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Snow???

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Day 227 in my slogging toward meeting up with Mickey

Today’s plan is to survive another day. 😄  Today we are getting our “St. Patrick’s Day Storm” a week late. It’s not really so much a storm as it is just plenty of snow. I detest driving in snowy conditions, and I wouldn’t have driven today except for work. So my plan is to get to work. Already accomplished. And to get home from work. Yet to come. AND to make healthy food choices and stay sugar-free. 

As Edith Ann would say, “And that’s the truth!”  (Dated Laugh In reference)

Meet you at the Kingdom!

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Peace

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Day 226 in my meandering toward meeting Mickey

Today my plan is to go to worship the King of kings and the Lord of lords.  I love “the peace that passes understanding.”  I don’t know how people live without it.  So today I am going to go and soak up some Jesus.

Meet you at the Kingdom!

BTW:  And I will stay sugar-free and make the healthiest food choices possible.

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Cooking Up a Plan

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Day 225 in cooking my way to a healthier me to pose with Mickey at the Magic Kingdom in October

Today is all about a recipe.  I may have mentioned this book before.  It’s called Betty Crocker 30 Minute Meals for Diabetes.  As I am pre-diabetic, I try to eat as diabetes-friendly as possible.   This book has been a real Godsend.  So tonight’s new recipe is Quick Taco Skillet Casserole.  I like quick, I like tacos and I like casseroles, so it sounds like a winner to me.

The prep time is 25 minutes for 6 servings.

Ingredients:

  1. 1 pound (extra-lean) ground beef
  2. 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
  3. 1 and a half cups uncooked instant brown rice
  4. 1 cup chunky-style salsa
  5. 1 and a half cups of water
  6. 1 can (14.5 to 16 oz) whole tomatoes, undrained, cut up
  7. 1 can (11 oz) whole kernel corn with red and green peppers, undrained
  8. 1 can (6 oz) tomato paste

Directions:

  1. In a 12-inch skillet or 4-quart Dutch oven, cook beef and onion over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until beef is thoroughly cooked; drain well.  Return beef mixture to skillet.
  2. Stir in remaining ingredients.  Heat to boiling over high heat.  Reduce heat to medium-high; cook 10 to 12 minutes, stirring frequently, until water is absorbed and rice is tender.  Stir before serving.

Sounds great, right?  I’ll let you know how it tastes.  Meet you at the Kingdom!

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Wise Words from Walt

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Day 224 in my journey to a healthier lifestyle for meeting up with Mickey (6 months and 23 days to go)

Today’s plan was to eat in a healthy manner, and I have managed to do that.  I feel a lot better than I did last night after having a sugar binge.  I feel mellow and satisfied.  I don’t mind telling you, I like this feeling.  It’s way better than a sugar-crazed crab-fest.  You’ve heard of mean drunks?  I am a mean sugar-fueled sugar addict.

Jake and Eliza gave me an Artfolds book for my birthday.  It’s really a cool idea.  You fold each page according to some lines on them.  When you’re finished folding the whole book, you have a piece of art, kinda like origami.  My book finished up as a Mickey Mouse head.  Perfect, right?  I love it.  And along the way there are quotes by Walt Disney.  Well I finally finished all the folding today.  And here is a quote that I found particularly fitting for my life right now: “Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.”  Isn’t that cool?  Sometimes it’s just good to recognize that life has its ups and its downs.  I want to embrace both in my life.  I want to savor every experience, even the not so fun ones.  I think it’s really the only way to know that you have lived life, and not just sleep-walked through it.

Meet you at the Kingdom!

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A Detour in Plans

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Day 221 in my plans for my immediate future, and for meeting Mickey

My plan for today is to process the information that I received this morning.  It turns out, I have cancer.  So I will pray and think.

I have a very high regard for God.  I talk about him often.  I talk to him often.  I argue with him often (he always wins).  But most of all I believe him.  When he says, “I will never leave you or forsake you.”  I believe him.  When he says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  I believe him.  When he say, “We know that all things work together for good to them that love God, and to them who are called according to his purpose.”  I believe him.  I don’t need to know why-me.  Why not me?  I don’t need to know the outcome.  I just need to have faith that he goes with me.

