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Day 30: Create a word cloud (I used Wordle ) with words I identify with in regards to my blog, interests, and/or health focus. Per my usual, I got wordy! I still could've narrowed this down but nah. :) This was my last day participating in the Health Activist Writer's Month Challenge for 2012. A recap will follow, hopefully tomorrow.

Today's challenge is micro-blogging. Write a story in six sentences. Here's mine. My Health Focus: In a Nutshell I started talking a lot about wanting to make changes in my health and diet but when faced with obvious opportunity and support, I sat on the couch and complained some more. But, then I agreed to make some small changes so I didn’t feel like I was getting jipped or feel like I was giving up my life for boringness. Changes are hard but many times necessary and worth it. Those little changes led to bigger changes and ones that I decided on without any encouragement because I was ready and wanting to make them. Little did I know at the time what favors I was doing my body; my body saying THANK YOU! I may still struggle with some changes nowadays but I know what the payoff is like and I am willing and ready to do what it takes to get there…for me.

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted. Well, I mean during this challenge. Any normal month, skipping a few days+ is my norm. Anyway, back with a just-under-the-wire post. I thought I’d make this post on something fun and non-health related; a flashback for you. The first time I learned to drive a car. Well, I had a few “dry runs” with family members when I was 15-16 years old so I got the basics down but those times were usually in parking lots where no other cars were around. So it was fun but no real test. When it came down to getting serious about learning how to drive, well, that’s where it got interesting. Driver’s Ed was part of my school’s curriculum, a semester’s worth. And depending on when your birthday fell, one quarter was on safety/drug and alcohol where you sat in a classroom and watched all the horror films and the other quarter was practicing all the necessary skills in the back parking lot before going out on the road. Oh, and because this was part of the cu

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Hello! I missed participating in the writing challenge yesterday. I was just too busy to get something posted in time. Today’s topic is giving myself/condition/health focus a mascot. Hmm, well, all I can think of is a giant sneaker and that just doesn’t seem right or cool so…PASS! Yesterday’s topic was writer’s choice; I’m going to use that today instead. Did you observe Earth Day this past Sunday? Hopefully, we all do something every day to help our beautiful earth and not just once a year. My daily contributions are going for walks, using public transportation, recycling, gardening, using eco-friendly or homemade household products, etc. We did get out and enjoy the warm, beautiful weather this weekend, including walks/bike rides. However, on Sunday, we got stuck in traffic (appropriate for earth day dontcha think?) trying to go to the Tulip Festival . Everyone else seemed to have the same idea so we bagged it for another day (or year -- ends Monday). Sam and I did some tr

I'm sure I'm not alone in that there are some things we forget, either to do, to say, or to make, etc. It's easy to do when priorities shift minute to minute or we (I) get distracted by other trivial things. So today's HAWMC topic is to create your own reminders and post them somewhere visible to read each day. Thanks to Elizabeth at Allergy Free and Cheap Like Me for sharing a link to the Superstickies , where I was able to create my reminders below. Plus, the ones she shares are awesome. I second all of them! I stay way up too late so this would be posted at my computer. 2012 is my year of transformation and self-improvement reminder to keep walking or exercising this would go right on my mirror!

Today’s WEGO Health writing challenge prompt is writing a news-style article on a miracle cure. I don’t think I’d be good at this one because I’d want a miracle cure for everything and everyone .   It’s hard to be selective with something like this, although, I do have some things in mind… So I’m skipping today’s prompt (because I can) and doing a post that I’d like to share instead. A Heidi-style post to put it simply. A post where I ramble on about this and that from the week and pics I’d like to share (even if they’re not the best; some of you might’ve seen these via twitter or instagram). It’s how I roll. So, here we go. In six 13 days ( I am such a dork! I skipped a whole week that I thought Caleb's birthday was next week but it's the week after...my mind...where did it go? ), my little munchkin will be THREE! I’m sitting here crying thinking about it. Where has the time gone?! Seriously. Sigh…I love him so much and it truly has been a dream every.single

