WINTER SNOW ON SATURDAY
The BITTER cold brought the WINTERY white stuff
to decorate our corner of the world.
My mind wonders on how to decorate the house, how to arrange furniture, what colors to use. While it's so cold outside the main thing right now is to get the inside of the house functioning no matter what.
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MID WEEK. Mid week. I managed to go for a mile walk at noon knowing that I had an afternoon surgery scheduled for removing a bump in my mouth. I knew that if I didn't walk before the appointment I probably wouldn't walk for a while. There was a nice breeze and the weather was wonderful. I had the track to myself and it was perfect for walking. I felt like I was walking slow, but my time was good. Walking at the track is by choice as I like knowing how far I have walked and with each lap, I know.
Cleaning up after the walk meant my hair needed shampooed. My hair air dried as I went about my business getting ready for the medical appointment. Hubby stayed home painting on our porch making progress. It is turning out so cute. So very pleased.
My medical appointment was at 3 and I walked out of the office at 10 minutes after. I had a fat lip. A couple of stitches are inside the mouth. I suppose swelling will take some time to go down. In a week or so I should know the results about this nugget that was cut out. The doctor did not believe it was cancerous.
We drove over to TARGET needing a BABY GREETING CARD and gift card for a Baby Shower I'm going to in a few days. We purchased 4 oversized silver Christmas ornaments discounted 70% off. A nice addition to our 2026 front porch decor. The garland will be loaded with giant ornaments.
My mouth began to hurt. Supper did not sound good. Not sure how'd I eat. SO glad to be HOME. 5 medical appointments in three days is a bit much. FIVE. Five. I believe I will take my time getting up in the morning.
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OUR TINY CHRISTMAS TREE IS UP with battery operated fairy lights. She's sitting on the antique walnut chest against the wall instead of on the table in front of the bay windows. Simplest place to put her as I didn't have to relocate the lamp elsewhere in the house to make room for the tree. I am all about SIMPLE this season.
Hubby found three coils of fairy lights that already have batteries in them that were in a baggy in the cellar. He brought these up to me. grins. The tiny tree is twinkling. Now to vacuum and wash the two front doors. DONE.
I vacuumed the front doors and will hang the wreaths up after new hooks are added to the old doors this wk-end. I need to loop ribbon on the wreaths so they hang a little lower than the hook.
Late last night, I finished getting the LIVING ROOM emptied of boxes, I vacuumed the carpet and dusted the furniture. PTL. The room looks civilized!!! Tis cleaned. No more boxes stacked to the ceiling. The sofa and two wing chairs are cleared off. Thankful. Next comes the DINING ROOM. I need supernatural help. Oh to be young again. I believe that this being older has taken me by surprise. I can still get things done just not as fast.
Time is getting away from me and I about can't stand it. I am elderly and move slower than I use to. My thinking is fairly clear and my thought life moves faster than the speed of light which gets me into trouble since I cannot physically move as fast as thought. The decluttering is taking place, but it is in slow-motion.
Staying focused that if I have a clean house that is our HOME that I am on a mission. I am accomplishing something of worth and value. This being out of order eats my lunch. I do not have the peace I so desire to have when things are a mess. I'm aiming at being in order in 2026. That's a goal I can work toward.
This morning, I asked my HUBBY if he'd help me get some things on marketplace to see if there are some nibbles to sell Christmas stuff. Shall see how this go. He helped me and now I wait.
He's back outside working on the porch. It's a thrill to see the porch come together.
I believe I will continue to gather like items, keep them in clean boxes and place the things in the garage. May sell them later in the Spring. I think I need to downsize BIG TIME and be done with this phase of LIFE. With the week-end coming the Living room will be like it should be which will make me a very HAPPY CAMPER. Moving onward.
The photos I came across are gathered and placed together where during the WINTER MONTHS I will go through all of them and decide which to pitch, give away or keep. I have a few photo albums that have no pics in them that can be filled. When I come across the old fashioned photo albums that are thrift in good shape, I buy them. Eventually my snap shots will be in order. I'd like to make individual books for my children for their safe keeping. Another project in the future to make happen.
I have much to do and need to be having fun doing this. Amen.
We may put a faux CHRISTMAS TREE on the front porch. I think it would be wonderful. Maybe some garland with lights, wreaths on the doors, small tree in Living room. Garland wrapped around the chandelier above the dining room table.
