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Monday, April 6, 2009
Wheat Grass Power!
After the visit to the doctor on Friday it was time to harvest, grind and drink my first shot of HOME GROWN WHEAT GRASS! We mixed it with a bit of cranberry juice to make it a little less grassy, however I still felt like a customer at a cow bar! (Imagine a Gary Larsson cartoon...Carol with a bunch of heffers at a farm house saloon! Bar tender: "What'll you have?"Carol: "A Cape Cod Meadow shot! Moooony thanks!" ) Cape Cods are one of my favorite drinks...cranberry juice, vodka with a splash of lime. I'll have one as soon as I can! In the meantime, I'll be doing shots of wheat grass! The more I have them the more I like them! They are growing on me! (pun intended)Mom insisted that I be in the photo....I don't have on a bra so I'm holding my arm in a funny way to cover up my floppy boobies. At night I often take it off because it sits right at the bottom of my rib cage where one of the liver tumors is located so it can be rather irritating and constricting. Between the weight loss, lack of excercise and gravity I'm afraid some parts of me are sagging much too quickly!
Has anyone else tried wheat grass shots? It's not just for cancer.
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Carol - have finally connected on your blog and tried to read a bit.....you are a remarkable conversationalist - involving others in your narrative and sharing the information and feelings that are so difficult to think about. Your artistic being creeps in at important times, too! DIck and I send you lots of warmth and love....and are convinced that with all you are doing - and the positive living and good family health stock you come from - combined things will work for you. The best part is that you have fine doctors who also communicate....and the confidence to follow their lead. AM sad you are having so much pain - can't imagine being in that situation.....and so you muct have lots of patience, as well. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! Big hugs and lots of love, Sally
AM not sure you will receive this -cvan';t seem to send it without logging in somehow. Hugs.
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What's Happening got an award!
Thanks G'G'ma! That's so kind of you!
Small Happenings that make me smile
I got a LONG letter from Pernilla today...put a smile in my heart!
Thank you for writing to me, your words were very touching and REAL!
Soon we'll be working together again! ;-)
How my daughter and our neighbor's son play so very nicely together all
the times they are together, no complaints, no arguing, no terrorizing
the animals, just good play time and lots of laughter. He is like a
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MUCH!
SEWING....projects not repairs!
Eating dinner with my family and talking about the day's events and planning the next day's activities together.
Planning lessons for my students....it thrills me to think of ALL the possibilities to help them learn new information!
My hubby's two day beard...but not the three day one.
Maya's daily drawings that she makes especially for me! I want to keep them ALL!
Bookworms...my book club that meets every month!
It's slowly getting darker each day and soon we can light candles everywhere to be "cozy" ...even at school!
I can see our goldfish swimming in the pond from my bedroom window
In the mornings I often have to slow down or stop the car to wait for the goose family to cross the road to go to the lake
When I go out to eat with my teacher friends, we laugh and laugh about stories of ourselves and our "kids" (students)
My Mom always leaves my birthday presents wrapped up in the guest room.
I wait to open them on the correct day...I've never been a peeker, even
when I was young.
Maya gave me kisses over the phone because she missed me putting her to bed tonight
My husband sets up the coffee pot so it is ready to start each morning for me!
Jessica, a teacher at my school, out of the blue came to help me carry
new art supplies to another building How did she know I was super
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Åsa, my teacher friend who is on a year maternity leave, gave me a bag of beautiful children's books
Mom insisted that I be in the photo....I don't have on a bra so I'm holding my arm in a funny way to cover up my floppy boobies. At night I often take it off because it sits right at the bottom of my rib cage where one of the liver tumors is located so it can be rather irritating and constricting. Between the weight loss, lack of excercise and gravity I'm afraid some parts of me are sagging much too quickly!
1 comment:
Carol - have finally connected on your blog and tried to read a bit.....you are a remarkable conversationalist - involving others in your narrative and sharing the information and feelings that are so difficult to think about. Your artistic being creeps in at important times, too! DIck and I send you lots of warmth and love....and are convinced that with all you are doing - and the positive living and good family health stock you come from - combined things will work for you. The best part is that you have fine doctors who also communicate....and the confidence to follow their lead. AM sad you are having so much pain - can't imagine being in that situation.....and so you muct have lots of patience, as well. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! Big hugs and lots of love, Sally
AM not sure you will receive this -cvan';t seem to send it without logging in somehow. Hugs.
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