The Asian Journals Of Bishop Dan: Part 1

Here at last. It took a long time – longer than the 19 hour flight. I have wanted to go to Asia since 1966 when I was captivated by an episode of I Spy in which Robert Culp portrayed a Southeast Asia warlord resisting the modernization and westernization of his world. Then came my young adulthood spent immersed in Eastern religions, mostly Buddhism. So here I am, following in the footsteps of Gary Snyder, Thomas Merton, William Johnston, and so many personal heroes. The title of these blogs by the way is a tongue in cheek reference to The Asian Journals Of Thomas Merton. My posts will be less enlightening than Merton’s, but I hope that, unlike Merton, I’ll make it back alive.<br /><br />The flight was uneventful except that there was so much interest in the hat case I was carrying. It has a cowboy hat and belt, my presents for Bishop Wanadag. Passengers, flight attendants, and customs agents were all curious. “What is in that?”<br /><br />I arrived at 4:15 a.m. in the rain. The temporal math has me confused but I think I gained 8 hours but lost a day. It seems to be Saturday. My schedule said I was to be met by an NCO. I had images of the Sergeant from Gomer Pyle. But it turns out NCO meant National Church Office. I was met by Betsy, the secretary for the Prime Bishop, the Most Rev. Edward Pacyaya Malecdan. However, we did not find each other for awhile, so I was wandering about the cab stations pondering my fate having no one’s phone number and no working phone in my possession. I then heard my name paged and all was well.<br /><br />NCO Betsy who has served 4 Prime Bishops and Wilson the driver got me to my hotel where I freshened up and had an excellent breakfast of fruit, sardines, saffron rice, eggs, and a darn good sausage.<br /><br />I then checked out the TV and found too many American channels, but a lot of international news – then came across a channel that is mostly in Japanese, I think, but I saw this program in English called Tzu Chi This Week. It was all about interfaith programs doing good things, mostly in the Philippines – helping victims of fire and flood, providing medical and ophthalmological care to the poor, etc. – Buddhists and Catholics together. There was a banner across the bottom saying “Many Ethnicities One Love.” The first segment showed a group of South Africans performing traditional Zulu dances in a hospital here. The South Africans, wearing surgical masks because the patients had infectious diseases, were saying words of encouragement including something about the “Buddha spirit” – which shows they weren’t really Buddhists. Buddhists would say “Buddha nature” – not “Buddha spirit.” They were spreading hope and love, doing their best to speak the religious language of the people they were there to help.<br /><br />I now have to figure out the exchange rate and sally forth in search of an ATM to get some pesos. Next on the agenda is lunch with the national church staff. I have a church service at an outrageously early hour tomorrow morning. Then Wilson and I head north toward Santiago City. My sense of geography here is extremely uncertain. But I think Santiago City may be in or near the Isabella province where there was a major typhoon in late October. It this turns out to be wrong, I’ll recant in a subsequent post.<br /><br />To learn more about this church I am visiting, check out <a href="http://www.episcopalchurchinphilippines.com/ecp">http://www.episcopalchurchinphilippines.com/ecp</a>. (This link inexplicably does not work. But go to the url. It is there.)

The Asian Journals Of Bishop Dan: Part 1

Here at last. It took a long time – longer than the 19 hour flight. I have wanted to go to Asia since 1966 when I was captivated by an episo...

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Technical Difficulties

TGIF friends!!!<br /><br />I'm very sad to say that I have to delay my cruise post due to some difficulties, aka my computer won't turn on! But I'm penciling in Monday night to get it done. My computer is currently getting fixed (fingers crossed).<br /><br />Right now I'm on a 10 hour road trip to Oklahoma for my cousin's wedding weekend. Hope everyone has an enjoyable weekend. I have to say I wasn't too sad to leave 'cause there was a snow storm headed right through Iowa!<br /><br />Cheers!

Technical Difficulties

TGIF friends!!! I'm very sad to say that I have to delay my cruise post due to some difficulties, aka my computer won't turn on! But...

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Day 5, I wish it was always this easy

I wish I knew the secret of my success...on days like today.<br /><br />There are days when I have the super willpower, where I feel like nothing can lead me astray. I love those days. They have been few and far between these past several weeks. For some unknown reason today has been one of my good days. It's after 11 p.m. and by my standards, I've been "perfect" today. <br /><br />Vitamins ✓<br /><br />Water ✓<br /><br />Exercise (1.5 hours strenuous) ✓<br /><br />Tracked my food online with eTools ✓<br /><br />Stayed within my Point limit ✓<br /><br />Could I have done a better job? Of course I could have, there's always room for improvement. Perhaps I shouldn't have had that cup of non-fat Reddi Wip on my yogurt and raspberries tonight. When I looked it up in eTools it said one cup is one Point. By the way, that's really how you spell it..."wip".<br /><br />It felt decadent to have that fake whip cream squirted into a cup, then piled on top of my low-fat vanilla yogurt and frozen raspberries. It was a little taste of heaven. It made me feel like I could eat like this forever. It was as good or perhaps even better than real ice cream because I didn't feel guilty eating it.<br /><br />I didn't make it to the gym this morning. Instead I left work at 3 p.m. and stopped at the gym on my way home. Normally, I don't enjoy evening workouts. Usually I'm tired. There's also the fact that the weight section where the largest selection of free weights are located is packed with only guys at night. Women stick with the machines, men usually stick with the free weights. I prefer free weights. I just pretend like I belong there and do my thing. Sometimes I feel sort of out of place, but I that doesn't stop me. I belong there just as much as they do. <br /><br />For some reason tonight I felt really strong and did heavier weights than usual. I was even able to my tricep bench pushups without feeling like I was going to die. <br /><br />The StairMaster has become my cardio of choice lately. After about a month vacation from it, I've been back on it all week. It's the only machine that I can't cheat on, and it keeps my heart rate consistently high. <br /><br />Weight Watchers changed the Activity Points for stair climbing. I'm sure it use to be four Points for 30 minutes at 30 steps/minute (I do 67 steps/minute). Now it says 6 Points for 30 minutes. Sounds a little high to me. It's hard, but it's not that hard.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiySBholkEb6xCDm6NuC31HgNMojKntsqrxzo0kGPxlm0ykMQ0Tglr-itonk76E-JOPvyIj2QOsBMosz2vVdXQ_Q2iaZngsPdoupgFL7yRjolhVHTisH11jCvy6aKLWu9taoczoKn5a9or/s1600/staor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="72" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiySBholkEb6xCDm6NuC31HgNMojKntsqrxzo0kGPxlm0ykMQ0Tglr-itonk76E-JOPvyIj2QOsBMosz2vVdXQ_Q2iaZngsPdoupgFL7yRjolhVHTisH11jCvy6aKLWu9taoczoKn5a9or/s320/staor.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm hoping to do the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1776599266746947729">Big Climb</a> in Seattle this March. It's only 69 flights. I usually do 110-140 flights on the StairMaster in 30 minutes. Real stairs are a lot harder than a stair climbing machine. Just like walking on a treadmill versus walking outside. The real thing is always harder. <a href="http://notes-by-grace.blogspot.com/">Grace</a>, if you read this, are you interested? It would be really fun to do this with you. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I love the new "To do this week" feature on eTools. Each item is a link to something else and gives you more information on the task. I'm going to take a "before" photo before Saturday and add my measurements to eTools. I've never used the measurement feature so I'm kind of excited. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCdLcNir49Phxtel-En0eRgBopQM-SWrmGDyFiV3XoRXTJsxKaeRtMoczEyU4Nph6cYePIswV71-2n0XGJk8_haEetdOscjaH0b7qr-K2-Sp8SznM3LI9LQ32kd6qftpeBlZIYkpj_ZLg/s1600/ww.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCdLcNir49Phxtel-En0eRgBopQM-SWrmGDyFiV3XoRXTJsxKaeRtMoczEyU4Nph6cYePIswV71-2n0XGJk8_haEetdOscjaH0b7qr-K2-Sp8SznM3LI9LQ32kd6qftpeBlZIYkpj_ZLg/s320/ww.png" width="227" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm also loving the new eTools. I love seeing all the nutrients of the food. Today one of my coworkers was talking about the Burger King Quad Stacker he had last week. Check this out (65 grams of FAT.... YUK!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtn6xzB9-fBhd4kdCaSxlEj0hd7r1UoVQ3stZyzLIXmMXmpf2ktCkISZLHrWrpLD9KLWZb9Olh58iogmmmZt6j5OSEF_uQRHm_t4Lav-HEuOvzjQmUDbtMWZDJliZxZpeC61iBshxxc8m/s1600/Bk.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtn6xzB9-fBhd4kdCaSxlEj0hd7r1UoVQ3stZyzLIXmMXmpf2ktCkISZLHrWrpLD9KLWZb9Olh58iogmmmZt6j5OSEF_uQRHm_t4Lav-HEuOvzjQmUDbtMWZDJliZxZpeC61iBshxxc8m/s400/Bk.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm working a half day tomorrow, off at noon. Woohoo! Also working from home, so it's a double woohoo! Oh, and it's Friday. Thank God! It's been the longest week ever. </div><a href="http://www.llswa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=BC_about">ABOUT THE BIG CLIMB</a> <br /><br />WHAT?<br /><br />Participants have the choice of either running up the stairwell as a racer (timed, competitive) or walking as a climber (untimed). Two stairwells are used - both courses are 69 flights and end at the 73rd floor Observatory. Water is available at designated sites in each stairwell. If you feel you can not finish, you can exit at the water stop floors and take the elevator down.<br /><br />WHO?<br /><br />Anyone 8 years or older.<br /><br />WHEN?<br /><br />Sunday, March 20, 2011.<br /><br />WHERE?<br /><br />Columbia Center in downtown Seattle. Address is 701 Fifth Ave. <br /><br />WHY?<br /><br />To find a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, and myeloma and to improve the quality of life for patients and their families. Funds raised through the Big Climb go directly to support research, patient aid, patient services, education, and advocacy.

