We may all have 24 hours in a day (however many minutes that is), but this library computer says I have 2 minutes left on this login. LOL
All is fantastically well today. This year of Jupiter in Aquarius is absolute BLISS. I'm loving it, myself, although my dh, who's in his Year of the Ox is having a HELL of a challenging time with work. It'll all pass though.
I'm going to plant seeds in the kids' garden today. We had a family Pokemon tournament this morning and the dog & I picked huckleberries at dawn together. :) awwwwwww. so sweet.
anyways now i have 30 seconds.
peace.
out
~namaste~
19 August 2009
18 August 2009
So I think I mentioned that I neglected to exercise much for about 9 days there last week. OOPS. I think the only exercise I got was one tai chi class in there. So a couple days ago, I was DETERMINED to get back into it. I did two sets of tai chi in the morning, rowed a fast 6 kms in the afternoon, and did another set of tai chi before bed.
Next morning, I woke up with a lump in one of my lymph nodes. At first, I was a little panicked. Where the heck did this lump come from so suddenly overnight?! What IS it?! It was a painful, hard lump, about the size of a small egg. Once I realized it was a lymph node, I knew that the lack of exercise for over a week had definitely affected the circulation of lymph tissue in my body. OBVIOUSLY. Two days now I've had this lump. It's not painful when I'm awake at all, unless I'm touching it (which I try not to). I'm hoping continued exercise will help it go away on its own, as well as Reiki, which I've been doing often lately.
And then as if that weren't enough, an area fairly close to the lymph node got bit by some sort of insect during the night (spider, probably, I'm guessing) - about 8 or 10 small bites, all clustered together. I've been putting lavender oil on them - it's really good for relieving itching. Plus I smell nicer. LOL
It made me think about how health issues first manifest in our energy fields before becoming physical manifestations. What am I to learn from these issues - that's what I'm left wondering... I believe that if we can take care of our health at the level of our energy fields, then I think we can avert more critical health care issues that are allowed to manifest when we ignore our health on different levels. If we only focus on physical health, but ignore our emotional and mental health, or our spiritual health, or even our financial health, or what have you, then we're not looking at the whole picture, are we. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I'm left thinking that I need to really spend more time learning Reiki, Tai Chi, Meditation... these things are where I feel I'm being led in my life.
Oh, and can I just add (although this may be TMI for some, LMAO) that the lack of exercise also gave me rank BO last week?! I kept thinking, holymother, this is INSANE. I (sometimes) use a natural deodorant (Nature's Gate), but it seemed completely ineffective against the detoxing my body was trying to accomplish (why we try to stop our body from detoxing is purely due to social stigma, imo; we should be ENCOURAGING our bodies to detox, even if it means unbearable BO from time to time). And what HAVE I learned from this whole thing? Sweating daily during regular exercise is SOOOOOOOO important for our bodies - it helps circulate lymph tissue, it allows our body to detox through the sweating so we don't smell like we haven't showered in three months (LOL), it is so beneficial for regulating our hormone levels, for giving our muscles tone and as a stress reliever, yadda yadda....
So now? NO PROCRASTINATING. EACH DAY I will sweat. I will exercise. I will moooooooooooove my brilliant, beautiful body. Right now. ;)
Next morning, I woke up with a lump in one of my lymph nodes. At first, I was a little panicked. Where the heck did this lump come from so suddenly overnight?! What IS it?! It was a painful, hard lump, about the size of a small egg. Once I realized it was a lymph node, I knew that the lack of exercise for over a week had definitely affected the circulation of lymph tissue in my body. OBVIOUSLY. Two days now I've had this lump. It's not painful when I'm awake at all, unless I'm touching it (which I try not to). I'm hoping continued exercise will help it go away on its own, as well as Reiki, which I've been doing often lately.
