Sy Alexander here. Great to hear you are back. Hope you have moved close to us here in Atlanta. I know you have been busy as you indicate.

Have you read my book yet? “Pinksta & The Polka Dotted Pinstriped Pants Wearing Princess” If so please post a review that I might use on my website which will be up soon and on Barnes & Noble. com

Thanks
Sy

Glad to see you’re back and rearing to go. As for me, I’ve been doing my darndest to walk in your shoes as far as writing is concerned. Planning to go back to school in the fall and started several new websites and slowly working my way towards “enough already–stop eating!” LOL.

Hope you’ve activated your Akismet for those nasty spammers.

Peace,
Dee

is there a particular reason for cutting out milk? A friend of mine is trying to lose weight too and she can’t figure out why she isn’t losing any. When she said that she loves to drink milk, a red flag came up in my mind. I know some people have long been saying that we are the only species of mammal that continues to drink milk after we are weaned.

I’ve also heard from a reliable source that milk may be a factor in breast cancer. Is it then also a factor in losing weight or is it just something you decided to do?

The Spam Karma is now 374.

It sounds as if you’ve really had a busy time, so welcome back.

As to what I’ve been doing: not as much as I’d like to. I’m considering a few options in making some money. The weather has put a real crimp in that. My apartment has no a/c, fans and I don’t really get along because drafts freeze up my muscles and the only thing I have is a dehumidifier. However, I keep wondering if that works for or against me since it produces its own heat. I have a feeling that I’ll be permanently clammy. Even a shower increases the humidity in my rooms. Seems to be a no-win situation.

On another front: I was able to talk to my pastor and at least I’m more at peace about the family situation and can think about it without the previous indignation and need for an explanation.

We had at least two thunderstorms yesterday evening and it’s drizzling a bit. So, though the temperature is down a bit, the humidity is still very high. We’ve been having feel-like temperatures up to 115. I went to the library on Tuesday and said to one of the librarians, “Oh, it’s cold in here.” “You won’t feel like that for long” and I didn’t. It still wasn’t as hot and uncomfortable as my place but certainly not cool.

Otherwise, I’ve been reading a bit and sleeping a lot from time to time. I just can’t seem to stay awake during the mornings when it’s finally a little cooler. Yet I’m awake most nights. And I’ve lost more weight too though I’ve certainly not been trying to.

Ah, that was just some cool breeze coming in. Unfortunately, it apparently won’t last long. I’ll enjoy it while I can.

I’m looking forward to what you’ve been doing–besides trying to get rid of 1700 spam comments. Yikes. That’s awful. I know a lot of blogs now have some sort of verification you have to enter. I can’t understand what kind of satisfaction these people get from doing something like that. I still think lack of respect is the biggest problem.

How does this Spam Karma work? I see that it’s already eaten 301 Spams and counting.

And what will disrespectful people think of next? We thought computers would make some things easier for us but they’ve brought us a host of new problems with no end in sight.

Well, I’ve gotten engaged to my friend of 18 years. His name is Charles and he’s from Ghana. We won’t set the wedding date until after we finish our pre-marital sessions (just in case he turns out to be psycho)! I”m getting married barefooted in the park. Marriage should be interesting.

I’m reading The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison and I am loving it. Next I’m going to read The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah. I’ve been reading alot of Christian fiction lately, so I decided to mix it up some.

I’ve been doing my own weight loss program–through changing my eating habits and working out like crazy. After I read Jordan Rubin’s book The Great Physician’s RX for Health and Wellness and Joyce Meyer’s book Look Great, Feel Great, I finally had the determination to take better care of me.

Since MayI’ve lost 7.6 pounds and 7 inches. I’m not concerned about the slowness of the weight loss, b/c I’m gaining muscle and losing inches and I feel so much better. I walk/jog at the track, I’m taking yoga now, I do kickboxing three days a week and I work out on the weights three days a week.

I eat six small meals a day, eliminated fruit juices and sodas from my diet and only drink water (unless I’m juicing fresh fruits and veggies). At first it was hard but now I LOVE water. No pork, no meat, very FEW fried food, lots of chicken, turkey and fish and lots and lots of fruits, veggies and whole grain.

So things are going really well for me. I’ve also decided to run my first 5K in October and eventually a marathon by next year sometime.

Angela, don’t keep us in suspense too long! I’ve really missed you!!

Much love and happiness,
BlaackSunshine