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Chastity Bono Announces Sex Change

Chastity Bono (image credit www.glbtsummit.com)

Chastity Bono has announced that she will be having a sex change to become a man. Apparently she began the process almost a year ago and is proud of her his decision.  Chastity has been openly gay for about 20 years.  I haven’t heard about her at all recently other than she was on a reality show (Celebrity Fit Club 3) a while back. (Chastity, if you want to get slim, try the It Works Body Wraps I was talking about, screw the reality shows. )

I hope she has her family’s support and hopefully the media will be kind to him.  People can be so cruel.

In case you have never heard of Chastity she is the daughter of Cher and the late Sonny Bono.  If you were alive in the 70s it’s likely you watched her as a cute little girl on her parents’ TV show.  Chastity has grown up in the public eye, but at 40 decided it was time.  Funny how that happens at 40. It’s kind of like a time bomb goes off in your head and says,” Screw everyone else. I’m gonna do what I want.”

Chastity is very active with GLAAD, she is a trained actor, and an accomplished writer.  Now it’s time for her to focus on her him.

David Letterman Screws Up

Sarah Palin attended the Yankee game with her 14 year old daughter and Letterman thought it was worthy of a joke.  Only problem was the joke talked about her 14 year old daughter having sex with Alex Rodriguez.  Damn. Is nothing sacred? Seriously, poor judgment and is somebody going to get fired over this over at Letterman? Is an apology enough?

Magic Mountain $10 Tickets

Get a general admission ticket to Six Flags for $10 thru 6/30/2009. Here’s the link.

John and Kate Plus 8

I have seen only one episode of this show and thought it was INSANE.  From the first impression I got of Kate, she bossed her husband around as if he were one of the kids.  Maybe the show was edited to make her come across like a control freak. IDK.  I never watched it again.

Now every time I turn around someone is talking about it. He cheated or was photographed with another woman? I don’t know all the details, but apparently they had the highest viewership in the show’s history as a result, so now I suppose they will have to decide if they want to continue to capitalize financially on this unfortunate situation.  Will staying married get them more ratings or divorcing? Is there something in the contract that dictates what will happen if they divorce? Who gets the show? Will it be John Minus Kate Plus 8? If it were me and my husband cheated, I would gladly turn over custody of all 8 kids to him and his new thing. Let them do all the hard work and let me be the one to show up on weekends and take them to the movies and Disneyland.  Why should he get to go off and start a new life and leave Kate with 8 kids alone. Seriously.

Just my opinion of course. Luckily I have never had to deal with that.

Prop 8

I am so sad to hear that the state of California continues to deny same sex couples the right to marry.

I have two dear friends that were fortunate enough to wed before November 4th and are luckily still married, as are about 18,000 other couples.  I just feel that this is a new day a new time and while I may be very conservative on every other topic, this is one where my heart bleeds a little.

The end result will be the same. Why make people fight so hard and cry so many tears when we all know within a few years they will win. Very deservingly so.

It Works Body Wrap

It Works body wraps can result in inch loss on a targeted area of your body.  Call 1-866-52-ORDER for more information on how to order.

I have to admit I am always skeptical about things that sound too good to be true. In most cases they are, but when a dear friend asks me to try something that worked for her I am usually game to try it at least once.  In this case it really DOES and DID work.  What am I talking about? Losing inches in an hour that can be permanent if you can maintain it.  This is not a “miracle” if you eat Big Macs and drink margaritas every day at happy hour you will gain it back, but if you can stay on a semi low cal/sodium diet and drink lots of water, you could maintain it.  I have been able to for just a couple weeks now, but there is no way I am screwing this up.

So here is the deal.  There is a body applicator that you apply to your body. You have to choose one section at a time and can only wrap once every 72 hours.  I chose my stomach.  Over the last 3 days I have lost 8 1/2 inches measuring my waist, belly button and lower ab.  I am wearing jeans that I have not been able to button in over a year.  I have wrapped twice because I am waiting for more to arrive that I have already ordered, but plan on doing my stomach once more, then my thighs.  I know this is crazy, but it really worked.

