O LORD

Peaceful Psalm.

Peaceful presence.  Peaceful place.

Time for quiet time.  Time for a sabbatical.

Pray,

d

'Life Just Got A Little Easier' Steaks

Baked Cabbage Steaks

Preheat oven 400 degrees.
Aluminum foil a cookie sheet.
Wash and remove outer leaves of cabbage and trim stem off.
Slice cabbage making 1 to 1 1/2 inch steaks.
Brush both sides of cabbage steak with olive oil, garlic powder. Salt and pepper both sides.
Bake 30 to 40 minutes.
These steaks are INEXPENSIVE,  EASY TO PREPARE and EASY CLEAN UP.
LOW CALORIE, NUTRITIOUS and DELICIOUS!

CABBAGE LOVERS will cheer. 

Life just got a little easier to handle 

with this delicious simple dish to make.

~d

Pass The Blessings Please

JIBBER JABBER JOURNEY!

TRYING NEW APPROACHES to my personal food program designed especially for me that's also known as DIET.  Not FOND of the word DIET.  Stupid reasons really, but have not liked this word for years due to D I E-t  being in the word.  Food should be nutritious which aids us in LIFE.  Let there be LIFE!

Suppose I could change it to LIFE with a t at the end of the word.....hum.  Nah.  

Leave it alone and adjust.

I have been eating more yogurt which I'm finding to be a pleasant thing.  Then there's eating VEGETABLES.  VEGGIES for short.  God has answered my prayer and I am swooning over vegetables as of late.  GREENS and all.  Healthy smoothies and salads.  Steamed and baked veggies, cooked and grilled veggies.  RAW veggies.  RAW RAW RAW zest boom bah.

LIFE is full of adventures and this one of my changing eating habits is just one of them.  A teaspoon of olive oil is taken like medicine.  Popping pills has not been my bailiwick but am able to stay on track most of the time since I start my day out by faithfully taking my thyroid meds first thing in the morning with 8 oz. of spring water!  Tadaaaah.  I'm doing it.  I can adjust.  I can change.  Might not be too excited about doing things different, but can do this thing.

The vitamins I will be taking for at least three months will take some personal cheerleading to do each day as the packet has 8 pills/capsules in it.  I can spread out through the day taking the capsules or take them all at one setting.  Today, I was brave and took all 8 in two handfuls after lunch so food was in my stomach.  I took four with water then waited five minutes to allow the pills to go down the pipe.  Then the next four.  Drank plenty of water to wash them down the gully.

Never lie down or recline after taking so many pills.  Sit upright or stand for at least an hour.  The pills I manage to take go down slowly in my system.  Not sure why, but they do.  Can't always rush a good thing.

Increasing the amount of water I drink takes some doin as well.  I have to cheer myself on as if I need a cheerleader to do this.  The t-shirt I'm wearing today says, "JUST DO IT!"  This is what I say to myself when trying to get up out of the recliner or doing chores like laundry that needs done.  YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!  JUST DO IT!!!

Climbing the stairs in the house is a blessing as I count this as exercise for my ole bod-ee.  Motion in movement.  You go girl.  You can do itttt.

I wrote down some goals that I would like to accomplish this next year.  After spending deep thought about LIFE I had to write out something that I want to accomplish in the next 12 months.  One of those things on my list was to get to feeling better by changing some habits.  I will walk more and ride a stationary bike in the mornings.

Drink fluoride-free Spring Water.
Walk more.
Ride the Stationary Bike in the mornings after morning routine is completed.
Take high quality Vitamins.
Eat Yogurt.
Less Carbs.
MORE ORGANIC Vegetables.
Avoiding fructose.
Natural flavorings.
Natural skincare.
Chemical free cosmetics.
Lead-free lipstick.
Brush teeth with fluoride free toothpaste and baking soda.
Use aluminum-free deoderant.
Get to bed at a decent hour.
No computer after 11 o'clock PM.  Have an ap on computer now that changes the lighting on computer at 8 in the evening making it easier on eyes and system while using computer.  Thank you SON.
LESS STRESS.
LESS watching television, less radio, less noise.
Clean as I go.
Clean as I cook/bake.
Use white, non perfumed toilet paper.
Wear cotton undies.
Wear more cotton clothing.


