PI DAY 3-14-13

COLD DAY OF WRITING

Today was cold again and my plans for the bone procedure fell through today because of some issues with the insurance. So we will reschedule that once things are all settled with that. 

I spent the day pouring over a story I had started writing a couple of years ago. I took that nurse's words to heart yesterday. I started reworking some of the wording and getting it typed up--I like to write everything on paper. I write in cursive faster than I type. It's a love story--of course--sappy girl stuff. 

Then I took a break and watched some TV with the family and here I am working on the blog.

 Today is pi day: 3.14--I don't know that anyone cares but I've seen it everywhere today.

CANCER CUTIE OUTFIT OF THE DAY 3-14-13

Today I wore my gray colored jeans, a black tank, a white tank and a gray sweater over that.. Then I threw a black sweater hoodie over that.

I wore no make-up today and just threw on my gray beanie cap and my glasses.

 

HOW I'M FEELING

I'm great! I felt good today. I meditated today and I received the best email today. I'm gonna share it here and hope you find at least one nugget of value here:

2013 HANDBOOK 

Health:
1.       Drink plenty of water.
2.       Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3.       Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4.       Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5.       Make time to pray.
6.       Play more games
7.       Read more books than you did in 2012 .
8.       Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9.       Sleep for 7 hours.
10.    Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11.    Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12.    Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13.    Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14.    Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15.    Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16.    Dream more while you are awake
17.    Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18.    Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19.    Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20.    Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21.    No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22.    Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23.    Smile and laugh more.
24.    You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree....

Society:
25.    Call your family often.
26.    Each day give something good to others.
27.    Forgive everyone for everything..
28.    Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of  6.
29.    Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30.    What other people think of you is none of your business.
31.    Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.
Stay in touch.

Life:
32.    Do the right thing!
33.    Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34.    GOD heals everything.
35.    However good or bad a situation is, it will change..
36.    No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37.    The best is yet to come..
38.    When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39.    Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Last but not the least:
40.    Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.  

 

 

PSALM 104:24

O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina

BUSY DAY TODAY--3-13-13

WOKE UP IN A SNOW GLOBE THIS MORNING

So I wasn't expecting any snow today, but it was snow shower central. It doesn't accumulate except for a little dusting on the grass. So of course it was cold out and just not an ideal day for running errands, but of course that's what we were doing today.

Mom and Gran left before I got out of bed so that she could go to her luncheon at the Salvation Army today.

When they got back I was dressed and ready to go get my lab work done.
I didn't need to meet with the doctor or anything so I was basically in and out today--which was a blessing because man was that place crowded today! My nurse today was really nice and she said something to me which struck me as odd, but inspirational. She asked me if I was a writer, just out of nowhere. She said that some of the things I had said sounded like something a writer would say--like how I say the whole snow globe thing. It was a good reminder that I need to pursue that aspect of my creative side more. I mean I write this blog and I journal. I have a minor in creative writing and I spent a year in graduate school pursuing an MFA in creative writing. I spent years working at a Barnes and Noble thinking that the atmosphere was going to inspire me to write the next great novel. Why am I 34 years old and I still don't have a published novel. That's going to have to change. I'm going to have to put more effort into finishing things I've started or even just edit some things I've actually finished.  Because I'm a writer.


After the doctor's office we head to Aldi's and WalMart to stock up on groceries for the rest of the month.


Now we're home and I've eaten a tasty pepperoni roll and I'm chilling with Mom and some HGTV.

Gran left us to go with her church to the nursing home.

CANCER CUTIE OUTFIT OF THE DAY 3-13-13

Since I was going to be in public today, I went ahead and put on some make-up. No eyeshadow, just liner and mascara, blush and I defined my brows. I did put on foundation because the way my skin has been drying up and peeling, I kinda had to put some on to blend the colors. Then I wore the curly fro wig and a black beanie.

Today I wore dark skinny jeans, a long white button down with a black belt across the waist and a black tank top underneath. I added a black sweater hoodie and a black scarf. My tall black boots completed the outfit.

 

HOW I'M FEELING...