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Wordless Wednesday

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Wordless Wednesday

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Why I Am Going To The Philippines

Tomorrow I will board a plane to fly 19 hours to Manila, then ride in a car 9 hours north to Santiago, a transportation hub and See City in the mountains of the northern Philippines. If you had asked me a month ago why I was going to do this, I would have said it is because the Diocese of Nevada and the Diocese of Santiago are companions, and such visits are what you do. I expect why I am actually going will be revealed to me when I get there. God works that way. We think we are doing things for our own reasons, but it turns out we are doing his mysterious will accidentally. “Direct us in all that we do to the fulfilling of your purpose.” But already I am getting a better sense of it.<br /><br />I am not going to Santiago to do anything for the people there. I do have a cowboy hat to give Bp. Alexander Wanadag and I will lead an Advent retreat for the diocesan staff and the clergy of the diocese. But those are just courtesy gestures. I will participate in an ordination, help consecrate a church, and have dinner with the primate. But those are things they are doing to include me in their ecclesial life. It could all happen without me. The real reasons are deeper.<br /><br />I am going to express the caring respect of Nevadans for our brothers and sisters who live the Christian life in these distant island mountains. I hope to visit the Philippines in an authentically Christian way. That is important because of colonialism. Christianity came to the Philippines as a medicine mixed with the bitter base of colonialism.<br /><br />Spain imposed conversion to Christianity, and the friars ruled the people harshly for hundreds of years, actually preventing them from learning Spanish or how to read and write. It was a ruthless subjugation that brought the word of grace. Then the United States acquired the Philippines in 1898 in the Spanish-American War. But no one asked the Filipinos. We were engaged in military conquest of the Philippines until 1902, during which 200,000 Filipino civilians and 20,000 soldiers died from combat or disease. Their guerilla resistance continued on the mountain regions I will be visiting until the 1920’s. <br /><br />The United States and Japan fought in and over the Philippines during World War II and the local people paid a heavy price. They participated with Americans as prisoners in the Bataan death march, and it might be said that we “destroyed (Manila) in order to save it.” Certainly the United States was a more benign ruler than Spain had been or than Japan would have been – but we have nonetheless been an imperial power like Rome to Galilee.<br /><br />While all of that was happening, the Episcopal Church spread the gospel albeit in the colonial context. It started with a military chaplain to the occupation force celebrating the Eucharist in 1898. Then the Brotherhood of St. Andrew sent missionaries. In 1901, we established the Philippines as a missionary district of the Episcopal Church. (Remember we in Nevada were a missionary diocese until not so long ago.) That missionary district flourished and became the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, an independent Province of the Anglican Communion in 1990 – only about 20 years after Nevada became a full-fledged independent diocese.<br /><br />I met Bishop Alex on a bus headed from Kent to London at Lambeth, 08. He knew our priest, then deacon, Teogenes Bernardez, Jr. I found Bishop Alexto be a man of great dignity and mischievous wit. We talked and I asked about the possibility of a companion diocese relationship. His first impulse was "No." He explained that their independence was important to them, and they did not want to receive the largesse of a wealthy American diocese. I said, “Then we are the companion for you, because we have nothing to give.” Thereupon a series of meetings and visits culminated in each of our dioceses adopting companionship resolutions.<br /><br />I want to visit the Philippines as a friend, representing the friendship of the Diocese of Nevada. We are not oppressors and not benefactors. We are friends in Christ. I hope this will be a sharing of the gospel and a sharing in the gospel uncontaminated by colonialism. Finding the authentic faith is harder when it has been presented by a dominating power. Ask our First Nations Peoples about that. Being there on an equal footing is the all important point.<br /><br />I also hope to learn something while I am there. I know I will learn a lot, but I particularly want to learn how we can strengthen Asian ministries in Nevada. For starters, I’d like to be a better bishop to the Filipino Episcopalians already in our pews.<br /><br />I am also thinking of evangelism. The Asian population of Nevada is nearly twice the national average. Asians accounted for 2.9% of Nevada’s population in 1990; 4.5% in 2000; and 6 % in 2008. That is already over 156,000 people. There is presently a movement of Asian Americans from urban centers from the East and from California to the Mountain West. I am grateful for the Asian worshipers in our congregations, but I estimate about 155,900 of them are missing. We have been blessed with Asian ministries that were self-started. But we have not set out to deliberately invite Asian Americans to worship, pray, and share with us in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Frankly, I am not sure where to begin. I hope with this trip I will begin to learn.<br /><br />God willing and the angels of information technology cooperating (do you suppose if the Annunciation happened today, Gabriel might just text Mary?), I’ll report in as the adventure unfolds.

Why I Am Going To The Philippines

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Clint and Me

<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxH_3F4XDvxsxzSR493_5X5Gf_C1LzDuGdyOpLPhfBLY4Oq1dwH7LquQ2CAQaEsAz_D43Y-TO2nLFpmKqVkXPuwfJU7SMyLX3kGPOkQNotptrZNTttX35RXc4LmYiRJFj1Bn9a_GVEgx4s/s1600/Magnum+Force.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="232" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxH_3F4XDvxsxzSR493_5X5Gf_C1LzDuGdyOpLPhfBLY4Oq1dwH7LquQ2CAQaEsAz_D43Y-TO2nLFpmKqVkXPuwfJU7SMyLX3kGPOkQNotptrZNTttX35RXc4LmYiRJFj1Bn9a_GVEgx4s/s320/Magnum+Force.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force (1973)</td></tr></tbody></table><i>by guest contributor Magic Lantern 21</i><br /><br />“Good guy…that last one he shot was a good guy!”<br /><br />Eleven words… my claim to celebrity status; my fifteen minutes of fame which if you took a stop watch and measured, would run well under that length of time. And although I would have many small screen appearances later on in “The Streets of San Francisco,” these few words to this day still get me the most attention. Why? Because Clint Eastwood films are both well known and greatly admired not only in the U.S., but also by audiences around the world. Therefore to be associated with a Clint Eastwood movie usually guarantees that an actor (even a bit one as myself) will receive instant and lasting recognition.<br /><a name='more'></a> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP64w671F-iLB5e-6wPLBlnBEMCP4K2NPPxyyyHR9fqVp445EG_gb3DTcWzmnmrYaYuQPRb3OkHhBAA4AB_U5YoY5Qsi4hYWTBPFP-A1-D3jqyinq64ROZvo5mC7XdzGB0TbjloHg5boYy/s1600/00+dirty+harry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="131" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP64w671F-iLB5e-6wPLBlnBEMCP4K2NPPxyyyHR9fqVp445EG_gb3DTcWzmnmrYaYuQPRb3OkHhBAA4AB_U5YoY5Qsi4hYWTBPFP-A1-D3jqyinq64ROZvo5mC7XdzGB0TbjloHg5boYy/s320/00+dirty+harry.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dirty Harry (1971)</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Not long ago, TCM ran a tribute to Clint Eastwood and it brought back memories of my experiences meeting and working with him. He was a very pleasant, down to earth man in person…a real pleasure. I met him first in 1971 when he was shooting <b>Dirty Harry</b>. I had gone down to North Beach (one of the film’s locations) to take a look at the “Harry” car which it was being arranged I would purchase from Warners' Transportation when the picture “wrapped”. It was to be my first car and owning a picture car driven by Clint Eastwood made it all the more exciting.</div><br />He was very humble, polite, and soft-spoken when I met him and I also remember being surprised at how tall he was - well over six feet. I subsequently went down to the set many times afterwards and brought high school friends and dates along. Needless to say I was very popular amongst my peers. I unfortunately didn’t get the car, however - they needed it for a “pickup shot” in L.A. later and it got shipped back to the Warner Brothers lot. <br /> <br /> In 1973, three years after becoming an “extra” I reported on the set of <b>Magnum Force </b>- Dirty Harry’s second appearance on screen. I initially performed in the background in various roles - police officers mainly, but during one of the days that I had reported to work as an “extra” I was approached by the Assistant Director, Al Silvani, who told me that my agent had suggested me for a small speaking role as a Cadet in the film. I was of course ecstatic. I was given the few pages of script that contained my line and rehearsed every variation of that piece of dialogue that you could imagine (see above and watch<span style="color: #990000;"> the very beginning</span><span style="color: yellow;"> </span>of the clip below).<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wlaYAExLJmmmwAZAOS7GSETZ8F2ZSfubhGAMTZsLM97hiFiPQNHu18Z4iES7s-vRK-lfruA09AENCarhcp-SjKGPacNv0mZrRU9S-Nx5HiI_uBQjWXWfxSg85vGv2kwg7ZdyeeJqfKMv/s1600/00rogues+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="121" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wlaYAExLJmmmwAZAOS7GSETZ8F2ZSfubhGAMTZsLM97hiFiPQNHu18Z4iES7s-vRK-lfruA09AENCarhcp-SjKGPacNv0mZrRU9S-Nx5HiI_uBQjWXWfxSg85vGv2kwg7ZdyeeJqfKMv/s200/00rogues+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Magnum Force (1973)</td></tr></tbody></table>Finally the day came and I reported to the police firing range to do my scene in the picture. I was in good company - getting to hang out with Robert Urich, David Soul, Tim Matheson, and Kip Niven all day (actually two days - it took that long to film!). They were a fun group…and I remember Urich doing impersonations of various celebrities like Ed Sullivan, etc. He kept us in stitches. Ted Post was the director and I was able to cinch my bit in two takes. Of course Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, and John Mitchum were also there. It was a memorable event.<br /><br />The last time I got to work with Eastwood was in 1976 on his third outing as Harry in the <b>The Enforcer</b>. I was at the Hall of Justice - this time as an “extra”. Perhaps I was feeling shy - or maybe I figured he wouldn’t remember me because (after all) it had been three years since I last saw him - or I thought he was a big actor now and too busy for me - but in any case I felt uncomfortable to re-introduce myself and so didn’t bother to go up to him that day. However, as they were setting up I happened to glance over in his direction and he made a point to single me out and nod a greeting of acknowledgement. I thought that was pretty cool - especially since now he was a bonafide mega star! But, you know, in hindsight, I shouldn’t have been surprised - that is Clint Eastwood. He never saw himself as a “star” - he has always been unpretentious in that way. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NH8_zxmkLUtLwqEtyM1473HbDtXWvYD9-XjOzHGIhVChzamn9iCBK9wqSa4YWoyCdwDTwURrvk11pNO8muQXVOgExiklwjN6oe6S7COfyJyTINWNMmv6I2dWyt0Mai6k-_AFWbJOMXPg/s1600/000+older+eastwood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NH8_zxmkLUtLwqEtyM1473HbDtXWvYD9-XjOzHGIhVChzamn9iCBK9wqSa4YWoyCdwDTwURrvk11pNO8muQXVOgExiklwjN6oe6S7COfyJyTINWNMmv6I2dWyt0Mai6k-_AFWbJOMXPg/s200/000+older+eastwood.jpg" width="190" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clint Eastwood today</td></tr></tbody></table>One incident to drive this point home occurred during the filming of <b>Dirty Harry</b>. My father worked in his usual capacity (liaison between SFPD and the motion picture company) on that film, and both he and Eastwood had the same birthday, May 31st. The crew decided to get a cake for my Dad and presented it to him at lunch. One problem - they forgot it was also Clint Eastwood’s birthday. Well, could you imagine what the results would have been if this happened to another big actor with a matching ego? Not Clint, he wished my father a “Happy Birthday” and enjoyed some of his cake.<br /><br />Well, that’s my two cents for what it's worth regarding my time spent with Clint Eastwood. Great memories of a great guy and certainly worthy of the honor TCM gave him. Of course, knowing him, he probably thought it was a lot of to-do about nothing.<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AIP9AJTbCcs?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AIP9AJTbCcs?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <br /><br /><i>Guest blogger Magic Lantern 21/aka/Tony Piazza is a San Francisco native whose father was at one time assigned by the City and County of San Francisco to be liaison between the SFPD and visiting film companies. This assignment involved assisting with scouting locations and making sure the city's day-to-day activities weren't hampered by filming. One such assignment was responsibility for the safety of citizens and property when the iconic chase scene in <b>Bullitt </b>(1968) was being filmed.</i><br /><br /><i>Tony himself, as he mentioned, worked for a time in the industry. He was an extra, a stand-in, performed stunts and had bit parts in films and on TV. Eventually, however, his life took a scientific turn and he has had a long career as a biologist.</i><br /><br /><i>More recently Tony returned to entertainment and the arts. He performed as an extra in the film <b>Sideways </b>(2004), did a commercial for a local retail store and has produced his own films. His book, <u>Anything Short of Murder</u>, is about to be published by Dog Ear Publishing, hopefully by the end of the year; it will be available at Amazon and other major book sites. As MagicLantern21, a member of TCM's CFU, Tony has a long-running murder mystery serial, REEL MURDER, in progress. <a href="http://fan.tcm.com/_WIN-A-MOVIE/blog/2948726/66470.html"><span style="color: #990000;">Click here for a link</span></a> to the related contest he's created and the chance to win a $20 Movies Unlimited gift certificate.</i><br /><i></i><br /><i>Thank you, Tony, for sharing your memories with Reel Life! </i><i>- The Lady Eve</i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja10jnqP1pdRjmT-TNBb784mVLMv-JFPm_kmuX58UQKPoLGF4IxAzkAKQgkClIzX31V0Iw2hr6m9hoJ3tj5aPHtFVdObveReFebuQd67eBB09rBKoXBDQMzPlN6vmxkiDY4HxsVS8iaKPZ/s1600/michael+and+tony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja10jnqP1pdRjmT-TNBb784mVLMv-JFPm_kmuX58UQKPoLGF4IxAzkAKQgkClIzX31V0Iw2hr6m9hoJ3tj5aPHtFVdObveReFebuQd67eBB09rBKoXBDQMzPlN6vmxkiDY4HxsVS8iaKPZ/s320/michael+and+tony.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Douglas with Tony Piazza (Magic Lantern 21) on the set of "The Streets of San Francisco"</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

