A Minor Soapbox of Wisdom & Goals for Me

After maybe 5 hours of sleep last night...in a blink of an eye, my small town has soared into the heat of summer so not much sleep here on my end. Plus I got a new "toy" for my laptop and I HAD to play with that *HEHEHE* In the long run, it probably was not the best plan that has popped into my head at my age but we all need to revert to our childhood every now and then right?

Between the heat and someone sending me a text message at 6 AM, I was bound to wake up early I suppose. Let me just give you a side of wisdom---unless you really and I do mean REALLY know the person well, do not text someone at 6 AM, please wait until at least 8 AM or even better 9 AM.  That was just my public service announcement for the morning.

Today my goal is to get outside and do some more gardening. Right now I am creating a container garden on my walkway & porch of flowers and actual fruits/veggies. In window boxes, I placed some strawberry plants along with my other potted flowers of Gerber daisies, dwarf snapdragons, and the seedlings of fruit pits that I planted last summer. To much of my delight they started taking off this spring...so hopefully I will have some fruit trees in the near future. Just have to remember what is what. LOL And later, I am going to pick up heirloom tomatoes & cucumbers. These will line the sidewalk up to my porch with hibiscus, gardenias, and other amazing flowers. 

I should note that my goals for the days are just that with disease, they are goals. And as much as I try to get everything done or do the things I love to do/just use to doing...I some times just don't get to. The other goal for me to do today is a health goal. Last night, I signed up for a new program that is shaking our area with some great results...I am going to give it a try. But until in comes in, and since it is the 1st of June, I am going to take down all of my measurements and journal all of my food intake. Plus give up my soda friends!!! It is a lot and it is all at once, but I can do it and it is for my health.

Here are my goals:
1. To get healthier of course!!!
2. To see if if changes my brain at all...the theory is that is you lose weight, the disease will go away, but in some cases, that has not been what happens at all.
3. To reduce the overall swelling in my body that is caused by my disease.
4. Help my energy level so I am not exhausted all the time. My disease has me wiped and I don't like that.

So stay tuned.....