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Poo...I missed a week. I don't know where last week went but here are the five things I missed sharing with you last week plus five from this week. For those of you who need to catch up, I am sharing a message I received from my sister regarding 40 tips for a better 2009.
Here are items 10-20.

11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon,
broccoli, almonds, & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk, and let new and
flowing energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, or issues of the past, negative thoughts, or things you cannot control. Instead, invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons
you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a college kid
with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the NEGATIVE BLUES away.
18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

A few things about my health. I am stable. The labs haven't changed enough to require any changes in medication. I am still coming along fine without taking any steroid medication. My doctor is comfortable with labs every 6 weeks instead of every 4 and she is scheduling me now to see her every three months instead of every two months.
This can be viewed two ways:
1) This is as good as it gets
2) This is good
Personally, I am going to chose number 2 however, that is sometimes a challenge. What is most difficult right now is the fatigue that greets me at the end of nearly every day. I move fairly well at work and even do OK now in the afternoon, but once late afternoon hits it takes quite a bit to keep me going. More often than not when Jake and Emma say their "good nights" I am saying mine too. This makes me sad mostly because I miss Bill and our time to talk and plan and dream together.
Bill's fine with this and we do have our days/evenings together. They are just fewer and possibly more cherished.

The next five...

Here are five more ways to make 2009 one of the best years

6. Play more games and read more books than you did in 2008.

7. Make time to practice meditation and/or prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.

8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.

9. Dream more while you are awake.

10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured IN plants.

Consider these things.
I will write more later this week.
klb