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Friday, September 28, 2012

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Chlorophyll

After I had a blood test a while back that showed that my white blood cell count was slightly low, I talked to my chiropractor, who is an expert on anything nutrition-related, and he suggested I start taking this:

Chlorophyll

I was later retested and my white blood cell count was normal.  I’ve still been taking liquid chlorophyll almost every day because of its many health benefits.  It is found in the leaves of plants, so it tastes slightly “green” and depending on the brand, a bit minty.  I just put a tbsp. in a glass of water and it’s really not hard to drink at all.  Some of the many health benefits are:

-It helps to replenish red blood cells, which increases energy and wellbeing.

-It helps cleanse the body, fight infection, help heal wounds, and promotes the health of the circulatory, digestive, immune, and detoxification systems.

-It reduces the binding of carcinogens to DNA in the liver and other organs.

-Containing high levels of the vitamins A, C and E, liquid chlorophyll has strong antioxidant capacity and has also been found to help reduce inflammation.

-It aids our body’s tissue in destroying germs. By strengthening tissue, it increases the disease resistance of cells and, at the same time, prevents the growth of bacteria.

-It treats bad breath. It promotes a healthy digestive tract, which is the primary reason for bad breath (also good for my digestion issues)

-Contains vitamin K, C, folic acid, iron, calcium and protein, which are all also essential in building and repairing red blood cells and boosting our immune system.

So there’s your liquid chlorophyll tutorial for the day!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

An Amazing Encouragement

I was reading the blog "A Holy Experience" today and this hit me and brought me to tears: "Because God’s writing your story and He never leaves you alone in your story, and His perfect love absorbs all your fear and His perfect grace carries all your burdens, and your story is a happily ever after because Christ bought your happily ever after so you always know how this story ends: You’re going to be okay. Dear Self, tuck this away to read again whenever you need to know it again. Heaven and His Kingdom and The Feast is coming!" No matter what you're facing today, you know how it ultimately ends and it's the best ending imaginable!

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Road Trip Day 14

Just when you thought I was all done posting about our trip, here’s another post!  It’s been 2 months since we got back…this is taking me WAY too long!  I’m almost done, though.

Ok, so on this day, July 19, we woke up at our hotel in Calgary and went to the continental breakfast room.  Kiera + I were sitting together in the quiet room and Kiera pointed to a man sitting at the next table and loudly said something about the man being fat or big or something along those lines.  I wanted to crawl into a hole.  We made a quick exit after that.  We packed up and went to the Chinook mall, to meet up with our friend, Cole.  He works at the American Eagle there. 

We took the train to downtown Calgary.  It was the kids’ first real train ride, so that was exciting for them!

This downtown building is called The Bow.  It was completed in 2011 and it’s Calgary’s tallest building at 746 ft. (58 floors).

This is the Calgary Tower which is 627 ft. tall.

We hung out at the Olympic Plaza for a while.

The kids made friends with a stranger and they played “Ring Around the Rosy” together which was really cute.

This is the 2nd tallest building in Calgary and it’s called Suncor Energy Centre – West.

We took the train back to the mall.

Haley thankfully fell asleep in the stroller as we had no place to put her down for a nap that day.  We walked around the mall for a bit and we just happened to see a dance group perform in the theatre entrance, which was the highlight of my time in Calgary!  After their dance, they handed out leaflets about a flash mob that they were planning.  I would LOVE to be part of a flash mob!

We went for an early supper at 4:00 at an Irish pub restaurant called Ceili’s.  I had shepherd’s pie and it was good!  After supper, we said good-bye to Cole and continued on our journey. 

The kids conked out.

We drove 6 hours to Swift Current.

We saw some of these.

There was some very nice scenery.

This was at Medicine Hat.

We got to our hotel around 11 p.m., so it was yet another late night for all of us.  I was amazed at how well we all slept at each hotel!  It was miraculous!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Over 2000 and Still Counting

It has been a long time since I’ve done a thankful post, but I have been adding to my list almost daily in my thankful journal.  I passed 2000 this month and I’m pumped for the many more thousands of gifts that I can thank God for!  I’m also way behind on posting pictures, so this will be a 2 in 1.  Here are some more gifts:

2051. Kiera’s first bike, which we found on Kijiji.

2052. Blake’s new tricycle, which we also found on Kijiji.  Now he doesn’t have to ride the pink princess one anymore!

2053. My friend getting married at the end of July (she was one of my bridesmaids almost 7 years ago).

2054. Homemade sweet potato wedges, my new favorite lunch!

2055. Sharing my strawberry milkshake with Haley, which she LOVED

2056. The kids using my new Norwex mop pads as skateboards

2057. Watching them enjoy the finger paint I made for them

2058. Playing with a new fire hat

2059. Enjoying the kids’ pictures

The picture on the left is an egg, the red drawing is an apple, and the right picture is Blake’s

2060. The kids discovering an old toy.  I blew the WHOLE THING up with my mouth because we don’t have a pump.  I felt like I was almost going to pass out a couple of times!

2061. The fall colors I see every day when picking up Kiera from school.

2062. Eating raspberries

2063. Kisses from Daddy

2064. Having easy access to toys while sitting in the toy chest

2065. All of the new shoes the kids got

Blake picked Batman shoes, which he was very excited about!

Kiera picked these light-up ones for gym class at school

Kiera also needed new outdoor shoes and dress shoes, so I took advantage of Payless Shoes Buy One Get One for 50% off deal.

2066. Finally switching her to a forward-facing car seat at 13 months old.  My baby is growing up! :)