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Why this time? My husband and I are getting really serious about wanting a family and we’re getting older so it’s kind of a now or never situation for us in regards to losing for that reason. It was easy for me to put off weight loss when I was the only one affected, but since I’ve gotten married and we have pets and we want kids, I’m realizing that my unhealthy lifestyle affects more than just me, and could greatly impact not just my future but my husband’s as well.
Interest or hobby I’m embarrassed by I used to be super embarrassed by my dvd collection, but now that I’m older, I have just accepted that I love movies and enjoy owning my favorites. The last time I counted was probably a year ago and I had a little over 3500.
What do you do for a living? I’m a writer. It’s nice because I get to work in my pajamas, but I have to stay super vigilant about my eating habits.
If you could have lunch with one person, who would it be? Elie Wiesel. He is the only author to move me to tears, and I based my dissertation off of his work. He was an incredible man.3 -
UnicornSmoothie wrote: »5. What are your favorite movies / books / tv shows?
For movies, as I said above, I love Disney. Books, I read mostly fantasy (Tolkien, Rowling, Mull.) My current favorite series is Fablehaven. I read it at least once a year. TV shows, again anything fantasy (except GoT) or sci-fi, or a little weird. I love Lost Girl, Supernatural, Once Upon a Time, Grimm... all that kind of stuff.
9. What do you most like to do in your spare time?
Video Games. I spend a lot of time at my computer because I write, but that time is compounded by video games. I love gaming. Currently I'm pretty hooked on WoW, but any RPG with a good story, fun abilities, and decent characters will do it for me. I also like survival games and building/crafting games like Minecraft, ARK, Rimworld, ONI, etc. I could talk about games all day.
12. What is an interest or hobby that you have that you enjoy but are rather embarrassed when most people find out about it?
I used to be embarrassed about a lot of things, but I've mostly gotten over that. I used to be embarrassed about playing D&D because I used to be one of like three girls that would go into our tabletop gaming store and that was embarrassing, but I got over that, too. Now not only do I play, but I DM from time to time. I guess, maybe... I still like cartoons, and I mean like cartoons aimed at kids. My Little Pony, Steven Universe, We Bare Bears... that kind of thing.
13. What do you do for a living?
I'm a writer. I'm trying to get published. If that doesn't work I might self publish, but I spend my days writing.
Yes! Someone else who DOESN'T watch/read GoT! *grins*
Ah, I'm not alone in the RPG department! Though sadly, I've never actually played a pen and paper one, though I'd love to. My best friend and I dabbled with the idea for years, but neither of us had ever actually done it. She had watched her older brothers play a little, but I had no experience other than watching YouTube videos. It never worked out. I'm interested most in figuring out Gurps. I think I have a pretty good understanding of the basics of character creation, but really have no idea how a campaign is conducted. Then again, unlike the best friend, I have a really hard time 'acting' out my character. She's got an actress flair and can get into the heads of her characters. Me? I approach mine in 3rd person like an author and don't have a acting bone in my body lol so perhaps I wouldn't make it in a pen and paper RPG anyway......
Best of luck on the writing front! I'm going to take a guess that you're trying for fantasy? Which genre are you most interested in and what style - childrens, YA, adult, etc? My sister was dabbling in children's books, so I took her to a writer's conference last year and had a blast myself, being around other folks who spend days and hours in their heads, creating characters and story lines
It was a great place to make contacts and get an idea of how to navigate the publishing business, both in the traditional and the self publishing style. Even though I'm not an active writer, I did enjoy myself. Sadly, I don't have the money to attend this year. 0 -
@gin_rummy I love to crochet! I have a very neglected crochet blog and used to have a shop where I sold quirky crochet accessories. I haven't picked up my hooks in a long time. I finally had to close my shop for good because I just wasn't good at time management and it was causing too much stress. I've been sad about that and so I haven't hooked in many, many months. I would like to start writing patterns for my blog again though. I enjoy putting free crochet patterns out into the world!2
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@bmeadows380 Omg! I can never find people that aren't into GoT and everyone treats me like I'm broken for not really enjoying it?
Tabletop RPGs are all about adventure and creativity, world building and storytelling. Think of the rules as more liked guidelines and just... take off. It can take a lot of work to run a campaign, but it's so much fun. It's fun being the DM, as well, and may make things easier without having to act out a specific character. You have a host of characters you can speak for in different situations.
