Song Titles

I figured that for my sake, I should probably make a list of the songs that I've been using as blog titles thus far, and will keep updating it as I use more.
**You are probably going to notice that most of the songs turn out to be country, I am a very big country fan. The posts don't necessarily relate to what is said in the songs, but in some cases they do link together**

Fearless - Taylor Swift
Faded Away - Luke Bryan
This - Darius Rucker
And We Danced - Macklemore
Trail In Life - Dean Brody
Crank It Up - David Guetta ft Akon
If I Die Young - The Band Perry
Seize The Day - Avenged Sevenfold
Creepin' - Eric Church
Crash My Party - Luke Bryan

Boys 'Round Here - Blake Shelton
Everything Has Changed - Taylor Swift
Can't Keep Waiting - Autumn Hill
Scream and Shout - Will.I.Am
I'll Be Waiting - Adele
Find My Peace Of Mind - The Boom Chucka Boys

Then - Brad Paisley

Sail - Awolnation
Had Enough - Breaking Benjamin
Invincible - The Wanted
Keep Your Head Up - Ben Howard
Ten Times Crazier - Blake Shelton
Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain) - Gary Allen
Red River Blue - Blake Shelton
Nothing But Summer - Dallas Smith
Give Me A Sign - Breaking Benjamin
Party Like Cowboyz - Big & Rich
1980 - REHAB
When I'm Gone - Anna Kendricks
Dayum, Baby - Florida Georgia Line
Where The Green Grass Grows - Tim McGraw
Annie I Owe You A Dance - Tim McGraw
Facebook Friends - Brad Paisley
We Run This Town - Luke Bryan
The Journey - FM Radio
Ready Set Roll - Chase Rice
It's Your World - Tim McGraw
Anywhere With You - Jake Owen
Say Something - A Great Big World
Even The Stars Fall For You - Keith Urban
Louder - Lea Michele
Long Hot Summer - Brett Kissel
Begin Again - Taylor Swift
I Will Not Bow - Breaking Benjamin
All Of Me - John Legend

This...

Well, that was probably one of the worst sleeps I have had in a while, and I can't even begin to tell you why. I was completely exhausted as I went to bed, but couldn't fall asleep, and then it was quite chilly in the bedroom as it was -8 outside, but I don't believe that is a factor at all. I also didn't have any vivid, sad, horrible dreams like I did the previous night, thankfully.

I don't have much planned for today, probably a big long nap because I didn't sleep well at all. Plus, it is absolutely gross outside, and there is no way in hell that I will be going out to do yard work or anything without a toque, gloves, and my winter jacket! I am not impressed by the current cold snap we're having, I was really looking forward to the +18 weather this week.

So, in my profile I've mentioned that Wade and I are trying for a baby! I've had a pregnancy prediction done (this is done by a psychic) and she has predicted the following for us! (Copy and paste directly from the email)

"They are showing me a little girl that is coming your way. I am linking her to the end of April, early May.. so April 29-May 3.. wondering if you can look ahead and see if this would link to either testing or ovulation time frame?

They are showing this pregnancy going fairly well, and that your labor experience is going to be fast. I am given the impression that she's early, I am thinking like 8 days early and that it just seems like one minute your in labor, and then the next thing she is born. My interpretation is that your going to expect a long delivery, and find out that she comes faster than you think, so ensure that your ready with your bags packed ahead of time!

They are showing her being born in the low 7lb range. They are showing her being very long. I am seeing that while your pregnant, you really carry her, really far out, and at times people are going to ask if your carrying twins. I think that its just how she sits in there, and because of her length, just has her sticking out more."

Now, usually you're given a general month, one that you will conceive in, find out your pregnant in, or give birth in. I am guessing that because mine was so close to when I asked for a prediction that she gave me actual dates. And boy do I hope that this is the time, 6 months of trying seems like a long time, all the while absolutely enjoyable, but wanting a baby is usually one of those things you want now, want to be pregnant, not wait. I guess we will see what happens! Wish us luck!

Recipe Alert: Guacamole

For a Guacamole recipe, since I don't like raw tomatoes, I did a search to find one without tomatoes. The one I found, I think needed something more, maybe a bit more garlic or some more salt and pepper.

1 Avocado, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1 tablespoon, finely chopped Red Onion - I took this out, as I cannot eat raw onion
1 clove Garlic, minced - I would personally add more
1 tablespoon fresh Cilantro leaves, minced
1 tablespoon fresh Lime juice - I used lemon as I can't have lime
1/8 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Pepper

In a small mixing bowl, combine the avocado with the onion, garlic, cilantro, and lime juice. Mashing it together with the back of a fork until mostly combined. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste. Serve immediately or cover with plastic wrap pressed directly to the surface of the guacamole and refrigerate for up to 4 hours.

