The Sunday Social, Week 83

1. Do you plan to change any of your eating habits in the new year?
~~ Yes, I hope to! I have to start eating a lot more protein and a lit less phosphorous to have successful lab results in dialysis

2. Any workout tips to get us back in shape after the holidays?

~~ Stay with it! Persist on a regular schedule, don't overdo it, don't be lame

3. What is your favorite thing you did over the holidays?

~~ Dropped in to see my old co-workers from the job I was laid off from in September, and had a grand dinner at my sisters house

4. What is something you hope that you accomplish in 2014 that you did not in 2013?

~ Clean my condo out, prepare it so I can confidently allow a cat to adopt me

5. Name 3 things happening this year you are excited about and why.

1. A friend I worked with is going to become a grandmother in July! Her daughter has been trying for years to conceive and YAY it's happened! My friend is going to be an incredibly great grandma and I'm so happy for her!
2. Finding a new job, I've been laid off since September 27 and am so bored with too much time on my hands
3. Cleaning my place out to bring a new cat into my life!

Adrienne Goff ~ Crystal Divination: What Does 2014 Hold In Store For You?

1.  Ocean Jasper: Breakthroughs in physical and emotional healing, and a whole lot of fun!   Ocean Jasper is a whimsical stone of good energy and good news for you in 2014.  You have been on a path of transformation and growth, working diligently to heal old patterns that no longer serve you.  Maybe you hit some rough patches in the last few years, as the planetary energies accelerated and brought lessons to you.  From a higher perspective the lessons are set-ups, put in place so that you can overcome them and fully embrace the truth–that you are a spiritual master with unlimited potential!  It hasn’t always been easy.  Perhaps the lessons manifested in your physical body as a health issue, addiction pattern, or negative body image. Or maybe you felt it more in the emotional body as depression, anxiety, or feeling low or stuck.  The good news is that you have been making more progress than you might realize. And this year you have massive potential for positive breakthroughs and the total healing of core issues. Choosing Ocean Jasper signifies that you have some high level spirit guides working with you this year to lighten things up.  Expect positive energy to start flowing into all areas of your life.  Allow it in. Allow it to lift your heart, your mood, your thinking, and your outlook.  If you let it in and dedicate yourself to doing the work, it will start a chain reaction of healing and forward movement.  It will flow deep into the cellular level, to assist in clearing the underlying patterns that have created any undesirable events or situations in your life.  You will have all of the help you need to move through things with ease and grace.  Even if you have been contending with a serious health challenge or a debilitating emotional space, know that this is the year where you can gain traction and the ability to heal it completely, once and for all! This year, you are also destined to have much more fun than you have in recent years.  Expect your social calendar to be full of events that make you smile from your soul.  This is your year to come out from under the clouds and to shine like the sun.  You absolutely deserve it!

~ Adrienne Goff ~ Crystal Divination: What Does 2014 Hold In Store For You?

Saturday 9: Believe

1) In 1998, Cher became the oldest woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 with "Believe." She was 52 at the time. At what age do you think you did hit/will hit your prime? 

~~ My prime? The day I was born! And God allows this perfection He created to walk the earth and get better day by day by day by day!

2) Cher is as well known for her outrageous outfits as for her singing. What's the latest piece of clothing you added to your wardrobe? 

~~ My sister gave me a pretty blouse in October, my birthday

3) Cher credits her unique looks to her diverse ethnicity. Her father was Armenian and her mom is English/German/Cherokee. From where did your ancestors come? 

~~ I'm a melting pot! On my mom's side I am French, Irish, and Italian. On my dad's, I am German, Native American, Irish, Dutch

4) When she was a little girl, Cher produced and starred in a schoolyard production of Oklahoma. Were you involved in drama or theater in school? 

~~ I would have been, if we had that. I was in our choir though!

5) Cher is open about her plastic surgery, speaking freely about having had her breasts 'done', her nose bobbed and her teeth straightened. If you could change one physical feature about yourself, which would it be? And what would you never change, under any circumstances? 

~~ I'd change the weakness in my walk I gathered after laying in a hospital bed for so long, I was also told that after my hip surgery my leg is now shorter - and I can certainly feel this while walking. What wouldn't I change? The color of my eyes, I like green eyes!

6) There's a stubborn rumor, often denied, that Cher had a rib removed so that she could maintain her long and lean silhouette. What's the most outrageous thing anyone has said of you? 

~~ Really can't think of anything!

