Seeing old friends…and sticking to my goals.
This weekend, I celebrated with friends at a 40th birthday party and it was so great to see all of my old friends!!!
It got me thinking that OLD really is a state of mind, however I guess this body is beginning that slow, slippery descent into late 30′s…to jump the cliff at 40! And the birthday girl has inspired me…she looked fantastic! She had a specific goal in mind and worked very hard to do it.
I find that I have the goal. I actually write ALL my goals down every quarter - I just don’t adhere to the fitness/weight goals. I tend to **ahem** sweep them under the carpet…telling myself, “Oh, I’ll change the way I do this…right after this sizzling fajita platter or that ginormous fish platter, with all the fixin’s”.
I am back to doing Bikram Yoga – did 6 sessions over the last 2 weeks…it made me feel great. I love it. I am balancing my mind…I am gaining strength and flexibility and I am purging all the nasty toxins that I encounter on a day to day basis. There is a new studio on the west side of Houston, that is on my way home from work and the owners & staff are awesome. They can be found here.
So, I am saying it OUT LOUD for all to hear. I am gearing up to do the Bikram 60 Challenge. That’s right everyone. 60 straight days of 90 minute yoga classes in 105 degree heat. I am so excited! So my goal is to start next just as soon as I finish the package that I’m currently on…so we’re looking at 2nd week of June.
What I’m most excited about – is that in the 10 years that I’ve practiced Bikram, I’ve always been too lazy to do the 60 day challenge…I have actually sat and heard others AFTER class say that it is LIFE CHANGING…so why wouldn’t I want to do that? I pick it up do it for awhile and then go off and do something else…but I have decided to make the commitment to ME.
So after an extremely gluttonous weekend of birthday parties, judging a Michelada Throwdown (MORE on this here and here - a little link love to Jenn at Dirty Kitchen Adventures & J.C. Reid at Houston Foodie) , eating a serious amount of blue crab and Korean Food…I need to just slow it on down a bit and stick to my goals.
Who wants to join me???
Who’s in da DAMN House Wednesdays – Flutter

Introduction by our very own Lindaloohoo:
This week we feature Christine, aka, flutter. Discovering her site really brought me full circle on this whole internet thingy. In my mind, reading words like hers are the reason the blogging world exists. She is funny enough to make Tip Tucker slow down, quirky enough to make Lucy Ricardo take a back seat and eloquent enough to move the mountain that stands firm. And of course, her own introduction is way, way better than anything I could come up with, so stop wasting time reading my shit. Here, read her shit:
A survivor, a writer, a knitter, a cook. Sometimes someone who kind of sews, a beginning painter, a diabetic. A singer. An amazon with a predilection for high heels and vamp nail polish. A wearer of red lipstick. A friend, a fiance, a sister, a daughter, a soft place to land. Able to belch like a trucker, write the perfect thank you note and laugh at a fart joke. Poetic, loving, struggling. Dark and divine. flutter is a girl named Christine, and she can be reached at http:byflutter.com but be nice, she bites.
And now, on to really important stuff, like making George Carlin smile through his dirt nap dreams:
Tits.
Honkers, boobs, funbags, milk-makers, hoo-has, jugs, cans, puppies, sweater jockeys, breasteses, tatas, mams, girls, the twins, boulders, peaks, bosoms, hooters, knockers, melons, pillows, rack. Bee-stings, bazookas, chesticles, coconuts, headlamps.
Whether you are a member of the itty bitty titty committee or if you strain the straps on your over the shoulder boulder holder, every day as a woman in some way includes your tits. It just is the way it is.
Those of us who have jigglers (the big ones that move around when you walk) deal with back pain, digging underwires and ogling passerby. Women of the smaller persuasion feel the pressure to pad or to enhance to adhere to a standard of beauty.
Guys are pretty lucky we don’t have the same standards for balls, aren’t they? Can you imagine men walking around with their giant balls in a sling, jiggling to and fro in front of the catcalls of rabid women?
“YYYYeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh baby! Shake them balls! Oooooooh yeah! I wanna bury my face in them nads!” Um, yeah. No.
