Spring has Sprung!*!*!*!

It is definitely spring here....maybe a bit earlier than some parts of the country, but spring is showing up all over the place. The weather, the animals, the plants. Last weekend when we went out walking we saw crocuses.....pretty purple and saffron and white crocuses....this weekend there were more crocuses and daffodils and violets as well!! And the birds are getting active with nesting and the larger plants are focusing their energy getting ready to burst forth in fine displays of vibrant greenery. And we have daylight savings time. As much as I love my sleep and hate losing an hour of it in the mornings I love the sunlight of the day and rejoice as every afternoon and evening seem to last that much longer. We had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday I went to an all day workshop about the coming financial crises and it gave me much to think about. I have to do alot more research in this area as I just cannot accept some of the doomsday scenarios I am hearing. Still know we do have to sell our house. That is one point my husband and I can agree upon, but the big question is, and do what? That is a point that needs some serious investigation as well as just alot of trusting and faith that the universe will show us the way, that if we ask, we will receive. I am not a church going religious person, but I was brought up in the church and am a spiritual person. Much more earth and nature oriented, a pagan if you would, but not in any formal sense. It was a good day to be indoors all day as it was cloudly, cool and even rainy for a part of it. And at home, everyone was content, the boys had a friend over for nearly the entire day and had a very good time. Sunday the opposite of Saturday, warm and sunny, blue blue skies.....we went downtown, dropped off a ton of books at the library, then took a long walk along the creek, then back up through some interesting old neighborhoods, cool old houses, cut over to the food co-op, got some mangoes, kiwis, avocados, tomatoes, tea and a couple of beautiful stone bowls, tannish, green and cream one med soup bowl sized, one smaller condiment sized. I am going to give them to my oldest son for his birthday next month. Today is my closest brother's birthday. Closest in age, if not in fact, but I am reasonably close to 2 of my brothers, and hardly at all to the 3rd. Have to figure out how to reconcile myself with his religious and political beliefs which are antithical to my own. But that is not the point of love is it? If I love my brother I love him. No matter what. And I do love my brother, but I still need to progress in my ability to love unconditionally...to grow my heart. I love this juice feasting as it keeps me closer to truth. And to be truthful, I will own up (as I always have with you) to the fact that I have not done this juice feasting 100%, I have had days where I have eaten small amounts of food, anywhere from finger licking while preparing dinner for my family, to eating small amounts of foods I just had to have, to yesterday, where I ate what ended up being a proper meal. But the food was good. And I was hungry. It was a wonderful tomato/bread 'salad' that was made with truly delicious red red tomatoes, some very good sourdough bread, fresh basil, garlic and raspberry vinegar with olive oil, and generous amount of finely sliced sweet onion. Oh such a treat. My 12 yr old liked it so well he wanted some in his lunch today. And then there was more yummy guacamole, which I ate with my fingers, no chips, and the sauce that I made for the chicken breasts that I baked. It was sour cream (in lieu of yogurt which I did not have) with raw tahini, lemon juice, honey, cumin, garlic (lots), cayenne (lots), salt and pepper...oh it was soo good, and the chicken turned out so good with it, I did cut a tiny piece off of the end of one chicken breast and ate it. And I put thin slices of the rest of the sweet onion on top of the sauce covered chicken breasts as they baked. Yum. I almost went further, as I was giving my oldest son (soon to be 24) some of the 3 cakes my husband had gotten because of his birthday, but my husband who had not seen me eating the tomato salad earlier (though I am sure he suspected) caught me and said, no! You are juice feasting, you can't eat cake!!! So he did not allow me to...which is good, for I would have. Today, I am back on juice and hope to be strictly good for the entire week...cannot cheat today or all is lost...and I have seen some wierd, needed to leave the body, gunk in my poo. So, must tighten up again. Today I am drinking the master cleanser lemonade, it is allowed on this juice feast and was quicker to prepare than my usual juice. I am going to do green juices etc. tomorrow as I have alot of produce that I need to use up, but then I am going to do the master cleanser for at least a week, to accelerate weight loss, give myself a break as far as juice preparation and clean up as well as the expense of all of the produce. I may alternate weekly between the two. And I plan to continue this indefinitely as I do love the juice feasting aspect and feeling and even if I have small times of eating food, mostly all raw, I am still benefitting from it all tremendously, both physically, mentally and emotionally. I was feeling quite emotional last night at bedtime, got up and went down and found my sweet kitty and cried into his fur, but then went and drank my Gaia Vitex Elixir as I knew it was just hormonal imbalance making me feel so blue, and it fixed me right up and I went to sleep. However I did not sleep great, I had an ache in an area that has ached before, not sure what is up with that, but I do know this juice feasting is a good thing for me, as I suspect body imbalances are lurking to catch me off guard, except that I am on guard and I am chasing them out of my system. I don't need to examine these things under a microscope with endless doctor visits and tests as I take notice of them far sooner than a doctor would be able to find them without either being a rare doctor indeed, or a psychic....but I listen to my body, I know that I am not immortal, that I have created imbalances that need to be rebalanced. As I am doing.......