The Life and Times of "Tanya"

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I can't stop thinking about my great costume for Halloween--if you have one that you think is better than Santa Claus, please let me know!! By the way, as far as my weight loss is going, I'm down 9 pounds! I am actually starting to feel my clothes get looser! I'm so excited, but I'm still heavy enough to make a great Santa Claus tonight! -Tanya

Are you interested in online coupons ??? If so, I HAVE to let you know about this new site, www.couponchief.com, where you can get LOTS of coupons from your favorite merchants…in case you're interested, my favorites are: Best Buy , Zappos , because I love my shoes, and of course Overstock.com If you like any of these businesses, prepare to get lots of their coupons on the couponchief site! Whatever it is you're looking for, you're likely to find it on www.couponchief.com. They really are the chief of coupons!!! -Tanya

So, I decided that I'm going to be Santa Claus for Halloween! Do you think that's a good idea??? I am really excited, because I'm going to go out tonight and buy a big fluffly beard and some red pajamas for his suit. If I can figure out how to post a picture, I definitely will. Can't wait for the Halloween party tonight! aynat-tanya

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Hi Everyone, Just starting another day at my wonderful workplace. Since it's Halloween, we are planning to get dressed up tonight, but I still don't know what to wear. The rule is that we make our costume, so it's not like I won't be able to find anything at the stores, but I am not very crafty and I really have no idea what I'm doing in that department. Any ideas? Tanya

Hey everyone, So I just checked out an article on Tech Crunch called: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/payperpost-is-now-officially-absurd/ You should really see it--they call PayPerPost a virus that is now here to stay. I completely disagree--I think that people should have the option to post WHATEVER they want--be it ads for which they are compensated, i.e. paid blogging , or their own ridiculous musings that they think other people care about, or whatever. PayPerPost is supporting those people who are interested in making some money from their blog, which is certainly not a bad thing, and they are promoting business at the same time. In addition, once you have a PayPerPost account, it is not like you have to post specific ads that you don't agree with, and most ads even pay you to post BAD things about them--only some require that you are positive in your ad, and you don't have to chose those if you don't want to. In fact, all of advertising is positive--I mean,

Hey there everyone I think this Monday is gearing up to be very nice. I didn't have a very nice weekend with Suice here, because she was in a pretty annoying mood, and she kept picking on my weight--maybe she is jealous because I lost 8 pounds when she thought I would be more likely to gain weight--she was even calling this my weight gain journey. Isn't that mean? Anyway, I'm here and getting ready for a meeting with my box manager Steve Sallit and it's going to really be exciting because I am proposing a new box that's going to be icosahedral and self-assembling...just kidding, we're just going to keep making the regular boxes. -Tanya

Recently I called my airline provider to Churn and told them I will never fly their airlines again--and I am completely certain that this decision is final. The airline was British Airways and I was on a flight back from London to New York during the increased security measures due to the terrorist threats. I had to check all my luggage, including my very expensive camera equipment, and when we landed, my bag containing the expensive electronics was missing! All the other bags had made it through. It was not until 5 days later when I learned that my bag was being returned--a courier service brought it...but when I looked inside, the bag was empty! So, it turned out that one of the British Airways associates stole the electronics from my bag, and I have no way to trace them. So, I will NEVER fly British Airways again--especially NOT through London's Heathrow airport. Even worse, when I called their customer service repeatedly, they were absolutely repugnant, they did not help

Well hello everyone, I hope you are all looking forward to Halloween like I am. I still haven't found a costume but I plan to go looking for one tonight after my work shift is up. Does anyone have any great ideas for a costume? Post a comment to let me know! TaNyA...BOO!

