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From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Marijuana Aroma

October 26, 2009

This past weekend Shawn really wanted to go to a drive-in movie. I explained to him that “not the best of crowds” are attracted to that type of place. He told me he was 18-years old and that he really wanted to experience a drive-in movie. I didn’t want to let him go, but I decided he was old enough to make his own decision.

After he left, I had a little prayer asking God to keep him safe. When he returned I asked him how he liked the drive-in. He said he felt sick all evening inhaling second-hand marijuana smoke and exhaust from the cars. He couldn’t understand why anyone would ever want to smoke marijuana. I felt thankful he was not only kept safe, but that he learned first hand marijuana stinks and makes you sick!

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Mishaps of Elderly Parents

October 21, 2009

Today I called to check on my 77-year old mom to see how she was feeling since she fell flat on her face last Sunday when she caught her high heel in the church rug as she was leaving the church building. Luckily she didn’t have a concussion or break anything, but she does have a lot of bruising on her left side, but it appears she will be fine.

My 82-year old father must have thought things weren’t interesting enough so he coughed and accidentally swallowed his crown as the dentist was putting it on his tooth yesterday. They immediately had him go to the emergency room for X-rays to make sure it didn’t go into one of his lungs. Thankfully it went to his stomach otherwise they would have had to do surgery to remove it from the lung. Hopefully it will find it’s way out of his body in the next couple of days.

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Foods that Help Fight Illness

October 16, 2009

My sister shared some information from a pamplet she received in the mail listing suggested foods that help the body fight illness. I thought it would be beneficial to others too.

The perfect PH level for humans is 7.36-7.41. When your diet includes higher amounts of fat, sugar, and animal protein your body becomes more acidic unlike when eating alkaline-forming foods.

Top 12 Alkaline-Forming Foods
wheatgrass
parsley
kelp
watercress
avocados
celery
watermelon
papaya
pears
black mission figs
lemons (although acid, lemons become alkaline in the body)

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Band Bus Crashes

October 14, 2009

When my son, Tyler, called to tell me the news about the American Fork band bus crash, and that one of the instructors was killed, I could hardly register it because this only happens to people I don’t know and that I hear about on the news. Tyler wanted to know if I was glad he wasn’t in the band any longer because he would have been on that bus, the “woodwind” bus. I was so relieved when he told me that all his neighborhood band friends were okay, and that he wasn’t on that bus.

Sunday at church, there was a heightened feeling of gratitude for Heather Christensen’s quick response to grab the wheel of the bus most likely saving many lives at the cost of her own life.

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Son Builds Cedar Fence, Deck, and Shed

October 7, 2009

My son, Brogan, didn’t have enough work to do at the main business shop where he works so his boss had him build a cedar fence, deck, and shed for his back yard. I was impressed with the finished result. Here are some photos of his work.

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Free Vacation

October 6, 2009

Last week, my husband and I enjoyed a 4-day restful, and totally free vacation. My neice who just got married was gifted an eight night stay at a fabulous hotel, but they were unable to stay the whole time due to school and work obligations. Lucky for us!

The first day we laid by the pool and soaked in the sun, but the weather turned cold and snowy so we stayed inside and watched (and throughly enjoyed) laughing at the pranks and jokes in season 3, 4, and 5 of The Office for the last three days. My favorite characters are Jim and Pam because they have a cute romantic realtionship.

We also had a couple of laughs because one morning we woke up to the hotel alarm and a loud voice on a speaker above our bed repeating, “Attention! There is an emergency, please exit quickly at the nearest stairway. Do not use the elevators! We repeat, do not use the elevators!” As we scrambled around looking for our clothes, my paranoid mind automatically envisioned a hidden biological bomb or a chemical explosion. After about a 1/2 hour, we learned that it was a false alarm due to a glitch in their computer system. Even though we weren’t in real danger, our hearts were beating fast and we were pretty frightened.

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