Word Cloud - #HAWMC Day 30

Word Cloud. Make a word cloud or tree with a list of words that come to mind when
you think about your blog, health, or interests. Use a thesaurus to make the branches
of your “tree” extend further. http://www.wordle.net/

strength                                     sleep                                                 surgery
                       funny                                                            tired
      pain                                        empowered
       laughter                                                         blogging
                                     chocolate                                                                                                                  foot

Until tomorrow...

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Six Sentence Story - #HAWMC Day 29

Six Sentence Story. In this day of micro-blogging –  brevity is a skill worth honing. Can
you tell a story and make it short and sweet? What can you say in six sentences.
Check out some here: http://sixsentences.blogspot.com/

I give myself shots each week to make myself better.  Even though the shots do help, they give me horrible bruises that make me look dreadful in a bathing suit.  The bruises are so big and ugly that people look and stare because I look like I have been beaten or in an accident.  My bathing suit doesn't come close to covering up all the bruises on my legs.  I long for a bathing suit that covers those bruises. Unfortunately, this isn't the 1920's.

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The First Time I… - #HAWMC Day 28

The First Time I… Write a post about the first time you did something. What is it?
What was it like? What did you learn from it? 

Okay, because I am in work mode these days, I will talk about a work thing.  All I seem to do is work anymore.  I am NOT complaining!  After last year and the downturn in the economy, this is great.  I just wish it were spread out a little!  Some days I am working 12 hour days and it gets a little exhausting.  I am really happy though!  I love my work.

So this thing I had to learn how to do for the first time is a business proposal.  In the past when I got a referral for work, it is usually a company or nonprofit that is desperate to find someone who can fix their problem.  I am asked to give references and then they hire me.  The last two times I have been asked for a business proposal.  The first proposal left a lot to be desired. This last one took a whole day to write it.  Then after I wrote and handed it in, the scope of work changed and now they want another proposal.  I am so unsure about doing them, so I avoid them as long as possible. I learned that I need to find out how to do them and get better at doing them. 

What did you do for the first time and what did you learn from it?

Until tomorrow...


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5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories - #HAWMC Day 27

5 Challenges & 5 Small Victories. Make a list of the 5 most difficult parts of your health focus. Make another top 5 list for the little, good things (small victories) that keep you going.

Challenges:

1. aches, pains, soreness, creaky joints (oh, was I supposed to give one challenge?!)
2. that sore ______ (enter in your own personal woe of the moment: knee, foot, toe, shoulder, back, finger, etc)
3. exercising hurts my joints but I need to exercise to make my joints feel better.
4. eating out at restaurants is SO good but it sets off my Crohn's disease.
5. by the end of the day my eyes are so dry it is hard to see clearly.

Victories:

1. exercising helps me to lose weight and makes me feel better.
2. during non-flare times I like to get as much completed as I can.
3. have been eating well so no Crohn's flares in a while
4. was on an airplane with no problems with cramping in my legs
5. 1-1/2 weeks until surgery and I will be able to get rid of this pain in my ankle

What about you?  Any challenges or victories??

Until tomorrow...

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Health tagline - #HAWMC Day 26

Health tagline. Give yourself, your blog, your condition, or some aspect of your
health a tagline. Make sure it’s catchy!

Arthritis...it doesn't have to suck.

                          Arthritis makes you rethink your life.

Crohn's, what a pain in the ass!

                                                   Acid reflux brings it all up.

Arthritis is all over this joint!

I could go on and on.  They just keep coming!

Until tomorrow...


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Third person post - #HAWMC Day 25

Third person post. Write about a memory you have but describe it  using the third person. Use as many sensory images (sights, sounds, textures, etc) as you can. Don’t use “I” or “me” unless you include dialogue. 

Photo by MARVIA

It was Adrienne's first rainforest.  It was so lush and green.  She could hardly see three feet in front of her.  She was afraid of getting lost.  The smell.  It smelled like warm, wet dirt.  But cleaner, purer.  Then the rain started, real soft at first.  Kind of misty, then it began to rain harder.  Raindrops so big.  The noise of the raindrops hitting the leaves of the trees was like a train roaring down the tracks.  So loud it was disorienting.  The rainforest was a place she could get lost in.  A beautiful place you could get lost in.  A beautiful place to be treasured.

Until tomorrow...

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Health Mascot - #HAWMC Day 24

Health Mascot. Give yourself, your condition, or your health focus a mascot. Is it a real person? Fictional? Mythical being? Describe them. Bonus points if you provide a visual!

