Warm, cold, warm; it's OK!

It did finally warm up! We actually took off for a walk with me in my kangoojumps. They weren’t tight enough and there was nowhere to sit down and adjust them. It’s the first time I’d been out of the house in them, so I was fumbling. We made it to the park and I sat on a bench to tighten them. We decided to come back home, though, because I was afraid they’d rub blisters on my ankles. I never wear any kind of boots, so these were rubbing me where I’d never been rubbed before! We got home and I put on tennis shoes for walking and we went back out for a real walk. By then a storm was brewing, so we just went around the block and came back home.

We enjoyed a while just sitting out on the back deck watching the birds and enjoying the warm. We heard the phone ring and I came in to answer it and it was David and Dorothy telling us Hobart was playing their first home baseball game. They were there and wondered if we wanted to join them. We’re pretty hooked on watching their grandson play, so off we went. It was great for about 30 minutes and then Oklahoma’s weather took a change and blew in cold weather again. It was still fun! David’s daughter, Stephanie brought a bunch of blankets and we survived. The team lost, but they saved face, and it was still fun to watch. After the game we went to our favorite Mexican Restaurant and had dinner with David and Dorothy. I had my camera in my pocket, but forgot to take a picture. I should have asked the waitress to take one, but flat forgot. It would have been a good shot of real fun and love. We love David and Dorothy like family. Today’s picture is one of them at our house one time in the past.

Yesterday I told you about my exercise efforts. I didn’t mention what I do about meds. One thing I do is brew the Essiac Tea. I’ve learned how to do it so that it doesn’t stink up the whole house (use the exhaust fan). I have to brew it every 3 days and it keeps the refrigerator pretty full of icky tea. It’s not all that bad to drink, but it’s no joy. I’ve gotten used to it. I just pretend I’m playing mud pies and get to really drink the stuff. It makes water taste absolutely delicious! This week I only have to take medicine 4 times a day, not within 30 minutes of having food. The tea I have to drink an hour before eating and 2 hours after eating, but only twice a day. The timing of the whole thing is the hardest thing.

I’m taking my regular handful of herbs, plus another two specifically for cancer. Those are just taken twice a day; they don’t have to be at any certain time. It took me two days to sort out all the herbs and vitamins that Don and I will take for the next 2 weeks. Every couple of weeks I have to get those sorted and bagged so that I don’t have to do it every day. So, if you wonder what I’m doing, it’s probably some sort of exercise or sorting herbs (I call it throwing herbs). I’m about to go take my de-tox bath to get the chill from the baseball game out of my bones, not to mention whatever toxins are brave enough to still be in my body!

God bless us all!