Country dirt road walking........a la Jeepers Creepers

Well, yesterday's sunset was absolutely gorgeous and I just had to go take a walk and take it all in. I decided to take my usual route which brings me up Sauve Rd and walking to the end of it and back home is 5.2k. Since I'm not in top shape due to my ongoing scar tissue issue ( which is finally being addressed by my doctor this Friday woot!) I know if I walk to the apple tree it's 3 k and if I continue to the entrance for the tractor it's 4k and the sister trees a little past that it's 4.5k...I've got all worked out......the only thing that sort of freaked me out was the size of the corn stalks on either side of this narrow dirt road. I couldn't get over how big they were...how TALL they had gotten...I mean really...we're only the third week into July...usually you see this in August....so I blame it on the heat and humidity! Anyhoot...so i'm taking in the beautiful sunset and the small (very small) breeze and the birds and the crickets and all of a sudden there's a rustling in the corn.....



Now, I've been around these neck of the woods now for 19yrs and corn still freaks me out... when I first moved here it was all this Children of the Corn scenes going through my head at night...fricken scary....if I lost something in the corn it would have to wait until Fall! way too creepy to venture in there and not to mention the rats!! when I first watched the combines with awe just chewing away at the corn and then seeing a sea of corn rats running toward my garden!! SHIT! you've never seen someone run in so fast and lock the doors!!! you know these rats are known to pick locks!!



ANYWHO...back to my walk and the corn and the sunset...... well.....I was enjoying myself...daydreaming away....so when i finally come back down to earth and I'm at the sister trees I say..WOW! I'm here! and turn around and continue daydreaming...



So...back to the rusting in the corn.........



I stopped, held my breath, heard my heart beating, and waited..... nothing...just a bird....so again crunch crunch crunch of the gravel under my feet and I continue at a bit of a faster pace as I can no longer see the sunset and the corn is so high I can't even see the top of my trees! and again RUSTLE! ok...not impressed.....I stopped again, held my breath....listened...not only did I hear the rustling again...I see the Stalks moving!!!!



NOT GOOD!!! I've seen enough horror movies based in corn fields to know that I'm SCREWED!! not impressed!!!!

okay.....I'm talking to myself now...if it's Children of the Corn...you're fine....they're kids.....psycho possessed evil kids but kids none the same...I could take them! I know their weaknesses!!



BUT?!?!



What if it's JEEPERS CREEPERS?!? If it's Jeepers Creepers..IM REALLY SCREWED!!! that thing is not human and it has wings!!! totally unfair advantage!!! no soul...no heart beat (wondering if it was honing in on my heart beat or heat signature!?!?!?) and wouldn't you know it I forgot to bring the garlic, crucifix, flame thrower!! gawd!! so not prepared!!



Anyways.....so here i am trying to find something i could jab or impale into it's lifeless, collection of rotting corpse sewn together skin...(did I reallly want to get that close??? YES if it meant my survival!!)



Ya well.....being environmentally friendly granola chica I had just a couple of days prior walked with a garbage bags and picked up all the Tim Hortons cups, Macdonald bags complete with plastic utensils (which would of been so fricken handy about right now!!!) fluck... SO there was nothing...not even a sharp twig!! and if i went to snap one off a branch well DUH!! I might as well just ring bells and blow a whistle and say...murderous psycho gross-a-munga disgusting thing!! i'm over here!!!!!!



So I figured my best way to get the hell outta there was to quietly RUN FOR MY LIFE!!!!



But then again RUSTLING!!!!! peole who know me know that i have a weird/warped sense of humor...so now not only was my heart beating a million miles per hour but now i had the visual of the LMFAO Party Rock Anthem song with the Jeepers Creepers dancing to Everyday i'm Rustling!!!!



okay...so I pride myself with the fact that i'm a runner and not a staying put kind of person...So basically while Frank would be watching the Titanic sink with him on it I would of ran off that boat - knocking the band out of the way and thrown myself into a lifeboat so fast Molly Brown would of been impressed!!!



Well...here I am...frozen and can't move.....no weapons, nada and i can't move..and now those stalks are just swaying to and fro and I'm frozen on the spot!



Preparing for the worse I braced myself for a Xena type fight!! being hormonally challenged has it benefits!!



The rustling is getting louder and now i hear panting.....wait for it! wait for it!! should I scream?!



and out of the corn ambles one of the neighbors TINY dog with one of my cats in tow!!!

