Archive | 2015

7 Cups of Tea: Free Online Chat with an Active Listener or Therapist

Mar26

What a great idea! We could all use someone to talk to.

Jessi Finds Out Fibro's avatarFinding Out Fibro

Introducing the free mental health resource 7 Cups of Tea to anyone who hasn’t heard of them before.

If you need someone to talk to, any time, this is a great website to save in your favorites. All chats are anonymous, and you can either connect to the first available listener or find someone who fits your needs from their list of therapists and listeners.

7cupsoftea Free, anonymous, and confidential conversations with trained active listeners. All conversation are deleted.

7 Cups of Tea is a safe online space to talk it out with trained active listeners. You can even connect with a therapist or active listener whose specialties are of interest to you or your particular situation. There is also group support if that is more your style.

7 Cups of Tea also offers a set of thorough self help guides to consult, including self-help for chronic pain, as well as…

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Popeye’s breakfast

Mar26

I’ve been trying to drop a few pounds before my upcoming vacation.  I tried on some shorts a few weeks ago, and they were tight to say the least. So I stepped up my diet and exercise routine.  I saw an article in a magazine telling me about a miracle spinach smoothie to help you lose weight.  I like spinach, never had it in a smoothie, but it sounded like it might work.

So last Tuesday I started on my spinach smoothie kick.  I replaced my usual breakfast with this jacked up Popeye drink.  It actually didn’t taste too bad.  Here are the ingredients: 2 cups of fresh spinach, 2 cups of water, a tablespoon of ground flax seed, a scoop of whey protein powder and a cup of frozen fruit.

While it tasted okay, it looked like something you would see in a kid’s diaper. Good lord, such an unnatural shade of green.  Now I have been a regular exerciser for years.  I changed my routine a bit and added weights.  I bought some new shoes for vacation and thought I would see how they looked with my shorts. Oh crappity crap crap! The damn shorts are tighter now than they were before. WTF?!?!?!?!?

I mean I’m eating like a monk, drinking V8, snacking on Greek yogurt with fresh fruit. Not a lot of meat.  I must have really done something to piss off the diet gods, because my ass is getting bigger! I barely drink, don’t smoke, I don’t even drink coffee. I exercise for five hours a week, and nothing.  I know your metabolism slows down when you get older, but mine has basically stopped.

Diet Fail 3-26-15I must say I do feel better with all the veggies and fruit I’m eating, though it would be nice to see a smaller me in the mirror.  Oh well, guess I won’t be posting too many vacation photos on Facebook.

I’ve been nominated for Creative Blogger Award

Mar22

I am happy to announce I have been awarded the Creative Blogger Award by Jennifer Leigh G. of http://jenniferleighg.wordpress.com/ out of Savannah, Georgia, USA.

I’ve nominated sixteen bloggers whom I have interacted with and find their blogs both amusing and helpful.  It’s nice to log on after a hard day at work and laugh and save money at the same time. That being said, please visit all the blogs below.

http://thebeautifiedblogger.wordpress.com/

http://sarahlovesmakeup.wordpress.com/

http://lifedisrobed.wordpress.com/

http://butismileanyway.wordpress.com/

http://marilynmunrow111.wordpress.com/

http://matriarchofnerds.com/

http://galesmind.wordpress.com/

http://fashionfoodsoul.wordpress.com/

http://razorbackwriteraus.wordpress.com/

http://bigredcarpetnursing.com/

http://beautybylexy.wordpress.com/

http://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/

https://kelleemudiva.wordpress.com/

http://thestoryreadingapeblog.com/

http://cuteorfunnyvideos.com/

http://2helpfulguys.com/

Five Facts About Me

 

  1. Creative Blogger Award 3-22-15I taught myself how to ride a motorcycle when I was 16. It was short lived, and my brothers (whose motorcycle I was riding never had a clue)

 

  1. I taught myself how to box when I was 10. I had two older brothers, whom I fought with all the time, and got tired of getting the crap beat out of me.

 

  1. Had a garage sale while my mom was at work, and sold a lot of my brother’s stuff. That will teach you for fighting with your little sister. Brothers never knew what happened, thought their stuff was stolen.

 

  1. The last fight I got into was because I was defending a friend who was being made fun of for being mentally incapacitated. My friend had fallen down her basement steps and was never the same after. She missed the entire sixth grade. The girl I fought with was saying horrible things about my friend. I told her to meet me by the creek, and I proceeded to beat the crap out of her.  The boxing skills came in quite handy.

 

  1. I was quite the little entrepreneur. I would go house to house in the neighborhood and sell stuff I had made. I’m sure our neighbors were wondering if my parents didn’t feed me or something, as I was always selling something. I started this when I was 7. My goal in life then was to earn money to go the drug store and buy as much penny candy as possible. As a result, I had a ton of cavities when I was a kid. I’m pretty sure my many visits to the dentist paid for his new car.

Here are the rules:

1.  Contact all of your nominees and notify them of their award.  You can pick as many blogs as you like, but five is the minimum.

2.  Give a shout-out to the blogger that nominated you and post a link to their website.

3.  Share five random facts about yourself.

4.  Display the Creative Blogger Award image above your post.

5.  Pass along these rules to the nominees.

I hope you enjoy this award and have fun nominating your top creative bloggers.