I am trying for fantasy. Mid-grade to young adult, about the same target as Harry Potter or Fablehaven, really. I've always liked the sort of stories that grab you when you're young, but stick with you for the rest of your life. I still read a huge amount of mid-grade to young adult fiction, as well, so I feel like it's the target audience I know the best lol.0 -
1. Where are you from?
Tupelo, Mississippi (birthplace of Elvis Presley
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2. What are you currently binge watching on Netflix/Hulu/etc.?
Charmed for about the hundredth time!
3. If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be?
I’m a potato aspiring to be an asparagus.
4. Where is the best place you've ever traveled? OR Where would your dream vacation be?
A couple of years ago I went on a trip to Washington DC and New York City. This was pre-weight loss, so I really want to go back once I get closer to my goal!
5. What are your favorite movies / books / tv shows?
I’m a sci-fi/horror junkie. I also love true crime and chick flicks. My current regular shows are Grey’s Anatomy, This Is Us, Orange is the New Black, and The Walking Dead. Of course I binge watch Charmed regularly. I wish I was a reader... I do have to read a lot of for my job which I will talk about below.
6. What is the best piece of advice you've ever been given? OR Who inspires you the most?
I can’t really think of any specific advice I’ve been given by an actual person in my life, but my younger sister really tries to push me out of my shell. I’ve mentioned this in another forum, but he character “Kate” in “This Is Us” is a fictional character who I can really relate to! The first episode spoke to me so much that that was actually the moment I decided I really wanted to do this.
7. What do you love about yourself?
I’m still working on the self-Love thing, but I do love that when I really commit to a goal, I don’t let anything stop me.
8. If you won $1mil but could only spend it in one store, where would you spend it?
I’m gonna go with Amazon! They have everything!
9. What do you most like to do in your spare time?
Lurk the MyFitness Pal forums
10. Favorite music/band?
I’m really eclectic with my music preferences. I love 80’s/early 90’s hip-hop when I’m working out.
11. Why this time?
It just finally “clicked” for me this time. It’s the first time I’ve actually gone beyond the planning stage or the crash diet stage.
12. What is an interest or hobby that you have that you enjoy but are rather embarrassed when most people find out about it?
I still watch “The Rugrats” (90’s cartoon) sometimes... does that count?
13. What do you do for a living?
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor, but my current position is Co-Occurring Disorders Specialist. In a nutshell, my job is to research evidence-based approaches for treating people with Addiction and Mental Health Disorders and train clinical staff within my agency. I spend about half of my days researching and putting together trainings and the other half actually doing trainings.
14. What other question would you like people to answer?
Do you have any pets? What kind and what are their names? Bonus points if you post a photo!!
I have two cats: Piper and Joey.
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15. If you could have lunch with any person, living or dead, who would it be?
A dear family friend, Ms. Betty. She does about 8 years ago. She was like a second mother to me and always encouraged me to follow my dreams. I think she would be so proud of the progress I’ve made these past few years.3 -
UnicornSmoothie wrote: »@bmeadows380 Omg! I can never find people that aren't into GoT and everyone treats me like I'm broken for not really enjoying it?
IKR?!!! I've looked at the wiki synopsis and the whole story is just too dark for me. And frankly, I just don't like the characters or the plot line. Or the porn elements.......
Maybe because deep down I'm a romantic and like happy endings and detest seeing my favorite characters die lol I like to follow a character and get to know them and relate to them; I'm not much into a story where the characters are killed off so frequently that you can't form that bond. And if I do manage to relate to a character who is killed off, that's when I go looking for AU fanfiction that has an "everyone lives" theme.......*coughs*Thorin Oakenshield*coughs*UnicornSmoothie wrote: »Tabletop RPGs are all about adventure and creativity, world building and storytelling. Think of the rules as more liked guidelines and just... take off. It can take a lot of work to run a campaign, but it's so much fun. It's fun being the DM, as well, and may make things easier without having to act out a specific character. You have a host of characters you can speak for in different situations.
Which games do you play? Classic D&D? Pathfinder? Gurps? another system? I've looked into D&D & Gurps, and like what I've seen of Gurps, especially the wide open part where it can be used in pretty much any genre you think of. But I've seen a lot of likes and dislikes for it. The problem is, since I've never played, I don't know how difficult either system is.
