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My 25x25 page has nearly been wiped out. I have no idea when or how that happened! I, thankfully, printed out a hard copy, but I have to find it. Then I'll fix the page. Maybe I'll change some of the goals. :)
My mom and I went to dinner and explored downtown Garland, Texas tonight. It's a quaint area, that the city is working on building up. I'm trying to get more involved with my city, so I like to know what's going on. There's an adorable new vintage clothing store that just opened.
Also, the Plaza Theater shows old movies for free with refreshments for sale that benefit the Garland Samaritans. We decided to see tonight's movie, which was "American Graffiti." I had never seen it before.
Tomorrow, Saturday, October 6, is the Fall for Garland Festival. My mom and I are going. It should be good, wholesome family fun. Some friends are joining, too.
Then, tomorrow evening, I'll be attending a wedding at a club in Deep Ellum. It'll be fun.
Expect lots of pictures!
Friday, October 5, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Making my dreams become realities.
I haven't written in a while. I am not sure why. I think it is a combination of being busy and not knowing how to put into words another blog entry. I have a couple of drafts semi-written, but, obviously, they were not published.
This past weekend my mom and I got booth space at a local (and HUGE - 3500+ vendors) flea market. We wanted to sell off some of the excess jewelry inventory. We didn't make a lot of money, but we left with more money than we started with, so, in my opinion, definitely not a bad weekend. :)
I'm about to order some handbags from a wholesaler I like. I do hope I receive the order by this weekend so that I may sell them.
My plan is to sell at this flea market on the weekends, build up capital, and build up inventory.
I think this is the way to make my dreams become realities. :)
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Yay! I placed my order! Check out some of the adorable stuff I'll be selling:
This past weekend my mom and I got booth space at a local (and HUGE - 3500+ vendors) flea market. We wanted to sell off some of the excess jewelry inventory. We didn't make a lot of money, but we left with more money than we started with, so, in my opinion, definitely not a bad weekend. :)
I'm about to order some handbags from a wholesaler I like. I do hope I receive the order by this weekend so that I may sell them.
My plan is to sell at this flea market on the weekends, build up capital, and build up inventory.
I think this is the way to make my dreams become realities. :)
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Yay! I placed my order! Check out some of the adorable stuff I'll be selling:
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| Evening Rose Clutch - $15 |
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| Evening Rose Clutch - alternate colors - $15 |
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| Fashion Coin Purse - $5 |
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| Fashion Coin Purse - alternate colors - $5 |
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| Peacock Print Flat Wallet - $15 |
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| Coin Purse - $3 |
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| Coin Purse - alternate colors - $3 |
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| Snake Print Coin Purse - $5 |
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| Snake Print Coin Purse - alternate colors - $5 |
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Ghosts make me dizzy.
I'm in the middle of an impromptu marathon of "Long Island Medium" via On Demand.
I firmly believe that Theresa Caputo is truly gifted.
Amazing...the episode that I'm watching now has an animal spirit. As I've been watching these episodes, I've been thinking about spirits. I miss my dog terribly. Her name is Teddy, and she died last November. She was almost ten years old, and she had been a member of the family since I was 14.
There are times when I feel like she is around. I definitely hope she is.
When I was younger, I thought I was psychic. It was never much, but things would happen. Someone would call, and I'd know who it was before I ever checked the caller ID.
Like I said, my psychic-ness was never much.
Months ago, at the gym I used to work at, the thought of a dislocated shoulder kept plaguing me one evening. Nearing the end of the evening, a man dislocated his shoulder playing basketball.
The end of last week/early this week I kept thinking I'd be involved with contacting 911 for someone at the movie theater I frequent. Last Tuesday, I was! I had been thinking it for days, and it happened.
I definitely don't think I made it happen by thinking about it. I don't know if it's coincidence or if it was psychic-ness, but things like this have happened a few times.
I have friends that have had experiences with spirits. I've never had true experiences.
Years ago, my (now ex) boyfriend was in charge of the cleaning crew at the local municipal buildings. I heard all kinds of stories about the buildings in downtown Garland. The library is especially haunted. The spirit activity occurs in the evening. I think they may feed off the people during the day. Anyway, on the last day that his company had the contracts for the buildings, I was sitting outside the library with him and his crew. They were sharing stories about the ghosts. My ex had goosebumps telling me about trash cans flying across the room, windows shaking, the cowboy, the little girl. I said I wanted to go in. He didn't. He was scared. He is not the type to scare.
But he was scared.
He came inside the building with me and his two person crew. We walked around, and at one point we were in the inner offices. This is where he's been threatened by spirits, had trashcans fly at his head.
I sat in a chair, and after a few moments, I got extremely dizzy. I felt weird. I felt as if the chair was spinning. I had to make sure I was not moving. It was bad.
Outside the library, we were discussing the spirits. Of course, I didn't see or feel any of them. Not that I knew of, anyway. I mentioned the dizziness, and ALL three people said that was the first thing the spirits did to them - the dizziness.
