The Best Laid Plans …
After having spent the last six months with such an unpleasant bout of sciatica that I had to get myself a cane in order to stay upright, I went from being just a bit pudgy … to be a LOT pudgy! *cough*
This morning, I sat in my nice warm waterbed, and made a grocery list for the next week: rutabaga, turnips, carrots, diet dressings, salad veggies … etc.. I was determined that I would spend a while taking off some of the “extra” that was making my clothes look more like body paint than I’m comfortable with. (We’ve all seen the ladies who wear spandex on wayyyy too much personal span! *cringe*)
Anyway, feeling very confident in my decision to unpack some of the recent filling … I got up to face the day with determination and a sense of purpose …
… however, the first thing I saw was the dining room table … and that photo above shows what was on it: an entire tray of donuts from one of my favorite donut shops! These donuts leave the chain donut shops looking like yesterday’s leftovers. I hadn’t had any of these wonderful donuts since I had an office in Wells, ME … which was near the wonderful restaurant that makes these little beauties.
There was a note next to the donuts, written by my son Darian; it said: “Someone needs to put these away. Have at! :o)” Images of turnips and rutabagas faded from my mind like snow in July. My only concern was which one I should eat first!
Okay … so, I’m still going to diet … but it’s just been put off for a couple of days … and will last a bit longer than it would have before today! My baaaaad!
It was nice to experience Homer Simpson’s idea of a perfect Christmas morning … even it was in the middle of June! :o)
June 12th, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Moof, it’s so good to see you back writing something, anything! You’ve been missed! I’m sorry to hear of the sciatica. Now, tell us more about what you’ve been up to.
June 12th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
Well I hope you’re going to SHARE because I have eyes glued on at least 4 different donuts in that box…
Ugh!
June 12th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Chrysalis, thank you so much. I’m finding it hard to blog in the last several months because we’ve really been under “siege” … in many different areas. It’s all stuff that’s really not good to blog about. I’m not gone, really … when things straighten out a bit, I will certainly be back. Let us know how YOU’RE doing, ok? {{{ hugs!!! }}}
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Sarah-Jean … you’re quite welcome to come and pick up half of these little munchies … you and Daein would be really cute after a couple of days of munching on them! I have a feeling that neither of you would be particularly happy though!
I’m carefully nurturing my moof-belly … I am a moof, after all. However, once the donuts are gone I’m going to have to work hard on earning the “no-belly piece prize” again. :oD
June 21st, 2009 at 8:13 am
Just came back from vacation, so I’m checking out all the blogs I follow regularly…glad to see you’re still kicking! Sorry to hear things have been troublesome for you…seems like it’s always something, doesn’t it?
As for your picture, that’s the crux of one of my biggest battles in life. Love to eat, but usually it’s junky stuff like these donuts! I know better, of course, but I’ve always said this country (and probably several others) would be much better off health-wise if they could make vegetables taste like these donuts…