Quietly Does it

Adoring Husband left very early this morning for his trip to Gympie for some more SES training.

I was woken quite early, just after 6.30am, by a concrete mixer next door, laying concrete on their side of the fence, but right outside my bedroom.  That was quite annoying, but I got up and went to visit my boys at the Seat of Knowledge.  I haven't been down to see them for a few days, so it was nice to catch up.

After coffee, I rode home to make some more chicken soup for Lady Lynn who has also succumbed to the nasty flu/cold that's ripping through town and then I delivered it to her hubby, Happy Harry.  I received a lovely 'thank you' text from her this evening.  I hope she recovers quickly.

Two exciting things happened to me today.

Firstly, I got the results of my first assignment in Naturopathic Philosophy - 93% - which falls into the 'High Distinction' category! Pretty pleased with that result, all things considered.

Secondly, I found the first two eggs from our new chookies!

That's my #100happydays challenge photo for the day.

I did get some studying done and have been watching football since 3pm, so it's been a pleasant and quiet day for me.  I've enjoyed it very much.

I think I'll fall into bed now and possibly attempt to get up for a sunrise .. I do struggle to get out of bed when the mornings are chilly, so I don't like my chances :)

Nite all.



 

Beasts

How amazing would this be!?



My new handbag ... a late anniversary gift from Adoring Husband.  I love it AND it will fit my camera very nicely on our lady's luncheons.

That is all for today :)

Nite all.

Waiting

It seems that my assignment is stuck on the submission page .. and I'm not sure why, so I've sent an email to the 'powers that be' to find out what I can do about it.  I can't delete it.  I can't send it.  I can't edit it.

So today has been a day of waiting.  Tomorrow will also be a day of waiting.  They promise a 48 hr response to emails.

I had a late start to the morning because it was raining and it was cool weather .. who wants to get out of bed on a cool wet morning, when there is no need to?  Adoring Husband bought me a coffee and the local newspaper and I enjoyed an extra hour in bed.

I did get a few hours of study in, but I don't feel like I achieved much today.  I have big study plans for tomorrow and especially the weekend.

My #100happydays photo for today ...

... my river makes me happy every day!

Nite all.

Improving

Update on yesterday's post ... swelling and pain has eased, lumps in glands gone, but neck still a little tender, mole drying up ... treatment continuing.

Today's #100happydays challenge submission...

'Happy' the chook has developed a healthy red comb - a sign that she will soon be laying eggs .. which makes me happy!

... it will possibly be my 'Repetition in Nature' challenge pic too (due to the feather formations and patterns), but I still have 17 days to work on that one.

Today, I did some study, made some chicken stock (in the slow cooker for 18 hours), cooked marinated (home made) lamb chops with cauliflower puree, roasted beetroot and cherry tomatoes with green beans and fried haloumi, for dinner.

Lazy night in front of the telly .. bed time any minute.

Nite all.

A Day of Rest

I have a mole on my face .. on my chin .. and after a heavy bump to it on the weekend, it became infected and I could feel the glands in my neck swollen and quite hard.  The mole itself was also swollen, hard and painful to touch.

I figured that things could get quite serious if I didn't try 'something' to fix it .. and you all know how I hate doctors!

I know that vitamin C is a healing vitamin and I know that kiwi fruit has masses of vitamin C, so I ate my last 4 organic kiwi fruit last night.

Magnesium is required for many reasons, but it gives your body energy.  Energy to heal itself.  So I massaged magnesium oil into my neck and around my glands ... clearing the glands is important to avoiding further infection and a couple of the 'natural' websites suggested this.

I mixed raw honey and apple cider vinegar together, both of which have strong healing, natural antibacterial qualities and are used as natural antibiotics, so with a cotton tip, I painted the mixture onto the mole 3 times a day.

I'm also drinking LOTS of water to help my body remove the toxins.

I only started doing this last night before I went to bed and I can already feel the difference.  The swelling in my neck and chin has eased a little and the mole has reduced in size.  I can still feel the tenderness, so I need to continue with my experimental treatment and hopefully, I won't require any medical assistance.

I must say that I have been constantly chanting to my body (inside my head) telling it to get better and telling it that any other treatment is not an option .. mentally spreading the white healing light through my body.

Also, I decided to have a quiet relaxing day without study or stress, to hopefully give my body lots of good healing time.

So far, so good.  I will keep you posted.

Today, I found out that my friend Kaz was sick with the flu, so I came home and made some chicken soup for her.  I used home made chicken stock from my freezer and I blended roasted capsicum, carrots, pumpkin, celery, onion, garlic, spinach, chilli, turmeric, cumin, nutmeg, salt, pepper and honey to add to the stock.

Lots of goodness, to hopefully help her body heal faster.

I got Adoring Husband to drop it off at her house, on his way to the SES shed tonight.

My photo for the #100happydays challenge was this one ..

Catching birds in the act of doing their 'thing' makes me happy.  This is a Fig Bird.

So that's my day.  Back to study tomorrow.

Nite all.

Home Again

I had such a lovely time with my Chicklet family and now I am home safe n sound.

I met a lovely 85 yr old woman (who I had guessed to be 70) on the platform, as I waited for the train.  She was going to Yeppoon, and her grandson (who looked to be in his 30s) dropped her off at the station and seemed relieved that I was there so he could safely leave his grandmother and go to wherever he was going.

We swapped 'getting lost on public transport' stories and she told me about her family and how she lost her husband 27 yrs ago and then she informed me that she was a Homeopath!  Unfortunately, the the train pulled up 3 minutes later, which was so disappointing, because I would love to have learned more about her but we were sitting two carriages apart, so contact was lost.

She was the most alert and healthy looking 85 yr old I've ever met.  She finished her sentences and told her stories without ever hesitating to think of a word that she wanted to use (like I do ALL THE TIME!).  Her mind was quick and she had so many stories to tell.  I hope her family ask her lots of questions and she gets to tell them everything that they need to know about her (and their) family history.

When I boarded the train, someone was sitting in my seat (as usual), so I selected the best spare seat I could find, with lots of space and made myself comfortable.  I set up my laptop and watched two episodes of Grey's Anatomy.

By that time, I had 20 minutes til my stop, so I packed everything up and soon, there was Adoring Husband waiting on the platform to welcome me home.

It took me about 15 minutes to unpack and now everything is as if I never left.

But I have all of those fabulous photos to remind me that I did!!

Nite all.

Mother's Day

Breakfast in bed ... poached eggs on gluten free toast and a side of toast with macadamia honey ... served by the Bare-chested Chef (no he actually wasn't bare chested when he served it).

A morning shopping trip with Chicklet to buy coffee and dinosaurs.

Fruit salad and ice cream for lunch with the girls and then a movie (101 Dalmatians) with Chicklet.

A later than usual dinner at 'Little Humid' http://www.humid.com.au/

The website isn't up and running yet, but at least the contact details are there for you.

Absolutely delicious!  Wonderful service.  Lovely atmosphere.  A perfect ending to Mother's Day.

I had Duck Confit with roasted beets and pumpkin and celeriac puree and some kind of tasty jus for main meal.  Creme Brulee with poached pear for dessert.  Two glasses of Sem Sav Blanc.

Thank you so much to my lovely Chicklet family for spoiling me on Mother's Day.  It was much more than I ever expected and I had a wonderful day.

A lovely phone call from Number One Son and a cute text to wish me a "Happy love you more than yesterday day" from Bubbles.

A pretty good day all round really.

Tomorrow I go home :( but it's only 6 weeks til my next visit!

Nite all.