Deep In The Forrest

Today finds me way over my limit of sleepiness. I think it has to do with the fact that #1, I didn't do my morning workout, and #2, I've been kicking the diet drinks once again in favor of nothing but water. Therefore, I haven't had any caffeine in a while either, which is probably great for my system, but has left me with a nagging headache... I just want to take a big fat nap. Water is an essential key in weight loss, along with a healthy lifestyle (watching your food intake, and regular exercise). I'm sorry but there is just no shortcut. You can take supplements and pills, get surgery, or whatever else that assists you with your weight loss, but if you don't keep up a proper lifestyle, then you're not going to be fit, you'll be fat. I'm still way away from my goals, but I am trying. A nap would probably not help any at all. lol! Since we are discussing sleep, and water, I guess it's good to be reminded to go ahead and drink more of your water int...

You have plenty to read and catch up on , so while you're here take a load off and stay for a bit, relax and read some of my latest entries, which are actual excerpts from my journal (age 14). Yes, you get to peek into the mind of the teen-Aunt-Jackie... it's going to get even more fun... so stick around. First, take a look at today's Weekly Words Challenge! Brought to us as always by our friend Tink of Pickled Beef . This week's words were "One" and "Water" . Off you go!! Watch the slideshow, then enjoy a good read. Click Here If You Are Unable To View Slideshow

Mondays probably get most everyone down, unless that happens to be one of your days off... So of course, i'm understood there. However, as I have discussed before, rainy days do not get me down... I find them relaxing and renewing to my soul... rain and water involuntarily finds its way into the lyrics of many of my songs and words to alot of my poems... I favor rain just as I do trees. This morning, it looks like rain again... I sigh with satisfaction at the darkened sky and the fuzzy watercolor clouds above... the sunrise was pretty this morning, since the sun attempted to come by, it was kind of pinkish-purple on my way to my morning workout. Reminds me of morning times as my Mother would drive me to elementary school, in the rain... I'd watch the rain hitting the windshield, observing as the droplets would trickle down, sometimes joining one another and getting larger... and larger... then heavier until finally they would roll right out of sight. The soft scent of the mois...