79pounds's Journal

The seaside dress code loosened up considerably after 1907,  thanks to Australian swimmer and silent-film star Annette Kellerman—a vocal advocate of more hydrodynamic swimwear—Annette was charged with indecent exposure for appearing on Boston's Revere Beach in a form-fitting, sleeveless tank suit.  lol.   The ensuing high-profile legal scuffle led beaches across the nation to relax their swimwear restrictions.   By 1915, American women commonly wore one-piece knitted maillots.  Bikinis were common in ancient Egypt and for the olympics in Greece, but didn't come back into style until 1946 and weren't "accepted" until the 1960's. took quite some time didn't it?  lol.

well, chompy is back and to be honest i don't think she wants to be back.  i bet she enjoyed being the main kitty over there even if they didn't appreciate her.  she seemed kind of stunned to be back and her tail was down the whole time and she was kind of growly.  or she's just mad in general.  plus there are two basically new faces at our house, the tortipoint and the white one, ash wednesday kitty, though she had already met the white one.  the exact opposite of iggy.  i let iggy visit with paula about a week or two ago and ever since, iggy has been inside a lot and following me everywhere.  iggy was THRILLED to be back.  lol.  and iggy used to hate everybody.  lol.  the white one just started making friends with jorge, the orange cat from down the road (we think, he is always here though and i'm the one who had him fixed last year) and the tortipoint decided to join the others in the kitchen this morning and then went outside on the deck before i left - so expanding her horizons?  its very much a lap kitty, so should be an easy placement.

the boys took the smaller boat out again and it looks like it is going to storm.  so much for places that have planned fireworks for tonight.  was surprised so many places do that on the 3rd instead of the 4th???  some do fireworks all weekend, not just one night, which i guess is good for people who work a lot of weekend shifts like police and fire and hospital workers, though eventually fireworks really aren't very big.  a lot of beaches have them weekly in the summer anyway.  

trying to get this loan cleared to close and they keep sending me an updated approval that no one can open on their computer so i have NO IDEA what it says.  they keep sending the same thing, the same way over and over again and we keep sending replies saying this can't be opened please fax or send a different way and then they send it AGAIN the same way and unopenable!!!  i think the bank is just buying time because the banks are so broke.  i really do think that.  and then as soon as THEY squeeze together more money, THEN they give you a clear to close and wala the document can be opened and all is well in bankland.  haha.  

the new loan i have the man and his wife bring in $87,000 per year in pension/social security!!!  must be nice.  however, wachovia held their refinance from january through june and then declined the loan??!!  lets see how extended the new loan actually is.  its only a refinance, i already told them they owe too much on their declining property value to get a reverse.  what a mess everything is.  our appraiser says there are soooo many foreclosures out there and its not even CLOSE to bottom and there will be many more.  she would know.       

bagel with creamcheese, 300; slice of chocolate cake, 300; coffee with cream 100 and two coffees black, zero; one piece of turkey pestrami 40;  hard boiled egg 50; grilled beer brat 300; watermelon and cherries 200; 1290 and its only 4:15, boy am i in trouble.  lol.  i hope i remember to just drink alcohol tonight and NO FOOD!! i used to hate food, so how did this happen?  lol.  the only reason all these addictions to food started is because i needed food because of my sugar levels - to maintain my sugar levels.  i had started getting dizzy without it and now its spun out of control.  that and lack of exercise and a lot of unhealthy food like casseroles, pizza and meat.  now i wonder if just drinking a glass of wine or a marguerita or something might do the same thing as far as maintaining my sugar levels?