• Stomach pains

    I just had breakfast - papaya and barley soup my mother made. I love papaya. Yum yum. Any way, after consuming it I feel a sharp pain in my stomach. Usually, I would think it's because I had purged the night before. However, that is not the case. I thought about purging last night because I felt I…
  • Phase 2 Complete

    So yeah, I halfway through week 9, but here I am, posting about week 8. We had a bout on St Patty's Day, and my team won! We did really well. There were four o us from our league, then the other 10 skaters were from all over the Southwest. We communicated well, executed great strategy, and I even…
  • When I am bored...

    ...I like to post copious amounts of pictures on Instagram. I don't think it's alot alot but when I can't sleep, I like to browse through all my pictures and post up happy memories=) I've been hearing rave reviews about Revlon's new line of lip butters but I'm sad to report that they don't work as…
  • [History] Shamans, Shamanism and The Origins of Yoga

    "Living with these things all the time, I can see how there are certain universal patterns for these manifestations. A shaman among the Navajo or in the Congo will be saying things which sound so much like, say, Nicholas Cusanus or Thomas Aquinas, or C. G. Jung, that one just has to realize that the…
  • (New) New Year's Resolutions

    I'm kinda weird in that I don't make new year's resolutions at the start of the new year. I was raised Catholic, so I've always used Lent as an excuse to better myself. Usually that one sacrifice I make ends up being permanent, which makes sense, because 40 days is plenty of time to establish a br…
  • 8 Simple - Yet Effective - Ways to Live Healthier

    This is a guest post from Julie! While the cost of your health insurance may not be going down anytime soon, you can save money and feel better by taking the appropriate steps toward improving your heath. This doesn't always mean making huge changes to your routine and lifestyle. It's not hard to u…
  • I'm back!

    I guess I got busy with life and stuff, but I haven't been on for a VERY long time. Last night I got a creativity burst and basically wrote 3 poems that were sort of spur of the moment. I'm going to post them in different posts because of spacing issues. This first one was inspired by the yoga class…
  • Snow and more snow

    Well its still a weird Winter. We did get another snow storm, after the initial wet one melted pretty quickly. It was light and fluffy and went on about 24 hours straight! It was beautiful. E and I went cross-country skiing the day after it fell. Everyone at the forest preserve was really bright an…
  • it finally snowed.

    After a long beginning of Winter with crazily warm temperatures, we got out first snow a few days ago. It was excellent and I spent plenty of time outside in it. I made a snow angel and stomped around and gazed at its beauty. "They know that fear will keep us quiet. Collective voice will break the s…
  • Fast Tomorrow

    Probably starting right now, since everything I eat is giving me indigestion and major heart burn. It's awful. But, my boyfriend wanted to go to ihop for breakfast. I'm rationalizing it by saying that we need a good solid breakfast to boost our metabolism. But I feel like a pig and I'm hungry a few…