I'd better get around. I'm baby sitting my youngest GRAND while his folks go to a doctor's appointment then play Santa without him. While he is here, we'll play with a wooden train set with wooden tracks. It's been about a year since he last played with this and he is looking forward to this. He has been asking about it and I can finally tell him that I located it.
Seasons GREETINGS to you. CHRISTMAS is two weeks away. Only 14 days. I will fix some goodies next week. What decorating I will get done will be done. Christmas cards haven't been fixed. Better get that done. The gifts taken care of. I love this time of year. I really do.
As the end of the year approaches, I am giving some thought as to what goals I will create for 2026. May they be good ones.
MADE TRACKS TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. Got right in. I cringed when the nurse took me to the scales to be weighed and I joked with her that this was going to raise my blood pressure!
Weighing 4 pounds more than I expected. sigh. Doc thinks the abdominal pain I'm experiencing is diverticulitis. Did labs and bloodwork. Results are already in health portal. That was FAST. He'll review the results then I'll hear what he has to say about this episode.
I'm nauseated and in pain this morning. Uncomfortable. No temp.
I drink HOT LEMON WATER with cayenne pepper in the mornings. I'm going to stop the cayenne and have clear liquids for a few days to see if this helps with the tenderness. I believe I will call this a clear liquid FAST.
One should avoid spicy foods with a diverticulitis flare up. I discovered this one on my own. Cayenne pepper is very spicy. I believe I have to stop consuming it period. Just spring water and lemon for me. I can do this and will.
Health tips:
Thanksgiving is a week off and I'll allow some pie. Using portion control should be a must for someone like myself.
When reading how so many stay slender, common ground is lots of vegetables, fruit, lean protein, portion control. Avoid carbs, sugar, dairy. The sugar and carb trap is a difficult thing for me. A stronghold.
Hubs has gone to MENARDS to purchase some items for the porch. He is determined to get this finished before the snow flies. Making progress. I can see the porch completed in my mind's eye. She is so puree and functional. Porch foundation rebuilt. New porch boards laid. Posts are in place. Old cement steps jack hammered away. Steps built. Railing is going up this week.
Cheering him on. Praying.
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Internet interest. Amazing what some peeps can do. It's inspiring.
WE HAD A VERY FULL DAY. Worked on the TV room until early afternoon. For Breakfast, I ate some chili pistachios and drank Hot Lemon Water with Cayenne Pepper. I just wasn't that hungry.
I'm tellin' ya, I am more than ready to be finished with this hard shuffle and pack. I worked on it in the morning and early afternoon. The small books and CDs that were in small boxes were placed in extra small boxes as the small boxes were way too heavy when full. Almost done switching sizes. GOOD.
I have to go through all the boxes that I had packed already to see if I needed to downsize some more. This isn't necessarily hard, but time consuming. I should see results soon. Then I will move these boxes to the Living room just to get them out of the TV room. More dolls are being placed on the shelves.
I figured a couple of more days and the room will be comfortable for us. Praying I can keep my energy up. I felt like I couldn't go on.
While driving to Topeka, I was admiring the hillsides and the gorgeous trees. Beautiful to see.
In Topeka, I treated myself to an unsweetened Iced Green Tea before going to GOD'S STOREHOUSE. Their Christmas Shoppe is open and it was crowded with shoppers. I picked up some greenery sprigs. A rectangular red and white pillow of Santa in a sleigh with four reindeers flying through the air over houses came along. All the other little nic-nacs did not appeal to me today. This is progress.
No quilts this time. Instead, an oversized sweater jumped into my shopping cart for $6.40. For thrift pricing this is higher than a few years ago where a gently used clothing article probably could have been bought for $2. Still this will be cozy with jeans this WINTER.
After checking out and loading my spoils into the back of the car, I went to Natural Grocers where I looked for close to 20 minutes for BLOOD PRESSURE SUPPORT supplements. Couldn't find them. This product had been relocated to a different spot in the store. There you be. I still like shopping this store.
SAMS was next. Needed some bottled Spring Water and picked up some veggies such as Romaine Lettuce in a large packages, Dates, Asparagus, Honeycrisp Apples, a large bag of Italian Croutons, trash bags, lens wipes. Hubby likes Romaine so I'll be using this up as fast as we can. Out of Cottage Cheese. I didn't look at the Christmas decor. Surprise, surprise, surprise. 🦌
ALDI. Lemons, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Spinach with Arugula, Cranberries, French Fries, shredded Cheeses, Boxed Dressing, $15 Butterball Turkey, frozen Green Peas, Chocolate Candy Bars, Basil. Out of Cottage Cheese. Loaded up and drove Home too tired to go to Walmart and Menards. Better luck next time.