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Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force (1973) by guest contributor Magic Lantern 21 “Good guy…that last one he shot was a good guy!” Eleven words… m...

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Day 4, new day, new attitude

I got home from work last night at 11:30pm. I sat in my car and cried before I came in the house. I do that when I'm mentally and physically past exhaustion. I cry. I couldn't remember the last time I cried. It's been a while. The last time was probably over work too. Seems like it always is about work.<br /><br />I left my phone on my desk last night. I woke up at 4:40am, which is when my phone alarm usually goes off. I thought, well, it'll go off any minute so I should just get up and go to the gym. After only three hours of sleep I rolled over and fell back asleep. The next time I look at the clock it was almost 7am. My husband had left for work, and I didn't hear a thing (and he didn't wake me up!). <br /><br />My first thought was "Oh shit! Dave is going to be furious at me." Dave is a guy that sits on the other side of the wall of my cubicle. He comes in at 5:30am and I don't usually get in until 9am. The last time this happened he had to listen to the alarm for about three hours. He didn't know how to turn it off. He told me he didn't know anything about "these fancy phones". It's just a Blackberry. Nothing special. Poor guy. I felt really bad. I called him this morning and he said it was ringing when he came in but he figured it out. I asked if that meant he'd smashed it against the wall. He said he saw the button to "dismiss". <br /><br />Long story just to tell you I'm skipping the gym today. I've had five back to back, hour plus workouts in the last five days. My body is tired. I think maybe I need a day off. If it's not raining at noon I'll walk, but it's looking pretty dismal outside right now. <br /><br />About my new attitude. My last several posts seem to have had a negative tone. I don't like that about myself.<br /><br />Today I woke up (the second time) feeling great. I read a few really inspiring blogs this morning, <a href="http://doingaone-eighty.blogspot.com/">Helen</a> and <a href="http://almostgastricbypass.blogspot.com/">Allan</a>. They both made me realize I need to cut the bullshit and really get on with my weight loss. I mean, I ate M&Ms last night? What the hell was that about? I ate 20 total but I hardly ever eat candy. It's the first time I ate out of the candy bowl at work. Of course it was late and I was starving and I can make up all kinds of stupid excuses. Like I said, I need to cut the bullshit. <br /><br />It's off to work now. I think if it is raining at noon I'll head down to our little workout room at work. It's really a tiny little room with some exercise bikes and weights and a few other oddball pieces of exercise equipment. It's enough to get in a light 30-minute workout. New day, new attitude and no excuses.

Day 4, new day, new attitude

I got home from work last night at 11:30pm. I sat in my car and cried before I came in the house. I do that when I'm mentally and physic...

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Day three and a really quick post

I'm just getting ready to leave work (10:23pm--longest day ever!). My work life really sucks lately. I spent three days of my four-day weekend working. To say I'm sick and tired of work is an understatement. I had a three-week vacation scheduled starting December 10, but that's been delayed until December 15. I guess at least I have a job (somehow, that doesn't really help make me feel better right now).<br /><br />Today was suppose to be our Rope Challenge Course team building event in Mt. Vernon. We got rained out. What a surprise, rain in the Pacific Northwest in late November. Instead we did a tour of the Everett Boeing factory. It was interesting for about ten minutes then I wanted to go back to the bus and sleep. Big airplane pieces being assembled. Big yawn. The only factoid I remember is that it's the biggest building in the world, and they build 747's. I work for an airline so I guess this tour should have thrilled me. It didn't. They didn't even allow cameras or cell phones so no pictures. <br /><br />Afterwards I had to come back to the office at 3pm and work until now so I could get my work done. Something terribly wrong with this picture (remember, it was suppose to be a "fun" team building event).<br /><br />My eating was okay today. We went out to lunch after the tour at Mongolian Grill. I had a ton of vegetables and maybe 3 ounces of chicken, with just a touch of sesame seed oil. It's the teriyaki sauce they poured over it after it was cooked that probably had a million calories. It tasted good but I was hungry by 4pm and I didn't bring any food with me today.<br /><br />About two hours ago I snuck into the candy dish at a coworkers desk. First time ever. I had ten M&Ms and ten M&M coconut candies. Mainly because I'm at work and that's the only food available. I ate a Weight Watchers instant oatmeal first (been in my desk forever). It was really icky. Just for the record, I didn't really enjoy the candy either. 34 calories for the M&Ms and no idea for the coconut ones (and they really weren't good). I'd rather have had a big Honeycrisp apple.<br /><br />I'm back on the Stairmaster for my cardio at the gym. It's killing me. I'm amazed how a twenty-five pound gain is making my workouts so much more difficult. When I was 155 I could do 140 flights of stairs in 30 minutes. It was hard but doable. I was doing it almost every day. Now at 180 pounds I'm really struggling to get 120 flights done in 30 minutes. Every morning I think I'm not going to make it to the 30 minutes. 25 pounds is a LOT of extra weight.<br /><br />Not much else to write about. Just that I'm very tired and have to drive home now in the cold and the rain. Sucks to be me today.<br /><br /><u>New PointsPlus Plan - Weight Watchers</u><br />Oh my gosh! Before I walked out the door I wanted to quickly glance at the new Weight Watcher PointsPlus Plan on their website. Today is the first day of the new plan but my meeting is on Saturday.<br /><br />They've really changed things around. They upped my PointsPlus to 29 (it was 22), but then they say food has more PointsPlus in it. Instead of calculating Calories/Fat/Fiber in foods, now they use Fat/Carbs/Protein/Fiber to get the PointsPlus. <br /><br />I want to be positive about this but I can't  help but feel like it's a marketing ploy. I hope I'm wrong. Supposedly, according to my lovely brainwashed Weight Watcher leader (can't help but thinking of "take me to your leader" every time I call her my "leader")....there's a lot of scientific research behind these changes. <br /><br />I wonder if it's really that much better than the old plan.