Good! I'm feeling good! I'm ready to embrace each day and make the most of each moment! I'm also feeling inspired by that nurse and I need to stop with the procrastination. I mean really. I should have so many books published by now. I'm going to truly work on my writing. I'm feeling fired up now! Instead of sitting here watching tv or playing on the internet, I should be writing everyday.  I have a couple of stories that I've been working on for the past couple of years that I think are really unique and I just need to get them edited and put together. So mentally, I'm feeling enlivened! 

Physically I feel pretty good too. I mean the back pain is always something to contend with, but hopefully we will have that remedied soon!

If you're doing the meditation challenge with Deepak then you already know that today's thought was :

My mind and body are in perfect sync.

That sounds good to me! Like I always say--everything starts in your mind. So I'm in perfect health--training my brain to know that and then the body will follow. 

So I wish you a healthy mind today and everyday!

MARK 11:25

And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina

 

WHERE HAS SHE BEEN?

I WAS ON HIATUS FROM THE BLOG!

I'm alive! I missed a couple of days of any real blogging. I wasn't feeling too good. Tired and cold with chills. I don't think I had a cold, but I was probably fighting off some weakness now that I am fully off my steroid medication. Plus they always say that I overdue it and that's what they said about me washing the car on Saturday. I did get outside on Sunday during the the nice weather. I actually sat in the sun for a while, but yesterday--I didn't leave the house. I stayed on the couch and I only ate one.

It's amazing the difference a day can make. I woke up feeling much better today. I slept in--all though my Mother was hear trying to cook me breakfast--I wasn't ready yet and I ended up making my own cereal and heating up a sausage biscuit from the day before. Then I got dressed--very chill because my only plans were to do laundry.

Sorted my laundry and got that all done.

We ran to Sav-A-Lot to pick up salad fixings and Texas Toast for the spaghetti and meatballs Gran was making for dinner. It was tasty!

Not  a whole lot going on today--I apparently had a doctor's appointment today, but nobody called to let me know about it. They didn't have anything scheduled when I checked out last week and said that they would contact me once they had it scheduled, but no I get a call today talking about I missed my appointment--so we rescheduled for tomorrow afternoon. That was kind of annoying because that isn't the first time they've made a mistake with my appointments.  But's it's okay as long as it get's done right?

Then I'm having my bone procedure this Thursday afternoon! I finally decided to move forward with it because I just constantly have this ache in my back with pain pills or without and if this is going to help me to eliminate that and to stop any additional fractures in my spine, then I need to get that.  So we will see if I end up back on hiatus after this procedure. LOL!

CANCER CUTIE OUTFIT OF THE DAY 3-12-13

Nothing really cute here! I just put on my red beanie and my glasses. No make-up. Moisturizer was the only thing on my face and then my go to chap stick! Gorgeous! LOL!

Today I wore light jeans, a long sleeve navy blue t-shirt and then I threw one of my red Obama t-shirts over that. 

 

HOW I'M FEELING:

I'm feeling way better than I had in the past two days. I have at least stuck to the meditation challenge that started Monday. So far so good. Today focus was about the Nature of Perfect Health. So ultimately if we just return to our Creator and tap into his strength and power, then we can have perfect health. What is perfect health. To me it's waking up feeling energized and being able to do the things you want when you want to. Being able to push yourself to the next level. Eating well. Exercising regularly. Being in a positive mental state is key as well--that's where it all starts! A body that heals itself easily is also a key factor.

And you know how we do--always claim your blessing!
I'm healthy!

What are you going to claim?

ROMANS 8:15

For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of  adoption as sons, by whom we cry, Abba! Father!

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina

 

Rip Van Winkle took over my body...

I LITERALLY SPENT MOST OF THE DAY SLEEPING--ON AND OFF!

SO YEAH I TOOK THE DAY OFF--STAY POSITIVE AND TUNE BACK IN TOMORROW.

 

 PROVERBS 15:29

 The Lord is far from the wicked but he hears the prayer of the righteous. 

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina

 

WARMER WEATHER IS HERE! 3-9-13

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD...

Today was definitely a bright sunshiny day! Yeah--We made it into the upper 50's today and are expected to hit 60 tomorrow! Looking forward to that. I may actually even go to church tomorrow.

