Southern New Year’s Day Traditions, Cleansing and Detoxifying for 2013

Greetings y’all!!  I feel like I am at confessional, and I’m not even Catholic- It’s been 8 months and 24 days since my last blog post.   Thank you to each of you (you know who you are) who have been encouraging me to get back to writing.  Welp, here I am!!   

 

First, let’s get up to date on everything:

§         Still have Sjogrens (bummer- but doing well; meds work; joints still hurt, but still kickin it)

§         Same job and lovin it

§         Still have three dogs (sort of)

o       Bogey is going on 13, but doesn’t know where he is (Doggie Dementia) or what the hell he is barking at.  Poor guy.  He’s on more meds than I am for my Sjogrens. PLUS he’s on human Prozac!  Poor guy.  He wears a ThunderShirt (thank you Kim Lane) even when it’s sunny out b/c of his anxiety.  Pants like a whore in church and paces the house all night.  Lord help us with this one….

o       Reba is now the Evander Holyfield of Greyhounds.  Thanks to crazy dog mentioned above, Reba was in the wrong place at the wrong time and got a chunk of her ear bit off.  That was quite a scene.  Looked like an excerpt from Dexter in our house.  Needless to say, I am still finding blood strewn all over the walls.

o       Morgan.  Morgie is still a little bundle of cuteness - just a little more of him now.  We both got a scolding from our vet last week b/c he is 3 pounds overweight.  In mini dachshund talk that’s like I need to sign him up for the Biggest Loser.  So all the dogs are pissed b/c they are now on healthy weight dog food that must taste like ass.  Sorry gang, no more Ol’ Roy.

 

§         Since Morgie is a little chunky I decided I needed to do my yearly cleanse too (cause I got a little chunky myself over the Holidays).  So starting today, I am at it with my shakes, back to my exercise regimen and all that nonsense that goes with it.  My body is in a little caffeine shock today and I really want a Christmas cookie.   I threw all the junk out yesterday and Fred almost tackled me at the trash can to save his graham cracker squares.  He thinks he isn’t going through this with me.  Well guess what?  He is.  Not the shakes, but the healthy eating that goes along with it- and I hope we stick with it after the 28 days.  The holiday season kicked my ass.  I was an eating and drinking fool.  Time to suck it up and get back on the healthy eating fitness track. 

§         The Huskers still lost their bowl game yesterday.  I am licking my wounds today.  I guess my Georgia residency didn’t get revoked and we are still living in the land of Bulldogs.  I’m getting quite the harassment from friends and neighbors- that’s ok.  Still a Husker, always a HUSKER.  GBR!

 

Now that we are up to speed, I can get to more interesting things.  Yesterday was the annual New Year’s dinner at our neighbor’s house.  She cooks the whole sha-bang:  Pork tenderloin, collard greens (eating these in the South brings you money in 2013), black eyed peas (brings you good luck), Mac and cheese (just brings you a fat ass in 2013) and all the rest of the delicious Southern trimmings.  This meal has become our yearly tradition.  Now, for those of you in the Midwest and in other parts, did you ever do anything like this?  I know we sure didn’t at the Odell house in Kansas.  Our new year’s meal was a 7 layer taco dip and weenies wrapped in bacon.  I don’t know of any money or good luck that was brought my way after grubbing on that and watching football all day; just a good case of the farts.  (smile).

 

Anywhoo, this is just to get the creative juices flowing again….thanks for coming back and reading- more fun to come in 2013 I promise.

 

Hugs,

Mel