I like fantasy, but not heavy-handed magic fantasy, which is why I trend more toward Gurps than D&D - the magic in D&D just seems so prevalent that it overpowers everything else; at least, that's the impression I get from reading through the materials and reading the first Dragonlance novel.......
My best friend and I are heavy Middle Earth fans, and were always wanting to really get into an RPG in that setting. I tried the Decipher books that came out after the movies, but I could just never understand the rules to that one or how to conduct a game. Plus there seemed to be a lot of errors in it, which made it all the more confusing. I hear there's supposed to be another out, but I haven't run across it yet. And I've never seen the books for the one that was out in the 80's.
the world building aspect is what intrigues me the most. I love the idea of creating your own worlds, your own cultures and histories and maps and societies, and its usually the world building process that gets me off on a tangent and then I never get anywhere My best friend rolls her eyes at that one because I can't quite get a set up that I'm satisfied with, so I'm always tweaking it *grins* And then RL gets in the way and I don't have time to work on it, and then I get distracted......
Have you seen Drew Hayes NPCs novel? Its a humorous series based on 4 RPG NPC's. It starts out with a DM with 2 or 3 really nasty players and 1 newbie. He tells them he wants realism in the game, but the 3 nasty guys want a hack and slash game and end up getting killed in a tavern right off the bat and have to go create new characters. Then the story cuts to the tavern and 4 NPCs (the classic Orc tavern owner, gnome minion, mayor's daughter-kidnap victim, and new city guard) who realize that their town will be in danger if the 4 "heroes" don't show up to the summons. So they take the stuff and decide they're going to act the part of heroes.
there's 3 books in the series so far, and I've loved them all Its very tongue in cheek and its obvious the author has been gaming for a long time on both sides of the table because he pokes fun at some of the major stereotypes all the while creating a really fun Dungeon and Dragon's inspired RPG world and characters that I adore.
the language gets salty, which is why I won't buy the audible versions (wish I could get a filter for my audible books
its one thing to be reading a story with certain words in them - my mind usually is going so fast I can blank on those when reading it - but its always jarring for me to actually hear them in an audio book) but I really enjoyed the books regardless.UnicornSmoothie wrote: »I am trying for fantasy. Mid-grade to young adult, about the same target as Harry Potter or Fablehaven, really. I've always liked the sort of stories that grab you when you're young, but stick with you for the rest of your life. I still read a huge amount of mid-grade to young adult fiction, as well, so I feel like it's the target audience I know the best lol.
see, that sounds a blast! my best friend and I have characters we created for LOTRO that have developed enough that I'd love to spin them off into their own world and their own stories. We've got our own AU version of Middle Earth that tweaks elements of Tolkien, then throws in fairies (after all, its rumored a Took once took a fairy to wife *grins*) including the Seely and Unseely courts plus my own invention of the Alameed Court and the Pixie confederation (of course, none of the fairies like the pixies, considering them "uncouth"). Tolkien already had the Valar and the Maiar, so we generally treat the fay as lesser Maiar or a third order of spirits below the maiar that are more tied to Middle Earth and the physical world than the 1st two categories. They would be consider more independent and wild than the Maiar
She wanted the Labyrinth mixed in, so the goblin king got incorporated as the son of Oberon, king of the Seely. She also loved Dragonlance, so there is a smidge of that pitched into our little 'head world' as well. I'd love to spin it off into my own thing, but I haven't quite figured out a plan that I like. My biggest problem, though, is that I have characters with rich backgrounds, and I have ideas for a world (though i still can't get a history or a map that I'm satisfied with), but I can't get a story for them, and it drives me crazy.
If I ever do get a story, though, the more I think about it, the more I think it would fit better for YA than adults, even though most of our characters aren't teens.
Anyway, as you can see, I love talking world creation and story plotting, so if you ever want a sounding board, send me a PM!
