Bolgging vacation!

This is not a post to let you know I am not home, so come rob my house.  I am home, but busy doing other things.

I haven't made anytime for blogging the last few weeks and I feel guilty.  I thought I would let my readers know that I am taking a little blogging vacation.  I will let you know when I am back on-line!

Live eats!

I was so inspired the other day after eating at Omar's Rawtopia!  I thought to myself...I can do this!  Live food makes me feel so good!

I googled eating live food and came up with some really great stuff.  This particular website I found has recipes from across the board, including some of the things I saw on the menu the other day.  I was surprised to find that many of things I needed for the recipes were already in my kitchen!  Yeah!

I already told you we are not going become vegan anytime soon, but I am going to try and prepare my food this way a little more often.  Folks!  It is easy!  Just as easy as opening that processed box of mac and cheese or opening the can of processed soup...well, you get the idea.  It only takes 5-10 minutes to throw together a live meal vs. a dead something or other preserved to sit on my cupboard shelf for years!

I made these yummy stuffed mushrooms to pair with my salmon last night for dinner.  I made them in the afternoon.  Although I don't have a dehydrator, I put them in a low oven for a couple of hours. They were ready at dinner!

Stuffed Mushrooms

1/3 C pine nuts

3 cloves garlic, minced

1/3 C fresh cilantro, packed leaves, chopped

1/3 C fresh basil, packed leaves, chopped

1 T lemon juice

1 C tomato, chopped

2 T Braggs or to taste

Put all ingredients into a food processor, except the tomatoes, and pulse chop several times. Stop to scrape down the sides and repeat. Add the tomatoes and continue to pulse chop until just blended. Keep a texture to apesto, it should not be a puree. Remove stems from mushrooms and stuff the filling into the cap of the mushroom. Place on a dehydrator sheet and dehydrate at 105 degrees for 2-4 hours.

Most of this food can be made ahead of time and put in the fridge for later.  I have cleaned up my diet a bit in the last couple of weeks to prepare for the spring training...

So good!  So easy!

I encourage you to give it a try.  It makes you feel alive!

FEAR! or Fear not...

The Morning She Awoke

“I can’t keep up with you,”  the apparition whispered

And the girl kept running.

Her hamstrings pushed to full on speed and she was not about to stop now.

“I can’t catch you.”  The apparition whispered

The girl ran fast as she could.

Then the darkness got even darker and she could not see any light ahead.

She couldn’t see her hands in front of her.

She couldn’t see anything.

“I got you.”  The apparition said.

The alarm clock sounded and the girl awoke in a cold sweat

Never had the sun looked so beautiful shining through her sheer pink curtains.

“I am awake!” The girl shouted.

She walked to her window and pulled open the blinds and opened the window.

I am awake she said the trees.

I am awake she said to the birds singing in the trees.

Nothing responded to her noticing. 

Except one little black bird.

To the girl, the bird seemed to sing just a little louder.

There, she thought, someone is celebrating this moment with me.

~Camellita M Brown

The Morning She Awoke is a metaphysical poem about fear.

I gave into my fear. I feared that I could not keep up a strong and healthy body. I have reverted back to some of my old ways. I am in good shape, but I have been letting my diabetes control me.  (Mentally exhausting!!!)

  As a diabetic, I want to be strong and healthy (in my body and my mind)!!! I want to set a good example for my young girls. 

(my new shoes!  yeah!!!) 

Spring training starts today!  What am I training for you ask?  Well, LIFE really.  
I am letting go of my fear!  
Last year I joined a running group to prepare for a marathon.  With GRATITUDE, I completed the training and the race, but find myself a year later starting over.  I know what it felt like to be on top of my game...MIND, BODY, and SOUL.

I am training again for another race.  Call me "INSANE" if you must, but it is not about the running as much as the experience.  

~I am doing it for me

~I am doing it for my good health

~I am doing it because I am thankful for this wonderful body, the only one I will ever get, to carry me through the journey of life

Spring is the time for new life!

LET THE TRAINING BEGIN!