Here, I publish a Disclosure Policy Generator for my blog, because I think it's important for bloggers to present their intentions to their readers. Personally, I believe that my intentions are good--I am chronicling my weight loss journey, I am describing my daily activities, and I regularly post interesting things that I find for you, often, but not always, through the website PayPerPost. I you are interested in learning more about disclosure policies and why they are important to the future of blogging, please visit http://www.disclosurepolicy.org/ -Tanya

Hi There, I assume this will be my last chance to blog today, because I am going to go for a nice long walk for the rest of the day. But I wanted to let you guys know that I'll be thinking of you and I hope you all have a nice day, no matter where in the world you are. If it's sunny in your hometown, enjoy a nice walk! <3_TANYA_<3

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If anyone has been reading my site faithfully and has some comments, I'd love to hear them! I'm beginning to think of myself as an experienced blogger, and I only want to make my site as great as it can possibly be. I was thinking that I would change my background to something really original, but I can't think of anything original to use. What does everything think of the job I've been doing? Should I quit box making and become a full time blogger? (Just kidding, maybe). -Tanya-

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OK I swear I’m really going to bed this time, but I just wanted to write really quick to say that Suice is already asleep, and although she made me post the last thing about how she loves me despite my weight, I was hoping that some of you could rally against her—she is planning on make a site called www.itsallaboutsuice.blogspot.com, but it hasn’t happened yet. When it does, could you make sure to post a lot of mean things on it? I was thinking she was my friend until our sleepover tonight, and now I know that she is totally mean—I won’t be having any more sleepovers with her anytime soon. Please make me feel better with your loyal reading and positive comments! Tan-fat-ya

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Hey there everybody, I’m hanging with Suice tonight and she wanted to type something, so here she is: Hey readers, I’m Suice—I’m really excited to be hanging out with none other than my very best chica friend pal Tannnnyyaaa~! I think she’s so great, and even though she’s really overweight, I still love her and I hope you do too!! Um…it’s me Tanya again, and I don’t know if I’ll post this one or not… _Nighty Night_ Tan and Sui

Hi readers, I wanted to alert you to a new site called Organized Wisdom—where you can Help others by sharing 1 piece of health wisdom at OrganizedWisdom.com . The idea is to write your own health wisdom or read others on the site so that you can learn of others trials, tribulations, or inspirational stories—don’t repeat the health mistakes of the people who came before you! So, the site is www.OrganizedWisdom.com, and I promise you’ll be glad you organized your own wisdom!! Here is some Tanya wisdom for you to check out. -Tanya (and Suice is here too)

Hey Everyone Tanya here, who else? I just wanted to tell everyone that my friend Suice just found a new guy and we are thinking about going on a double date but the problem is that I don’t have a date yet! She does of course, because she is much prettier than me, and because I’m still very overweight while she is a size 2! If there are any readers who would be interested in being my date, I’ll be happy to pay you!! -Sad in Springfield

Hi Everyone, Tanya here, and I’m writing to talk about how much I got paid using PayPerPost —it’s up over 200 dollars, and although I have not actually seen any of the money yet, I am really excited about it. Payperpost pays you to post ads on your blog (or, more generally, your website), and it allows you to make a nice little amount of money on the side for fun things like going to the beach and riding a surrey, or taking your goldfish to the circus. Anyway, it’s an awesome site, and I’m so glad I found it because I’m posting ads all the time, and it’s a great way to see what the buzz is throughout the blogosphere. So click on the site above if you want to take part in the PayPerPost craze. There is always something new!

Hi Everyone I'm so sorry that I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, but I spent the entire day reading other peoples' blogs, and I found this really neat one about this guy named Tave Calzone who is really complex but misunderstood. If you're interested in taxidermy, you should check out his site, it's http://www.itsallabouttave.blogspot.com/ and let me know what you think. -Tanya

So, you guys may have heard about PayPerPost lately, where you can be paid to blog , and they are a great company that is doing a lot of great things for their employees, but the thing is that sometimes, it gets stressful there, and they get tired…just like at my workplace! So, in order to make them feel better, the boss has encouraged the team members to start doing video confessionals (yes....he will do it to). Here is the first confessional from Flaming Tamale. You gotta check it out! I watched it and I really loved it…it shows that all workplaces can be tiring and busy and stressful, it’s not just mine, and it’s not just yours! If you need a pick-me-up, then you cannot miss this video…make sure you don’t miss it! http://blog.payperpost.com/2006/10/video-confessional-flaming-tamale.html