And so I take the next step.  I see an oncologist is a couple weeks, and we make plans for treatment.  Sooner the better, I say.  And I keep making plans, and taking the next steps, and I keep looking forward to our trip to Florida in October.

God is good all the time.  Meet you at the Kingdom!

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Meals and More Meals

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Day 220 in planning to meet up with Mickey

Today’s plan is to research and make plans for our dinner reservations when we are in Florida in October.  We plan to eat out once a day together.  Breakfast at the Magic Kingdom?  Lunch at EPCOT?  Dinner at the Animal Kingdom?  I want to have my plans in order, so I can try for some hard to get reservations.

Since we’ll be in a Grand Villa at Old Key West, we’ll have a full kitchen/dining room.  We will take our other meals there.  I am sure we will try some of the foods at the Food and Wine Festival, too.

So today I work on those plans.  Meet you at the Kingdom!

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Back To It

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Day 219 in my planning to meet up with Mickey in October (6 months and 28 days to go)

Today’s plan: make a menu for the week, make a grocery list for the week, go grocery shopping, deliver a dinner to a friend who recently had surgery, go out to a belated birthday dinner with the kids.

  1. menu-check
  2. grocery list-check
  3. grocery shopping-check
  4. deliver dinner-called to make arrangements and was told they do not need our dinner tonight, as their daughter (her husband, and child) is coming up to visit and bringing dinner
  5. belated birthday dinner withe the kids-yet to come

I am feeling much better than I have the last couple of days.  My energy level is better and the cramping and bleeding have subsided.  Whew!  So now it’s back to normal, until the next step is revealed.  God is good all the time!

Meet you at the Kingdom!

 

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Biopsy and Baymax

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Day 217 in my journey to meet Mickey

My plan for today was to take the next step in becoming as healthy as possible for when I meet up with Mickey in October.  I had a biopsy on my uterus today.  It wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be, but it was no dance in the park.  You know?  Now, I wait a week for the results; but after talking with the gynecologist, I am feeling very relaxed about the whole thing.  What will be, will be, and I’m OK with that.  I wouldn’t be, if not for Jesus.  He promises to never leave us of forsake us and I believe him.  So…I don’t take this journey alone.  He is with me every step of the way.  Thank God for the Holy Spirit!

Now that I am home watching Big Hero Six, I am very calm and mellow.  And this movie is AWESOME!!  It looks amazing and the story is absolutely captivating.  (To my nephew Kirk–you were so right about this movie!!)

I just LOVE things Disney!  I am so excited at the thought of our big trip in October.  To quote my cousin Terry, “It’s a total gonga, Dude!”

Meet you at the Kingdom!

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Another Payday Weigh-day

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Day 215 in my race to meet Mickey (7 months and 2 days to go)

Today’s plan was to step on the scale again and see what’s happening.  The good news is: another 1.6 pounds down.  Yahoo!!  So now I’m down 41.6 pounds, and it feels good!  Even laying down in bed at night feels more comfortable than it has for a long time.  Hopping into the car and buckling up is much easier.  And it’s easier to slide in and out of booths in restaurants.

Now that spring is spring-ing, I hope to be more intentional about my walking.  There may be some challenges in my immediate future, as I am having some health issues, but I will face them in the company of a Savior who loves me.  “I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13  That is so comforting.

I’ll let you know more, as I know more.  Meet you at the Kingdom!

BTW: Keeping my sister-friend Joan in my prayers.  Her surgery went very well yesterday, but she’s running a fever today.

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Today’s Good News

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Day 214 in my dance toward meeting up with Mickey

My plan for today was to go for my post-bloodwork check.  So I did.  And the general news was good.

Blood Glucose A1C=6.1

Blood Pressure= 126/84

My doctor was thrilled with those results and with the 40 pound loss since she last saw me.  Seriously, my numbers haven’t been that good in more than 5 years.  That is exciting news.  Apparently I do much better when I cut out sugar, eat more vegetables, move more and embrace life more.  🙂

Meet you at the Kingdom!

Shout out to my sister-friend Joan.  She came through her knee replacement surgery with flying colors this morning.  Yay!