"Ooh, you make me live....

"Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had, I've been with you such a long time, You're my sunshine and I want you to know that my feelings are true, I really love you.....Oh you're my best friend"

I've always loved Queen and this song, in particular.  I'm such a girly girl, and I so love my girlfriends.  I believe that I truly was meant to be a friend to many and honestly, I'm the best secret keeper ever!!  (I really am, I swear!!)

Anyway, since my big "D", I have found that the girlfriends in my life have literally saved me from myself so many times that who knows where I'd be without them? God certainly has been good to me in this area, and I am very very blessed!  When I think of it, I almost get teary eyed.....my girlfriends have been my saving grace.  The same can be said for two girls I've met from work.

When I talk about work, I am talking about a part time job that I literally work from home, in a small 'office' with a desk, phone, a chair and a baby's crib.  Yup, a babies crib is often needed for me being a new grandma and it's home is in the same room as my desk. :)

And when I say work from home, I really am working as a telephone customer service agent from that baby crib office I wrote about.  The job is a real job and you have to 'sign in' on time to a virtual 'office'.  This virtual office also has supervisor's and manager's to help us 'agents' when we get stuck with problems we might run into in the course of our work day.

I like this job.  I really do.  There are a few negative things about it, but really, for me, in the long run, the positives out weigh the negatives.  While working in this Virtual Call Center we literally work with other people from all around the country.  You would think that it might be difficult getting to know anyone in this fashion, but quite frankly it's easy to get to know your co-workers personalities.

While working this past season, from Halloween, through Thanksgiving, as well as Christmas, I became friends with two girls from our virtual call center and quite honestly I would feel sad and all alone when I'd be working when they weren't scheduled.  One of my friends is from out west, and the other is a mid west girl like me.  I call these girls my friends, and they really are!  Matter of fact, I consider them truly great friends to me.  Not only that, but I really started feeling a terrible pain in my heart when the job season was starting to come to an end at Christmas!!  I often thought of my life without these girls and how much I knew I'd miss them!  Does that sound crazy?  We even started telling each other how much we meant to one another as the end of our season grew nearer.  Yup...we did this all by typing into a text box on the computer!  Funny, but real, true feelings!

One of the girls, my Midwest friend, actually signed online today and shared with me that she's got a interview tomorrow with the company for another season, which I'm assuming will be Mother's Day.  I'm so stoked and excited because I know she will be hired and I'll get to see her more often over the next few weeks.  Yay!!!  ....it's the little blessings like this that make my life more enjoyable!! 

When I say my prayers at night I pray for both of these ladies....my wonderful, seasonal, online BFF's!  How about you...have you met anyone online that means alot to you in your life?  Please share!  ♥

 

Dukan

I have had a book about the Dukan Diet for a while now but haven't taken the time to read it all. I did try part of the beginning phase, as was described to me by my girlfriend, and the results were favorable. I think if I remember correctly, I lost 10 pounds in only a matter of two weeks? Not only that, but it gave me a whole bunch of energy. Weird for a girl like me, who battles a lack of energy due to MS. That challenge has to be the biggest thing that makes me crazy when I start to notice changes with my body.

Anyway....sometime this week I'm going to start documenting my success with the Dukan Diet. Notice that I said success? I'm going after this with a positive vibe on my side. I won't be heading down the self sabotage road and I'm going to work my butt off on sticking with the positive self talk. I used to be the queen of self talk that was very negative.....and I am trying really hard to work on that. If I hear myself or read any writing that I've done that remotely relates to anything negative, I'll be using the strike out key. Lets see how little I use that key, okay? ♥♥♥

The Dukan Diet

I have had a book about the Dukan Diet for a while now but haven't taken the time to read it all.  I did try part of the beginning phase, as was described to me by my girlfriend, and the results were favorable.  I think if I remember correctly, I lost 10 pounds in only a matter of two weeks?  Not only that, but it gave me a whole bunch of energy.  Weird for a girl like me, who battles a lack of energy due to MS.  That challenge has to be the biggest thing that makes me crazy when I start to notice changes with my body.

