Today was a lovely, spring-like day. The temperature got up to 39 degrees! It hasn’t been that warm for a few months. Almost every winter we get a few days of above freezing temperatures to tease us a bit yet give us hope that winter will end soon. The snow is melting slowly which is so much better than a rapid melt. When it melts rapidly there is usually a big mess on the roads and walkways with lots of slush and sometimes water on top of the ice.

Although tonight there is expected active auroras the clouds will prevent us being able to see them…again. Guess I would rather forgo seeing the northern lights than having to deal with those really cold temperatures. Most every time the temperature comes up a bit we get snowed on. So far we have had over 32 inches of snow this winter. Because the temperature is so warm, they are predicting rain for the next day or so if we get any precipitation.

We have now gained almost two hours of light each day over the amount we had just before Christmas. That means we now had 7 hours 37 minutes and 3 seconds of daylight today. That is an increase of 4 minutes, 56 seconds over yesterday. Sunrise was at 9:30 this morning and sunset was at 5:07 this evening. I sure like it when there is increase in daylight. Barrow even had its first sunrise of the year this week after two months of no sun above the horizon.

There were several times this winter where the temperature variations were over 90 degrees within the state. I have seen it where there is 100 degrees difference between the highs and lows. In fact, many years ago I remember being in the interior two weeks apart and there being over 100 degrees difference between those two visits in the same area. The first time it was -65 degrees and then two weeks later it was 36 degrees. Usually there is quite a distance geographically between the areas. Yesterday’s high was at Palmer at 49 degrees and the low was at Arctic Village at -17, a difference of 66 degrees. So it goes in Alaska.

We had a nice stew for dinner tonight. That is one of the blessings of winter. Some things just don’t taste so good all year…soups and stews being a couple that taste so much better during the winter. Anyway, the stew had a nice beef roast, lots of carrots and onions, some celery; and turnips and turnip greens that I grew last summer, blanched and froze. I added some leftover brown rice with other vegetables, too. Before serving I added quite a bit of dulse and granular kelp which not only adds flavor but also lots of trace minerals including iodine.

I’ve been taking T-3 to try to get my body temperature somewhere near normal, my metabolism started again, and maybe find some energy. Apparently, my early morning temperature indicates that I have Wilson’s Thyroid Syndrome and the

T-3 is very effective at restoring the body temp to normal. Once it does become normal, I shouldn’t need any other help to maintain the temperature for several years. That sure sounds good to me.

Well, this is all I can think of for tonight. Hope all is going well with you and yours. Till next time……………

For a third time, I click the greymatter page to see another great oblique strategy to quote as the title of my blog.

This is advice I am trying to take. The me of now really wants to do a lot of things that the me of now is not doing.

The me of now is exercising too little, working too much (though there is not much else to do in Minnesota winter; until the spring, I'm actually quite content with this based on the financial rewards of this long, hard work), not taking proper lunch breaks, not using what little time away from work more wisely. Or am I? Perhaps I simply need a day like this to literally do nothing...

But the me of now is patient which is what the me of past was not. The me of now is also more fearless than the me of past. And the me of now is much more faithful in accepting what the universe has in store for us than the me of past. The me of now also understands her body much better than the me of past. So there. It's not all bad. It's just a little in limbo.

One thing that made me lose hope in late 2006 was the decision made by the folks at Utne to not publish a 2007 Edition of Cosmo Doogood's Urban Almanac. This was a Minneapolis-based almanac that included lunar concepts from which we, as a human race, could benefit. Apparently the 2005 and 2006 Editions did not sell enough copies to justify a third round. I hope to see a 2008 revival.

One of the features in the 2006 almanac included charts from Paungger and Poppe's work. These books called "Guided by the Moon" and "Moon Time" are available at amazon.com and have practical applications to modern life.

As a pharmacist who dispenses post-op meds to patients leaving the hospital, one of the most fascinating applications of lunar time is that of surgery. The authors explain that performing surgical procedures during a waxing moon leaves the patient's body more vulnerable to adverse outcomes. It is better to perform surgery during the waning moon for that reason.

The waxing moon is a time for the body to take in nourishment, to build tissue, and to strengthen. The waning moon is suited for detoxification. It becomes much easier to clear clutter, inside and outside the body during this time. If you are intersted, please visit the website at:

www.paungger-poppe.com<br />
This is the coolest, most inspiring concept of wisdom to enter my life since the BTD!

In short, if you are uncertain what the you of now needs to be doing, just walk outside and look up.

Critics and their Criticism

Lately on the boards there has been, like always, many posts citing articles of criticism of the blood type diet and the science behind it. These articles all follow the same trends

a) They all are based off of a basic ‘cliff notes’ reading of Eat Right 4 your type. Eat right was meant for the general public as a basic grouping of the ‘trends’ in blood type eating. It in no way displays the in depth biochemical markers that distinguish blood type, disease patterns, ect.

b) All articles show a fundamental ignorance about the blood type diet and a lack of research to discover more. In my opinion it is poor scholarship to write a negative article about a program without doing any background research. A quick search on this website could answer many of the concerns raised. However, these critics don’t really want to have their concerns answered, do they?

c) Almost all critics are trying to sell their own programs, supplements, services, ect.