**Side note: I used an immersion blender (hand blender) to mash it all together, it was so much easier**

Faded Away

I've challenged myself to naming each blog title after a song! Let me tell you, it is an incredibly big challenge! We will see how long I can keep it up!

I woke up this morning, very abruptly, and crying. I was having one of the worst dreams someone could have. I have this friend, Morgann, she's amazing and she's like my little sister. Her and I were texting a week or so ago and she was telling me that she will be calling mine and Wade's kids her nieces and nephews (which is completely fine with us). In this dream, we were all at a party, a big gathering - the location I'm unsure of, but it had a hill and a lake. The dream fast forward a while, from when we arrived to when there was an accident, there had been a car run off the road by a truck, I went rushing to the scene only to realize it had been Morgann, my sister, the one I talked to about everything, but would no longer be talking to or seeing. (insert big sad face here) Only to realize the truck that had purposely run her off the road and had fled had been the guy she was seeing, and that liked her. It didn't make any sense to me. Next thing I remember is holding a rose she had given me only moments before the accident, in a public washroom, crying my eyes out with Wade, telling him that she was going to be an auntie to a niece or a nephew, and how she had just told me she wanted to be the auntie to our babies. I hadn't yet gotten a chance to tell her that she was going to be an auntie...  This is where I woke up crying and screaming. Thankfully I was home alone, Wade had gone to work. Immediately I text Morgann, knowing full well that she probably would still be sleeping. She text me back within the hour and I explained the dream, she's told me she won't be partying for a while. I find it so incredibly weird that my brain linked ALL of this into one dream. Considering I'm not pregnant yet, we're still in the trying stage.

On another note, I tried a few new recipes this weekend! I found a good recipe for guacamole (which I will share shortly), and a LazyDay Lasagna recipe. Along with these I made Chocolate Chip Banana Bread! I'm considering making an apple pie in the next few days, make it smell incredible in the house!

Life brings you so many unexpected things, some good and some bad, some expected and some not. One of the things that I didn't really expect that turned out to be absolutely incredible is the positive effects that Ganoderma Lucidum has been having on my Crohn's Disease. I really didn't realize it until Wade and I were grocery shopping yesterday and I wanted to buy that cheesy jalapeño dip to have with chips, just to test how my stomach has been simply because I haven't had to rush to the bathroom after any meals :) It was then, when I was contemplating buying some of what is usually my worst enemy, that Wade said I've been eating a lot of salad (lettuce is a trigger and usually sends me to the bathroom within 10-15 minutes of eating it), sometimes for lunch, and then a small bowl with dinner, and it hasn't been affecting me. Another thing that usually bugs me is avocados, well I can successfully say that after eating a ton of guacamole yesterday, I did not rush to the bathroom :) :) It's truthfully like my Crohn's Disease has faded away. Life is amazing when things are working out in your favour!

I truthfully would suggest that anyone with Crohn's Disease, IBD, IBS, anything gastrointestinal related gives these a try. I'm taking Ganoderma Lucidum and Mycelium capsules, one of each once a day, and it is truly changing my life. For more information on these, let me know, I'm always available!

Long Time..No See?

Hello to all,

I have been super busy and haven't made a post in a week or so! So, to update everyone I had gotten sick with a UTI and a kidney infection! If you have never had either, you are soooo lucky! It was terrible! My godson got baptised the following weekend of my infections. He is the most amazing baby! He is 5 months old and a large chunker! My Husband, CP finally took a job offer! He had had two on the table and was having a hard time choosing between the two! But, it all worked out in the end! He starts June 3rd! We were offically accepted for the amazing apartment I told you all about in my first post! So, everything is right on track! I won't start looking for a job until we move up there. Its too far right now to drive for bloody minimun wage. I wish it was easier to pack up our lives. I get a few boxes packed and then am like "I think I've done enough....time to play some halo." Seriously, that's how it goes! But, I do not work tomorrow and by god I will have our computer room packed up! (yah, we will see!)

While we were away for the baptism CP and I went shopping and I bought the most amazing cookbook! I know I already posted the recipe for the Gumbo from it. But, seriously there are 1,000 recipes and are all low calorie! I have made a few different recipes out of it already! The Gumbo by far has been my favorite! Yes, it is spicy. So, for those of you that can't take the spicy, I'm sorry! But, my stomach can handle a little spice. I didn't use the full force of the Cujan in it and it was amazing! I will deffinatly be making it again! I also tried this Grill Zesty Chicken. It was super good but nest time I am not adding the zest on top of the chicken. Apparently, I am not a zest fan!

I was on the "serious" track for losing weight a few months ago and then started slacking, of course! But, I am currently back on the right track. I hate that I can't stand to look in the mirror. I have gained so much weight since being with CP. And, I totally know its because I am happy. You get comfortable with your partner and stop caring about what you look like! And, I am sooo ready to drop like 100lbs lol. I would seriously be happy with like 20 lbs though! I am hoping by the end of summer I will loose close to 20-50 lbs. I wish I was comfortable enough to go to a gym!

