Update,travel,and strep...

 

Hello everyone! Yes, I know it has been way too long since I updated. So here is what is new! I traveled by plane to MD for the weekend. :-) I know questions people have are what did I eat? How was my health with traveling? Oh, and did I have a good trip? Hopefully I can get those all answered! :-)

 

 Upon my arrival James and Shelby took me grocery shoppping and I picked out veggies for my time there. I tried to stay away from fruit so I would eat more veggies. So I only picked up two pears. I don't count bananas as fruit intake since I am MAKING myself eat those. Which is going well by the way. I've been eating two bananas a day even while I was away.

 

 This is a picture of my delightful stir fry: Red Bell peppers, onions, purple cabbage, yellow squash, broccoli, and kale.

 

 

 On top of bananas I've also been trying to include guacamole into my daily diet... It's going well. It includes: Avocado, lime juice, cilantro, onion, minced garlic, cumin and chili chipotle.

 I think I'm actually starting to enjoy it. Plus, I've gained 5 lbs in the last couple of weeks so that is good news especially since I had started losing weight again.  

 

 

 While in MD I was able to visit a friend of mine there who graciously showed me how to do machine applique. It was a great day of catching up and sewing. :-)

 

 

 I had forgotten how much I LOVE TO TRAVEL! There is just nothing like packing up a bag and heading out the door! However, I really love to come back home too. It was so good to be out traveling again. I have really missed this aspect of my life a lot. Healthwise I did very well on the trip. I felt really healthy and amazing and slept really well too. I'm looking forward to heading to Thailand at the end of April. I can't wait to see what God has in store for that trip!

 

 

Unfortunately, I came home to a house filled with sickness... My body started going into a Lupus Flare up and I couldn't figure out what I could have possibly done. By Friday Night/early Saturday I knew the answer. Yes, I was fighting strep which threw me completely off. Oh well! :-) Lupus simply makes dealing with getting sick more of a challenge. :-) Usually I don't use cough drop cause they aren't on my diet... but I have indeed used TWO cough drops this time as I was feeling pretty bad. My throat is sore, but doing a lot better today. I was able to swallow my Lemon Souffle Rooibos today so that was a good sign!

 

In pain and hurting, but needed to try and focus on something else, so today I worked on my quilt some more! I love watching the animals come together for this quilt, and I can't wait to have it done! :-)

 

So, other than having strep I still seem to be doing well healthwise. I'm praying for a swift recovery time after the strep clears up... I'd really love for the strep to not cause any major set backs with my Lupus, but we shall just have to pray and see what the Lord decides to do with that. :-)

 

 

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:11-13 NKJV