Day three and a really quick post

I'm just getting ready to leave work (10:23pm--longest day ever!). My work life really sucks lately. I spent three days of my four-day w...

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I’m Home!

<p>Hello friends! I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving last week! I sure did and I can’t wait to fill you in on all the cruise details, but what’s more important when you get home from vacation….getting right back on track!</p> <p>That is just what I did! This morning I had a delicious bowl of<strong> honey nut cheerios</strong> with a sliced <strong>banana</strong> for <strong>5 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TR0jk0bxnBaZM5BG-jEHja9pa7cjyQSteR1w0ygApZswT2Jb-XI8Hz7HWnVWrEds3NeFPk8ZqW2J6EX0FLP7itm1PcNYgQBAZKp950uiphGu2WM5U1vP3G6J50ZtjUVPKkPH3HS9cEb-/s1600-h/DSC09512%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09512" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGIbLIUSTd4tSn8IWe1rNG8hWoG6p3wpwc_gtAT0dkEsOFYxUOPQpz_L4hB10ASqd8RTgGTFHl47lM2PSIgcdczCNKQS6GKCcufG9wW2tsokPpljUH1dju7u0lJerdXigmbRX-XpbN-zP/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09512" width="404"></a></p> <p>I was surprised, I really didn’t dread work! I mean come on, who wants to go back to work after 9 days off! It wasn’t bad though, I kept busy! My first morning snack was an <strong>apple</strong> for <strong>1 point</strong>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkdk2xWuWs_VyjSNyyzadoT6OHCUVqpwnvE1EmxKVLtb0KTtkdUYa4O8qS-Er2owDrWYl9DRt-Bl4XkKT-MR7LvEOBYvXHDpNeJXuRKjmYpKNMRtQf6CBd895mk82HLz6yoq7QCH78Fl2/s1600-h/DSC09513%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09513" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqgT0cTMwkCpdGVe3plNqbgAb6l3UwSzklgYqlpGx8u7raUao9wVE8pxSKUk83MXxDVS7PdAPcK0Nk6mDMsBhkwDX21y-BMt72sK1s-xPHghkJHkI1sVNpAbC2Lre0xnPkYE1kXlGn6Ad/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09513" width="404"></a></p> <p>Before a lunch appointment I had <strong>1 c cantaloupe</strong> and <strong>1/2 c cottage cheese</strong> for a total of<strong> 3 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrs1ul2YF0sxOzEVsNTjag9_VjvUbOMwqFn7dsUMhIjVhLRTp1LwePqZsUPb-2gfrLBISWmSMf-6xtkydCah_Be0O5hCnUI5CAgzPwtt4WYGVQlo1sR9a3M7vcn_hP_J3hiYaMTPjARWNN/s1600-h/DSC09514%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09514" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhApVGi6xGoHiNTO3ImreUdT0zqig-DyE4qY9WhkQwfT99SBBuCHA8O5MNgtixmu5gDr7KUFLPE7C1u5ZIcidxSMHsvaZ97Ws_Z9hyphenhyphenK0iAs_iofD-NbLr1krYH7IXdyvdKeCZ8kWtOtzPe/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09514" width="404"></a></p> <p>After my lunch appointment I scarfed down some <strong>carrot sticks</strong> for <strong>0 points</strong>…because evidentially 2 minutes & 30 seconds for my SmartOnes to cook wasn’t fast enough! ;)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBJxb69r8YTgGGTsZB3fPmYrlPU8DOerK2F-ZbfsPAzAKA03UVqYaF4qaEwK9DslDUngsijZEdsiYnuV2QEMiYmAOs6el4Je_YnZRO2Ix5Z3O-V1XbfpleY5ZwNLM4nOXGL4VoUICRH0uf/s1600-h/DSC09515%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09515" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuVmLaLxa7IAPEK_7iQnr9CAsWIWKI75tSvcRMviR_19OZDBSIE0ejnB_A9-t1STa-tK6R2ye62XkwQNR3Catf08qnZU617R6cwRxkHEmyHP9q4AtnXU14lADZKD1xq4c5jCbgQrTb6-t/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09515" width="404"></a></p> <p>I made it through the<strong><em> “long” </em></strong>cooking time and had a <strong>Smart Ones</strong> for <strong>4 points</strong>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLoN3zbE7bnS7XecYbXevt6uUCKOA6bAnsUzbL-Yl9i3LwYS9N3ZXT5me6youIGnHL2Ywuvzr7dDXP_Q2SvduxLaWWJ7LzCZvwdGPs2IjO45ANK-umgn4g6wOQ3EWG6b4psAD-n3KTwMR/s1600-h/DSC09516%5B3%5D.jpg"><strong><em><img alt="DSC09516" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyTI7JQWJT54tg9iW0dcrEP1AuLfwXOetY4OvJKgh9eOJPZJOfpgFDhsIDmL4bGUFDQ3jG9H9AGlS52XEzaMrLNN3QhArsetrFNUoQRNLYAotin-RJtO3CPmunNoJmEnuPOyvVifx4hzf/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09516" width="404"></em></strong></a></p> <p>My afternoon flew by and before I knew it quitting time was here! Kyle had class tonight so I was solo. I hit the gym with a friend for a <strong>30 minute treadmill workout</strong>. Felt great!</p> <p>After the workout I whipped up a quick supper, <strong>whole wheat pasta</strong>, <strong>zucchini</strong>, and <strong>2% shredded mozzarella</strong> for<strong> 5 points</strong>. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5bBA87MIDU6oAX1iPjJYYOr5eABWzwXINqQZMI8NWMOVHf7ToTX1C1qj8t7pWFSWojqMqsijNZmNUhZNkJ_2QpIMMMdYNAmyu5cPCb1CmpypAiDswFUvbxCzWjAwE2I7fVvdwZh8ckvU/s1600-h/DSC09517%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="DSC09517" border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fGSPKblr9wTtkaOOvLH4Av73LQoVLxNsY8xovtAv5Qo64qhmWe3N_cDvfU5dIy5l6KatcGBcgkiIgi6oDldzoeSJqKbZEXHavjCgTTz4pB_-0n_ZAs_FdPsTVwPYbLb_1n5-5d1wdPMc/?imgmax=800" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" title="DSC09517" width="404"></a></p> <p>It’s not even 9pm and I’m ready to crash! The cruise was amazing & I can’t wait to fill you guys in, but it will have to wait till tomorrow!</p>

I’m Home!

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One day down, 364 more to go

Yesterday was a pretty good food day. It was the first time in weeks that I didn't have a crazy late night binge. My binges these days aren't anything like they were three years ago when I weighed 240 pounds. I use to eat bags of candy, chips, cookies or whole cakes or pies, all in one sitting. I gave the word gluttony new meaning.<br /><br />These days a binge is an extra chicken breast or a bag of light popcorn or a couple Weight Watcher ice cream bars. Or maybe all of that plus some, but all healthy foods (except the WW ice cream bars that are really junk food in disguise). <br /><br />I still consider these binges, just a more healthy version of a binge. Last night I ate two WW ice cream bars and a piece of turkey breast (probably six ounces). It put me over my 22 Points (my 180 weight gives me an extra Point). Still, this is considerably less than I've been eating late at night these past weeks, hence the 6-pound gain in three weeks. <br /><br />Even with an hour of cardio yesterday that was too much food. In order to lose weight I have to maintain my exercise of a minimum of an hour a day AND cut back on the calories. <br /><br />One good thing is I've made peace with Dave's Killer bread, the thing that's been my downfall for a few weeks. I LOVE this bread. It's organic, tasty and full of healthy ingredients. It has 20 more calories than one of those sandwich thin things (130 calories, 3 grams fat, 4 grams fiber). It's two Points versus one Point but it's so much tastier and healthier than fake bread. I allow myself one slice a day, with my breakfast. It's really removed that "it's forbidden, I must eat it all" attitude I had about it.<br /><br />After dinner tonight I'm going to try to totally resist eating anything. Just to see if I can do it. Tomorrow is going to be hell day at work so I have to go to bed early anyway. I deal with "hell days" better when I'm well rested. So I'll be in bed by 9pm, up at 5am for the gym, and physically at the gym by 5:30am. That's my normal gym time but I'm often not asleep until midnight.<br /><br />Not much planned today except a few work things I have to get finished for tomorrow. I've been working on them for the last two days, and I'm almost finished with my project. Tomorrow is the start of alpha testing which is always extremely stressful for me. The work I did is for another team so it's a bit unusual for me. The people doing the testing are very experienced and are perfectionists, which is a good thing, but again, it stresses me out big time. <br /><br />Other than that, I'm going to the gym at noon, home to shower and then hit a movie this afternoon. I really wanted to see Unstoppable, the train movie. I love trains. I know, I work for an airline, but really love trains. They've always fascinated me more than airplanes. My husband wants to see the Harry Potter movie. Since I almost always get to pick the movie (and usually a chick flick and he's good with those), I think I'll let him have this one. I'm not a huge Harry Potter fan, but the movies are usually okay (although the last one was horrid).<br /><br />By the way, it's 364 days until I absolutely will be at goal. I know this is a lifetime thing, I'll always have food issues and will be fighting them to my dying day. That's pretty much a given, but it's 364 days to goal weight. That thought helps me focused.