You guys are so great—I just got in to work and got myself a nice coffee, and I’m ready to make some boxes! I thought that I’d be wishing I’d gotten those hotdogs, but actually, I’m just fine! I’m so proud of how far I’ve come, and there is still a long way to go, but I really think I can make it thanks to you guys and the great community I’ve found here. If you have any comments about my site, please feel free to post them, because I do this for the fans. Lovin’ boxes in Springfield -Taaaaaannnnnyyyyaaaa

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You cannot believe how much temptation to eat I had this morning—I was walking to work because it’s such great exercise, and I walked past this hot dog stand. In case I haven’t written this before—hot dogs are my absolute favorite food in the whole entire world. And I didn’t get one! In the past, I wouldn’t have thought twice about having two juicy hot dogs with all the trimmings for breakfast, but today, I thought about it, and just didn’t get any! The hot dog guy looked pretty sad, but it’s for my health, right? -Tanya

So I was thinking, what should I do for Halloween, and it turns out that I found the best idea!! FrightWorld The Movie World Premiere Oh my gosh, I could not even live with myself if I didn’t pass this information on: it turns out that on Halloween, also known as October 31st, the world premiere of FRIGHTWORLD (which is going to be a totally awesome movie) will be held at Frightworld Haunted Amusement. You cannot miss this show—indeed, Frightworld Haunted Amusement is regarded as one of the top 13 scream parks in the United States!! If you get yourself and all your friends to Frightworld, you’ll enjoy live music and you’ll be able to ask questions and get answers from the cast. I recently was thinking about what I would do for Halloween, and I thought…oh no not another of the many haunted hayrides…if seems like I go on them every week…but no, this is something different. Frightworld promises to be the best Halloween you’ve had in a very long time, and you can take my word for tha

Hi everyone, I can't tell you all enough how much your comments have meant to me. They really are wonderful, and I'm just so appreciative that I have great readers like you. Like I said, I dropped 6 pounds so far, and it's thanks to this blog! Have a great day, Tanya

For my last post today, I need to talk about NASCAR! If I didn't discuss this awesome and fast growing sport, I would regret it forever. And now you can check out NASCAR Space ( NASCAR Forum ), an amazing high quality NASCAR forum where you can chat and talk about nascar, ask questions, give your opinon and more! I checked out this site, and let me tell you, it made me a NASCAR fan likity split!! By the way, you can also check out this link: ( NASCAR ) You will be glad you checked out this site, trust me! -Tan-e-ya

I’m sure you laughed at my last few posts—that’s me at my funniest, when my belly is full and I’m feeling jolly. Anyway, I was just walking home from work (good exercise!) and I found 10 dollars on the ground, so I thought I would use it toward some new computer software. Does anyone have any good ideas about software I should buy? I was thinking that I could really use some new voice altering software. Mine doesn’t sound good anymore. Love ya lots- Big Taan

I want to make sure that everyone reads the book and blog banned by Yahoo and Google Samson Blinded . My company has forbidden me from reading it, but if any of you have read it please let me know about it. I am very interested in knowing as much as possible about the Middle East conflict, and this book, by Obadiah Shoher, abandons moralizing to view Israeli-Muslim struggle in terms of raw realpolitik. Let me know what you think about this, and you can read more about it at www.terrorismisrael.com Love, Tanya

I can’t believe how far I’ve come—I’ve lost 6 pounds since I started this blog, and although it sometimes looks like I’ve actually gained weight in the mirror, I’m going to go with what my scale says. Wait…can scales ever un-calibrate and start weighing people as if they’re getting lighter when really they’re not? I doubt it, but if my many readers have comments on this, I’d <3 to hear them! You know you’re number one in my book. -Tanya

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Suice called and said that steak can be unhealthy in large amounts. To cut down on fat calories found in meat, I shredded a small cardboard box on my salad, and covered it with ranch dressing. We'll see if it works. I already feel like I've gone down a size. T

All right, this will probably be my last post of the day, but I was thinking about my readers and what they must think of my weight, and I just wanted to clarify that I’m doing this for health purposes and not for vanity purposes, although I cannot really deny that I would look nicer if I dropped a few thousand pounds. Love ya, Tanya

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So, today I was thinking about eating a nice steak, and I realized that I might just need some iron in my body. My friend Suice said that sometimes you need some liver or steak, and even though it’s not the healthiest thing, it’s good for you to get the nutrients you need. Anyway, I thought it would be ok to fulfill this craving AND also make sure that I’m being healthy by having a STEAK SALAD! I’m proud of myself.