And then as if that weren't enough, an area fairly close to the lymph node got bit by some sort of insect during the night (spider, probably, I'm guessing) - about 8 or 10 small bites, all clustered together. I've been putting lavender oil on them - it's really good for relieving itching. Plus I smell nicer. LOL
It made me think about how health issues first manifest in our energy fields before becoming physical manifestations. What am I to learn from these issues - that's what I'm left wondering... I believe that if we can take care of our health at the level of our energy fields, then I think we can avert more critical health care issues that are allowed to manifest when we ignore our health on different levels. If we only focus on physical health, but ignore our emotional and mental health, or our spiritual health, or even our financial health, or what have you, then we're not looking at the whole picture, are we. I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. I'm left thinking that I need to really spend more time learning Reiki, Tai Chi, Meditation... these things are where I feel I'm being led in my life.
Oh, and can I just add (although this may be TMI for some, LMAO) that the lack of exercise also gave me rank BO last week?! I kept thinking, holymother, this is INSANE. I (sometimes) use a natural deodorant (Nature's Gate), but it seemed completely ineffective against the detoxing my body was trying to accomplish (why we try to stop our body from detoxing is purely due to social stigma, imo; we should be ENCOURAGING our bodies to detox, even if it means unbearable BO from time to time). And what HAVE I learned from this whole thing? Sweating daily during regular exercise is SOOOOOOOO important for our bodies - it helps circulate lymph tissue, it allows our body to detox through the sweating so we don't smell like we haven't showered in three months (LOL), it is so beneficial for regulating our hormone levels, for giving our muscles tone and as a stress reliever, yadda yadda....
So now? NO PROCRASTINATING. EACH DAY I will sweat. I will exercise. I will moooooooooooove my brilliant, beautiful body. Right now. ;)
16 August 2009
Sunny Sunday!
After a good dose of rain this month, the sun is SHINING!!!! And it feels so gooooooooood. Mornings have cooled off considerably; I'm wearing my fleece jacket over my pjs to take the dog out at 5 something every morning. ;)
I'm really enjoying reading Thich Naht Hanh's book, Anger. It's really REALLY great for helping me PRACTICE MINDFULNESS throughout the day. And I need to practice. Not just so that I'm more present in what I'm *doing* in my life, and so that the seed of anger gets watered less, but also just so that in my relationships, I can be fully present and really actively listen and give you my full, undivided attention when we're in communication. I've just become really aware lately of how many times I'm in conversation with someone (kids, husband, store clerk, whoever), and I'm just not THERE in that moment. I'm multi-tasking, or thinking of something else. And it's not fair. I'll inadvertantly avoid eye contact if I'm busy doing three things at once. So I've been really trying to make sure I make eye contact, stop whatever else I'm doing, and just listen, or talk, or be fully present in the conversation. And it makes the other person feel so GOOD!!!
I'm still learning. Heck, that's what we're all doing throughout our lives. LOL We say in tai chi that we're not going to *do* tai chi, we're going to *practice* tai chi. Because when are you ever at a point where you're not continually striving to improve your own form, your own experience of the set? Each time you practice, it's a completely new experience - a fresh experience - and it allows you to approach each set of 108 moves, indeed, each individual move within the set, with a beginner's mind. It's wonderful how deep my tai chi practice is allowing me to go, and still it boggles my mind why I don't practice daily. LMAO
I haven't exercised much the past 2 weeks. I rowed 5 kms, 3x the previous week, and last week, NOTHING. No rowing at all. And by the end of the week, I was really feeling the lack of daily exercise. So today, no further procrastinating. I'm going to row, row, row...
(big breath) here I go...
the actual dreading of exercising is always worse than the exercise itself. Our bodies are meant to move; they LOVE to move. It's my MIND that makes up a big story about how I dislike it so much. Really, it's quite enjoyable when I'm actually rowing. Why is it that after 3 1/2 yrs I still have to struggle with my mind about this? Because I don't practice being in control of my mind enough, that's why. Continual practice of mindfulness. That's what I would really like to do more.
