OFF WE WENT FOR A TOPEKA TUESDAY. I was ready for this. Looking forward to going to TOPEKA on a Tuesday is a highlight for me. Had plans to go veggie and fruit shopping for the week's allotment, BUT Plans were changed once we bought an old worn out leather club chair with ottoman from God's Storehouse for HUBBY's ART STUDIO that will be created this year.
We got up early for his LAB work at QUEST DIAGNOSTICS in Topeka. Filled up the car with gas and picked up the mail. Off we went across the vast prairie watching the sun rise casting sunlight across the open fields. Beautiful sight to see in person. I wish I had ground in the prairie. I truly do. All the beautiful, lush greens make me sigh.
After his LABS were done, we went for a bite to eat somewhere where we could eat as healthy as possible. That would be JASON's DELI for now. Filled my plate up with spring greens as a base, sprinkled a variety of veggies, fruit, nuts and seeds on top then munched away. Drank bottled water and visited with my date.
My favorite THRIFT STORE in Topeka is GOD'S STOREHOUSE. Tuesdays are Senior Discount day except on furniture. Hubby always sits on their furniture while playing on his phone as I finish my shopping. He found this old brown leather club chair that he melted into. Fit like a worn out glove. This old chair will become his ART STUDIO CHAIR where it won't matter if oil paint gets on it or not. One man's trash is another man's treasure came to life for us this day.
Plans changed. INSTEAD of grocery shopping we made arrangements to haul this treasure HOME. With getting tired, we decided that we'd shop for groceries tomorrow and take matters into our own hands about the chair. We traveled HOME where Hubby went to the storage unit to shuffle our stuff to make room to store the chair for now. He managed to do this and will return the next day to bring the chair home. His studio will be in the Garage and we have yet to clear it out from our move. We'll start this weekend. Lord willing. It'll take some time as we are elderly and slow with other obligations to honor. We can't work on it non-stop, but instead a little here and a little there.
He got up early and I decided to pal around with him. Off we went to get the chair and ottoman. Drove the distance, loaded the purchase and drove HOME again to unload our treasure. It was HOT at the storage unit, but we managed. Knowing that someone is going to come to our place to give an estimate for replacing the garage door, we needed to be HOME. Hubby waited for the guy. It was rather quick. Didn't take much time for the guy to look the garage door over. Getting the garage door replaced will help clean up our estate. Which makes my heart sing some knowing it will improve our place. HoMe SwEeT HoMe.
Last year we had the shingles replaced on the garage and house which seriously needed it and seriously improved the looks of our run down cottage. Singing songs of praise that this is done. We went from a dark rusty red shingle to a charcoal black. The shingles on the garage were so old that replacing them was long over due. The house's siding needs some places replaced and painted. That'll probably be next year before this happens. First the porch needs rebuilt. Now for the yard to get cleaned up.
WE cooled off then headed in the opposite direction in the car to get groceries. In one day we drove to Topeka AND Manhattan. Decided to have LUNCH at the HAPPY HIPPIE for a SALAD! Getting good at eating those salads. Praise the LORD. We had a very pleasant meal and conversation.
Hubby joined me in eating the DANIEL DIET way, which is a miracle in itself. FOR 21 days, we will not eat meat and eat a special way deliberately. For him to not eat meat is a miracle. He is a strong meat lover, but is willing to work at lowering his cholesterol.
He now fixes us hot lemon water to drink in the mornings. A real trooper. I had been doing this and he decided he'd try. I told him, he'd grow to like it and he has. 🍋🫖🍵
We started a 21 day Daniel round to help lower his cholesterol and mine so as to not go on STATIN DRUGS. Once again I am in HOPES of losing some weight. I seem to be stuck at a certain weight and the scales are not budging. My losing weight cannot be the only thing to be concerned about. GETTING HEALTHY is the priority. It will be in getting healthy that I will lose weight. Hopefully.
As we drove to TOPEKA and MANHATTAN, we made a list of menus that we will prepare during this 21 day food plan.
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AS FOR THE DANIEL DIET...we will focus on eating vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, herbs, legumes, drink spring water. Skipping Iced TEA. No coffee, alcohol or soda. We'll use olive oil and avocado oil to cook and bake with. Avoid SUGAR, MEAT, DAIRY and GRAIN. Pop corn is our snack of choice. Drinking unsweetened ALMOND MILK for when we want milk. No cow's milk for now as it is a by product of an animal. Not plant based. Eating plant based food may be the secret to losing weight and getting healthier.
Researching the healthiest Christians where the studies come up with THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST who avoid smoking, alcohol and eating meat are the healthiest people in the U.S.
THE STANDARD AMERICAN DIET isn't healthy for humans. What I thought was healthy I am finding out that it has strings attached that are not good for ya. I grew up in a time when conveniences were heavily used which turned its back on natural everything. Synthetic meds, fabrics, synthetic upholstery, grooming supplies with chemicals in them and a ton of added chemicals to foods merging into using GMOs. AND WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE SO MANY CANCERS KILLING US.
When I think that I am eating healthy because the salad I am eating has chicken it in, I am kidding myself as the chicken in the salad came from chickens that were fed unhealthy feed which ends up in the meat of the bird which I am eating. That saying, you are what you eat is true. What you eat matters. SO does the environment we live in. GOSH, I'm sounding like a conspiracy theorist. We shouldn't ignore the EMFs! The electro magnetic frequencies. A powerful subject to talk about. Nor ignore the quality of water we consume. My fallen world truly is fallen. To make a buck many do what they deem alright when it isn't. Please don't hurt me.
My thought life cannot weigh me down. AT LEAST IT SHOULDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH POWER OVER ME. At times it is a hard thing to switch my sad thoughts into joyful ones especially with family relationships that are rocky at the present. My emotional HEALTH cannot be ignored or have thoughts pressed down inside my thought life. Rising up above it takes a spiritual boost of knowing that GOD loves me and HE will work this out. I must remind myself to pray and ask for blessings for the one that has hurt me. The BIBLE is the truthful word of GOD and what it says is truth.
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AFTER LUNCH, we went to HOME DEPOT and on the way I stopped off at a garden shop to see if they had baby cucumber plants for sell. They did. MINI MEs. Bought two of them and will get these planted this week-end. Then while at HOME DEPOT, I bought some marigolds for our container garden that will be created this week. We have peppers, tomatoes, and rosemary to plant. A few other flowers to place in larger pots.
Next was HY-VEE for our groceries. This was enjoyable to me. We shopped together like a TEAM.
TIME to go HOME. I was beginning to fade as I put it. Drove HOME and unloaded the goods. Rested and watched a movie. I'm getting faster at stopping watching movies with the F BOMB and nudity. Not only are we to watch what we eat and wear, what we do with our time and how we spend our money, BUT we're to be selective in the entertainment we watch. Working on this.
BOREDOM GETS US INTO TROUBLE. You know when KING DAVID got bored staying at home instead of fighting battles, he got into sin bedding down Bathseba. His boredom made the way to sinning. He entertained and followed through with doing what did not please God.
💜 David was a man after God's own heart when he was quick to repent. If my boredom makes a way for watching movies that are full of foul language and ugly lifestyles then I'm feeding myself toxic junk that will not nourish my soul, but cause illness. Turn that channel. Better yet, turn the tele off.
When I know I am doing things that are good for our health, I psychologically feel healthier knowing I am being PRO-ACTIVE in a lifestyle that heals. It weighs heavy on my heart when I am not. Which leads to being ORGANIZED and tidy. The house work awaits me. When I am frail, it bothers me more than I can put into words.
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