VICKS Won't Work This Time !

    Last month around April I found myself at DR. J's clinic ...I wasn't feeling to well. They took some blood and proceeded with lab work . Get a call from the NP that I had/ a low thyroid . A thyroid not working . What all does that mean ? Let me tell you friend ALOT!!  I am so thankful for Randy King @ the clinic . He changed my life for the better .
    I am one that thinks " PUT A LITTLE VICKS ON IT " and it will go away . I go see a Dr. maybe once a year . I see my OB/GYN once a year and that's it ! When Randy King described the symptoms I nearly fell out of my bed.( that's where I was not a chair )  " YES , YES,,,," ...I exclaimed as he named them . I started on the thyroid pills a month ago and just started my second round . Went back for my check up and it was around to a normal number. My nails are growing , my mood is better , my skin is not as dry . There are so many things I am feeling better on . I HAVE ENERGY!!!!  
     I found a website called THYROID SEXY ...actually I think it is a FB page and just  reading that and other web pages its incredible what a little gland can affect . Why did it take so long for someone to help me !! I promise to go to the DR. more often and not let Vicks do all the work !!!
    I 'm here to share and help others . If you have any of my symptoms: low energy , panic or stress attacks, dry brittle nails, dry skin ....go get your thyroid checked!!!!

   

I wanted to talk more about my last few months since February . This is including my mom' and my family dealing with CANCER . What an UGLY word !! This ugly word is the word you never want to hear coming from a dr's voice at any time . When the time comes and you are dealt this word with so much meaning you think you are the only one in the world dealing with it . Every day so many people are fighting this battle !! 

     Our days after finding out Mom had cancer of the gall bladder was like a whirlwind . I talked to my brother and sister before I put it on Facebook ...I wanted prayers,,,and advice. Then comes the part of finding out if a certain hospital or doctor who's been in charge of saving your life takes your insurance. REALLY? We are talking about a human life ...and they are telling me about policies!  All said and done we ended up @ Scott and White in Temple . God knew exactly what he was doing . We couldn't have asked for anything better when it came to the Dr. and the clinic. I highly recommend Scott and White . 

    A little over a month after the words " you have CANCER  were spoken  mom had major surgery and had all the lymph nodes and some of her liver removed. Couple of weeks later ...we were told we were cancer free . Our journey with this CANCER was done till our check up next year . 

    It seemed we spent the beginning of 2013 at doctor offices , clinics and hospitals. I also learned that there is no greater love than a families love . My mom had so much support and love from all her family...her husband, her kids, her sisters, her grandkids.... and the rest of her family from afar .  GOD IS GOOD! 

WHERE HAVE I BEEN ???

    Thurs. May 16
 Here I am in case you have been wondering where I've been . Gee...its been since Oct. since I posted . I posted about HOMEMADE DETERGENT ! Well time  has passed and I am back to buying some high dollar Tide. Gee , I was really hoping the homemade stuff would work because I love saving money . I just remember washing a article of clothing and finding the stain still there and it grossed me out . So .... Back to the $$. 

     So back to the picture . In November I found myself becoming  a distributor or an consultant or whatever you want to call me for a company called Senegence. Basically I started selling LIPSTICK! 

 Never heard of it ??? Neither had I until that day I was scrolling through FB and I found a post on a clothing store . Pictured was a lady who sold LIPSTICK THAT STAYS ON FOR UP TO 18 HOURS!..HMMMM! I ordered me some , wore it and kept asking my husband if I still had lipstick on all day ...went to bed and the stuff was still on when I woke up . SOLD.... and I don't sell anything I don't believe in . So ... that is where I have been ! 
Selling Lipstick and here is a picture of me with some other gals in Sunny California...take that back it was cloudy most of the time we were there . I am on an ADVENTURE !! 
    Then in February I got a call from my mom feeling sick . She went to the ER...got sent to Abilene. They took her gall bladder out ...and we were blasted with the news she had cancer ! Now that is something that happens to others , right ? March 19th , lymph nodes and part of her liver were taken out in a major surgery in Temple . We are CANCER FREE and what a road that was. Temple's Scott and White was a God send and so was Dr. Larrimore. 
     I feel like its been a whirlwind ! Go out and have a great day and I promise I won't wait so long to get back . I have WAY TOO MUCH to talk about !!!  More later !! !

Sanford and Son and Irene

     10 years ago Gary and I bought this house . It had or has a nice size garage. Along the years we have added a couple of storage sheds. Today Gary tells a fellow junker : " I used to have a garage and a storage building but now Irene has it full of junk " . I admit I am a " junker " . I love other peoples junk or treasures. 

     There is nothing like running across a garage sale or yard sale and you see something that was once on your grandmothers dresser or maybe a toy you used to have. Dishes suck the life out of me. Something about it brings out the "grab it before someone else does" syndrome in me . Once I have it in hand and in the vehicle I feel a real sense of accomplishment also . YES... I got it and it was only $2. 

     What is it--- for my love of older used things? I love my modern day pieces of equipment but when it comes to furniture , pictures , dishes, even clothes....it brings out euphoria in me. 
I simply get a " high" from walking into a Goodwill , Salvation Army and Thrifstores. Those old neglected plates that once served someone a hot meal or those glasses that someone drank kool-aid from . ( not the Obama kind --but the kind with the frosty pitcher and the smile ). How about the old chair that someone rocked their baby in ? The white enamel ware that once held someones supper.   My mind goes into overdrive on what I am going to do with the junk once I get it home . 

     The sad thing is I will get rid of a bunch of my junk on my online swap meet ( that's another blog) ...and turn around the same day and buy some more. Something tells me there is no "help" for folks like me and that's ok . I like me !!  Gotta go ... there is some junk somewhere that needs to bought ...Gary would say " no , there is some junk somewhere -like my garage and storage shed - that needs to be thrown away!!!