The interstate was very busy for a Tuesday evening. Before I reached my HOMETOWN, I decided to go walking at the track. I walked a half of a mile and added this to the walking I did while shopping. 1 and a quarter mile? Tomorrow, I'll walk earlier in the day at the track so I am not completely worn out.
November 5th. Surely the musical tapes and movies will be all boxed up and sitting in the Living room. Surely. Laundry, a walk, more dolls displayed, more boxing and rest.
The day will come when this HOUSE is in order and I won't be talking about it so much.
Hubby worked on installing the porch post. When I got HOME for the evening, he had all four post in place! A thrill to see. Looks great. He thinks he'll paint another coat of grey paint on the porch boards. Next, he'll build the steps. The spindles and spandrels will be the last phase of the porch plus a new hanging light and the ceiling painted HAUNT BLUE. Aiming for the end of November. Ptl. This has been quite a project.
NEXT YEAR, the COTTAGE will get painted? It sorely needs it.
AFTER YESTERDAY'S ACTIVITIES, I nearly fell over with fatigue. I made a huge meatloaf with the trimmings and by the end of the evening, I was way too tired to clean-up the Supper mess.
Guess what? The dirty dishes were waiting for me this morning. grins. I slept well and after I get a few things done this morning I will wash dishes. Laundry is in and Breakfast done. Figured out that we can have leftover meatloaf for sandwiches for Lunch and Chili Baked Potatoes for Supper.
Hearing my Husband and our Son working on the front porch together is music to my ears. Occasionally there is the sound of laughter and the muffled conversation going on makes me happy. Together they are working to complete our front porch. The rebuild has been a big project to say the least. Not only are they accomplishing building a much needed porch, they are making memories.
My part in all of this is to have meals, beverages and snacks for them when needed.
HUBBY and SON worked LATE into the night on the porch, which meant a late supper for them. The pots 'n pans and dishes were not washed. No shame here. Just good 'ole grace served up with a side dish of mercy. No need to beat myself up on this one. The MEAL was decent with the meat loaf turning out moist and tasty. Very pleased.
I fixed my meatloaf different this time and was pleased with the outcome. All ingredients except the beef were mixed and blended well in a bowl. Spices of salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, small can of tomato paste, 2 eggs, 2 cups of bread crumbs, Italian spice, small amount of sugar-free ketch-up and BBQ sauce were mixed well then the 2 pounds of ground beef were added. A splash of Half and Half was added to the mixture. Well mixed and placed in my favorite glass meatloaf dish. Baked it at 350 degrees for an hour then added the glaze topping of brown sugar, ketch-up and mustard. Baked another 30 minutes then checked the internal temperature to make sure it was 160 degrees. Allowed the loaf to sit for about a half an hour before the guys came inside for the night.
Side dishes of baby potatoes and green peas with large carrot slices. Dessert was ice cream. DRUMSTICKS. Gosh, it was good.
NO WALK TODAY. Efforts are going into the front room.
I want to do some shuffling in the front bedroom before I stand at the Kitchen sink doing dishes. I stacked the dirty dishes in the sink just so so soooo they can soak in hot sudsy water for a little bit before they get taken care of. The clean dishes in the drain rack were put away. Game on.
During the day, I did some laundry and tweaked items in the front bedroom. Working in such a tight area adds challenges for me. It is so tight it's difficult to move making more effort go into the task. More energy spent and when I don't have much energy in the first place it makes it even harder for me. Not complaining just keeping it real. Older bodies don't always work the best.
I managed to scoot the long work table across the room so I could get items on some bookshelves dealt with. I gathered 5 boxed Barbies to get ready to turn loose. Looked up their value. I'll be trying to sell these later, but need to get some pics taken.
SO many boxes to go through. Digging out from under STUFF my gorgeous pie table was found and placed on top of the work table with an antique wood chair. Bedding was gathered and stacked together. As I shuffle through things I'm grouping the items with like kind. It would have been better if this were done right away with our move.