To use this you apply the applicator and then wrap the area in saran wrap for an hour (some people do it over night).  Measure before and after and everyday after.  You will see loss little by little each day.  After 3 days I was able to fit into my old jeans.  You have to drink half of your body weight in ounces of water the day you wrap and each day following which is good for you anyway, but I normally don’t ‘love’ water.  Because of the quick results though I am extremely motivated to keep it off so am drinking 64 ounces a day. (If you weigh 200 pounds you would drink 100 ounces of water)

My friend that turned me on to this has been wrapping people like crazy for the past month and women and men both can’t get enough of it.

Last thing.  If you are (pardon the words) obese, huge, very large, etc you may not see the same quick results.  It will likely take longer.  In one case my friend told me about a woman that lost 60 inches and 30 pounds in about 6 months of regular use.

Okay enough here it is.  They are called It Works Body Applicators.  You can order from that site.  If you have any questions leave me a comment or message me on FB or Twitter.  If you sign up please please please let me know what your results were.  The company also sells a face and chin wrap and other products I have not tried yet, but will try over the next few months.

Edit – I went on a one week vacation.  Came home gained an inch.  Wrapped and lost 1 3/4 the next day.

Edit – Almost 3 months later, still have kept off the inches. Wrap once a week now to maintain. Still have not really dieted.  I also joined as a distributor and get my wraps for a fraction of the cost.

Edit – Traveled a lot this summer. Didn’t do too good on wrapping, but still within an inch of my last wrap measurement.  Getting back on wrapping every three days now that I will be home for a while.

Check out the It Works Compensation Plan and become an It Works Distributor

Why Are There Two Handicap Spots Here?

Barbara Walters Mentions Twitter on The View

First off. Yes I watch the View.  Sorry, but I love the sometimes senseless and sometimes valuable drivel that the ladies bring to the table each day.  But today, low and behold, Barbara Walters explained Twitter to the ladies of the View and to millions of viewers in America.  It’s no secret that Twitter is becoming more and more mainstream, but for Ms. Walters to mention it on her show, it’s likely to become a topic of conservation on many playgrounds and after school play dates with the moms across America.

The way Barbara Walters explained it was very simple.  She said it was like sending an email to thousands of people with the push of a button. Yes that’s true, it is like that and so much more if you know how to use it.  Funny coincidence that right after she mentioned it Twitter went down.  Some people on the web are saying that all the ‘view’ers crashed the site, but according to Twitter it was due to a power failure in one of their data centers.  The moms that got the infamous Twitter fail whale where probably like WTF Barbara?

Based on the reaction from the ladies, it looks like Sherri Sheppard tweets and Whoopi and Elisabeth don’t (yet).  Hard to say if Joy does, but she knew some of the Twitter lingo, so maybe she does.

Allergic Reaction to Codeine

Learn from my mistake. Don’t take prescription drugs that aren’t prescribed to you.

I threw my back out last week and it has been hurting for about 6 days straight, getting a little worse it seems each day. At any rate, on Sunday I was in some serious pain and wanted to have some friends over to watch the Oscars, so I decided I would look in the medicine drawer and see what would help me relieve some of the pain I was experiencing quickly.

The first thing I saw was some codeine that was prescribed to my son last April whe he broke his leg.  I figured it helped him with his pain, he’s a kid, so the dosage must not be too high. I really needed something stronge.  It seemed like a win win.  Well, as far as the pain went, it worked.

Fast forward two hours.  I was a little itchy, then went to the bathroom and noticed my eyes looked swollen.  Figured what had happened was an allergic reaction, so I took a Claritin, then went to bed.  When I woke up on Monday my eyes were “really” swollen. If I wasn’t so vain I would post a picture.  Ialso had a rash all over my upper body that itched a little, and was bumpy.  I went to the doctor yesterday and he gave me a steroid shot and some antihistamines that have yet to do the job.  I am a little less puffy today, still have the rash and feeling a little itchy.

I imagine that I will have to go back to the doctor by tomorrow if I’m not better, but I wanted to share this incase it might help someone avoid something similar or if you’ve experienced this in the past, you know you aren’t alone.

Two Questions

I got this in an email…too good to not share.

Life really boils down to 2 questions…

1. Should I get a dog?

OR

2. Should I have children?