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Nutrition

I have found a new career path that I am truly excited about. I am going to become a Holistic Nutritionist. I have found that there is not enough information out there to help people design the best nutrition program for their body. I have had a LONG and extremely frustrating journey to gather information about nutrition. Figuring out and finding tests for food allergies were not easy to get the correct information for. I have also found an Allergy Elimination treatment called NAET that I hope to be able to perform some day. I finally have enough energy to start my schooling and take the first step toward my goal of opening my own practice.

If anyone has any questions about nutrition and using it as a healing tool I have been cooking and eating holistic foods for a little over a year now. I will be happy to do some research and write a post about your questions. I have been able to find recipes that taste great and stay away from my food allergies.

Mexico and Bush

I found this gem of an article. It just shows how screwed up the world is. Every poor country wants America to save them. Yet somehow we are portrayed as the bad guys for protecting our own country. I was actually feeling bad for president Bush (but only for a split second). Mexico's President said that America needs to help them rebuild their economy so it won't be such a big thing to illegally cross the border to get work in the US. How did we become responsible for this? I don't see the Mexican government coming to America saying, "here is our proposal to bring good paying jobs to our country. Will you help us implement this?" Maybe I am reading too much into it, I guess I am just frustrated.

Update on things past and future

I feel like holding my breath and giving a big sigh of relief at the same moment. I don't think I have ever held a more busy schedule as I do in the month of March. This past weekend I went to a business conference in St. Louis. It was awesome, but exhausting. We left at 6am Friday morning which only allowed me a whopping 2.5 hrs of sleep the night before. Then I found out that we had one more person driving with us so I was crammed into the back seat of my Dad's Cadillac for 9.5 hrs! During this time I have multiple people calling me asking me information I have already sent on to them and/or issue revolving around the rooms I so kindly reserved for them. When I arrived a large group of us went to dinner and I was feeling better. The weekend was informational and inspiring. I actually enjoyed myself all weekend. The drive home took us over 10hrs because we got stuck in traffic TWICE! because of accidents. The second one had us at a dead stop for over an hour so we got out and stretched our legs along the side of the road. I arrived at my house at a quarter to 6am and was able to put myself to bed by 6. This allowed me 6hrs of blissful sleep before off to work for 5hrs. OOH the exhaustion! The rest of the week holds long 10hr days filled with packed in activities afterward. The exciting thing, March is almost over. I am excited for Florida because that will mean the end of my 10hr days... well almost. I will have 4 more days of 10hrs each day but after that I will be back to my normal schedule. Florida will be wonderful. Warm sunny days and great celebration. I am singing in my sister's commitment ceremony and honestly, I am super nervous. I have gotten out of the habit of learning music and singing in front of people and am not sure how I will do. I only want the best for my sister and feel I am not able to provide that. But I will do my best and see what happens. Tonight I am practicing a ton. After wonderful Florida I come back to Michigan and start my journey into the Army. I am running as often as I can these days and it definitely is not often enough. I need to be able to get back to running 5days a week like I was back in January. I am at least able to be doing some exercises at home. That has helped me keep in the mind frame at least. I can't wait 'till I am able to start running outside. Today is gorgeous! As usual, it is only Michigan teasing me. Tomorrow will be chilly and raining with the temperature dropping down into the 30s through the week. No more 70 degree weather for me. Hopefully April will bring back the warm weather since I am wearing a strapless dress in Krista's wedding. After her wedding I will finally be able to give the big sigh of relief. Work hard at getting into shape and prepare for Cancun for my 25th birthday!!! After that, prepare for boot camp. Yippee! Things will work out and I am sure I will be able to achieve my goals.

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My cousin had this on her blospot and I really liked it so stole her idea and posted it on my own. Thanks Jill!

Happy V-Day

OOOHH! By the way, happy valentine's day! It has been by far the most un-valentine's day like I have ever had! I guess this is what it is like to have a full time job... no more room for romantic day dreaming and fancies... just hard cold reality of a job to be done! Oh, well, at least I got to play soccer tonight!

Random train of thought...

I have been finding myself sitting in front of a computer for hours upon hours. So recently my astigmatism has been acting up. This means my glasses had to come out of retirement. I was then thinking of when I got these glasses and realized, they are the longest lasting pair of glasses I have had! Sunglasses tend to break rather quickly with me... but these I think have been with me for going on 9 or 10 years! Then I was thinking about, how High school does not seem like that long ago. But this year will be 6 years I have graduated from high school. Now THAT is a scary thought. It all then brought me back to the fact that I will be turning 25 this year. Yup, I will be a quarter of a century old! Whats even worse is that I feel like I am MAYBE 21 years old.... but I guess this is what my older sisters have been talking about all along....

WWII vet, 84, claims $254M lottery prize

AAAWWW! How perfect! I was happy to read about this family winning the lottery. It couldn't have gone to a better candidate.