Oh, and if you like YA fantasy, have you come across Andrew Peterson's Wingfeather saga? It's more childrens than YA and in some places feels like Narnia meets Dr. Seuss lol but I really got hooked on it and listened to the entire series on audible. He creates his own world and his own creatures with silly names that will appeal to children (toothy cows, for instance) but he has adventures for his characters that are sometimes intense, such as the oldest brother getting captured and sent to a factory and what he experiences there, or the middle brother getting "fanged", and he doesn't shy away from characters being hurt, distressed, beaten or even dying. It's not a series I'd read to a young child, at any rate, but considering I was reading Hardy Boys casefiles and Louis L'Amour westerns at age 10, I don't think its too much for older children.0 -
You guys!!!! I don't like GoT either!!!!! And I love, love, love LOTR!!!! Do any of you guys have the Walk to Mordor app? I find it highly motivating. Haha!3
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@Mellykay88 I love Charmed! It got a little silly with magic school and all that, but I still love the show!
Also, I will add pics of my kitty in a bit!1 -
I can't seem to upload pictures......but I currently have 3 gerbils ( Toast, Bacon and Scramble) and a house rabbit (her name is Monty. Yes - her! Loooong story!)
I used to also have a bearded dragon, he was awesome! He was a rescue called Bill......which became Bill-lizard = B'lizard! I miss him
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It looks like I have some catching up to do!
10. Favorite music/band?
It's hard to answer this question! I love anything from Beyonce to Billy Joel, to Wham! to Guns 'n Roses.
11. Why this time?
I have been feeling very lonely lately, so I joined Tinder to see if I could find a match for myself. I went on one date and he treated me like a slob, and I basically cried myself to sleep for a week. Somehow once I got out of that funk, I had a lot of anger that I channeled into taking walks, and that somehow fueled me to want to eat better as well. I have another Tinder date this weekend, wish me luck!
12. What is an interest or hobby that you have that you enjoy but are rather embarrassed when most people find out about it?
I am going to copy everyone and say that I enjoy crocheting! I actually re-taught myself how to do it a few months ago. My grandmother taught me years ago how to crochet right-handed, but I'm a lefty so it wasn't comfortable for me. So I learned again how to do the other way. Other than that I don't have many embarrassing hobbies, unless you count the number of hours I'm at my computer to be embarrassing (which it kind of is!).
13. What do you do for a living?
I'm an accountant (yawn).
14. Do you have any pets? What kind and what are their names? Bonus points if you post a photo!!
I have one cat whose name is a long story. I came up with a long ridiculous name as a joke, to see how people reacted when I told them. But then the name stuck! It's Her Majesty Queen Meow Meow von Buckingham III, Esq.
15. If you could have lunch with any person, living or dead, who would it be?
So many people to choose from! I would probably say Amy Poehler because she is my hero.
Also, just to jump in on this GoT discussion, I've never seen the show but I am actually currently reading the first book so that I can have some kind of frame of reference when people talk about it. It's a pretty good book, but definitely not something I would have actively chosen to read myself if it weren't for how crazy people are about the show. I've never seen or read LOTR though, I might pick up the books at some point.
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crazykatlady820 wrote: »You guys!!!! I don't like GoT either!!!!! And I love, love, love LOTR!!!! Do any of you guys have the Walk to Mordor app? I find it highly motivating. Haha!
I do have Walk to Mordor! I love it and it does get me to push just a little bit harder to get to that next mile!
@bmeadows380 I'm sending you a message so we don't hijack the thread lol
Edit: I'll catch up while I'm at it.
14. Do you have any pets? What kind and what are their names? Bonus points if you post a photo!!
I don't have any photos readily available, but I do have pets....
Pitbull - Fable (From Fablehaven, my favorite book series)
Chow - Axel (From Kingdom Hearts 2)
Maltese - Tempest (From The Tempest)
4 cats - Spooky, Odin, Poe, JJ
Snek - Crowley (From Good Omens)
15. If you could have lunch with any person, living or dead, who would it be?
Tolkien, or, and bear with me, Snoop Dogg. Tolkien because I grew up on The Hobbit and LOTR. Snoop Dogg because I feel like he'd just be really chill and fun to talk to.2 -
Ok here it goes
1. I am from Georgia
2. My kids and I are binge watching American horror story on Netflix
3. Umm this is hard, the first thing that comes to mind is a tomato for some reason
4. Dream vacation this is easy .... Ireland
5. Favorite movie... space camp/ favorite books... anything by Nora Roberts, Harry Potter books, dark hunter books/ tv shows.... wheel of fortune, jeopardy, Big Bang, charmed, house hunters
