Psst Need Some Inspiration?

Hi guys!

I'm happy to report that my laundry pile (and my piled up email) is slowly but surely on its way back to health this week! I still have some other stuff to catch up on, but hope to get back to the blogging world shortly. Thank you for sticking with me (if indeed, you are!) :-) I miss you all and hope to catch up soon!

I wanted to tell you about a great opportunity! My good friend Bethany told me today that she's selling a bunch of her hygienic health materials (books, CDs, etc) at 50% off. This is not because she doesn't think they're worthy of her love anymore (she still applies these principles in her life and considers these to be very valuable resources), but because she needs the money.

Let me just say that the list she sends me made my brain drool and I already have my eyes on a couple of the items. :D

If anyone is interested, email her at bethanymeira at pathofhealth dot org and she will send you the list!

So how is everyone doing anyway? Drop me a note and tell me what you're up to!

I Can't Keep Up Anymore!

Huff puff...okay let me attempt to gracefully land on the ground, take my supergirl cape off for a minute here to be honest and say,

I can't keep up anymore!

With frequent posting on this blog, that is. I have so many ideas and so much inspiration for posts, that for awhile there I just wanted to get them all out asap.

The problem is, my life sneaked up and totally got in the way of blogging! My husband, my children, my friends, my house, my little quirky fitness habits, my gardening dream, my urgent need to be outside as much as possible, my piano gigs, my dogs, my LAUNDRY...can you believe the nerve of my life to intrude on my blogging like that!

I did some serious thinking over the weekend, friends... and I came to the conclusion, that I really think I could do it all, if a day consisted of 40 hours instead of 24. I really do believe I could!

But lets talk reality here. My reality, anyway. I like to write rambling, in-depth, long, informational posts. But they do take me awhile to plan and write, and I just wasn't finding enough time in a day to do everything I wanted to, and blog too. And here is the result:


Let me take a minute to share here what my favorite thing about blogging has been so far. Sure - it's been fun to share and express my thoughts in a creative way. But mostly, what I've gotten most out of blogging, has been my conversations with all of you.

Conversation in the comments section, conversations on email, on your blogs, and on various other forums - they have all been enriching, growing experiences for me and I have learned more from YOUR thoughts and YOUR experiences than you would imagine.

I have loved writing back, and answering every comment and email that comes my way. I haved loved discovering new blogs and reading about your lives. It makes blogging what blogging is for me. It would be so very boring if I was writing just to hear myself speak.

(This means, if you lurk, please consider delurking, at least occasionally! I'd love to hear from you.)

But when I am posting often, I simply don't have time to be as personal as I would like to be. So I'm hoping that by posting less often, I will be able to have more conversations with all of you. Yes - this means if you wrote me an email, you should be hearing back from me soon.

And hopefully fewer posts will mean higher quality too - but one never knows with me. :D

So please bear with me as I attempt to transition gracefully to a less hectic posting schedule. I haven't decided firmly what that will look like yet, except that it won't be 4-5 times a week. At least not before my kids grow up and leave me. Wahhh! And, my 7 yr olds just told me last week that they want to live with me forever, so THAT may just never happen.

I hope that you will all be patient and stick with me! I promise I'm still here even if I'm knee deep in piles of clothes, and I'll be sure to wave when I get to the top of my laundry mountain!

If you have enjoyed my blog, first of all - thank you, and second of all, please consider subscribing via email or RSS (links on my sidebar) so you do get an update whenever I post!

Have a happy Monday, everyone. :-)

8 Reasons Not To Go On A Raw Vegan Diet.

The following are 8 reasons not to touch the raw vegan diet with a 10-foot pole.


1. You like your bladder just the way it is.
For those of you who are particularly grossed out by public bathrooms, it would probably be best not to pursue a lifestyle that would increase and improve your bladder function because lemme tell you, you're going to have to see the inside of a great many public bathrooms.

This can majorly detract from your quality of life when you're out and about.

(Plus, your pee will become boring and clear instead of entertaining you each time with different shades of yellow.)



2. Being a couch potato is really more your kind of thing.
Raw vegans eventually seem to end up becoming nature buffs if they weren't already. After awhile, they all generally have urges to become nekkid sunbathers and outdoorsy, sweaty people.

If being outside for more than 10 minutes at a time with dirt, bugs and other perils of nature is not your idea of fun, then I highly suggest you do not ever explore the raw vegan diet.



3. Soda is your best friend.
If soft drinks really hit the spot for you, if you are proud to call yourself a loyal and true Coke or Pepsi fan...

If your entire house is decorated in mugs, banners, blankets, antique signs and various other paraphernalia with soft drink logos and mottos on them...

And if your mental health depends on jump starting each day with a good 12 oz jolt, then forget this diet, it will make you crazy.



4. You NEED your quality bathroom time.
What's there not to like about being constipated? It gives you a whole lot of bathroom reading time. When you go on a fruit diet, it's in and out quite literally. In seconds.

This has seriously cut into my reading time, people. So if your bathroom break is your designated reading and relaxing time, then this diet is definitely the wrong one for you.



5. You don't want to offend any of your friends and family, ever.
No matter how quiet and polite you are about your diet, you will inevitably have some people in your life feeling like you're judging them.

These people will take it very personally that you are choosing a fruit diet and may possibly berate, insult, avoid or make fun of you.

Thankfully, MOST people are very cool about it. But if you don't want to offend anybody, EVER, and you cannot stand being made fun of or being different, then stay far away from the raw vegan world.



6. Happy people disturb you.
If you're quite happy with your current quality of life, and being able to eat whatever you want, then please, do not attempt the raw vegan diet. Why even go there?

Because - mark my words - you will seriously mess your lifestyle up and you will quite possibly end up feeling all peaceful and vibrant and sparkly in your soul, which could get very annoying, because people who are constantly happy really bug the crap out of you.



7. Compliments are not your thing.
Do you get all mortified, self conscious or simply irritated when people tell you how good you're looking, or how they can't believe you're not (insert age about 5-10 years than you really are)?

Because if so, you better not even THINK about changing your lifestyle because eventually people will start noticing how good you look and feel most of the time, and they WILL point it out and ask you lots of questions about it.



8. You're obsessed with your bath and body products and you don't leave the house without makeup, thank you very much.
Here's the deal - most people go into this whole raw lifestyle just by dipping their toes in cautiously. But sooner or later, most of us fall into a deep abyss of no return.

And pretty soon, it's not surprising to hear of someone else giving up their shampoo. And then it spreads to the demise of the fruity-floral body washes. And then facial cleansers go down the drain. And then...dare I say it...bye bye deodorant. (And of course, the razor and makeup got lost somewhere along the way.)

So if the George or Jane of the Jungle look horrifies your senses, better move on now before you get any closer to that dark abyss.

Your turn to play.
I only touched the tip of the iceberg, so c'mon, I know y'all have tons more great reasons for me. Bring it on! Just play nice okay? :)

*Disclaimer - This is a totally silly tongue-in-cheek post, friends. I hope it is received as such. No offense meant to anybody, whatever you choose to eat. :-)