The Heat Is On

As I recover from Breast Cancer surgery this week, I am trying to stay cool as we in the high desert face over 100 degree heat, as usual for this time of year. All I can say is thank the Lord it only comes 1-2 months out of the year! I'm trying to keep my attention on other things such as getting ready for the new school year, my writing, reading, and listening/learning the great and truthful information found on the Fox News station featuring Hannity, The Ingraham Angle, Tucker Carlson and others. Hopefully there is cooler weather coming soon in September! Quote of the day: "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you planted." Unknown

Survive and then thrive

Summer school is almost over and then the staff and I will be going to our old, temporary site to pack up and then move to the new permanent site (which the other teachers and I have only seen from the outside!) and start getting ready for the new school year to begin! I have been going back and forth with the idea of moving closer to work and into a better neighborhood while I await a future job transfer sometime this coming year, but all I've been going through this past year with my body (a mild stroke, brain surgery, critical car accident and a mild heart attack-now breast cancer), has given me thought to why should I deal with all that stress? I am just going to stay put. The neighborhood isn't that bad, the house I'm renting isn't the best but I can work with it, I think I'll just stay here, fix up what I can on the inside and in the backyard, and save my money for when I move, hopefully next summer. It will be a couple of hours away and closer to my daughter, her family, and my mom. It will be a better move and I'll be in better shape. For now, I'll try to take it easy and try to stress less. In a few months, I turn 60 and I want to live another 40 years or so, God willing. Until then, my quote: "Remember when pies were set out on the windowsill to cool, not to thaw?" Unknown

Busy Lives

It has just been so busy with getting ready and starting summer school, meeting and setting up my surgery schedule for the cancer tumor, and looking for a new home. I've been seeing some really nice places so hopefully I will be able to choose one, get approved, and start making final plans for a move-in date next month. I'm trying to pack up the house now before the end of the month when I have my surgery. I'm excited and looking forward to a new place in a better area. It will be closer to work so that's always nice. Wow, what a crazy 4th of July holiday! We had the earthquake on the 4th and then a bigger one the next day! This was the first in about 10 years though so that's not bad. Only the city where the epicenter was suffered some damage with the 2nd quake. A lot of people think that we have these big quakes all the time but we don't; this was the first in 10 years that we felt and the 2nd since the mid-90's. I can live with that. I don't understand the people that live in the tornado zones where they go through these disasters multiple times every year! Oh well, to each his own. Every state has it's own bad weather or negative circumstances they go through, whether it's hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires, high humidity, etc. We learn to live with them. God bless us all and protect us.

Megadosing vitamins

As promised in my last post, I'm going to talk a little about megadosing with vitamins, particularly with vitamin C. I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and I'm determined to beat it-on my terms. I'm not going to use that old destructive go-to chemotherapy or radiation. I found out about megadosing with nutrients and how a positive plant-based diet (as much as possible) and vitamins (especially vitamin C) can make a person healthy and help stave off diseases and health problems. I began the other day megadosing my vitamin C, 15,000 mg a day after dinner; it's recommended to take 2,000 mg at a time every 6 minutes or so, rinse my mouth with water, and eat a little something like a piece of bread or a cracker to help keep the acid from settling in my teeth. I'll move to 30,000 next week when my bag of ascorbic acid arrives and I can mix some powder in juice instead of taking the pills. I go to see my oncologist for the first time next week so we'll see what she says about nutrient therapy. Either way, this is what I'm doing and we'll check on the mammogram at the end of July and see how it works. My quote: "The dream can work with team work." Unknown

Vacation time!

I haven't been around for a couple of weeks because I was out of town visiting family on my short summer break as a teacher. Back this week getting ready to start teaching summer school next week! I've also been dealing with a recent diagnosis of breast cancer. I'm not worried because I know my God is greater than anything Satan can throw at me. I did some research that I will go more into in the next post. I had a great time spending about several days with my daughter and her family and then on to spend a few days with my mom. Looking forward to moving later this summer just a little closer, hoping in the next year or so to move a lot closer when I'm ready to buy a house. For my quote of the day: "There are three kinds of people in the world. The first are those that make things happen; those that watch things happen; and those that wonder what the heck happened!" Unknown author

Hospitality

I came across a quote today that got me thinking about how true it is. I normally do the quote of the day at the end of my post but I'm going to do it first today because then you can relate to what I'm saying. "Some people make you feel right at home, others make you wish you were." The author is unknown but it reminded me of the importance of hospitality. When you have friends or family over to visit, it is important to make sure they feel welcome. A clean house, fresh cold (or hot!) drinks, snacks. These go a long way to making people feel comfortable and like you really wanted them to be there. You put in time to prepare for their visit. This is how you would want to feel so go the extra mile and bring the art of hospitality back.

Thank A Vet!

Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and for those that aren't aware of what it really is, it is an awareness of the Battle of Normandy, when the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked the German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. They gained victory and it became a turning point for World War II in Europe. So, say thanks to a vet for all they've done and continue to do for our freedom and the freedom of others! Today's quote: "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clear mind?" Educator/Author, Laurence S. Peter