Well, Nataraj, you can keep the t-shirt on hold. The mission got scrapped.

The lesson learned here was to pay attention to others' needs. I had scheduled the Cold Sheet Treatment for last night, and had been psyching myself up for several days to do it. I was so focused on myself that I forgot about John.

We had spent most of the day at the most beautiful funeral I have ever attended. It was more like a wedding than a funeral. I'm sure everyone knows what it is like to put a close friend into the ground. It takes a lot out of a person. You need a little time to recover before you do the next big thing.

John was wiped out emotionally and physically and I wasn't paying attention. We started gathering all of the items for the treatment, and I realized I had forgotten a few things and was going to have to make John go back to the store (I can't drive). The igloo we were going to use was in the garden shed, and it was pouring down rain last night. The plastic kept sliding around the bed so we had a hard time getting the fitted sheets over it. John said, "I'm not doing this tonight. I will help you all I can to get well, but I am not your slave."

Normally those would be fightin' words, but right then I understood that John didn't have it to give and it would be no use to push him on. I asked his forgiveness for being so insensitive to his needs, and he asked forgiveness for getting cross. We compromised with a nice massage with Deep Tissue Oil.

We're going to reschedule the treatment for next weekend.

People have been saying I look beautiful, that my eyes are sparkling, that they look bluer, that I'm laughing and joking around a lot. Cool.

I also think my taste buds have come alive. I discovered fresh salsa made with the juicer accidently. Oh, wow, you can throw the bottled stuff away- this is incredible! Instead of chips to eat it with, scarf it down with carrot sticks! John even said he wanted to grow a salsa garden.

My favorite to die for salad right now is a bunch of fresh spinach leaves, a bunch of broccoli, 2 cups of frozen peas (rinse off the chill), a big tomato, and 1/4 a red onion sliced into thin rings with a homemade olive oil and lemon juice salad dressing. This is enough for a big family- I'm not eating all of this!

I'm listening to my body now. It sounds kinda airy-fairy, but it seems like your body will tell you what it needs, and that's what you feed it. I did this when I was pregnant, although I had some pretty wierd cravings. I'm almost exclusively juicing but will occassionally eat a peach or maybe a carrot while I'm juicing them, or have a small salad for dinner with the potassium broth. There is no way I can eat the amount of food that I'm able to get in with juicing.

A couple of recipes I made up:

Juice a whole cantalope with a banana and mix your 2 heaping tablespoons of SF in it- so good! I'm doing this twice a day.

My fabulous Can't Be Beet vegetable drink:
Juice:
5 pounds organic California carrots, peeled (save peels for potassium broth)
1 big beet and the beet tops
1/2 a bunch of parsley

Pour this into the blender. Add:
3-8 cloves garlic
A handful of hot peppers, stems removed and chopped (adjust to taste)
Whirl in blender until liquified.

Pour into a tall glass. Taste and add cayenne powder if you like. Serve with a Celery stem with the little leaves on it. Use it to stir and eat it when you're done!

Have a blessed day of rest!

-Donna