I woke up about 7:00am this morning feeling pretty strong, so I decided to venture out to Unity of Melbourne before the rest of the house woke up.  I guess I should take a moment to say here for those who know me and wonder why I don’t talk about the family members who share my space.  It’s more than just privacy.  Ok, it’s really selfishness, since it creates more editing work for me.  Since when I tell THOSE stories, I am telling THEIR story as well as MINE.  We may have different ideas of what is private and sacred, and it’s too easy for toes to feel stepped on and feelings to be hurt, and things to be taken personally, so I just don’t go there.  Period. Continue reading →

10:30pm   Today has been a productive and active day.  I woke up at 12:47pm and realized I’d slept since about 11am- two hours in a row, yay.  I thought, “I feel good enough to go to the post office, and I can get there before they close.”  I got up and ready to go out the door when I realized it was 2:47pm and not 12:47pm.  But I was up and dressed and feeling pretty good about being vertical, so I headed out.  That also meant I’d slept almost 4 hours in a row!  I felt very much revitalized. Continue reading →

Flu Recovery, Day Six.    Ah!  Yesterday I felt pretty good all day – very low energy, but could feel myself steadily reviving.  The body is an amazing vehicle!  I began at last week’s flu taking Gatorade  to hydrate and Mylanta to calm my stomach, since that’s what the hospitals suggest.  Both products did a good job of getting me through the first few days.  By the second day of the Gatorade, I felt whacked out by the sugar and was having lots of heartburn.  I was in the cycle of alternating the Gatorade with the Mylanta, forgetting that both of those were really contrary to the natural balance of my system. Continue reading →

End of flu yay! I slept a restful 4 hours last night and drank 19 oz of water and Cranberry Emergen-C between midnight and 6am.   I feel much revitatilized and replenished.  I knew one reason my muscles were sore was because I was dehydrated.  It’s hard to stay hydrated when nothing stays down *smile*  And my tummy hasn’t spazzed out for hours!!!+  In between times when I was watching the clock and waiting for it to pass, I did some deep breathing every hour to keep my cells oxygenated.  Even the slightest amount of yoga stretching took such exertion and wore me out, even when I was reclining.  I knew that was because the cells of my muscles needed hydration. Continue reading →

Ok, four days of this tummy bug and now it’s not funny.  But what is funny is watching me lay on my side with laptop on my bed finishing the January Horizons.  Now I just need Barbara Lee’s horoscopes, Roger Coleman’s calendar and the back page ad.   Oh, and to write my editorial…. Continue reading →

Once again it seems like more than just 24 hours ago that I was writing. I was so glad to be done with my tummy bug – I thought – that I celebrated and ate soup with crackers. Three hours later, I was back into the sick cycle again. So, whatever it is, it’s not going to fool me again. Continue reading →

Well, it seems like more than 2 days since I last wrote. After my post Sunday morning, I came down with a little tummy bug that had me down for the count until just a few hours ago. Usually the Universe times it so that I don’t get sick during final layout week, so I knew it would pass quickly. In fact, the theme of the day was “passing quickly” and I lost 8 pounds in 12 hours. Fortunately, I am a big healthy amazon; for a tiny bite-sized person, 8 pounds in 12 hours would be startling. Continue reading →

I turned on the tv for a temperature check on the Weather Channel and, in scrolling through the stations, came across Joel Osteen doing his morning service. I’ve listened to a minute or two here and there through the years of Osteen’s talks, and he is a very likeable and charismatic personality, with a basic good common sense message. But this morning he was talking in a way I’d not heard him talk before and he was using familiar phrases about the importance of the words we speak.

Osteen spoke to “speaking favor to your future” which Abraham-Hicks calls “pre-paving your future”. Continue reading →

Saturday December 6, 2008
Well today has been a super productive day, right from the start. I came in and checked emails, and downloaded a few ads for the January Horizons that I am in the middle of final layout of. I created a couple of ads, did some bookkeeping, worked on a friend’s website, then headed out to the farmer’s market. Continue reading →