My Health

July 2010 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 is related to a persons autoimmune system. Your autoimmune system is designed to protect your cells, but sometimes something goes wrong and it causes the body to attack itself. This can result in many things, MS and Type 1 diabetes for example. The thread can also rear its ugly head by causing complications to the disorder.
Which in my case caused a nodule to form on my thyroid. I had this removed this month and everything seems to be ok.
To those who know me, know how active I am in taking care of my body through good eating habits and daily exercise (I hate that word) I ride my bike and take walks. This has been very hard for me to wrap my brain around, but after quite a bit of reading and
changing up how I look at food labels has been very encouraging.
I thought I was doing really good in my food choices, but I have seen I can do much better and I have. I know with having
excellent doctors is a plus, but we also have to take responsibility for the choices we make and the decision to either cave in and allow the disease to have its way or to stand up and fight for life. Eating to stay as healthy as possible has always been a part of my life. Now eating to live and enjoy life has taken on a whole new meaning. I have not had to change much, but I do answer 3 questions when I feel like enough is enough.
What do I want
How bad do I want it
and What am I willing to do to make it happen.
This is the motto I have raised my children with and still attack each situation with. Whether it is health, finances, or whatever, it is direct and to the point.
I love my life and I have been extremely blessed to enjoy the life I have.

You Never Know What Tomorrow Will Bring

 

Kris and I were invited to go on a group motorcycle ride by one of the guys he works with. Sunday 2-20-11 we all met up and started out towards the Natchez Trail in Mississippi.

We were 30 minutes into the ride when a rider in front of us hit the corner of a child's headboard that was laying in his lane.

To actually see an accident happen right in front of your eyes is the most distributing and helpless feeling a person could ever image.

The event seem to be happening in slow motion than fast forward into a state of hurrying to help. The rider went skidding along the interstate highway than turned and rolled head over many times before skidding off the road.

He was very blessed with only a broken toe, broke rib,fractured rib, fractured collar bone. He was also blessed in not getting run over by a tractor trailer rig that was behind us.

There is so much to watch out for when riding in a group or just being on a highway by yourself. We don't know if the rider was distracted by something else or just didn't see the object in time.

We are thankful that he was wearing the proper clothes and he skin was not torn up too bad. However he was not wearing a full face helmet and his face did get road rash but nothing was broken. He was not wearing gloves and his hands were tore up really bad.

It is our hope that people will learn from this accident. We don't want people to stop riding motorcycles, but safety courses are out there for a reason.

Kris assured me that we would not have crashed like this having our Spyder with 2 wheels in the front. Of Course you still need to be causes when riding.
We do wear a full face helmet and all the appropriate gear.

Even with all the appropriate gear and training things still do happen from time to time. We cannot be afraid to enjoy our life. What gives me peace and the ability to enjoy life is knowing if something does happen to me and I die I know where my soul will be. Everyone can have that same peace. 1 Cor 15:1-4
You never know what tomorrow will bring.

Lucy on the bicycle trail

Lucy enjoys running as I am trying to catch up with her on my bicycle. It has been
nice to be here on Navy Mid South Base. They have a nice walking, running bicycle path all the way around the perimeter of the base. It is a little over 6 miles all the way around. I usually go to the point I have to cross traffic and turn around. This makes
a bit over 8 miles by the time we get back. Of course I do not let Lucy run the whole way.

Kris's new toy

Kris used to have many remote control toys in his younger years. He has been talking for a while he would like to have a sail boat and maybe a plane. Yesterday we stopped in at a local hobby store and took a look at what was available. They had
a neat helicopter that is so small you can fly in the house. So, we bought one. Kris has been having a large time flying it in our rv.
We are planning to get a sail boat when the weather is warmer and a better selection
arrives.

The Bear 10-26-2010

We stopped at a Hampton Inn in Highlands, NC on the way back home from Duane and Heather's wedding. They had a stuffed bear in the lobby of the hotel. Lucy was not
real happy with the bear. She puffed up like she was ready for battle. She does not
care that the bear is many, many times her size. I love my brave little baby!!

Lucy stealing the show 11-2010

We don't think many people notice our new ride.
Lucy has stolen the show. When we stopped for a break people wanted to take her picture. When we were riding down the road people were slowing down and waving and taking pics with
their camera phone! Lucy looked so sweet in her dogie glasses!

Every time we pick her glasses up she gets excited and starts wagging her tail! She is
ready for a ride. We both were so pleased how she took to the new experience.

There was this one young guy who was so cracked up with seeing Lucy he was laughing so hard and beating his steering wheel at the site!

Some people have their dogs in the car with them and pick their dogs up to the window and point at Lucy!

Seeing so many people smile at Lucy makes the heart feel lighter.

Lucy has broken a lot of barriers between motor cycle riders and car riders.

Open Road

Kris and I have been pondering for quite a while how we can enjoy more of the open road.
A few weeks ago we passed by a motor cycle dealer who had a Spyder sitting out in front of their store. We stopped in an checked the vehicle out to see how well it sat for me.
Kris jumped on the internet and spent a good deal of time researching the vehicle and trailer and how to tow it when we relocate.

As of Wednesday July 28 2010 we are the proud owners of a blue Spyder and matching trailer! We drove a rental car to Nashville Tn to take ownership. We then headed out the next day on the Spyder to NC to register it. We took mostly back roads and went in to Murphy,NC.