Drama!!!

 What a pretty day outside. 
I can hardly wait til the weather cools enough to work in the garden.  It's such a mess.
I'm watching a humming bird getting nectar from the flowers on the front porch.  Such cool birds.
When we walk the garden they will, sometimes, fly right by your head.  It's the strangest sound.

Yesterday was a good day.  Bruce didn't have any work to do, so he spent the day with me running errands. His job is very seasonal and intermittent.   It's a challenge during this time of year.  It gets really stressful during the down season.  Add the fact that we are usually the least important bill for people to pay, and it can make for a very difficult time of it.  But God seems to always provide just enough for us to make it through.

We had Maggie's appointment yesterday and found that the cyst on her shoulder was just fluid filled and nothing serious.  That was such good news to hear.  It'll need to be emptied on occasion or just removed all together.  They'll have to do bloodwork to make sure her kidneys can handle the surgery.  So...I'm gonna pray about it and see how things go. 
She was such a good girl, all 6 pounds of her.  
She's my mini kitty.  :)

Taylor got off work early and called me to talk this morning.  He's working swing shift so he's up when we're up.  That's kinda nice.  I love getting to talk to him.  I haven't gotten much done for the day, but enjoyed a morning talking to my sweet son.  Works for me.  :)

I'm on my second good week with less pain and some good energy. 
I eat up to a half a watermelon a day and drink at least one giant glass of juice from the juicer, along with whatever else I want to eat.  I try to make sure everything is real food.
Not sure why that's working, but I'm gonna keep it up for as long as it lasts.
I'm not getting much sleep.  On average I'm getting about 4 hours give or take.
I seem to stay at about 173 pounds no matter what I do. 
If I try to eat less, I lose energy and I don't lose any weight. 

The kombucha tea is on it's third day.  It probably won't be ready for it's second fermentation until it's 7th day.  I have it in a cooler place than I did while growing the scoby, so it's taking a bit longer.  I grew the scoby in the kitchen where it's pretty warm.
Bruce and I went shopping to try and find bottles for the second stage and ended up settling for Snapple bottles.  LOL!  The ones we wanted were just too expensive.  I am a thrifty lady.  :)

I don't think today is going to be too productive.  In fact...the kitchen will probably be the only thing that get's clean today.  I wanted to make some banana bread and more protein cookies......
That might not happen.

Last night a friend of mine posted something on facebook that, within minutes, turned into a big debate with curse words flying.  It wasn't a post worthy of such drama.  In fact it was just a sad thing that happened in her day.  As I was reading it, I couldn't understand why one person could get offended and then turn around to say something offensive and didn't see that they were doing the same thing they were complaining about.  That is the new habit of the human race.  To get so offended and in turn to be offensive.  The world loves it's drama. 
We've stopped watching the news because we realized the news stations were amplifying situations to get a rise out of people.  It takes away your peace.
The fact is...there will always be war.  There will always be poor people.  There will always be homeless.  There will always be bad people. 
But...there are more good people than bad.  There is more love than hate.  Some people choose to be homeless and off the grid.  No one will every totally agree with everyone else. 
So...why are we getting sucked into everything?  Why not try to be the best person you can be and raise good children and live a good life and if you see someone you want to help...help.  And if you see something that needs prayer....pray. 
And if the world seems broken, remember.......it's always been broken. 
That doesn't mean you have to be a part of that. 

Hope everyone has an awesome day.
Hugs
Shannon




 

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