My dear hubby is the naughtiest man in the world

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chocolate, dessert, postaday2014, sweets, weight

I told my hubby that I decided to take a break from ice cream because I have been feeling icky, bloated and fat. It isn’t a bad thing to lay off the ice cream because honestly it is full of sugar and fat. My hubby, I think, probably feels that I am going overboard in my breakup with my favorite dessert.

Having said this, imagine my reaction when while I was waiting in the car while he went into the convenience store at the gas station and I see him come out with a bag and a huge self-satisfied smile on his face. My hubby made a purchase of something that I have always had a soft spot for, the Snickers bar, but not just any Snickers bar, the biggest bar that I have ever seen.

I know that my hubby bought these goodies with a lot of love in his heart. I also realize that it is my craziness with my weight and how I feel about my body that is driving me to want to take a break from ice cream and from all sweets in general. I’m lucky that I have a hubby who is very concerned about my well-being both physically, mentally and emotionally. But I still wish that he hadn’t purchased a Snickers bar that will tempt me to no end, the naughty man.

The Polar Vortex

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postaday2014, weather

Not only the Northeast but also a large swath of the Midwest and further down South, we are experiencing bone chilling temperatures. I had to write about it because the name Polar Vortex is a new one for me. I am sure that climatologists are familiar with the term and probably use it to describe temperature shifts at the poles, but I have never heard it applied to the continental United States. As I have been reading about this new term for us amateur weather people, inhabitants of planet Earth, I learned that this Polar Vortex has taken a drunken tour down to visit the United States, instead of staying up North where it lives. I can understand wanting to visit other places, but I am pretty sure that ten minutes into the Polar Vortex drunken visit down South, we felt that it had overstayed its visit.

I know that I write often enough that time rushes by too quickly, but trust me when I write this, I cannot wait for Thursday when the temperatures come back to a balmier 35-40 degrees. This is not pleasant by any stretch of the imagination. So if you are in the throes of the Polar Vortex, stay warm and just remember that the drunken climate shift will be over soon.