Thursday, January 6, 2011
Yes, I still love it here
As we approach the end of our 3rd year in Tonasket, I am so thankful that we made this move. The pace and the people here forced us to slow down and refocus on what is truly important. I wish I had given our old friends and neighbors the kind of time and attention we have been able to here. I look forward to the time when everyone can make their own spirituality and family the thing they put first.
Since I last posted, I have gained a beautiful daughter in law, seen my own daughter grow taller than me, and I have been working full time for my sister Alise, as he team manager.
That means less time playing and more time working, but it has enabled us to get the second house set up and mostly finished. What a blessing to have SO MUCH space! Actually it almost feels too big now that all the kids are so busy. Dakota and Gabe work 20-25 hours a week, and I am sure Jess will have a job soon. Dakota is starting on his senior credits and will easily finish ahead of schedule. Jess is doing well in high school, and Chey is shining in her final year of middle school.
As for Penny...She is all grown up!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Gone Fishing.
The kids are really enjoying their summer. We've been fairly low key, so lots of lazy days and relaxing nights.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Picking up a Penny
Monday, May 11, 2009
Did ya Miss me??
Some highlights of the past month or so..... We had a brush fire in the garden and it was so huge that someone on highway 97 thought it was a house burning down and called the trusty Tonasket FD. They came and asked for an invite next time.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
It's Already March??!!!
I fell of the raw wagon for a few days, but I am back on and determined to complete and amazing transformation this year! I dropped 16 pounds in the last 4 weeks, so thats a great start. My plan is to post my daily food intake on THIS forum, to hold myself accountable. I track it on fitday.com as well, but this way it's out there for the public.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Miles and Miles of Small Brown Piles
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Feeling like a housewife
My meals are much easier to prepare. All I have to do is peel and eat (I have had a lot of citrus this week). I have lost more on a few days of 100% raw than I did the previous 3 weeks at 80% raw with calorie restriction. Interesting. I did make some tasty banana leather, some savory flax and garlic crackers (both in the dehydrator) and a failed attempt at raw potato chips. They came out gray and nasty, and not quite crispy.
I viewed a website yesterday with a 65 year old woman who has been eating raw for 40 years. She looks about 30.
I am a couple pounds away from a 2 year low, and 20 lbs away from a 5 year low.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Breaking News
Dakota says we should start a Tonasket station (the other one is in Spokane) and use Hugh's Iphone to zoom in on for weather reports. He's always thinking.
So, I should have gone 100% raw before. I need to find out how it is physiologically (is that the right word?) to lose so much weight so fast, while taking in the same amout of calories. Raw food guru's claim it's because of the lack of toxins in what you eat, and that cooking food poisons it in a way. They say it heals whatever is wrong with your body and makes your metabolism work correctly. I need to do more research, but no complaints from this girl.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Tightening the Belt
Monday, February 9, 2009
Tennis Elbow and Bowlers Knee
I am really wanting to try 100% raw food for a week, to see if I can kick start. I have been about 80% raw, but that final bit MIGHT make the difference. I start every morning intending to do it, and then something happens. Usually cheese.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
A Blogworthy Scream
Monday, February 2, 2009
All for the Love of Good Parking
A far cry from the old days of being happy just to find a spot at all!
On the diet front, all is still well. A whole week+ with no caffiene, no artifical sweetner and all that! Today I made fresh bread and I had a slice when it was done. What a mistake, I must have a major gluten allergy. I immediately got severe heartburn. All week, I have not had to take one antacid (I was probably popping about 50 a day prior to the diet) and I had to run for the tums. I have quite a few supplements still from my old days of trying every possible diet, so I have been able to take vitamins and keep close track of my nutrition. I would say mornings are probably the hardest for actual hunger, and evening are the worst for cravings. I miss WINE!!!! The scale has not moved a lot, but I have a feeling it's going to start dropping fast.