This move we made 2 years ago is what I call a dirty move as we didn't move in an organized fashion and things are all mixed up due to the lack of time we had when getting out of the house we were selling. The brunt of the move was made by HUBBY AND ME alone. What a work-out we had. What a work out.
When this move is completed, my hope is that we are completely downsized to fit in the COTTAGE and everything will be in order. Everything from papers to tools. EVERYTHING. It exhaust me to think about it. Gotta keep moving and staying in motion.
Today, I hope to shuffle a whole lot of stuff and clear out the corner of the room so another book shelf can be placed there to put my quilts someplace other than the Dining room. It's going to take some muscle and time to get to this point. It's ongoing. Having the folded quilts together will be an attractive display.
Are you going through something that is requiring great effort and time AND a whole lot of patience and planning? Do you know you're older than you'd like to be wishing this was behind you?
God give us strength.
I may be too tired to wash the dishes, but never too tired for ice cream. How's 'bout you?
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A SUNDAY.
With the wind slightly blowing, it's about 62 degrees outside. Off on a walk I shall go. Afterwards, I'll cool off and cleanup. I won't have to fix LUNCH today as my Husband and Son will get a steak and I'll stay HOME for some quiet time. Our Son has been helping us by rebuilding the Cottage's stone foundation under the front porch.
Hubby told him that when this was finished they'd get a steak. No complaints. The rest of the rebuild of the porch might start this week. That would be amazing. They have worked incredibly hard on this project. Hubby was under the front part of the house yesterday crawling around working on foundational stuff. This in itself is hard work for a 70 year old guy.
Having our Son HOME to help with this project is a GOD SEND. SO very THANKFUL.
I had to go shopping yesterday to get a POT ROAST for Monday and a few other goodies. I stopped off at the THRIFT STORE in Wamego looking for discounted bluejeans and walked out with a $5 pair of black MARY JANE shoes for myself. When purchased new the Mary Jane's go for between $69 to $130. These are really cute, look brand new and very comfortable that I will wear on dressier days. No jeans for me. I purchased a canvas shopping bag, the shoes and a 2.5 pound hand weight. Enjoying THRIFT SHOPPES.
Filled the car with fuel. Dropped the mail off. Ran the car through the car wash. Stopped off at the Hardware store to look for leather work gloves. Drove over to Manhattan's Menards for gloves. Stopped by Walmarts for a Pot Roast, Arizona Tea, an onion, potatoes, bluejeans. Buzzed into the Dollar General. Drove HOME. Unloaded the spoils and rested before fixing Chicken Salad Sandwiches for Supper. Had chips and salsa. Figured the salsa was a good vegetable to have.
The Chicken Salad turned out super good. Proud of myself. I started off with a bowl to add salt, pepper and about 1/4th cup of sugar in. Added 2 cans of drained chicken to the spices which I blended well the ingredients together making sure the chicken was well shredded. About 1/2 a cup of mayo was added and mixed in well. Then a handful of sliced red seedless grapes and slivered almonds were added. Spread some of the mixture on sour dough bread and called it good. Yummers. No complaints for a sandwich. I didn't have any celery to add. I usually add slices of celery and water cress for crunch, but hey I didn't miss it. 🥪
Watched late night MISSION IMPOSSIBLE and went to bed. Way busier than I like. Lots of background music and so many gunshots. Action packed.
PLANS FOR THE WEEK. A broken record repeats. I'll work on the front bedroom and exercise. Tadahhh. May all go well. I've been at it again doing mental gymnastics thinking about how to go about making sense on the shuffling in the front bedroom. I pray to be successful and hope I never have to do this much shuffling again. Evah.
AS FOR SPIRITUAL SUNDAY.
FOOD. Getting ready to prepare the Pot Roast to soak in coffee overnight. I won't be adding garlic cloves. An old Heloise TRICK for making pot roast taste better. The overnight soak adds extra flavor to cheaper cuts of meat. After looking at the prices of meat at the store, I am convinced that prices have sky rocketed. Kind of scary. I think I had better shop around to see if I can get a side of beef from a local farmer that grass feeds their cattle. There will be a waiting list so I best get on it.
Overall a very good day for me.
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OKAY. Spontaneous trip to MENARDS after exercise class. I actually wasn't completely worn out today. That's good.