"Ever After"

Let me preface this story with the fact that I have been in a very fantastical and whimsical kind of mood. I have not had my beginning of the year dose of being able to read my one romance novel of the year. Someone suggested I write a story and this is what came of it:


Once upon a time, in a land far, far away... there lived...

Ok BACK to reality. A girl is raised on fairytales of sweet love and "happy ever after" endings, but lives in the real world of teasing, ruthless flirting and unromantic awkward moments. As the years pass a young girls dream's about having a prince charming sweep her off her feet start to fade into a cynical, "I'd be happy if he even held the door open for me," kind 0f attitude. Sometimes you hear of the rare event of a man sweeping one of my friends off her feet. I keep waiting for the moment when he drops her, sometimes it happens, sometimes it really is a "and they lived happily ever after!"

Now my experiences with dating have made me conclude that "happily ever after" is not meant for me. Chivalry is not even something I think men even posses, well the single men, or should I say boys, I date. THANK GOODNESS that all was about to change...

Let me start from the beginning. I happened to have my profile on Ringo. I was about to delete it when I realized everyone I had, as friends, were family or close relatives. They all didn't know how to create a page on Myspace or Facebook so I decided to keep it as a way to contact me. No longer than a week later and this guy sent me a message. I kept trying to get him to talk... to write longer than 3 or 4 sentences and was getting nowhere fast. I was frustrated and about to blow him off when I said, "to hell with it, some people just aren't talkers. At least he is answering my questions." I finally asked him if he had any instant messenger service, hoping he was a bit more of a talker, because he seemed like a truly interesting individual, he was working in Iraq for heaven's sake (and not as part of the military either.)

It’s funny how certain people start to enter your life at various key points. I had just recently been talking with a sorority sister about an old dream of mine to be part of the military. My parents talked me out of it in high school and I have regretted it ever since. She told me it was never too late to join. That got me thinking. Now I have a guy talking to me about how he joined the military, how much he loved being part of the Army and since he is a Veteran, he decided to get a job as a civilian helping out over in Iraq. He supported me in my choice to start looking into joining the military and that alone meant a lot to me. I keep saying how I wish I could find at least ONE person who gets me, well I was thinking I might be on the path to finding that person and that thought made me beyond excited. I loved to hear his stories, and he became the highlight of every morning at work. The time would fly by when I would be able to talk to him while working. At night if I talked to him before going to bed, I would fall asleep with a smile on my face. Him and I kept saying how wonderful it would be to meet one day... and that day finally arrived! I finally got to meet this inspirational and supportive person who got me! Oooh the nervousness and butterflies that sat in my stomach.

I wasn't expecting much, thinking maybe just your typical dinner and perhaps a movie. Wasn't sure what I was going to do with him for an entire weekend! Well he had something quite a bit different in mind. He pulled up to my house on his kick ass motorcycle! My jaw dropped because the bike was more beautiful than any of the pictures and the man upon the bike was more regal and more powerful looking than any picture he sent me. It was amazing how fast my heart was pounding and how shy I suddenly became. He stepped off his bike and immediately leaned in for the best kiss I have had in my short dating life. I felt like I was going to melt but his strong arms kept me upright as he left his sweet taste on my lips. His bright eyes shown as I looked into them in amazement and wonder. How did I get here? I wanted this moment to last forever.

When I was finally able to stand upright without fearing I would fall down I took him inside to set his things down. It was already past dinnertime and so we decided to grab something to eat. He took me for my first motorcycle ride and I have never felt such thrill as the wind whipped all around us on this unusually warm evening for the early spring time.

The conversation during dinner was light and full of joy. Many smiles were exchanged and and we laughed while telling stories from our past. We were thoroughly enjoying each others company. No one else existed but this man, this very wise, hardened and yet delicate man sitting across from me.

After dinner, we wanted to enjoy a night on the town. I got ready for the night out and we were ready to go enjoy ourselves. We went to this underground, whole in the wall looking type bar that I absolutely love in downtown. They usually have various types of live music listen to or dance to. Its very small and not many people know of its existence. They have the BEST Gadiva chocolate martinis ever made. We continued to talk as if we were simply friends who have not seen each other in ages. The band played in the background, as we got lost in our conversation. The band started to play some slow songs and many couples were taking advantage of this. We soon were on our feet dancing the night away. It made me think of the Cinderella story, dancing the night away with her prince charming. All I needed were glass slippers and I would be my own version of a Cinderella story (just not as much drama.) As the night wound down, we walked around a bit and enjoyed the warm breezes blowing through town. Not much was said, just the joy of the other person's physical presence being felt. It was nice to feel his hand in mine, his lips on mine as we exchanged the many kisses we promised each other throughout the months of talking. All too soon the alarm woke me up for another day at the office.

