tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31066812008-11-05T10:24:59.039-05:00<a href="http://my.flightmemory.com/qqflyboy">QQflyboy's Logbook</a> <br> <a href="http://bethkevrecipes.blogspot.com">The Recipe Box</a> <br> <a href="http://carolinafrugal.blogspot.com">Carolina Frugal</a> <br> <a href="http://www.gadling.com/galley-gossip/">Galley Gossip</a> <br> E-mail me at qqflyboy @ gmail.com <br>qqflyboynoreply@blogger.comBlogger651125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3106681.post-82425793382943745612008-11-04T23:12:00.002-05:002008-11-05T10:24:59.052-05:00

I'm still sad it isn't Hillary, but I can be happy that it is Barrack Obama. His victory is an incredible testament to the American people's desire for change. It was an amazing 21-month campaign, and no doubt, it will be an amazing four years ahead.

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Another two weeks, another two pounds! (Almost.) Yes! I've lost 65.4 pounds so far!

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It makes her shake. She's uncontrollable without it. When she's about to get her fix, she's like a kid in a candy shop. There is no 12 step. She's headed toward rock bottom. It's time for an intervention. Read more here.

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This past weekend SpyC and I carved it up at a pumpkin carving party. The first pumpkin is Spyc's, depicting two cats. The other pumpkin is my creation (or re-creation) with a ghost and the word Boo. We used templates downloaded for free from Woman's Day magazine's website. You can download these and other templates here. Happy Halloween!

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I want to point out a fun link available in the right column QQFlyboy's Logbook. I've been keeping track of the places I've been since June, 2006 thanks to a free website called FlightMemory.com. The link takes you to my public page, which lists numerous facts, including how many miles I've flown, how many hours I've been in the air, how many times I've circled the globe and travelled to the

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Two major milestones are taking shape for me now, 1) loosing weight and 2) graduating from college. It's been a long time coming for both, and somehow, without planning it, both goals are coming to fruition at the same time. Today I had my last advisement appointment with my advisor at ECU. I'm planning my last semester, which, thankfully will only be two classes, or six credits. It should be a

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As I've said before, no gain no pain, and that's a good thing. While I didn't post a loss this week, I weigh exactly what I weighed last week. Lately, that's a good thing as I seem to go up and down a couple pounds every week. Staying steady is good. I need to, once again, recommit myself to this process so I can eek out a loss, even if minimal, each week. I am getting close to my final goal --

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Back on track and sliding lower! Another weigh-in, another pound. This time almost four. Of course, WW yelled at me for losing more than two, but come on, I had gained almost three the two previous weeks. Back off, alright!? I'm correcting my wrongs. This week I weighed-in at 198.2, which is a new all time low for me, and I hope to make it even lower next week. BTW, I'd like to add I lost weight

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It seems the gas is flowing again, although outages are still noticeable around town. It's a good thing I run on regular -- SpyC and I filled up at Costco yesterday where there was no premium to be had. Surprisingly prices had plummeted to $3.39 a gallon there. Most of the Triangle is hovering between $3.59 and $3.69. Two weeks ago when I was in Nevada prices were $3.39. I wonder what they are

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Check out The Recipe Box for tastes of the season. Fall cuisine is heavy on pumpkins, apples and cranberries with hints of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and cloves. They all combine to create great flavor, making this season one of my culinary favorites. Several pumpkin recipes can be found gathered in The Recipe Box here, or you can click on the individual recipe below. Pumpkin Cheesecake Pumpkin

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It's been nearly a month since last posting my Weight Watchers progress. It hasn't been lack of wanting to, or some scary weight gain, just a busy, busy schedule. I've been swamped with work and school lately, and just when the dust settled, I was off and running on a week long west coast tour to visit family in California and Nevada. It was a fun trip, but I've been enjoying being home the past

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Is this the 70s? Station after station I've driven by lately has plastic bags over the handles of their gas pumps, indicating they are out of gas. Apparently we have Ike to thank. This massive pipeline, the Colonial Pipeline, that runs from Texas to the Northeast isn't running at capacity thanks to hurricane Ike. As a result, gas prices have been on the rise here, topping four dollars a gallon

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Random? Yes. Fun? Yes. I was doing a little online research for a class I'm taking when I stumbled upon a website that describes the autopsy of a Furby. It's a sad tale of Toh-Loo-Ka, a young and innocent Furby who only survived three days,and the arduous examination that took place post mortum to determine the cause of his/her untimely death. Oddly, it's an entertaining read. Poor thing. Read

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Argh, I know. I shouldn't even mention the C word, but, it's only three months away. I can't believe it either. Anyway, while surfing the information superhighway today I found a unique gift that anyone can feel free to get me for Christmas. It's called PhotoBlocker and is a spray that goes on your license plate. Why would need such a thing? Raleigh, and the surrounding cities/towns are littered

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Ok, this shouldn't reflect on the entire region because, after all, the Raleigh area really is a diverse, fairly progressive community. There are still southern politics at play, but fortunately there is a diverse enough group of vocal people that those opinions are often counter balanced. However, an article in the Sunday News&Observer, Raleigh's uber conservative piece-of-shit paper, published

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Yeah yeah yeah! I lost two pounds last week, which means I've achieved one hell of a milestone in my weight loss journey. I am now below 200 pounds, weighing in at 199! Yes yes yes! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. I can't tell you the last time I weighed less than 200 pounds. It's so amazing. My doc's goal for me was to fall below 200. Mission accomplished. My goal is to hit 185, WW's goal

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Woohoo! Another weight loss and I'm inching ever so close to falling below the 200 mark. I lost an add'l 1.6 pounds this week, bringing me down to 201 pounds! Yes! I've lost 43 pounds on WW and 61 pounds overall!

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Hillary Clinton asked that very important question tonight during her speech at the DNC Convention in Denver. She continued, "Or are you in it for the Marine so that he can come home, or the single mom trying to get off welfare?" It was a simple, yet poignant question that made me sit back and say, "I am in this campaign because I am a Democrat." Although Clinton was, and is, my first choice for

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Great news to share this week. It appears I have truly pushed through the plateau I fought for two months as I recorded another loss today. I am happy to say I am down 3.6 pounds from last week! I am thrilled with the results, even if WW yells at me for losing weight too rapidly. They say you should lose no more than two pounds per week on average. I haven't exceeded that, otherwise I should be

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Many exciting numbers to write about today. First, I begin my second to last semester tomorrow as I wind down my 13 year challenge of finishing school. I am as anxious as ever and am excited that the end is finally near. I had my Senior Summary the other day, a meeting with my adviser to go over my classes and transcripts to make sure I am indeed on track to graduate in May. I have completed my

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Or at least feed you. SpyC and I were finally able to have her co-worker and significant other over for dinner. We had planned a night before, but it didn't work out. Since I love to cook this was an opportunity for me to show off my culinary skills. I already knew SpyC had talked up my abilities to her co-worker, so I felt pressure to really perform. Now that it's over, I can confidently say I

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Whew... I seem to have plateaued lately and it's been frustrating the hell out of me, but alas, I finally lost again and am now at a new low. Yeah! I am under no illusions the plateau is over. Hopefully I'll have continued success next week but it's become clearer to me I'll have to step up my game and work even harder. If you add my WW weight loss with what I achieved in the three months before

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We're not talking my stomach here, sadly. No gain, no pain. No loss, no fuss. Ok, so it doesn't exactly rhyme, but it get's the point across (maybe) that my weight remained flat this week, that is, I didn't lose or gain. Frustrating on one hand because I walked 12 miles on my trip to London this past weekend and didn't pig out in the process. I should have lost some on that day alone. And, I

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