OOOOOOOHHHH!!! And before I go, the Universe is so WONDERFULLLLLLL!!!!! I've been thinking lately of doing a juice feast this fall, so I'm looking online for a used juicer. I found a couple, but I really don't have any money set aside just yet for one. So I don't bother pursuing any of the contacts I find. Then yesterday, we're at a friend's 40th birthday party, and I strike up a conversation with an acquaintance and it ends up she's 50% raw!!!! I was SOOOOOOOOOOO surprised!!! And delighted! AND it turns out she has TWO champion juicers - a spare one, in great condition, in her basement that she got for (get this) $4 at a garage sale!!!! It's missing the blank plate and has a crack in one other part, but she's willing to pass it along!!!! ISN'T THE UNIVERSE WONDERFUL?! ISN'T IT FANTASTIC HOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT YOUR INTENTIONS OUT THERE AND IT ALL WORKS OUT?!?!?!?!?! I'm grinning from ear to frickin' ear about this. I can't BELIEVE how this all unfolded. Absolutely freakin' fantastic.
And now? I row.
I'm really enjoying reading Thich Naht Hanh's book, Anger. It's really REALLY great for helping me PRACTICE MINDFULNESS throughout the day. And I need to practice. Not just so that I'm more present in what I'm *doing* in my life, and so that the seed of anger gets watered less, but also just so that in my relationships, I can be fully present and really actively listen and give you my full, undivided attention when we're in communication. I've just become really aware lately of how many times I'm in conversation with someone (kids, husband, store clerk, whoever), and I'm just not THERE in that moment. I'm multi-tasking, or thinking of something else. And it's not fair. I'll inadvertantly avoid eye contact if I'm busy doing three things at once. So I've been really trying to make sure I make eye contact, stop whatever else I'm doing, and just listen, or talk, or be fully present in the conversation. And it makes the other person feel so GOOD!!!
I'm still learning. Heck, that's what we're all doing throughout our lives. LOL We say in tai chi that we're not going to *do* tai chi, we're going to *practice* tai chi. Because when are you ever at a point where you're not continually striving to improve your own form, your own experience of the set? Each time you practice, it's a completely new experience - a fresh experience - and it allows you to approach each set of 108 moves, indeed, each individual move within the set, with a beginner's mind. It's wonderful how deep my tai chi practice is allowing me to go, and still it boggles my mind why I don't practice daily. LMAO
I haven't exercised much the past 2 weeks. I rowed 5 kms, 3x the previous week, and last week, NOTHING. No rowing at all. And by the end of the week, I was really feeling the lack of daily exercise. So today, no further procrastinating. I'm going to row, row, row...
(big breath) here I go...
the actual dreading of exercising is always worse than the exercise itself. Our bodies are meant to move; they LOVE to move. It's my MIND that makes up a big story about how I dislike it so much. Really, it's quite enjoyable when I'm actually rowing. Why is it that after 3 1/2 yrs I still have to struggle with my mind about this? Because I don't practice being in control of my mind enough, that's why. Continual practice of mindfulness. That's what I would really like to do more.
OOOOOOOHHHH!!! And before I go, the Universe is so WONDERFULLLLLLL!!!!! I've been thinking lately of doing a juice feast this fall, so I'm looking online for a used juicer. I found a couple, but I really don't have any money set aside just yet for one. So I don't bother pursuing any of the contacts I find. Then yesterday, we're at a friend's 40th birthday party, and I strike up a conversation with an acquaintance and it ends up she's 50% raw!!!! I was SOOOOOOOOOOO surprised!!! And delighted! AND it turns out she has TWO champion juicers - a spare one, in great condition, in her basement that she got for (get this) $4 at a garage sale!!!! It's missing the blank plate and has a crack in one other part, but she's willing to pass it along!!!! ISN'T THE UNIVERSE WONDERFUL?! ISN'T IT FANTASTIC HOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS PUT YOUR INTENTIONS OUT THERE AND IT ALL WORKS OUT?!?!?!?!?! I'm grinning from ear to frickin' ear about this. I can't BELIEVE how this all unfolded. Absolutely freakin' fantastic.
