My Favorite Salad

More on my Whole30 and a little knitting.

Questions asked at work.

So Anne, What are you eating?

I am eating Monkey Salad.

Monkey Salad

Shaved unsweetened coconut, cashews, banana = Bliss and a filling, nourishing addition to breakfast. This really gets me through the work day.

Newest benefit from eating my way through my Whole30.

I have had a tremor in my hands for years. It is almost gone.

Next benefit the energy to knit.

I finished these dang socks. I only had to do the kitchener.

Misi Alpaca Hand Paint Sock Yarns

It is to hot to wear wool socks in FL. so I hung them in the garden for the day. More on the garden later.

  

Anne

Remembering Momma (babyhood through Alzheimers)

My Mother  B.C.A. 1912 ~ 2009

From the beginning of one century to the beginning of the New Millennium.  My dear mom. I miss you.
I want to ask you more questions. Life is so full of questions.

 

 The early 20th Century

 the adored first grandchild.

Barbara 

Barbara

Her younger years.

Mom on left. Possibly my favorite picture of her. Enjoying the boys pipes with a girlfriend on an outing. 1930's

The middle years. Life as a wife, mother and artist. Caught between two worlds.

The War Years with First Son Ross and girlfriend Judy

Ross, Mom, Chip

Mom and Dad their 25th anniversary

B.C.Arnold the Artist

The years in Georgia. Her time to be her own person.

Mom's Georgia Mountain Cabin

Georgia years, watching us head out for a ride in the Smokies. Trackrock Cabins

Great Grandmother

Momma and Me

Her 90th Years... The Alzheimer Assault.

Age 90. Still Brilliant, Eager, Inquiring

Surrounded by the next generations and slightly confounded by it all.

The Years When Memory Escaped and Love Took Over

Ravaged by Alzheimer's age 96. Still Beautiful. 

The Gift to live a long and convoluted life. Guided by faith, Loved by family, Cherished in Memory. 

We Look Unto The Heavens. Our Strength and Salvation .
Beautiful and Young
The Breeze Soft On Her Skin.

Alzheimer's Stole You.

Love Kept You.

Remembering You. With Love and Tears.

~Lambie

My Fish Dinner ~ Paleo Diet

Whole30
Week1

Doing well with my Whole30. Tonight's dinner was wild caught salmon and steamed swiss chard.
It was yummy.
The first week was interesting. For several days my tummy was out of control.  I had headaches, my brain left me in a muddled fog for one whole day.  I knew from reading the book It Starts With Food that this was part of the detox and more or less of it to be expected.  I expected the full whammy as I am in such crappy shape going into this.  I began feeling better toward the end of the week. I am still having headaches in the evening, but they are mild and go away when I drink a couple glasses of water.  So maybe I am just thirsty.
Surprises I have had.
*   I like my coffee black.
*   I love my greens at breakfast
*   I am thinking those greens need some hot pepper flakes (yes at 7am I thought this)
*   I have survived without eating late at night
*   I have not been shove it in my face hungry. No not once.
*   I have not had hypoglycemia in days.
*   I have not missed dairy as much as I thought I would.
I have learned that I have to watch the nuts. Food without breaks for me.  It pays to be attentive and listen to my body.

While all this was going on this week a very special patient of mine gave me my annual gift of Marmalade.

He is now 92 years old and he makes this himself from the citrus fruits that grow in his yard.  He said this time he has a special surprise in it!  Not sure what that is. He likes to mix a variety of oranges, lemons, grapefruits.  I know I can't taste it while I am on the Whole30 but if I do reintroduce sugar into my diet at some point I will give it a taste.  I am just happy to have his gift and look at how pretty it is.
~Anne

Whole30 Yes

I can eat this way.

Okay so I over cooked it a bit.... It was yummy.

I have been MIA while I contemplated for a long time what it is I need to do with my life to make it better, less painful, more active and live (I hope) longer or at least healthier.
I read this book. It Starts With Food and found so many answers to decades of questions I have had about my relationship with food/eating. There are many blogs on the Whole30 and I have found inspiration in them.  My little blog is simply to speak up and say, "this is me... I need this.... I can do this... I have started this Whole 30."
Thanks go to friends Gail, Shelley, Kim, Anila, Nikki and  brother Chip, nieces Sarah and Kelly for showing me all along that it is the food you eat.
Today I am Whole30
my other reasons for needing to do this are here.

How could I not want to try.

We took a hike in the Florida woodlands today.
Sleeping Turtle Preserve.

We have had lots of rain and everything is lush.

The river is full.

The alligators are basking on logs.

Dogs are relaxing in the dappled sunlight.

Humans are carrying dog poop through the forest.
What have you been up to?
Anne

Olympics

The Olympic Stretch

Mary doing the Olympic Toe Nail Curls

Not much knitting going on around here. Just lazy days watching the Olympics and napping on the couch.

Angie performing the disappearing arm event. Oh so casual. 

Just The 2 of Us.

Angie and Mary

Angie is thinking Mary is ridiculous. 

Our moments in the sun.

Olympic Knitting

I have to say this is the silliest sweater I have ever seen.

I need my own knitting to get me through the Olympics.
Have had this in my to do pile for a long time.

  Diane Soucy Pattern Link

I am using Plymouth Yarns Jelly Beans. I have used it before and I love how it works up and is washable for kids.
On sale at Webs. Webs Closeout Sale

Now to get started.  I have been slogging through the winter time blues.  Not easy to do living in Florida, but there you have it. I don't always make sense.  Time to get some knitting underway and pull myself up out of the doldrums.  Just watching the Olympics will help.  Hard not to watch all that young healthy talent and not want to make the most of your own day.
Anne