Get Jiggy With It

Let's do it!!! Protein mix, pineapple, blueberries, kale and water!  Then outdoors we go! Because that's how I roll! 

Inspirational Pic

Hi! My friend Eric Anderson took this picture.  It's my all time favorite picture!! It's so peaceful, it reminds me of myself and the love I have for the earth. It's a reflection of my feelings in a picture.  So, thanks to Eric for this inspirational picture! It's been a long time since I have been eating all raw.  It's a way I believe in and I'm looking forward to feeling good and having more energy.  If you want to join me, I'd love it!! And P.S. I graduated from Nursing School!! I take the NCLEX (my boards) June 22nd!! Oh boy!  I'm so excited!! I have a job, I've been working for two weeks now! It's all GOOD! 😘 AC 

Welcome Back

I'm looking forward to feeling better!! I've been back to eating SAD (standard American diet) for way to long. I'm getting ready to graduate from Nursing School in about a month!  I'm going out with a bang!! I'm sick and tired of feeling sick and tired.  I'll keep you updated to how I'm feeling every day.  And I'll have the biggest smile ever on graduation day!! I am the oldest in my class and I'm going feel the youngest!  Yippee!! Talk to us tomorrow!! 

Nursing School

I started drinking coffee in nursing school.   What a great invention, I mean intervention! Therefore, I am relaxed sitting among my chores! have mounds of laundry piled up, dishes stacked all over the counters, and the trash is trailing from the kitchen to the living room!  Yikes!  When you live with artists (dancers, actors and comedians) I'm pretty sure this clutter/chaos must be stimulating! They see opportunity for a joke, they have time to choreograph, they stay up with the hipe of what color "that dress is"!  They never miss a moment of stimulating their creative minds!! I rationalize the clutter isn't all that bad, I'll just eat out because I can't find a spoon, and I'll through in the washer only my jeans and underwear before I go to bed, they can worry about their clothes being clean.  I'm pretty sure my youngest son, wears that same sweat shirt everyday and I'm pretty sure it was laying on the floor in the bathroom last night because I stepped on it. Those boys are self-actualized!  They have plans/goals, self-motivation that only most of us dream about having.  I'll keep sipping this stimulant and enjoy this moment of, "I know I've done something right" then when the coffee wears thin, I'll break and started folding clothes!!! Cheers my friends!   How bad is it? Awwww...nothing I can't fix after I graduate!!!  Namaste' friends!! 

Blog IT

I journal almost everyday and I don't always use blogger.  I am going to try and keep my journals on here.  I met a gentleman named Lucas and his dog, Buddy, yesterday.  I was so stinkin' jealous of their journey I could hardly stand it.  I was working at the little store in Stewartsville this past Sunday and in the door walked a customer.  He inquired about the local weather and sat down at the tables in the store.  Why didn't he go into the store across the street?  They have tables, too!  The gentleman said he was beginning to stop trusting the weathermen, so he just asks locals what the weather is suppose to be like.  He was walking across the country with his dog.  I actually looked him over when he came to the counter to make his purchase.  I thought this guy is small and as very tan legs.  Little did I know, I would enjoy a nice conversation, sitting on the steps outside, feeding his dog left over chicken strips.  I told Buddy I wish I was walking with him.  His face looked just like my dog, Jezebel.  I haven't stopped thinking about them since they left the store.  I told them I was happy to meet them and went back into the store.  Sometime later, I looked up and they were gone.  I ran outside to the side of the building and they were nowhere to be found.  My heart sank.  I wanted to say, goodbye.  I love being outside and how cool would it be to walk the countryside.  From one side to the other.  900+ miles they will walk.  And the craziness about them, was Buddy had an accident and he lost one of his legs on the trip.  I am going to follow them because they have a blog.  They inspired me to keep my blog going and to always do the things I love to do, no matter what! Yes, I am adding "Walk across the Country, at least once" to my bucket list!  Thanks Lucas and Buddy!  Cheers to YOU!  Namaste' ac  

NATURES*WAY*EAT*RAW

I've been "Natureswayeatraw" for almost 13 years.  I started eating raw foods in 2000.  I ate a strict raw food diet for several years and then, I went back to processed food for several years eating a lot of raw foods but can't even say I ate raw foods most of the time.  Life is busy and tumultuous.  Raising 5 boys and living in the middle of nowhere, like my third son likes to call it, has been adventurous and I find it hard to keep the focus strictly on myself.  Now, that three of my sons are moved out and only two are left at home, I have had a lot of time to myself.  Homeschooling for the last 14 years has given my younger two sons determination, self-motivation and they have their own direction now.  I merely keep the cleaning up and a hot meal on the table, occasionally, and that seems to make them all happy!  I went back to school to finish my degree and I will graduate May 2015 with my BSN-RN.  Meanwhile, the four of us at home right now, regenerated our YouTube Channels and I will give it a whirl, while keeping up my studies.  Life is good, exciting, and interesting here on the home front.  I'd love for you to follow me if you like!  HERE WE GO...

I Became My Own Life Coach

I'm actually an amazing coach! My confidence soars on the pool side and developed in the water. I was a competitive swimmer and consider myself a fish out of water. I coached the SwimTeam in a neighboring town and it was "the time of my life". My youngest two sons started dancing in the opposite direction geographically our life was not forming around the pool and I wasn't able to continue. But, my coaching skills are always with me in and out of the water. I apply them to my life daily. It's easy for me to see my childhood and understand exactly the events that took place and the reason for their outcome. I have an incredible sense of understanding emotions and therefore, applying relief in a healthy manner. I credit my jumbled, stumbled, tumble sort of life for giving me clarity, knowledge and peace. Swimming taught me, discipline, confidence, determination and gave me strength to walk through my life. Im glad I can look at my past at a glance now, smile and continue to move forward on my own clear mind. Namaste' peeps!
AC