These faulty critical analyses can be seen all over the net. The articles are more propaganda than clinical studies and, in my opinion, are unproductive and show a general ignorance, jealousy and lack of integrity on the part of the author.

If these critics were truly concerned about public health, they would take the time to try to understand something that they obviously don’t. They would try to use all research available to attain a better understanding of human disease.

Criticism stems from two source, insecurity and ignorance. It tells us more about the critic than the criticized. This kind of childish bashing does not create change for the better, it does not improve health. It only serves to confuse people more and more about what is right and what is wrong.

It is only when practitioners, of all types, look beyond right and wrong as general terms and instead start to look at right and wrong for each patient that we will start moving in the right direction. This is the beauty of the BTD, and also why it is open to so many baseless critiques.

Hi all,

Sorry, it's been so long but I've been busy writing. Just finished 7 Little Things, an e-book on health tips from experts. It's sweet, fun and informative and mostly its a great reminders. I love reminders and I need them on a consistent basis.

So I had to get the book re-edited for my friend Connie Bennett's Virtual Book Tour bonus page for her new book, Sugar Shock. It was alot of pressure but I finished just on time. I wrote about her book on one of my blogs, HealthyBody NYC.

Tonight, in my car I was listening to this inspiring coach on a teleseminar. I signed up to do another book. I can't believe I don't give myself time to breathe. I'm not complaining, I really love what I'm doing...so creative and exciting...but never can forget to mediate or I'll never make it. Ab's really need to meditate to calm their insides.

OK, I promise I won't wait so long till the next time. Oh, just in case you want to see more about my life, go check out my page at My Space and no its not just for teeny boppers!!!

Bye for now and a belated Happy New Year!!

Myrna

My life is filled with interesting weeks! This was not much of an exception. Although nothing really out of the ordinary occurred, life continues to be filled with different experiences that keeps it from becoming too mundane.

The temperatures have moderated somewhat and we have seen days this week that have been 57 degrees warmer than some days of last week. Today it reached 30 degrees but there was a stiff breeze so the warmth didn’t seem to match the thermometer. Oh well, it won’t be but a couple more months and it will really start to be noticeable. Tomorrow we will actually reach seven hours of daylight!

Shadeaux continues to grow leaps and bounds, and leaps and bounds are also part of her personality. Wow, does she have energy and a playfulness we haven’t seen for many years! It is such a delight to watch her exuberance in all that she does. But, I am having a real difficulty with a decision regarding her. She is supposed to go to the vet for her puppy shot tomorrow. She did have one combo vaccination when she was eight weeks old and now she is about three months old. Parvo continues to go through our area even though it is wintertime and the weather had been very cold. Should I or should I not have the vet give her the vaccination? Several people with whom I have been corresponding with don’t vaccinate at all and one person, a breeder, who used to vaccinate quit after 13 of her puppies died of parvo after being vaccinated. Now, that person has had 5 litters since then with no vaccinations and the puppies have done just fine. Vaccinations are not safe for people or animals and just where do you make your stand?

I guess that goes with the decisions that we make concerning the foods we eat and the way we live our lives. If we follow conventional wisdom then we wouldn’t necessarily follow the blood type diet, eat organically, or eliminate junk foods. I firmly believe that our foods heal our bodies and that it is imperative that we eat in such a way that our bodies will serve us well. Sometimes it takes quite a while to undo the damage from our past choices.

With that perspective, I only feed Shadeaux raw meats and bones as I have never seen any dog or cat rummage through a field of wheat or corn looking to eat it. Yet, cereal grains are the bulk of what you find in commercial dog and cat foods. Katie Cat isn’t interested in eating that raw stuff, but Cassie and Tucker, our outside dogs, really relish it. Even the birds enjoy a wide variety of foods other than seeds. The reptiles, of course, eat raw foods, too. The chickens, ducks, and geese are supplemented greatly with raw foods, especially during the summertime when there is so much fresh chickweed and dandelions growing in the yard. Making good choices for us and our critters!

Well, guess that is enough of a rant for today. Hope you have a very good week. Till next time……………..

guten Abend Ihr Liebchens :-)

habe lange über dieses Thema nachgedacht und muss auch sagen- es ist sehr auffällig- wieviele Menschen sich Dinge,Situationen,Verbesserungen oder einfacher gesagt Veränderungen einfach nicht vorstellen können; d.h. sie sagen das auch noch :-(( einfach so rausgeplappert....gruuuusig!

Keine Vorstellungskraft im Hirni....wie chömmts? Und überlegt Euch mal wo das dann alles abfärbt.....ouch..

und dann wird auch noch über die verschiedensten Essvarianten gelabert- und man (frau) kommt zum Schluss- ja ich muss was ändern in meinem Leben...aber bloss was ??? !

