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Hereinafter “Ab Day” will be Core Strengthening Day instead

Side plank

I’d posted on Facebook a friend’s link to some cool ab exercises.  I got a great schooling and hereinafter Ab Day will be CORE STRENGTHENING day.  Jaymz Lockwood illuminated us:   “Ok just got back from the gym and I’m tired of hearing people ramble on with false information. Here is the truth about Abs, they are just glamor muscles that’s it. With or without exercising (Diet alone) get under 10% body fat and you will see your abs. The muscles you need to concentrate on and are 1000x more important are you’re core muscles (the Psoas and Iliacus muscles). Those are the muscles connected to your skeletal system and provide support for your lower back. Continue reading →

Worst Valentine’s Day Ever

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Go on a cruise, they said. It'll be fun, they said.

Go on a cruise, they said. It’ll be fun, they said.

True Valentine’s Day story.  I had a 3 day weekend one President’s Day in the early 80’s and decided to go on a cruise out of Miami to Nassau.  I didn’t even consider that it was also Valentine’s Day weekend.  The entire cruise was couples, with very few solo.  The Greek crew members all paid special attention to the single women and it was quite a fiasco, since I like hanging out alone.  It wasn’t a great experience and I learned I don’t care for cruises. I got seasick for the first time ever, after having been on small boats my whole life.  I don’t drink or gamble but wanted something different to do and cruises out of Miami, where I lived, were so cheap. The sleeping rooms were very small.  The food was good, it wasn’t heavy, the dining times staggered to accommodate so many people.  Walking on deck I was aware we were all bound to a small piece of plastic in a gigantic ocean miles deep. I couldn’t just jump in my car and drive back home if I didn’t like it. I learned cruises are not for me. The highlight of the weekend was when I went into Nassau and I saw my father and his wife on the cover of The Sunday Miami Herald when I’d not been prepared for the story. It was quite the memorable Valentine Day weekend. Here’s a pdf of the article I saw –> Hermits Face Disruptions in Big Cypress Hideaway.

Who conducts these surveys ranking psychic readers?

I have to shake my head every time someone tells me they went to a highly ranked psychic and got a disappointingly generic and unremarkable reading.  When asked where she got the name from, it turns out she saw an ad naming the person as “The Country’s No. x Psychic.”  When asked how she got her title, it was as a result of a survey given to several hundred subscribers to a newsletter.  Those eligible for nomination were advertisers in the newsletter and they created a contest for it. Continue reading →

Be present with where you are

Be present with where you are. Where you are has its own dynamic quality. Stay with the truth of where you are. Trust the process even if you don’t understand it. We are called to initiation. We are always at choice. A component of initiation is that its something we can meet. We do have what it takes to journey and go forward.  If you find yourself here, you have been called to initiation.   Karen Malik

Mother Teresa knew what her path was

Mother Teresa

When someone asked Mother Teresa why she worked with a segment of society that was so sick and poor and hopeless, how could she hope to make a difference? She said whether it did any good or not was not her concern.   She just knew that it was her path to give care and comfort and offer hope, thus she had to try nonetheless.

Back to life as usual, minus the anxiety

I wrote the other day that The stress is easing up so I stopped taking the .25 Xanax that had been prescribed.  It did take away my anxiety and did allow me to sleep a few nights longer than I normally would have.  I feel restored by sleep.  It took me two days to stop yawning.   I won’t take it on a regular basis to help me sleep because I don’t like the dumbing down effect, plus it takes away the spidey sense.  The dumbed down Andrea also sucked at filing, returning calls and opening mail.  But for anxiety, xanax is a killer.
Andrea

.25 Xanax (Alprazolam) update
I get relief from my acute anxiety
The daily supplements I take
 L-theanine Unique Anxiety Relief
Holy Basil Extract for stress reduction and depression

I love when friends help me see my stuff so I can work on it

Laughing at myself

I got a little irked recently.  I spoke with a friend last week about a situation and they made a comment about a red flag.  Hours afterward, I emailed to explain I was not blind to what they see as a red flag, and I explained why.  It was something I struggled putting into writing since it was a private matter.  I felt it was an important foundation for them to know about me.  I wrestled with myself whether I should send it or not and finally did.  Then I let them know I’d sent it and that it was of a sensitive and important nature — to me.  A week later they’re just opening it.  I love it when my feelings get hurt over stupid stuff like this because it shows me how attached I can get to nonsense that doesn’t really matter in the long run.  I love it when friends take something I hold dear and treat it like debris because it reminds me of the impermanence of everything. I’m serious.  If  I can’t laugh at it, I haven’t learned from it yet.   ”sall good.