Let’s Get Physical.

by | Jan 3, 2012 | Inspiring Nutrition

Physical activity, what images play in your mind when you think of those two words? Physical activity consist of moving, it can be a work out such as weights, walking, swimming, and even doing house hold chores. Can you tell that I have been thinking a lot about this?...

My Picker Is Broken

by | Jan 1, 2012 | The Magnificent Journey

If you want to get to the castle, you have to swim the moat. Eat, Pray, Love For new year’s eve I watched “Eat, Pray, and Love”. There was one line in the movie when Liz is talking to the male friend she made in the Ashram in India and she is upset because she...

Reflection Of 2011

by | Dec 31, 2011 | The Magnificent Journey

I am in a reflective mood, it probably stems from the fact that this is the last day of 2011. 2011 I have learned a lot about myself. One, thing is that I am not a patient woman. I move fast, I want to get it done. Two, I finally have a name of what has been ailing...

Getting Back To The Grind

by | Dec 26, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

The list I received from my nutritionist Robin with the inflammation fighting foods on it. I love having this list and I am hoping to get back to eating this way and using the ingredients that I bought soon. Recently, I have strayed because it takes a lot of hard work...

My Wish List:

by | Dec 26, 2011 | Exhilarating People

A few items that are on my wish list. Things I need to make my life easier and manageable. I am sure my list will grow in during the 2012 year. I want a pedicure. Have my feet soak in some warm water, have someone put lotion on my feet, paint my toe nails. I want a...

Healing The Hardware Of The Soul

by | Dec 25, 2011 | Exhilarating People

Dr. Daniel G. Amen’s book “Healing The Hardware Of The Soul” caught my attention while I was browsing through book titles in one of my catalogs that I get in the mail. My sister Carri and I have been talking about him for years, we both are fascinated with the...

Seeds Of Change

by | Dec 24, 2011 | The Magnificent Journey

It’s official, I have been home from my scary adventure at the University of Washington one week. Being at home, I have learned a lot about myself, one, that if even if the task is disgusting, scary, horrifying, and down right strange I am able to curtail my...

Dancing With Father

by | Dec 23, 2011 | Exhilarating People

Michele Okirmura, Poem on Cd my sister Carri gave me a copy of today. We listened to it several times on our long drive home from the hospital last Saturday. I have been desiring to dance for a long time, even before I got sick. I have never been one to be graceful,...

Process Of Cleaning

by | Dec 22, 2011 | The Magnificent Journey

I am learning a new meaning to taking care of myself through cleaning my trachea and my wounds from my battle. The picture above is a shot of the cleaning supplies that I need each morning to wipe away the goop and grossness that exudes from my hole. The packet...

Songs That Touch Me

by | Dec 21, 2011 | Exhilarating People

I love music, I do not play an instrument, but I do know how to play CD’s, DVD’s, LP’s, tapes, 8 track tapes, and even MP3. I do have a great appreciation of the talent it takes to not only come up with all the elements that make a song work. I am in...

Things That Make My Heart Happy

by | Dec 20, 2011 | Exhilarating People

While in ICU three amazing people gave me some cute stuffed toys to liven my spirits. The bottom is Jacob the lamb, from my friends Summer Clemenson and Karen Gidderon, who drove all the way to Seattle from Longview just to visit me for a couple of hours. The lambs...

Vents That Kept Me Alive

by | Dec 20, 2011 | The Magnificent Journey

These two pictures are difficult for me to post, they show a wound on my sides that have significant meaning. These are the vents, one for exhaling and one for inhaling that kept me alive while the doctor fixed the tear that happened in my thorax. This morning while...

My Throat Is Like A Hose

by | Dec 6, 2011 | The Magnificent Journey

I am still swimming through the gamut of emotions, thoughts, and what needs to be accomplished and what I can do while walking down this road. Yesterday, Monday, the 5th of December became a roller coaster day. I don’t know how many of you read my status on my...

Old Fashioned Popcorn

by | Dec 3, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

                                      Yesterday my sister Carri and I went to Gateway Produce here in Vancouver Washington after we went to pick up my CT Scan pictures so that I can take it to the surgeon on Monday at the University of Washington. If you guess that I...

How To Be A Successful Student

by | Dec 3, 2011 | Exhilarating People

How To Be A Successful Student That is the title of my presentation that I had to do for my University studies class for my final week, which is this week examination. Now I am off to write my 350 word paragraph about my ethical lens and I will be done with 2 nine...

Pomegranates

by | Dec 2, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

          Who would have thought that a tiny fruit could hold so much power in it? A few weeks ago when I went to visit my nutritionist Robin she gave me a list of immune and cancer fighting foods that are beneficial for individuals such as myself who are battling...

New Tools Are Blessings

by | Nov 10, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

            I got some new tools to help aide me on my journey to recovering my health. Tuesday morning I got a new blood sugar monitor in pink, my favorite color.  The other tool is a planner where I can start keeping track efficiently of my sugar levels, what I am...

Blessings Came From All Places

by | Oct 26, 2011 | The Magnificent Journey

I finally have more information about my inflammation in my body and the treatments that I will be undertaking shortly. I have my appointment set with Dr. Park on Monday November 7th to discuss Rituxan treatments and the results of my biopsy that was done on Friday...

Pancakes Anyone!

by | Oct 22, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

My amazing big sister, Carri, bought me a set of three saute pans from Telafon. I have large, medium, and small, so awesome. Thank you, Carri! Saturday, I seasoned the pans by rubbing olive oil in them and warming them on the burner for 3 minutes and then letting them...

Italian Lentil Soup

by | Oct 22, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

I found a recipe for kale and lentil soup on a fellow bloggers website, so I decided to try it. The only difference I made was I made it in a crock pot. It is scrumptious, so thank you Italian Food Forever. I have never eaten kale before. The funny thing is this week...

Gluten Free Book

by | Oct 20, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

  I found this book and it is now on my wish list to get. Has anyone tried a gluten free diet? What do you like about it, what don’t you like? Has it been beneficial to your goals? At the site for this book I was excited to hear that I would learn the...

Learning Yoga!

by | Oct 19, 2011 | Inspiring Nutrition

I don’t do reviews, but since I am going on this journey of health in all manners of my life I am exploring many ideas and concepts. One of them is doing some form of exercise that does not leave me gasping for air or causing me more pain than what a healthy...

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