THANK GOD!!! no fighting for my life today! so i laughed it off.....so happy to see Tootie and Scotty and then more rustling....did i wait to see who was coming out of there now?

HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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I'm back.............

Well...............what can I say! holy crap I haven't been here in a while....
well since last May I've many ups and many downs......just a month and a half after my last post a good friend of mine that I had just reconnected with died suddenly of a massive heart attack at the tender age of 44yrs old. Just a week prior I had brought her hiking with me when she remembered that the chapel cut into the mountain was the place her grand mother used to bring her. She was so excited and couldn't wait to bring her daughter there...that would never happen....she passed away a week later.

Since then....I suffered from heart issues...incredible pain which I had checked..turns out I have a herniated atrium of the heart...nothing dangerous LOL just stay stress free...ya right..he said that with a grin...no kidding..I live with three guys... there's no such thing as stress free in a frathouse! Also I am having issues with scar tissue wrapping around my intestines. Quite painful and restrictive to say the least...my best friend has become an enema! lol never thought i'd look forward to it!! Wouldn't even consider it with boyfriends lol!!!!

One thing I haven't lost, luckily, is my sense of humor...yes granted, warped at times but hey..that's what keeps me going!

On the upside I reconnected with my cousin Brigitte at the suggestion of my mother and we've traveled twice to Cuba and are going for our third trip this February! We are both Cuba Junkies so taking it all in is easy for us...the language, the culture, the music and so on :) (this is where I should insert a wink wink! ) It's just party time all the time. I've never met such stress free, happy going, fun loving people in my life! In my next life I'm so coming back as a Cuban! :)

On the exercise front, well I had to cut it down a bit due to the scar tissue, but walking is still a must and 5 k once or twice a day is doable and feels great! I am doing some muscle building for the upper and lower arms, shoulders and neck. The torso I basically have to leave alone for now. I so miss Zumba and Yoga. I can do some yoga but no inversions - my favorite! I can do headstands for quite a long time but not now....the last time I did one it felt like a bowling ball was coming down on me and it was my intestines all balled up and falling forwards! that escapade ended with a quick trip to emergency for the longest enema I've ever had! feeling the intestines unkink like a garden hose was surreal!

July 22 is Doctor's appointment so until then I'm on down time exercising....here's to hoping that they can fix this shite and get me back on track!!! nothing beats jogging on a beach in Cuba!

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My first speaking gig :)

Well yesterday was my first speaking gig with the Prescott Women's Institute. It was held at the Nation Golf Course...which is almost around the corner from my house...located in Curran...didn't even know it existed and it's quite the nice place. I was to talk about how I cope with living with diabetes type 2 and how now I am off the meds and with lifestyle change and exercise I am able to "reverse" my diagnosis. It was a lot of fun. I was nervous..and bounced a bit allover the place so note to self lol...cue cards! just to jot down the topics i should cover in chronological order.

They were really interested about how Dr Oz was! lol I think they enjoyed my talk. I was nervous and with mention of my father I nearly chocked up..almost cried because it's just so sad that he can't golf anymore....that was his passion....it saddens me so much....he called me yesterday and wanted to know about my speaking engagement and also wanted to give me his golf clubs!! that's huge...so for him i will take up golf :) If i could give him my legs and arms I would so he could enjoy golf again...

I did it!! Summited Mt Mansfield! Thank you Annie!!

Well...months and months of walking and perseverance paid off! :D I was able to summit Mt Mansfield in Vermont on Sunday! 7hr hike...4hr to summit including a couple of stops for water break and lunch and then a 3hr descent to the base of the mountain. What an incredible feeling it was!!!! I'm still in shock and awe lol Proper equipment helps big time. Thank goodness I had my walking poles..they were instrumental in my success. As Annie and Janice told me the poles easily distribute 30% of my body weight off my knees making it possible for me to summit! :)

I am so blessed to have Annie as a mentor and best friend :) She is so supportive and loves to share her special places with others and we so appreciate it. We had such a great time! trolls and all lol :)

Today is two days after the hike and I can clearly affirm that it is true...your muscles really hurt more the second day!! but all is good and it just keeps on remind me of the wonder day I had with Annie, Janice, Sharlos and Jeremy!

Today I will be speaking to the Women's Institute :) hopefully I won't freeze haha! they are interested in where i got the willpower to change and reverse diabetes...(I always add in for now....maybe i'm in denial...but it's hereditary...hopefully I will not see it again but knowing that i could keeps me focused on eating right and exercising). They are also all excited to hear all about Dr. Oz!