So, once I get in shape and get a date, the next thing I’m going to do is go out and buy some new lingerie. I’m 32 and I don’t have ANY yet…can you believe it? And there’s this great company, that I’m going to check out FIRST. Check out this site: lingerie , and make sure that you tell them it was my idea. I looked through and found a bunch of things that I loved, but my top faves were the : plus size baby doll lingerie , the plus size sexy waitress costume , and most of all the PVC patent strap teddy . Either way, this is definitely going to look great once I get it—whether or not I lose the weight. This is a great site, and I would definitely recommend it. Make sure you check it out right away!!! -Have a great day!- Tanya

Hi readers, In the event that I lose the weight that I’m planning to lose, I’m going to still keep this site going, because I think it’s a really great opportunity for me to hone my writing skills. So don’t worry that once I am successful in getting my weight down that I will no longer post things, because that’s an unfounded worry. I really enjoy writing to you all!

So, I work in an office, and it’s definitely an office from hell, even though I recently wrote that I love my work. I mean, sometimes it’s hell, and sometimes I love it. It fluctuates. Anyway, I found this awesome company called Offices2share.com, and they have a great fresh idea of creating a free search engine on which you can search for various short term, ready to use office space. And that’s not all—they are running a contest in which you send them your list of why your office is from hell, and you can win 12 months of rent (up to $12,000) at any location posted on Offices2Share.com plus a paid trip to New York City to have lunch with Donald Trump's right-hand man and former Co-Star of The Apprentice - George Ross!! I would LOVE that!!! Although I cannot upload a video because my office is confidential, I can say the following: I hate my office because 1. Everyone calls me fat, sometimes 2. There are people that make better boxes than I ever will 3. My chair has a hard bo

I think that once I lose the weight, I’ll stop calling myself Tanya. Maybe it’s just because I’ve always been fat, and Tanya’s always been my name, or maybe it really is a fat girl name, but either way, to me, it connotes fat, and I think I want to get rid of it. But I’ll keep it while I still am fat, because why not. Are there any skinny (or even thin) girls named Tanya out there? I’d like to hear from you.

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Wow, I am really hearing from a lot fewer people than I had expected, but that’s OK, because it’s really therapeutic for me to type out my thoughts, even if I’m not getting a lot of comments. Maybe that just comes with time, I mean, my friend Tina gets comments on every post she puts up! It’s really great for her, but I’m a little envious.

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All right, another day, another weigh in: now I’m down 3 pounds, and I’m really proud of that. I did a great job this weekend of watching what I ate, and I didn’t go out to eat any of the nights, so that made it a lot easier to keep my portion size down. What do you think about my progress? Don’t be afraid to email me and tell me what you think!-Tanya

no specific text required avivadirectory Wow, I just found this great new trivia blog, and it's got some really amazing things on it. First of all, it's organized into headings, which I think is a great idea, because it allows you to remember the specific pieces of trivia better. For instance, I found the following piece of trivia about monsters: In Romania, beware of a seventh son or daughter. They have the ability to turn into werewolves....but at the same time, there were tons of other things about monsters in that heading, plus there were things about cats, and the eiffel tower, and pretty much anything you can think of! I assure you that if you check out this site, you won't be disappointed. Just go to: http://www.avivadirectory.com/trivia/ . And make sure you let me know your reaction. Personally, I loved it! -Tanya

This will probably be my last blog of the day because I really need to work on my dating site, but since I haven’t really heard from any of my readers, I was hoping you guys could come through and send me some great information for making my dating site really impressive. If I cannot come up with anything good on my own, I’ll probably just ditch the idea.