One day down, 364 more to go

Yesterday was a pretty good food day. It was the first time in weeks that I didn't have a crazy late night binge. My binges these days a...

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Planning de la semaine du 29 novembre au 03 décembre 2010

<BR><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Permanences<br /></span></strong></h2><ul><br /><li>Le <strong>Conseil Général du Loiret</strong> sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans<br />- le lundi 29 novembre de 9h à 12h30,<br />- le mardi 30 novembre de 9h à 12h30 et de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le mercredi 1er décembre de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le jeudi 02 décembre de 13h30 à 17h,<br />- le vendredi 03 décembre de 13h30 à 17h.<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2007/11/boutique-de-gestion.html">Boutique de Gestion</a></strong> - vendredi 03 décembre de 09h à 12h30 (sur rendez-vous)</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Ateliers</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>CV</strong> - mardi 30 novembre de 9h à 12h30 et mercredi 1er décembre de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Lettre de Motivation</strong> - mardi 30 novembre de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Préparation à l'entretien</strong> - jeudi 02 décembre de 13h30 à 17h<br /><br /><li><strong>Pôle-emploi.fr</strong> - vendredi 03 décembre de 10h à 11h30<br /><br /><li><strong><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2009/07/atelier-situtilises-tu-trouves.html">Sit'Utilises tu trouves</a></strong> - vendredi 03 décembre de 14h à 16h</ul><br /><h2><strong><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 113%;color:#005c9b;" >Information collective</span></strong><br /></h2><br /><ul><li><strong>Boutique de Gestion</strong> - lundi 29 novembre à 14h</ul>

Planning de la semaine du 29 novembre au 03 décembre 2010

Permanences Le Conseil Général du Loiret sera présent dans les locaux de la Maison de l'Emploi du bassin d'Orléans - le lundi 29 no...

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My weighin and feeling more positive

After my pathetic post earlier today about considering myself an epic failure in the weight loss arena, I almost blew off my Weight Watcher meeting. I was feeling like why should I even bother, I can't do this anymore. I'm sick and tired of trying and failing over and over. <br /><br />I couldn't help thinking it doesn't do any good to go to the meetings anyway. I go, I listen, then I chose to ignore the advice. Thankfully I ignored my stupid girl voice and went to my meeting. <br /><br />What was really cool about the meeting was our leader's excitement about the new program. She told us she wanted us to consider today the last day of our Weight Watcher year. This year was past and a new year was starting this week with the new ProPoints program and all new materials. She even played Auld Lang Syne at the end of the meeting and told us we had to hug each other (yes, the meetings are often a little touchy-feely, but they're fun). <br /><br />After the meeting I sat in my car and looked at my weighin results. I knew it was bad and it was exactly as I had anticipated. I weighed in with a 6.2 pound gain at 180.8. No surprise. I gained it in three weeks. My last weighin was 11/6 at 174.6. <br /><br />I looked back in my Weight Watcher weighin book and on January 9, 2010, I weight 180.4. Interesting. Basically, I stayed the same this year. That's a first for me. I've lost significant amounts of weight in the past but never kept it off for more than a few months. <br /><br />Instead of feeling defeated about the weight gain and not making any real progress in a year, I feel energized. I've decided this is going to be my year. This is the year I'm going to make goal. After almost three years of Weight Watcher meetings, I tired of just sitting in meeting after meeting watching other people make goal. I want to make goal.<br /><br />My year starts today, right this very minute. Not on January 1, but today, November 27, 2010. One year from today I will be at goal. I'm definitely feeling more positive.

My weighin and feeling more positive

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Weight Watchers told me I'm new...maybe they're right

I tired to change my Weight Watcher payment information last night. This morning their website said I wasn't a member any longer. After being on the phone with them for twenty minutes I'm reinstated, but as a new member. <br /><br />Well, sort of a new member. I had to re-enter all my personal information and set up a new password, just like I was a new member. Luckily it still had my old weight chart information back to February 2008 when I joined the first time, but it had my current weight as 185. Funny how that 185 number popped in there for today. I didn't enter it, maybe the guy on the phone did it (he didn't ask me my weight, maybe he just figured I'd gained 10 pounds since my last weighin). I haven't weighed 185 since June 2008. <br /><br />In a way, I'm a little embarrassed that I've been in Weight Watchers for almost three years, and I'm still not at my goal weight of 135. Seriously, three years is a long time to spend trying to do something that should have only taken about one year. There's really no way to look at it except as a big failure. Sure, I can say I've kept off 60 pounds for over two years, but since the goal was to lose 100 pounds and keep it off, I'd give myself a C- for reaching my goal. Actually, in my work world not making a deadline is considered an epic failure. And for me, that's really not acceptable. <br /><br />Maybe being new isn't such a bad thing. I'm going to weighin today and whatever that weight is will be my new starting weight. Since I've been drinking coffee all morning and chugging the water, I'll probably be up pretty high. That's okay though, I'm not really beating myself up. Just trying to be realistic here, accept my failure and move on.<br /><br />The new program will be announced this coming week in the US. I read a little bit about it online at Facebook and other articles. I liked some of the things I read, and some others I wasn't too happy to read (I hope the "cheat" day of fast food is just a rumor).<br /><br />Anyway, here's a few things I found on line in what appeared to be a legitimate articles:<br /><br />•Instead of basing a food's Points on calories, fat and fiber, there will be more of an emphasis on the quality of the food. Brown rice will have fewer Points than white rice. A 100-calorie pack of cookies will have more Points than 100 calories of chicken breast, and so on.<br /><br />•To encourage better food choices, fruit and most vegetables will have zero Points. Starchy vegetables, such as potatoes, corn and peas will not be in the free list.<br /><br />•The minimum amount of Points assigned to people will be 29 Points, but they'll also be given a weekly allowance of 49 Points as "Real Living" Points to be used on snacky, boozy, party-type foods. <br />  <br />Plus, this <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1326447/Weight-Watchers-Pro-Points-plan-A-new-approach-dieting-success.html">article</a> on the UK Weight Watchers 2011 plan gives even more information. I suspect the US plan is the same. This is just a sneak peek from some of the things I found online. We'll find out the real deal this week. <br /><br />Just for fun, I also checked out the Weight Watcher UK <a href="http://www.weightwatchers.co.uk/community/mbd/threads.aspx?board_id=350&forum_id=1">message board</a> on the ProPoints Plan. Since UKjust got it about two weeks ago, there's a lot of messages flying around on their boards about it. Sounds like everyone loves it because you get so many more Points with the new plan. By the way, you don't have to be a WW member to read the message boards. They're open to everyone.<br />  <br />Well, I have to get showered and ready for Weight Watchers. I'll post my weigh in later today. I'm sure it's going to be scary. For all my talk of losing weight, I know I'm up from my last weighin. I'd say no worries, but if I'm truthful here, I'm mad as hell at myself for screwing up when I was so close to goal. Oh well, I'm "new", what can I say?

Weight Watchers told me I'm new...maybe they're right

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Black Friday - Part 2

If posting once a day is good for me, posting twice must be really good for me. <br /><br />I went to the gym this afternoon and had all sorts of weird technical problems. First, I forgot my iPod, which I've only done twice in three years. I almost turned around and went home, instead I suffered through my workout. Without music it was pretty miserable. The gym music is horrible. I like really fast-paced, high volume music. The gym music was turned down really low and it sounded like elevator music. Really bad.<br /><br />Then my Polar heart monitor went all wonky on me, telling me pulse was 58 when I thought I was dying and my heart was going to explode. Then it was 154 when I was barely moving. It does this every few months and then it'll be fine the next day. Annoying.<br /><br />After 30 grueling minutes on the treadmill I thought I'd do another 20 minutes cardio on an elliptical. Unfortunately I picked an elliptical that had problems. It would only allow a maximum of a 10-minute workout. I could have used another elliptical (there are about 40 of them, all available), but I decided 10 minutes sounded fine. <br /><br />Then my strength workout wasn't good. I felt weak and tired. I only did four upper body exercises, three sets each. Not really worthy of being called a workout.<br /><br />I'm not sure why I had such a bad workout today, other than my weight gain. It seems like when I gain weight working out is extra hard. My body feels heavier and more difficult to move. I feel lethargic. I need to remember this the next time I think about eating something not on plan. <br /><br />Speaking of plan, only three and half hours left in this day and I've been 100% perfect in my eating. I kept track of my water too, four 26-oz bottles of water, 2 12-oz mugs coffee, 2 12-oz mugs herbal tea for a grand total of 152 ounces of non-food liquids. It really does help with the hunger and helps me stay away from the bad stuff. <br /><br />If I can just get this one day under my belt, the next one will be easier. That's just how it works, good days help create good days. I need a string of them together to lose this weight. I think I will be okay. :)