A mascot?!  Hmmm.  I am not sure I can do this one.  My mascot would be strong and powerful.  But what would it look like?  I am not sure.  I am not this kind of creative.  Okay, it would be a dog superhero.  A dog that would crawl in bed and cuddle with me when I am sick and walk with me when I need to exercise and greet me when I come home.  The best superhero ever!

Until tomorrow...

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Health Activist Choice Day 2! - #HAWMC Day 23

Health Activist Choice Day 2! Write about whatever you like.

I hear this song all the time and I love it.  I decided to talk about the lyrics.  The reason I like the song so much is that we have all had someone that hurt us whether it was a loved one or a friend.  When the relationship goes bad sometimes it goes so bad that it just ends and one person never knows quite why.  That person is left hanging.  I had a really good friend once. She was a really good friend in college and after college.  She had a really rough time with life.  I kept in there being her friend through rehab twice.  Then all of a sudden one day she stopped picking up the phone when I called.  She stopped sending birthday cards.  She stopped calling, writing, everything.  No explanation.  No reason.  I left messages saying if I had done anything, I apologize and that I loved her no matter what.  Nothing. To this day I don't know what happened.  If I did anything or said anything.  I will probably never know and I am not sure I will ever get over it.  I know this song is about lovers who  break up but when I hear the line "Now you're somebody I just used to know", it makes me think of her, my friend.

Somebody That I Used To Know

Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
I told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kinda sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing
I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough

No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believin it was always something that I'd done

But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know-oh-oh

But you didn't have cut me off
Make it like it never happened and that we were nothing (oh)
I don't even need your love, but you treat me like a stranger
and that feels so rough

(oh)

No, you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect you records
And then change your number (oh)
Guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Somebody that I used to know
Somebody (now your just somebody that I used to know)
That I used to know
Somebody that I used to know
Somebody (somebody) (now your just somebody that I used to know)
That I used to know

I used to know
That I used to know
I used to know
Somebody

Here is the video of Gotye singing the song live. 

 

Until tomorrow...

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The Things We Forget - #HAWMC Day 22

The Things We Forget. Visit http://thingsweforget.blogspot.com/ and make your own
version of a short memo reminder. Where would you post it?

My memo reminder would say:

Fish need air to breathe

I say this because the electricity went out in the backyard this morning.  I woke up and let the pups out and the pond was not running.  The poor fish were gasping for air!  They don't just need water, they need aerated water.  When the pump doesn't run, the water is stagnant and they look like they are green around the gills.  After trying everything I could think of: resetting breakers, pushing the CFI/GFI buttons, unplugging things, I finally got an extension cord and ran it to a plug on the deck that was working.  So the pond is working even though the lights and everything else is not.  Electrician comes tomorrow to see what is what.

Until tomorrow...

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Health Madlib Poem - #HAWMC Day 21

Health Madlib Poem. Go to : http://languageisavirus.com/cgi-bin/madlibs.pl and fill
in the parts of speech and the site will generate a poem for you. Feel free to post the
Madlib or edit it to make it better.

all in beautiful

All in beautiful went my dog sneezing
on a creative fish of majestic
into the intriguing movie.

sentimental cool hot tubed and slowing
the bomb Wii before.

yummy be they than zany book
the happy organic Wii
the organic the bomb Wii.

sentimental organic vase at a sick star
 the curious panecotta before.

car at hair went my dog sneezing
sneezing the Australia down
into the intriguing movie.

sentimental cool hot tubed and slowing
the joyous yoga before.

boring be they than slender organic partner
the cool sick Wii
the ruby slow n Wii .

sentimental ruby minibar at a majestic bird
the sparkly phone before.

pond at computer went my dog sneezing
sneezing the candy down
into the intriguing movie.

sentimental cool hot tubed and slowing
the sparkly rain before.

colorful be they than funny doormat
the awesome laughter Wii
the ugly wacky Wii .

sentimental ugly hotel at the beautiful candy
the wacky flowers before.

All in beautiful went my dog sneezing
on a creative fish of majestic
into the intriguing movie .

sentimental cool hot tubed and slowing
my Walt Disney World mash pond before.

- adrienne & e.e. cummings

Okay, that was weird!  Most of it didn't even make sense.  There are better MadLibs to do. 

It is so hot here.  I had the roof down in the car and went to Lowes to get mulch.  I had a very nice young man help me put it in the car.  He wouldn't even take a tip.  It is supposed to be warm again tomorrow. Yay!

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