I have hardly posted all month so far, and that is because I seem to have gotten into a funky mood about my blog.  Maybe it's the summer weather, the green walls of forest, the bugs.  I haven't been walking, either.  The incredible thing is that my hips do not ache anymore.  Is it that I've eaten so many cherries and blueberries, that they cure (hips)?  Don't know, but when I consider how my diet has changed, and is changing, from a trusting, fast-food acceptance to eliminating things like soda, high-fructose corn sweeteners, etc., I seem to be changing into a healthier person.

I've seriously cut down on salt in my diet, to about half of what it used to be.  That means I'm using a salt-free seasoning (Mrs. Dash) on everything I eat.  And cutting way back on salty snacks, like corn chips, potato chips, etc.  If only I could give up coffee!  I can't, and I can't stand decaf....not for too long....but I have cut down on amount of same, to 4 cups a day, instead of the 8 or more it used to be. 

Then there is exercize.  I have found the exercize channel on tv, and once in awhile, I spend a half hour doing the exercizes I see there. 

But this week I began to paint the garage.....that is making me feel like I'm making progress, for sure.  What slowed me down is - incredibly - there seems to be so much more to pick up and haul away out there.  I can't believe it!  But I will get that done, too.  I have the whole month of September to finish the garage....and October will be gathering and cutting up of the firewood.  John will do much of the harder work there.  Right now, he is putting a new transmission into his Honda, saving a lot of money - or saving the Honda!