I worked, for a very short time at an escort agency. Now, before you get your knickers in a twist, I wasn’t an escort. I was the unfortunate soul who answered the phones and sent the girls on their “assignments”. I would put on my best sex-kitten voice for the men who called in, describe our girls, get credit card numbers and addresses. This sometimes went smooth as silk, other times the sheer stupidity of tit-blind men was beyond comical. To wit:
“Thank you for calling, how can I service you?” I would purr.
“Yeah, can you send me a blonde with big tits?” I always knew when this was the ice breaker, that idiocy was sure to ensue.
“Well, sure. I have Candy who is a 5’7″ blonde, her measurements are 34d, 28, 36…”
“Bigger than that.”
“Um, ok. I have Danielle who is blonde, 5’2″ her measurements are 36dd, 26, 34…”
“Bigger.” [insert pervy snort here]
“I’m so very sorry but double d is the largest I have available, right now…”
“I don’t care about the cup, I want like a 46dd, but she can’t be fat.”
“So you want a thin girl with a 46dd?”
“yeah.”
“You do realize that is like, physically not possible, right?” I had dropped my sexy voice and didn’t bother to disguise my irritation.
“You don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“I have tits, I do know.”
I then proceeded to give him a fifteen minute lecture on what measurements mean. I could swear I was able to hear his erection deflating as I spoke. Poor guy was just trying to get his rocks off and I am giving him an in depth anatomy lesson. Clearly I have remarkably innappropriate instincts.
I was not long for the escort service. The last straw was when a frat house called, some kid whacked off in my ear and I asked him if he felt like a big man…now that his frat brothers had been witness to the only sex he’d ever had. They called back and complained to my boss.
Me and my tits, out of a job.
My boobs have gotten me into more trouble than out of trouble. By a large margin. Which, I have to say is one of the best things about the internet. I know you aren’t looking at my chest when I am talking and that? Well, that’s just tits.
Sweet Dreams are because of this…
As many of you know I suffer from a chronic disease called “crazy brain” that only affects me at night and usually in the middle of the night. So while most of the world is fast asleep my brain well is just going fast. In the past I have called on a few friends to help me with my disease IE: Mr Tylenol, Mr NyQuil, Mr Sleepy Time tea and Mr Bottle of Red Wine and sadly they all let me down. Well to hell with you “old friends” I have a new friend. My new BFF is here to stay. No joke this really works and I really am sleeping like a baby. I wake up well rested and my energy level has increased incredibly.
Presenting… Ta Da….
“PM – Sleep Aid”
“Tunguska Mist” – Adaptogens
~~The following is direct from their website~~
Support for restful sleep
With Tunguska Mist PM, you can finally fall asleep quickly and wake feeling refreshed. PM is natural and not habit-forming, and helps you to relax and fall asleep naturally when the day’s stresses are interfering with healthy sleep.
The ingredients in this restful blend work with the body to regulate the sleep-wake cycle to naturally trigger sleep. They also help your body manage its response to external and internal stress.
Use PM for those occasional nights when stress is making it hard to sleep. Tunguska Mist PM works by:
- Helping the body manage its response to stress
- Supporting natural relaxation
• Improving the body’s natural sleep cycles

** I have not tried any other products but if they work even half as good as the PM Sleep Aid then I am a believer. There is a lot of great information on the site about the many benefits of adaptogens. I was introduced to the concept of Adaptogens on Oprah, DR OZ was talking about them as a whole – Not a specific product .
A Simple Thank You

On this Memorial Day a Simple THANK YOU to all those who have served this country.
My Husband is a retired USMC Sgt Major and I have such appreciation for the Military. The passion, the dedication that these men and woman have is a special gift. We are so fortunate to have these incredible people fighting for us all. So Thank You Hubby and all of those that have served before you, with you and those that will serve after you. They should all be remembered and honored on this Memorial Day and every day.
Not EXACTLY Sasquatch … but close ;-)
So yesterday we were at an AAU basketball tourney in San Diego. Zac’s team lost the first game and then won the second
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We go back tonight for another game and then Monday for championships. It’s a ton of fun and I love seeing Zac do what he loves … especially when he plays good.
Yesterday though .. there was another cool thing that happened. When we walked into the gym you could hear all the kids buzzing. There was a big guy sitting in the stands and EVERYONE knew he was there. The kids kept coming up to each other saying, “Shaq is here”. They were SO excited and it was awesome to see the kids all a buzz and to have the sport celebrity be so genuine. He was surrounded by kids most of the day and he let them take photos of him and he actually talked to some of them.