I thought I'd go to the track to walk after exercising, but HUNY wasn't working on the porch when I drove by the house to let him know my plans. So I honked the car's horn to get his attention as I figured he'd be in the living room resting to tell him I was going walking at the track. I didn't have my phone so this was the next best thing.
Sticking his head out the front door, I asked him what he was doing? He was taking a break. SOOO I changed my mind about walking and asked him if he wanted to go to MENARDS for more cement as he had said earlier he needed more. He hopped in the car and away we went. I had no shame going to town in my sweat pants and Tee-shirt. If I had added some pearls I might have looked a bit out of place. grins.
FIRST, we had LUNCH in Manhattan because we had not eaten yet. CHICK-fil-A salad for me. I suppose I thought it was so good because of the MSG that they use. oops. I fell for it. We ate in the MENARDS Parking lot. Weather was super nice. Shopping to follow. I enjoyed looking at their beautiful Mums. CONCRETE picked up.
CHRISTMAS DECOR are on display at MENARDS. Alrighty then. I blinked and it is CHRISTMAS again. My eyes bugged out. Halloween and Fall Harvest items are out, but this seems like a good time for this.
Pleasant trip HOME and I'm resting. Tonight I will wipe the walls down in the pink bedroom and walk the buffet across the room so the area in front of the hole in the wall has a clear path to it. Think this week-end that we will go back to MENARDS and get the sheetrock to fill in the hole. Rejoicing that I will be closer to having swapped the pink room out!
Even with the house in a up roar, I need to be enjoying the remodeling and I have not been in my HAPPY PLACE for a while. Enjoy the journey. I'm trying. I get down sometimes that this is where I am at being 70 years old. I wish it were already finished. Praying for revival in my soul. Let the good times roll.
HAPPY FRIDAY as the month disappears. September meant our daughter-in-law celebrated her 48th birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHELL!!!
We traveled to see my Mom in Des Moines, porch rebuilding started, and furniture shuffling taking place. Holiday decorating will not happen as the porch is torn up, but I can aim for CHRISTMAS decorating come December 1st. Hopefully I will get to decorate the porch then and I need to be gathering ideas for what to do.
BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS. Let LIFE be a happy journey where peace and grace are found. Amen.
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THUNDER HEART. The 1992 drama with Val Kilmer, Sam Shepherd and Graham Greene is an enticing movie that I have seen before, but once again couldn't remember the film. Like a new movie. I'd say it's for mature audiences due to violence.
The movie is loosely based off of what was known as the SECOND WOUNDED KNEE in 1973. Unbelievable what our government is capable of doing not honoring treaties. I would have been a Senior in High School when the Second Wounded Knee was taking place.
WORK IS BEGINNING ON THE FRONT PORCH of our tiny fixer-upper cottage. It has started. Hubby put braces up to support the roof while the columns began to sink into the wood slates. Not what you want to see, but it does happen.
Braces up and the work begins. The spindles and columns are disappearing.
I predict it should be finished come November. We'll be THANKFUL come THANKSGIVING. As the porch gets a facelift, I'll be shuffling and rearranging the two bedrooms. Slowpoke here. I can only do so much, but if I stay in motion I'll be further along than the day before.
Hoping for the best in this flipping of the rooms. I do work extremely sloooooow. Looking at finished rooms encourages me that it can be done. It can be done. Look what someone did. I can do this massive shuffle and be pleased with the results. It's not the end of the world being a mess before the order takes shapes. It's an inconvenience for a short time and then it will be a memory in the past.
The closest thing to decorating with our pumpkins is placing them on a bench in the front yard. It'll have to do.
I HAD DECIDED TO STAY HOME instead of walking in the morning after having had a busy day yesterday. We're having a heat-wave and I would have had to go walking around 6 in the morning before the temps became uncomfortable for me to walk in. After being gone for the day, I needed to rest. One day on with lots of physical motion and one day off with a slower pace routine seems to work well with my old self.
I'll pick up the walking after a few days. I have got to get some household chores done. No excuses.
I decided to stay HOME so my energies could go into HOME CHORES. I was out and about yesterday as we needed to go to the BIG BOX STORE to get some lumber to use to brace up the front porch. Where the columns are, she's sagging. The actual porch floor begins to sag showing an accident is about to take place where the porch will collapse causing serious roof damage.
With these old houses that are over a hundred years old, when they decide that they have held the porch up long enough begin to disintegrate right before your eyes.