Neulich sah ich einen kurzen Ausschnitt in einer Nahrungsmittelberatungsstelle im TV und da hat doch tatsächlich, und zwar nur weil's schnell geht- so eine *Beraterin* die gehört notgeschlachtet..... einem Clienten zu Pizza mit Junkfoodbelegung geraten und dann bitte noch in der Mikrowelle hochgepumpt.......

omG...ich musste umschalten sonst hätte es mich tatsächlich gewürgt....:-( sind wir wirklich schon so weit dass wir uns nichteinmal mehr die notwendige Zeit nehmen etwas adäquates zu Kochen ?

Vielleicht sollten wir uns überlegen ob dies hier richtig ist- uns bis in die letzte Ecke zu verausgaben....das ist einfach kein Job Wert- vielleicht könnten wir mal wieder einfach unsere Vorstellungskraft dafür nutzen uns vorzustellen- hey jetzt bekomme ich ein besseres Jobangebot oder ein besseres Mittagesse...und stellt Euch vor...es trifft tatsächlich ein....aber machen müsst Ihr es vorab!!!

G'd evening all dearles :-)

I thought very long time about this theme and was amazed to recognize how many people say that they just can't imagine a changement in their lives, nor habits nor lifestyles nor nothing...hey youzzz and they are able to tell this just like that to you and they are really believing what they say :-(( have an eye on what all this might be valid....no more imagination in their brains...how did it came ?? ouch.....:-(

and then talking about different foodvariants and modalities to eat....recognizing yesss I've to change something in my life...but I'd like only to know what it should be changed ??? !

Made some days' I observed a situation in TV where a nutritioniste recommended to a client to have junkfoodpizza made in the microvave only because it was quickly served......omG she should be .....

are we that far that we agree such situation and no more cookings for ourselves? no job is that worth to play with our health!

Hey how about to imagine for a better job and a better foodsupplay?-and here imagine...it would work and it will happen......but it's up to you to do that and get experts in that dimension :-)

I always warn people about the two percent rule. Basically the fact that if there is less than two percent of an ingredient in a food, the company is not required to put it on the label. So basically you could be eating some innocent crackers that are lace with 1.99% heroine and not know, why do you think they are so addictive to people, lol…..another reason to avoid processed food.

Unfortunately I didn’t know that the two percent rule applied to me as well. This is a good lesson in labeling everything you make and freeze very well. A few months ago I had a type O roommate (funny since she ate more grains than I did, which is not saying much since I don’t eat any, but I regress). I was trying to get her to embrace her O-ness and so I made her some yummy beef stew. She barely ate any of it, deciding to chomp on her rice pasta and drink her coffee with a spoonful of sugar (you are seeing why this living relationship did not work out, I’m sure). So I froze my beef stew to give to my parents when they came to visit.

A few days ago, I got out some turkey broth (which I have loads either fresh or frozen always on hand) and made a favorite little one serving soup of mine with it……..well, I was sick, sick sick, sick for two days afterwards. I couldn’t figure out what it was, what had made me so ill?

Unbeknownst to me I had accidentally pulled out some beef broth, the soup has other ingredients so I couldn’t necessarily tell that it wasn’t turkey broth I was using (plus all my turkey broths taste different because I make them with different things each time)

One serving of beef broth did me in. The moral of this story, label, label, label, label people…………or else!

Another cold spell has come and gone, at least for a few days. Last week we had nights of -27 degrees and on one day the high temp was just -18 degrees. It has warmed up to near freezing temps with an almost 60 degree difference. And, it is still not really warm enough to thaw any of the snow.

We drove to Homer yesterday which is about 80 miles south of here. We drove out onto the spit (a natural, narrow projection of land, in this case 5 miles into the bay), to view the eagles that fill the area every winter. What a shock it was to see a row of townhouses besides the area the eagles used to stay. It was also a pleasant and calm day, so maybe some of the eagles were hunting, but we only counted 46 eagles! That is about 20% of what we normally saw this time of year in years past.

We have gained over half an hour of daylight now over the amount we had at Christmastime. That came in handy on the way home, so I was still able to see the road adequately. With all the snow we have had, the moose seem to prefer walking in or on the roads and trails. At least with it being daylight, we could see any wandering moose.

Sunrise today was at 10:00 a.m. and sunset was at 4:27 p.m. We are now gaining over 3 ½ minutes a day of additional daylight. The state temperature extremes for Thursday were 46 degrees for the high at Akhiok and for the low, it was -38 degrees at Fort Yukon. That is an instate variation of 84 degrees! I keep telling you that Alaska is one BIG state!

My sprouts are back into the kitchen now that it has warmed up. I sure do enjoy eating them with my salad or when I do fix a sandwich. I also got the bags to use for bean and grain sprouting, but haven’t started those yet.

