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my daughter and her daughter are coming for the weekend.  Very exciting.  We are going to the apple orchard and all kinds of fun things.  I am only working through Wednesday...love a short week. So back to a few things, there is enough food in my house to feed an army and if one person says they can't find anything to eat they will be shot and put in the Instant Pot. Thrive, I am actually going to order my first 30 day supply this Friday.  I'm excited.  I do like the way it made me feel.  I've read the online reviews and there is some bark in the patches that are pain relievers, apparently which is what aspirin if made of.  Um ok, that would be the equivalent of my essential oils and I use them constantly for relief so I'm okay with that.   It gave someone high blood pressure, my assumption is there are other underlying issues there.  I am going to start off slow, 1 pill, 1 shake every other day and the patches daily?  May do ...

Funday...saturday not Sunday but hey why not it's rainy and gross here. First update is about Thrive, I am off for the time being. Have to wait till next Friday to fully commit for 30 days.   I am excited, have gone off to see if my mood goes back to sloth and I eat all the time.  Two things I really liked are the energy and the appetite control.  So we shall see. Today I am making a rotisserie instant pot whole chicken, bone broth from said chicken bones as well as pork carnitas for dinner.... then Sunday Jeff will make his famous chili and I will be making missippi pot roast!!  Never made that before. Fun weekend of being domestic....!!!

Ok on day two of Thrive, again feel good this morning.  The one thing I did notice was that my body was not as sore this morning when I got up.  Instead of limping around for an hour I was up and at em right out of the gate, which is fabulous.   I did not drink the shake this morning, not sure why I just decided not to.  I put the patches on.  Last night I was not as energized as I would of like hopefully with the build up today it will be better.  I feel like I am looking for an easy way out to make myself feel better.  The problem is for the last 6 months I have not been able to get myself out of this funk on my own so I need a crutch.  Hopefully the crutch is just for a few months to get me in the habit of being more active and not such a sloth.  Next weekend Amber and Z are coming to stay so I want to be sure that I have the energy that a 2 year old requires. Update 1 at 1:23 - after lunch yawning like mad again...it's like i a...

Ok here we go....I am trying this "thrive" thing...its a nutritional regimen that you do in the AM then don't think about it again all day.  Supposed to give you energy, suppress your appetite and give you the nutritional building blocks that you are missing.  Ondrea and Corey are doing this and they are loving it.   I could use the energy, I have been feeling completely bored and don't want to do anything.  Sitting on the coach binge watching stuff on Netflix is about my only activity lately except for working. So far this morning I took the two pills, the shake and put on the patches.  The shake wasn't awful, thankfully.  Seems like overload doesn't it?  We shall see if I stroke out.  Currently feel pretty energized, happy to be here at work and blowing through my to do list. So we shall see how I do once the day is over.  I'm hoping to be energized enough still after work to go home and get some stuff done....I'm optimistic at thi...

For Pete sake my envelope got returned for the food sensitivity test...bastards.  okay so have to resend that..ugh so aggrevating.   Aside from that, I am using my new instant pot more often.  I am starting to figure out dump meals for the week.  RJ and I will be having dinner a few nights a week.  The instant pot is my new favorite!!  It elevates my issues with having the slow cooker on all day. I am also trying to decorate more and make my home more the way I like.  I am so sad that I don't do what I used to.  Hoping to have some quality time with Amber and Z in the next few weeks.  Very excited about that. I'm ignoring all the shit in the news...nothing I can do.  Nothing I can change.  I am content with making a difference locally...and hopefully from there it's contagious.  It's the best any of us can hope for...change one thing and it will have a ripple effect through the universe.  Going to start looking f...

Okay as I patiently (no not really) wait for the results I have been researching.  The first 10 days are very limited.  Not much but fruits, veg and turkey on the list.  I keep telling myself I can do anything for 10 days, right?  Sure I can.  Now how those around me survive the 10 days will remain to be seen.  I've been eating normally but every time I go to eat something...i think...won't be able to have this....or I try to figure out how i can modify it so i can have it.  It's getting ridiculous.   Hopefully they have received my sample. The other thing I went looking for this weekend was a dishwasher...yikes what a pain.  I had no idea there were some with heating elements and others with air dry systems..back to square one with that whole thing. Norma Jean and I are going to go to Tops this weekend to check them out see if they would be where we want to start our training.  It's there or Shag Bark.  I hear good and bad...

Okay, I have been feeling sick for what seems like an eternity.  No interest, no energy, feel gross after every meal, acne at 48, every joint hurts, puffy and bloated.  BUT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME.  Ya ok...bloodwork shows no hormonal imbalances no signs of any infection no nothing.  So as I've been talking to friends and co workers i hear of this Elimination Diet.  I of course immediately think they are talking about poop habits of some sort....freaked me out like really people how old are we that we are talking about these things with each other already!!!! Much to my surprise it is a strategy to finding out what foods are not your friend.  I know seems crazy right?  Food not my friend how can that possibly be?  But apparently this is where all these words you hear like inflammation, leaky gut and Irritable Bowel syndrome come from, yup your food.  So I have decided to get a better look at what all this means.  It, as with all...

Hmm my house isn't hoarder  crazy but it's not always sparkling and ready for a home show, my kids are on their own and I can't bring myself to do the dishes cuz...well I don't wanna.  I'm a rebel.... I am an adult...I don't want to impress others and I am not afraid of my normal.  I am not going to exhaust myself to I press others, I am only here for me.  My family is my everything and they aren't always here...which is how it's supposed to be.  I am struggling with the new phase of life...no one cares what I do i only have to do what I feel like doing and that is usually nothing...