Cigarettes and Mountain Dew

"You may say I'm a dreamer. But I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one." John Lennon

Monday, August 28, 2006

Hey all! Once again, here I am to address my countless followers. I haven't been doing much of interest lately. I have been getting some knitting done. I'm working on a bath set for my cousin for her wedding-- (well, I guess cousin & fiance'; if he doesn't want to use these beautiful hand-made gifts, he doesn't have to)-- facial cloths and bath mitts.


My husband told me that he would never use something like a bath mitt, but some things are just so much cuter in pairs. Agree? For example, hundred dollar bills. Dunno, just the first thing that came to my mind.
Actually, food is the first thing that comes to my mind. This is the 22nd day of my clear liquid fast, and I am friggin' starving!!! Well, I guess that I'm not as much hungry, as I am obsessed with the taste of certain foods. And I don't feel this way constantly--thank god--but I'm really feelin' it right now. It would be tons easier if I would just quit watching tv. Do you have any idea of the percentage of commercials that are for, or contain food? I haven't done a scientific study, but I'm thinkin' at least 75%. Red Lobster, for example, has a new Main Lobster tail and shrimp dinner Special. It makes my mouth water. And I can only hope that they still have it when I end my fast. I'd really rather have lobster from someplace nicer, say Chris McD's--nice restaurant in Columbia--but I don't want to bankrupt us through a week of binge eating.
SWEET, I just got a phone call from a reporter from the local (conservative, small town) newspaper, asking to do an interview. See, I sent an e-mail to the editor about a week and a half ago about my hunger strike, etc., etc., thinking that this would be something that the readers might find interesting. After a week, I had given up on the Fulton Sun caring about my issue, but woo-hoo! Now I have good strong motivation to make it through tomorrow. That's pretty much how I approach life anyway, one day at a time. (and NO, I've never been in AA) So, other than all of the innocent people dying, I have my own self-serving reasons to not eat for at least another 24 hours. The ego serves us well.

Friday, August 18, 2006

Neglected

Oh, how I've neglected this blog. I am so apologetic to the entire 2 or 3 people who may read this at times. But those of you know that my other blog, and the whole not eating thing, has taken over my spare time. Okay, of course NOT eating requires absolutely NO time, but I guess I mean other things involved with that......Whatever.
Scuzzy is now gone, off to Milwaukee, although on the phone, she sounds as close as ever. I was there on moving day, but did damn little to actually help. I did have the excuses of 1) I have M.S., and am short on strength, stamina, and the heat kills me, and 2) That was my 7th day of fasting, and going without food kind of gives you those same issues as the M.S. I did do a little though. And I looked pretty cute!

Ooooops! Shit, sorry babe. You did ask me not to post this picture, didn't you? Oh well, I don't remember agreeing to this. Besides, it's not like I somehow put it on your blog, right?
The best news of the week? Here it comes........one of Husband Lee's violins sold! Woo-hoo! For those who don't know, my husband makes violins. Unfortunately, he came into this very late in life, relatively speaking. This is the second one he has sold, it was in a music shop in K.C. The way cool thing is that it is the violin that he considered to be the crappiest (not his word). But it was the second one he made, and he wanted to see how fast he could make one, so it was a little short on his normal perfectionism. He also just finished a guitar that he rebuilt for a friend, and we got money for that this week. So, we now have more than $40 in our checking account. Life is good. The sad thing is, when something like this happens, we normally celebrate by going out for a nice dinner. But, wouldn't you figure, the whole hunger strike thing. This is day 12, and I'm doing good. We'll just have to be sure to set some money aside to celebrate in a month. Although, with the guitar money, we did buy one really cool thing. We just happened to stop by a flea-market type store on the edge of town that we'd never been to before, and they just happened to have the perfect rolling cart/cabinet thingy. We got home with the measurements, saw it would be a perfect fit, and returned immediately to buy it. When Lee sets his mind on something that he wants, there's nothing to stop him. Not even trying to figure out how in the hell to get this home in our Miata. On our Miata, actually, as it would be. But hey, there's nothing you can't do with a protective rug and a couple of bungee cords! (top down, of course)
Well, that's all the excitement for now. Or at least all that I'm going to write about. I wouldn't want anyone's mind to be too blown by reading too much excitement at one sitting!