Grace in this Journey: The Do's

OK, so first things first.....

This beauty had her 22nd birthday yesterday,

and we celebrated on Wednesday 

because she worked a 12-hour shift on her birthday.

Which Sir Cuteness just didn't get AT ALL!!

"GRANDMA WHY IS SHE WORKING ON HER BIRTHDAY!!??!!!!???"

GASP!!!

Well, Sir Cuteness

because she is responsible like that.

She is just the best thing, this girl.

I love her to bits.

TO BITS!!

And she and her lovely sister,

are SO supportive of this new adventure of mine.

They are just the best girls I'm telling you.

They just want me to get better.

They both work in an exclusive orthopedic hospital,

so the wisdom they lend to me is priceless.

And all it costs me is love.

I've got loads and loads for these girls,

in fact, it never runs out.

I totally hijacked this pic from FB =)

but are they not THE most beautiful girls you have EVER seen?

I know Rebecca Jo,

You want to photograph them. 

Yep, I SO wish you could.

I would love to see their Scrabble words =)

anyway.....

I love these beauties!!

Ok, so onto the Do's.....

This is what you can eat on the Arthritis Diet.....

Fish: 3-4 Oz of fish twice a week

Salmon Tuna Herring Anchovies & Scallops

Nuts & Seeds: 1.5 Oz of nuts daily (one Oz is about a handful)

Walnuts, Pistachios & Almonds

Fruits & Veggies:  Aim for nine or more serving a day

Cherries, Onion Family, Broccoli, Spinach, Lettuce, Kale

Cabbage, Blueberries, Blackberries, Strawberries 

Olive Oil:  2-3 Tablespoons a day

Beans:  About one cup, twice a week or more

Red Beans, Red Kidney Beans, Pinto Beans, Black Beans,

Garbanzo Beans, Black-eyed Peas

Other:  

Green Tea, Turmeric, Ginger, Cinnamon, Holy Basil, Rosemary

So see, LOTS of really yummy things on the DO list.

(I don't know exactly what Holy Basil is

but I want to look this up and grow it

in my garden.  I consider all of the 

beautiful organic things we grow out there 

Holy, because God kisses them,

but I'm pretty sure this is a specific Basil.

If you know, oh do please tell).  

I am focusing on these things.

There are other things like honey and agave

to add, and a whole host of veggies not listed here.

This list is NOT exhaustive,

just a quick peek to help me stay on target

and helps if I get a little off target or confused.

Which happens with me.

a lot.

ahem.

SO there you have the Do list.

Now armed with the DO's and DON'Ts,

our fun can begin.

I will be posting recipes,

perhaps a video or two,

and updates.

And the first one I will be posting very soon, 

with how things are going and the differences I'm 

seeing in such a short time.

So, here we go.....

Oh and btw, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME!!!

Random Friday in Pictures ..... on Saturday. Yep.

 I am just cool like that.

I didn't get my Random Friday

post up yesterday,

but still want to do it,

so I shall post it on Saturday.

Ok..... moving on.....

=)

So Sir Cuteness,

my personal stylist was at it again.

Shirtless.

Yep it's the way he rolls.

I got my first Persnickety Prints order.

Y'all I'm telling you,

I am amazed at the quality of these

PHONE photos.

That big one of me and Sir Cuteness

is an 8x8,

and a shot taken with my PHONE.

I went ahead and ordered it thinking

I would probably not like it, 

but boy was I wrong.

It is so nice!!

Yeah.

This happened.

And this.

HIGH OF 4 DEGREES.

Yeah, I'm over that.

Still in a sling.

Still over it.

Do y'all Snapchat?

This is Dak Snapchatting with me and 

Sir Cuteness one night.

So sweet.

(Yes that is Gandalf in the background.)

Its the way he rolls.

=)

Sir Cuteness has missed way more school

than he's attended lately.

So of course that means sink play.

He LOVES to play in the sink.

He gets his green bucket out

(see it in the background)

that holds his bathtub toys

and he plays in the sink.

For a REALLY long time.

It is SO cute.

And usually requires a change of clothes

afterwards.  

=)

And this was him snow boarding.

Oh this picture.

Yep blowing this one up for the books!

This was yesterday.

Yep still in a sling.

Still over it.

But I got to see this girl!!  

And we went to Target.

So.....

All is well!

Thanks for stopping by.

I hope you have a Blessed and Beautiful day ~~