7) When she was a kid, Cher practiced her autograph. Do you have a clear, legible signature? Or is it more of a scrawl?

~~ It's clear, it's legible, I like it!

8) Cher asks, "Do you believe in life after love?" Crazy Sam's question is easier and less profound: Do you believe in luck? 

~~ I believe in both!

9) Did you make any resolutions for 2014?

~~ Several! Clean my condo, allow a cat to adopt me as his "Forever Home", strengthen my balance and leg muscles so I can walk without a walker or cane, find a new job, write 750 Words a day

Six Word Saturday

January 4? The year is flying!

Saturday Six #508

1. A is for ABORTION: Do you feel that at least in certain circumstances, abortion should be an allowed option for couples, or would you ban it entirely for any reason whatsoever?

~~ No, I don't believe it should be. If a couple doesn't want a fetus it shouldn't be killed, put the baby up for adoption. 

2. A is for ABSENTEE: Have you ever voted by absentee ballot? If so, how well did it go?

~~ Nope, never did that

3. A is for ACHILLES: Which non-diet food is your biggest weakness?

~~ So many answers for this one! I guess chocolate, I'm a serious chocolaholic!

4. A is for AIRCRAFT: What’s the largest plane you’ve flown in and where were you going?

~~ I've flown a couple times (to Houston, and to Myrtle Beach) but I really can't remember what planes I flew in

5. A is for ARCHITECTURE: What is the most impressive structure you’ve seen in person?

~~ The tunnel that connects Detroit to Windsor, it seems while driving in it all you do is turn! 

6. A is for ASTRONOMY: Other than Earth, which planet in our solar system are you most curious about?

~~ Probably Saturn, the rings are cool!

7 Quick Takes Friday

~ Happy 2014! I love the first beginnings of the year, the change of a calendar to a totally new one. I always feel such hope that maybe this year will rock. And maybe this tear WILL! My wall calendar for 2014 is Doreen Virtue's Angel Calendar. I wanted something inspirational!

~ The year has started with lots and lots of snow. It's pretty but I hate driving in it, and I hate people who leave their dogs and pets out in it. I love to watch it fall and I love cozying myself underneath warm blankets. My favorite is my warm and cozy green electric heating blanket Carole gave me for Christmas last year. I've never plugged it into the wall yet but it's soft and warm without doing that.I love my blanket!

~ I'm still waiting to see if my newest dialysis port is going to do the trick. My dialysis nurse Gracie doesn't look too confident with it. She doesn't seem to hear the thrill that she's suppose to. This was number 7 or 8 put in, I've lost count, but I'm done with the surgeries so if it doesn't work, say la vie. I have an appointment with my doc on Wednesday.

~ Betty is sick, her grandson called and she's been having some major chemo being done for her cancer. I've tried calling and texting but haven't spoken with her for weeks. I hope she's OK. Sherice, her work supervisor and my ex-supervisor (I was laid off in September) hasn't had an opportunity to speak with her either. I wish we could have had that chance to see the holiday lights in Heins.

~ Went to Red Lobster with Bob and Liz on New Year's Eve for dinner. I love their rolls!  I was home by 10:30 where I just chilled out alone watching TV for the rest of the evening.

~ I started cleaning out my condo today, that's my number one goal for the year. I want it clean enough that I can allow a new cat to adopt me as his "Forever Home". I can have an art center here, a clean and refreshing meditation area, a nice kitchen to cook in. But I want it clean. IMMACULATELY!

~ I miss having a job. I miss going out and seeing people, the only place I go now is early morning 5:45 AM dialysis on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. I try to write 750 words a day and it's a challenge because there's nothing to write about. There is nothing happening in my life. I don't want to find a job while waiting to see if I will need another surgery, and when, because I'll need to have a schedule that coincides.

Five Minute Friday : Fight

"You have to fight for your right to party" When I first hear the word fight this song pops into mind. One of my favorites actually! Then I think about the fights that occur in my daily life and my mind turns from one of jubilation into one of "Yowza". Last year was a tough one for me. Laid off after working for my company for 9 years. I once won awards here, then two years ago I found myself in the hospital for kidney failure then back in with a broken hip. I lost much time off work for this, months actually, and due to dialysis I started to lose even more time away from work, which made my success at work suffer. Now I have to fight, somehow, to make myself raise to, well, not the top of what use to be my game but the top of what I can be now. I have to fight for this, I have to fight myself, fight that part that sometimes wants to lie down and keep suffering.