And now? I row.
14 August 2009
raw food
Okay, I admit it. The sun is shining and I *STILL* haven't gone outside to plant seeds yet. In a minute, in a minute...
I wanted to tell you I've been creating some DELICIOUS raw food lately. I've taken photos but haven't uploaded them. They'll be worth the wait, I promise. You'll be drooling when you see these fantastic meals:
I'm going to make more corn/tortilla chips very soon. Corn's just coming into season here and will be for another month or so, so I'll be able to get it cheap and make lots - once dehydrated, they last for at least a month. YUMMERS.
But now, I must go plant. ;)
Arrivaderci!
I wanted to tell you I've been creating some DELICIOUS raw food lately. I've taken photos but haven't uploaded them. They'll be worth the wait, I promise. You'll be drooling when you see these fantastic meals:
- Corn tortilla chips - Absolutely Abeba's book - go great with fresh salsa and guacamole!
- Raw "sun"burgers and raw ceasar salad - the burger recipe was from Ani Phyo's book (complete with black sesame "bread"), the salad recipe from J&J's Living Raw Foods - which the whole family enjoys.
- Raw oatmeal made with blended soaked oat groats, from Jennifer Cornbleet's book.
- and "Pancakes" with Raspberry Syrup from Ani Phyo's book, once again.
- Raw Chocolates - again a J&J's Living Raw Foods recipe - they're in the freezer. I don't have more than 1 oz a day.
I'm going to make more corn/tortilla chips very soon. Corn's just coming into season here and will be for another month or so, so I'll be able to get it cheap and make lots - once dehydrated, they last for at least a month. YUMMERS.
But now, I must go plant. ;)
Arrivaderci!
Eggs!
Well, today our eleven Sussex hens are 21 weeks old. We have raised them from 2 week old chicks (our first experience at doing so). We started with 12, but one died (for unknown reasons) about 7 weeks ago. Two days ago, I put up "Celebration Lights" (LED coloured Christmas lights, if you want to know, LOL) around the pen and coop, because it's getting dark here around 9 p.m. these days, and sometimes we're not home before then, so when ds goes to lock the chickens in, it can be rather dark. So I put up Celebration Lights so it would be a little more welcoming. (Sure, it's eccentric. But if you live in this neighbourhood, you'll quickly see that eccentric is normal!)
WELL.... yesterday we were absolutely DELIGHTED to find a beautiful little brown egg in the coop! And today, TWO!!! Just wonderful to see the kids' enthusiasm towards the hens return (it waned a little for some time there, as nothing was really "happening"!). Now I can hardly keep the kids out of the nestboxes; they constantly want to check for more eggs!! (although I'm sure, too, this enthusiasm for collecting eggs will eventually pass, LMAO)
So I guess if you want your chickens to lay more eggs, put up some Celebration Lights to honour them! :D
Other news is that we have signed up for a local organic weekly food delivery. They've recently extended their boundaries and FINALLY we're within delivery range!! So we signed up and I've enjoyed perusing their website (even on dial-up, LOL) - lots of local and in-season veggies and fruit. But you have to know your prices. Some are a little more than in stores, others less. Guess it depends what's on special each week, both online & at the stores.
Today I thinned out the raspberry canes, so hopefully this will produce more fruit (this year). I also picked 6 cups of huckleberries, which went into the freezer for later. And I've got 40 lbs of non-sprayed blueberries coming tomorrow which will also go in the freezer. (Our family goes through about 100 lbs of blueberries a year, maybe even 150 lbs. Mostly it's the kids & I eating them, and I guess you could say I eat about 60% of them, and the children 20% each). One year I put 100 lbs of blueberries and 100 lbs of raspberries in the freezer as well as canning 100 lbs of cherries, 100 lbs of peaches, AND 40 lbs of pears (yes, 440 lbs of fruit in total). And yes, it was all gone within the year. Our family LOVES fruit!! (The fruit is definitely the highlight of our CSA farm box each week for the kids. I like the leafy greens, myself. mmmm, Collards).
