Long time no see…I will admit that I have been a voyeur and only too happy to do check out your sites..

I have no excuses.. Buttttt…today when I finished planting potatoes I was thinking I should share.

I read this article on GMO.. The bees are mostly gone .. and I make sure that the few I have get fed good blossoms.
I try to remember why I don’t spray for white fly and hose the heck out of my fruit trees instead.

I’ve always had food gardens to augment my table.. and after reading what is going on commercially in the food world is frightening.
I have many friends who have green houses and sell to health food stores.. another friend. At an ‘I think we survived the holidays’ party.. they really cut loose with information.

I admit, I did have some idea. but the reality is … well get yourselves onto the internet and check it out before the mega corps buyout the rest of the voices.

Last years garden was a literal disaster.. straggly plant, produce that was so mis-shappen they were not edible on that basis alone.
I have visited their gardens and g-houses and they are on track and finally, I asked for help. They asked about my soils and worms..We agreed they were healthy.

My seed saving was my problem … when I found a particularly great piece of food, I would save a few of the cherished seeds. I had no idea how much altered food had come to my table. I was shocked!

I tried for months to get potatoes to go to seed.
They are either bred to not seed. Lately some new thing is waxing the potatoes foe a longer shelf life.. and they don’t seed for me.
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Finally.. I found some… guaranteed non GMO’d or waxed. They seeded. I set them in the ground this morning.

Heirloom seeds are getting harder and harder to find and when you do find them, they are sold out almost immediately.

Long Story Short.. If you think you’ve lost your green thumb, take another look.
 

 Every day there are new layers of legislation that our politicians vote for that is so NOT in our best interest…

 HEADS UP! Why would any GMO corporation fight so hard to keep the truth from you?????

I just lost another friend to Cancer. 

Since I have battled 4 different cancers I am even more careful today about what I put IN my body and ON my body.
I have not always been so aware.
My last MRI reports that I have no new breast cancers and my Cancerous tumors have not advanced.
 I want them gone.
 I have had good support with my knowledgeable medical support team.

Those that have had Cancer deal them, their friends and family a blow in one way or another can understand the every day fear. 

I aim for a diet rich in oxygen.
BIG SECRET!!!!  Cancer and other major diseases cannot live in an oxygen environment.

 This site has a wealth of information….http://www.angelfire.com/az/sthurston/understanding_cancer_and_cancer_cells.html 

I might well have been be allowing toxins and to soak into my body through your our skin and mouth.
My skin is dry.. age, chemo and radiation therapy have helped that along.
Add to that, I live at higher elevations so sun protection is on my mind daily. 

Not all sunscreens do what they supposedly state and some are downright toxic.
I have had to read the labels of everything I use in order to stay healthy with a compromised system.
Exactly how and what compromised it in the first place, it would be a guess at what the tipping point was/is.

If you use sunscreens, shampoos, soaps, perfumes, toothpastes, talc’s and cosmetics, you should be reading the labels.

I am still learning AND tossing out.
I am so thankful my kidneys have held up.
I help it by drinking filtered water. I drink the recommended water for my weight.

One of my trusted and valued site is AWG.com for sunscreens.

The Internet has been a God-send of information.

Another bit of information I’d  like to pass on.. wet/soak/hydrate your body before putting those soaps and shampoos to your skin and wash fast and rinse thoroughly…in order to limit toxins soaking in..

Fluoride toxins in our community water? That is a different meeting.. but, consider this a ‘Heads Up’ ! 

 As Y2011 is rushing to a close I have mentally rerun events.
 
Ouch … ouch  There was a few things I hope never to repeat.
On the other side of the page, if my smile gets any wider I’m going to need surgery~

My family is in my life and healthy. I have the greatest friends that I also consider family.

The Cancers that have plagued  me have bent to the wand on my  fabulous medical team.

(I will not further mention the political scene because I wish to remain in my positive walk)

I have packed away the house tree and ornaments I have used this year. With a sigh and a “Say goodnight, Gracie’, it awaits the hand of Steve to restore to it’s proper place until  next year.  
       
Debi and I decided.. what seems forever ago, to be truly and efficiently organized.  
In the middle of all this, she and Todd relocated their household..and is now global. LOL

She has furnished and few homes with her treasures.

When I recognized that it is a life style that needed goals, it is easier … and going along well. I enjoy that because I am retired, I’m not just parked.  
When I look around I see I have liberated myself..
I best see results in my ( greatly downsized) closet.. Clothing is not crammed .I was still able to come up with some party clothes that fit me and the occasions without running out and buying something more.

I will not have to wash, protect and otherwise care for the treasures that no longer live here.

My weight loss has been another shining star in 2011. I went from 176 to 152.2 today. .Phenominal!
… so some of the new closet was because of weigh loss.

