In the middle of the storm...

When the lights go out in the middle of a storm, always remember those who helped you light the candles.

ProcrastiNATION of Dreams - Can we cash that check now?

"We the people.." Hey! That's US! :-)


MLK had a dream. It was one that many Americans shared. As part of that dream, he wanted black kids and white kids to play together. We did better than that. We have a black/white man as our President. Yes, parts of the dream aren't fulfilled yet; but, I have that faith that Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke about. I have faith.

46 years later, Obama has a dream. Believe it or not, it's not much
different from the dream that our founders shared, along with MLK.
Unalienable rights - LIFE, love, and the pursuit of happiness. Is LIFE too
much for Americans to ask for? Unfortunately, American LIFE is all too often lost based on the judgements of insurance companies and the pursuit of instantaneous happiness.

Just as MLK stated, "We must not walk alone." Our President needs us. He needs ALL Americans to put away our selfish pride and become selfless. I have faith in US.

An AmeriCAN donated their blood when the 29 year old needed those
transfusions. An AmeriCAN wrote that prescription for additional health care hours for Mom when the insurance companies tried to cut them. An AmeriCAN gave that single disabled working AmeriCAN Mom money for her prescription because the ten $30 copays, $200 month premium and $100 emergency room visits consumed her paycheck and tax return. An AmeriCAN helped the single Mother get her children food when she lost her job because of the illness; and, the Short Term Disability
company's denied her claim... despite numerous doctor's statements
that she needed to focus on her health.

I have faith in our President. I have faith AmeriCANs. I have faith in
LIFE. I have faith in US. I believe it WILL happen. I share the dream that we don't continue in the path
of being the ProcrastiNATION Nation. I can only hope that we start down the path of being the Proactive Nation, 4LIFE.

Let's cash that USA Check 4LIFE, 2DAY. As MLK said, "It would be fatal to overlook the urgency of the moment..." literally....

p.s. Praying that this dream blog doesn't end up in my book series, "Embracing Crazy - Delusional Dreams". haha.

Choices

9 umbrellas




1 ladybug tent



i can always learn from kiddoz... while i coveted one of the nine umbrellas, the untainted innocent 3 year old went straight for one simple perfect solution.

one simple ladybug tent. i have faith. we will earn our ladybug tent someday.

the answer was right in front of my eyes and i didn't even see it! kids are soooo smart!

Life's A Procrastinated Beach - then we die. :-)

My inet issues are contributing to my blog contributions to the procrastiNATION nation. stay tuned.

Today I learned that blog posting from phone during the procrastinated 0-2.5 health walks is an art. I procrastinate with a lot of things. Shame on me. :-/ I want to kick this procrastination habit... Pronto. I dunno if I can do it tho... Actually... I'm pretty sure I can't do it alone.

I keep cheating. When me n the gurls went to the beach on labor day, we went to mcdonald's. Don't get me wrong, mcdonald's is quite the bizness. But its a recession and I had to make an impression... 4thakiddoz right?

We were running late becuz I procrastinated on laundry... And, well I procrastinated on laundry bcuz my back hurts cuz I procrastinated on takin care of myself... So I had to hurry to the beach bcuz I promised the gurlz fun in the sun u know... So we ran off without packing lunch... I had to procrastinate on my grocery store run so that we didn't miss the beach run....

Well, I guess I shouldn't say 'run'. Lol we never 'run' to grocery store and we didn't 'run' at the beach. The kids cheated and sang run this town. Cheating didn't sound that bad after that. :-D Neways, I think i'm procrastinating getting to the point of my mcdonalds story... Lol

See, I only had access to 20 dollars that I borrowed from payshance's procrclastinated school fees. Oops, procrastinated. Lol And had procrasrinated on my promise of taking them to the beach all summe. Oops again... 2x. :-) So I felt obligated. U know, 4 the kiddoz. :-D

We got to the beach and couldn't find a grocery store... Perhaps the beach government are procrastinating on that... But we had fun and walked to mcdonald's... Since I only had access to 20 we had to be frugal... Sooo, we hit up the dollar menu... Yes, I didn't see a salad or piece of fruit on there... I decided to procrastinate on my health campaign once again. Yes, I did it again... My backache n diabetic irritated mood swings from previous procrastinations were really bothering us. :-D

I ordered garbage mcdouble, fries, and diet drink. I figured if I was gonna cheat I would do it right. You know, the 'diet' in the drink had to count for something right? Yah... A bunch of formaldehyde waiting to embalm me. So I ask myself, where does this come from? This wonderful art of procrastination...

p.s. please 4give me4my spelling, the recession is helping me to procrastinate on upgrading from this ancient palm centro.. :-D

8th Grade - Breakfast with the gurls.

The gurlz were chattin during breakfast and Rihanna and Chris Brown came up. It was unanimous that they had Rihanna's back on this one. One of the gurlz said, "If I was Rihanna, I would have punched Chris Brown in the jaw."

For the first time in a long time, I had absolutely nothing to say. I usually will give them advice in their situations. The fact is, everyone reacts differently in stressful situations. I wish I could say some magical words for the cure all to protect our gurlz from domestic violence. Better yet, I wish I could tell them how to prevent it.

If we all only knew exactly what to say. :-(

letter to fam about my health, mostly

my current goal is to walk 5 miles a day.

i have stopped all my medications except for my blood pressure medicine, mature daily vitamin, and extra strength tylenol as needed for pain. every time i went to the doctor, they would give me more medicine to take. i felt like i was a beaker in a chemistry class waiting to explode and disintegrate.

the wake up call for me was when i went to the pain management dr for a b12 shot because i found out my b12 was low. when i got there, he said he didn't have the shot then tried to give me ambien and 2 other medicines on top of the pain, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, asthma meds i was already taking. i explained to him that i had researched low b12 and alot of the symptoms that i'm having sound like that will help me and that i would really like to reschedule and go with something natural if that is the cause. i was kind of insistent on it; therefore, he rescheduled. i decided i don't particularly care for/trust doctors at that point. don't get me wrong... i think his intentions were good... i just don't think he was treating the problem, just the symptoms.

in my research, i found that our bodies store b12 for 5 years; therefore, whatever is making my b12 low has to have started 5 years ago. it is rare in people my age. it can cause depression, fatigue, etc. i went back for my shot and found that the mature vitamins have 412% b12 in them. so, i have been taking those also. i had bad chest pains last weekend; because, i ran out of my blood pressure meds and ended up in the er. they said that my potassium is low also. so, i'll be looking into a natural solution for that. i imagine that the potassium is low because i've been losing weight at a rate of about 10 lbs a month. i am scared to have the surgery at this point; therefore, i'm just trying to change lifestyle and it seems to be working.

my back pain was terrible last night to the point where i couldn't walk; but, somehow, today i am ok. thank god. :-)