Our old 1885 rock house's porch did this and HUBBY rebuilt the entire porch in 2010 I think it was. The COTTAGE'S PORCH is doing the same. She's at least 125 years old. Built in 1900 and now it's 2025 sooooo here we go. HUBBY bought wood studs for a temporary brace until he can dive right in rebuilding the porch. He wants to finish the bathroom cabinet fronts first before darting into rebuilding the porch. God give him strength.
Yesterday, we got up early to go to MANHATTAN for the lumber. Hubby watered the garden first.
SINCE we'd be in Manhattan, I wanted to see if I could get a stylist to shampoo my hair before too much time passes as my hair was in need of a good shampoo. It's been a while since I had my hair shampooed and styled at a salon. Located GREAT CLIPS, made an appointment and a very talented stylist took me as her client.
We went to STARBUCKS for my TRENTA UNSWEETENED ICED GREEN TEA for medicinal purposes. grins. My favorite. Lunch was at LONGHORNS. I let HUBBY DECIDE and he said this was the place to go. I knew I could get a very nice salad there so I did plus a small bowl of their FRENCH ONION SOUP. I ate some of their bread.
MADE A BANK RUN which meant pulling some cash from one Bank account to deposit it into another. Playing it safe to make sure there's enough cash in the checking to cover expenses on the house projects.
AFTER a nice meal, we went to MENARDS to do the shopping. I went looking for spray bottles and DAWN liquid dish soap so we can make some SQUASH BUG KILLER. The beautiful pumpkins that we are growing have squash bugs on them. Hubby sprayed with a bug killer, SEVIN. He was determined to use the SEVIN. He did and it doesn't kill the eggs. DAWN does. Unhuh. I mentioned to him that you can make your own killer with DAWN plus water that kills the bugs AND their eggs. He decided to give it a try.
We got our shopping done and headed HOME. The FLINT HILLS are gorgeous to see against the blue skies this time of year.
RECAP.
Garden watered.
Post Office drop.
Auto filled.
Auto Insurance proof printed out to carry and keep in the cubby hole/glove compartment.
Drive to Manhattan.
Hunger Saver for Hubby. Starbucks for me.
Great Clips Shampoo and style.
Lunch.
Bank run.
Menards.
Drive HOME.
Rested.
Visit with my baby brother.
Rested some more.
Researched on Vitamin D deficiencies and obesity. Yes, there's a connection.
Popcorn and a movie.
Lights out.
I had a very pleasant day. Thankful.
NEXT DAY. I started checking where I can get a shampoo for the least expense besides my own HOME. When leaning over the KITCHEN SINK to shampoo my hair, it hurts my back. We no longer have a shower so I have to shampoo it at the sink. Very challenging. It can be done, but I really think I need some help getting my scalp and hair extremely clean. It seems like Great Clip ($8) and WASHBURN TECH ACADEMY ($5) have the most reasonable prices for just a shampoo. I figure if I'm going to TOPEKA for my thrift treat that I could go to the Academy for an early morning shampoo and allow it to air dry before going to medical appointments and/or thrifting. Sounds like a winner.
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Took my blood pressure and it was way too high. It's been about three weeks since tapering off Olmesartan/HCTZ. My BP has raised some. Closely watching it. My Blood pressure is rebounding. I have to give myself at least a month before the rebounding goes away. A month mind you.
Taking BP SUPPORT supplements, drinking Hibiscus Tea and Green Matcha Tea. I'll start taking some potassium and magnesium supplements plus drink some electrolyte water. These will help lower my blood pressure in a natural way verses prescription drugs that has side effects.
I'm concentrating on Vitamin D therapy as well. I am taking high potent Vitamin D2 pills once a week for 8 weeks. I'll be getting my Vitamin D levels checked in 7 weeks to see if the levels are better. Having a Vitamin D deficiency can contribute to high blood pressure and obesity. I know that Vitamin D3 is better absorbed than D2. Visited with my MD about Vitamin D3 injections and he'd consider giving these to me. After my levels are checked in 7 weeks, if I'm still too low then I'll ask him if we could do the injections. Truthfully I believe that I am having more challenges with losing weight and fatigue than I should because I am deficient in Vitamin D.
Old age, obesity, bad absorption of nutrients, medications, not enough sunshine, eating the wrong foods all contribute to low D which is actually a hormone and not a vitamin at all. Why it's called a vitamin, I'm not sure. Will have to check into that.