6. Who inspires me: my family, my kids
7. I love everything about myself, why wouldn’t I??
8. Walmart
9. I read, put together puzzles, spend time with my family
10. My question is...... do you have any tattoos??? I have 11 with more in mind
11. Cucumber with tomato in red wine vinegar
12. Because I am 40 and I want to go to Ireland
13. I watch anime with my son
14. I am a housewife and mom
15. I would love to have lunch with my grandmother, she died before I was born
16. Music is hard for me I love so much of it, I listen to everything between heavy metal with my husband, pop with my daughter, crazy stuff with my son, and Celtic stuff because I like it
17. I have a Jack Russell name Charlie, and about 15 cats
I really enjoyed reading everybody’s post it was fun and insightful.4 -
Ok here it goes
1. I am from Georgia
2. My kids and I are binge watching American horror story on Netflix
3. Umm this is hard, the first thing that comes to mind is a tomato for some reason
4. Dream vacation this is easy .... Ireland
5. Favorite movie... space camp/ favorite books... anything by Nora Roberts, Harry Potter books, dark hunter books/ tv shows.... wheel of fortune, jeopardy, Big Bang, charmed, house hunters
6. Who inspires me: my family, my kids
7. I love everything about myself, why wouldn’t I??
8. Walmart
9. I read, put together puzzles, spend time with my family
10. My question is...... do you have any tattoos??? I have 11 with more in mind
11. Cucumber with tomato in red wine vinegar
12. Because I am 40 and I want to go to Ireland
13. I watch anime with my son
14. I am a housewife and mom
15. I would love to have lunch with my grandmother, she died before I was born
16. Music is hard for me I love so much of it, I listen to everything between heavy metal with my husband, pop with my daughter, crazy stuff with my son, and Celtic stuff because I like it
17. I have a Jack Russell name Charlie, and about 15 cats
I really enjoyed reading everybody’s post it was fun and insightful.
15 cats?!!! And folks around me think my 6 are excessive! lol I have a sign in my kitchen that says 'cats are like potato chips; you can't have just 1'
Nope, no tatoos here, but my brother has several.0 -
Realised the reason I couldn't upload photos is because there is no option on the app, but there is on the website! So here is my bunny, Monty, and old B'lizard (RIP)
What is a hobby or interest that embarrasses me?
I don't embarrass easily.....so probably just some of the more questionable music I listen to!
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1. Where are you from? Connecticut
2. What are you currently binge watching on Netflix / Hulu / etc? Nothing. I listen to podcasts
3. If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be? Lima Beans
4. Where is the best place you've ever traveled? OR Where would your dream vacation be? Been to: Bahamas; Would like to go: Europe
5. What are your favorite movies / books / tv shows? The Bird Cage/Multiple History Books/The West Wing
6. What is the best piece of advice you've ever been given? OR Who inspires you the most? Best advice? Don't run with scissors? I don't know. Inspires me? YOU PEOPLE!
7. What do you love about yourself? Warped sense of humor
8. If you won $1mil but could only spend it in one store, where would you spend it? I wouldn't - it would go to the CT Foodbank
9. What do you most like to do in your spare time? Crochet, knit, do craft projects
10. What do you do for a living? Accountant
11. If you could have lunch with a person, dead or alive, who would it be? Maria Mitchell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Mitchell1 -
oh, and I don't have any decent pics right now, but I have 6 cats who are my 'fur children' lol.
Smokey, the oldest at 15, is the king and ruler of the roost and my grumpy old man, complete with his own recliner to lounge in and yell at the young people from He and I are especially bonded and he's lived in a lot of places with me. I am HIS property, and he greatly resents any intrusion on his territory lol I once had to leave him for 4 months while I did a temporary job in Idaho, and it was just horrible for me; my roommate at the time said he pined for me the whole time I was gone He loves to cuddle and crawl in my lap and to be held and petted and loved, and he's very special to me and I'm going to grieve like crazy when I lose him
Lizzie, Dot, Charming, and Sam are all next at 6? 7? I lose track. Anyway, they are the result of me taking pity on a newly stray cat in my backyard. The lady that owned her had to move to a place that wouldn't let her keep her, so she asked a neighbor up the street to take them, then when the 1st lady was gone, the neighbor put the cats on the street. Horrible! She also had a golden retriever that had belonged to her ex boyfriend that she left in a kennel in the sun with no food or water and the city had to take it away from her......Anyway, the poor cat was young and starving to death, so I started feeding her, and when I realized she was pregnant, I took her in to my basement. Smokey of course wasn't happy in the least *grins*
I'll have to post a picture I had of her when she had the kittens because she was skin and bones and it amazed me she gave birth to 5 healthy kittens, though I joke that everything went into their physical development and not their brains because they really are the dumbest cats I know lol My mom took 1 kitten, and a co-worker of my roommate took the mother after a year (good thing because she wanted to be queen and Smokey wasn't giving up his title, so they fought constantly, and he kept her living under the couch!) But I couldn't find decent homes for the other 4 and the humane society was completely worthless in helping me, so I ended up keeping the last 4 kittens.