New hiking boots are so in order! My winter boots are okay but i so need better fitting boots...so off to Bushtuka or Mec! yahoo!! I love shopping there :D who would of known!?

Love life!!

Spring is in the air......getting ready for hiking.....ouch my knee lol

Oops....it's been a while since I've updated my blog - here's a quick synopsis: I decided to finally join a gym for 4 months in hopes to start toning. It seems to be working. This very nice older man (over 70yrs old) has decided to become my trainer lol....it's quite funny and cute. If I slow down he reminds me to pick up the pace - one needs to get in shape! LOL but he is telling me when I do the machine wrong and shows me the correct way - so I'm quite happy with all this attention! :)

The first week at the gym I ended up really hurting my left knee which is supposed to be my good knee - yikes! I was operated on my right knee when I was 16 -I had a tendon transplant and I still have issues with it so now that both knees are sore.....well - I'm trying to stay positive lol...at least I can still walk! for now....

So basically it seems to be the meniscus that I've damaged and I am waiting to see an orthopedic surgeon...

meanwhile....that won't stop me....I still walk everyday and am still going to the gym working my abs, arms, and back and whatever else I can work without causing further damage to my knee.

Hiking season is coming up!!!!!! YAHOO!!!!!! I am so buying new hiking boots at Bushtukah
http://bushtukah.com/ this time my shoes will have ankle supports...so it will be more boot like as compared to shoe like. I will also need a knapsack but other than that I'm so thrilled about it all!

I'm still so surprised and humbled that my journey has touched so many people:)
Again yesterday I ran into a friend, Valerie who told me she watched me on Dr. Oz and that I am her motivator to get healthy... I was so touched by that! I am so happy to know that my struggle/journey with health issues and weight issues and my success at curbing Diabetes type 2 has given people the courage and the strength to wage their own fight...It's so doable!!

I am hoping for a beautiful summer......but rain or shine I'll be out there...walking and hiking!

My mom called me last night. She's been walking now and walks about 1hr per day with a friend. She told me that she has never felt better in her life than now! she no longer has low blood pressure - she used to feel like fainting and she her arthritis was killing her and now according to research the doctors are saying that if you have arthritis you must keep on moving!

Gotta love it! :)

My first Yoga Class :)

Yesterday was my first yoga class with the cadets. It was great! I was quite apprehensive about teaching the class and for one, I'm not a certified teacher....I'm not even a teacher! lol so I called my yoga teacher Hannah and talked to her about this....I personally would of felt much more comfortable having her teach the class but the scheduling conflicted with her own class. So she gave me great tips to do and not to do and I basically wrote up a class plan and it worked like a charm. It was so interesting to see how they first laughed about it but then really enjoyed it - I heard "M'am you make it look so easy" and " This is harder that I thought" throughout the evening and I knew then I had peaked their interest! You could have heard a pin drop during the relaxation part. I was so happy that I was able to share my love of yoga with them and even happier to find out that they want me to return to teach them yoga again!

Life is good!

I've been threatening to up my exercising and now it's serious...I need to get my act in gear and really get out of my comfort zone....who would of known that a year later walking 5-10k was going to be normal for me! So now I really have to get uncomfortable and sweat it out. I'm so worth it!

February.......and still walking :)

Well so it's been one year and a month...and I'm still walking....
I'm in a bit of a down after my high of December...going on the Dr. Oz show and the anticipation of seeing the show and how my friends and family would react and now that it's over I'm feeling all alone...but I know I'm not...It's just the low after the high and as Jan puts it, "there's always the down after the high. I find that when I come home from a really great vacation but if we didn't come down, we would never appreciate the next high." so true! Thanks Jan!! So now I'm walking again until I get my new running shoes - I'm not going to risk injuring my achilles tendon again....OUCH that hurt :(

As any of my friends will tell you, January to the end of March I have this major need to get away to the Caribbean! Cuba being the most affordable...the main issue babysitter and money lol...well for me alone it's doable - it's just really the baby sitter.....but come to think of it..I don't have a bathing suit or any summer clothing as nothing fits anymore! YEAH! I'm becoming the incredibly shrinking woman...but soon it's time to really tone and step it up again. It will be walking and Zumba time tomorrow.

My blood sugar is perfect :) feels great! I'm really happy that this lifestyle change and changing my eating habits and embracing exercise has really made incredibly positive changes in my life.....I'm just dying to sink my toes in hot sand!! LOL

Bare with me...it won't last too much longer.....i'll get over it.