A Look At January 2017

Snow on cedar from our little snow event on January 4th.

Events:
Nothing new for January. It is typically the slowest month of the year for me.

Weekend Activities:

Last weekend, we took Lidia and Sawyer to an old fashioned skating rink (the kind I remember going to as a teenager). They loved it. I can see us becoming regulars. Ha!

Thoughts:

We've had a warm January. I hope Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, tomorrow.  I'm not quite ready for spring.

Crafts:

 

Crocheting dishcloths like there's no tomorrow. Stocking up so I can move on to something bigger. This is just the ones I've crocheted while at the beach. I have, probably, twice this many back at the lake.

Organizing:

In the area of health....making some changes to my diet. I've been reading, watching health documentaries and researching how food can heal us. One of the changes I'm making to my diet is to go gluten free, at least for awhile. I can't imagine that I'll never eat bread again. But, to know how many problems gluten can cause in the body, boggles my mind. Did you know that it is one of the root causes of most diseases? I'm not so sure it's the grain itself or the Round Up farmers spray on the wheat before harvest. None the less, that in and of itself is enough to scare the bejeebies out of me. Oh, another change I've made is that I've start drinking bone broth. It's touted as a gut healer. And, as I'm learning, all disease starts in the gut. I'm all about prevention!

Exercise:
I've been walking. Walked on a machine at the gym the other day called The Curve. It's much like a treadmill, but with the belt curved up at the front end and back end. You use your own muscle power to make it move. I burned 465 calories in 30 minutes. Holler!

Gardening:

Reading seed catalogs...making my list and checking it twice.

Happy February!
Talk soon,
Laurie