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Author:	'Burb Blog	Created:	Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:30 PM
A humorous (and sometimes NOT so humorous) look into daily life.

Bella ~ Another film festival Favorite
	By 'Burb Blog on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:15 AM

Image from bellathemovie.com Last night, Jay and I went to see another film at the film festival. It was a very pretty film. Is that a good description of a film? I don’t know. Sadly, I was very sick and by the end of the movie, I couldn’t wait to get home. I even declined the second part of our date, Mexican food. Hubby NEVER wants Mexican food and last night he offered to take me out for my favorite but I was too sick to even think about eating, so we went home. Bella was pretty, as I said. I need to read some more about it and learn if any parts of story were true. It’s always interesting to see in real life how people use their own personal tragedies to prevent other people from having a tragedy. That being said, I don’t want to ruin the movie for anyone and because I was so sick, I had a hard time noticing anything about the cinematography but I can tell you that as sick as I was, the story alone kept me from leaving and going home early. GO SEE IT! Tonight, if I feel better, we have two movies to see! So, hopefully I will add some more to your list of movies to see!

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Just Clearing My Throat for Thyroid Health
	By 'Burb Blog on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 8:59 AM

Image from nlm.nih.gov Since moving to the Midwest, I cannot escape the horrible fact that married people cheat on one another. An innumerable amount of my acquaintances have somehow been wrapped up in an extramarital affair. (I just threw up in my mouth a little). People, if you are going to cheat on your husband or wife or assist someone else in cheating, please don’t tell me. Your secrets have dashed my idea that marriage is forever and that marriage protects you from having your heart broken before death. You’ll remember from my previous blog that Dr. Christaine Northrup says, “Thyroid dysfunction develops because of an energy blockage in the throat region, the result of a lifetime of 'swallowing' words one is aching to say”. Well, it seems that I still need to clear my throat: Mrs. Carrot Top, yes you. You make me sick. You pretend to be my friend so that you have an excuse to see a certain someone, so that you have an alibi, so that you have a reason to be in this city, this neighborhood, this street. How dare you do those terrible things to your husband and have the audacity to share them with me, the wife of your husband’s good friend. I will not be the keeper of your secrets, the sounding board for you to share. What you did will NEVER be okay. I pray to God that He was the only one but I know in my heart that He was not. For the sake of your husband and your unborn baby, I pray that Baby is truly the offspring of your husband. Your secrets are too heavy for me to carry. I’m glad that I am rid of them. I am sad that I had to be rid of you but you didn’t even put up a fight. Maybe you were too worried that I knew too much or perhaps it is as I thought all along, you were only using me. Ciao! When I weighed in this week for the big Slim Down Challenge, I was 1.1 pounds lighter. Maybe getting all of this off of my chest IS making my thyroid function properly.

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YOUR Attitude is Making ME Fat!
	By 'Burb Blog on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:01 AM

In case you haven’t heard, Oprah has a thyroid condition. Tada! Could this finally be the answer to her weight problem? A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with a thyroid condition and yes, she looks FABULOUS! I’ve never thought that she looked bad but wow did her treatment do a number of wonderful things for her. She also eats a lot better and exercises more. Well, right away I thought, maybe that’s the reason why I’ve gained so much weight the past 4 years. Image from People.com Sadly, my doctor and my blood tests disagree. After hearing Oprah’s guest doctor, Dr. Northrup, I know I have a thyroid condition! Northrup says, “In many women thyroid dysfunction develops because of an energy blockage in the throat region, the result of a lifetime of 'swallowing' words one is aching to say”. Sounds like me, right? NOT ANY MORE! Lately, I just don’t care as much. My problem is that I tell other people how I feel and not the person that I have the issue with. I really have been working on it but as a result, somehow I lost someone that I thought was my friend. As a result of losing that “friend”, I also lost a few other friends. Maybe it’s because I didn’t really say what I meant to say. “In the name of preserving harmony, or because these women have learned to live as relatively helpless members of their families or social groups, they have learned to stifle their self-expression,” says Dr. Northrup. Well, here it is; YMCA “Sweetie,” you are a spoiled brat with little to no creativity. You use people, you copy people, and you steal their ideas, their traditions and their livelihood. When you’ve exhausted them with your constant whininess about your pathetic “problems” and woes and you are done criticizing them to death, you stomp all over them, pack your bags with all that you’ve taken and walk out. I’ve waited for almost a year now for you to return my phone calls and have you? No. You are now deleted from my cell phone and thus, my life. Ciao! “It's no coincidence that so many more women than men have thyroid problems. Thyroid disease is related to expressing your feelings..." Thanks Dr. Northrup…I feel skinnier already!

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