Hey it's Rock ON Wednesday!!!!!!!
I love this song...........
On the other hand Miss B. likes this song and breaks out in a dance as soon as she hear's it. Then she promptly says "again" as soon as its over......
How can you resist a face like Bella's....
Should I let her in? Why yes I will!!! Olga is coming to Florida! Guess who she's gonna see????
http://olgathetravelingbra.blogspot.com/
More later!
Sugar to all!
It is with a heavy and burdened heart I tell you my sweet Mother In law has left earth and floated softly, upward home..... Gisela was 59, She was a loving wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister and Friend, gone but never forgotten.....
First of all I'm sorry to Fuel My Blog and the Steviva people for this being delayed so long, My Dear Mother in Law is very ill. She has 4 Brain tumors and possible lung Cancer. My heart breaks as I write this. So you see I had honestly forgot about this review until I got a email asking about it.
So now....... I bring you Steviva
I have to say, I still think most sugar substitutes are in the same playing field these days and I think the difference in them; is the opinion that the individual shares about them.
I agreed to write this review; I was NOT paid to do it, I give this opinion freely......
I have Type 2 Sugar Diabetes as many of you know (I gripe about my health enough that everyone should know) Any who, I'm always on the look out for a substitute for sugar, butter anything that will help keep my numbers in the right place. I'm often let down as I haven't found anything that really taste like sugar, that isn't cane sugar. I can say the same about butter and margarine- real is real and they just try to hard to make it seem like the real thing.
So when the Steviva products arrived, I held the same old feelings that this would be another let down. But let me tell you, I really enjoyed the granulated product (Fructevia). It tastes most like sugar and as I rolled it around on my tongue I thought of sugar. Now I will NOT tell you that the Stevia Powder tasted good, because it did NOT! As a matter of fact the first thing that happens when you open the bottle is a wave of powder that sticks to your throat and lungs like a lining of something nasty and unforgettable. I have to say that this isn't the first time that has happened to me when using a powdered form of a sugar substitute, I'm sure part of that comes from the fact that the Stevia Powder has NO fillers in it so it's just the raw sweetener, which is by the way 100% pure it says. I think the best part about the Steviva Powder was the nifty little scoop that came in the bottle! I guess I would say that I will use the Fructevia but, I will not buy or use the Steviva powder- I just did not like the aftertaste or the feeling I got from that stuff!
An after thought here: I read the back of the Steviva Powder bottle and was impressed to find that Stevia is concerned about our environment, GO Steviva!!
If you would like to know more about Steviva take a look here
They say that the Stevia Herb is sweeter than sugar. Trust me it is!
Life is so full of twists and turns and unexpected trials.... face them head on, live life to its fullest and never look back. Hugs, Sugar
OK, so I'm not as good at getting the posts out as I used to be. I'm so tired sometimes, I think I could fall asleep anywhere... well maybe NOT anywhere because, If I was on the floor, I couldn't fall asleep and I know that for a fact! I have been in a mood as of late, It's not bad, it's not good, It's just a mood. I am not unhappy nor am I jumping around singing Tra la la la either. I'm just in a mood. I have so much swirling around in my head that some days I just sit and think about all the great stuff I could write, then I sit here, at my desk and draw a blank.....
I wonder why and how that happens, I feel some days I'm wasting away to the dust I'll one day become. That's a shame for sure...
I'm one of the kinds of people that has to have a clean house to be creative. I have to have a comfortable chair to write and I have to have a smile on my face to be funny....
I can say with a straight face: that my house is clean, what I can't say is that: I'm happy with the degree of clean it is.
My computer desk chair broke a while back and I haven't came off the bucks to buy a new one sooooo my bum isn't to happy about the one I'm using lately LOL, that has allot to do with the fact I don't blog as much. I am eccentric at the very least when it comes to desk chairs, so the newest one out on the market just won't do! I have to have an older model that has the lived in look to feel comfy! I need to go to the local Goodwill Shop and look around, maybe a less picky person is getting rid of one of these babies and I can Score!
I try and keep the smile on my face as much as possible, but with my health issues and of course my Husbands, I have not had the good luck with that. The world and it's troubles worry me, the economy of course worries me, I mean really who isn't worried when you hear every single day more people are losing their jobs and gas prices are going up, etc. I still try and laugh because I think that alone makes things better! Life is hard, not just for me, but for all.
I worry that people don't think about their actions, such as the people having the super huge families while living on welfare, without one thought to the over population of the earth and her resources.... It bothers me when I read of parents killing their children, why I ask myself, I never once in all the hard times I've had, would I ever think of doing that! I just don't understand.