Lizzie is my 'problem child'. She and I have had rounds - she would out of the blue decide to start using the carpet, so I had boxes stacked everywhere and rugs down to discourage her. than I moved to a house with all hardwood, so she started going on the beds when it suited her! So I started putting a clear shower curtain on the bed to stop her. Here in the new house has been better and I haven't found where she's gone outside the litter box yet; its all 1 level so she doesn't have to go down stairs to use it, which I think had a lot to do with the problems before......She's also very cranky and temperamental and detests her brother Charming, so she's usually growling at someone. She really would have been better as a single cat or in a house with one younger cat instead of so many, but with her temperament and occasional bathroom issues, I'd never find a good home for her. And I do like her, even with her quirks; she's my girl!
Charming is my California surfer dude He's big and throws his weight around, especially when food is concerned, but he's not aggressive, truly - he's just a big, blond, goof ball He loves attention and food and shoves his way in for both without even pausing for anyone else in the way! He does terrorize Lizzie at times, though, and sometimes Dot. He's a huge cat, though - they all have a touch of Main Coone in them, and it's strongest in Charming. He's 22 lbs last weight, and its not fat, and he stands nearly to my knee - in fact, last week, he was curious as to what was on my new table, and mom called my attention in time to see him standing on his back legs and running his paws across the top! thankfully, because of his size, he's not a jumper! He's big but doesn't realize it and truly doesn't much bully the others, except Lizzie, and many times I think its because Lizzie started it. And its also because he's a "ladies man" and Lizzie has no interest in him......He's also bigger than Smokey but doesn't challenge Smokey for dominance at all and will always submit and back off when challenged; he never fights for dominance. Poor thing, he wants to be petted all the time, but Smokey won't tolerate him near me when he's around. The girls will all get on the bed or couch and ignore Smokey's growling and just avoid him, but if Charming tries, Smokey will chase him off, so he's often sitting in the floor looking up at me pitifully, poor guy!
Sam is my lovable coward and sneak. He's really good at doing something naughty and getting someone else blamed for it it; usually Lizzie....He's very jumpy and a scaredy cat, so any strange noise or unexpected sound will have him scrambling. And yet he's also the only one that can put Smokey on his back.......He's also the strange one that absolutely will not eat anything but dry cat food or treats. Oh, and he's also my slob. All 4 of the 'kittens' are long hairs, but Sam will not keep himself groomed, so he's the one who gets bathed the most often. He and Lizzie both also get shaved at the vets from time to time because of hair mats and because they absolutely will not let me cut them out myself.
Dot is the 'cute' one and my talker. She's the smallest of the 4 and the one usually pushed around by the others, so she's usually the last to eat and the one that gets her treats stolen the most, poor thing. She's a little skittish but is friendly to some strangers after a while as her curiosity will get her in the end. She also loves to grab a toy and then meow loudly until I congratulate her on her 'catch' and when you pet her, she 'talks' the whole time. The talking thing is the funniest sometimes - when she had to ride from the old house to the new, she followed me around for a half hour meowing, just like she was telling all about how horrible it was!
My sister pawned my youngest off on me 2 Christmases ago. She called me up one day to say that there was a lady in the area giving away Siamese kittens and asked if I was interested because I had mentioned that I might get one when Smokey passes - hopefully a LONG time from now! I told her to send me a picture and I'd think about it. The next she calls me and says "I've got your cat!" I had a fit on her because she forced me into a corner - the poor thing was half wild and terrified and wouldn't eat for 4 days and stayed in hiding all the time, but the situation it came from was horrible and I hated to send it back, so I kept her.