I'm going outside right now to plant more winter veggies, realizing I'm a little late on this, but still, it's not tooooooo late, I don't think. Ideally I should have been planting over the past 6 weeks (I *do* have collards, 2 kinds of beets, kohlrabi, and lettuce in already). We've had a good dose of rain this past week (much needed; we were in Extreme fire hazard - now we're back down to moderate); the soil should be nice and moist for sprouting seeds. So off I go!
I'm reading Thich Naht Hanh's book about Anger. I love his writing. It's so easy-to-read and yet profound in its insights. I'll admit I've struggled with anger throughout my life; I was the kid who'd run down the hallway and slam my bedroom door (until my parents removed it as punishment; THAT was humiliating - I loathed the lack of privacy). So I'll keep reading and will continue to practice engaging in mindfulness in ALL I do throughout the day.
"There you go again, derailing the meeting with another one of your obscure comments, Brett." (from Flight of the Conchords)
Enough already. I'm going outside. :D
WELL.... yesterday we were absolutely DELIGHTED to find a beautiful little brown egg in the coop! And today, TWO!!! Just wonderful to see the kids' enthusiasm towards the hens return (it waned a little for some time there, as nothing was really "happening"!). Now I can hardly keep the kids out of the nestboxes; they constantly want to check for more eggs!! (although I'm sure, too, this enthusiasm for collecting eggs will eventually pass, LMAO)
So I guess if you want your chickens to lay more eggs, put up some Celebration Lights to honour them! :D
Other news is that we have signed up for a local organic weekly food delivery. They've recently extended their boundaries and FINALLY we're within delivery range!! So we signed up and I've enjoyed perusing their website (even on dial-up, LOL) - lots of local and in-season veggies and fruit. But you have to know your prices. Some are a little more than in stores, others less. Guess it depends what's on special each week, both online & at the stores.
Today I thinned out the raspberry canes, so hopefully this will produce more fruit (this year). I also picked 6 cups of huckleberries, which went into the freezer for later. And I've got 40 lbs of non-sprayed blueberries coming tomorrow which will also go in the freezer. (Our family goes through about 100 lbs of blueberries a year, maybe even 150 lbs. Mostly it's the kids & I eating them, and I guess you could say I eat about 60% of them, and the children 20% each). One year I put 100 lbs of blueberries and 100 lbs of raspberries in the freezer as well as canning 100 lbs of cherries, 100 lbs of peaches, AND 40 lbs of pears (yes, 440 lbs of fruit in total). And yes, it was all gone within the year. Our family LOVES fruit!! (The fruit is definitely the highlight of our CSA farm box each week for the kids. I like the leafy greens, myself. mmmm, Collards).
I'm going outside right now to plant more winter veggies, realizing I'm a little late on this, but still, it's not tooooooo late, I don't think. Ideally I should have been planting over the past 6 weeks (I *do* have collards, 2 kinds of beets, kohlrabi, and lettuce in already). We've had a good dose of rain this past week (much needed; we were in Extreme fire hazard - now we're back down to moderate); the soil should be nice and moist for sprouting seeds. So off I go!
I'm reading Thich Naht Hanh's book about Anger. I love his writing. It's so easy-to-read and yet profound in its insights. I'll admit I've struggled with anger throughout my life; I was the kid who'd run down the hallway and slam my bedroom door (until my parents removed it as punishment; THAT was humiliating - I loathed the lack of privacy). So I'll keep reading and will continue to practice engaging in mindfulness in ALL I do throughout the day.
"There you go again, derailing the meeting with another one of your obscure comments, Brett." (from Flight of the Conchords)
Enough already. I'm going outside. :D
10 August 2009
I survived our Community Fair!!
