tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post114510481016374171..comments2023-10-31T11:37:50.028-04:00Comments on on life & other inconveniences: Another Chocolate-Covered HolidaySandra Ruttanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145789480045072762006-04-23T06:51:00.000-04:002006-04-23T06:51:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145627534392405932006-04-21T09:52:00.000-04:002006-04-21T09:52:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145168051880303852006-04-16T02:14:00.000-04:002006-04-16T02:14:00.000-04:00Poor Don! I can relate! I'm doing all the cooking ...Poor Don! I can relate! I'm doing all the cooking for Sherry and myself and BOY! The directions! Still, I've managed to NOT give us food poisoning, so I'm doing something right...<BR/><BR/>However, since starting to take care of Sherry last August, there have been entire weeks when I couldn't walk through the kitchen without grabbing 2 chocolate cookies and eating them as I walked back to my room. Then I started eating one on the way to take care of her. <BR/><BR/>It wasn't until we got some help from Medicaid to come in that I felt enough stress drop off so I didn't have to snag cookies on the fly. <BR/><BR/>And yes, my mother did the "eat everything on your plate" song and dance. So now I take smaller portions. <BR/><BR/>If I'd walk twice a day, I'd lose weight like magic. Instead I sit here and play at other people's blogs. But other people's blogs are FUN!For The Treeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843514742081569820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145141919467370542006-04-15T18:58:00.000-04:002006-04-15T18:58:00.000-04:00I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had food abuse ...I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had food abuse as a kid. No wonder we all have issues these days!<BR/><BR/>Bonnie, steal away. Lisa, that project sounds intriguing in a completely fascinated by sickness kind of way. Erik, LOL!<BR/><BR/>Dana, sorry.<BR/><BR/>Gabriele, what about Ritter Sport bars? Ummm. <BR/>James, I'm sure growing up in the war motivated some people, but my parents weren't born until the 50's. So they don't have that excuse. Although poverty does factor in there. When you've had to scrape by and live off of macaroni and ketchup for years, you don't like to see food wasted.<BR/><BR/>Hi Kim!Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145141121110051082006-04-15T18:45:00.000-04:002006-04-15T18:45:00.000-04:00James, my mother tried that on me. With the same r...James, my mother tried that on me. With the same result as your brother. She eventually got scared that I'd die of hunger rather than eat half raw eggs. She could have been right, stubborn doesn't begin to describe me. :-)<BR/><BR/>I can live without dessert, too.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145139252207987892006-04-15T18:14:00.000-04:002006-04-15T18:14:00.000-04:00Those photos just made me spurt organic juice sode...Those photos just made me spurt organic juice sode up my nose.WannabeMehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938094279274975960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145130953544616792006-04-15T15:55:00.000-04:002006-04-15T15:55:00.000-04:00I totally understand the 'food as a motivational t...I totally understand the 'food as a motivational tool' thing. When I was a kid, my mother used to say that if we didn't eat what was on our plate, we'd get it cold for the next meal. I guess she'd lived through the aftermath of the war, rationing and all that stuff, so there's perhaps a reason for the attitude, even if it was wrong. My brother tested her resolve by refusing to eat his macaroni cheese one evening. I seem to recall that he won, about five meals later. The whole episode didn't do much for family harmony, though.<BR/><BR/>I think it's a tradition (or was a tradition before they became westernised) in the Polynesian islands that as soon as you even begin to feel full, you stop eating. Of course, food is plentiful there, so there's no shame in wasting. This strikes me as a much more sensible way of bringing up children .JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145124052891919372006-04-15T14:00:00.000-04:002006-04-15T14:00:00.000-04:00Yikes...Erik...word pictures! LOLSandra, the joke ...Yikes...Erik...word pictures! LOL<BR/><BR/>Sandra, the joke was just too cute...I'm stealing it for my blog! LOL<BR/><BR/>I need to loose, say 50 pounds, so when someone with a waist the size of my thigh tells me they need to diet...I feel the urge to murder..LOLBonnie S. Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769607640246518804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145121951975514762006-04-15T13:25:00.000-04:002006-04-15T13:25:00.000-04:00"Pig" here.The fashion industry may love it.The ma..."Pig" here.<BR/>The fashion industry may love it.<BR/>The magazine industry may love it.<BR/>"Marketing" may love it.<BR/>I don't love it.<BR/>I think a full grown woman should look like a full grown woman.<BR/>If I want sex with a knothole in a tree limb, I'll head on into the woods. And what the hell, if she can't stand up long enough to .....Erik Ivan Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245949077955844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-1145111980703432312006-04-15T10:39:00.000-04:002006-04-15T10:39:00.000-04:00The photo is scary, and yet...I've been developing...The photo is scary, and yet...<BR/><BR/>I've been developing a TV show about the fashion industry with my husband (a screenwriter), and we interviewed a fashion editor as research. It was surreal. She said her physical ideal was Mary Kate Olsen. Of a favorite local model, she said, "She's so beautiful. Of course, she's anorexic, so she can't stand up for long, but she's got such a great look."Lisa Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273391238820872246noreply@blogger.com