Is it June or July or January?

 I thought it was already July. Nope, a few more hours of June.

It has actually been quite busy. But I'm focused upon the actions that I'll be gearing up for at the end of July. Like an athlete training for a race...I'm in the final days here.

OK, goodbye June. You've been good to me. Thanks for the memories. I sure spent as much time as possible with friends this month. It was almost daily seeing someone for some reason or another. I'll miss them so much.

This is a unintented photo...as I was walking along carrying the phone, leaving the Lakeview Center's lunch program last week. I like the colors though.

Not my photo, and I am not sure where it came from... while the moon is actually just past full tonight. Last night it woke me up, shining in my eyes.

Don't speak negatively about yourself, even as a joke. Your body doesn't know the difference. Words are energy and they cast spells, that's why it's called spelling. Change the way you speak about yourself, and you can change your life.

   Bruce Lee

Suzanne and I have frequently had Sunday lunch dates by the Flat Creek on Ole' Guacamole's patio. The water wasn't too high last week while there was steady rain.

I also ran into Tina, Dawn, Jeff and Tim, who have befriended me many times while living for the last 19 years here in Black Mountain. I met all of these friends through the Unitarian Universalist Congregation here. 

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I posted my experience of my friend's husband's recent death over on my other blog, Inner Workings.

Another Monday morning

We're all tired of me being sick and tired.

So another beautiful June day says hello and I'm determined to be out in it just as much as possible.

Have a beautiful flower!

I had raging fever last night, and it wouldn't break with Tylenol (which usually knocks it down) but it kept going up. So a couple of ibuprofen were added to the mix, and many sweaty hours of sleep transpired.

I got up and needed desperately to shower! Even if I'm the only one smelling myself, there's no way those wet clothes were not reeking! OK, enough.

I have an appointment that canceled this morning...rescheduled to July.

I now have an appointment to recertify my status to live in a government subsidized apartment with lower rent. We are actually a "rural area" under the Dept. of Agriculture, so I hope nobody in DC thinks to cut our funding. It makes many things possible for this old lady, I'll tell you! I worked in many institutions that served the low income population in Florida. I felt really badly how their healthcare was minimally distributed. Sure hope I never need long term care here.

I just saw this on Daily Om...along with 6 other healthy methods to avoid ill health. This is one I haven't tried yet:

If you feel ill health coming on, brew a wellness elixir. Simmer three sliced lemons, one teaspoon freshly grated ginger, one clove of freshly minced garlic, and one quarter teaspoon of cayenne pepper in five cups of water until the lemons are soft and pale. Strain a portion into a mug and add honey by tablespoons until you can tolerate the taste. Drinking this potent mixture of antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal ingredients three times each day can slow your symptoms down and even prevent you from developing a full-blown illness.

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I'm always interested in alternative health care methods...though I do go first to medical care.

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The good news today!

My youngest granddaughter's LaCrosse team won the State Championships, Division One! That's the state of Ohio.  Here her proud parents share her team's victory!

Today's quote:

"You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." ~ Joan Baez