Ohhhhhh YESSSSS!!!! It was a GREAT success, our local community fair. I have no idea how many people came, but the pancake breakfast was far more well-attended than in previous years. The midway was a FANTASTIC success - the "Lucky Ducky" pond, "Plinko", "Barbie Dunk Tank", and "Tic Tac Toes" (yes, you threw beanbag TOES - how macabre!), as well as "Goofy Golf" and "Tea Party" toin coss were all very successful. We ran out of prizes after 4 hours of FRENZY and went to free play (no charge to play, but no prizes to win, either) - next year we'll up our budget for prizes. The local music was wonderful - we had a bluegrass band and also a classical string trio. Salmon barbeque was a great success as well - selling about 60 or 65 plates out of 70 available tickets. So I think at the end of the day we will find our community association has made some money on this event.
OH! And we raised $619 for the fundraising project to bring a security sensor light to the hall parking lot. I'm chairing the committee and am hoping to raise $3000 and have the project complete by mid-November at the latest. The actual work will only take about a week, but it's the fundraising $3,000 in a small community (of 400!) that will take longer... possibly. After this day of rest, I'll tackle that.
Nonetheless, I still lay awake from 3:30 until 5:30 this morning, rehashing the day and all its events, wondering how to get people more interested in the family fun run and walk to promote healthy communities (prizes?), wondering how to get more of our neighbours interested in attending the day's events (beer garden, says dh?), wondering how to get more volunteers, which are always desperately needed (highschool students that need volunteer credits to graduate?). DH & I put in a nearly 12 hour day, with 2 young children & puppy in tow. Surprisingly, all went well, but GOODNESS are we tired today!!
Oh, and as far as raw food, I managed to subsist quite easily yesterday on:
a banana very early in the morning
3L of green smoothie throughout the day
a few veggies that came with my son's spanakopita and hummus that he got from the concession
1 lb of org cherries
another banana (or two?) throughout the day
some water, but not nearly enough
a sandwich in the evening with raw black sesame bread (ani phyo's recipe), miso, alfalfa sprouts, a tomato and a couple black olives sliced on it.
Oh, I did enjoy a little air-popped popcorn with the kids. We hardly ever make popcorn, and popcorn's not my favourite snack (I have very tight spaces between my teeth so I end up having to floss after popcorn), but the kids really like it, and we get organic bulk popcorn from the food co-op. And let's face it, there's a lot worse things to eat than air-popped organic popcorn. Still, I think that even during a VERY busy day, it's still possible (and actually quite easy) to maintain a raw diet, with very little preparation. All I did in the morning was through the bananas and cherries in the cooler and make up 2 blenders-full of green smoothie, which took less than 20 minutes, easily. I made the sandwich in the evening, at the end of the day.
We've been eating POUNDS of organic yellow plums lately. The kids a few doors over are selling them, and really, we eat a LOT (*I* eat a lot, LMAO). The other day I ate no less than 16 plums. No kidding. Hey, they're in season and wonderfully delicious. And no, I didn't have any *ill* effects from eating that many. LMAO
Oh, and before I forget, dh & I are celebrating our 12th anniversary today. We'll be taking the kids with us out for dinner later, after ds's sports class tonight. 12 yrs married, and together for 14. Wow! ;) 12 yrs ago, it was 31 degrees here (~92 F) and today? It's POURING rain and foggy. (But we desperately need the rain, so no complaints). Amazing difference in weather. The other crazy difference is that I tried my wedding dress on this morning (dd LOVES all things sparkly!) and it literally HANGS on me. It's about 6 sizes too big for me!!! I can't BELIEVE how big it is on me. Wowzers.