Tonight’s dinner was a buffalo stew with carrots, celery, and onions, with turnips and beets from the garden that I had blanched and frozen. I added some dulse flakes and kelp granules with the sea salt for seasoning. I am trying to use the seaweed family as much as possible to get a good selection of minerals added to the meals. Anyway, the stew was delicious.

I have been reading a fascinating book called “Just a Little Prick” and it is about vaccination effects with stories from people around the world. Vaccinations have concerned me for many years and this book is a gold mine of true stories told by people who have experienced some issues that the governments and pharmaceutical companies don’t want you to know. The book came from New Zealand and the compilers are Hilary and Peter Butler. There are 490 pages of very interesting information.

Another book I am reading is “Power Juices, Super Drinks” by Steve Meyerowitz. I so enjoyed his book, “The Sproutman’s Kitchen Garden” that I knew this book would also be great. I am finding the recipes delightful and they spawn ideas galore! He is my new favorite food author.

Well, guess this is about all for tonight. Hope you have a lovely week. Till next time…

Yes, yes, another oblique strategy to quote.

I think I owe readers an explanation from the last blog. I was verbally putting up my dukes in the last blog, mostly because I was still in "shock and awe" from what had happened to me. Let me break it down in a way that you will understand the journey, physically and emotionally, that led to such an outburst of literary combat:

The holidays are always a stressful time of year for most people, but especially for those in healthcare. I cannot begin to tell you how many people expect things done for them at the last minute. And usually it's just "I need my Lipitor filled in fifteen minutes! My plane leaves in less than two hours!" There is no foresight. Do people not realize that a little planning ahead to obtain that which delusionally sustains them (end of soapbox) is all that it takes to keep themselves (and us who serve them) from going insane?

Now, don't get me wrong. While I'm certain my field of business enabled many, many people xmas weekend who believe the only thing that makes a difference to their health is swallowing little white pills, I also know that I helped many patients who were going through true emergency health crises that are eternally grateful we are opened for business during the hours we are supposed to be with our families.

With that, people don't realize though that being a healer does not mean being a martyr. The week leading up to Christmas Eve, I was taking care of everyone but myself. I wasn't getting enough sleep. I wasn't getting enough fresh food that wasn't filled with sugar (typical holiday fare). And I was just working under extremely stressful conditions with many staff around us falling ill and many, many discharge patients trying to leave the hospital before the big day. This will always be the case because the employees with the highest seniority always get get to take that week off before or after the holidays. (It's a good case for working for oneself and setting one's own hours but I'm not quite ready for that yet.)

So xmas weekend, I worked 18 hours between two jobs and was supposed to drive down to Mason City that Sunday to celebrate with my family. Every cell in my body was screaming "DON'T GO ANYWHERE! STAY HERE!" My period was starting, and my entire abdominal region was NOT happy with me. Before hitting the road, I came home and took a bath. Then I lay on my bed for about twenty minutes hoping to find some perfect excuse not to make the two hour drive to Iowa. No words of excuse came to mind that would keep my family from guilt-tripping me down to Iowa. I just intuitively just knew I needed to be left alone to heal myself and protect myself.

Nevertheless, I got in the car and I drove. Luckily, the 89.3 (The Current) was playing some good stuff on public radio that lasted until about 20 miles north of the border. When I got to my parents' house, I hobbled in lethargically (sp?). Not only was I in my moon, I was starting to get intestinal cramping from some funny walnut pate I purchased at a local deli earlier in the week.

I had been out to my car a few times to unload gifts and things. I unloaded everything but my purse and cell phone. Around nine pm, we ate our traditional xmas eve dinner. Many unfriendly foods for As were sitting at the table: roast beef, mashed potatoes, creamed corn, etc. I eat these things once a year when I'm with my family because it's traditional, tribal. And it's very hard to let go of those roots during times when everyone is supposed to band together for celebrations. Believe me, people don't want to hear about a diet they consider a fad anyway when they are busy stuffing their faces with yummy home cooking. I was in no mood to debate the status quo.

After dinner, we sat in the living room to open presents. At this point, my entire abdominal region was cramping up madly. I wanted to see everyone open their presents, but I could not even stay sitting. I went into the bathroom hoping for relief but no relief came. I lay in child's pose trying to breathe through the pain. I heard my mom or sister call my name to try to get me to come back to open gifts. They had no clue what I was going through.

I stumbled up to the bathroom and filled up the bathtub, hoping the warm water would help alleviate some pain and cramping. It didn't really help. By this time everyone was almost done opening gifts. My mom came up to drag me back downstairs to open my gifts. I had asked for a squirrel-proof bird feeder and so they had me open it. There was a funny joke they tried to play on me by putting a little stuffed animal squirrel INSIDE the bird feeder. But, again, PAIN. I just couldn't find any humor in the current state of my being.

My dad got me some ibuprofen and put on some tea. I happened to bring some Female Toner tea from a local co-op down to Iowa, anticipating a less than ideal health situation but didn't dream of this. My entire abdomen was DISTENDED. Anyone who knows me knows that despite my larger than ideal derriere, I have a pretty flat stomach. Such was not the case this night.

