No Surprise…

Today I am starting my class assignment over, partially because I stopped halfway through the week and because I have decided instead of creatively blogging I am going to use my super power ‘creativity’ to improve my life.

I want to lose fifteen pounds, increase my strength and flexibility.

I am in my 60’s, so I know exactly what to do…but knowing and doing are two different things. And I am lazy.

So, I am going to use (notice I didn’t use the word attempt this shows I am fully committed to this idea) I am going to use my creativity to get what I want.  A slightly smaller and stronger version of myself.

Because today is Valentine’s Day and I wanted something sweet, (like dark chocolate hearts) - but instead of buying a bag of candy. I bought a box of Larabars, they are made with dates and nuts and of course the one I choose has chocolate chips and are 250 calories or 8 WW points…not a great creative choice because Dove dark chocolate hearts have 150 calories for 4 hearts or 8 WW points.  

But, then I used my creative power to make a healthy snack. Carrots, celery and belly peppers with drizzled coconut, lime, habanero balsamic vinegar.  

This is where the creativity comes in (habanero’s are hot)…I am going to have to drink a lot of water, which will increase my steps going to the bathroom…downside is we live in a 350 square foot, 5th wheel camper.  No matter where I am sitting in the trailer, I can get to the bathroom in 10 steps.

Non-Birder

 Labels aren’t for lazy people.  I am lazy so I like to generalize.  Below are pictures of birds I have taken at the NWR where I volunteer.  Some people study the birds shape, size and habits in order to label them with their correct or even scientific name.  

Whereas, I too see color, shaper, size and habits, but instead of placing them in a category, wading bird, shore bird-I take the lazy approach.  They are all birds.

Calling a kettle black…

 I am a volunteer and today I answered the phone and a woman said, “There is a manatee dead on the beach.”

I said, “call CROW.”

She said, “The manatee is dead, not injured.”

CROW is a clinic for rehabilitation of wildlife, but she did dial a National Wildlife 

Refuge. Not a National Dead Life Refuge…so, this is a classic example of calling the kettle black.

Day 3 of trying to use my super power ‘Creativity’

There is no creative way to do 7 loads of laundry.  My husband has a severe reaction to poison ivy.  In less than a year he has had to go on steroids, three times.  

So, just in case we have an oil called urushiol on any of the bedding, clothes, dog beds, blanket, or dog.  I washed everything in our trailer.  

To use my super power to solve the problem of living on an island with an abundance of poison ivy, I created a vision board and I checked to see where we were on the waitlist for housing.  

We applied to three places,,,number 30, 27 and still waiting to hear back.