Well I went to the DR about my on/off again flu, and he was so rude. When he brought up my significant weight loss I mentioned that I was upset about not being able to stick to plan and go to meetings. His reply was "why not? I go to work when I have the flu." Then he insinuated that I'm just using the flu as an excuse not to go to meetings or follow the plan. His advice was exercise more. That's just silly, if I were too lazy to be on plan then I wouldn't have lost so much weight since last April. My husband told me that I need to change DRs. I just can't believe the insensitivity DRs have toward weight loss. When I first joined Weight Watchers I told my DR and his reply was "Well we'll see if you stay on it." And my previous DR told me I didn't need a diet, I need someone to follow me with a sharp stick. I'm looking for a female DR, and if my plan doesn't have one, I'm switching during open enrollment.

Any suggestions on how to get rid of this flu will be highly appreciated.  I'm just not well enough to do spells right now.

 

Thanks,

Cerridwyn

Greetings,

 

Sorry I've been gone so long I had an ancient Mac G3 that I couldn't upgrade, then I came down with the flu in January that won't go away.  The good news is that my husbands back SSI payment came in and I was able to go buy a new iMac.  It's a windy day here in Southern, CA, I should do some shopping, but the wind combined with my on again flu may make that impossible.  

One of the women in my art class told me this flu has been kicking everyone's butt after I had been gone for 6 weeks, now I know what she meant.  Missing class isn't a problem for me because I'm in an Emeritus class (for adults over 50), but I have projects I'm working on so it is effecting my progress. I'm making an American Majolica birdbath in Ceramic slipcasting class.  I haven't been up to working on my knitting either, which really sucks.

When I went to my local Occult shop for dragons blood powder and reversing candles they were out.  I guess everyone had a run of bad luck while Mercury was retrograde.  So I ordered what I need from Lucky Mojo and she's got a back order on the candles too.  I can use white candles, but the red candles with the black coating outside work the best.  And I'm on a quest for Dragons Blood incense sticks that aren't perfumed.  I don't know why these places are doing that, when you are doing ritual you don't want perfume, plus I have allergies.  That's probably why so many people are just going for the db powder.  But I also like Sandalwood, and I want the incense to smell like sandalwood, not perfume.  Anyone in for a letter writing campaign so we can get what we actually want?

Well there's one good thing about the flu; when I went to my Weight Watchers meeting after getting better I had lost a total of 17.2 lbs.  I got my bravo stars and recognition, but my leader wouldn't accept me telling everyone the truth...it was the flu, so I had to say "It was switching to core that did it."  I know the meetings are about encouragement and inspiration, but it doesn't help anyone who is struggling if you lie.

Just a word of advice if you get this flu, don't count on your kids or husband to help out, the chances are they'll have it too.  The only sympathy I got was from my cat Sheba, who was at the foot of my bed day and night.  My husband was better off than I was so he waited on me, but I couldn't make myself eat anything.  And my 24 year old son, well I have a whole new blog on that one.  He was very helpful though, just not when it came to going to the store for us. The boy can read a list, he just doesn't want to follow it.

I'm going to visit my Dad in Benson, AZ and I'm looking for feedback on things to do, especially if you've gone Ghost hunting in Tombstone.  I need to know prices, whether the attraction is worth the price, and where to eat cheap while on Weight Watchers. And anything else you want to add will be very helpful, even rental car reviews, or if you've taken Southwest airlines into that area.  I have never been to the Tucson area so I will be totally lost, and my Dad doesn't have the same interests I do.  He's Catholic and from the depression era, so his idea of cheap is free.

Well take care all, this thing is giving me hot flashes again and I need to go cool off.

 

Cerridwyn

 

 

 

 

I just wanted to say hi and let you know a little about me. You can find most of that information on my web page though.

I love cats, especially my Sheba Queen of the household. She's been with us since 1995, we adopted her from the Huntington Beach Humane Society. But she's bonded with me more than anyone. Us girls have to stick together after all as there's two male humans in the house.

I'm an Artist, I have my art degree from University of California, Irvine. My emphasis of study was Ceramics handbuilding and Printmaking. I'll be doing a few holiday faires starting in November, and I sell online.

I love to cook, but not always since it's my main job. It becomes difficult to come up with new masterpieces when I don't have a menuplan that day, or the cupboards are getting bare. I have to say most of the time my creations come out great.

I'm really busy most of the time, so I will try to post as often as possible. I have three Ceramics classes and a Tai Chi class during the week, and somehow I still have to get chores done and do studio work at home. Then someone will come along and say, I have laundry that needs to be done today. Plus I'm teaching myself to sew. I flunked sewing in Home Ec in Junior High so hopefully I can do better this time.

I have ADD, not ADHD, if I had ADHD my home wouldn't be cluttered and the chores would be done everyday. As it is I forget a lot of things, including things I need to do for my health. Right now I feel really stressed out over all of the work I need to get done for the first holiday faire in November. I usually cater to Pagans, but this show is at the local Fine Arts Center, so I need to cater to everyone. And although I have my standards on wages, labor, etc. I'm going to have to sell things cheeper than I want to because of the economy. I figure it's better to make something than nothing. I only sold $70.00 worth of merchandise at Pagan Pride Day, but had thousands in inventory. Since everything is hand made it's more expensive. Like I just said I don't work for free, and it takes hours to make 1 piece of work. And I'm not getting much sympathy for that here at home.

I wish everyone a great week, stop by my site to see what I have to say, and if you like it join my friend network.