My family was hanging out in our family room a little before midnight. Somehow, everyone managed to go to bed, leaving me to fall asleep on the couch with the lights on. Around 2 am the family dog came into the room and nudged me. I KNEW he was trying to tell me something! But I was still in so much pain that all I could think was, "perhaps he's just trying to remind me that there is a comfy bed waiting for me upstairs!" He was sort of barking toward the door. Again, no clue at the time what he was trying to tell me. I wish dogs could talk. I think that he knew someone was in my car.

I tossed and turned in my bed. I was thoroughly exhausted but every little jolt in my colon sent my entire abdomen into a spasming mess. Finally rolled out of bed around noon.

I walked, still doubled over, downstairs. I was offered coffee by my parents. Yeah. Like I needed to deplete my body of any more minerals like calcium and magnesium and force my colon to spasm further. I politely declined. I sat down on the couch and my little sister turned on "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." I figured, hey, why not, not like I'm mobile right now anyway.

Took another bath (that's like three baths in 24 hours). Lay down again in sister's bed with our cat Tigger purring by my head.

Finally decided to leave for Minnesota, though I wish I could have just stayed in bed for two more days. Strangely, I noticed my dome light was on, but thought that perhaps I had just left the light on when taking things out of my car the night before. Dad helped me pack up the car. As I was driving, I noticed my cell phone was not where it was when I left it there the night before. The charger was gone, too! Then I realized my purse was gone. It was more like a totebag, but it had my wallet in it. It dawned on me that I didn't bring these things into the house the night before xmas. This totebag also had in it two natural medicine textbooks and the IfHI brochures. I was planning to read up on natural medicine that day in Iowa. Instead, I learned lessons in natural medicine through this experience.

Drove back to house (I hadn't gone very far) and we combed through the house just in case. Called my grandma and uncle to see if perhaps they'd accidentally picked it up. Nope. At this point, I KNEW it was stolen. There is no way I'd take my charger out of the car. That was the first tip off. I called the police to have an officer come out and file a report.

I called my credit card company and sure enough, the thieves had already made two gas station purchases on my card: one in Mason City, IA, and another in St. Paul, MN a few hours later. This thoroughly freaked out everyone. After all, they had much of my personal information in that phone; could they be looting my house? Fortunately, I had a 90 pound lab-rott mix on guard for any intruder. Unfortunately, Grubster, who was taking care of said dog turned off his cell phone and I had no way of knowing the status of my Minnesota abode.

I had to have the police in Minnesota knock on his door to tell them about what had happened to me and together both the police and Grubster searched through my house to make sure there was no one lurking behind a door somewhere and nothing valuable missing. All the while, Grubster had to force a barking, growling protective "Kujo" into the bathroom so that he wouldn't become a liability to these other "intruders".

Meanwhile, the Mason City police officer came to file the report. He must have thought I was truly a naive idiot for not locking my car door. My parents kept trying to tell me things not to say to him before he got there, like "don't tell him you had a stomach ache" and "don't tell him about the dog at 2 am" as if these things were irrelevant to the situation. But this is the truth I know. I know I wouldn't leave my car door unlocked with my stuff in it if I were feeling well. And the truth is that the dog woke me up at 2 am when I was downstairs as if he had something he was trying to tell me. And the truth was I really didn't want to come home for Christmas, not because I didn't want to see everyone, but because the very fact that my stuff was stolen on this supposedly sacred holiday where peace on earth and goodwill to all men allegedly take place negates any faith I started to have in making this a holiday I can ever count on to bring me joy. I think I'd rather be a pagan and celebrate the Winter Solstice. Or convert to Judaism which seems to make much more sense to me.

There is a wonderful massage therapist here in MPLS who treats me from time to time who is much like a shaman to me. He is intrigued by the concept of finding certain people as vampires. Perhaps this is going to sound a bit new age, but I truly believe I was "attacked" by a vampire that night. Here we were on 12/25/06, just past a new moon; darkness and peace are supposed to fill the night in this phase. But I was physically and psychically vulnerable in my moon time to attacks on my energy.

I was out of my element, already physically drained and emotionally fragile, literally and figuratively BLEEDING. And someone has the audacity to come into the subdivision in the middle of the night on Christmas and steal the tools which help to sustain someone else. On an emotional level, these things probably mean nothing to this thief or thieves other than a way to get them through the next couple of days on someone else's energy and funds. If that's not a vampire, I don't know what is. It's like they could taste my "blood" from miles away like a shark in an giant ocean full of marine life.

Important things I've learned from this experience:

1)Despite any safe, nostalgic feelings of home you might encounter when back in your hometown, population 30,000 (a far cry from the 2 million in the Twin Cities metro area), watch your back (I don't mean to sound like a gangster). Forget the fact that the Sound of Music puppets created by Bill Baird are sitting in a local museum and that Meredith Wilson's boyhood home offers tours near Music Man Square. Remember, there is Trouble...."right here in River City" With a capital T. That rhymes with P, that stands for....Pseudoephedrine converted to methamphetamine???? Welcome to today's rural Midwest.

