The Joanal

Take time today to concider a 12-sec moment of silence in memory of my BFF shih tzu puppy (Squirt), who passed away today taking the light of my life with him.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12. . .
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I reached a milestone today. I was able to add the tribute I made to my son on my blog. I decided to get away from all the black layout I had deemed appropriate for the layout and the topic in previous years. I don’t see so much blackness now. I think I’m finally starting [...]

I miss you so much, words do not begin to describe the void your untimely death has left in me. I envy you though, because I know you are feeling no pain. It’s those of us left behind who adored you who are feeling the pain of your senseless passing. We long for a glimps [...]

Well, I’m trying to stay positive but I am a bit concerned that the ads that I’ve placed to sell my bigger items has garnered so few responses. I guess I should be grateful that I have at least gotten rid of the boxing training bag. Now if I can only get rid of the [...]

The road before me looks overwhelming as I make this life-changing decision. I am so pumped! Yet so scared. . .and that’s okay. I have met with bigger tasks and came through okay. I can do it again. Today was about gathering boxes and thinking about what I’m keeping and what I’m letting go. The [...]

Well, so much for that battle! Looks like I lost the war. I woke up this morning and was so hungry for solid food that I decided to end this cleanse. Whatever willpower I had in the past to carry out this feat no longer exist. I want food! I love food! I will have [...]

Oh man! Doing this cleanse is so difficult this time around. I was starving! So much so that I cooked a pot of rice mixed with veggies. Wuffed about half of that down with the balance of the popcorn from last night. Oh my gosh! I can’t believe how hard this is. I don’t think [...]

Well, it looks as if my self-fullfilled prophecy became a reality after all. As I had imagined my night at the movies turned into a dive into a large bag of buttered popcorn. Umph! I’m so mad at myself. . .well, not really. I must admit, I enjoyed every morsel of what was once a [...]

Wow! Day 4. Today presented some of the most challenging temptations. Everywhere I went I saw food I wanted to have. Right now, my mouth is watering for buttered popcorn. I’m suppose to be going to movies tonight and all I can think about is buying a huge bag of popcorn when I get there. [...]

An uneventful day today. Urinating more often than usual such as getting up in middle of night and going more than once throughout the day. Not as many stomach pain as yesterday but the cravings are still noticable. Had a few errands today so that distracted me from most of the hunger pangs. Drank all [...]