I will eat MORE VEGGIES and take quality vitamins.  Drinking SPRING WATER without fluoride.  Taking time to read the labels on food items.  GMOs should be labeled on food to notify the customer that the items has been genetically altered.  I'm going to write my representatives and let them know that this middle aged, o v e r w e i g h t, cancer surviving HOMEMAKER wants to know if I'm eating GMOs and fake meat with labeled foods telling me if it's GMOed or not.  I want this info at my fingertips to read for myself.  I can make the educated decision if I want this product that has been genetically altered in my food program.  I want to know what I'm buying and spending hard earned dollars on.

The answer is I don't want to eat or drink GMOs.  The less fluoride the better I am as well.

Rheumatic Fever (6) did a number on me.  Enlarged heart leaving me with a heart murmur.
Family member's Nervous Breakdown (15) did a number on me.  Long lasting issues.  
Tubal ligation (24) did a number on me.  Weight gain and messed up menses.  I believe that this surgery and what was to follow lead to fibroid tumors that I suffer with even today.  Flooding heavy menses.
Relocating so many times has done a number on me.
Marital woos (34) did a number on me.  Post traumatic syndrome.
Fibroid tumors (40ish and beyond) have done a number to me.  Messed up menses, discomfort in body.
High blood pressure (40s and beyond) has done a number on me.
Childrens' divorces (50s) did something to me.
Having had Thyroid cancer (55) did a number on me.  Weight gain, overheating, messed up hormones, FATIGUE, hair loss, can't seem to stabilize numbers, etc.
Pre-diabetes (60s) has done a number on me.
The house fire (61) did a number on me.  LONG LASTING EFFECTS.
Gangrenous Gall Bladder (62) did a number on me.

Perhaps....perhaps something has got to give.
Yes.  CHANGE has to happen at my doing.
This requires reading, researching and praying.  Actually doing LIFE different.  Things happen in LIFE that we don't ask for.  There can be issues occur that we don't like or want.  Trusting GOD to take what was meant for evil and turn into good.  Please pass the blessings and refresh me.

Letting go of so much,
d 

Instead of my glass being half full or half empty....I have got to get this thing correct.  
I have got to have my cup over flowing with GOD's BLESSINGS.  

MY CUP RUNNETH OVER.  
I must have some of this.  A continual flow of blessings.  CONTINUAL.

Psalm 23:5 King James Version (KJV)

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Potent, Powerful Pink Pack

Dear Ones in Blogland,
My potent, high powered and extremely good VITAMINS arrived over the week-end.  NUTRITION EXPRESS by Judy Lindberg McFarland's PINK PACK multi-vitamin and mineral packets.  

Started taking them TODAY.  Will take for three months and see where I am energy wise or what.  Along with ORGANIC MAKE-UP and quality vitamins I plan on being healthier than I am at present.  I am hopeful that I will be better off than I have been.  

NUTRITION EXPRESS

https://www.nutritionexpress.com/

Will this make a difference?

I believe it will.

Be blessed,

d

Building One's Self Up

I ran away from HOME last week.  Went to Branson.  Drove there all by myself.  Spent a few days in a quiet condo relaxing to become more spiritual and calm.  Making PEACE.  

Events in my LIFE that began to build up got the best of me.  I needed a three day HOLIDAY where I had time to pray, read, talk out loud to GOD and gather my thoughts.

I wrote down on paper just what was bothering me.

Things that I wanted to compare with my HUSBAND's list that he wrote earlier.

We're still talking.  Comparing notes.

It will take some time and effort to finish the lists.

For the time being, I needed some R and R.

Sometimes we need some time for heart to heart talks.

