It's the little things in life.....

Feb 24, 2009

Good Day Readers.....

     This has been a day of opening my eyes to the 'little things' in life.  I took today off to take Joe to the dentist.  He had to have a molar tooth pulled and we weren't sure how long that would take.  So after I got him home, I headed out to Curves and to Wal-Mart.  While at Curves, this lady says "I love your haircut".  Now mind you, I haven't had my hair cut since December....the lack of nutrition causes the growth to slow.  Heck, I hadn't even combed it all morning.  But she liked it so that is all that matters.  And here I had been considering getting it hacked off!  So after my 30 minute workout, I headed to Wal-Mart.  Since it was just me (which is rare that I don't have at least one son tagging along), I decided to take my sweet old time strolling through the store.  As some of you know, I have been dying for a Diet Coke for like two weeks now.  According to my surgeon and dietician, I cannot have one for another 83 (but who's counting) days.  Some people I know that have had the gastric bypass have been drinking Diet Coke since a week after surgery....but I am really trying to play by the rules.  Today, I picked up not one, not two, but three Diet Cokes.  I picked up one at Wal-Mart, walked around with it and put it back.  Then at Tractor Supply, I picked up another one, shook my head and put it back.  The third one I actually stopped at the gas station for nothing else but a Diet Coke....I instead got a bottle of water.  So that was three times my conscience won over my craving.  Possibly I should stay away from stores until this craving passes.  However, while at Wal-Mart I found sugar free chocolate syrup....yep I am sitting here drinking chocolate milk.  Surprisingly it takes 99% like Nestle Quik's chocolate milk.  This afternoon, I am making a huge pot of vegetable soup...that just sounded really good to me this morning and hopefully Joe will be able to eat some of it tonight for dinner.  So remember folks, it's the little things in life......

Peggy

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