I have moments where I think, where I feel things.
Years ago, I worked for a camp. My first night there, we stayed at a sister camp. I bunked in quarters that were meant for administration on my first night because I got in at midnight. I was exhausted, but I could not sleep for quite a while.The room made me think of a mental hospital. The place was unsettling. Well, it turns out the building I was staying in that night was an old Tuberculosis hospital!
The next morning I found out the camp grounds are haunted.
I didn't stay there but a few nights throughout the summer. Each night was creepy. I always felt like I was being watched.
I often wish that I was more in touch with the spiritual realm, or whatever you want to call it. But I'm also scared. I'm scared that if I get more in touch with the paranormal, I'll be inviting unwelcome-ness into my life.
I hope this makes sense. I'm extremely tired.
I do wish I could communicate with my dog's spirit. I'd love to know if Teddy were still around.
So, do you have any ghost stories?
I firmly believe that Theresa Caputo is truly gifted.
Amazing...the episode that I'm watching now has an animal spirit. As I've been watching these episodes, I've been thinking about spirits. I miss my dog terribly. Her name is Teddy, and she died last November. She was almost ten years old, and she had been a member of the family since I was 14.
There are times when I feel like she is around. I definitely hope she is.
When I was younger, I thought I was psychic. It was never much, but things would happen. Someone would call, and I'd know who it was before I ever checked the caller ID.
Like I said, my psychic-ness was never much.
Months ago, at the gym I used to work at, the thought of a dislocated shoulder kept plaguing me one evening. Nearing the end of the evening, a man dislocated his shoulder playing basketball.
The end of last week/early this week I kept thinking I'd be involved with contacting 911 for someone at the movie theater I frequent. Last Tuesday, I was! I had been thinking it for days, and it happened.
I definitely don't think I made it happen by thinking about it. I don't know if it's coincidence or if it was psychic-ness, but things like this have happened a few times.
I have friends that have had experiences with spirits. I've never had true experiences.
Years ago, my (now ex) boyfriend was in charge of the cleaning crew at the local municipal buildings. I heard all kinds of stories about the buildings in downtown Garland. The library is especially haunted. The spirit activity occurs in the evening. I think they may feed off the people during the day. Anyway, on the last day that his company had the contracts for the buildings, I was sitting outside the library with him and his crew. They were sharing stories about the ghosts. My ex had goosebumps telling me about trash cans flying across the room, windows shaking, the cowboy, the little girl. I said I wanted to go in. He didn't. He was scared. He is not the type to scare.
But he was scared.
He came inside the building with me and his two person crew. We walked around, and at one point we were in the inner offices. This is where he's been threatened by spirits, had trashcans fly at his head.
I sat in a chair, and after a few moments, I got extremely dizzy. I felt weird. I felt as if the chair was spinning. I had to make sure I was not moving. It was bad.
Outside the library, we were discussing the spirits. Of course, I didn't see or feel any of them. Not that I knew of, anyway. I mentioned the dizziness, and ALL three people said that was the first thing the spirits did to them - the dizziness.
I have moments where I think, where I feel things.
Years ago, I worked for a camp. My first night there, we stayed at a sister camp. I bunked in quarters that were meant for administration on my first night because I got in at midnight. I was exhausted, but I could not sleep for quite a while.The room made me think of a mental hospital. The place was unsettling. Well, it turns out the building I was staying in that night was an old Tuberculosis hospital!
The next morning I found out the camp grounds are haunted.
I didn't stay there but a few nights throughout the summer. Each night was creepy. I always felt like I was being watched.
I often wish that I was more in touch with the spiritual realm, or whatever you want to call it. But I'm also scared. I'm scared that if I get more in touch with the paranormal, I'll be inviting unwelcome-ness into my life.
I hope this makes sense. I'm extremely tired.
I do wish I could communicate with my dog's spirit. I'd love to know if Teddy were still around.
So, do you have any ghost stories?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
The plight of the well-endowed woman.
While I'm not a tiny woman, I'm certainly not huge. I haven't tipped the scales at 200 (yet). But I'm close. In fact, I've weighed over 190 lbs.
I wear a size 18/XL-2XL depending on the outfit, and my weight is currently in the 180s.
In fact, over the last two months of not working, I've gained some weight. :( However, I'm determined to get my weight back under control. I've been watching my calories (again) (sometimes) (maybe) and drinking more water. (I live in Texas, and my A/C broke a few weeks ago - WATER IS NECESSARY.) I think since I've started drinking more water, I've lost some water weight, so that's a good thing. Plus, I've been better hydrated.
A couple nights ago I went to the gym for the first time in a couple months. I just wanted to play in the pool. So, I did. I need to start doing laps in the pool, cardio and weights again, but at that time I just wanted to play in the pool.
