Two Things....

I used to always end my conversations with those words, "two things."  I don't do it anymore, I don't really know why.

Anyway, I thought I would share two things today:

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I fit into my "goal" pants.  So....the question is -- do I get another pair of pants too small and make them my new goal pants .. or .. do I just revel in the fact that I dieted, exercised, and made my goal?  I mean, am I done losing weight?  Well, I certainly hope not.  But, realistically, I mean really, how much more weight can I lose?  I mean, yeah...I could lose another 20 pounds, who couldn't.  But,  I am just not sure I physically can.  I am almost 50 (not really, 47 is not almost 50, 47 is almost 48!).  I am in the best shape with the best weight I have been at in like 10 years.  Am I happy with that?  Yes, yes I am.  Could I be happier with 10 or 20  or 25 more pounds gone?  Yes, yes I could.

However...this is my thought....I feel good.  I feel really good.  I fit into pants 2 sizes smaller than what I did a year ago.  My skirts that used to fit a little snug around the waist now drop down to my hips.  Is it really about the weight, the actual pounds, or it how I look and I feel?   I will continue to exercise and continue to watch what I eat, but I really think I am done with "dieting."

I am okay with that.


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I love doggies and I will look at them at pet adoption clinics and on line I will look at ads.  I have two HUGE Labradors, so I am obviously not looking for another baby, but I love puppies and I love to hold them and if I lived on a big ranch with acreage and lots of cashola for food, I would adopt every poor baby in the shelters!!

My dad used to say that mutts were the best dogs.  He claimed they were smarter and more obedient.  And when I was a kid, you could get a mutt for free.  Some might even pay YOU to take them off their hands!  No one would ever think to pay for a mutt.

Well, there are no such things as mutts any longer.  No, there are not.  Now we have exotic, hybrid breeds such as: Maltipoo, Labradoodle, Puggle, Yorkipoo, Chiweenie, Pomsky, and Chorkie which are a few of my most favorite.  People actually charge people for these doggies.  In the case of a Pomsky, they range from $1500 to $5000.  Yes...that is not a typo; $5000 for a mixed breed puppy.

I understand charging for a dog because I think the mindset would be if you pay for a dog you are less likely to abuse it or use it as bait or whatever.  I would pay for a mixed breed dog to assure the seller that it was going to a good home.  I get that.  But I can't say I would pay more than, I don't know, $100 I guess.  And that amount would make my dad roll over in his grave!!

I guess as an animal lover I am a bit torn.  I think if people stop buying $5000 mixed breed puppies, people would have to stop selling them.  Therefore, they would have to stop breeding them.   Which I am in complete favor of!  But, if they didn't stop breeding them, and no one paid for them, they would end up in shelters and this is a really bad thing.  Shelters are overcrowded and those poor, poor babies (different rant for a different day!).  I don't want those babies in shelters, but I can't see the justification for such extraordinary prices for them either.

I don't really know what my point is or if I even really have one.  I guess it just cracks me up as to how we justify some "mistakes."   Ooops...my negligence has caused my beautiful, full-bred Siberian Husky to accidentally breed with a Pomeranian.  Whatever should I do?  Hey...wait a minute... this was not a mistake, this was pure genius.  I shall call them a Pomsky and charge the crap out of people because they are so cute!  Mistake?  Schmistake!!

So...those were my two things.  Just two stupid things that I needed to talk about!

Oh, I lied -- Three Things!!  ---  I love you.  ;-)

XOXO