I just read Pat Benatar’s memoir, Between A Heart and a Rock Place
this past weekend. Full disclosure I’m a fan of hers, love her music, grew up with her in the 80′s, saw her in concert twice and I loved this book.
It is a well written book that flows seamlessly through her life and rock and roll career. I was surprised to learn about her personal life, her priority being a mother first and a singer second. As she says in her book you won’t find a scandal about her and she hasn’t had to do the rehab thing either. Not too many entertainers (from the 80′s or today) can say that!
Reading about her relationship and collaboration with her husband Neil “Spyder” Giraldo was refreshing and enlightening to learn how much he has contributed to her (their) success and how they really have put their marriage and family first.
I hear entertainers say all the time that “it’s a business” and Pat Benatar explains what that meant in her world, with contracts, record companies and agents. Oh yea and scummy Radio Station Managers. She definitely fought a few battles regarding being treated with respect and overcoming the mysogony and sexist that was put on her by those in the record industry. Read more…
Hey everyone I’ve been kinda quiet, but it’s all good.
Happy to report that I’ve gone 7 days now without chocolate! Woohoo! A major success for me and with every day that goes by my resolve to continue without it gets stronger (although my niece did make homemade ice cream with Oreo’s in it tonight – I left as they were serving it and I wasn’t even tempted).
Thumbs Up for/from ME!
My eating is better too, although I find that I really have to remind myself to eat (especially lunch) because I’m so used to not eating.
My pants are perhaps a skoosh looser than a week ago.
I am feeling better physically, mentally and emotionally too.
I finally shaved my legs (have been lazy and let the blonde hair grow) and have started putting lotion on my body. Yes I seriously need to reconnect with my body and love it!
I’ve tackled the pile of dirty dishes that have been sitting in my sink and on my cupboard for weeks, (yea they were pretty awful) was going to take a before and after picture to show you but it was just way too disgusting (trust me). I scrubbed down my kitchen sink and counter and feel lighter already with it being clean.
Blessings to all of us,
Sabrina
My car windows haven’t been washed in a very long time. I buy my gas at COSTCO where the prices are cheaper than the usual gas station but they are all about moving the cars through the line and have no squeegees and window washing fluid to wash windows with.
I don’t usually notice how dirty and spotted they are until in the evening when the sun hits them at a certain angle. I go on about my business and forget about them until the next evening and so on and so on.
You might be wondering why I don’t just go through a car wash, well I have a cracked windshield and with the extreme heat here in Vegas the cold water could shatter it, so I avoid the car wash.
Last night when I got home from dinner I took the action to clean them. It didn’t take very long, less than 5 minutes total and wow what a difference it makes now.
I couldn’t believe how much better (dare I say happier) I felt after cleaning them. One simple 5 minute task is all it took.
My lightbulb moment was when I realized that by having dirty, spotted windows I’ve not been seeing life clearly (on a physical or a spiritual level).
Okay I still need to deal with the cracked windshield and I will as soon as my financial picture improves.
Blessings to all of us,
Sabrina
I’m trying to pay attention to what shows up in my life and the meaning of it so last night I watched the movie The Answer Man starring Jeff Daniels and Lauren Graham.
The reason I probably put this movie on hold from the library was because Lauren Graham was in it. I loved her in Gilmore Girls so it was good to see her in something. If you are a Gilmore Girl fan then you might want to know that the dialog moves at a good pace but not as fast as it did on Gilmore Girls:)
The story line is about a reclusive author Arlen Faber (Jeff Daniels) who wrote a book “Me and God” which became a phenomenon and defined spirituality for a generation twenty years ago. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the publication of the book (and all the spinoffs) his life collides with the lives of Elizabeth (Lauren Graham) and Kris (Lou Taylor Pucci).
Since I love used bookstores I was happily surprised to see a real used bookstore as one of the central locations for this movie.
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Addicted to Chocolate
My name is Sabrina and I’m a chocolate addict. A very serious chocolate addict, in fact I guess the correct term would be a chocoholic. My current chocolate obsession (drug of choice) is plain M&M’s. (I used to love the BIG Hershey Chocolate Bar with Almonds but had to give them up after moving to Vegas because they melt to fast.) I’ve also gone through phases with Peanut M&M’s but lately they cause so much bloating and heartburn I gave them up.
I don’t drink alcohol but I have a serious chocolate addiction. I can go through a Medium or Large bag within a day or two easy. I can tell you who has the cheapest and best prices for M&Ms. I buy them from different places to avoid the embarrissment of the frequency and amount that I buy. I find myself getting anxious on Friday, because I need to make sure I’ve got enough of a supply to get me through the weekend. Lately I’ve found myself buying M&M’s in the 42oz size bag, clearly signalling that I’m going through more, faster while doing nothing to improve the state of my health.
Day 1 – First Step – Remove all Chocolate from the house.
I woke up this morning feeling hung over (I don’t drink) but I had eaten a half gallon of rocky road ice cream last night and as many M&M’s as I could before I went to sleep. If you struggle with addiction of any type, you know how it is, one last binge before a fresh new start.
Thankfully today was trash day so I cleaned out the chocolate syrup bottles, empty ice cream cartons and M&M wrappers from my fridge put them in the trash and took them out to the curb just as the trash truck pulled up – what timing!
Lately M&M’s have been my drug (chocolate fix) of choice.
I know I will be surrounded and tempted by chocolate every day but just getting all things chocolate out of my house makes it easier for me and reaffirms my committment to not eat it.
I still had some M&M’s left but I put them in a container and took them to work where I but them in the lunch room for anyone who wanted them to help themselves.
I didn’t get much sleep last night and without my normal gargantuan dose of sugar I was really dragging today, and a little bit off kilter too.
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