It was a bit disheartening when I put my larger swimsuit on, and it was tight around the legs. :( Thankfully, it loosened up.
Prior in the day, I added a goal to 30x30 - be able to wear a bikini with confidence.
Well, the suit fitting snugly got me thinking. On my way home from the gym, I stopped at a Super Walmart. Last time I had been there, they had separate pieces for $5 each.
Well, they still had bikinis!
They even had some for $3. (But I can't find the picture.)
Well, there were definitely some cute pieces, but, being that I'm large-busted, my mission was, well, a bust.
I think most of the pieces were leftover from the Juniors Dept, however there were some Ladies Dept pieces mixed in. What's funny is the size discrepancy.
These are both a size XL. I held them up together from the waist. See the extra inch of the blue one? Remember - THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME SIZE. The blue is an adult XL. The yellow is an junior XL.
It just makes me laugh. Clothing manufacturer's do discriminate against larger sizes. The fact that I couldn't find a top large enough to cover a nipple, even a "Large" bikini top, kinda helps prove my point. Also, as I said, the yellow is a Jr size and the blue is an Adult. Having such small "large" sizes in youth clothing is a way of telling girls they have to be tiny to fit in. I've heard of teen clothing manufacturer's intentionally marking sizes wrong. For example, a size 8 would be marked as a size 10. From a marketing standpoint, I'd mark a size 10 as a size 8. People would subconciously want to shop more with my brand because it makes them feel skinnier. However, marking sizes up is basically saying, "If you're bigger, we don't want your business." It's a way to affect the heads of America's youth in a negative way.
*Semi-rant over...for now.*
I did, however, find an adorable tee on clearance for $3. It's an XL and long. I didn't try it on, and thought the length would be a bit long. However, when I put it on, it's definitely not as long as on the hanger. That's because of my boobs! All that length went out. I did forget when I purchased it that large-breasted women probably shouldn't buy iron-on prints. It's not that we can't handle the print, it's that the print can't handle us. (Meaning sometimes the print stretches too much and tears.)
There's also cute Halloween themed undies for sale. I may need to stop by closer to Halloween. :)
I wear a size 18/XL-2XL depending on the outfit, and my weight is currently in the 180s.
In fact, over the last two months of not working, I've gained some weight. :( However, I'm determined to get my weight back under control. I've been watching my calories (again) (sometimes) (maybe) and drinking more water. (I live in Texas, and my A/C broke a few weeks ago - WATER IS NECESSARY.) I think since I've started drinking more water, I've lost some water weight, so that's a good thing. Plus, I've been better hydrated.
A couple nights ago I went to the gym for the first time in a couple months. I just wanted to play in the pool. So, I did. I need to start doing laps in the pool, cardio and weights again, but at that time I just wanted to play in the pool.
It was a bit disheartening when I put my larger swimsuit on, and it was tight around the legs. :( Thankfully, it loosened up.
Prior in the day, I added a goal to 30x30 - be able to wear a bikini with confidence.
Well, the suit fitting snugly got me thinking. On my way home from the gym, I stopped at a Super Walmart. Last time I had been there, they had separate pieces for $5 each.
Well, they still had bikinis!
They even had some for $3. (But I can't find the picture.)
Well, there were definitely some cute pieces, but, being that I'm large-busted, my mission was, well, a bust.
I think most of the pieces were leftover from the Juniors Dept, however there were some Ladies Dept pieces mixed in. What's funny is the size discrepancy.
These are both a size XL. I held them up together from the waist. See the extra inch of the blue one? Remember - THEY ARE CONSIDERED THE SAME SIZE. The blue is an adult XL. The yellow is an junior XL.
It just makes me laugh. Clothing manufacturer's do discriminate against larger sizes. The fact that I couldn't find a top large enough to cover a nipple, even a "Large" bikini top, kinda helps prove my point. Also, as I said, the yellow is a Jr size and the blue is an Adult. Having such small "large" sizes in youth clothing is a way of telling girls they have to be tiny to fit in. I've heard of teen clothing manufacturer's intentionally marking sizes wrong. For example, a size 8 would be marked as a size 10. From a marketing standpoint, I'd mark a size 10 as a size 8. People would subconciously want to shop more with my brand because it makes them feel skinnier. However, marking sizes up is basically saying, "If you're bigger, we don't want your business." It's a way to affect the heads of America's youth in a negative way.
*Semi-rant over...for now.*
I did, however, find an adorable tee on clearance for $3. It's an XL and long. I didn't try it on, and thought the length would be a bit long. However, when I put it on, it's definitely not as long as on the hanger. That's because of my boobs! All that length went out. I did forget when I purchased it that large-breasted women probably shouldn't buy iron-on prints. It's not that we can't handle the print, it's that the print can't handle us. (Meaning sometimes the print stretches too much and tears.)
There's also cute Halloween themed undies for sale. I may need to stop by closer to Halloween. :)
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