WAKING EARLY, I decided to go ahead and work in the JUNK ROOM going through piles of paper, boxes, looking inside big yellow envelopes and pictures. Shuffling some items, I still can't tell that I made a dent. The room is full of sunshine. It is really pleasant for me to look out the Windows as I work. I work awhile, sit awhile, work some more, sit some more and think what in the room is next to get man handled. Another trip down MEMORY LANE.
Another run to Goodwill for a donation drop. More that can go.
A house fire, two moves, ill health, not being able to walk because of aching feet and debilitating back pain, then co v id, might be why. I have personally experienced being so far behind it seems like I will never come up for air again. I give THANX that God has allowed us some time to be able to work at this.
I just wish it were behind me. Keep plunking away. It has gotten easier to toss and pitch so much. The trash bags are morphing into large plastic objects that have to be dragged to the trashcan outside. They're too heavy for me to do alone. Need help.
I came across papers that I had been thinking about a week or so ago concerning my older brother's guardianship. There they be. Relief. I can now file them away knowing exactly where they are. PTL. Progress. My dear brother passed away last October and I wasn't his guardian, but his guardian mentioned something to my husband which didn't go over very well with me. I needed the papers to add to my peace of mind. Thankful I know where they are.
It's challenging to walk about the room as things are piled here, there and everywhere. I have to dodge and dart around the boxes making it somewhat awkward for this old woman that isn't flexible.
GROUPING LIKE OBJECTS is a start. I gathered all the art supplies placing them on and about a desk. There. Now we know where the hundred pencils are. Some sketch pads came out of boxes. Together again.
Computer papers went inside some drawers nice and neat along with office supplies that were bunched up in a box needing some order. Frames, pictures and paintings have been grouped together in the hallway. It looks like I could open a arts 'n craft store.
Sewing items like portable sewing machines are grouped on and about the treadle sewing machine. I plan to relocate these machines over to the COTTAGE one day soon when hubby can help me relocate the sewing supplies to the COTTAGE Utility room where I have a special place saved for them. Clothing and stuffed toys will disappear.
I came across a large box of my childhood dolls. I forgot where they were. I can relocate this to a different room where I have most of my other dolls. More items of my children has surfaced. I came across some snapshots that I need to mail to some relatives. Personal letters and cards will need to find a special place in a different room elsewhere. SO much more. Lord, please give me strength. I look at the mess and a sinking feeling comes over me. I can imagine a day when I no longer have so much disorder.
THIS MORNING it was really quiet in the house as my hubby was still asleep. I sat in my housecoat going through things. Decided I would stay in my housecoat until after LUNCH. I have my hair up in a clip as I plan on shampooing it later as I massaged DESERT ESSENCE ORGANIC JOJOBA OIL into my hair.
As Mary Colbert suggested, she walked 3 miles a day early in the mornings, ate 1000 calories a day of a KETO DIET and didn't eat past 6pm, took FIBER ZONE when having the munchies. She said her weight melted off and she slimmed down. Tadaah! I hope to be as successful. Tadaah hasn't happened yet.
I knew that taking fiber would help with feeling full and help with cholesterol, but I didn't know about it helping with high blood sugar. The Metamucil I had in the cabinet has aspartame in it and I won't touch it. Out you go. So, I am going to use Natural Berry Flavor FIBER ZONE by Divine Health. A Dr. Don Colbert product.
Okay, my FIBER ZONE came in the mail. I'm working at increasing my walking and I will try to eat the KETO way for awhile. I'm struggling with that 1000 magic number.I need to eat an apple for my snack today, take some fiber and some collagen. I've got to increase eating 5 servings of fruit a day plus 5 servings of vegetables as well. These days, it's easier for me to reach the veggies vs. the fruit. Which surprises me that I cannot achieve this.
Counting calories I can do. Not use to counting carbs. I just try to go easy on these. Another hurdle to jump.
Eating smaller portions of food in general is extremely difficult for me. Trying to eat my first meal of the day at 11. Have an afternoon snack and then eat supper before 6. I haven't gotten to the place where I don't eat an evening snack. I'll have to take fiber in cold water in the evening if I get a hankering for late night snacking. Can I do this thing if I assert myself?