So I had planned for today to be the day to wash my car since we had this lovely weather and I don't know when the last time my car has been washed was! It was well before I came home at Christmas and I certainly haven't washed it since I've been here. So she was well over due for a good scrub down!

Before we went to the car wash, my Uncle Pearlie came out to visit and was actually buffing his car and making sure that his rims were shining.

After washing the car we had to make dinner and that was a task--because I think that we were all cooked out. I didn't have any ideas and Gran didn't have any ideas.  We finally decided on having baked chicken with stuffing and gravy and some cabbage.

I guess my scrubbing the car and wiping out the inside and cleaning that has really wiped me out, because all I wanna do is take a hot bath and go to sleep right about now.

AT THE CAR WASH- WORKING AT THE CAR WASH!

Oh yeah baby--time for a scrub down!

I was so busy scrubbing, that I hadn't noticed that my wig was riding up and looking kinda crazy under the cap.

So fresh and so clean clean!

I am such a hard worker! LoL!

Covered in Suds--which sucked because the water pressure on the sprayer thing was terrible and it took forever to get all that soap off!

CANCER CUTIE OUTFIT OF THE DAY 3-9-13

Makeup felt like more work than it was worth today, so I just defined my brows a little bit, put on some blush and smacked some chap stick across my lips. I wore the short wig with my dark brown beanie baseball cap.

Here's the full outfit, a pair of dark jeans with light patching along the front. I wore a blue t-shirt with a navy blue polo shirt over it and then an orange sweater vest over that. It was all short sleeved, so I threw on my navy blue sweater hoodie over that--it ain't spring yet!

 

JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER:

 Daylight Saving Time (United States) 2013 begins at 2:00 AM on

Sunday, March 10

and ends at 2:00 AM on

Sunday, November 3

 

 

HOW I'M FEELING:

I woke up feeling great today and I think it was just because I knew the weather was supposed to be nice 

so I guess that got me in the right mood, plus I slept in a little later than usual so I was well rested! I also 

had a great Book-spiration for today.

Success Begins in the Mind

From Joel Osteen Starting your Best life Now devotional

Oh boy this is what the Law of Attraction is all about--if people only paid attention then they would know that

the Secret wasn't really a secret at all--it's been in the Bible forever! 

What you think about is like a magnet to draw things into you. 

Think about good things, talk about good things, daydream about good things, meditate about good things, pray

for good things, just constantly immerse yourself in good things. 

Whatever it is that you want in life--write it all down as if it were true. Like a story of who you are when you

have all the things you want! Read it out loud. Close your eyes and try to see yourself doing all the things

or having whatever. Don't forget to simply ask God for it and then be patient and of good faith. All the these

things you seek will come to pass if you just keep the faith!

Success begins in your Mind!

That's just such a great line! I love it and I hope it inspires you guys to take a moment to see just how well it 

will work for you!

 MARK 9:23

Everything is possible for him who believes.

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina

 

 

Fun day Friday--3-8-13

FRIDAY HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT CHILLIN

I slept in today--9:30!!! That's late for me to get up, but it was needed. I had been tired and needed to catch up from a few days before. Had breakfast and sat around for a little bit. Once I got dressed, my Grandmother was doing some cleaning and I mostly just watched, but I helped change a couple of light bulbs and brought her some cleaning products.

Then Mom said she was going to go gather some wood and I decided that a walk through the forest sounded like fun.

After that I grabbed some lunch and played on the computer for a minute.

I washed Mom's hair and put them into finger coils--forgot to take any pictures!

Then we watched another movie--Smokin Aces.

And now I working on the blog while I watch Date Night on tv.

I'm having a wild and crazy Friday night man! You're gonna have to keep me calm! LOL!

ON A NATURE WALK

 

CANCER CUTIE OUTFIT OF THE DAY 3-8-13

You are on my sunshine, my only sunshine--I decided yellow was the color for the day! Inject some sunshine into your life! So I wore a pair of light colored jeans, a yellow thermal top with a yellow and white striped t-shirt over top of it. Then I threw on a yellow cap to keep it all coordinated.

No make up day--long wig and a yellow hat!

 

ART TODAY?

Started drawing today, but I didn't get something finished enough to really share. 

