Today is a Better Day
I've lost two of the six pounds I gained in September and, more importantly, I've started exercising again. I can never believe how much better I feel when I'm getting some physical exercise. It must be a brain chemical thing because when I QUIT exercising for more than a day or so, I dooooon't waaaaant to exerciiiiiiise...ever again. And then I feel crappy and start to eat. When I do exercise, I feel...good. Energetic. I feel like I've accomplished something, even if that something is simply making my body last a little longer. And I have peanut butter to put on my apple for my afternoon snack, which I'm not tempted in the least to binge on.
Thanks for all of your comments on the sexual harassment thing. I sent my daughter the link (she's used to my potty mouth) and she appreciated all the comments as well.
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We're considering a new tool for work about which I'm very excited. It's an Application Processing Service that will allow us to *gasp* take ONLINE applications. I KNOW! Can you beLIEVE that such a thing exists?? It's, like, the Jetson's or something! Seriously, I work for a state university and the rate of change is sooooo slooooow. I have actually tried developing some of the tools that will be available right out of the box with these services, but I? Am only one person. And getting IT to help out in a project like this? Is impossible. Before we started looking for vendors, I called a meeting with IT staff, the webmaster, and other interested parties. I asked the webmaster if he'd be able to help me develop a homegrown online application, and he was shaking his head before I even finished my sentence.
The APS vendors have all kinds of cool tools besides just the online application. It will be much easier to track prospects, get data, and send out automatic emails triggered by what a prospect or applicant clicks on the website or within an email. I know, this is so 20th century technology. I'm just damned excited that the thing is finally moving forward. AND, that one of my boss's stated goals for implementing this is to free me up to do "more fun things." Wheee....er, ulp?
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I'm taking Lola to a new vet tonight. She had another seizure last week and I called the new vet's office the same day. I've been doing a lot of reading about canine nutrition, and I can't believe how little attention I've paid to it before now. I just blindly assumed that commercial dog food was all pretty much the same, and even felt a little vindicated that the dog food that was recalled awhile back was the more expensive stuff. Come to find out that I might as well be feeding Lola Cardboard 'n' Garbage for all the good Kibbles 'n' Bits is doing her. I've read in several places that it's the worst dog food out there!
There's some anecdotal evidence that seizures can be decreased by proper nutrition and I'm trying not to get my hopes up over it (but my hopes are up anyway). I'm going to talk to the vet and see if I can put Lola on the Natural Food Diet, designed by Wendy Volhard, a DVM who has worked with canine nutrition for over 20 years. The dehydrated version -- where you add only water and meat -- looks very doable.
Lola is just not as healthy as she should be -- not even counting the seizures. She is overweight and my old vet didn't ask me a thing about what I was feeding her -- simply said "reduce her food." Well, I'm giving Lola, a 100-lb. dog, ONE cup of kibble ONCE per day, and it's not helping. And she's not starving -- sometimes she doesn't even eat all of it. I guess now I know why! She needs more exercise, but I do pretty well with that. We go for at least one walk every night and that walk includes swimming in our pond and fetching a ball (I have a slingshot).
I do recommend Volhard's book, Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog, though there are some borderline wacky things in there. She has a whole chapter on applied kinesiology, for example. I actually want to try it, but it does sound like bullshit a little bit.
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Anyway...I think that about covers it. Our friend Wayne is coming out tomorrow from the Finger Lakes, so we're going to go to dinner and stuff. It's always a good time when uncle Wayne comes to town. I just wish Linda would come out more often. :(
Hope everyone is having a great week -- do y'all have off for Columbus Day? I LURVES me some three day weekends!
Here's something fun that I got from Robyn: PostSecret + LOLCats=LOLSecretz!
Thanks for all of your comments on the sexual harassment thing. I sent my daughter the link (she's used to my potty mouth) and she appreciated all the comments as well.
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We're considering a new tool for work about which I'm very excited. It's an Application Processing Service that will allow us to *gasp* take ONLINE applications. I KNOW! Can you beLIEVE that such a thing exists?? It's, like, the Jetson's or something! Seriously, I work for a state university and the rate of change is sooooo slooooow. I have actually tried developing some of the tools that will be available right out of the box with these services, but I? Am only one person. And getting IT to help out in a project like this? Is impossible. Before we started looking for vendors, I called a meeting with IT staff, the webmaster, and other interested parties. I asked the webmaster if he'd be able to help me develop a homegrown online application, and he was shaking his head before I even finished my sentence.
The APS vendors have all kinds of cool tools besides just the online application. It will be much easier to track prospects, get data, and send out automatic emails triggered by what a prospect or applicant clicks on the website or within an email. I know, this is so 20th century technology. I'm just damned excited that the thing is finally moving forward. AND, that one of my boss's stated goals for implementing this is to free me up to do "more fun things." Wheee....er, ulp?
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I'm taking Lola to a new vet tonight. She had another seizure last week and I called the new vet's office the same day. I've been doing a lot of reading about canine nutrition, and I can't believe how little attention I've paid to it before now. I just blindly assumed that commercial dog food was all pretty much the same, and even felt a little vindicated that the dog food that was recalled awhile back was the more expensive stuff. Come to find out that I might as well be feeding Lola Cardboard 'n' Garbage for all the good Kibbles 'n' Bits is doing her. I've read in several places that it's the worst dog food out there!
There's some anecdotal evidence that seizures can be decreased by proper nutrition and I'm trying not to get my hopes up over it (but my hopes are up anyway). I'm going to talk to the vet and see if I can put Lola on the Natural Food Diet, designed by Wendy Volhard, a DVM who has worked with canine nutrition for over 20 years. The dehydrated version -- where you add only water and meat -- looks very doable.
Lola is just not as healthy as she should be -- not even counting the seizures. She is overweight and my old vet didn't ask me a thing about what I was feeding her -- simply said "reduce her food." Well, I'm giving Lola, a 100-lb. dog, ONE cup of kibble ONCE per day, and it's not helping. And she's not starving -- sometimes she doesn't even eat all of it. I guess now I know why! She needs more exercise, but I do pretty well with that. We go for at least one walk every night and that walk includes swimming in our pond and fetching a ball (I have a slingshot).
I do recommend Volhard's book, Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog, though there are some borderline wacky things in there. She has a whole chapter on applied kinesiology, for example. I actually want to try it, but it does sound like bullshit a little bit.
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Anyway...I think that about covers it. Our friend Wayne is coming out tomorrow from the Finger Lakes, so we're going to go to dinner and stuff. It's always a good time when uncle Wayne comes to town. I just wish Linda would come out more often. :(
Hope everyone is having a great week -- do y'all have off for Columbus Day? I LURVES me some three day weekends!
Here's something fun that I got from Robyn: PostSecret + LOLCats=LOLSecretz!