Debi has her Amazing bragging rights, too. Hopefully she’ll post.

With all the furniture, clothing and treasures relocating everywhere, I’d say we ALL had a pretty good year.

I do see some rocks in the road ahead.. but, there will always be rocks in our road. We will just have to push them aside or walk around them as we encounter them.
I have way more friends and family than rocks..

Year 2012 … BRING IT!  

 I KNOW!  I have so much to be thankful for!

I woke up ready for Thanksgiving.
I have finished all the prep slice and dice I can get done ahead of time. Some things just have to wait until the final prep.

I’ve been eyeing that Turkey.. Still some frozen areas. I better help that along…
Just so you know ahead of time,  I will not be using Pepper Spray on my turkey this year… . obviously there was NONE left on the shelves.
 
Literally, every space on my cabinets is taken up with the serving vessels waiting to be filled with something….  with any items that item will need.

Pies are out of the oven and cooling…

It’s just no fun to have to stop and hunt something the day of….. It will be busy enough.
Staging is my way of relieving the last minute stresses.
 
I have some great seedy/grainy whole wheat bread is drying out and the ‘Happy Craisins’ are plumping in Christian Brothers.

There is still the totes to be washed and ready because all this has to go to to another site..
Sigh! … Didn’t need that change …( ’nuff said)  and there is the drink cooler to fill.

The washer is humming with a load of fabric towels, the fruit and veggie trimmings are already in the composter and the 3/4 roll of used paper towels are out in the trash.

Right now that Baileys is calling my name..
 Life is good!… I am thankful.

                         I luv this recipe..

I call it Holiday Chutney, but it is actually an East Indian condiment for sweet meats
         

Holiday Chutney
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 Into a larger pot,
2  firm apples, leave some peal on one, core and cut 1/2″ pieces
1 small onions, cut
1 sm clove garlic, minced
1/2 C raisins

1/4 C brown sugar
1 chopped Cardamon seed Optional. ( adds another layer of spice.. good place to use those once in a while spices.).
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/8 ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp curry powder

1/3 C apple cider vinegar
1/4 C water
        
Get the pot to a boil and simmer until the apples and onions are cooked soft.

This recipe can ‘grow’ without adjusting the ratio.

I usually Quadruple a few batches, putting the chutney into smaller gift sized fruit jars.

These make excellent Christmas and hostess gifts

It has become part of my Thanksgiving fare…I liberally pour it over a brick of Philly creme cheese and serve with fine crackers or baguettes .
For a grown up party, I will add in a bit of Rum mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 

                           Dee Dee (“@”Happy to Sleep) and Steve in Hawaii

Did you know that by the time a person feels thirsty their body has already lost 1%  of it’s total water content

Did you know that one gallon of water weights 8.34 pounds

Did you know that of all the water on this earth, humans can only use only about three tenths of a percent! 

Did you know you can fill a half liter water bottle from the tap 1740 times before you use 99 cants worth of water.

There is F.Red the red beta, then you all know Dat Bugga and then there is Daisy the Yorkie and the Sister Kitty.

 Fred likes to sleep on his side.. has done that for over a year.
    

Then there is Dat Bugga.. he like to swing and often swings himself as he naps..
 He gets more ‘swing’ if he pushes off as opposed to bobbing his head to make it ‘go.
 That leg hanging down is no accident. It is how he reaches the ground.

     This is also Dat Bugga’s sleeping bag… Doesn’t every cat you know have one?
    
     

Then there is Daisy.. The absolute love of my life today with
Sister Kitty.. one of the most ‘skitzy’ feral cats of all time has decided to make this her home..
She and the Daisy have pal-ed up.
Daisy is walking the Sister’ down to see what I am doing out back ( starting my winter garden).
It was like Daisy was telling Sister to ‘hurry up!’ She’s jump a few pavers, wait. and look around until Sister would catch up.

They all  look me up when it is ‘Time”( to eat.)

               
                                           Hurry Up!
 

                  Shades of my old vegetarian self.

 LOL,  yes! Who would have ever believed I’d be at it again …sprouting my own beans, radish seeds and lentils.
         
I am able to get some from the local market, but some have been packaged days ago. Hence the freshness from daily rinsing is just not there. Doing it myself insures the great array of flavors I am looking for.

It so easy.. Get a quart canning jar, complete with a center hole lid.  Cut a piece of plastic screening to fit over the top of the jar. Some natural.health food stores have them for sale.
To begin, wash and rinse your container carefully… leave no soap residue.

Most health food stores carry an array of sprouting beans, seeds and lentils.. All  you have to do is pour in a handful or two of several kinds into the handy bag, write the item # on the tie tag and head through the cashier stand and you have done all the hard work..
I recommend you try a single type alone until you decide which one what you like best..
My personal preference is a small scoop of mung beans, a healthy dash of radish seeds and some lentils..

