so bear with me.  I have a huge favor to ask of all of you who live with cats.  My Mom and I had a cat show up in our backyard and for weeks cry like a baby to come in.  We thought “he” was a “she” until we took him to the vet.  Turns out he is a neutered male (so much for our animal worldliness).  My grandchildren named him “Snowy” even thought he is dark grey.  This is probably because his fur is white at the base.  Anybody know how that works?  My big problem is that he had no knots when he came to us and his coat filled out and was beautiful as the cold weather approached.  Well…..then the dreaded knots started showing up.  They are not just tangles.  The fur knots up and at the core breaks down and becomes almost like a compacted powder.  Prior to this I had seen my first pic of a co-workers cat shaved like a poodle.  I thought that was hilarious and my to my surprise came home from work and saw my neighbor’s cat shaved the same way.  This was all new to me and I had cats all my life.  It was becoming very clear to me that my grey Snowy, girlie male, might now have to become a poodle to boot.  Whenever he will let my, I cut out those knots…pretty impossible as they form as fast as you can get them out.  His skin crawls as I am sure it is irritating to him and probably pulls some.  Brushing seems to do no good and would only I guess if you started it and kept it up with new growth.  I am concerned about his little psyche if he were to be shaved.  It is very possible that his prior owners had him shaved and that is why he had no knots when he came to us.  If this is the case then, he may going looking for another home if he is subjected to the same humiliation again.  Anybody out there have any suggestions?

My next chapter with regard to “cats behaving badly” since he feels pretty well loved and cared for.  The honeymoon is definitely over!