Heres a funny story... CP and I have been living on our own for two years in this god aweful apartment. Our current apartment is too small to have a couch. But, our new apartment that is waiting for us is a lot larger! So, my boss said he has a couch he would love to get rid of. He told me it was tan and super comfy. "A good sleeeping couch." This guy is loaded. Like, one of the wealthist people I know! So, I told CP about the couch and that it was free. We both agreed that a free couch woud be sweet for now. CP and his Dad went and picked up this couch last Thursday...And, it is the uglyist couch you would ever set your eyes on. Its like poop brown with pink, orange, blue, yellow, gold flowers on it... Seriously, hello granmda?? So, not only do I have to put up with cody's ugly organ chair... We not have a seriously ugly friggin couch to match the ugly chair. People will walk into our living room and think "Woah, did I just time travel to the 70's?"


Well, I think thats it for today! I gotta get ready for work!


-KP

Recipe Alert: Creamy Chicken & Mushroom Pasta

 - It's from Crazy Plates by Janet & Greta Podleski - Lanky Noodle Dandy

 - This recipe didn't bug my stomach :)

12 oz large no yolk egg noodles (about 5 cups dry) - I used Veggie pasta

2 tsp butter or margarine

1 clove garlic, minced

3 cups sliced, mixed mushrooms - I used white button mushrooms

1 1/2 cups 2% milk - I used 1% as it's all I can tolerate

2 tbsp all-purpose flour

1/2 cup low-fat chicken broth - I used a chicken broth from Costco

1/2 cup grated Romano or Parmesan Cheese - I used your standard red and green label parmesan

1/2 cup low fat sour cream 

1/2 tsp each of dried Thyme and dried Basil

1/4 tsp white or black pepper

3 cups chopped, cooked chicken breast

1 cup frozen peas (thawed) - I ended up adding another 3/4 cup

1/3 cup fresh parsley - I don't like parsley, so I didn't add it

1/4 cup chopped, roasted red peppers or pimentos - I can't have peppers, so they weren't added

Cook noodles according to package. Drain well and keep warm. Meanwhile, melt butter in a large, non-stick saucepan over med-high heat. Add garlic and mushrooms, cook and stir for 3-4 minutes or until mushrooms are tender. Whisk together milk and flour until smooth, add to mushrooms along with the chicken broth. Cook until sauce has thickened, stirring constantly. Add cheese, sour cream, thyme, basil, and pepper. Stir until cheese is melted. Add cooked chicken, peas, parsley and red peppers. Heat until all peas and chicken are heated through. Serve over noodles.

Fearless

With everything that is going on in every body's life, I'm grateful to have the people I do in my life. Most of which I don't see on a regular basis or even talk to on a regular basis, there's only a few that I do, in either instance. I've found in my 23 years that making and keeping friends will always be a life long battle.

I'm sitting here, skipping through songs in my iTunes library, I don't think that I've actually listened to a full song yet this morning. I'm trying to find a song that suits the mood I'm in, that sums up how I'm feeling, or at least reflects a slight bit of my feelings for today.

I was hanging out with one of my good friends yesterday, she lives about 25 minutes from my house, and she's from my hometown, we've recently kindled a friendship. I was talking to her about friends, about our pasts and high school, about the friendships we had, and didn't have, and the relationships we were in. It felt so good to talk to someone who knows everyone you're talking about, who gets what you mean when you come from such a small town and are judged on everything. But when I think about it even more, so much of it isn't good memories, don't get me wrong, there are some good memories, but for the majority of it, I hated high school, I couldn't wait to get out of my hometown, expand my horizons, gain new knowledge and life experiences, not to mention embark on my own adventures that lead me to who I am today. The way I see it, you can take life by the horns, or stand by and watch everything pass you by. I'm the "take life by the horns" kind of person. I'm not afraid to take risks, take chances, make changes and make mistakes. You can't change your past, but you can change your future, make it what you want it to be, live the way you want, take risks, chances, make mistakes, do it all for you and those who are with you. I've made mistakes and I've had regrets, but there are things in my life, more important things now that take away those regrets, that make me see that it was because I was young, and I didn't know what I was doing. You always learn from your mistakes.