I thought about going up to him and saying hello after he twittered that he was at his 9 yr old’s basketball game at an AAU tournament .. but I didn’t. He always says that if you are a follower you should. I wish I had now just to tell him that I thought it was cool the response that his presence meant to the kids.
My favorite thing that I overheard was when one of the boys snapped a picture of Shaq as he was walking out the door. He was sending it to a friend who wasn’t there and he titled it …
… wait for it …
… “Shaq’s back”. Yes, he only caught an image of his backside – haha
The end of the world is coming, the end of the world is coming
No, really. The end of the world is coming. Nostradamus said so. And it’s going to end, or begin to end, or, ah, something big is gonna happen in 2012. And that’s just a few minutes from now.
Nostradamus was the man. And four centuries later, we are still talking about him. Or at least the History channel is. Cause he knew shit. And he wrote down all those crazy dreams. And now that shit is coming true. I mean, there’s probably alot of other shit that he wrote about that never came true, but I don’t hear about that. Or it’s likely I fell asleep during that part. And I know I dreamed about something important, but now I can’t remember what it was.
So, um, let’s take stock. I mean, you’ve got to admit, it feels like the world is going to hell on a supertrain with greased rails. We’re pulling into the hot station momentarily and the conductor is pissed off. People are different now. The world is different now. It’s faster. It’s smaller. It’s hotter. It’s sicker. It’s poorer. It’s meaner. It’s hungrier. It’s armed-er.
Now Iran has a rocket that can carry nuk’s to Israel. Pakistan is feverishly working to develope nuclear weapons. Iraq had didn’t have hid didn’t hide always had never had buried trekked out on a camel when we told em we were coming might have had nuclear weapons. And don’t even get me started on North Korea.
Hate. Pride. Ignorance. Fear. Envy. Greed. Anxiety.
And that’s just me. Thankfully I mostly recognize all those behaviours in myself and am working on correcting them. Except when I’m too ignorant to see it. Until later. Ever do that? Think you’re being sooooo smart in making a point until afterwards you realize your facts were incorrect and you were just making a big ass of yourself? That’s where the anxiety comes in.
Wait. I lost my train of thought. Which happens alot because my train is short. Mostly just the caboose.
Be grateful and never fear change…
You know…I’ve been in a funk lately. A pretty bad one. Not suicidal bad…not going out binge drinking bad, just feeling low.
In cakeland, I overextended myself a few weeks ago and did WAY too many cakes for just little ol’ me, it was like the holiday season…My job is mixed with tons of drama and a daily dose of bullshit, that wears me down…I have a husband that works 65 hours a week, at night…who has a very sick Mom that is overseas. I don’t take the time to see my own family enough when they’re just down the road (about 3 hours) and well, just a general malaise of feeling like I am not being heard and/or respected by my peers, socially and in other realms.
I do a daily meditation…and a few days ago, my reading spoke to me (not “spoke to me” as if I were filled with the spirit, but the passage jumped off the page and pretty much bitch slapped me). It stated that our lives are a constant state of change and if we resist these changes, then we make it much harder for ourselves to move to the next level or stage in our life. And the strange thing about it is, that I have heard this a million times before…The more things change the more they stay the same…Change is good….
But what hadn’t sunk into my thick skull was the whole balance of giving in to the change and resisting the change. It is so much like working against gravity…GRAVITY ALWAYS WINS. Period. And if you think about it, if you let go and take each little change in your life, then it’s more manageable…doesn’t seem so overwhelming.
My father used to ask me this – “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” So with all of the change in my life, I have made the decision that I will take each thing, one by one, not as a whole and move forward. I will embrace the change as a good thing.
This leads me to part two…of my neo-spiritual post ::laughing, with hands on belly::, yeah, right. That is GRATITUDE.
Dictionary.com says this:
GratitudeGrat”i*tude\, n. [F. gratitude, LL. gratitudo, from gratus agreeable, grateful. See Grate, a.] The state of being grateful; warm and friendly feeling toward a benefactor; kindness awakened by a favor received; thankfulness.
