Today’s PhotoHunt theme is “Self.” Or a part of myself. Well, I thought I’d show you a series of pictures. And as a bonus, maybe it’ll motivate me to lose weight. Again.

So here was my “self” in May of 2003. I had just gotten a free included ice cream cone on board the Disney Magic. I had started Curves about a month before this picture was taken, but I didn’t really have any noticeable results by that point.

I worked hard all summer. I watched what I ate. I faithfully went to Curves three times a week. I lost 20+ pounds and I was lookin’ good! Here I am in September of ‘03 walking away from the ice cream stand on board the Disney Wonder. I made Mike take this picture so I could compare it to the May one. As a note, I did NOT eat that ice cream cone. It was only for show.


Well, over the course of time, I put on all the weight again. Plus 10 more pounds. So now I have to lose THIRTY-THREE pounds to get back to where I was in that picture. And yeah, I’m looking 30 pounds fatter here…..just this month on Castaway Cay. (sigh)


Why why why is is so much harder to lose the weight than to gain it?

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You guys know I complain about the seemingly endless cloud cover here in Ohio. You’ve heard me lament about the horrible lack of sun. I’m this close to developing rickets from my lack of Vitamin D (not really, I am using a hyperbole here!)

I mean, just look at this forecast!

“Considerable cloudiness?” That’s just sad.

Although, KT said something profound the other day. She said, “Don’t think of it as cloudiness, think of it as constant shade!”

Well, now, there is a positive! I think Central Ohio should have a new advertising campaign. Something to the effect of:

If you have a high risk of skin cancer, move to Central Ohio. We have constant shade!

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Alrighty, I was over reading a post at Coming to a Nursery Near You and it reminded me of something. Math is important. And it’s really not even difficult at the lowest levels. Like simple addition. Or multiplying two one digit numbers together.

For background, go read Dawn’s post about how Michael Angelo’s can’t figure out what “about 5″ means.

Well, apparently the good people at Whole Foods aren’t much better at math. They have their “store brand” called 365. And they make a yummy frozen mini pizza bagel (can I get any more adjectives modifying the word bagel?) So anyway, the Y-F-M-P-Bagels box says that a serving size is seven Y-F-M-P-Bagels. And there are “about two servings” in a box.

When you open the box, you find 12 Y-F-M-P-Bagels. Not 14 as the math would make you believe. Just 12.* Which means someone jipped me out of one of my Y-F-M-P-Bagels! And I’m sure that extra Y-F-M-P-Bagel would have satiated my hunger. As it turned out, I could only have six Y-F-M-P-Bagels and I had to supplement my lunch with 12 marshmallows and a piece of Ghiradelli chocolate.

If my diet fails, I’m blaming Whole Foods and their bad math! Yeah, cuz that’s easier than blaming myself!

*I’m adding this because I wasn’t clear….they were packaged in two flat packages. There were 6 in one and 6 in the other. They were not just loosely thrown into the box. It was very clear that no more than 6 would fit in one package.

One more thing, if you want to see an absolutely gorgeous picture (and I know you do) stop by this post by Dawn. This is absolutely stunning! And no photoshop tricks were used!

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I had to laugh out loud at that one! I don’t live in Roswell, ya know! Or maybe you guys think I’m strange enough to be from another planet. Whatever it was, your responses were very clever.

But the one who just about nailed it on the head was Jennifer from The House of Jones. She guessed it was “some kind of glow in the dark horse race.”

Ding ding ding!

They weren’t racing, per se, but they were running very fast! That and the sparklers that were somehow attached to their legs, it made for an interesting sight. Of course, maybe they were running so fast to get away from the bits of fire that was singing their leg hair!

We saw these Icelandic horses at the Pfizer Fantasia show last month. Here’s the story…we saw them a few years ago at Pfizer Fantasia. Then we invited my sister down to see the show and told her all about how great the Icelandics were. Turns out, that was the one year they did not book the Icelandics! Apparently so many people complained about it, they brought them back this year. I thought the group was just called the Icelandics because that’s what kind of horse they ride, but they really are from Iceland! The people who put on Pfizer Fantasia fly the horses and riders over! And it’s not like there are just two of them, they bring over about 12!

They do crazy stuff, like put sparklers on their horses’ legs and come out into a dark arena. They show off the speed of the horse by zipping into the arena on one end and zipping out the other end. And my personal favorite, they “Tolt” in carrying steins of beer and ride for about 5 minutes trying not to spill any. At the end, they toast the crowd and drink what’s left. Not that I approve of drinking and riding at all. Just so you know.

Here’s a video of them doing some of their well known gaits. I can’t believe how fast they can go and yet the rider barely looks like he’s moving. The Icelandic horse, in fact can do 5 different gaits whereas a regular horse can only do a few. Or so I read on the internet. And I believe everything I read on the internet.

Here are a couple of shots I took as we were leaving the arena. The horses and riders were at the rail for a meet and greet. Aren’t they so cute? I just wish I could get my hair like theirs! The horses, not the riders.

Now, I’m just waiting for this show to come to town. I will SO be there!

Ok, I wasn’t planning on giving out a prize, but I’m feeling generous and I’m very impressed that Jennifer was able to guess so accurately! So, woo-hoo, some lovely flannel wipes will make their way to Jennifer so she can use them to clean her new house! Now don’t everyone get all jealous!

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I am reminded several times a day about the lack of Pediascribe posts lately.

Just letting you know I’m here. I’m alive. I’m well.

There are a few things going on right now in life that are taking precedence over the blog.

I hope to be able to blog about them in the near future. But until then I’ll try my hardest to get out a post now and then.

(And for those select few that know what’s going on, please do not post anything in the comments about it. Thanks!)

In the meantime, what is your best guess as to what this is? (KT, you’re not eligible!)

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