(Short story time) Wade and I met,  me as a cashier, and him as a customer. He took me on a few horseback rides (he's a cowboy), we really got to talking, I had to cancel a ride because I was really sick. A few days later after we had gone on one ride and really started getting to know each other, he showed up at my work, just as we were starting to close. He waited for me, reading our book rack, while we did close out. When we locked up, he stood in front of me, cowboy boots and all, making him quite a bit taller than me, looking down at me, (I thought he was going to kiss me) he handed me his business card with his phone number written in partial chicken scratch. As any girl would, I text him immediately after I got into my car. We stayed up for hours every night, talking, getting to know each other, developing crushes, feelings, likes, and loves. Wade says that it's not a very romantic story, but I beg to differ, I really like it (by the way there are a lot of details and such that aren't in the story, I wanted to make it short), I think it's cute and romantic, and if you all knew the whole story, you'd get it.
           - P.S. When this all happened, I felt like I could do anything. I was quite literally fearless. No guy has ever given me his number, let alone it lead to something more. (Currently 8 months of marriage) :D

I've been to college for 3 different things, two I successfully completed and I got 3/4 of the way through another and decided it wasn't for me. I've made big moves, gave up the beautiful mountains to be with the one, the one person in my life who I trust with everything, including my own life. Wade is the guy who sits with you all night when you're getting IV treatments for a Crohn's flare up, who takes you home, helps you shower and crawl into bed, brings you gatorade and banana bread, then gets you up at 6am to go back to the hospital for another round of medication, sits with you through the tears because it's burning your veins, takes you home, and brings you back 8 hours later to repeat it all. All of this, within the first 3 months of our relationship, that to me is passion, love, dedication, and commitment. It's when I knew that he was the one for me, the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Everyone's someone is out there, it may not take a long time to find them (or to know), but for some it may take a lot longer, I lucked out in meeting Wade when I was a cashier at the gas station he came into, more frequently once we met mind you :)

Don't live with regrets, they eat away at you, you don't enjoy life or experience what you want to experience, or be the person YOU want to be, don't let others judge who you are, or who you should be. I made that mistake in high school, but through over 3.5 years of knowing and being with Wade, I'm who I want to be, he makes me the best person I can be, he's given me the strength I need to face any obstacle life throws our way, and he gives me the happiness I need to live each day. Everyone deserves that eternal happiness. Go find your one and only, it's the best feeling in the world!

xoxo Lindsay

Recipe Alert: Cajun Veggie Gumbo

Hi all! I haven't been around due to illness and an adventure. Hope you are all doing well. I bought a new cookbook that I am super excited about using! I a trying gumbo tonight! I posted the recipe below! But, I am adding some shrimp and mushrooms to it. I will post later on how it turns out! Sorry for the short post today. I have a lot going on!



Cajun Veggie Gumbo! (from the cookbook 1,000 low-calorie recipes)!


10oz dark leafy greens, such as kale, chicory, mustard or collard greens, soaked drained and coarsely chopped
1 1/4 teaspoon sea salt, or to taste
1/4 cup unrefined peanut oil or canola oil
1/4 cup whole oat flour or soy flour
1 large yellow onion - diced
1 large green bell pepper - diced
3 large celery stalks, very thinly sliced or diced
2 large garlic cloves - miced
1 small jalapeno pepper w/ seeds - miced
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon creole seasoning or cajun seasoning
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper or to taste
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh thyme or oregango
4 scallions, green & white parts, thinly sliced or minced

1. add the greens to a large saucepan or stockpot w/ 3cups of water and 1 teaspoon of salt over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until the leaves are wilted, about 15mins. Remove the greens from the cooking liquid, strain the greens, reserving the liquid.
2. Add the greens to a food processor and puree until smooth. Set aside.
3. Heat the oil in a stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the flour and continuously whisk for 5 minutes.
4. Add the onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, jalapeno, vinegar, and remaining salt and saute over medim-high heat until the mixture begins to caramelize and the onion is softened, about 8 minutes. Add the reserved greens cooking liquid, the broth, creole seasoning, and half the Thyme, reduce heat to medium, and bring to a simmer, uncovered, stiring frequently until the soup is thickend, about 12 mins.
5. Stir in the scallions and pureed greens, cover, and simmer, uncovered, until desired gumbo consistency, about 8 mins. Adjust seasoning. Garnish with remaining Thyme and serve.



-KP

Hackers

I'm not sure how many other people have had this happen to you! Someone hacked my hotmail account, and changed everything. Now keep in mind I've had this account since 2001, so it had a ton of information in it, and it was also linked to my Xbox Live account, so they took over that as well, changed my gamertag and everything, so now I have to start everything all over again! Thanks A**HOLE! Not impressed at all, we'll see if anything can come out if it!

Anyways, KP is off on an adventure with CP, so I imagine that she will write maybe tomorrow but maybe not until next week.

I've been talking to my "sister", she's younger than me, and she's a super close friend, I grew up with her cousins and her! She has a little girl who is absolutely adorable! We don't talk often, but every once in a while we'll talk all day and it'll be great because I miss her so much. I haven't met her little girl yet, but I really can't wait to meet her, she's almost a year old.

Today's blog post won't be much because well, I'm not in the mood, I'm so mad at the person that took over all of my stuff! I will post one thing though!

