The Gypsy on Adventure

"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." -- Joseph Chilton Pearce

Ah, Happy Earth Day. It was a decent day, we walked to lunch with the big boss and had a nice experience at Don Giovanni's. Always good food! Swelling like crazy...sigh...tires me out. I wore one of my fav dresses, had to have Sherry zip me up when I got there! LOL And today I was gifted a beautiful perfect purple rose in my garden! Ooosh! So wonderful!

New Doo!  Here are the before and after shots! I LOVE the new hair artist. Edgy fun for sure! Worth the money and going downtown San Jose an hour early from work. Its a great pick me up!

Wow! I feel energized even in this heat wave! WGB and I went for a bike ride after work...up the other side of the trail and home... It wasn't as long as yesterdays, but I didn't hurt, well just a little in my knee's which is a good reminder I NEED TO DO THIS! I have to keep up the momentum because I have to drop this excess weight around my stomach!

My knees hurting the last few days is my cue to step up to the plate and REALLY make a good effort! So far so good!

My roses are doing REALLY well these are the ones that have a beautiful smell, and my gardening is paying off! All that bending and back hurting...look at that beautiful food growing! It is really doing well! I am so excited about it!!!!

10 Easy Food Switches…for an Extra 10 Good Years By David L. Katz, MD

::Article link::  I do most of these except I have slacked on switching to tea...I slipped back into drinking soda...its an addicition for sure...and I haven't tried the sugar to powdered milk, but I might try that one...

Out: Milk chocolate
In: Dark chocolate

Out: White wine
In: Red wine

Out: White bread
In: Whole grain bread

Out: Soda
In: Tea

Out: 1/4 of the sugar in a baking recipe
In: The same amount of nonfat powdered milk
Why: Reducing sugar in cakes, cookies, and bread will start retraining your taste buds to prefer less sweetness in your entire diet—a good antiaging goal, because in addition to weight gain and diabetes, chronically high intake of sugar can lead to glycosylation. This is a process in which sugar molecules adhere to protein molecules, potentially damaging cells, increasing inflammation, and contributing to the blockage of arteries.

Out: Diet soda
In: Water

Out: 1/4 of your meat
In: Lentils

Out: Regular yogurt
In: Low-fat or fat-free yogurt

Out: 1/4 of your meat
In: Fish
I take fish pills because I hate to eat fish...

Out: Bag of potato chips
In: Slices of apple
Ha This is THE hardest one! I love potato chips!

Happy Birthday Love! I can't believe Tim Curry is 63! Ah his voice, yum!! I shall always think of him as Frank! Grin

 

WGB and I cleaned up our bikes, he had a lot of work to do on his because his bike sat out in the sun and wind and rain for the last year, he had to replace both tires...I just had to wash mine up...although I am noticing some rust starting on my handle bars that I don't like!

I even did some Illustrated Watercolor Journaling today AND knitting on my hat!

Studio space-art first thing this morning because we had no power. It forced me to sit in the chair and work a little! By no means is it clean! ha I cleared a little space and did a little art this morning before going off to have lunch with a friend, Dee Anna, at the Cheese Cake Factory! Never been and it was a GREAT experience! I had the Asian fushion salad and the white chocolate macadamia nut cheese cake!

I swear I just don't have motivation to sit in the chair and create. I feel so held back and stuck.  

I am grateful that no matter HOW bad the night is, when I can't sleep because anxiety and fear of death is gripping me, the morning comes and the light shines in. That I have the WGB in my life, that I have friends that will take the time to have lunch and just talk. That I can sit in my family room and just embroider. I am grateful that I woke up this morning, and I was able to enjoy the day.

"Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry. Worry never fixes anything." -- Mary Hemingway

How does YOUR garden grow?
Mine? Pretty well!  The only thing I don't understand, my orange-yellow roses are crinkling but look wonderful when they bloom. Although it looks beautiful when they open, I wonder what is causing it?

My food garden is thriving! Yeah for me! I am excited since this is the first time I have been able to really try my hand at this! Not too bad so far!  I call the last photo "Fearless Aging!" I love that the peddles look like they threw themselves OFF the stalk! LOL But seriously I loved the distressed door, step and peddles!

Time to chill out tonight...I am SO glad it is Friday...work has been REALLY stressful lately! Sigh...some times people are just idiots! And lately they are on a roll...that is our "customers" not our employees!

"There is only one success -- to be able to live your life in your own way."  -- Christopher Morley
I can't stand the way the last girl cut my hair...I am trying some one NEW on Tuesday...sigh  Here is a snap of my step up to my patio! LOL I have a sick sense of humor and I LOVE this! Yes I am that dark! LOL You would laugh if you knew ALL of my mother issues! Snort

FINALLY I pulled my needles out again...have been getting inspired by my Flickr friends....

It's...best to assume that heaven is right here, right now, and let the stars fall where they may. —Margaret Gunther

I have been spending WAY too much time balking at life...its time to embrace heaven right here...right now...just the way I am!  I won't let the crap in my head get me down to where I won't enjoy my life! Even with all my faults right now! Move on...be happy and spend the moment LIVING in the moment, not waiting for a perfect one in the future! Duh!