Which reminds me, our winter veggies have sprouted fantastically! The kids' garden is full of little teeny collard sprouts, kohlrabi sprouts, and two kinds of beet sprouts as well as lettuce mix. I have more to plant: kale, spinach, peas, more lettuce.... I don't think it's possible to have too many dark leafy greens. Besides, I'm thinking ahead and pondering doing a juice feast this fall, so I want to have my own greens. 2 lbs a day gets expensive to buy (I found out last year). Although I JUST found out that we can now get local organic food delivered to our door!!! (And cases of celery and cucumbers and apples and ginger.... just THINK of the JUICES!!!!!!) Yummers.
Oh geez, I was already hungry and now all this talk of food. Must go and make *something* to munch on. :)
Namaste,
~n~
OH! And we raised $619 for the fundraising project to bring a security sensor light to the hall parking lot. I'm chairing the committee and am hoping to raise $3000 and have the project complete by mid-November at the latest. The actual work will only take about a week, but it's the fundraising $3,000 in a small community (of 400!) that will take longer... possibly. After this day of rest, I'll tackle that.
Nonetheless, I still lay awake from 3:30 until 5:30 this morning, rehashing the day and all its events, wondering how to get people more interested in the family fun run and walk to promote healthy communities (prizes?), wondering how to get more of our neighbours interested in attending the day's events (beer garden, says dh?), wondering how to get more volunteers, which are always desperately needed (highschool students that need volunteer credits to graduate?). DH & I put in a nearly 12 hour day, with 2 young children & puppy in tow. Surprisingly, all went well, but GOODNESS are we tired today!!
Oh, and as far as raw food, I managed to subsist quite easily yesterday on:
a banana very early in the morning
3L of green smoothie throughout the day
a few veggies that came with my son's spanakopita and hummus that he got from the concession
1 lb of org cherries
another banana (or two?) throughout the day
some water, but not nearly enough
a sandwich in the evening with raw black sesame bread (ani phyo's recipe), miso, alfalfa sprouts, a tomato and a couple black olives sliced on it.
Oh, I did enjoy a little air-popped popcorn with the kids. We hardly ever make popcorn, and popcorn's not my favourite snack (I have very tight spaces between my teeth so I end up having to floss after popcorn), but the kids really like it, and we get organic bulk popcorn from the food co-op. And let's face it, there's a lot worse things to eat than air-popped organic popcorn. Still, I think that even during a VERY busy day, it's still possible (and actually quite easy) to maintain a raw diet, with very little preparation. All I did in the morning was through the bananas and cherries in the cooler and make up 2 blenders-full of green smoothie, which took less than 20 minutes, easily. I made the sandwich in the evening, at the end of the day.
We've been eating POUNDS of organic yellow plums lately. The kids a few doors over are selling them, and really, we eat a LOT (*I* eat a lot, LMAO). The other day I ate no less than 16 plums. No kidding. Hey, they're in season and wonderfully delicious. And no, I didn't have any *ill* effects from eating that many. LMAO
Oh, and before I forget, dh & I are celebrating our 12th anniversary today. We'll be taking the kids with us out for dinner later, after ds's sports class tonight. 12 yrs married, and together for 14. Wow! ;) 12 yrs ago, it was 31 degrees here (~92 F) and today? It's POURING rain and foggy. (But we desperately need the rain, so no complaints). Amazing difference in weather. The other crazy difference is that I tried my wedding dress on this morning (dd LOVES all things sparkly!) and it literally HANGS on me. It's about 6 sizes too big for me!!! I can't BELIEVE how big it is on me. Wowzers.
Which reminds me, our winter veggies have sprouted fantastically! The kids' garden is full of little teeny collard sprouts, kohlrabi sprouts, and two kinds of beet sprouts as well as lettuce mix. I have more to plant: kale, spinach, peas, more lettuce.... I don't think it's possible to have too many dark leafy greens. Besides, I'm thinking ahead and pondering doing a juice feast this fall, so I want to have my own greens. 2 lbs a day gets expensive to buy (I found out last year). Although I JUST found out that we can now get local organic food delivered to our door!!! (And cases of celery and cucumbers and apples and ginger.... just THINK of the JUICES!!!!!!) Yummers.