I've been taking the Organo Gold Mycelium and Ganoderma Lucidum capsules, one of each on a daily basis, along with a tea or hot chocolate. It's been about 1.5 weeks now, and my stomach has been absolutely incredible. I've had no issues with needing to rush to the bathroom after eating or anything. I'm also waking up more awake, and feeling better as soon as I get up, despite the fact that I'm getting sick as Wade is sick! You guys have to try this stuff! It really is absolutely amazing!

Read more about it at www.lindsaywade.organogold.com

Recipe Alert: Chicken Cordon Bleu

This is my combination of Chicken Cordon Blue and Parmesan Chicken.

4 chicken breasts, thawed, sliced almost in half
1 1/4 c. Parmesan - may require more
6 tbsp. all-purpose flour
Herbs and spices of your choice - I don't usually add any - but try Oregano, Basil, and a bit of Dill
1 1/4 c. Ranch Dressing or Caesar - may require more
4 slices Swiss, Monteray Jack, or Havarti Cheese
4 slices Black Forest or Honey Ham

Mix together your flour, cheese, and spices on a plate or in a bowl. Put your dressing in a separate bowl or plate.

Trim the chicken breasts of any fat, slice width wise, leaving one edge in tact. Open up the chicken breast and layer your ham, and cheese, and close it back up.

Coat your chicken in the dressing while holding the ham and cheese inside, coat it well in the parmesan cheese mixture. Place in an ungreased glass baking pan, sprinkle any left over cheese mixture over the top of the chicken and bake for 45-60 minutes (depending on thickness of chicken breasts) at 375°F

I usually serve with rice and asparagus or broccoli.

*Side note: you can also place asparagus spears in between the folded piece of cheese*

**Served with broad beans and bacon, green beans, and corn on the cob**

New Outlooks

This morning it was so quiet in the house, all the animals were sleeping and being quiet. I was up at 6:30, but decided to just lay in bed and watch "In Time" on Netflix via my iPhone! It kind of puts a perspective on life, like everyone will die eventually, but you can do so much in just one days time. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. Obviously in todays world you cannot steal someone else's time, and add minutes, hours, days, months or years to your life, but the message behind it is what I enjoyed.

Anyways, off that topic. I started taking the Ganoderma Supplements again. Yesterday I took one in the morning and one at dinner, it suggests taking 2 capsules 3 times a day, but I have to start out slow so I don't overload my poor stomach. I can tell ya, I have never had so much energy or felt so great. I was up at 5:50am yesterday until 10:30pm ish last night, I slept soundly and good, and was up again, WIDE awake at 6:30am this morning. I'm usually grumpy in the morning, not wanting to be up, takes me quite a while to wake up, one of those slow going people in the morning. I can honestly say they're working for me. I had a Red Tea and Hot Chocolate yesterday too!

Most of you don't know this, but I play quite a bit of Call of Duty: Black Ops. Today is the start to double xp weekend. I have a girl friend coming over and we're going to be a bit nerdy today! It's looking like it's going to be nice this afternoon, but the weather report says otherwise, snowfall warning for 20+ cms of snow :( That doesn't sound like a great weekend to me at all! Oh well, maybe we'll get some yard work done today while it is nice.

My new found Minnesota friend, KP and I are thinking of things we can post, things that are positive in our life that  help us with our Crohn's, whether it's ways to reduce stress, or yummy recipes that we've adjusted to suit our health needs, we want to share them with you! Over the next little while expect to start seeing stuff like that, a bucket list that we'll update when things are complete, recipes, results of stuff we've tried off Pinterest, things we find treat us better, like KP mentioned using Grapeseed Oil for cooking. And we truly hope they help you, inspire you, or just give you that little bit of a "push" you need to try some stuff out! Living with Crohn's isn't easy, and living with someone who has Crohn's isn't easy either, ask our husbands! They see first hand what we go through, I know it scares WP when I have major issues. He's constantly making sure I'm doing okay!

xoxo Lindsay

New Chick on the Blog

I would like to start out by thanking my new canadian friend, LP for inviting me to this blog. I am from Minnesota (not "mini soda"). We just got nailed hard with snow today and more to come. I thoguht it was April? Anyhow, I am 20 and married. I got married this last July to my high school sweat heart (who woulda thought?). We are getting ready to move to a nicer city at the end of May. My Husband, CP got a better paying job! We just finally found somewhere to live there! A large two bedroom apartment! Its a secured building (So, no worries about robberies and such anymore!). There is a huge closet by the door when you first enter the apartment. So, I plan to hide all our shoes in there and our Christmas tree/decorations! The kitchen is smaller then the kitchen I have now. But, it has a dishwasher! How am I going to punish CP now (when he ticks me off... I force him to wash dishes!!). The master bedroom is about the same size as our current room but it has a walk in closet (thats rather large!) and it is attached to the monster sized bathroom! I am so excited about this move! There is a laundry room in our apartment too! With full sized washer/dryer(So, a bonus room and no more creepy laundry mat)! The living area is smaller then the living room we currently have. But, this new apartment is soo more open then what we have now. The second bedroom isn't very big. But, its big enough. Its just the two of us right now. So, maybe we will have to add one more! The second bedroom also has a walk in closet! There is a patio to the outside. Very nicely taken care of lawn and we can grill out there (where we are now we can't have a grill). So, big changes are ahead!

