the amazing adventures of jen14221

friday kid photo

No, that's not a donut.  It's a ball of fresh mozzarella, Will's favourite new food.  Could broccoli be next?  Pizza?  Maybe fresh fruit?  We'll see.

wednesday weigh-in

One-and-a-half pounds down this week.  If I want to lose 15 more by Christmas, I need to step it up.

if i weren't so damn old

I hate live music.  It's always too loud, too crowded, too late, too something.  I'd really rather stick pins in my eyes than go see a band.  I guess it's because I am 100 years old. 

There's a place here in Philly that has live music all the time; here's a lineup of some cool bands coming in the next several weeks:

10/31: The Sisters of Mercy.  That song that goes 'hey now, hey now now, something this corrosion, hey now' is awesome.  But they broke up before it was legal for me to drive a car, so WTF.

11/6: Matthew Sweet.  I saw him in 1992 (!) at the Paradise in Boston, pre-Drew Bledsoe crowd-surfing incident.  A long time ago.

11/18: The Aquabats.  These are the dudes behind Yo Gabba Gabba and I may have to make an exception to my no-live-music-at-bars rule. 

But I probably won't.  Because I'm 100.  And I know that crowd will be rowdy.

early birthday present

Thanks Auntie Meredith and Uncle Yordanys!

friday kid photo

This is at Will's school's halloween party.  By 6pm, there were 500 screaming, pushing kids running around and I had had enough.  Will was ready to leave too.

wednesday weigh-in

I lost another pound this week.  I wish it were more but I will take it.

I'm down a total of 42 pounds so far.

things that fit and things that do not

I think my hands are weird. They're kind of on the small side for a tall person (I'm almost 5'9") and my fingers are short and stubby.  But, the good news is that my wedding ring, size 5 1/2, platinum with diamonds and sapphires, now fits again.

And I now have a waist.  Hello waist!  It's been a long time.  Nice to see you.  Those pants?  Bought Friday at TJ Maxx and already almost too big.  They're a bit baggy, and I packed them, so I'll wear them for now.

diets are mean

Yes, yes.  Diets are mean.  But I have to tell you that I'm not sure Weight Watchers is the answer either.  When all you think about is food, what kind of food you can eat, are eating, or will eat, you are bound to fuck up.  That's why WW never worked for me.  It was never even close to enough food for me, and I became obsessed with food even more than I already was, and I would over-eat.  Weight Watchers WAS a diet for me.  A sad, miserable excuse for a diet in which I paid $11 a week for the pleasure of being weighed in a dusty church basement while my stomach growled.

shout-out

Today, at the Lockport library, I ran into an honest-to-goodness Jen14221.com fan!  She used to treat Will back in the day, and I told her about the blog about three years ago, and she reads all the time.  Her words, not mine. 

It's not quite a Dooce sighting, but still exciting for me.  Anyway, here's a shout out to Kara, who is fabulous and shoud leave a comment on this here blog once in awhile.  Also, call me for that playdate.

wednesday weigh-in

I lost three pounds this week.  I've broken the 40-pound barrier!  That's 41 pounds total since June 9th or 128 days ago.