My Husband can't balance his check book- He's super good at math, so it shouldn't be a hard task. He refuses to accept that he has made a mathematical mishap! I, on the other hand, have no worries in this department as I have a whopping 5 bucks in mine LOL! I'm covered for sure!
Week of:February 14Th.....
I got the BEST gift for Valentines day! My Valentine gave me a gold chain with a heart pendant on it, the heart has a diamond in it! Drool ladies, I know I am LOL.
I am 50 years old/young it's the first time in my life anyone has given me a piece of jewelry for Valentines day... And it fits-Woot!
My Valentine also took me out to dinner and was exceptionally sweet all weekend.....
I also got a box of chocolates from my sweetie pie Son and a card! I hope your Valentines Day was as splendid as mine was!
OK I think I'm done ranting for this day! Hugs and SUGAR to YOU!
From the desk of Sugar Queen!
First I would like to say : Thank You Fuel My Blog for giving me this opportunity, You guys are such sweet people who always keep us Bloggers well taken care of, informed and offer some of the most rewarding experiences that I, for one, have ever had on the Internet!
I would also like to thank Smooth Away for the use of their product....
Here we go:
A review of the product Smooth Away.....
I was all giddy inside when I saw the package, Oh what could it be, I asked myself. I had forgotten I had offered to test a new product over at FMB. When I opened the package I must admit I said:Oh My God, SAND PAPER! (I thought it was a waxing product) I read the pamphlet that came with the product and they assured me it wasn't ordinary sand paper but, Super fine Crystals. Here is a FAQ on the product, taken from their website. I read the instructions first and I noticed it said: Warning if you have Sugar Diabetes DON'T use this product.... I have type 2 Sugar Diabetes, so I did what was expected of me and tried it anyways... I didn't rub hard and perhaps I thought, that was the problem, so I asked my handy dandy helper to try it. She did and the smooth away worked but, left her skin raw and irritated. I think she may have rubbed really hard....
All in all it works, but I am thinking waxing or shaving may be just as useful. It really depends on what you, the shave-e want to use. It's not a bad product and they don't mislead you at all, so I give it a thumbs up even if it's not for me!
Yes, I'm late posting my Inauguration post, Sue me- well don't really I can't afford to pay LOL!
I hope everyone realizes that, I believe in freedom of speech and thought. I am not trying to ram my opinions down others throats, but, if just one person overcomes old ways of thinking and learns to love the human race, not A race, then I feel good. Life is to short to fight and bicker, so Love one another and laugh at silly things. Be happy even if you think you have nothing to be happy about. Laughter spreads like wild fire and makes things so much better..... so LAUGH!
I bid you Peace, My wish for you, happiness......
Sugar cubes?
Well the house is slowly coming alive again. I have Miss B right now so it has stopped for the moment, but will resume as soon as she goes home today.
It seems, we here in the south, are suffering a cold front from the north and let me tell you my bits are freezing! I awoke this morning to freezing temps! Yes I'm cold! After all those months of bitching about being hot, I am now freezing ma patudy off! For some reason, your thyroid controls the A/C- Heater in your home and you (I) can never feel just right.... Hmmmm
I had a Doctors Appointment yesterday and she says I now have to endure nerve conduction tests on my lower half, wonder if it's changed in the long years since I've had that done, doubt it. Can we say painful and shocking! She thinks it may be a combination of my discs and a Sugar Diabetes leg condition, Well I told her I had to leave my job and she said that made since, but that claiming Social Security disability would be long and suffering at the very least, but that it would happen, maybe years from now.... I'm ready, I'm ready, as Sponge Bob says......
Oh well, if nothing else I just will have to cut back on some of the things I enjoy that are not a necessity, It's all good.....
I seem to have become a Blogger's wasteland, I will have to work on that. There are still people that come to visit and they are for sure the people I enjoyed reading and laughing with anyways.
I'm just saying, LOL.
I now have to decline some comments as they are for sure spam, I never had that problem before, shows you what going away for a rest can do for you LOL LOL!
I found some more entertainment photos while writing this not so important post, Thought maybe some would get at least a smile at our families expense....
My BEAUTIFUL Daughter....
BEC playing with the toy Santa brought him.
My son Will , Little did he know he would need this LOL
My Husband, what can I say there's one in every crowd LOL
Metal head, But I love him!
My babies Sissy and BEC
Sun up Daytona, Florida
My Husband Doing what he loves.....
Bella and her rag mags!
She really looks into it, LOL
My other BEAUTIFUL Daughter, Erin
That's all folks!
