"Ok Google

Yesterday I discovered the greatest thing!  I would imagine you have seen the commercials advertising "OK GOOGLE".  Since  I have a Samsung S5 phone I use that feature from time to time. Now for the cool part,  I can say "ok google how do you spell -------" and it tells me.  This just might change my life, literally adding minutes to each day.  :) No really!!!!!  Being extremely challenged in the spelling department there are several times a day that spell check can't even figure out what word I am looking for.   I will even search in the hard back Webster's with no luck.  Spelling words correctly is important to me and I work hard to get them correct.  I can spend quite a bit of time looking for the word I want only to end up substituting in another word that is easier to spell.  I just had to share this since I know there are other spelling challenged individuals out there looking for help.  At least two of my sons got the damaged spelling gene from me.  Those of you who take your gift of spelling for granted STOP IT!!!!!!  You are blessed.

A Happy, Healthy Me

A little over a year ago I made a decision to get serious about my health.  I didn't ever loose all the weight gained after the birth of my first son almost 29 years ago.  Wow time does fly.  My weight has gone up and down as I've tried various fad diets.  I would have some success but it was always short term.  These programs didn't help me change my bad habits or fit into my lifestyle.  Honestly the only real accomplishment was feeling like a failure.

My list of aches and pains was growing quite long.  I was also on medicine for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.  I would be out of breath just climbing a flight of stairs or taking a short walk.  I had very little flexibility so I was concerned about falling.  My weight had robbed me of a desired lifestyle.  It was time to take action and responsibility with my health and weight.  So for the next several blog post  I  will talk about this journey so far.  I am not at my goal but I am finally brave enough to share my success as well as failure.   So stay tuned if you are interested or just plain nosey (LOL).