What you all have been waiting to read! My Crohn's Disease:

I was diagnosed with Crohn's when I was 8 years old. 12 years ago...where did the time go! It took about two years to get all my flare ups under control. I was on so many pills and pain killers. I can't really remember what it was like....other then it friggin' sucked! I am now age 20 and have it very under control. I get a steriod shock into my buttcheek every couple of months. It hurts but its better then popping pills every day (although I currently take supplements and pop them anyway!). I don't think living with Crohn's has to be negative. And, I totally know most with Crohn's has it way worse off then I do (So, who am I to talk!). But, you will never be happy if you don't learn to live with it. I can't eat a lot of foods I enjoy (more of "I shouldn't eat the foods I enjoy...because I usually eat what I want and pay for it later). I know with Crohn's most people are on the toilet 24/7 sick. I actually throw most of what I eat up (you are picturing a skinny bulimic chick right now, aren't you? Knock it off! I am a fatty!). I wish it were the other way around. I have a hard time with soo many foods. But, I have noticed a huge change since switching to Grapeseed cooking oil. It has all the healthy fats in it. I actually workout every day. I do a 45minute jog on my treadmill (sometimes just a fast paced walk). It is so important to change your living style after getting diagnosed with Crohn's being healthy will really help you gain control over your disease and it will add years to your life! (I totally get you are thinking...this chick just told us she's a fatty and is lecturing us on being healthy?) haha.. Okay, well once I decided to be healthy I noticed a lot of changes to my Crohn's. I haven't had a flare up in years and I feel great! I am not saying go to the gym everyday (if thats not for you) but just eat healthier. I promise it helps. And, if you read this post and say to your self... I want to do this.. I want to be healthier and you need some pointers feel free to leave comments and ask! LP and I would love to help you! I think life style changes are the hardest changes of all. But, they make such a differece once you start!

It was lovely typing to all you beautiful people but I am off for the night!

-KP

Introductions & Blog Upgrades

Goooood morning! I want to formally introduce KP to the blog! We are know Lindsay and KP! Isn't that just exciting? There's two of us now, to share our stories and experiences with Crohn's Disease, how we make our lives positive, recipes (with our modifications), stuff we've made or tried off of Pinterest, and inspirational quotes and pictures!

In addition to a new blogger, we have done a ton of upgrades (so to say)

- Translations by Google, to the left of the blog, for our viewers who speak and read in a different language than we do.
- Page View Counter - just to let you all know, and us to keep track of how many awesome people view our blog!
- Follow Us By Email - put your email address in, and it will email you every time we create a new post! Your best way to keep in touch with our blog!
- Reactions - at the end of each post, there is a section in which you can let us know what you thought of the post (ie. funny, interesting, cool)
- Google+ Share - allows our readers to share our blog
- Blogs We Follow - take the time to check out the blogs we follow, some are about Crohn's sometimes they're about other stuff


Keep your eyes out for new things, we may change the template every couple of weeks, and keep you wanting to read, read, read! In the next little while we're going to search out blogs that we like, and add the links to our page so you too can enjoy them!

Welcome KP! Make yourself at home, and lets make this blog incredible! We've got the power as two females with Crohn's Disease :)

New Blogger To Join Me :)

Well, I've met someone new! She also has Crohn's Disease! I'm so excited, she's young too. It's so thrilling to meet someone new! I'll do a formal introduction on my next post as she is going to start blogging with me! We will let you know the ways we control our Crohn's, what meds (if any) we take, food we can and cannot eat, recipes or ways we cook specific foods that don't bother us (i.e. specific oils or spices/herbs used that don't bug us), and the ways we keep our lives positive and we hope that helps our fellow "Crohnsites"or anyone with IBD/IBS!

I would imagine tomorrow I will write the formal introduction blog!

Nothing really has changed, I started taking the Ganoderma Lucidum capsules, as well as drinking the Hot Chocolate or Tea! I've noticed a bit, for example; last night our puppy wanted outside at 2:15am, well lucky me, I got up, it took me an hour to fall back asleep because I was completely awake. Now, if you were to ask my husband about this, I am NEVER awake right away, and I can usually fall back asleep straight away. But there's been a few mornings when I get up to help him with his lunch and the dogs, and I'm more awake than he is, which also usually never happens either.

