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Jenny Craig, me and South Africa

Just me and Jenny Craig

Well, here I am at the Los Angeles Zoo. Thanks to Jenny Craig I am down  68 lbs  which feels very good. The problem is that according to the BMI (Body Mass Index) I am ‘very obese’…. which is funny since I am 6’4″ and wear a size 36 pair of shorts. However, I plan to drop a bit more.

Karen is in South Africa with her cookbook by Jenny Craig and an entire case of Jenny Craig “complete Start” cereal… so she’s all set. She said she was going to take a picture of her J.C. case, her and Capetown and send it to the fine people at Jenny Craig.

Sometimes, I think with all the feasting and famine in human history that we are naturally prone to yo-yo in our dieting… but I like it here as a thiner me… so I plan to continue losing and stay a while… if not forever.

Roger Freberg

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Remember that special ‘mother’ who made you a ‘daddy’!

HappyMothers Day to everyone 2007!

Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers! Often we forget to thank those wonderful people in our lives who have chosen — in this day and age — to become mothers. Mother’s Day today is remembered by most — and probably best — as a time for thanking mothers for all they do…. although the history is political. 

Happy Mother’s Day, Laura… we love and appreciate you. Kristin’s flowers and ‘bear’ was especially nice.

Roger Freberg

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What to name your baby girl….

Give me that old tomboy every time!

Is it just me or do I love that little ‘tom boy’ in every woman?

Naturally, when it came to naming my daughters, I chose names that would resonate with titles like “General”, “President”, “CEO” or just plain “good woman.” I could never follow anyone named ‘General Muffy’ or President ‘Tiffany’ or ‘Tyffannie’.

In a recent study, just naming your daughter with a overly ‘feminine’ name seems to … well… just ‘dumb her down.’ So, I guess ‘Barbie’ is out…. so to are the recently popular names of: Isabella , Anna , Elizabeth , Emma , Jessica , Samantha , Sarah , Olivia , Hannah , Emily , Lauren , Ashley , Grace , Abigail , Alex … plus anything too cutesy.

What is it about masculine women? smart? adventurous? sexy?I guess… like most men… we all like women with male ‘handles’… like ‘Sam.’

Roger Freberg

PS… see ladies, Mom and I did right by you.

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the Male & Female Brain… part deux

Laura is as I have always remembered herI am reminded each and every time Laura shoves a test or a Link towards me of that happy comment on a poster of my daughter’s… “to find happiness: RULE number 1 — marry the right person.”

I feel very fortunate.

Laura provided a link on a post of her’s that started quite a discussion in our home. One of the ‘tests’ is provocatively entitled: SEX I.D. : find out how your mind works.

Here I am near my 55th birthday earlier this yearSo how did we do?

Well, there is a part of the test which requires rotating objects in 3D and determining which of four figures resembles a fifth. I aced this section … while Laura struggled…. after further questioning , I realized that Laura had inadvertantly answered only half of each question. My smuggness evaporated.

The test revealed no real surprises to me, after all, we will have been married 35 years this year. The fact that Laura prefers masculine faces and I prefer feminine was hardly earth moving. However, we did have a number of similar traits in common… which brought knowing smiles to both of us.

Read Laura’s post and take the test… it’s fun.

UPDATE!

Hmmmm… Laura posted proudly that her brain was 53/47% masculine-feminine…  funny, mine came out a bit differently:

My Brain is What? Okay, maybe that explains why I am the one who invites folks over.

Roger Freberg