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This is so lame but I had to get it out of my mind and onto paper, well computer.

I spent the last two days in AC with a friend for the David Cook concert. Now I’ve seen him before and I knew the show would be amazing, b/c it always is but the trip truly changed me. I’m not going into details too much (I don’t want to brag or anything of what I heard, saw, or who I met to exploit the trip or the band)

What I do want to say is that for the first time I truly see “life on the moon” (the good and bad of it) and now see it in a new light and level that I never saw before. I believe it is not an explanation to the fans but rather a letter to his friends he’d left behind (ie Neal and Andy)  

Furthermore this weekend has made me realize that those five men are so special and so wonderful and that All of them- Joey, Kyle, Andy, Neal, and David especially- have planted a place for themselves firmly in my heart and that no matter what changes occur in my life and no matter how much time passes; fads, bands, and Heroes may come and go but the Hold they have on me is truly Permanent. I will never give anyone my whole heart b/c I wouldn’t be able to Let Go or Leave them Behind  so boys if you ever read this you can keep my heart.

Now you can say what you want, you can think I’m a crazed fan or stalker, I know I’m not because I saw those people and I know I’m not. I also know that along with the greatest rockers of our time I saw a precious fragile little soul and as the tears ran down our faces we realized that the tiny gift we gave David was better than anything we could have ever bought ourselves.

So i know i haven’t blogged in a while.

im’ still trying to figure out how to make this a

productive and useful blog. however i was scared that if i didn’t write anythnig for too long that i’d loose the blog and i don’t want it shut down, at leasr not yet.

Anyway so people have been telling me that i loo great having lost over 20 lbs, and i really do enjoy hearing it. However i don’t know how to take the congratulations. i’ve been chub for so long it’s just odd to all of a sudden hear. Also, it’s always said in front of my BFF, who is on the weightloss treck with me and i feel guilty.

She’s been helping me through the whole thing. if it wasn’t fo her walking and/ or going to the gym with me i definitely wouldn’t be here and (even though she is beautiful and never needed the weightloss the way i did) she hasn’t lost as much as i did. Anyway so i feel like everytime someone congratulates me it’s thrown in her face and i feel guilty.

She still looks better than i do so i shouldn’t feel bad but i do. if anyone reads this, is there any way  ro kil my guilt?

Most people will say that they recycle, which is a good thing. But the truth of the matter is that they usually only do it when they find it convenient for them to do so. I however, have been known to carry a Starbuck’s Frappachinno cup for hours until I can find a recycle can.

I am not a martyr I just want to show that it is possible to recycle any time.

In addition to yesterday’s post…

I forgot two major things about liquid soap use. When purchasing liquid soap only buy it in a dispenser once. Then buy the giant refill packages and reuse the dispensers because they are still perfectly good. These refills are available almost everywhere you can buy soap and I’m pretty sure they are sold by every brand. You get a lot more soap for your money this way and you also aren’t getting rid of countless bottles a year.

Then when the dispenser does have to tossed, RECYCLE it. Always recycle if it is at all possible.  

Since I started with using the bathroom, the next logical step is washing your hands.

As of right now, I don’t have any tips on bar soap however if you use liquid soap, chances are you are using too much of it. What you want to do is put a rubber band (or a pigtail holder) right under where you pump. This reduces the amount of soap you get on your hands, but it is still enough to get a good wash.

Ok so how does this help save money and the planet?

Well the more soap you use, the more soap you have to buy so doing this lasts twice as long and therefore you buy half as much soap. It also reduces the amount of packaging that is wasted, thus less waste and a better planet.

This might sound a bit gross but you waste a lot of water flushing a toilet. Now I’m suggesting that you stop using that bathroom or that you start using the backyard like an animal. Remember these are supposed to be easy changes that can be made. That being said, there are two things that we do in the bathroom and when doing the first you do not need to flush.

If you are a female you only use a tiny bit of paper and males use none therefore if you do this body function two or three times (depending on your water power)  without flushing there will not be any clogging and you save water which translates into less water waste and a cheaper water bill.

So in my quest to become a valid and profitable blog I was thinking that I would give every month (or week depending on length) a theme. In the Spirit of this, I’m going to start by making February all about eco-friendly tips.

We all need to conserve to protect our planet and there are some really easy things that every single person can do every day to help achieve this. The bonus is that many times these tips will lead to you saving money as well, which in this economy is always a good idea.

So I hope you all enjoy ECO-FEB starting tomorrow.

Huge news!

David Cook’s Album was just certified Platinum!

To put this into perspective, David Cook (the album not the man) only came out nine weeks ago!

If that doesn’t seem fast Jordin Sparks, who won American Idol in May of 2007 just went platinum about 2 months ago!

I suppose now the only question is when we he receive the actual Platinum record?

A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said that the hospital was testing an amazing new high-tech machine that would transfer a portion of the mother’s labor pain to the baby’s father. He asked if they were willing to try it out. Both said they were very much in favor of it.
 
 The doctor set the pain transfer to 10 percent for starters, explaining that even 10 percent was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced before. But, as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the doctor to go ahead and kick it up a notch. The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20 percent pain transfer. The husband was still feeling fine.
 
 The doctor then checked the husband’s blood pressure and was amazed at how well he was doing . At this point they decided to try for 50 percent.
 
 The husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was obviously helping the wife considerably, the husband encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the pain to him.
 
 The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain, and the husband had experienced none. She and her husband were ecstatic.
 
 When they got home they found the UPS man dead on the porch.

In 1990, Cooper Began working as a fact checker for Channel One, a news program made to air in classrooms. After working six months as a fact-checker, 22-year-old Cooper quit the job, secured a fake press ID, bought a video camera and headed on his own to Africa to cover the crisis in Somalia. Soon selling his work to Channel One, who eventually made him chief international correspondent. In 1994, he became a reporter for ABC News.  At the age of 28, Cooper was their youngest correspondent. In September of 1999, Cooper became the permanent anchor of World News Now, while continuing to work as a correspondent.  In need of a break, Cooper took a two year detour from news into the world of reality TV and became the host ABC’s reality show, The Mole for its first two seasons.   

            After terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Cooper realized his true calling was in helping people tell their stories and in late 2001 was hired by CNN to work as an anchor alongside Paula Zahn on American Morning with Paula Zahn.  In September 2003, Cooper took over the evening show with Aaron Brown and it was renamed Anderson Cooper 360°.  Cooper gained notoriety and a huge fan base while covering Hurricane Katrina in late 2005, which subsequently led to Anderson Cooper 360 being expanded into a two hour show.