The last week it’s been down in the 50’s at night and my 14 year old black and white bandit masked kitty hasn’t been sleeping in the house. Both she and Benny the Cat like roaming around outside when it’s chilly, but at night I like her inside. I finally went on a hunt early this morning and found her hiding place! There’s a standing bookcase just inside the garage where the door comes down. On the bottom shelf of that bookcase is an unopened bag of landscape mulch. The shelf is protected on 3 sides by sheets of plywood. She’d been sleeping there. That’s not very soft, I thought. I straightened up the area a bit, removing a stack of cardboard boxes waiting to be recycled. I kept it private for her, but placed a cat bed on top of the bag of mulch. I placed another cat bed on the concrete floor of the garage, in a corner next to my bicycle. Now I wait and see if she chooses to use it.

When I find myself with a hacking cough a week into a cold, I need to remember one reason to drink a lot of water so the mucous in my body can thin out and be drained. When there’s not enough fluid to keep things moving along, that’s when I get aches in the sinuses: headaches, earaches, toothaches, face hurts. Drinking plenty of water also keeps my digestive/elimination system moving along fluidly. Taking antihistamines to dry up sniffles also dries up ALL forms of bodily elimination. I see it like the antihistamine is a sponge sucking all the water from the surrounding cells. If I don’t drink plenty of water, I run the risk of constipation. I’m in touch with my body enough to look at what goes into it and what comes out of it. I can tell right away if I am dehydrated. If your poop looks like small, hard balls, go drink a 16.9oz bottle of water right now and do it 5-6 times a day for the rest of your life. That also gives your body a rest from working so hard to process the food you put into it.   Continue reading →

I woke up hungry this morning, with an appetite for the first time since my head cold began a week ago. My pal G was already eating breakfast, so I thought of asking Steven Hart to join me, since we’ve been trying to connect. His Facebook page didn’t show any activity, so I opted to go alone, not wanting to wake him with an early call. On the way to IHOP two miles away, I see a familiar figure, a somewhat scruffy looking gentleman in a wheelchair, heading east. I saw him last week in the parking lot at Publix near Wendy’s, eating under a tree next to the duck pond. Living near an I-95 exit, I see a lot of homeless in transit. I didn’t think more about it. I went inside and ordered breakfast: a spinach and mushroom omelette with no pancake batter, no cheese and no hollandaise sauce, dry rye toast. As I sat drinking my coffee, he came in and was seated at the table next to me. I got a good look at him. He appeared sun weathered, dirty and dusty from the road.  Continue reading →

The giant headcold began on Thursday, January 29th at 9:00pm when I woke up with a sore throat. I’ve since learned that some friends have the same thing and it may hang on for a month.  That’s good to know so i won’t fret when it’s not gone right away.  I kept a diary of my headcold on Facebook and share it with you here:  Continue reading →

3:00am Panic stricken and frantic to find a ride home! That’s how I felt in the dream I just woke up from. I’ve had a head cold since midnight Friday and knew when I woke up I must have a fever. It’s the only time I get troubled dreams. Except for when the hospital gives me Dilaudid. My fever was only 99.3 but that was enough. I’d been riding in a car with real life soul brother Robert Pheiff at the wheel. He was pointing out the sights as we passed them. We came to a town and parked to visit at a house where there was a small party. When I was ready to leave, I looked through all the rooms and on the grounds and could not find him. I called his phone number and we had a bad connection so he couldn’t hear me. A friend handed me a present and inside was another phone, It did me no good since his number was not programmed into it and my phone had disappeared when I grasped the new one. A young woman was willing to help me, she gave me a ride where there were more phones, and she asked if anyone else could give me a ride. Finally a call went through and he was on his way back. I tried to be patient while waiting for him but I was in a very anxious and panic stricken frame of mind. I remembered that sometimes I dream about being lost in a building with many doors, but it’s never a panicky dream. When I remembered that, I woke up.

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Hello and welcome to the February 2015 edition of Horizons Magazine. This month, JP Sears gives tips on Living Beyond Emotional Triggers, and Karen Williams shows how to use the thought of what you don’t want as a trigger to change the energy of the circumstance. Michelle Whitedove shows how to use goal setting to assist in law of attraction and Leo Babauta suggests simplifying, cutting down and imposing limits. Different strokes for different folks, huh? Doreen Virtue discusses dreamtime with the angels, and Sonia Choquette shares her favorite traditions that keep her connected to Spirit through daily practice. Sonia Choquette really speaks to me. I’ve read all of her books and seen her numerous times. I admit my own life is a series of routines and rituals. It’s not due to superstition, it’s just that over the years I’ve developed daily practices that help keep me centered and set the tone for my day. Here are some things I do to connect to Spirit each day:   Continue reading →

Just had a reading on a universal topic. Your partner can love you even if they have stopped participating and responding as they used to. Relationship Saving Tip: Let them love you in their own way. Do not expect your partner to be everything for you. Do not expect them to be your best friend and your lover and your advisor and your cheerleader and your rescuer and your income and your entertainment. Do not think you have to text them with every move you make and every thought you have. Put that energy into cultivating your own interests. Rather than pouting that your partner doesn’t go to the gym, find another workout partner. If you’re the night owl and they go to bed at sunset, find someone to hoot and howl the night away. If you find that is not enough for you, there’s always time to make a new decision. Most importantly, don’t risk losing your best friend.

It’s easy to eat healthy and fresh while traveling.  It just takes a little planning ahead.  I used to travel so much I learned to bring healthy snacks with me.  I was reminded of that when the man and I went to breakfast this morning. We wanted to stick close to home so we went to IHOP. I was reminded why I don’t go into just any restaurant. My spinach mushroom omelet was 900 calories and 90 grams of fat (although I got it without cheese), the hashed browns 300 calories and 20 grams of fat. I usually do a max of 60 grams of fat a day. Had I given it a thought, I’d have researched the nutrition facts ahead of time. I must say though that the omelet was really good and it was huge. Here are IHOP’s nutritional facts (calories, fat grams, carbs, sugars, etc) –>  https://www.ihop.com/…/PDFs/nutritionalinformation.ashx  Continue reading →

I just hooked up my new Acer H6 Series 23″ IPS LED monitor.  I only bought a new one because the manly man needed his back after I borrowed it for 18 months. I had him do all the settings adjustments since he’s the tech wizard.  He showed me how to use the screen for two programs!  I’m loving the new monitor.

Here’s my new Stamina R360s exercise bike, a $25 Craigslist find, six blocks from home.  Score!  I found a user’s guide online but not for my model, so don’t know how to adjust the tension on the front wheel. Reviews of this machine say that’s a popular problem no one seems to know how to fix but while it IS high resistance, it IS do able as is.  I was able to remove a screw behind that black knob (shown in the photo bottom center) to adjust the length for my long legs.  I couldn’t budge the knob by hand so I used a strap wrench.  It’s fun!  So far…