My time had come.

I did super on my diet.

Yogurt and salads.

Water and black coffee.

Husband joined me a few days later and we returned to tour the TITANIC.  October 2017 was our first time in Branson.  I wanted to return to see the TITANIC again plus do a few things we didn't get accomplished in 2017.  Also wanted to revisit the Dime Store like none other.  A place like stepping back in time.  We did for a short time.  Just like the good old days.

RETURN TO THE TITANIC, EAT AT THE FARMHOUSE FAMILY RESTAURANT, 

GO TO THE DOLLY PARTON'S STAMPEDE, DICK'S FIVE AND DIME, GO THROUGH RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT 

AND SEE A SHOW.  

TITANIC MUSEUM

My back gave me fits while we toured.

Frequently sitting I got through the TITANIC.

My spirits did not sink.

When you enter the TITANIC MUSEUM

you are given a character card.

Mine survived the tragedy as she was 38 year old 

Gertrude Maybelle Thorne who was the mistress of traveling companion George Rosenshine who used Gertrude's last name and posed as husband and wife on the TITANIC.

She survived.  He did not.

humpf.

My character in October 2017 was 48 year old Lady Duff Gordon

who survived as well.  I was fortunate.

Truly, the TITANIC staircase and the example of a first class bedroom was outstanding.  This museum is fully loaded with information about the TITANIC.  Very well done.

THIS PIC DOESN'T DO THIS 

FIRST CLASS BEDROOM JUSTICE.

Eating fried chicken at the FARMHOUSE FAMILY RESTAURANT was one of those things that HUBBY wanted to do.

So we had a very delicious meal at the FARMHOUSE FAMILY RESTAURANT.

DOLLY PARTON's STAMPEDE

The illusionist 

Rick Thomas's Magic SHOW 

was beyond smooth and entertaining.

DICK's 5 and Dime

A huge dime store on main street attracts so many people it's difficult getting around.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Leaving Branson took place and I got a HURT's DONUT for the road.  My yearly pig out took place after doing so well on my diet during my stay.

How do I put it...it hurts donut???

I'm HOME now.
The drive was a long one, but worth it.
I'd like to go back again to Branson and do a few more things I didn't get to do this go round.  ~d

Water Lilies At The Park

Look quick.  Don't blink or you'll miss them.  Here today...gone tomorrow.  They don't last long.
Decide what you need to do and then do it.  Life passes right before your eyes. 
d

Roses

Delicate ROSE.

The fragrant aroma from this rose was beyond words.

Beautiful to look at and the aroma was

HEAVENLY.

The lone rose bush we have on our property

produced these fragrant roses to enjoy.

We did.

Delicate white flowers with pink speckles.

A rose by any other name wouldn't smell as sweet, Romeo.

To bottle this fragrance

is to be desired.

d

Organic Options

FOR MERCY SAKES...what a great day.
Shampooed my long hair and ran some styling gel through it.   She air dried and then I put her up on top of my hair with a clip.  No make-up today.  Naked faced and alright with it.

My SUZANNE SOMERS order arrived to my door.  Everything was in very good shape except the eye shadow in which one of the compartments of shadow was crumbled and messed up.  So I get on the handy dandy YOU TUBE to see how to repair eye shadow that is needing put back together.  Rubbing alcohol etc.

I'm going to try to repair it because to send it back to SUZANNE's company they will not pay for the shipping.  I have nothing to lose if I try to repair at HOME.  GOOD LUCK TO ME.

I ordered her mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, a nail polish, top coat and a nail polish remover.  

Figure this is where I start with ORGANIC COSMETICS.

I placed an order with NUTRITION EXPRESS to order vitamins for women and some for men.  Expect these to arrive the end of JUNE.