I'm was excited to wake up this morning, and find out that our guppy had 7 more babies, this is her second batch. The first; she had 4 babies, and now she had 7! That's pretty exciting, but we're going to have to separate the males and females because we have a small tank, so once the babies all start growing there won't be a ton of space! They're smaller than a grain of rice right now!

The weather here is a bit depressing today. Overcast and kind of dark, nothing nice at all about it :( It's chilly, so I probably won't be taking the dogs for a walk today, unless it warms up drastically!

Ah well, today I'm off. Tomorrow I'll write again and do some introductions! Gotta do laundry, get groceries and water today, maybe visit with a friend too! Have a good day!

Baking Day? I Think So!

Well, we did our first big coffee delivery to some family at the wedding we were going to. Also gave out some more samples to some other family members. I have a friend who is placing an order too :) YAY! It's taking a while but we're getting some orders in, hopefully all of these ones will be repeat orders :)

The wedding was good, it snowed a lot here over the weekend, so that kinda made it crappy, but we had fun at the wedding anyways! Glad it was indoors though! It was small, and simple, and everything was at one venue, it turned out quite nice :)

I've been drinking the Green Tea, and the Hot Chocolate, I even like the Mocha if I need tons of energy! Which I may for today, I'm going to do some baking! Wade likes it in his lunch, I like baking, so today that's what I'll do, on top of the usual, feed the dogs, let them in and out 100x's a day, clean up the house and kitchen, all the fun stuff. Probably fold a ton of laundry too! I'll probably make cupcakes, and maybe some muffins with huckleberries in them, as long as I have all of the ingredients, frost the cupcakes too. I'd make banana bread but we don't have banana's right now, and Wade just finished the last loaf of it on Friday, so he can wait a bit :)

It's been getting quite cold here with all of the new snow we're getting! Unimpressed to say the least, -12 this morning after having a bunch of mornings at 0 or -1 now we're getting the cold throughout the day! Damn weather.

I realized that I couldn't remember if I posted the information about the Gutsy Walk I am participating in, with so far a team of 9 people! I'm finding that to be quite impressive! Below is the link! Please feel free to donate to help support research to a cure for Crohn's Disease and Colitis!

https://secure.ccfcfindthecure.ca/ParticipantPage.aspx?L=2&CCID=107&PID=24316&GC=GTv2

Smart Talkin'

Well, it's now 6:45am. I've been up for 45 minutes and I've managed to say a few witty/smart responses to my husband already! It's going to be one of those days. For those of you who don't know me and are reading my blog, I go through stages where a lot of my responses are quick, witty or smart, and sometimes sarcastic! It could be from lack of sleep as I was up talking to one of my cousins for a few hours last night, which diminished the amount of time I had to sleep.

Oh well, getting ready to have a morning...Mocha...and maybe it will give me the energy I need to straighten my curly hair, do my make up, pack some of our stuff for this weekend away from home, and tidy up the kitchen and bathroom before I head to a friends place for coffee! It's currently snowing and raining a bit. Slushing is the term I've come up with for that, I realize it has it's own term, but I quite often make up my own terms for things.

Lately I've been really stuck on the song "Little Things - One Direction", the lyrics kind of touch home with me. Although I can say that, and you will see, about a lot of songs but this one is for sure. It changes all the time, the song that I'm liking, or should I say the few songs because that's usually what it works out to be. Just like a few of the songs off of Nashville. I like them, I really wish I could be a song writer, or even get back into poetry, but poetry is a tough one for me because of the terms I kind of ended it on. (Long story, for another day)

Well I'm off to start my day! Have a good weekend ya'll!

Mocha/Energy

Today again wasn't a nice day out, very windy and very cold! :( Not cool, and apparently we're supposed to expect about 17cms of snow this weekend! GROSS! Well, we have a wedding to go to, on my husband's side, so we get to see everyone, that will take away from the nasty snow (hopefully we don't get that much), it will be great. It's a western style black and white wedding :) YAY another reason to wear my pretty boots!

I had the Organo Gold Mocha today, it was different. I'm not big on coffee, but once I got through the first few sips and got used to the taste, I quite enjoyed the Mocha. Because it's made with Arabic coffee beans, it has a different taste then your average coffee, I prefer it though over most. This stuff is cool. Next week I'm going to start taking the capsules on a daily basis, and see what they do for me. We're currently waiting on a shipment of products to take up to the wedding this weekend, as a bunch of family has ordered some! I'm hoping I can market it a bit too :) Opportunities are endless in this kind of a market. Especially when 75% of my contacts on my cell drink coffee multiple times a day!

I'm one of those people that can drink a small amount of caffeine and can be completely wired for a long period of time. Well, I had my Mocha about 7 hours ago, and I'm now having a hard time wanting to go to sleep.

