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What Your Soul Really Looks Like

You are a wanderer. You constantly long for a new adventure, challenge, or eve a completely different life.   You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you’re head is in the clouds. You believe that people see you as larger than life and important. While this is true, they also think you’re a bit full of yourself. Your near future is likely to be filled with great successes and accomplishments. You just need to figure out how to get there. For you, falling in love is all about the adventure and uncertainty. You can only fall in love with someone who keeps you guessing.

CHEC the Children’s Health Environmental Coalition, has started a blog that is pretty cool. They have 90 tips for 90 days that is supposed to help you reduce your exposure to chemicals, toxins, and pollutants to ensure a safe environment for our little ones. Be sure to check it out.

Okay well I have never tried a gDiaper. I guess that is because I do not have public sewer service…I have a septic tank that if broken would be on my dime to repair. So the thought of a flushable diaper scares me just a bit. I have to admit also that as a die hard cloth diaper user I was not so enchanted when I first heard of gDiapers either but have since changed my opinion. That being said I can now say that I love the the idea behind the product, the environmental issues that these products address, and the amazing people behind the company. On my cloth diaper blog I have posted a few reviews that people submitted to me and amazingly enough both owners of gdiapers have posted useful comments on the blog to help my readers understand these products a bit better. That level of customer service and dedication amazes me.

If not for my septic tank concerns I would not hesitate to try these products just because the owners seem to be such good people and how often can we say that about the products we use. I think I may just have to order some so I can use them when I get back to my place in Ohio this summer.

So what is a gDiaper? As their web site says “Imagine taking your baby’s soiled diaper and simply flushing it down the toilet. No more smell. No more diaper. No more diaper pail. You’re putting waste right where it belongs, in the toilet. Not in a landfill. That’s exactly how gDiapers work.”

They also have a great blog so be sure to check that out as well.

I got the BEST present from my parents today. I guess my Mom and Dad really worried about my recent hospitalization so they wanted to do something special for me. Well, this is the perfect gift for me. I got a Vita Mix 5000 and I am in love.

This machine is a heavy duty blender, a food processor, ice cream/sorbet maker, and so much more! It blends food at speeds up 218 miles per hour!

The first day I had the machine I had a strawberry, banana, carrot, cabbage, and raspberry smoothie… fresh lemonade… strawberry sorbet, and hot tortilla soup. The machine actually heated up the soup and it was delicous! This machine can even be used to grind your own flour AND make bread from scratch.

It comes with two books including and amazing cookbook with hundreds of recipes for soups, salsas, ice cream, smoothies, dips, nut butters, and soooo much more. Everything can be created in minutes. And because the machine is so good at blending smoothly you can leave seeds and some rinds in tact with no need to do a bunching of peeling. In fact the lemonade I made today had quite a bit of lemon rind in it and you could not tell at all. I also added an apple to one of my smoothies and I did not core it at all.

This machine rocks! If you have any Vita Mix recipes to share I would love to hear from you! Check out the Vita Mix here or order directo from the Vita Mix store and use code: 06-002324 for Free Standard Shipping!!

I have been absent quite a bit lately. The cancer has presented me with some tough challenges. Recent blood tests show that my blood counts are at 36% of what a normal healthy person’s blood counts would be. So, no big surprise but the chemo is killing off the good cells as well as the bad. Last week after my chemo I was hospitalized. I was dehydrated, really dog tired, and some blood tests showed something wonky is going on with my liver. A CAT scan showed no metastis still (hurray!) but most likely my liver is being damaged by the chemo drugs, so that is not so great. But the hospital was really pretty awesome in Scottsdale, Arizona. I got to watch non-stop premium movies and instead of the regular hospital food you can order from a nearby restaurant and they deliver in 45 minutes. Pretty cool.

I start round 8 of the chemo this week. I am hoping for better results.