Drinking more SPRING WATER and working at eating more veggies.  Brush my teeth with no fluoride toothpaste and sometimes with baking soda alone.  The baking soda makes my teeth feel so clean.  Tis worth the nasty taste.  The deodorant I use has no aluminum in it.  My bras have no wire bars in them.  Cotton undies.  WITCH HAZEL on a cotton ball for cleaning my face and sweaty places.  Avoiding High Fructose Corn Syrup in foods.  Avoiding GMOs.  Avoiding soy products.  Drinking ORGANIC COFFEE.

Doing better at ORGANIC.  
I think when you make up your mind to do something that an awakening takes place and we forge ahead to victory. ~d

Matthew 6:17-18: “But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.”

Father's

Woolite Has It's Place

Oh Dear Ones......how ya doing?
What a gorgeous SPRING DAY today.  78 degrees with a slight breeze.
Once again the french doors are open to where fresh air comes into the room.
The birds have not let me down as they chirp high pitched notes of their tunes to one another.
I suppose they don't care who hears them.
My hair is air drying in curlers and I rest in my chair.
Paper work.
Getting ready to take the curlers out and fluff my curls.
Sing on birdies.  Your melody is soothing.  
Off to the laundromat to wash my sweaters in WOOLITE.
WOOLITE.  Affordable product to have on hand.  Lovely care for the every day person who wants soft sweaters or needs to wash out delicate items.  WOOLITE has an important place in the domestic world of HOME LIFE.  
Sweaters in a safe place for now until they come out next AUTUMN.  Cooler weather will come.
It has it's place.
This week I have hopes of finishing the task of tidying my cedar lined closet.
I'll have to rearrange the shelves to make room for this batch of sweaters.
Making headway as we work at getting settled here after two years.
Slow but steady progress.
Slowly moving toward the goal.
I won't be making my meatloaf today, but will make a trip to the store for ingredients.
Perhaps tomorrow the loaf will take shape.
This evening I need to make a trip over to the cottage across the river to gather the towels, blue jeans and undies that are waiting for that personal touch of being folded and put away in their proper places at HOME.
Am rested today after a very busy week.
This sure takes it out of me.
Feeling more energized!
That's a blessing for an old woman.
Old women have their place,
d

Proverbs 23:22 King James Version (KJV). 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Shirley Temple-Early Bird

Morphing Right Along

Ecclesiastes 3:13 King James Version (KJV) 

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

Hello Out There In Blogland!
Life here on the Prairie is real.  
I seem to be morphing right along getting settled into our present HOME.

AFTER staring at the countertop in my KITCHEN where my cook books rest, change is happening.  They're taking up too much counter space and I don't like that.  Figured out where to put a bookshelf for my Cookbooks in the stair area leading to the basement. 

Hubby gathered up a stash of wood and thinks he can build a book shelf above the basement stairs.  I need the shelves really bad!

He completed a shelf above the KITCHEN sink for my teapots!!!  Looks great and functional.  Mission accomplished.

Today,  my cook books are moving to the church pew.  Slowly they are migrating.  Can't help myself....I have to look inside the books to see what recipes are still in there.  Grouping these together such as all my BETTER HOMES and GARDENS cookbooks together, BETTY CROCKER together, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING together and then individual books line the pew.

Life is just too short to spend too much time on anyone project around here.  Have to have a goal and go after it.  At 63, I am aware that time is running out.  Downsizing is taking place as I cherish certain items more than others.  It has gotten easier for me to turn loose of much.  Quietly I continue to turn loose.  A little here and a little there.

These goals seem to change with age, location and situations.  So it's just ongoing with change.  To every season.....turn turn turn.

BLESSINGS TO YOU,

d

Ecclesiastes 3 King James Version (KJV)

3 To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

2 A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

5 A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;

6 A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;

7 A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

9 What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.

16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.

19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

20 All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?

22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Seeing Through

Seeing Through Into A Different Time

Coming across some photos from an older post caused me to regress to my rock house kitchen that is no longer mine.  Daylight streamed into the room.  A few photos were taken to capture this see through moment.

Enjoying the still life 
and still enjoying LIFE,

d