Fun Article

I thought this article was cool. 5 Komodo dragons were born at a British Zoo to a VIRGIN mother.... Just read the article.

State of the Union Address 2007

I am trying to find a good place to start. Bush addressed many issues in his State of the Union Address and I have many responses. I have responses to him, responses to other people's responses to him, responses to the media and their comments... over all my brain is overflowing with thoughts about this recent event.

I think the best place to start is to congratulate Congress Woman Nancy D'Alesandro as the first woman to reside as speaker of the House of Representatives. It was a momentous occasion for all women working for growth and equality among the sexes.

The second thing to address would be the statement Bush made about our growing economy.

" A future of hope and opportunity begins with a growing economy -- and that is what we have. We're now in the 41st month of uninterrupted job growth, in a recovery that has created 7.2 million new jobs -- so far. Unemployment is low, inflation is low, and wages are rising. This economy is on the move, and our job is to keep it that way, not with more government, but with more enterprise."

I wonder if they have any plan for Michigan to reap the benefits of this growing economy. Just a day before this speech some 2,100 people became jobless in Ann Arbor as Pfizer closed their doors. Not only the people working at that specific location lost their jobs, but also 250 people in Kalamazoo and 60 others in Plymouth Township. Is Michigan simply being overlooked to keep a positive perspective on our growing economy? If so then we better watch this confidence... it may just be what will cause yet another depression in our country.

I would like to applaud President Bush for his continued efforts at decreasing the federal deficit. He has done a good job as making a situation that looked helpless into a workable situation with possible light at the end of the tunnel. He was aware of the amount of absurd things that government officials find to spend money on. Kudos to you on that one Mr. President. He even challenged the current congress men and women to find solutions to the growing social security issue, now, not save it for the future generations (my generation!) to deal with later. Even though social security is not anything to base your retirement traveling (or even living) on, money is money to many people.

Next on the agenda, health care. I am not entirely sure I understand fully what Bush is proposing. I know that it means allowing more of a tax cut for many citizens, but I do not understand exactly how and who would qualify. I know my parents worked (and are still working) hard to be able to afford the best health care and I have certainly reaped the befits of this time and time again in my short years. Now as their employee I am still able to reap these befits. But something in there about having the more expensive insurance plans means you will NOT get the tax break. I am not sure how this benefits the country, or for entrepreneurs like my parents.

Recently I have heard commercials for the need of more people to become border patrol employees here in Michigan. If you are not familiar with Michigan, we have two main points where people are allowed to cross the border. They have a law now were you have to have a passport in order to be let back into the states. Getting in to Canada has never been an issue, and still is not an issue. President Bush released his plan to beef up the border patrol along all borders, perfect timing to be having these commercials if you ask me... I will leave this issue alone with these last words from the President himself, "To secure our border, we're doubling the size of the Border Patrol, and funding new infrastructure and technology. Yet even with all these steps, we cannot fully secure the border unless we take pressure off the border -- and that requires a temporary worker program. We should establish a legal and orderly path for foreign workers to enter our country to work on a temporary basis. As a result, they won't have to try to sneak in, and that will leave Border Agents free to chase down drug smugglers and criminals and terrorists."

Now lets move on to the oil consumption issue. It is on everyone's mind daily as gas prices skyrocket then plummet, skyrocket, the plummet. Since my brain seems to be dead I will let Bush tell you himself, "It's in our vital interest to diversify America's energy supply -- the way forward is through technology. We must continue changing the way America generates electric power, by even greater use of clean coal technology, solar and wind energy, and clean, safe nuclear power. We need to press on with battery research for plug-in and hybrid vehicles, and expand the use of clean diesel vehicles and biodiesel fuel. We must continue investing in new methods of producing ethanol -- using everything from wood chips to grasses, to agricultural wastes." I'll let you think on that one. The one point I did like, "Let us build on the work we've done and reduce gasoline usage in the United States by 20 percent in the next 10 years. When we do that we will have cut our total imports by the equivalent of three-quarters of all the oil we now import from the Middle East."