Toss your beans into a clean fresh jar and fill it with filtered water several times..
Fill the jar again with water and let it sit for a few hours.
 rinse again and empty, leaving the water that clings to the beans stay there.

Put the jar on it’s side in a cabinet or a cool dark place.
The following morning and evening, rinse to refresh the old water and add new fresh water to cling to the beans.
In a day you will see sprouting..
      
                      another day or two ~ ,

I prefer my mung sprouts longer, an inch… but if you are the Kitchen Farmer, you can begin the harvest your crop when ever you like … ..
The Key is to continue a daily rinse.. even after you refrigerate to stop the growth..

I can eat them fresh as a salad, in a salad and even stir fried  or in soups.

Sometimes I’ll find myself snitching a pinch as a stand alone snack..
Sprouts are so good fresh.. I love the tang added by the radish seeds lend to the medley.
 (these photos are mung beans…)

 If I have not been clear, message me or check out all the handy advice on the Internet.

I’m still with the cleaning/purge ‘thing’.
I have extended that idea to the really important things …like what else is in there, for everything I eat.swallow or let soak into my body.

We all know to be aware of what chemicals we feed our bodies, not just the Cancer patients.

I was out of vitamins and some supplements  My store had updated/changed the labels so I spent a bit of time  reading through the labels. 
Beside not needing those added extras I want to know exactly what the make up of these tablet and gel caps are before I put them in my mouth .

…Same thing with sun screens and shampoos
One very popular sunscreen I had been slathering into my skin actually had cancer causing ingredients.. Hello!

I store the bulk of the vitamins and supplements in that tiny cabinet over the stove… you know the one.. needs a step ladder.
I moved everything out so I could scrub it out all sparkly and pretty…the ‘due dates’ were good, but..
LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND!

Someone in this house must be planning to avoid a LOT of head aches or pain…

I am still checking out other items in my life.. soaps and…

..NOW I have that head-ache~

FACT!: CANCER CANNOT LIVE IN AN OXYGEN RICH ENRICHED ENVIRONMENT.   We need more oxygen!!! .
* We also need to repair our personal ph levels to a healthy 7.0 … How can our natural immunity system fight off nasty Cancer cells if we are not healthy enough to have our natural immunities at full strength? .
* Cancer patient have thick red blood.. ( not enough oxygen)
* Most cancer patients have low bone density….
* Cancer feeds on sugars.. Watch your diet!
*Walking is great for our muscles… when we exercise we suck in OXYGEN!  Breathe deeply. I exercise early in the day… before all the cars and machinery wakes up and releases those toxic gasses.
If you use an exercise machine, drag it outside to a protected but freshly airy spot…You need to exchange your somewhat used and stagnant oxygen for fresh new oxygen supply. ..

I have been eating my  ‘twiggy’ cereal mixed with cottage cheese/yogurt, flax seed and fruit for some time
 
I decided to use Dr. Johanna Budwig’s cottage cheese.flax seed oil protocol. This (sulphured) cottage cheese & flax seed oil combination, super blended to make it highly oxygenated was designed to add high levels of oxygen into our foods/blood stream.

Today… knowing that cancers feed on sugars I decided to add a Tablespoon of pure unrefined honey, natures sugar…. but sugar, just the same.
My idea is that my cancer cells will rapidly grab onto the oxygen as it reaches for the sugar. .
(After mixing a batch, I ‘wound’ up some extra  fresh flax seeds. The blender stick nicely chops them up which is hard to do normally chopping the seed covering help release it’s oils 

Because of the nature of cancers.. it’s own defense system protects it from oxygen.
I am trying to overwhelm the cancer tumors at the cell level with oxygen…

 I am trying other things to get my ph back in line 7.0 and keep the oxygen going in..
My thought is that if I send in a lot… some will get through… and kill the cancers.    

There used to be a health organization that actually/literally schooled people in the science of what to eat, when and paired with.. not for flavors, but because of basic health.
Maybe it had to do with homeopathic medicines.. I’d sure like to know.
…..Like when you have bacon/eggs & pancakes.. you should always have that glass of OJ… so the damage from animal fats and carbs could be overcome. .
 If anyone remembers or knows what this program is,can you please let me know?

I think me and my team of knowledgable doctors have done a fair job of dealing with my Cancer as a chronic disease, but… My goal is to eradicate it while I have time.
 
I must also add that Suzanne Somers’s book ‘Knockout’ is the most informationally /inspirationally helpful. That one is a ‘keeper’ in my personal library. . 

I’m not making this up.. it is REAL and it IS out there on the internet for you to decide what is best for you.!