http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02 The mostly true tales of a fat girl trying to be skinny. Sun, 29 Aug 2010 07:13:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Two posts in two days...look at me go! Ben and I have a lot of mutual interests (sushi, starbucks, animal rescue, making me happy) and another of those mutual interests happens to be a little comic strip called Calvin & Hobbes. For our sixth anniversary, we each had a Calvin & Hobbes scene tattooed on ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=156 I feel like I should write something.  Mostly because it's been over a month and 1 of my 6 readers happened to make a passing comment about it when I saw her the other day. In the last month or so there's been a few times where I thought of some ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=155  Here's what I had planned for the weekend: Sort through my clothes, putting the winter ones away and getting rid of clothes that don't fit Laundry Clean the bedroom Clean the bathroom Hang some pictures Begin the sorting and cleaning of the spare room Take some pictures of some items to sell in our local online newspaper Yard ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=153 See this cat?   Looks like just another orange cat right?  I know it looks that way but this cat is the most bad ass cat you'll ever meet in your life.  Don't believe me?  Little dude was brought into our clinic because he was hit in the head WITH A CAR.  The person ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=152 Do you ever wonder why life can go along so swimmingly for quite a while and then BAM - just like that there's a week that totally kicks you in the ass and then stands over you and laughs while you writhe in pain? About halfway through last week I dropped ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=151 It was a special day here at the casa de Kelly on June 30th.  Yup, Dexter turned one.  I had originally planned a big birthday party with hats and decorations and balloons and wrapped presents and a bone shaped cake with "Happy Birthday Dexter!" on it.  Then I gave my head ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=150 I'm not sure if I mentioned this but I made the decision to go back to Weight  Watchers last Monday.  Ben and I had been doing the weight loss thing on our own for the last few months but not a whole lot was happening on the weight loss front.  ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=149 When Ben and I are doing the right thing and eating healthy we find ourselves basically following the Canadian Food Guide.  Eating a little bit of all the healthy, whole natural foods and remembering that moderation is the key.  Which, interestingly enough, is really what Weight Watchers is all about, only ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=148 That's a lie...I actually can feel my toes and, more importantly, my heels.  Fuck, how I can feel my stupid fucking heels. I have foot pain.  More accurately put I have "plantar fasciitis".  What is plantar fasciitis Kelly you ask.  And before you get all grossed out, no, it has nothing ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=147 You know the old saying "If it's too good to be true it probably is?"  I had a lesson in how true that is this past week.  So, y'all know how much I wanted a little dog and I begged and pleaded my dearest to get me a 5lb chihuahua and ... http://fatchickdiaries.com/wp02/?p=146