We're gearing up hardcore for our two week vacation. We leave in five days!
Yesterday I:
-got the oil and such changed (it took over an hour, with Abby, right during naptime!)
-decluttered the living room, dining room, and kitchen
-packed up all Abby's little things that she won't use before vacation (monitors, sunglasses, etc)
-successfully completed all laundry (including diaper laundry, baby laundry, adult laundry, bath towels and kitchen towels!)
-did two loads of dishes
Today I:
-vacuumed
-finished my latest book on my kindle. (Ok so that doesn't actually have anything to do with vacation...but I still did it!)
Hmmm... maybe I should go find something to do. Like pull out the suitcases and start semi-packing.
We have plans to clean out the car this weekend. And move the jumper out to the garage to help de-clutter our living room (Abby very rarely uses it anymore). Its sad to see her growing out of all her toys. If for no other reason than because we have to buy new things for her to play with now!
Oh, in baby news, she's finally fitting into some of the 6-9 month clothes! Yippee! New things to wear! I pulled everything out of that box that she can wear, but a lot of it was "winter" attire. So I guess I'll be shopping in California! Woohoo!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Health and Food Matters
I just watched Food Matters (on our amazing Netflix) and man was it eye opening! I feel hopeful today.
I don't want to go into huge detail, but I've been on and off of anti-depressants for two years now and they just don't seem to be working. I always just assumed that the only way to treat depression is by taking pills. And then I heard Andrew Saul PhD speak on it, and I felt my whole world get a little bit brighter.
Did you know that in even very severe cases of depression, when the patient was given Niocin (Vitamin B3) instead of the typical anti-depressants, that the symptoms literally disappeared? He talks about how he strongly, strongly believes that depression is simply a matter of being malnourished. He suggests eating fresh fruits and vegetables, organic, clean, healthy foods.
Its just fascinating to me. I've been putting pills in my body (that are incredibly damaging to your liver) because I thought it would make me better. But what I need to do is adjust my lifestyle and my eating. So I'm off to pick up the last few things I need for vacation, and extra vitamins.
One more crazy fact! Doctors warn that taking to many vitamins could be dangerous. Do you know that there were only ten cases of death that were "tied" to vitamins overdose in the past twenty three years? That's less than one death per year, and they couldn't even prove that it was a vitamin overdose that caused the death!
Want to know more? Check out Food Matters (all you really have to do is google it). There's a lot about cancer, and natural eating, and how foods really do arm your body to naturally fight off illnesses.
I don't want to go into huge detail, but I've been on and off of anti-depressants for two years now and they just don't seem to be working. I always just assumed that the only way to treat depression is by taking pills. And then I heard Andrew Saul PhD speak on it, and I felt my whole world get a little bit brighter.
Did you know that in even very severe cases of depression, when the patient was given Niocin (Vitamin B3) instead of the typical anti-depressants, that the symptoms literally disappeared? He talks about how he strongly, strongly believes that depression is simply a matter of being malnourished. He suggests eating fresh fruits and vegetables, organic, clean, healthy foods.
Its just fascinating to me. I've been putting pills in my body (that are incredibly damaging to your liver) because I thought it would make me better. But what I need to do is adjust my lifestyle and my eating. So I'm off to pick up the last few things I need for vacation, and extra vitamins.
One more crazy fact! Doctors warn that taking to many vitamins could be dangerous. Do you know that there were only ten cases of death that were "tied" to vitamins overdose in the past twenty three years? That's less than one death per year, and they couldn't even prove that it was a vitamin overdose that caused the death!
Want to know more? Check out Food Matters (all you really have to do is google it). There's a lot about cancer, and natural eating, and how foods really do arm your body to naturally fight off illnesses.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)