Black Friday - Part 2

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T-Day a Day Late

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPT-gbkA5PDf5GPf1_nuaPI_17eDOWIFg1TAlBvyXtGDCNBsTYJcM8H1DAfErF61QlX0urwkFjiebfHPgHrJ9NVY3kuz_2AEX_hNCcD1k4UQLuC1QWf5X3oYiOJuM_iA-zTdsE7f8cRvU/s1600/my+little+turkey.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544015653985368018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPT-gbkA5PDf5GPf1_nuaPI_17eDOWIFg1TAlBvyXtGDCNBsTYJcM8H1DAfErF61QlX0urwkFjiebfHPgHrJ9NVY3kuz_2AEX_hNCcD1k4UQLuC1QWf5X3oYiOJuM_iA-zTdsE7f8cRvU/s400/my+little+turkey.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />This little turkey was sad he didn't get to spend his first Thanksgiving with his Aunt Darci..but he's glad that she is having a blast on her cruise!<br /><br />So Darci gave me (her little sis Wendi) the password to her blog this week so I could publish a post for her and I told her I might just have to write a post of my own! I have to say that blogging is such a great form of entertainment. I don't write my own, but I love to read them and I have found so many through my sister's that I read on a daily basis. I think it's such a wonderful community and I know a lot of you out there help my sis to stay on track and keep motivated. I can't say that I do even close to as good of a job at the whole healthy living thing as my sister Darci does, but she definitely motivates me! She is a huge inspiration to me and I would love to be more like her:)<br /><br />Well even though it's the day after, I thought I would give you all a little list of what I'm thankful for. And here goes nothing...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCStgWNwzrLKSnzrboLl55aATR_i4HxUWY6AQqiikGU7lr5bjxi3440GYCF-d139xEnva6Cwpkm1tRnSX3N98LeN1dd_JDzQq1WkQUKUU91jcsnbYreJTiPd67vTQcZyGJXtERQmOT0NzG/s1600/me%2526darci%2526santa.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544032868370634994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCStgWNwzrLKSnzrboLl55aATR_i4HxUWY6AQqiikGU7lr5bjxi3440GYCF-d139xEnva6Cwpkm1tRnSX3N98LeN1dd_JDzQq1WkQUKUU91jcsnbYreJTiPd67vTQcZyGJXtERQmOT0NzG/s400/me%2526darci%2526santa.bmp" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />My sister Darci who is also my best friend. (And Santa too!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtGm0lqT_PsOUBNGg5CTmwqKkNZIf6rgpUAWiW7ietrn4ColYAHgiiYTuzDrDx-q41uobbUcv9ezoHiCPCl9oSdVlvPJHuboQcJ2yZY11dNXLVH6K0jg_dY6ZMa5DItfW99VLSHfFNhJ6/s1600/cross.bmp"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544032867463421362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwtGm0lqT_PsOUBNGg5CTmwqKkNZIf6rgpUAWiW7ietrn4ColYAHgiiYTuzDrDx-q41uobbUcv9ezoHiCPCl9oSdVlvPJHuboQcJ2yZY11dNXLVH6K0jg_dY6ZMa5DItfW99VLSHfFNhJ6/s400/cross.bmp" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 194px;" /></a><br />My Faith.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigroucvoYL8WzTwfviOH4udRPi2mAvs7jZpK_LtJubpWYmJjS3cpuM1NDliaCnSsBaJR675FhIDBKmbjuwJeUZyfz_5JSTXuNFtk8cAqUJue9RGFvvpHBnqpyFM5jqTTx4LgMaE_Bmm7JQ/s1600/sunset+beach.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544032824421531042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigroucvoYL8WzTwfviOH4udRPi2mAvs7jZpK_LtJubpWYmJjS3cpuM1NDliaCnSsBaJR675FhIDBKmbjuwJeUZyfz_5JSTXuNFtk8cAqUJue9RGFvvpHBnqpyFM5jqTTx4LgMaE_Bmm7JQ/s400/sunset+beach.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Life long friends and the beach.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnwgVAe0bO9OKTxO7gdc-yBRLJk5EBLBSfiQVvg2KxzFC6Z1PjzfjakE_2iSUvAd54mIJ0AQhaArpGp5fXWtY9YzCuZgD1NkeUVdfJSGFPYij55Dozo8yxkukx4ttKrVjnXM9c0Eus08d/s1600/DSC08564.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544032817673909570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjnwgVAe0bO9OKTxO7gdc-yBRLJk5EBLBSfiQVvg2KxzFC6Z1PjzfjakE_2iSUvAd54mIJ0AQhaArpGp5fXWtY9YzCuZgD1NkeUVdfJSGFPYij55Dozo8yxkukx4ttKrVjnXM9c0Eus08d/s400/DSC08564.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br />Some of the most amazing women in the world, my mom and my sisters.<br /><br />And finally what I am most thankful for this year..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1UPx0KJxOSN9vi-YhRFWkOEOB04wotzuSKjiBmdQyh1skLbsb53ncSZdpFLNPiA_3WDAoOcqTmPttu4X_iScatW2wsuvsGyNNlvox9-Zf1OwLXQKZ3zf3s0srqMBg6745MoL37OPJC8N/s1600/Hayden_Grettenberg_6.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544034162411067474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1UPx0KJxOSN9vi-YhRFWkOEOB04wotzuSKjiBmdQyh1skLbsb53ncSZdpFLNPiA_3WDAoOcqTmPttu4X_iScatW2wsuvsGyNNlvox9-Zf1OwLXQKZ3zf3s0srqMBg6745MoL37OPJC8N/s400/Hayden_Grettenberg_6.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEK3o5sQBNDpCz67d-8mFKuU7wKXPmpzk3zcOje4vSw5_cKYRXOuuSZWLWxTsGOKcPp57ZoN-hYdNY3vkGzCPUxHFEIbr-5xkGsFstHTcxkKxNk029xHmqSUX4ie81DnHiJRETWFW5sfLm/s1600/DSC01104.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544034156017840866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEK3o5sQBNDpCz67d-8mFKuU7wKXPmpzk3zcOje4vSw5_cKYRXOuuSZWLWxTsGOKcPp57ZoN-hYdNY3vkGzCPUxHFEIbr-5xkGsFstHTcxkKxNk029xHmqSUX4ie81DnHiJRETWFW5sfLm/s400/DSC01104.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaJrXkXOlMYrXxEwk8NScnUFeQOXkZ1oNYvkq93f3brggYDMzzBt5EmCRe5MkSIVNmmPGMlm6aYTdK7FvFMwyzsZBsy7GL9_EEtdiyxwlYmrfRb1EX_qqvzxiN4oLMd3rM2jNR-iNkSQ6/s1600/Hayden_Grettenberg_4.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544034126010028594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCaJrXkXOlMYrXxEwk8NScnUFeQOXkZ1oNYvkq93f3brggYDMzzBt5EmCRe5MkSIVNmmPGMlm6aYTdK7FvFMwyzsZBsy7GL9_EEtdiyxwlYmrfRb1EX_qqvzxiN4oLMd3rM2jNR-iNkSQ6/s400/Hayden_Grettenberg_4.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ev0CgvVdIfPmSJ-m9qZi0brMNEhKD0U3CuOI4ZhgXJ8_PO7fvDI-AJAevwFYeVZxaolQAL5-bi3K2nHB3_2jEeaff9iw8FfNoKE7IUgkkWAwX-bfJPXxzXzGOSCsc8fln0O76zseoESd/s1600/DSC01168.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544034116080061218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Ev0CgvVdIfPmSJ-m9qZi0brMNEhKD0U3CuOI4ZhgXJ8_PO7fvDI-AJAevwFYeVZxaolQAL5-bi3K2nHB3_2jEeaff9iw8FfNoKE7IUgkkWAwX-bfJPXxzXzGOSCsc8fln0O76zseoESd/s400/DSC01168.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfpvc4okHjI2QEJg1sHg3OHS5bPWODiLVOwx4DPKj_pwMY6rZMNEoni_ylb_hNYAvIG0XsGNXeZWU17-xh6Rh8HtRrXqTysXoEKNxQP4Tw_YkBgzlegtbAZivgJ7FezmLogzECdMfaEHC/s1600/Hayden_Grettenberg_2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544034101130120402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfpvc4okHjI2QEJg1sHg3OHS5bPWODiLVOwx4DPKj_pwMY6rZMNEoni_ylb_hNYAvIG0XsGNXeZWU17-xh6Rh8HtRrXqTysXoEKNxQP4Tw_YkBgzlegtbAZivgJ7FezmLogzECdMfaEHC/s400/Hayden_Grettenberg_2.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />The love of my life..my pride and joy..and this blog's most popular baby..Hayden James:)<br /><br />I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYSJ-O26JrcKs1_ACLgj2bdmAhUB8Nr1wgQRcbPo_b0sctJKM_E06LLJ8Km-ZXF8PbBu1lKjr_9XmjnHPV0ICllARTV_Wk6Kq36QQKGx-O-Fz0VBT73QUID5zhhRpIKLUqbC3lwy_aUpU/s1600/my+little+turkey+2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544037629154123714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYSJ-O26JrcKs1_ACLgj2bdmAhUB8Nr1wgQRcbPo_b0sctJKM_E06LLJ8Km-ZXF8PbBu1lKjr_9XmjnHPV0ICllARTV_Wk6Kq36QQKGx-O-Fz0VBT73QUID5zhhRpIKLUqbC3lwy_aUpU/s400/my+little+turkey+2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" /></a>

T-Day a Day Late

This little turkey was sad he didn't get to spend his first Thanksgiving with his Aunt Darci..but he's glad that she is having a bla...

