Men are from Mars, Women are from......Nordstrom??

"Women think about fashion more often in a day than men think about sex." Can I go ahead right now and call 'bullshit' on that?? A British study concluded that us gals are....well, clothes crazed. I don't know about YOU, but I don't think about clothes/fashion more than a few times a day - 'should I wear the blue tee shirt or the white one?', 'do these jeans may my butt look big(er)?', 'is it too cold out this morning to wear my flip flips?' - really is about the extent of it. Unless I see a cute pair of shoes/jeans a cute shirt/skirt/dress someplace (yes, Pinterest, I'm talking about you). Then I'll ponder upon it for several minutes. I'd say that I think about clothes no more than......10 minutes a day, max. Again with the Pinterest caveat. And a Nordstom/Buckle/Macys caveat. The study, done by British on-line retailer, Very.com, says otherwise; which makes me an oddity in the world of thinking women. Their study found that women think about Jimmy Choo kitten heels and Vera Wang maxi dresses a total of 91 times a day. NINETY ONE!! That's more than four times the amount of times the fellas think about doing the deed. Personally, I think they got that backwards. According to the study, a thought about fashion pops into women's minds for an hour and 19 minutes every day. That means that every 11 minutes and 23 seconds a woman stops to ponder style. My question is: How do these women get anything done???

D-Day Anniversary

To all those brave men and women who served in WWII.....you have my eternal gratitude and love. God bless you, the Greatest Generation.

Day One (or Starting Over)

So. Here I am. Months of depression have taken their toll on me, mostly on my psyche. But outwardly, physically, these months have manifested themselves in the form of...oh, 15, 20 extra pounds on my once trim frame. Aside from the medical aspects of that, the shame and embarassment of looking this way has finally become too much to bear. Today I started the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred workout dvd. .............and it kicked. my. ass. Its a 20 minute total workout, done in 3 levels - beginner, intermediate, and advanced. I, like a good girl, did the beginner. By the time I was done, my arms and legs were both like strands of cooked linguine, and I was sweating like crazy. I've stopped and began again on my walking/running more times than I can count the last 3 months. First it was 'I don't have time to get to the gym', which lead to 'I can go walking like I used to'...that led to 'I don't want anyone to see me like this' (and believe me, if I could get out of going to work until I trim back down some, I would). This is 20 minutes....TWENTY! of my day, in my home, where no one can watch me. Ahhhhhh. I think this is gonna work out (no pun intended) just fine =0) Post Log. Yeah, this Jillian thing....? GREAT workout...as long as the meds you are on don't derail your willpower >:0