2)LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. LISTEN TO THAT INNER VOICE OF INTUITION THAT TELLS YOU WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A DANGER ZONE. Even if words cannot describe that feeling.

3)Say no. To people who try to sap your energy. Say no. To being overworked. Say no. To the pressures of tradition for the sake of tradition which no longer serve the original intended purpose. Take care of yourself first and foremost. Perhaps if more people would just say no, there would be less people on this earth to take advantage of the fact that they don't say no. Perhaps there would be more self-sufficient individuals who think of positive, creative ways to live their lives.

I'm sorry this blog was a bit of a downer. The good news is that I'm safe and alive. No one was physically hurt in this violation of privacy and property that occurred on Christmas Day. I am a tough little cookie and as frustrating as something like this is to anyone who experiences it, it can't break me.

Don't worry; I haven't completely lost faith in humanity. Truly, I believe there is a seed inside every single one of us that is just waiting to bloom and grow out to fragrance the world. There are just a lot of people who have chosen not to nurture that sprout; it's not too late.

If you have come this far in reading all this darkness and uncertainty in the blog, I reward you with a link to a beautiful business I toured tonight at the Building Biology meeting here in Minneapolis:

www.naturalbuilthome.com<br />
It's people and places like that which give me hope in future of our earth. Enjoy.

My daughter started off the New Year by colliding with a young bull moose who was in the roadway. Fortunately, she and the kids were not injured but the moose died in the collision. Her Ford Explorer sustained considerable damage with a broken radiator, destroyed headlight assembly, a very crinkled hood, and the windshield is a shattered mess. There was also a bit of damage to the roof. She was headed to Seward to spend the week with a friend and was about 90 miles from home.

I know I have written before about the moose hazards especially during the winter. Another daughter wrecked her car last month on her way to work while attempting to miss another moose. Her vehicle sustained several hundred dollars in damage, too. We have had a lot of snow this year and the moose find walking on the roadways much easier than walking elsewhere. We also have less than 6 hours of daylight so most driving is done when it is very dark. Cars can be fixed or replaced, people can’t be replaced and we don’t want them to be hurt either.

Tonight it is to get fairly cold as it is projected to be between -25 and -30 with a high tomorrow of -3 degrees F. I think I may need to get my winter coat out again as this cold spell is expected to last for much of the week. Most of the state is experiencing this cold spell, too, just after going through blizzards and lots of snowfall. It has been like that this winter. It goes from moderate and snowy to the deep freeze with frigid temps.

The seed catalogs are beginning to arrive. It is so nice to sit and dream of a garden for this summer although it will be almost 5 more months until we can plant outside. Even with all the rain and cool temperatures of last summer, most things grew well and we are looking forward to expanding the garden this summer. I am only interested in using organic seeds and preferably heritage seeds. So, I am delighted as I study each catalog.

Tonight’s dinner was so good. I fixed elk patties; a rice pilaf with onions, Italian seasoning, and chopped, fresh spinach added at the end; steamed broccoli sprinkled with nutritional yeast; and a big salad with broccoli sprouts and salad sprouts and an olive oil and flaxseed oil and herb dressing. The sprouts were finished and greened up today and sure makes the salad extra healthy.

Shadeaux is growing rapidly and is so full of energy it is almost comical. I bought a big bag of specialty papers that are supposed to help train a puppy to use them instead of piddling in other places. She thinks it is great fun to grab the papers and race through the house with the bulk of the paper floating behind her, much as a kite. I have had to anchor them down, so she just plays tug of war with them. It isn’t a total waste, however, because she has used them for the intended purpose a few times. With the temperatures being so cold or in blizzard conditions, I hesitate to put her outside more than a few times a day. She has been successful outside about a third of the time. My husband and I had forgotten how long it takes to train a puppy, but, I am sure someday she will have it all figured out and the weather will be nicer too.

Well, this is about all for tonight. Hope you are off to a really great new year. Till next time………………

My daughter started off the New Year by colliding with a young bull moose who was in the roadway. Fortunately, she and the kids were not injured but the moose died in the collision. Her Ford Explorer sustained considerable damage with a broken radiator, destroyed headlight assembly, a very crinkled hood, and the windshield is a shattered mess. There was also a bit of damage to the roof. She was headed to Seward to spend the week with a friend and was about 90 miles from home.

I know I have written before about the moose hazards especially during the winter. Another daughter wrecked her car last month on her way to work while attempting to miss another moose. Her vehicle sustained several hundred dollars in damage, too. We have had a lot of snow this year and the moose find walking on the roadways much easier than walking elsewhere. We also have less than 6 hours of daylight so most driving is done when it is very dark. Cars can be fixed or replaced, people can’t be replaced and we don’t want them to be hurt either.