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Black Friday in more ways than one

I stepped on the scale this morning expecting the worse. I haven't weighed since Sunday when I was 175.6. Today, I was 181.6. Six pounds in five days. Who does that? Well, me, that's who. I've easily gained ten pounds in a week without even trying. I'm some sort of freak of nature and if I was on a deserted island I'm pretty sure I'd survive longer than anyone because of my body's unique way of holding on to calories. <br /><br />180 is my freakout weight. Someone once asked me if there's a weight that scares me into sanity. 180 is that weight. The reason is because at 180 my size 12 clothes are tight. At 185 my face changes. I've seen it happen. I normally have a long, slim face, but at 185 it starts to noticeably change. Of course it changes before that, gradually, where I hardly notice it, but at 185 it's like wow, who is that woman in the mirror. <br /><br />A word about Marie Callendar's pies. First, I made two pumpkin pies, one using a Weight Watcher recipe for 3 Points for 1/8 of the pie, and one with Stevia from an internet recipe. They were both disgusting. My husband went to the store on Thanksgiving Day and purchased two Marie Callender pies. One was Key Lime, one pumpkin. I can pass on pumpkin but I can't pass on Key Lime. 1/10 of that tiny pie was 320 calories, 16 grams fat and 45 grams carbohydrates (not to mention 35 grams of sugar). I ate three slices (1/10 each). That stuff is POISON. <br /><br />Before that I ate the traditional dinner with the best ever organic turkey from Trader Joes. That turkey was worth every cent. I've never eaten such a tasty bird.<br /><br />I could tell you more of what happened in detail, but it's pretty obvious. It wasn't just yesterday,  but it was all week. I ate too much and didn't exercise enough. I worked from home two days in a row when I was feeling weak when it came to food. Even though I attempted to make Thanksgiving as healthy as possible it wasn't just Thanksgiving Day that was my downfall, it was the entire week. It was my "it's the holidays!" attitude that got me in trouble. <br /><br />Now for the plan of action. Today I'm 100% back on plan. Counting Points because that's what I do best, drinking water by the gallons and a good solid gym workout for an hour and a half. Just knowing that I have my plan back in place makes me feel better. <br /><br />Part of my plan is to get back to posting on a more consistent basis and reading blogs and commenting. Even though I've been reading, I haven't commented much. Mainly because I felt like a hypocrite. When I'm not doing well on my plan I drop the posting and commenting as well. Who wants to read about me eating Key Lime pie? How can I give any advice when I'm a dismal failure? Well, I need to change and get back to myself.<br /><br />Just by posting this I feel 100% better. Weird, but sharing my failures makes me feel stronger and hopeful.

Black Friday in more ways than one

I stepped on the scale this morning expecting the worse. I haven't weighed since Sunday when I was 175.6. Today, I was 181.6. Six pounds...

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Chiffres clés - Année 2010, n 4

<BR><br />Voici le 4ème numéro de l’année 2010 des « Chiffres Clés » produit par l’Observatoire de la Maison de l’Emploi du bassin d’Orléans.<br /><br />Dans ce numéro, un éclairage particulier est accordé aux données de la population active issues des résultats du recensement de la population 2007 dans le bassin d'Orléans.<br /><br /><a title="View Bulletin 4 4 on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/44057078/Bulletin-4-4" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Bulletin 4 4</a> <object data="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf" height="600" id="doc_434786434908349" name="doc_434786434908349" style="outline:none;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="FlashVars" value="document_id=44057078&access_key=key-aco7h550q513dn6u6k8&page=1&viewMode=list"> <embed id="doc_434786434908349" name="doc_434786434908349" src="http://d1.scribdassets.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=44057078&access_key=key-aco7h550q513dn6u6k8&page=1&viewMode=list" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="600" width="100%" wmode="opaque" bgcolor="#ffffff"></embed> </object> <br /><BR>

Chiffres clés - Année 2010, n 4

Voici le 4ème numéro de l’année 2010 des « Chiffres Clés » produit par l’Observatoire de la Maison de l’Emploi du bassin d’Orléans. Dans ce ...

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Eat, drink and...watch movies

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSy5wWvkxV72XP1cddKDVJyWaCmgo5FoNQMjM0cc5V3Vwq6k6VcuZ3K16sc_x3H5kLbL13GvEx9BdW2d4TJzY-HcCish67SHsTLlv4v2xuArJvDswzQ7UXLR8P1zcM4BFBOmswmI-ik0a/s1600/wine-and-cheese-joeray-kelley%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSy5wWvkxV72XP1cddKDVJyWaCmgo5FoNQMjM0cc5V3Vwq6k6VcuZ3K16sc_x3H5kLbL13GvEx9BdW2d4TJzY-HcCish67SHsTLlv4v2xuArJvDswzQ7UXLR8P1zcM4BFBOmswmI-ik0a/s320/wine-and-cheese-joeray-kelley%255B1%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">With Thanksgiving looming on the horizon,  my head has been filled with visions of food...and film. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghDZEQlqgdLtntYkmNOhXdGXrOzDjP2l_chu24uweH9jagup1ijrSHM72IPk5FUNEmUyeUE8iuRCpPao7Kk0s8o_NA300wlKJSdN6T9Ci18m80A5pu9cHAv2zhLcD01DS9qspxVNvIal_/s1600/now+voyager.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgghDZEQlqgdLtntYkmNOhXdGXrOzDjP2l_chu24uweH9jagup1ijrSHM72IPk5FUNEmUyeUE8iuRCpPao7Kk0s8o_NA300wlKJSdN6T9Ci18m80A5pu9cHAv2zhLcD01DS9qspxVNvIal_/s200/now+voyager.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial;">When the weather turned cooler a couple of weeks ago and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Now, Voyager</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> happened to be scheduled on TCM, I started thinking about my favorite recipe for gingerbread...and how a steaming cup of hot cocoa would go so well with a thick slice of gingerbread <i>and</i> that magnificent Bette Davis melodrama.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Last weekend, M.F.K. Fisher’s<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>“strengthening prescription” from her book, <u>Alphabet for Gourmets</u>, found its way into my thoughts. </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fisher, considered the doyenne of American culinary writers during her lifetime, was also a screenwriter for Paramount Pictures in 1942, and this seemed to me to add to the rightness of pairing her simple menu (from the chapter "M is for Monastic") with a movie.</span></span><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqZhkb9VWjf7ScbTgMSz8YUAHQEPEcIMpqbTQSolc5rYSfr-4r7tbqymB0XNrB_r_rrAcjrdBw639uLkxJ0z2lkx1BkZo-1UiaSt6JFH6nAzTOWVHuPeFsuihlF4C8seQ7B520uWaoZjL/s1600/noir3%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAqZhkb9VWjf7ScbTgMSz8YUAHQEPEcIMpqbTQSolc5rYSfr-4r7tbqymB0XNrB_r_rrAcjrdBw639uLkxJ0z2lkx1BkZo-1UiaSt6JFH6nAzTOWVHuPeFsuihlF4C8seQ7B520uWaoZjL/s200/noir3%255B1%255D.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Her "Monastic Supper" was designed with the person alone in mind. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I began to think of films one might watch alone and, even better, movies about loners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Of course, film noir fills <i>tha</i>t bill. Something like Jules Dassin’s </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Night and the City</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (1950), with Richard Widmark scheming his way from small-time to big-time hood…or Robert Siodmak’s </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Killers</b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> (1946), with Burt Lancaster as the anguished victim of Ava Gardner’s dazzling charms…</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">And yet, considering the actual fare (adapted  by me) -</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1bb3yafMEwQKVEYFMxTrwSUijOr-WwjlhCfuevqOxrxhQMavSwnJGE23RVADYxNJsR8Q8o0e-m4PHVcQv3V31mRnNy4bfHh-nW2jXPRdwlYKQB6CUxMpW_cwAco_ameGKNgAVc4L_lC7/s1600/42.-I-stick-my-neck-out-for-nobody._imagelarge%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1bb3yafMEwQKVEYFMxTrwSUijOr-WwjlhCfuevqOxrxhQMavSwnJGE23RVADYxNJsR8Q8o0e-m4PHVcQv3V31mRnNy4bfHh-nW2jXPRdwlYKQB6CUxMpW_cwAco_ameGKNgAVc4L_lC7/s200/42.-I-stick-my-neck-out-for-nobody._imagelarge%255B1%255D.jpg" width="175" /></a> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One small loaf of crusty sourdough or French bread</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One chunk of Gorgonzola or Bleu Cheese</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One bottle of Chianti or (my suggestion) Zinfandel or its alter-ego, Primitivo</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: 9.0pt; text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">  </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I couldn’t help but think of </span><u>The Rub<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">á</span>iy<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">á</span>t of Omar Khayy<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">á</span>m</u> and that famous phrase, “a jug of wine, a loaf of bread – and thou.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Clearly M.FK. Fisher’s “Monastic Supper” could also be applied to on and off-screen togetherness.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A jug of wine, a loaf of bread (with cheese) and thou would work well with...Michael Curtiz's <b>Casablanca</b> (1942), that most beloved of all WWII romances starring memorably paired Bogart and Bergman…or Jean Cocteau’s unforgettably poetic, <b>La belle et la bête </b>(1946), “one of the screen’s great erotic tales” (Movieline Magazine) – no subtitles necessary!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">I could go on, but will save more for another day...meanwhile, I'm open to suggestions.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4M7Cjj_r5_cDpp49DG7wM8AoC_yTiXhvHebR5ljKXotMuyiBQ21gSoh7b0Kd7yXdPt6pmGCQBQQp6x_DgAWGWJ_R4jc9sWgkG7rzrH-IGnfCAXzouc1qKvSgY4XfvWjvM1RA159e51Soq/s1600/belle-bete-light%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4M7Cjj_r5_cDpp49DG7wM8AoC_yTiXhvHebR5ljKXotMuyiBQ21gSoh7b0Kd7yXdPt6pmGCQBQQp6x_DgAWGWJ_R4jc9sWgkG7rzrH-IGnfCAXzouc1qKvSgY4XfvWjvM1RA159e51Soq/s1600/belle-bete-light%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br /></div>

Food and Film M.F.K. Fisher Omar Khayyam The Lady Eve (author) Eat, drink and...watch movies

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Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

It's 16 degrees right now, which for Seattle is really COLD!<br /><br />I was out the door this morning at 5:30am headed for the gym (it was 20 degrees). I got to the end of our street, turned around and came home. Even though I grew up in Alaska and know how to drive in snow and ice, I don't have studded snow tires or 4-wheel drive. I decided only a fool would risk their life just to go work out. <br /><br />I worked from home today because the roads were horrible so I went to the gym on my lunch. Not my best workout because I was rushed, but at least I went in spite of the roads. I increased all my weights by an extra five pounds. Even my concentrated bicep curls, I used a 25-pound dumbbell on the last set of 8. It wasn't as painful as I expected but I'm a little sore. I'm trying to amp up my strength training a little. I've been doing the same size of weights for too long, it's time to bump them up a little.<br /><br />Not much else going on except that. I'm completely stressed out over a work project that is suppose to be code complete by tomorrow. It's not done. Almost, but not quite. Theoretically I still have the four-day holiday but it makes me sick to think about working over the holiday. <br /><br />This afternoon when I was dealing with a particularly complicated problem I could actually feel my blood pressure going up. I have a blood pressure cuff and it was at 154/72. Yikes! Normally I'm 120/60, so this isn't good. <br /><br />My eating isn't perfect, I tend to eat too much when I get stressed. I know, crazy isn't it? I haven't gone totally nuts on the food, just a couple slices of my favorite bread (remember, there were two loaves), and maybe too many grapes, and a handful of marshmallows. I don't even like marshmallows and they're only in the house because of Thanksgiving.<br />This is a weird post. Scattered. Boring. Sort of like how I'm feeling tonight.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

It's 16 degrees right now, which for Seattle is really COLD! I was out the door this morning at 5:30am headed for the gym (it was 20 deg...