Oh geez, I was already hungry and now all this talk of food. Must go and make *something* to munch on. :)
Namaste,
~n~
08 August 2009
Entering Pre-Party Panic
Our local community annual fun fair is this Sunday and once again, I'm on the organizing committee. Every year we tweak something a little... two years ago we added a 4 km family fun run/walk in the morning. Included in your registration was a t-shirt and free pancake breakfast. Last year we added a salmon bar-be-que at the end of the day. This year, my dh volunteered to make all the midway games (ohh, we're such Aquarians!!). He has spent his past 15 days off working on these games. (What enthusiasm he has!!!) He has to work the 4 days prior to the event, so he's been emailing me multiple times each day with reminders about things that need to be finished off on the games. My to-do list is about 20 items long at the moment!! LOL Hence, I'm on the computer at 12:30 in the morning. LMAO Really, this year this event feels like a wedding. All the planning and organizing... between dh & I we have surely spent more than 30 full days getting ready for this. Our conversations center around it. Nearly all communication is related to it. It's driving me BONKERS!!! Yes, I desperately want it to be a great success, but I also kinda want it over with so we can just RELAX a little. Although dh's already talking of adding a beer garden next year, and taking on the advertising, as well as tweaking the games and adding more!! It's amazing to see how many volunteer hours go into pulling an event like this off... with that kind of loving intention, we're sure to have a successful day!!
Not only are we revamping the midway this year, but we're also unveiling a new fundraising project, which I got suckered in (oops, I mean VOLUNTEERED) to chair the committee of. We are seeking to raise $3,000 to install a sensor security light in our community hall's parking lot, to have an electrical outlet installed on the community association park's pavilion and to have a Christmas Tree lighting project happen. $3,000 pales in comparison to the MASSIVE fundraising projects my sister spearheads over at Costco for the Children's Hospital. I am such a better minion than I am a leader, even though my name apparently means "Leader of the People". LOL I much prefer taking direction from someone else - just tell me what needs to be done... exactly... and I'll do it. But leave something completely up to me to organize? I'd rather you didn't. ha ha ha
So if you wonder why I haven't posted in a while, things should return to "normal" (and I use that term loosely, LMAO) by Tuesday. :)
But right now, I'd better get some sleep. No doubt puppy will wake me at 5:45!!
Oh, this'll no doubt be your laugh, your ROTFL, for the day: Out of the blue, over dinner (9 yr old) ds says to me, "Have you been neutered, Mom?" I laughed so hard. (Puppy went in for her 12 wk shots today) We had a conversation about neutering and spaying and the similar procedures for humans. Good grief, I laughed so hard when he asked though. Made my sides ache.
Not only are we revamping the midway this year, but we're also unveiling a new fundraising project, which I got suckered in (oops, I mean VOLUNTEERED) to chair the committee of. We are seeking to raise $3,000 to install a sensor security light in our community hall's parking lot, to have an electrical outlet installed on the community association park's pavilion and to have a Christmas Tree lighting project happen. $3,000 pales in comparison to the MASSIVE fundraising projects my sister spearheads over at Costco for the Children's Hospital. I am such a better minion than I am a leader, even though my name apparently means "Leader of the People". LOL I much prefer taking direction from someone else - just tell me what needs to be done... exactly... and I'll do it. But leave something completely up to me to organize? I'd rather you didn't. ha ha ha
So if you wonder why I haven't posted in a while, things should return to "normal" (and I use that term loosely, LMAO) by Tuesday. :)
But right now, I'd better get some sleep. No doubt puppy will wake me at 5:45!!
Oh, this'll no doubt be your laugh, your ROTFL, for the day: Out of the blue, over dinner (9 yr old) ds says to me, "Have you been neutered, Mom?" I laughed so hard. (Puppy went in for her 12 wk shots today) We had a conversation about neutering and spaying and the similar procedures for humans. Good grief, I laughed so hard when he asked though. Made my sides ache.
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