Tonight it is to get fairly cold as it is projected to be between -25 and -30 with a high tomorrow of -3 degrees F. I think I may need to get my winter coat out again as this cold spell is expected to last for much of the week. Most of the state is experiencing this cold spell, too, just after going through blizzards and lots of snowfall. It has been like that this winter. It goes from moderate and snowy to the deep freeze with frigid temps.

The seed catalogs are beginning to arrive. It is so nice to sit and dream of a garden for this summer although it will be almost 5 more months until we can plant outside. Even with all the rain and cool temperatures of last summer, most things grew well and we are looking forward to expanding the garden this summer. I am only interested in using organic seeds and preferably heritage seeds. So, I am delighted as I study each catalog.

Tonight’s dinner was so good. I fixed elk patties; a rice pilaf with onions, Italian seasoning, and chopped, fresh spinach added at the end; steamed broccoli sprinkled with nutritional yeast; and a big salad with broccoli sprouts and salad sprouts and an olive oil and flaxseed oil and herb dressing. The sprouts were finished and greened up today and sure makes the salad extra healthy.

Shadeaux is growing rapidly and is so full of energy it is almost comical. I bought a big bag of specialty papers that are supposed to help train a puppy to use them instead of piddling in other places. She thinks it is great fun to grab the papers and race through the house with the bulk of the paper floating behind her, much as a kite. I have had to anchor them down, so she just plays tug of war with them. It isn’t a total waste, however, because she has used them for the intended purpose a few times. With the temperatures being so cold or in blizzard conditions, I hesitate to put her outside more than a few times a day. She has been successful outside about a third of the time. My husband and I had forgotten how long it takes to train a puppy, but, I am sure someday she will have it all figured out and the weather will be nicer too.

Well, this is about all for tonight. Hope you are off to a really great new year. Till next time………………

Well, prepare yourselves………..no not because I have not written a blog in five hundred years………….I am about to tell you the flight horror story of all horror stories.

Having gone to visit my parents for the Holidays, I have been trying (with not much luck) to return home since the first. I am finally here, 5 days later!! Every single day, I would go to the airport wait in line, only to check in to find my flight was cancelled. 4 times in a row!!!!!

Soo……..today I had another flight out at 9:30 am, I was taking my time getting there since I really didn’t have much faith that it would get out. So I get to the airport, start to check in, and they say, sorry you are suppose to check in at least 30 mins ahead of time, it is now only 27 mins. Ahead of time (no joke, I am not joking about this, this is exactly what these pseudo people told me) you cannot board.

So I pleaded, and pleaded, nope………..no movement……..so I said what if I leave my bag and just go, they looked at me and said, well sure if you want to leave all your stuff go ahead (vindictively thinking to themselves ‘ha, ha, this little skinny blond $#!%% won’t leave her stuff)

I quickly motioned for my Dad who was outside waiting with his car to make sure I got on, he came in, I pointed to the bag and said ‘ship it’ and ran to the gate. I get to the gate and the stupid flight had not even started to board, but oh no……….I was three minutes late so they wanted to put me through hell.

Next I land half-way in Chicago, I check the monitor to see the status of my next flight…….LATE……….no, no, I thought, not going to do this to me, I happened to see that the flight before mine heading to Portland was doing final boarding. It was suppose to depart at 10:20, the time was 10:15, it was departing out of the c concourse, I was in the F concourse……and so what did I do, I booked it, ran like I was being chase by a heard of man eating gate agents…….and made it on the flight, with an aisle seat to boot!!!! Now if any of you have ever been in the Chicago airport you know that it is quite a jaunt from the F to the C concourse. I did it and because of my effort made it home three hours early!

What are the morals of this story:

1) You never know what is unfortunate in life. When I was not allowed to take my bag I was not pleased, but by being bag free I was able to get on an earlier flight

2) When you eat right for your type you are able to both fight and flight!!!



*No gate agents were injured in the writing of this blog. The gate agents used this blog do not resemble you or any friend or family gate agents

moijn...moijn....Ihr Liebchens....(ouch schon kurz vor 12, also güddä middaag)

schön war's gestern Abend, nur fünf Leutle aber super gemampft, alles compliant gemacht, ha....meine

ehemalige Co. hat vorzüglich mitgewürrgt in Sachen BTD und stellt Euch vor, ich habe 2-3 Schlückchen irre leckeren Bordeau aus meines *netten Nachbarn's* Gläsli stibitzt und dann sogar noch 1/4 Gläsli Puffbrause geschlabbert...und beides hat mir nix ausemacht, noch schoss es mir in die Augen,wie üblich, grad nix....:-)

Aber das heisst nicht für mich dass ich wieder normal anfange Wein oder andere Stoffe dieser Sorte zu konsumieren; denn es disturbt doch meine Energies massivst.