Now the most awaited topic is touched upon, the war on Iraq. President Bush wants to send over 21,000 more soldiers to Iraq. He asked the people of the United States of America and Congress to give this new plan a chance. I have mixed feelings on this. Seeing as how I looking to join the military it is slightly scary since they need more people to send over there. But seeing as how I am looking into the journalism, photography, or reporter type jobs I don't know how much of a need I would be over in the midst of everything. Yet it might be sorely needed. It makes me nervous and yet determined more than ever to pursue my dream. Was this part highly supported? NOT AT ALL. What my concern is, yeah the war sucks... but could it be that we are stopping another Hitler type situation from erupting? Also, ever since the rumors of Bush sending more troops over came out into the media there was an immediate response from one of the terrorist groups. He basically laughed at our president saying they will still persevere and not even more troops will stop them. I saw this mentioned on ONE news channel only ONCE. Why isn't this being shown more? Letting the American people know more of why certain decisions are being made. I high doubt Bush would send more troops over to Iraq just for the fun of it. It makes me mad that BOTH sides are not being shown ever. Whatever happened to those reporters who play devils advocate? Whatever happened to simple reporting on both sides and not playing into whatever sponsors hands they are held firmly in? I know a lot of people are against war, I am against violence and yet it is part of our world. I look forward to a day when it is not, but until all the domestic abuse, child abuse, hate crimes, gang wars and every part of violence is gone, we can not ignore the presence of terrorists trying to undermined our country. Therefore, this war has become a necessary thing we must follow through with. I do agree with people on the fact that it was presented to the American people in a poor manner and it was not started in a manner that had clear cut goals in mind. It was perhaps rash in the beginning, but we started and now we must finish.

And THAT people are all my thoughts for today on the State of the Union Address!!!

So it has obviously been WAAAAY too long since my last personal post. A lot has been happening and changing in my life thus creating a very hectic schedule. Work has FINALLY slowed down so I am able to breathe, but only for a moment. I have moved out of my parents house. Already my younger sister and I are getting along better. I knew it would happen. To think we were going to get a place together.... Any way, I am only about 5min. away from work/my parents. Made moving just a little easier. No need to try and stuff all my stuff and make one trip. Over the course of the next week I will be making the final touches to my room. I am enjoying my freedom even though it has been a very frustrating move. I was hoping to have things like my bed, piano, desk and computer all moved in on Fri. I walked up to find that 1. the light for my stair way to my room doesn't work, 2. the girl never cleaned the carpets, 3. nor did she even bother to vacuum!, 4. she left all kinds of trash for me (like a couple of cheesy paintings, a cork board, and other large things a vacuum can't clean up.) So, I and my Mom spent all Friday night, dusting, vacuuming, cleaning the carpets with a rented carpet cleaner, and hanging the new blinds. On Sat. I moved in all my large items with my Mom and Becky. Thank goodness for their help. After they both had to leave I then took all the contents in my car up to my room and started to put things in order. I made a trip to Ikea, Value City, the Computer store, and my house. After 12 long hours I decided to call it quits for the day. On Sun. I did some more work and waited for the girl who was taking care of all the details, like the lease, and giving me the key and such, to come home. I needed the password so I could access the wireless Internet and return an item to Dell that I bought on accident (it was the wrong thing for my computer, oops!) But she didn't come home, and she wasn't around when I left for work. So, hopefully today she will be around after work so I can get the finishing touches done and all settled. I need to make some sort of agreement between her and I about the carpets not being cleaned. It was suppose to have been done before I moved in. Also, I need her to do something about my stairway light. I almost broke my neck tripping over things in the dark. I don't know the layout of the room well enough yet to be able to navigate my way in the dark.
The last piece of update is that I have a new career move in the work for late September maybe early October. There are still lots of details that need to be made and it isn't even a for sure thing yet. Within the next couple of months I should have more details. Until then, just keep your fingers crossed and prayer said that I get the position. I really, REALLY want this job.
Until next time, which hopefully won't be so long from now... I will update about my two older sister's weddings/ceremonies coming up in the next 3 months (yes two only 1 month apart... INSANE!) Tootles!

Moon destined to disintegrate?!

I was logging onto yahoo to get my e-mail and I saw this article that seemed to really grab my attention. It is all about how the moon will eventually disintegrate, the earth too! As I was reading this article, that projected a future trillions of years from now, I sat here wondering what the world would be like then. I also sat here wondering what scientists of our past thought about our current times. I know there was a lot of projections that in 3 years from now we would be living on the moon, like that will happen! I also know that a lot of technology they thought up even 30 years ago are slowly coming into our daily lives. Remember Star Trek, with the little button to push simply to communicate with their ship? Well now we have our own walking cyborgs, my own Dad being a victim. With a press of the button, not only can you communicate with the mother ship, but all the other folks in that handy dandy phone book you have attached to your hip. The Internet was a thing that not many could even imagine. No one estimated the effects it would have on the whole world! It is wha, 12 years old and already 4 and 5 year old children are learning how to use it? Companies are built upon it... I am still waiting for the day when all I have to do is think my thoughts instead of having to type it all out, but I am sure the day will come. After all, we do have some wonderful voice recognition programs. It would definitely help getting these ridiculous tunes I often have running through my head out. Just put on my music maker thought machine and presto, a new song has been written!
I digress, the whole point of this blog is simply to say, the future is so far away, and not so much closer than we sit to think about. It really made me appreciate all the comforts I have today. America is certainly a country built on comfort... Also, I simply wanted to voice my simpathy for the future generations when the moon may be a thing in the history books.