It takes a huge effort on my part to skip the munchies. I can have a full belly and still want to munch on chips or popcorn. It's not the healthy kind of stuff I crave either. I need to brainwash myself to accomplish a healthier outcome. Here I go again talking to myself.
The weather isn't cooperating with me as it snowed and is bitter cold. I can't go over to the COTTAGE today to walk on the treadmill. Perhaps I could just walk in place. Stay in motion.
I just about cannot believe it is FRIDAY. Seems like the time is flying.
WEEK-END PLANS...not sure. Probably continue working in the JUNK ROOM. It is already the 11th day of the month. Spring is about 9 days. This week-end is the time change. This seems to always mess my sleep up. I do better when the time falls back. Fall back...Spring forward. I will take it as an opportunity to begin walking daily, drink more water, get better organize, glam-up my skincare routine and not feel sorry for myself.
I have a special book that I enjoy thumbing through from time to time. Judy Lindberg McFarland's book AGING WITHOUT GROWING OLD. She shares her special formula for skincare and I will return to doing this. The first time I tried it, I was in my 40s and thought it was too oily for me. Now that I am 66, I will give it a go again. I'll share what she says about this special skincare treatment.
JUDY LINDBERG MCFARLAND’S
SPECIAL FORMULA
INTO A SMALL CREAM PITCHER,
I POUR 1 OUNCE OF “JASON’S COSMETICS” 32,000 IU VITAMIN E OIL
INTO 4 OZ. OF “DESERT ESSENCE,” 100% PURE COLD-PRESSED JOJOBA OIL.
THEN I SQUEEZE 30 OR MORE 10,000 IU VITAMIN A CAPSULES INTO MIXTURE.
I STIR IT UP AND POUR IT BACK INTO THE ORIGINAL BOTTLES.
THERE ARE MANY BRANDS IN YOUR NUTRITION STORE, BUT THESE ARE THE ONES I HAVE BEEN USING.
IN THE EVENING I CLEANSE MY FACE WITH THIS OIL, USING A WARM, WET WASHCLOTH TO WIPE OFF THE OIL AND MY MAKE-UP. THEN I SPREAD THIS OIL COMBINATION AGAIN OVER MY ENTIRE FACE, NECK, AND ARMS. IT WILL ABSORB QUICKLY. IF YOU USE THIS AGAIN IN THE MORNING, YOUR FACE WILL BE SOFT AND MOIST. LADIES, APPLY THIS MIXTURE TO YOUR LEGS AFTER YOU HAVE SHAVED. MY HUSBAND USES THIS INSTEAD OF AFTERSHAVE LOTION. THIS IS ALSO A GREAT MASSAGE OIL.
VITAMINS A AND E: ONE OF MOTHER’S BEAUTY SECRETS
NATURAL VITAMIN A FROM FISH OIL IS THE FORM I USE WITH THE MIXTURE ABOVE. VITAMIN A IS THE KEY VITAMIN RELATED TO SKIN HEALTH AND IS A POTENT FREE RADICAL SCAVENGER. I DON'T USE COD LIVER OIL AS IT SMELLS TOO FISHY.
VITAMINS A AND E WERE ONE OF MOTHER’S BEAUTY SECRETS, ALTHOUGH SHE FREELY TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT THEM. SHE ALWAYS SQUEEZED 10 - 20 VITAMIN A SOFTGELS (25,000 IU EACH - AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME) INTO HER NIGHT-TIME MOISTURIZING CREAM, ALONG WITH 10 - 20 SOFTGELS OF VITAMIN E (400 IU) TO REALLY FEED HER SKIN. SHE KNEW THE MOISTURIZING CREAM HELPED HER SKIN ASSIMILATE THE OIL VITAMINS. YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE HOW GREAT YOUR SKIN WILL LOOK AND FEEL!
Praise the Lord, this is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.
Last night we watched a 2007 Demi Moore and Michael Caine movie, FLAWLESS. I actually liked it. It's about a 1960s diamond heist out of London. It was relatively clean, hardly any foul language and no nudity. It actually had a plot. May watch it again. The fashions were neat to see. Red lipstick, pearls lots of pearls and diamonds of course.