Friday I will quit my job and be a home body again. I can no longer work.
I will try to become an active blogger again, I will not promise, but I will try. I miss you- my readers, I miss all the love and laughter that has always been there for me. I will also get back to painting, sewing, beading and scrap booking, now if I could just make money doing it!
But most of all I will have to honor of making My Grand Daughters 2 nd Birthday cake next month... yep she will be 2 the 3rd of Feb!
OK now to get my house in order!
Hugs and Love and of course SUGAR!
The last time I wrote was..... well a long time ago. I'm sure I have people that look in and check to see if my brain has began working again or if I'm still on permanent vacation. I'm sorry to say the juices still are not there and I'm just a tad bit to tired from running the walls and floors of W*mart's bakery to sit down and think about what I could possibly tell you that you'd really want to hear. I am still a packager and will probably remain that until I drop dead in the place or I can walk on water, the water walking will never happen- I assure you, LOL....
I did get a .25 cent increase to my measly wages and it mystifies me at W*marts profits and how they justify paying us what they do BUT, In fairness to them I said "yes" to their proposal and so I'm doomed to a life of pauperdoom ( like that word, I just made it up! aren't I clever) ... It's all about the mighty dollar and how it can be given and taken all in the same breath, of course with customer service in mind all the way. I can't be out of work, but work isn't doing it for me either.... What to do, that seems to be a question on every one's mind these days! I am the second income in this family well if you don't count Will and Erin, They are after all our Children and both adults, so it doesn't count as someday they will more than likely move out, get married and have a life of their own.... Well that's the way it works (according to others I've talked to). Until such time happens I am very happy to have them here because Will is just a peach to watch in action ( LOL) and Erin, well if I didn't have Erin right now, my other 1/4 (husband) would crawl up in a ball and die of starvation or dirty house syndrome, which ever came first!
As you can tell, things are just ducky here!
My health is still on my mind but I vowed not to whine this time.... deep breaths!
I did NOT bake this year, I know it's a sin for sure but having to drag my a$$ around the kitchen and bake at the same time was just to much for this worn out woman to think about. I bought most of the goodies that were served at my holiday meals from the very bakery I work at, who would have thunk it a year ago!
Our family was truly blessed this Christmas season and we gave thanks.... Our Grand baby is the light of our lives I can assure you and when you get a load of the pictures of this Christmas you will see why all eyes are always on her and every little word she spouts makes us laugh! I always count my blessings, though maybe not as loudly as I should, but just this morning
I held my Darling Grand Daughter as she woke up from her slumber softly crying, I wondered how many more times I will hold her to kiss away her tears and hush her fears or to influence her to be a good person, to sing to her , to just be a grandma to her, A fear rushed over me that it may not be as long as I wish, while I'm sure all grand parents and parents alike, do this and I'm sure life is made to be lived and so off I go to live and to try to be the best that I can be at everything I do, I bid you peace in the new year, joy in all you see and love from all you meet....
Pourin Sugar on you one Picture at a time!
Jessica and her Obama undies....
Miss B and her "I will have my way" look....
OMG! She got a set of wheels!
Papa(Georg's father) showing us what he's really thinking!
Yes! There is still too much spending at times....
Tadpole claims Bella's couch as him own throne.
My Girls, Jessica and Erin
Me and My Christmas Eve PJ's, Ooh yeah Sponge Bob!
Here's a long lost cousin of our Family....
B digging into Grandpa's Birthday cake....
My Son In Law Robert and My Son Will.....
B and the Tall Tree....
For some reason She claimed this giant snow globe as her own....
Again with "that" look, It's really hard not to laugh at her when she does this LOL
I love her smile, she's so pretty!
APrincess has to have a wubby and a thumb!
Too cute!
The look between us, I said no and she said YES!
"5 Am is tooo early for a princess to be awake and Santa better have been here or I'm going back to bed!"
At some point my body has begun the process of going on strike! I wish it would quit it, but I don't think that's gonna happen!