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Well I just signed onto an online dating site, and I realized that I need to upload a photo—do any of you have any ideas as to the best way to take a good dating photo? I once saw a little piece on this (I think it was on Dr. Phil), and they said not to be too suggestive, but I don’t know how else to attract guys to my site. Do you have any ideas???

blog marketing Oh boy! I get so excited about these puzzle pieces, that I can't help but post them. I hope nobody minds that I'm talking about the payperpostbluemonster game so much, and not really discussing my weight loss journey. I'll definitely get back to that, but for now, I really just want to let everyone know about this contest!

Wow, I just recently found out that I am cached on Google—how exciting! If you’re a reader of my site, could you tell me how people get cached on Google? I really don’t understand it, and I cannot find any mention of it in my computer manual. Maybe it’s classified information?

Here is another puzzle piece from payperpostbluemonster. Gotta catch em all, right? Isn't that a phrase from something else? I can't remember...anyway, if you can assemble the puzzle--and be the FIRST to do so, you'll win $500 dollars. Is that initiative enough? PayPerPost is a great site for blog ads and their puzzle idea is great! Maybe I should make a puzzle of me for my readres to piece together...teehee! -Tanya

Good morning everyone Today I am going to check out some online dating—you might have noticed that I haven’t written anything about a “significant other” and the reason for that is there isn’t one! If you have any ideas which sites I should check out, let me know because I know nothing about this stuff.

All right, here is yet another puzzle piece, and I hope that I'm helping some people out with my posting of these. Remember, the contest is Payperpostbluemonster, all one word, and if you search for that, you can find all the puzzle pieces. I heard somewhere that there are 192 or something like that, but if you assemble them, you get $500! Wow--good luck everyone. -Tanya blog ads

I love Dunkin Donuts so much, and I just had to say that to everyone who goes out and buys a French toast stick--let me know what you think of them. I love them, but my friend Josephine thinks they could be better. I hope to start a nationwide survey of this. -Tanya

blog ads Wow another puzzle piece, and this one looks so good I could almost eat it . Maybe I’m a little hungry on account of this diet I’m on—I’m trying the South Beach Diet, and it’s in the point where I’m working toward establishing a new equilibrium. This one is payperpostbluemonster puzzle piece number 172. -Tanya

Tanya here--and it's a great Saturday morning in Springfield. It's a beautiful day and I'm going to spend the morning on a nice walk and then come back for some Dunkin Donuts coffee and a bagel. Hope that'll be a healthy choice. -Tanya

Hey guys, Tanya here! I have another puzzle piece for that $500 contest. Looks like you can read the words VMix...very interesting! This is the blog marketing for the super secret (and hopefully super awesome) PayPerPostBlueMonster program. The winner (probably me) will get $500 for collecting all the puzzle pieces and putting them together. I could use that money to buy an awesome printer for my new computer! Then I can print out song lyrics for all my MP3's as well as any future computer manuals I might need!! It is piece #178.

Oh, I forgot to put what my job actually is in my previous post, and I’m not sure how to edit them once they’re published, so I just have to post a new one. Anyway, I am a box manufacturer, and actually I make boxes for computers, and it turns out that my friend Ned, and I, collaborated on the box that my computer came in! Wow, what a small world.

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All right, well I just had a nice breakfast of eggs and coffee, so I think I’m off to a good start. It turns out that I’m going to be able to blog in the morning, since my work shift is now 11am to 9pm. I love work.

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Good morning— Tanya here, and I decided that the spinning class is really too much for me right now. I went to my first class, and even with my new biking clothes, I looked like a beached whale compared to everyone else. I think I’ll just stick to Tae Bo in my living room for now.

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All right, it’s off to bed because tomorrow morning I have to get up early for my spinning class. There will be no reading of the computer manual tonight—in fact, I’ve almost read it the entire way through, so I can probably just throw it away (I mean, recycle it). This is the greatest new computer, and I’m so glad I can finally blog as often as I’ve always wanted to. Good night and sleep tight. Tanya

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Hey, Tanya here: Just bought some new biking gear for my spinning class. It’s gonna be so great because I’m told the instructor is highly recommended and others have really lost a ton of weight by going to her classes. There are three a week, so I’m really going to get in shape fast! By the way, the instructor’s name is Joanna Scarblat. Sounds like a nice person.

