I did it!! I went to see a movie in the theater for the first time in over a month and I ordered no popcorn or a soda or candy or anything!!! And I lived to tell the tale. I can watch movies at home without stuffing my face with extra buttered popcorn and a hot dog. It seems like I oughta be able to do the same at an actual movie theater. This may not mean much to most of you out there but it was an absolute first for me and a sure sign of further commitment to getting healthy again. And the …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: 2010 so far…
Well, it seems like I have been so caught up in posting the "Riga Tales" that I have forgotten to mention everything else that has occurred in my world lately so I will give a brief summary now. The past few months have been pretty active. I had some money problems, a tax audit, achey knees, started hosting shows for the Chicago Cabaret Project (which I love) performed in the Baltics, got an Award of Excellence for performing from the Cook County Treasurer's Office and lost ten pounds!!!! …
Ready to go
I am packed: clothes, laptop, camera, plugs, adapters, power converters, sheet music, lyrics, feather boa and snow boots. It's cold in Riga but the weather is better than last week when temperatures barely made it above zero. Now, there's plenty of snow and highs in the low twenties. It's practically a heat wave! Packing stresses me out. …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl: Litmus Test – the Movies Part 2 Success
I did it!! I went to the movies and did not go to the concession stand. And I did not die of hunger nor did I waste away from longing for snacks. There were folks crunching and munching all around me! The deicious aroma of popcorn and butter was dancing all over me but I did not falter in my conviction. In fact, I felt like they were slaves to their popcorn - puppets of the concession stand. Savages! I thought to myself as I listened to their cracking and smacking. …
The Amazing Adventures of Permanent Lifestyle Change Girl Revisited
I just cut and pasted a blog post from MARCH 2009. I am talking the same shit as I did a year ago. OY!! Actually, I was a bit more positive and gentler with myself than usual and that is a good thing. Obviously, I need to apply a different approach to this adventure... or I'm gonna to continually promise to do the same thing every year as it pertains to my home and body and net no results. Wake up call! …