She's officially named Sadie May, but she's called Little Bit as she's my smallest. She still hides a lot, and the smallest noise will send her scurrying, and she still wont' let me approach her very often, but she has gotten calmer since I got her. If its just me at home, she'll come out when I get home and will stay in the same room I'm in, and if I'm sitting down, she'll even come to let me scratch her some. She'll also get up on the bed when I lay down and will stay for a little while, as long as I don't make any sudden moves. But she has hidey holes and spends a lot of time out of sight. She will play with the others and they all seem to not mind her - the 4 had never seen another cat in their entire life except for Smokey and my roommate's cat, so they didn't know what to do with her as a kitten when I first brought her in! Thankfully, they weren't mean to her and quickly accepted her and played with her. Smokey eventually came to tolerate her and isn't too aggressive with her, and she will talk to me a little, so I figure this is the best I'll be able to get out of her. She frightens very easy and will disappear for days when I have house guests, especially my dad. She's my night owl - she sleeps all day and comes out of an evening.
As you can tell, I don't have kids, so I talk about my cats as my children!
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@bmeadows380 I loved reading about your sweet kitties! You did a wonderful thing rescuing that Mama cat and her babies! My cats are my babies, too. I have 6 dogs too, ranging in age from 7 - 12) but they live with my parents. I couldn’t take them when I moved out.
@gin_rummy your bunny is ridiculously adorable!!
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@gin_rummy Monty is adorable! And B'lizard looks absolutely content in that picture
@Mellykay88 Thank you! 0 -
Hi, I'm Amy. I've been quietly reading both the thread in the message area, and things in this group. I am definitely uncomfortable talking about myself and prefer when others talk about themselves.
I was at 360, but, I lost some weight and have been hovering around 330 for sometime how. I'm 5'11" tall though. I've lost around 90 lbs, twice in the past. Both times, I severely limited my food intake and exercised my butt off.
Back in 96, I injured my back pretty bad and had to quit work. At that time, I was working as a concrete finisher, doing bridge walls. I had finished concrete for 10+ years, working around guys. After rehab for my spine, I got mad when my no-good lawyer told me to go to the park and feed the pigeons. He was a #1 jerk too. I channeled my feelings into going back to college (I had an AA degree from when I was younger) and I got an AS degree, and went and worked in an office environment for a few years.
Then, my mental health issues got way too bad, with all the stress in my job. I then had to go on disability, for both my back and my mental health issues. I eventually found a great psychiatrist and was with him for around 17 years, until last year, when he suffered a bad heart attack and had to have open heart surgery. Heart attacks run in his family, with multiple family members having heart attacks. He then had to almost stop working, only working 4 hours a day, doing inpatient hospital care.
He is the most wonderful person and Dr. It has been rough losing him. He was the most important person in my life, for so many years. I care a lot about him and am so sorry that things happened to him, like they did. He exercised and kept his weight down.
1.Where are you from? Jacksonville, FL. Born in 1964 here and moved back in 1976.
2. What are you currently binge watching on Netflix / Hulu / etc?
Nothing. Sometimes, I watch the original Law and Order some days.
3. If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be? A vegetable....humm...just don't know.
4. Where is the best place you've ever traveled? O R Where would your dream vacation be? I've worked long hours, when I was working and never traveled anywhere. Now, that I'm on disability, I don't have the $$$ or desire to travel.
5. What are your favorite movies / books / tv shows?
Movies...Fried Green Tomatoes. Oceans 11, 12, & 13, The Matrix series
Books... John Sanford books and Patricia Cornwell books
TV shows...so, so many...Wild, Wild West, the original Hawaii 5-O, Gun Smoke, original Law & Order, original CSI, NCIS, Major Case, Blacklist, SWAT, etc.
6. What is the best piece of advice you've ever been given? OR Who inspires you the most? My Dr. that I lost last year gave the best advice that I'd ever gotten and he inspired me so much.
7. What do you love about yourself? that I care about others
8. If you won $1mil but could only spend it in one store, where would you spend it? Amazon.com
9. What do you most like to do in your spare time? Ride the city buses and go to the gym and workout. Other than that, I like spending time at home, by myself, on the computer.
10. What question would you like to have people answer? Hum, I always like asking people questions about them, and I always try to ask them questions rel event to them. So, for on here, I would just like to start with people feeling free to open up some on their own, and taking it from there. I feel that's a big enough step for everyone.2