I got to talk to Levi today, which is always a treat. He sounds like he is doing really well, and I am always happy to hear he is associating with folks from the congregation. Sky is headed back over the end of Feb for a visit. It will be interesting to see how he feels about it once he has gone back.
Tomorrow is the LONG school day. I will try to post.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Treadmill Time
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Ice Skating Rinks
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Grapefruit, Banannas and Peppers, Oh my!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sweet and Surprising
So far so good on my detox plan. Whats really funny is the thing I am craving most is artificail sweetener! Most of you who know me are aware that I have never thought of sweets as my weakness, I am more of a bread, cheese and butter kind of girl. However, those same folks know that I have been shamelessly addicted to energy boosting supplements for over a decade. For years, I took drops with a high ephedra content (until it was banned!). I used to pour a couple of Diet Squirts into a mason jar, load it with the energy drops and refill when it was empty. My desk always his a couple 12 packs of Diet Squirt. When I finally had to give that up, I switched to Diet Rock Star energy drinks. I would have at least 2 of the giant 32 oz ones every day. That was even more expensive than the drops had been. Then, Gina showed me that I could get a lot more bang for my buck with the Crystal light energy packets. They were only about $3 for 14 packets, which would last me for 3 or 4 days. Massive caffiene, almost no calories, how could that be bad. BTW, in Gina's defense, she bought them for herself, and did not like them- she was not trying to feed my bad habit.
Anyhow, if I calculate correctly, I have never skipped a day of energy drinks of some sort since the days of North Creek Heights, about 15 years ago! So all this time I thought I was addicted to caffiene and ephedra, and I think I was just as hooked on Aspartame or whatever they put in the drinks to sweeten them without calories.
I have no issues with energy, I feel great...I just wanna chug some diet soda...NOW. I am going to do some more research on why they are so bad (I have been told, it just seemed like the lesser of two evils) and that should motivate me to stick with it.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Something I have been putting off
Hold me accountable. I will post inches lost every two weeks!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Spam, Geography and the Alternator
I got distracted sorting through stuff in my outlook email box. I had 6000 unread messages, plus many more than that that had been read. I started trying to get rid of the spam and successfully reduced the unreads down to 3400 before remembering that I was going to update this.
I had an encouraging call from a coastie friend who says he thought maybe my love of this place was a phase, but that every time he talks to me I sound even happier than before. I think I am. It's been almost a year since we first started talking about this move. The first weekend in March was out first visit here, so it must have been mid-February when we first talked about it. What a difference a year makes.
I saw Skyler in town today and he looked...at peace...I don't know any other way to describe it. He had a smile on his face, and this sense of well being that made me feel very happy. He looked almost guilty. I asked him what was up and he sheepishly admitted that he thinks he is really starting to like it here. I told him I thought it kinda gets in your blood, if its the right place for you, and he seemed to understand what I meant. However, he hasn't embraced it yet.
We had a great visit from the CO, very encouraging. He and his wife were a delight and they will be back in April. It still feels a little odd to only have one night time meeting a week, but we are filling it up with study time. Just miss the association, I guess.
I finished the world geography course, which is designed to teach you all the countries of the world in 18 weeks. I designed it for Chey, who is now so far ahead of her grade that she gets to back off on school work and hence, will not need the course this year! I had a blast doing it though, and I am hopeful I can get into writing curriculums for $$ in the near future.
Dakota is insisting he is starving to death, so I am going to go build some dinner.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Starting off the year right
Paula and Raine stayed up at the Kammeyer estate, and We kept Laraine here at The Rainey Ranch. Laraine took us to dinner at Tonasket Pizza Co, and having not been for a meal out in months, it was pretty amazing. They have Calzones the size of Shetland Ponies. Dakota had JUST arrived home, so part of my meal was spend just being happy to see him again. I think we took more food home than we were able to eat.
We tried bribing the three of them with more snowy drives and congregation gatherings, but alas, they headed back over to the wet side. I mean, the West side. Or maybe I don't.