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Seize the Day! Put no trust in the morrow! — Horace
Without a family, one seldom thinks long term
Part of the interest is no doubt the popularity, relevance and personal interest in Psychology. But I think she is far too modest… Laura’s blog is — excuse the expression — educational, current as well as uniquely personal.
I am impressed… but then I am biased.
Roger Freberg
Karen explains it all in her post … it has something to do with duck races.
Roger Freberg
Well… the “platform bed” project is finished… all but the final lacquer and whatever else I am tasked to do.
I did place our “Latex” mattress on it last night and it was blissful! Why is it that sleeping on Latex mattresses is sooo wonderful, but moving them is a real pain? I have moved both mine and Kristin’s latex Kings and barely survived (We took Kristin’s up three flights of stairs). Karen has a queen and her movers had very few nice or polite words about moving it. These mattresses are heavy, awkward and tough to grab.
When we traveled to Tennessee a month ago with Karen’s stuff, her apartment wasn’t quite ready yet. So, we stored her belongings in her garage and arranged for movers to haul it from the garage into her apartment when she arrived. Laura warned them that I had packed it for my needs… she gave the example of ‘a garment box full of National Geographics.’ I guess they didn’t believe her and struggled all day.
Anyway, I love sleeping on a latex bed… My feelings about moving them is another question entirely.
Roger Freberg
Latex Mattresses are rather expensive ($2000 top end)… but then, what is your sleep worth?
My wife, we’ll call her “Laura”, is off with our second daughter Karen in Tennessee helping Karen ‘get situated’. Karen is following in her mother’s footsteps in pursuing a Ph.D. and … naturally… Laura wants to help. She is good that way.
H.O.W.E.V.E.R… Laura has the habit of dropping a bomb when she leaves in the form of major ‘projects’ for me. The Latest is concerning a “Platform Bed” of which no adequate plans could be found… so I am improvising here!
I am in the middle of this project which should be complete just as she returns home … in… a … few… days. Hmmm… Is that a coincidence?
Roger Freberg
I have lost almost 90 lbs and my family is jokingly ( I think) referring to me as “MAN-orexic” as though being 236 lbs is like being one of those ‘stick models with poofy lips!” True, my size 32 jeans is hell and gone from my old 46’s… but I think that is a GOOD thing, don’t you? Thank you, Jenny Craig.
However, this now presents a ‘problem’ as I enter apon unknown territory into what dieters refer to as ‘maintenance.’ Jenny has a plan for this… and for $39 a year, it’s a bargain. Regretfully, part of the program is ‘cooking on your own.’
In truth, we always do a certain amount of preparing already… ‘super sizing’ the salads and dinner time veggies helps curb my big appetite. However, I have become quite fond of their ‘complete start cereal’ ….and wondered… how I would get along without it?
So, I put my ‘marketing hat’ back on and ‘theorized’ that Jenny wasn’t probably baking up her stuff …but having other folks prepare to her specifications. I thought, what better way to come up with your own ‘proprietary’ cereal than to take a few assorted packages of other folks stuff and mix it up as your own. Clever, girl ….. Anyway, that’s my theory.
I then took the bag of Jenny Craig ‘Complete Start’ cereal and separated it into what seemed to be it’s component ingredients …. and I found: an ‘all bran’ , a ‘flake’, a ‘puffed wheat’ and a crunchy nugget that — to me — tasted of almonds. So, I began to look for the components in other cereals in order to reproduce a reasonable ‘facsimile’.
It’s tough to match Jenny’s low fat and high fiber combination… but I think I got breakfast down… but the other meals? Sheeeeesh…. I think I’ll be on Jenny for a while down the road… which is all fine by me… I love the ‘individually frosted’ chocolate cakes!
Roger Freberg
Have you called Jenny, Yet?