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Blog Interview: Bobbi from Nhershoes

While I am cruising the tropical Caribbean waters I thought I would keep you guys entertained with a few posts! Today's comes from one of my favorite blogs, <a href="http://www.bobbimccormick.com/">Bobbi at Nhershoes</a>. If you haven't visted her blog before, it's a MUST read!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IiLx9ugg3alIGZbwmbG4mC8JLzb6r156w1NXZPAZ33MamSh6wMlszppWdbUelRIVas_k9PuR1YelZs-_4-_HaOBxmT5o8tB9NNp65vasSwb65Huqg-yvbWT89Cq3m_TpdlTuCpkdZ2Ne/s1600/bobbi.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540171035536148386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IiLx9ugg3alIGZbwmbG4mC8JLzb6r156w1NXZPAZ33MamSh6wMlszppWdbUelRIVas_k9PuR1YelZs-_4-_HaOBxmT5o8tB9NNp65vasSwb65Huqg-yvbWT89Cq3m_TpdlTuCpkdZ2Ne/s400/bobbi.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" /></a> She is a rock star athlete, creative in the kitchen, and just overall such a fun, beautiful, honest person! Bobbi always has great tips & is so up beat! Check out the "interview" I had with her!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Let’s start with a general question! Tell us about a little about yourself.</span></span><br /> <br />I am one busy women who is trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle in a crazy busy world. I wear several different hats every day as a wife, cook, runner, athletic director, registrar , blogger, small business owner, coach, and kickboxing instructor!<br /> <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">What made you want to start blogging?</span></span><br /><br />I wanted to write about my Boston Marathon training and then it just grew from there. I just started reading a lot of other blogs and just got more and more inspired.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">You are in such great shape! Have you ever struggled with your weight?</span></span><br /> <br />I went in to college at 5′5 and 155 pounds (I lied on my driver license and put 150 because that seemed smaller to me). I started my college education as a Kinesiology major because I wanted to be a PE teacher one day, and this was how I thought I would lose all the weight. Well I was partially right. I began to exercise a whole lot because all my classes were exercise classes. I had yoga in the mornings, Akido in the afternoon, and kickboxing at night. I was also taking nutrition classes and learning a little about what the right things were to eat. I slowly started knocking the weight off, but I <span style="font-weight:bold;">wasn’t doing it the healthy way</span>. I remember people saying to me, man you look great, keep it up. I was so happy but started to get depressed. I knew that I was messing with God’s temple. The breaking point was when I got down to <span style="font-weight:bold;">10 wheat thins, and an apple a day</span>. I was <span style="font-weight:bold;">starving myself</span>. How could have I have gotten this far? How was I justifying this? I was falling a part. I got some help and started developing a better relationship with food, better but not great.<br /><br />My sophomore year I left to Memphis Tennessee, the third obesity state. Don’t get me wrong they have some great food in the south, but a lot of it is full of grease and salt. I knew what to eat, and I tried to stay healthy but college got the best of me, and I had one to many beers and free pizza dinners. I gained all my weight back plus some. I was in a size 12 and still fighting to get down to 15o even though that was still considered overweight for my body frame I thought 150 was fine. I finally decided to bust out the old running shoes and start running again. I took it easy and got back in to running shape; well at least I could do a good three miles without dieing. I then started to get inspired and motivated I loved the way I felt when I ran. I was born to run! I have and will always love it. I knew that I was going down a path to freedom. <br /><br />My senior year of college I decided to do my first marathon, St. Jude. I started training with a friend who had to drop out, so I finished the training on my own. I didn’t have any kind of plan, I just ran when I could and did long runs on the weekends. I had no idea that I should be taking goo’s or doing interval training and yoga was out of the question. I still ate OK, not great. Had those late night Chilli’s runs oh so often with happy hour margaritas! I ran that marathon the best I could and hated it. I remember hitting 18 miles wanting to run off that road and go home! I ran the whole thing and got a 4:20 and was proud of myself!!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFVHotF7f7qF4QMmVEy68P3n5Xx2r1BJsLwB6Y_NhqoZXfrJyTMEUDgdnxjcDriWjDSm9RwJbmAgBGdF85IPHYDFQjlaafw82ZJpSnmMZfgcSmxOyli8Lm7WQhEZKLpw6H5N0EIriwTHd/s1600/bobbi+race.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540189040051122882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFVHotF7f7qF4QMmVEy68P3n5Xx2r1BJsLwB6Y_NhqoZXfrJyTMEUDgdnxjcDriWjDSm9RwJbmAgBGdF85IPHYDFQjlaafw82ZJpSnmMZfgcSmxOyli8Lm7WQhEZKLpw6H5N0EIriwTHd/s400/bobbi+race.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">What is your exercise regimen?</span></span><br /> <br />I try and do a little bit of everything so I don't get BORED! When I am not training for a marathon I run at least 2-3 times a week. Do yoga twice a week, ride my bike somewhere in there, and hit kickboxing 3 times a week. I make sure to take at least 1 rest day a week.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">I know you’ve done quite a few marathons, what have you learned from all those races?</span></span><br /> <br />That each one was HARD! Mostly mental but physically too.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Your house is so cute, I love how you decorate! What would you say is the style of your home?</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn2exavBCuSBcmWkq_fN6w7LSBBc82NfTHCilJTRlFvLlfpDdn24Zh7Pt_8UKyBrZFateWHs3f0bZd7SulogYGgO_qk7tXlvT57x5eXBwmW7WUVXYD-KxdQ-HncXnbu_nCzO5lrpydo5O/s1600/bobbihouse.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540171062040955154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZn2exavBCuSBcmWkq_fN6w7LSBBc82NfTHCilJTRlFvLlfpDdn24Zh7Pt_8UKyBrZFateWHs3f0bZd7SulogYGgO_qk7tXlvT57x5eXBwmW7WUVXYD-KxdQ-HncXnbu_nCzO5lrpydo5O/s400/bobbihouse.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" /></a><br /> Well thanks girl! Hmm, not sure I guess I would say Modern Chic :)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyVFDufhI30hHRHYcCFje4C_6vq0jyM_dU6BOCRb9tVSZLUfIIyUHAslbA_lY4u0FRwXi2Yd6mcO2Xj9i3VGVNMvqWUZdstr7JL-eB3BQ_7p_1nEuVCiAhIp4beVwqKehvPLLgXNkmO9m/s1600/bobbihouse1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540181954627476530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyVFDufhI30hHRHYcCFje4C_6vq0jyM_dU6BOCRb9tVSZLUfIIyUHAslbA_lY4u0FRwXi2Yd6mcO2Xj9i3VGVNMvqWUZdstr7JL-eB3BQ_7p_1nEuVCiAhIp4beVwqKehvPLLgXNkmO9m/s400/bobbihouse1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">I know you like to entertain, what is your favorite “go to” meal when you have dinner guests?</span></span><br /> <br />Anything in the crockpot or pasta!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">What is your food weakness?</span></span><br /> <br />Salsa and Chips!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">With the holiday’s right around the corner, what do you do to stay on track with the “busy-ness” of the season and all the food at gatherings?</span></span><br /> <br />I am a little OCD with planning. For instance I have already written out my gift lists and put down days to shop and things to do for the Holiday season in my calander :) We keep a family calander with google and a hard calandar for myself to write down tasks.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Name one fun fact about yourself.</span></span><br /> <br />I have four younger brothers and I tend to have more guy friends then girls because of it!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">Who is your role model or who inspires you?</span></span><br />I think people who really go out and do their dreams and don't worry about failing!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqf2SDVc4M3cuJGJ35ajTY1TBqhVmW4NhuhDgs5xiKQ8Mf07jgENASrXq9C0Z6asfHqb0MIeo1JSNPNU_5gHAgLpMkos7UsJAeNyYloolVvDk0IAPMLs1LcUriaQbMSn8Ik3oUlqeUrjb/s1600/bobbi1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540188278628709170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqf2SDVc4M3cuJGJ35ajTY1TBqhVmW4NhuhDgs5xiKQ8Mf07jgENASrXq9C0Z6asfHqb0MIeo1JSNPNU_5gHAgLpMkos7UsJAeNyYloolVvDk0IAPMLs1LcUriaQbMSn8Ik3oUlqeUrjb/s400/bobbi1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" /></a><br /><br />Thanks for your time Bobbi! You are so inspiring! You can go to her blog <a href="http://www.bobbimccormick.com/">here</a>.

Blog Interview: Bobbi from Nhershoes

While I am cruising the tropical Caribbean waters I thought I would keep you guys entertained with a few posts! Today's comes from one o...

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