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Well, I’m glad I checked my weight again, because those three pounds were indeed water weight, and although it doesn’t look like I lost any more weight since a few days ago, at least I haven’t gained any either. I’ve signed up for a spinning class that’s going to start tomorrow morning, so I’m really looking forward to it.

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Hey everyone—today I did another weigh in, and I’m up 3 pounds. But I think it’s just water retention, because I had four cups of coffee this morning. I don’t normally drink nearly that much, but last night I was up late studying my computer manual. I’ll check for a decrease in my weight later in the day—I won’t let it get me down! -Tanya

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Well, I am getting ready to have lunch now. I’m hoping for a salad with a good (but light!) dressing, but sometimes I deli I go to has bad lettuce, so I might have to get a sandwich. Either way, I am walking to the deli, so that should burn off a few calories!

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Since I haven't had the reader response that I was hoping for, I thought I would look elsewhere and see if anyone else is posting similar blogs. Sure enough, there are tons of weight loss blogs out there, and mine is just another drop in the bucket. Hopefully, my blog will start to be noticed--I could really use a pep talk by another reader who was able to win the battle of the bulge. I'll definitely keep posting...

Vimo is a new website that allows consumers seeking healthcare and insurance to compare across the prices of a comprehensive list of providers in an unbiased and objective manner. This is the only site of its kind. So, if you’re in the market for insurance, Health Savings Accounts, medical procedures, doctors and/or dentists, I would definitely recommend that you check this site before anything else. After moving a few years ago, I needed to find new primary care physicians and specialists, and I had to waste time searching through each person’s credentials one at a time, and asking my friends what they thought. It took months, and I am still not completely satisfied with my current situation. If only this website had been around then. Luckily, after a quick browse of Vimo, I found some better health care providers than the ones I was currently with, and I am in the process of switching. Definitely check this site out. With the price of healthcare being as high as it is, you hav

This new computer has great speakers. All the better to listen to my soon-to-come massive MP3 collection. I don't even know where to begin. I'm so new to this stuff, yet so excited to get started. If anyone has any suggestions on where to download stuff, let me know!

I'm allowed to do 3 of these ads a day, so why not do 3 puzzle pieces? All the easier for me to win that $500 for reassembling the puzzle. This is a contest run by PayPerPost (a great site for blog ads ) in their attempt to creatively promote their new secret program, PayPerPostBlueMonster. Interested in $500? Good luck beating me (and a lot of other hungry participants). This is piece number 35 if you are interested. Good luck to anyone stopping by to collect this particular puzzle piece!

I did it, I went out and bought it today! It's beautiful I must say. Here we come MP3 downloads and daily blog posting! I just need to get my internet hooked up...easier said than done...hopefully within the week I'll have it going!

This is fun. Another PayPerPost puzzle piece here for you contest winners. Just try and beat me, I dare you! In case you are unaware, this is a PPP's creative form of blog marketing for their new secret program PayPerPostBlueMonster. Someone (me) is going to win $500 for putting the puzzle together on their blog. This is piece 24, in case you were wondering! Good luck to all!

Got a new Tae Bo DVD. I like doing them late at night, taking a nice hot shower afterwards, and going straight to bed. They exhaust me to no end, that's why I need to go to bed right afterwards!

Hey guys, I just signed up for PayPerPost...so here we go! If you haven't heard of it, it's a great site for doing blog ads . They currently have a new secret program lined up called PayPerPostBlueMonster. This picture is a puzzle piece. Put the puzzle together on your blog and win $500. Wow, I hope I'm not too late to join the game. This is puzzle piece number 26.

Only down 0.4 pounds...aww man. I went out for dinner with some friends and we split an appetizer sampler...greasy, fried foods galore! It was worth it then, but is it worth my dejection now? Not really...

I know my sister and my friend from work have periodically checked out my blog...but is there anyone else out there reading? I'm doing this mostly for myself, but it'd be nice to know if there was someone reading...leave a comment!