Hello again ! Looks like I took a little time off from " thinking " . You don't know how many times I came back to this page typed some and then deleted the draft . So I figure its been over a year and I am adamant about getting on here and " thinking " ....another phrase for " giving my opinion " . Haha! Please free to comment even if your opinion is different than mine . I won't promise to debate you because I just figure there is not any use in making enemies when we have so many things we think alike on. 

Now on to my report on my Pinterest ventures: THE HOMEMADE DETERGENT . Let me tell you if I can make this anyone can. It did not require alot of effort... know what I mean . Basically I boiled the water ...ok I'm lying ,,,I put it in the microwave till it bubbled. Poured that hot water into the gallon jug or empty detergent bottle. Added some cold water till the bubbles ran over . DONE! I used a whole bottle of the stuff and I never felt that our clothes were not clean. The only thing I missed was the fresh scent from my tide. So I made another batch this weekend. Hence...this got me "thinking" !! I had a bottle of Febreeze ...a gift from my mom ...hmm...hint maybe? Anyway , I poured some of that in the mixture and it seemed to help when it comes to the scent of the soap. Someone else suggested using those Downy beads to add alittle scent . Next time I'll try that. 

The cost of this detergent per gallon is like .25 gallon. Probably under that!!!

I don't know about you but I see alot of " zapatos" for that kind of savings!! My friends ( I won't mention any names .. .to protect the innocent that are not in need of any shoes , obviously!!)  said they would just go buy Tide. Here's a pic of the ingredients. Till next time ! Wonder what my next topic will be!

Magic of Christmas

The Christmas season is nearly over and I was thinking today staring at the nativity scene at church.... whatever happen to the magic of Christmas? When in our lives did Christmas become a HOLIDAY instead of a SEASON.

I try not to start my early shopping usually because I'm not finacially ready but another reason is I want to "feel" the season. You know where the music is playing "you better not cry ,,,you better not pout" . The store fronts have the Goodwill bell ringers ...jinging away. People have list in thier hands and phones making phone calls-- " They don't have any blue dressed ones...just green ...is she going to like the green" . Baking goodies and Christmas lights. Now thats Christmas!!

When I hear a lady with phone in tow, basket full of turkey, ham, and all the Christmas dinner fixings hollering into her cell phone " you have only given me one thing you want ..and I can't find it..and you are not helping me by not giving me another idea!" . I thought to myself...gee whats happened. Whats happened to all of us.

Now adays you have kids giving thier parents a list. We wrote letters to Santa ...hoping he might be lucky enough to have one or two of those items up in the NORTH POLE. When we were old enough not to be writing the letters we usually requested things ---wait .. I don't EVEN THINK that requested was what we did . We would say something to the effect ... I saw something that was really nice at "Penneys- etc" . Same thing with us adults...what happen to the element of surprise when someone handed you a gift and you shook it and imagined what they got you or the thought they put into it. Now you catch us saying " is this the dress-game-coat, I told you I wanted?" . Don't get me wrong..its not good with your'e stuck with a useless gift and have to take it back....but what happen to the surprise part. It just seems so commercialized when we put it in those terms.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think of Christmas as a season where we put our trees up , enjoy the hustle and bustle , family, food, church, and a time for reflection of our lives in the past year. The Three Kings showed up with 3 gifts.... I don't remember seeing where Mary and Joseph told them what they wanted. Nor was the season over - snap... just like that. It lingered on for several weeks. Wished we could all be that way.
Told you I was gonna be thinking today..and I bet you wish I could adjust to 'change' ! Oh and for the record... Gary did ask me to tell him a few things I was wanting...and sure enough he got me one . Oh well ...looks like I need to work on myself not telling him . HaHa!

1-1-11 New Years Day

This Diva is thinking:.... huh...??? Diva..what am I thinking ? A blog.. for what reason ?? Do I not have plenty to do besides sit here and flap my fingers on this keyboard. What about the name : Diva??? What's up with that? Do I even know the meaning of the word " Diva" . Actually I do ..I had my salon after that word at one time . Look it up ! Still doesn't really answer the question does it ?



I have plenty to do in this house ...before I started writing this I was in the middle of still trying to make a guest room out of Ropers room. He ONLY moved out a year ago in Sept. 2010. He came and moved out the rest of his furniture about 2 weeks ago. The room still looks like a tornado. I'll get to that later ...after this blog post. Back in the 70;s I don't think they had a name for ADD..in the public school system or I would have been classified. Never been a housecleaning Diva for sure. This is so much more fun.

It January 1st...time for resolutions. I sat all morning thinking ..."okay , girl..whatya going to do with yourself this year?" Do I go out the door with my new running shoes and start running . Hey maybe I should start exercising in front of the tv. Wait..yes ,,yes ..got it --- Stay off FB ..yeah thats it ..start reading more. Oh , wait ...wait...wait...the blog I've been thinking about writing . Yep- Bingo. I have been thinking of this BLOG thing for a while now. I always have the urge to write about things I'm thinking about and I often trouble myself with the thought... am I the only weird person thinking like this ...about this ...Why doesn't anyone speak up or why doesn't anyone say " thats plum crazy " . Or better yet ... " I'm plain crazy for even thinking about that " .

So here I go with my first blog post. I have lots of subjects I have scribbled to myself about wanting to write about . Some may interest you some may not. Some you may agree with and some you may not. Some I probably should not talk about while I am still in the public service mode. Oh well - freedom of speech. Okay okay just because you can doesn't mean you should !

So here's what the Diva WAS thinking today . I can guarantee she'll be thinking tomorrow!