Realms of the Raven - Erotic Romance Author Maura Anderson

One more set of pictures of the kittens that inspired “Cat Toy”. I know, I’m sappy but I adore them. Just glad it’s not my job to herd them.

Here’s Rusty:

And here’s Ocean:

They look SO innocent.

As some of you may know, I have taken inspiration from my Soldier son and am now determined to work at losing weight and get in shape so I can take a run with him when he gets back after his deployment.

I’m a control freak and this gives me something to focus on that I have SOME control over and he’s a true inspiration to me.

Toward that end, I have consulted with my doctors and am now on a low-carb diet (I’m doing Protein Power) and have joined a gym. I’ll be starting at the gym no later than the first week of September when son #2 goes back to school, but hopefully sooner.

I officially started one week ago - on 8/10. My goal is to get down to 140 lbs and I’d love to do it by January 2010. But those are arbitrary goals set by me that may be refined over time.

This week was hard because one of my cats has been hospitalized. The first fears were hyper-thyroidism or diabetes, then when those were disproven it was a fear of cancer or lymphoma. It seems that he actually has an nasty, probably chronic, pancreatic infection. He went on IV antibiotics on Thursday and we’re really hoping he responds well to them. He’ll still end up on a long regime of antibiotics but he might make it through. At least it’s not the death sentence lymphoma is.

So it’s been stressful. Stressful at work as well with the addition of daycare closing for a while and needing to take time off work to “work at home” with my youngest’s help. I can tend to snack and nibble under stress but I managed to resist this week. Barely. I had to run away from my admin’s apple fritter - the carb cravings sucked and I really wanted it, lol.

It’s been really hot here and I’ve been short on water a few days. I swell up when that happens and I know it. Sigh.

We did have a picnic with Mr Maura’s company yesterday and I stayed away from the desserts and fruits but they had a good local bbq company catering so I had a whole plate of chicken and ribs. I did go light on the BBQ sauce though - it was a sweet one.

So, all in all, not a bad week…..

I’ve added a small ticker to my sidebar so anyone interested, if anyone is interested, can see how it’s going between updates.

Start: 252
Today: 248.5
Net: (3.5)
ToGo: 108.5

I’ve closed the poll on how to organize my Friday Flash archive. It seems that most people (that voted) want to have it in reverse chronological order.

So it shall be - but it will take me a little while to get it implemented, so be patient!