Sick and Tired

by | Jun 16, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I have been watching “The Golden Girls” lately. They make me giggle and enjoy life with Blanche’s antics, Dorothy’s comments, Sophia’s wisdom, and Rose’s St. Olaf stories. One particular show or actually shows because it was two episodes, “Sick and Tired”. I...

Butterfly Lady Dreams

by | Jun 15, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I have been in a slump for quite sometime and I decided to look at the places and things I want to do before I live this earth. You might be surprised, maybe you won’t. I want to accomplish all of these things and I will. I just need to get my life in balance...

My Beef With Meat

by | Jun 15, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  Another recipe book and information about eating a plant based diet. Yes, I seem to be fascinated with this eating plan, since I keep checking books out that center around plant based eating. I know in my heart this is the accurate way of eating. In the great...

The Heart Of The Matter

by | Jun 14, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I found this book difficult to read, not because the writing was clear and concise, because the subject matter was difficult. Dealing with emotional aspects has always been a challenge. I am one of those individuals where extreme emotions cause me to want to...

Whole

by | Jun 13, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  If you have watched the DVD “Forks Over Knives” then you are familiar with T. Collin Campbell and his research he did on China back in the 50’s. And the book he wrote called “The China Study”. What I liked about reading “Whole” was the diagram of how he did his...

Whole 9

by | Jun 12, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey, Weight

  Today was supposed to be the start date of my Whole 9 eating plan. Guess what? I failed. You might be asking me why is a tough chick like me who can handle broken thoraxes, trach care, and other amazing medical adventures not able to start and commit to an...

The Brain In Your Kitchen

by | Jun 11, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. —Robert Frost A book of short essays that blew me away with all the scientific facts about fish oil and sugar and my eyes are open....

Survival Lessons

by | Jun 10, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I love Alice Hoffman. So when an opportunity came for me to read “Survival Lessons” I jumped not far, but I did jump. Hoffman describes lessons she learned while recovering from Breast Cancer. She shared things she wanted to have said to here in books and...

Stepping Stones To Recovery

by | Jun 10, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I have not written anything for Jamie Chases Butterflies for a couple of days. I have been resting. The end of last week became a busy time period for me. Despite my chemo treatment on Wednesday I went to and finished my SOAR training. I am happy about this. I...

Infusion Day!

by | Jun 5, 2013 | Auto-immune, The Magnificent Journey

    Infusion day has arrived. All day from 9 AM until 4:30 PM I have been in the clinic receiving my Rituximab infusion which helps my auto-immune disease. Even though I am not feeling well I know that this drug helps my inflammation and will allow me to live my life....

Fears That Suppress.

by | Jun 4, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

1 John 4:18 “There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment and so he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity...

Happy Monday!

by | Jun 3, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

I am stumped about what to write for today. So I will write about the week ahead for me. I have my Rituximab (chemo) treatment on Wednesday. This will be the first time I will be going by myself. I usually have one of my sisters with me, but everyone is busy with...

We Laugh, We Cry, We Cook

by | Jun 1, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

I will just start out by saying that I love “We Laugh, We Cry, We Cook”. The reason we’ll it is about relationship and food, two of my favorite things. Becky and Rachel are a mother and daughter team who happen to enjoy cooking. Rachel vegan style and Becky is game...

New Growth

by | May 31, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”  Albert Einstein What a day! I have been up and busy all day long Friday from 11 AM until 5PM, this is probably not a big deal to most of you, but to me it is a huge deal....

Musings From A Night Owl

by | May 30, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  With my auto-immune disease I suffer from insomnia. I hate this particular side effect of my disease and the medications I take. I get tired I sleep, even with the Trazadone I still have moments when sleep does not come up. I have learned not to beat myself up...

Week One: Slowly But Surely

by | May 28, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey, Weight

  Can you believe it has been one week since I wrote the Monster post about my weight? What has happened since? Well, I am drinking more water.  I cleaned out my cupboards and my fridge to meet my new eating plan. I gave a lot of it away; I did keep some of my...

Paleo Cooking

by | May 27, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey, Weight

I have been reading a lot about the Paleo eating plan, I refuse to call it a diet, and because well to me diet signals to me that I get to go off of it after a certain amount of time. I am going to try eating Paleo for 30 days to see how I feel and compare that to the...

Sick Days!

by | May 26, 2013 | The Magnificent Journey

  I hate being sick. On my last day in Longview I woke up with a stuffy nose, which leads to a runny nose and a runny trach. Dealing with two runny Orpheus  is a difficult thing. When I have a stuffed up nose and a stuffed up trach my breathing is even more...

Eat Move Sleep

by | May 24, 2013 | Books/Music, The Magnificent Journey

  I truly enjoyed reading “Eat Move Sleep” by Tom Rath. I liked the fact that he broke things down into simple steps that are not only doable, but also manageable. I find myself often times reading nutrition and health books and being bombarded with complicated...

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