Heute moren, nach dem rundgänglichen hello un äs güäd's Neues.....habe ich plötzlich schaurig Erbarmen bekommen mit all den BTD-lern die da scheinbar noch immer furchtbar struggeln in Sachen *staying compliant* oder ähnlichem.....ich denke und sehe täglich, sei's mit Patienten oder auch bei uns, was BTD eigentlich wirklich noch alles kann, und dann heisst's eigetnlich nurnoch ja sagen und entweder annehmen...oder halt grad *bleibe losse* und hier muss ich scheinbar vermehrt mal ansetzten....hey Leute hier gibt es keine Gebote oder Verbote die Ihr Euch selber auferlegen müsst....das ist schlichtweg gefährlich das Conterteufelchen im Hirni anzufachen und dann auf die Spur der Völlerei und Fresserei von sogenannten No-No's zu gelangen :-( very bäää....denn....seid mal nicht soooo faul und macht Euch über den Keirsey'text Eurer Psychogramme her, dann zieht Euch nur kurz das Enneagram rein und eiderdaus...wo simma denn???...hääää doch nicht etwas auf den desintegrativen Weg....oder doch ???

Stoppt sofort Euch selbst in die Tasche lügen, auffi druff und knuff und wieder auf den normalen Pfad der Tugenden aufgehüpft und weiter geht....denn wenn Du es jetzt und gleich nicht tust...wann dann ?

Ueberdenkt bitte, was ist der wahre Grund warum Ihr selbstschädigendes Verhalten aufweist, was tut immernoch weh in Euren Seelen, was ist der wahre Ballast den Ihr loswerden wollt!! Und dann schubbst diesen Mist einfach beiseite, nehmt Euch liebevoll wieder wichtig und ernst und gebt vor allem niemandem anderen die Schuld und übernehmt volle Verantwortung für Euer Tun, handeln und Denken :-)

Ausserdem dürft Ihr Euch auch gewiss sein, dass es genügen *liebe Leut* gibt, denen das gerade recht kommt, solltet Ihr solches Betragen in aller Oeffentlichkeit ausüben; denn hier wird dann ganz hochoffiziell in Eure Gesichter gegrinst, na hab ich's doch gewusst, BTD ist auch nur so ne junkdiät....und ich hab's ja auch gewusst- die/der ist auch nix Besseres als unsereins....hey Leute genau dahin wollten wir nicht....aber das ist der Anfang vom Ende....denn es wird sich unweigerlich des öfteren wiederholen

und dann muss man hier den Gordnischen Knoten in aller Ehrlichkeit zerschlagen, notfalls wirklich professionelle Hilfe miteinbeziehen-das ist keine Schande- und was dafür und nicht dagegen tun!!!

Ihr seid allesamt rasend wertvolle Menschen und gerade deshalb ist es mir wichtig :-) .......

In tiefster Dankbarkeit und Liebe

Eure Isa

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bonjour and g'd mornin all dearles

it was just great yesterday evening...very compliant, my Co. was terrifique in her preparations and compliancies to BTD but for everybody :-) ha.... and think about, I cought some super Bordeau outta

the glass of my *gentile neighbor* and drunk 1/4 glass of champagne without any sideeffect that normally those stuffs do with me, jumping amazingly negative in my eyes.... no reactions... just great :-)

but that won't mean that I am going to continue in taking any alc. stuffs for my everyday life...not at all....becasue I'd remark that this does enormously disturb my energies.

This morning, after having done my st.sylvestre-greetings, suddenly I got a huge pitty for all those BTD-ers struggeling with compliancies and other worse thingies concerning BTD....:-( I felt sooo sorry for them and their problems in staying whatsoever and I see every day what BTD does bring us and also

with me and my clients, it's awesome to look beyond all such patterns......hey...Gigi's...there are no- *no-no's or forbidden thingies, only be aware that BTD is the chance to you to give your accordance with several foods and then just welcome it and don't even give a thought back to any negativitiy or selfhitting behaviours; because if so, you'd only feed the conter-evil in your head and that nourrishes the need of devourness of dammaging materials in your body; see the rule of *attracting same things*

try to look beyond all such things and also your readdyness to go off such destructive patterns and habits; take you gentely serious and no more selfpunishements that way ......:-)have honestly an eye on your real needs, don't devore them down...(fullfill your needs as most as you are able) don't take any notice of things like: how you are looking in the eyes of others...it just doesn't bother...nobody.....

and even here...don't be ashamed when you realize that in fact it is not that easy...because perhaps you can't solve this allone...ok so go for a professional help, the only thing which may happen is...oups perhaps you don't want that...huh?! :-)) you get healthy...woooow...you get every day healthier....

isn't that worth ??? yup dearles it is worth...because your are worthful!!!

The integration of our shadows is one of our tasks in our lives...yess dearles...one of :-) he-he-heee

love yourself as you'd do with others...but now tell me please who is doing that...often only the narcissme is to be observed; go for selfrespect and take you and your needs for serious.....go for your truth in your life...go for acceptance of yourself and go for peace and freedom in your life.....that isn't

including selfdenyings :-))) xoxoxo

with lots' of gratitude and love

I remain tr.y.Isa