I’m keeping this simple today so here’s my list: Sam , my husband. What can I say? He’s my best friend so of course I want him there! Caleb , my son. He’s great and fun company. Joel , my brother. I haven’t seen him in a while (he lives in another state) and I miss him. He laughs at everything! My great aunt Hulda . She died many years ago but she was a wonderful, thoughtful woman and was more like a grandma to me (I grew up without g’parents). Albert Einstein . I used to have his pic in my high school locker. Ha ha! Such a nerd. I thought about splitting this out into various groups of people I’d love to dine with, such as loved ones (replace Albert on my list above), the famous or notables, the bloggers, and so on. But simplicity rules today. The end. J

Earth Day -- Sunday, April 22nd ♥

Day 18: Choose a book and open it to a random page and point to a phrase. Use that phrase to get you writing today. From The Hunger Games : I want to run away. Disappear into the woods like I did that day they brought the burn victim to our house. Go and hunt while my mother and Prim attend to what I have neither the skill nor the courage to face. But there’s no one here but me. I try to capture the calm demeanor my mother assumes when handling particularly bad cases. Putting aside the actual story here (have you read it or the series, btw?), what I glean from this paragraph are the times we’re faced with something we don’t want to, especially when there’s no one else around to rely on. source Oh, how many times I’ve wanted to stick my head in the sand or run away too. Sometimes I do turn the other way and pretend to not notice and continue to live in my happy bubble. Other times, I’m a bull and those in my way had better watch out! I wish I always had the cou

Prior to exploring a healthy journey, I was overweight (big surprise! /sarcasm). Not obese but definitely way out of shape. Huff n’ puff. I didn’t suffer from many health problems as a result. I was lucky. However, I did have one ailment:   plantar fasciitis . image I’d wake up each morning with one and eventually, both feet, aching until I was able to stretch them for awhile or put pressure on them, but even then they’d still be tender. I’d feel it in my heels all the time. I couldn’t figure it out until I mentioned it to my doctor. She thought plantar fasciitis but referred me to a specialist. The foot doctor confirmed her thought. Now, a perfectly fit person, most often a runner, can develop plantar fasciitis because of the abuse their feet take. Well, we all know I was in no way running (ha!) or exercising much so that wasn’t the reason I was experiencing it. It was all due to weight and probably cheap flip flops. My poor aching feet! It was worse in my rig

Day 16 of HAWMC/WEGO Health . Today’s exercise or challenge is to create a pinboard for my health focus and pin three things. Easy! Except, I pinned four things because I’m a rebel that way. The first image I think is self-explanatory. I was blessed with a healthy body. It’s not perfect and it never will be but I have a responsibility to myself and my family to take care of it best I can. I don’t want to wake up one day and say, “I wish I did…” Walking: this is my current form of exercise. Not bad at all I say! I don’t have to be a marathon runner or be able to lift 350 pounds to be considered healthy and/or fit. Walking is enjoyable and something I don’t have to think about as exercise. Plus, it's free and eco-friendly. Going to a gym to workout isn’t my idea of a good time -- not to say I wouldn’t ever go or it doesn’t have its many benefits, it’s just not as fun to me as going for a walk in the great outdoors, granted the weather cooperates. Ha! Anyway, seeing this

Wow, I made it to day 15 of my writing challenge! And it's tax day ! Well, technically, this year it's April 17th. We finally did our taxes this week. Not sure what took us so long but whatever, they're done. Always glad when we get some money back. Anyway, today's topic: my writing style. An interesting topic and not one I've ever thought much of until now. I think of my style as pretty casual, easy going and happy. I don't like to be negative so I try to be more upbeat and positive with my content. Also, I try to follow the proper grammar and punctuation rules but I'm not strict about them either, in case that wasn't obvious. I know I've had my fair share of sloppy writing but I try to proof before publishing. The exception was my ramble post  (thanks for your support on that, btw). Grammar and punctuation aren't as important to me as spelling . When it comes to texting and comments though, not so much but in my posts I want to have corr