On a totally different note; does anyone watch Nashville? First I was a bit skeptical, but now I'm really liking it. I don't think I like it as much as 90210, Grey's Anatomy (which has gotten intense), or Hart of Dixie, but it's getting up there. Soon, 90210 will be over, and that is well, what do you expect, it's kind of like Gossip Girl, it can only be watched by so many people for so long before it starts to get ridiculous!

Team DECEPTICROHNS has been signed up for the Gutsy Walk, I'm very excited about that too, I'm wishing the weather has been a bit nicer because well, I need to start walking, start getting myself ready for this walk! We're also getting me a bike, so we can start taking the pup on bike rides and hopefully tire her out a little more!

Cold Weather

Today is going to be a tea day, I don't have any hot chocolate left. It's colder than it has been in a while here, makes me want to curl up with a blanket, good book, and my tea. Who am I kidding? I can totally do that.

Green Tea with honey is the absolute best, I have to say I never really enjoyed tea before, but I think that because it has a health benefit for me, it's made me like it more, and this stuff is really tasty. I haven't tried the Red Tea yet, but it has even more health benefits as it doesn't just have the Ganoderma in it, it also has the Cordyceps! On the plus side, the products have been making feel absolutely fantastic! Yay!!!

So far, I only have 12 likers on Facebook. :( I think once a few more people have tried it, they'll share the page and get people trending! I've sold 15 boxes of product in the last little while, starting to make a bit of a profit off of it. Mostly family and friends buying it, but I'm hoping it won't take long for others to start wanting to try it and start seeing the benefits they have! I've been handing out some samples to people that I've never talked to before.

Today I'm in the process of signing up for the "Gutsy Walk" in our area, we're all signed up now, my husband and I, and all the emails have been sent out to the others who would like to join our team! If you would like to donate or sponsor us, the link is posted below! I'm really excited about it, it's going to be absolutely fantastic! We will have so much fun! Our team so far is incredible!

https://secure.ccfcfindthecure.ca/ParticipantPage.aspx?L=2&CCID=107&PID=24316&GC=GTv2

Our puppy is currently in her kennel for trying to eat the garbage out of the bathroom, and she's snoring very loudly. She's cute, but gets into so much trouble!

Updating Previous Posts

As I continue using the Organo Gold products with Ganoderma Lucidum in them, I will return back to previous posts with benefits and such of the Ganoderma mushroom, and I will update them in red writing, this way it'll let you all know what I've been noticing and what I haven't been noticing for benefits, I'll also continue to post other things I've noticed it's been helping with in separate posts.

It's warm here today, well warmer than it has been. The snow is melting away, despite the sun being out. I can hear some school aged kids outside playing basketball. The dogs are loving this weather, however the house isn't because they come bolting inside with muddy feet! UGH! Does not impress me at all, basically mop the floors 2-3 times a day sometimes!

Had my morning hot chocolate today, it was delicious. Been keeping busy but today I'm incredibly tired even though I got like 11 hours of sleep last night. I'm not sure what's up, I didn't have much of the product over the weekend because we were so busy, and maybe that's the issue. We shall see tonight how I sleep and if I wake up more rested than I did this morning. It's unbelievable, I sit here now and yawn, feeling like curling up with my blanket and just having a big ol' nap!

Easter Weekend

Holy, this weekend was busy. From a cousins baby shower, to selling tons of coffee products, including some grapeseed oil extract! I'm so happy about our sales this weekend, it's been incredible, I'm so pleased.

We got to see some cousins, spend some time with the little ones, giving them piggy backs and stuff. We will get to see them all this upcoming weekend too as there is a wedding in the family :)

My stomach has been off today from all of the chocolate and candy that I've been eating in the spirit of Easter, and I didn't have my Ganoderma intake yesterday. I had a hot chocolate today though, and I'll start again a few times a day, but I think I'll try the mocha or latte tomorrow as my stock of hot chocolate is running quite low, but I have some coming in this week! YAY!

I'm leaning towards calling our Gutsy Walk team "Decepticrohn's" it sounds pretty awesome, plus my husband is a huge fan of the Transformers series! This week I will be registering us so we can all start collecting pledges and getting ready. I'm also going to start training, even though it's just a walk, I figure it will be good for me to start doing some training. Walking daily, biking, maybe some jogging. We have a very energetic puppy, wolf x black lab x German Shepherd, so full of energy and she's about 6 months old!

It's supposed to be +12 here tomorrow, which I cannot wait for! We've been sitting out on the deck for a bit during the last few days because it's been so nice, we've also been breaking up the snow/ice that's built up on the deck so it melts faster. The yard is currently a bit of a swamp with all of the water that doesn't have anywhere to go. :( Major downer, the dogs make the house all muddy too.

It's sure windy out, I'm off to bed.