That is powerful, if you break it down. I wrote down a list of things I was grateful for, to counteract my negative thoughts and here are a few examples:
- I am grateful to have such a loving, non-judgemental family; they are my rock
- I am grateful for a loving husband, that is also my best friend in the world – he is the highlight of my every single day
- I am grateful that I can DO yoga, that I can RUN on a treadmill, that I can be PHYSICALLY STRONG, as some people cannot
- I am grateful that I have a good job that helps my mind to grow, both professionally and in a challenging way – this is a tough time to be out of work or in a job that you truly don’t like
- I am grateful that I have friends who LOVE me for who I am, not who I’m not. As I grow older, I realize that less is more in this area. Support and love is truly a gift.
- I am grateful that I have a roof over my head, even if I have spiders and it’s a pain in the ass to clean…some people wonder how they will continue to live comfortably on a day to day basis.
And this is just a small example of my gratitude.
So go ahead, don’t be shy…I want you to pipe in here…What is your Gratitude List look like????
Namaste
S-E-X, it’s everywhere. AND, I need help. Yes from you.
Ok, first off, if you are in any way related to me, please stop reading right now. In fact, you’ve probably already read too much. STOP. Cause if you keep reading this, you’re gonna feel all oogey inside and then I’ll feel all oogey inside and then I’ll have even more family that won’t speak to me. And there’s only one or two of you left who will speak to me, so really, just go away.
Now, all you other adventurous readers out there, I really do need your help. And you’ll have to delurk to leave me comments because I can’t read your mind. You have my permission to take jello shots and change your URL to anonymous if you just promise to cast a vote.
We ladies here at WMDA are going to be doing a special giveaway in June. And it involves, um, hello kitty sex toys marital aids. So when we were approached by Drew over at Eden Fantasys about doing this, he let it slip that research would need to take place before the review and giveaway could be done. And guess who volunteered got picked to do that research? Well the Bloggess was busy with her clown porn, so it will fall to me. (On that note, I wonder how many clowns you can fit in a Vulvo?)
It was actually supposed to fall to me in April, but I was so sick I couldn’t even hook up with . . . myself. For the whole month. Well cause I was sick and also because Hubunit tried to save money by cancelling Showtime. wtfness? Hello? We only have Showtime because it’s my dirty channel and without that, there really can be no Taco Tuesday. Feeling oogey yet?
But now Showtime is back and I’m well, and well, hungry again. The problem is, I don’t know what to choose from the Garden menu (Eden was a garden right?) I’m overwhelmed by the choices and am kinda clueless as to what I might, uh, enjoy. I mean, I don’t want something that has a face and an outboard motor and is so independent it might follow me down the street when I leave to take monkey to pre-school.
Before you choose, I just ask you to please consider the fact that I am a human being, not an eighteen year old. Or Swedish.
So mix up one of Cathy’s awesome lemon drinks, go on over and take a look, become anonymous if you must (especially if you are going to nominate something that has more appendages than an alien from Mars) and leave me your vote. I’ll take it all under advisement and fill you in on the winner in June. If I can still stand up. Oh, from the tequila shots, people, puhlease.
Note to Hubunit: get a move on and vote early and vote often. Just sayin’.
When Life Hands You Lemons….

You Make Drinks – Of Course!!
Kristy handed me a bag of lemons the other day after a killer workout at VO2 and I got to thinking about what else I could do with all these babies… Then it hit me, Why drinks of course. So here are a few drinks that have fresh lemons in them – Perfect for this summer weather..
Singapore Sling - 2 oz Gin, 1/2 oz Cheery Brandy, 1 oz Lemon Juice, 1 TSP powered sugar and club soda. Shake Gin, lemon juice and sugar in cocktail shaker: strain into a highball glass over ice. Fill with club soda and float the brandy mixture on top. Garnish with fruit.
Lemonade Margarita – 2 1/2 Cups Lemonade and 3/4 Cup Tequila (good stuff!!) Garnish with Fresh lemon rounds.Lemon -
Champagne Sparkler – 1 Cup lemonade, 2 cups Champagne and or sparkling wine and 2 tablespoons cranberry juice cocktail – Garnish with lemons.
Between the Sheets: 1/2 oz of each of the following: Light Rum, Triple Sec and Brandy. 1 oz Lemon Juice. Combine all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker, shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon.
What is your favorite cocktail where Lemon is one of the ingredients???











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