Anyway....sometime this week I'm going to start documenting my success with the Dukan Diet.  Notice that I said success?  I'm going after this with a positive vibe on my side.  I won't be heading down the self sabotage road and I'm going to work my butt off on sticking with the positive self talk.  I used to be the queen of self talk that was very negative.....and I am trying really hard to work on that.  If I hear myself or read any writing that I've done that remotely relates to anything negative, I'll be using the strike out key.  Lets see how little I use that key, okay? ♥♥♥ 

All the Money Saving Chica's Out There....

I guess when you have Multiple Sclerosis and have many med's and doctor's bills, one can never really rely on a monthly, set in stone, budget.  I've decided that I need to change my money spending/saving ways and look into the new fad in couponing for groceries.  I think really though, for me, my problem is that I never know from one day to the next how tired I'm going to be...so cooking nightly has been a challenge.  ANYWAY.....


A good place to start would be to make a weekly menu, and grocery shop accordingly.  Get the Sunday paper, scan websites for coupons, and look into what's out there for 'saving' money.  I could also employ my son into helping me cook dinner a few nights a week.  He's almost 15, so it's time he learns how to be prepared to help his future wife in the kitchen.  It may take a few years to get him ready!  lol  :)

I was watching The Nate Berkus Show and he had these two savvy saving chica's show a family how to save money couponing.  What I found so interesting is that they said they never buy personal products...they use coupons and savings for that.  Do you know how much money I could save with hairspray/shampoo/conditioner/body wash/deodorant/shaving blades......oh my goodness, the list could go on and on.  I'll have to click on my own link and watch that one again.  Matter of fact, while I'm on Nate's sight I'll have to look through all the shows he's aired on this subject.  :)


Anyone have any tips for this non-savvy blogger who needs to save money with online coupons?  Any tips would be appreciated!! Caring is Sharing!

It's been a while.....

and no, I'm not talking about the song written by Staind....hehe.  It's been a while since I have posted on my blog.  I would like to learn more about this blogger stuff and see if I can make my blog a little more inspiring.  I guess I don't come here and write that often because my blog is just not what I want it to be.  Oh well....I'm going to play around with it and see what I can come up with as far as design goes.  Stop back by and see how I'm doing if you can.  Pretty please?

Blond Girl Motivation....

After reading my friends blog post over at Highlights of Blond GirL I realized that I too miss writing.  Not that I'm a great writer or anything of the sort.  I guess it's mostly that I really just need a way to express myself? 

So, I'll be visiting her blog to read her posts, and commenting on them.  I'm going to see if Miss Blond Girl is willing to do the same for me.  Maybe we'll both be the inspiration we need to start back up blogging?  That would be so cool, at least in my opinion. 

It took me a long time to get the readership I had before.  I often wonder whatever happened to those people that I shared my heart, my soul and my life with.  Are they okay?  Have they faced tragedies or loss?

I know for me, life has not been fun over the last three years.  It sure has changed.  Oh, believe me, I still try to put on that smile that says 'all is well in my little world', while internally breaking apart at the seams.  It takes so much energy to do that, I must say!  Yikes, it's incredibly exhausting! 

So, I was thinking about myself tonight, as usual...and wondering what exactly is IT that I'm looking for to make me happy?  Wow, such a huge question, ya know?

And then I was thinking, is anybody out there truly happy with all aspects of their lives?  Another deep subject. 

Oh well...maybe I'll figure it all out eventually...and when I do, I'll write about it.  What else is there to do, but share anyway, and try to make others burdens easier to carry?  I'm not really sure about that answer either.  What do you think?   

Enlighten Moi'

So, I'm starting to think that I've become what the following article was describing.  <big, deep, sigh.....ready to admit it?  Yeah, I guess so....> 

Okay, so I think I might have fallen into the trap of the 'desperate dater'.  Yikes!!  How can that be, I ask myself oh so coyly.  I mean, come on, I'm the one that DOESN'T like clingy guys.  Geez...seems like since my divorce became legal, all of a sudden I've become the one that's clingy! 

If anyone else wants to read the article, please do...for me, it was eye opening.  Hopefully for a few others, it will help you as well.

 Are YOU a Desperate Dater?

Enjoy!