I have had some rather large health mountains to climb this last year as far as this old "house = body" is concerned, and just when I thought things were better, they turned out to be anything but better. I had Radio Active Iodine therapy for Graves Diease, I felt like a 20 year old for 3 months, so much that I went back to work in a Bakery- Walmart*. I love this job, but after working there for 2 months, I started swelling and going down hill fast. I went to the Doctor last week and they now believe that my Thyroid has officially died, and I need a synthetic hormone for it to get better.... I have a Doctors appointment Monday and Tuesday to find out and then to do something about it. I also have carpel tunnel in my left arm and hand and a bad, bad bacterial sinus infection, all I can say is, have you ever say a plum before it becomes a prune, I gained 9 pounds in 2 months running my litaral arse off 8 hours a day, I dont have time to sit much less to eat!..... I look like the biggest moon you ever saw! I also have swelling of the feet so bad that it feels like I am walking on pillows.... I had to remove my wedding ring for the first time in 20 years due to the fact I almost can't get it off and it was cutting into my finger. My blood pressure was so high my Doctor squealed and it was: NOT a pretty sight LOL she said OMG! If we don't get this down we might not have to worry about the rest of you...
But guess what, my Sugar count is 112 or below every day! LOL LOL LOL
Sorry for bitching, I am overwhelmed and scared at the same time, I cry at moments notice over anything.... I just don't get it!
I am just getting around to trying to decorate for Christmas, my Favorite Holiday, It's very sad..... I will not, for the first time in years, be making Christmas Cookies for friends and family or for Georg's Company and that makes me wish I didn't know how to bake, It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't feel so guilty for not doing it. I just don't have the strength.... I am falling apart at the seams.... I think of each of you often and hope life is good for you and that EACH AND EVERYONE of you have a Blessed and Healthy Christmas, I hope you get what you wish for and that you enjoy a prosperous New Year!!!
My love and SUGAR to you all....
Until we meet again, I bid you Peace. God Bless, Judy
I will Bog again as soon as I can, Hugs and Love
What can I possibly say about DP, that hasn't already been said......
Daddy Paper Surfer: Rocks, Rules and at times Drools so.......... Happy (LATE) Birthday to a wonderful, but old friend! I think you are the cream of the blogging crop and as one of your Goddesses, I love the stuffin out of YOU!
I am SORRY this is so late!
I fear I am over worked and under paid yet again!
Hugs adorable, I trust you had the best of days and didn't fall asleep half way through the celebration!
PS to others, He's moved into his new home at this location, and after all, it is all about location, location, LOCATION!
Pouring sugar on you one cube at a time!
The Queen of Sugar........
(thank you Fracas)
Invites all to have a slice of her Castle Cake!!!
(Thanks again Fracas)
To everyone and I mean everyone, who did or didn't wish me a Happy Birthday, Thank You. Thanks for being my Friends....
My dearest friend Fracas, sent me a comment on my Birthday that really made my day, well so did ALL the others. Fracas wrote a blog post for me on my Birthday, it is was the sweetest post: go here to read it: Queen Judy
Fracas, You're the best friend a queen could have!
Another person to blog about me on my Birthday , my personal favorite pet John! Hey BTW, I'm still waiting for my royal spanking! John posted this:
While Tuesday was my real Birthday, This Sunday is the day we are celebrating it! I am having a party with friends and family, I think it's gonna be a real great party! I wish each of you could join us....
OK, so as many of you have noticed I have been absent for awhile. well, I have a new job!
I am a bakery worker in one of the largest bakeries in the USA, Wal-Mart. I love my job, I Think I'll probably retire from there someday, years from now....
I package bakery products and at times get to work on cakes and stuff. I like my Boss, I like my coworkers and I even like the fact that I'm dead tired when I leave work, the best part is I get paid for all the love!
I have found that if you love the smell of fresh baked breads and cookies you should come join us! The lovin that comes from the oven all day, everyday at my store, is to die for. The training alone that I am receiving, is by far better than anywhere I have ever worked.
If you're looking for a fast pace, lots of laughter and great smells, Come on, Join the team!
Wal-Mart gets a bad rap most days but I swear I think they are the best!
On another note, as many of you know I have had some health issues this year that have been hard to deal with, They are under control now and I have never felt better. My Sugar is finally the best numbers yet, most days it's 108, after it being in the 300's I feel I have really done well to get this under control!
Now for some pictures:
50 is the NEW 40!!! and Baby I'm looking fabulous!!!
Georg took this one of me at the beach....
Us Cheezin!
Bella standing on a suitcase saying : Heck no! you can't go to Grampa: He's leaving soon for an out of town job, yet again *sigh*
My Son Will's newest Tattoo: After all it is: All about the Familie!
Bella the water girl!
Gramps and his Princess!
Uma as she calls me , and her baby girl!
This is priceless, She loved Uncle Wills Birthday cake!
"I wear my sun glasses so I can see" She wears these things everywhere LOL!
And last A little sugar for you, my friends, my Buddies, the ones I remember with fondness.....
Happy Birthday To us!
I'm leaving you with a little SUGAR as always!!!!
