The first thing I need to say is a big Happy Birthday Wish to a viewer that is a great encourager and at the top of my cheerleading team. So Happy Birthday to Mr. "K". Hope you had a fabulous day! I am sure the beautiful Miss "M" made it memorable. Now let me see, ok...so I went into work for a few hours this morning. The company I work for is good for rewarding there employees for working overtime hours. Today was Subway subs, now I know I must be losing my mind or my taste buds are dead or maybe my body just isnt' hungry anymore but I gathered up my sub loaded the toppings and wrapped it back up and took it home for my kids. It didn't bother me one bit! I then went home to finish the cooking that I began last night.....so I have completed 7 casseroles that Geoff should be able to get at least 2 meals out of each. That gives me a bit of a pass on cooking for a bit. Once the casseroles were cooked and cooled I finished the cleaning. My friend, knitter came over. Since today is so beautiful she decided she would make homemade hamburgers for supper. In fact they are a bacon hamburger with bacon pieces right in the burger.....she likes the food network. Anyways, I prepared my favourite Parmesan Ham pasta salad to go with dinner....I am doing good so far. Knitter also brought caesar salad (another favourite of mine). Paige headed off to work and Geoff came home just in time to start the BBQ. Oh oh ....BBQ season has begun! I walked out on the back deck and can smell bbq's from all the blocks around us. Steaks, burgers, baked potatoes, corn on the cob, fried onions, garlic shrimp.....yep I can smell it all. Bbq season just might prove to be a serious enemy this year. Especially with no red meat for 6 to 8 months. I am not a great fan of hotdog but the thought of a big ball park hotdog right now is making me salivate. I am drinking my vanilla chalk shake right now and trying to ignore the the sensational smells from my back yard and the surrounding neighbourhood. The tv is going and my son is watching Star Wars. I feel a little old as I remember when these movies first opened many many years ago. The Ewoks are on the screen and he says "OH they are so cute, just like little teddy bears." Knitter and I laugh as we know the Ewoks were vicious little creatures. It made me think of the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover". So many people judge overweight people for being heavy. They really don't know what or why they have become so large. I had someone ask me just a short while ago "So why did you eat that much, you know to be this big." My answer was simple....there are many ways to gain weight, eating is just one of them. Carrie Fisher, one of the stars of the Star Wars series has just begun appearing on Jenny Craig advertisments. Carrie is the new spokesperson for Jenny Craig. Now looking at Carrie Fisher in the Star Wars movies and looking at Carrie Fisher now is a very different view. Weight is such a hard thing. It changes our shape, our image and our attitude. I am saddened that there are so many people that still judge someone by the size of their wasteband. Does it really make a difference that I am 5"9" and 170lbs or 5'9" and 350lbs. Do you believe that the person inside the shell is so different? If you are one of these people that judge by the size of the belly then I challenge you to get to know someone that is overweight and I mean really get to know them because you will find they are no different than the average size person other than they endure more cruelty, handle more ignorance and put up with more criticism than anyone else you know. Maybe some of them are like Ewoks, cute and chubby but vicious. Wouldn't you be vicious if you had to listen to the nasty remarks insensitive people make on a daily basis. How much would you put up with if you all of a sudden gained a drastic amount of weight and people started criticising you? I am going to fight an epic battle through the bbq season and come out victorius at the end. Todays quote is by Wally Amos "It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it." oh yes and one more "May the force be with you" Star Wars.
Steph
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