Met a Major Goal

I have lost 100 pounds!


Since November 2009 I have lost the equivalent weight of a two month old horse

or 5 automobile tires or20 chihuahuas



I found this list on the web somewhere. 1 pound = a Guinea Pig

1.5 pounds = a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts

2 pounds = a rack of baby back ribs

3 pounds = an average human brain

4 pounds = an ostrich egg

5 pounds = a Chihuahua

6 pounds = a human's skin

7.5 pounds = an average newborn

8 pounds = a human head

10 pounds= chemical additives an American consumes each year

11 pounds = an average housecat

12 pounds = a Bald Eagle

15 pounds = 10 dozen large eggs

16 pounds = a sperm whale's brain

20 pounds = an automobile tire

23 pounds = amount of ****a an average American eats in a year

24 pounds = a 3-gallon tub of super premium ice cream

30 pounds = amount of cheese an average American eats in a year

33 pounds = a cinder block

36 pounds = a mid-size microwave

40 pounds = a 5-gallon bottle of water or an average human leg

44 pounds = an elephant's heart

50 pounds = a small bale of hay

55 pounds = a 5000 BTU air conditioner

60 pounds = an elephant's penis (yep, weights more than his heart!)

66 pounds = fats and oils an average American eats in a year

70 pounds = an Irish Setter

77 pounds = a gold brick

80 pounds = the World's Largest Ball of Tape

90 pounds = a newborn calf

100 pounds = a 2 month old horse

At weight Watchers they would tell us that even just a quarter of a pound is a stick of butter. I guess that means that I am now down 400 sticks of butter but that is too much to comprehend. I like thinking of that horse though.



Now I need to give him a name and watch him grow as I shrink.

What do you think I should call my imaginary pony?

Anesthetize Stress!

I read in the sixwise.com news letter that there are ways to fight, beat, defeat, combat (?) stress. Those sound so strident and stressful in themselves. How aboutNeutralize or pacify or ease

The article says,

“The good news is that stress can be relieved ... you just need to find a method that works for you. Here are some tips to try:

• Meditation

• Yoga

• Prayer

• Gardening

• Reading

• Journaling

• Soaking in a bath

• Hiking, biking or swimming”

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I am on the right track Gardening, reading, Journaling. I think weight loss has certainly helped but it is an ongoing battle (oh dear, there is that strident, military aspect again) Exercise, of course is an excellent stress fighter, beater, neutralizer. I will concentrate on indoor exercise now that the heat has gotten up there. This is reason I’m not gardening much outdoors (Does having the landscaper over to build that garden bed count?)

How about you what do you do to kill, defeat, end, stop stress? Gee just finding the right word is stress enough.
I need to build an arsenal toolboxof stress relievers besides eating of course
Noni

Oh dear! Oh DEER!

When we moved in we definitely needed a new mailbox. The old one had been sheared off at the base by a careless driver. The only thing salvageable was well… nothing. So we bought a new box and pole and “planted” the mailbox in a plastic planter with cement to hold it down. At first we planted flowers in the planter but they were not suitable…they needed to be cared for or at least given water every once in a while. So they died

I gave up on real flowers for a spell and went plastic. I had little vignettes for every season and holiday. In Fall I put out loads of silk football mums. Halloween was plastic carved pumpkins and plastic bones with dead branches. At Christmas I had fake holly and poinsettia and a plastic Santa statue. Easter things were easy to find and I would put out windmills when the wind picked up in the spring. Summer meant patriotic red white and blue fake flowers and flags. Of course we had silk bluebonnets during the Texas wildflower season.

There is a little boy who comes by every day on a walk with his dad. He always stops and admires the little vignettes and smells the “flowers”. This year he was joined by a little brother in a stroller. I feel that I have a responsibility for the new generation to have an interesting mailbox planter

This year when springtime came I wanted some real living plants. I needed plants that would grow well in a container, survive with little water and hot sun, and provide some curbside color.

I found the perfect plants. I had planted some Portulaca, or Moss Rose near my front door. I planted three of the plants in my mailbox planter and waited for them to fully bloom.

Yeah they were perfect- for deer dinner! .

They were so good the deer went on to munch on my Stella de Oro Day Lilly and the Plumbago I had set in the pots in the Asiatic Jasmine bed. They said deer resistant. Does that mean that the deer ate them but had to force themselves to enjoy them and come back for seconds?



We had planned to put in a bed of Day Lilies but when the plants cost $12 a pot I am loathe doing so.


What to do? I know ask the internet! The internet knows all

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This would be ideal but it’s kind of expensive

Spray away

I decided that I would try some deer repellant


This is the repellant spray that I mixed up until my Spray Away arrives

I used the crab and shrimp boil because it makes me sneeze every time I use it. People eat it so it should be okay for the deer, if they don’t rub their faces in it. It has capsicum, oil of bay, clove, black pepper, thyme and marjoram. The green stuff is dishwashing liquid. I mixed this in as a surfactant so that it would stay on the stems and leaves. Both of these and lots of in a spray bottle and shake to mix it up.

Nothing missing last night but my across the street neighbor had a deer snack attack. Maybe it worked and maybe the deer just bypassed me last night. I guess I just have to wait and see.



In the meantime I’m going to see what else I can plant instead of the Stella de Oro day Lilies. I bet they would have been pretty.

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