WORKOUT...MISSION WEIGHT LOSS, ULTIMATE HEALTH

Briefly....

been on a mission for some years now to knock down some unwanted weight and to gain ultimate health and physical-greatness. I was an athlete all my life and than--snap, all of a sudden I didn't play sports every single day. So anyway, this past week I started my workout...ill share a few of the things I've done to sweat it out!

Wednesday Oct 21 Walked from Masonic to Page & Page to O'ffarell with 5 pound weights on each ankle.

Thursday- Kaiser to Kezar... at Kezar I ran 8 100 meter dashes, 4 with weights, walked back from Kezar to Kaiser with weights

Friday- 3 games of hoop at fitness 40 minutes, 15 minute bike, walked Urban High School to Kaiser

Sunday- 2 mile walk at the Embarcadero..

so far so good..this weeks workouts have been in the gym with lots of cardio on the treadmill and lots of basketball in the gym....

Words from Collin Powell....GREAT READ

The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.
An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
As you grow, your associates will change.
Some of your friends will not want you to go on.
They will want you to stay where they are.
Friends that don't help you climb will want you to crawl..
Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.
Those that don't increase you will eventually decrease you.

Consider this:
Never receive counsel from unproductive people.
Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, becausethose who never succeed themselves are always first to tell you how.
Not everyone has a right to speak into your life.
You are certain to get the worst of the bargain when you exchange ideas with the wrong person.
Don't follow anyone who's not going anywhere.

With some people you spend an evening: with others you invest it.
Be careful where you stop to inquire for directions along the road of life.
Wise is the person who fortifies his life with the right friendships.
If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl. But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.
"A mirror reflects a man's face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses."
The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate - for the good and the bad.

Note: Be not mistaken.
This is applicable to family as well as friends.
Yes...do love, appreciate and be thankful for your family, for they will always be your family no matter what.
Just know that they are human first and though they are family to you, they may be a friend to someone else and will fit somewhere in the criteria above.

"In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us.
In Adversity We Know Our Friends."

"Never make someone a priority when you are only an optionfor them."

"If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.".......................Colin Powell

Crazy Creole Daddy Sayings

10. Everytime I'm in the kitchen you in the kitchen, in the GD refrigerator...wait that's POPs in friday not pops pops lol. Sounds like something he would say anyway.

9. He couldn't hit a bull in the a** with a sack of rice.

8. The more I try to teach you, the dumber I get

7.Your eyes may shine and your teeth may grit but you aint gettin nun of this ****... (Usually referring to some yummy looking food)

6. You'll never get THAT big.

5. Do what you gotta do and your time is your time

4. Do what you gotta do and your time is your time

3.Its rainin like a cow peeing on a flat rock

2.Like the monkey told the buzzard, straighten up and fly right

1. Feta Atencion. Pay attention. Says it all the time.

I am....a CREOLE.. a poem I wrote

I am a Fontenot
A Jolivette
A Guidry
A Native plant
I am a river
A swamp
A crab
A shrimp
I am mardi gras
I am Fleur de Lys
I am a dancing lover
No, I am not a mulatto, not a cajun, not a spice
I am not allowed to check but one box
I am mixed
The rooster
Church pies
The cotton you picked from your grandfathers field
I am not for purchase, however
And I am,
undeniably
A Creole.

Flattered by rejection

I wanted to enclose an email I received from a top literary agent yesterday. Check it out below. Although they chose not to take on the project I'm not disappointed at all. It only takes 1 yes in this business. Thanks for reading....duces

Dear Mr. Jolivette:  Thank you for submitting your query for our consideration.  Étouffée sounds like a very interesting story.  I have decided to pass on this project, however, as we are unable to give it the attention it deserves at this time.  I wish you success in finding a suitable home for Étouffée.  Again, thank you for considering us. Best regards,  *********

My debut novel...does it read like the back of a book yet?

Etouffee is the unique view into the lives of a family traumatized by death and bound together by their love for food, music and each other. Set in the small town of Opelousas, Louisiana, in 1949, Etouffee tracks the Broussard family a year after the death of their matriarch, Joelle Broussard. Sassy 9 year old Rozina is assigned a summer project to write about what family means to her. Her father, Tilan is a highly respected Zydeco band leader who refuses to speak of his deceased wife to anyone. The Broussard's struggle to find common ground and a space to grow past their grief.