HOW AM I FEELING?

Great! I feel good. I mean I'm still experiencing some back pain, but I've decided to have the bone procedure in order to get some relief from that. We just need to get it scheduled sometime next week. 
I'm feeling positive. I'm always looking for ways to keep myself entertained. I should be a little more diligent about the art work and building up my Etsy site. More is coming! 

Book--spiration: To gaze at the bare winter trees

From Now is the Time

They look sad without their leaves but look beyond their bare branches 
They signal natures comforting cycles and represent signs of regrowth
They will blossom and bear fruit

There is a cycle to life. There is a winter, a spring a summer and a fall. Life has to go through these phases. It happens every year. So we too have to accept the winter in our lives and see the beauty in it. It's a time for renewal. That's when everything gets to rest and prepare for spring. 

Enjoy the bare trees

MATTHEW 5:18

For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina

    

Out and About this Thursday--3-7-13

TO TOWN WE GO...

Today was pretty good! I woke up to birds chirping! So that's always a good sign that your day is off to a great start. 

Good breakfast--Pancakes and Mexican eggs: I take liquid egg whites, add diced up turkey sausage, shredded sharp cheddar cheese and then some salsa and scramble it all up.

Then I got dressed and we got ready to leave to drop Gran off at her Thursday thing--she goes to Scott's Run Settlement House and I guess today they watched a movie about Jesus and Mary and a painting that Michelango did.

We dropped her off and went to drop off some paperwork I needed to turn in for my healthcare change.

Then we went to this place called Surplus City and browsed around. They are kinda like that Habitat for Humanity place but not for charity. They had a lot more selection though. We have found a deal on a dual flush toilet and some vinyl plank flooring, but we need to double check the quality of the original items we were going to get. 

We picked up Gran and then dropped off some recyclables by WalMart. We of course had to go in Walmart, because every time we drive past some crazy magnetic pull seems to draw us in and I've decided that they need to set my cot up in the back so that it makes it easier for me to get there everyday--LOL!

Then we went right back out to return the movies to the Redbox.
Walked around the dollar tree and picked up a few things I needed.
Then I needed a mocha from McDonalds.
--Oh and I drove on this second outing! There and back!

Then of course dinner time and tv watching!

MOVIE REVIEWS:

 

ALEX CROSS:

Surprisingly good! We all were engaged. We laughed, we felt sad, we had the full range of emotions. It was an action flick and it had some gruesome moments, but nothing too over the top. I also think that Tyler Perry did a good job at not being Madea. Sometimes it's just difficult to separate him from that, but I think that he did a good job. Matthew Fox plays the creepy assassin guy and he goes full force with it. We got it from the RedBox, so it's definitely worth the money! Check it out. If we had 5 stars, then I'd give it 4!

LOOPER:

This was another action flick, but with a twist. This guy kills people from the future and he ends up facing his future self and all this chaos unravels because of it. It has a lot of layers that you don't necessarily expect from the beginning of the film. It was good, but I don't know that I liked the ending. I won't spoil it for you of course, but again if you're getting it out of the RedBox, then it's definitely worth checking out at least. If we had 5 stars, then I would give this one a 4 as well.


 

 THE WORDS:

Okay so this is a completely different kind of movie from the other two. It's about 3 authors and three love stories entwined into one, but it's up to you to decide what's fact and what's fiction. It of course moves at a much slower pace and spans several decades of time. I liked it but we caught my Grandma falling asleep several times and I don't think my Mom is into these kinda flicks because she was like they almost lost me a couple of times. So with these things in mind I'm gonna give it 3 out 5 stars.

CANCER CUTIE OUTFIT OF THE DAY 3-7-13

Today the make-up was gray tones with liner and mascara. I also threw on blush and chapstick. I put on the longer farah style wig today with the black beanie and my glasses.

I wore dark jeans a black tank with a black silky button down. I then threw a bright cobalt blue top over that. It was accented by the black scarf with silver accents in it. 

 

ART JOURNALING?

I didn't do any traditional art journaling, but I have scribbled out a couple of ideas in my regular journal. I'm gonna compile them in the art journal eventually:

This was from today and we have two ideas represented--One about Jesus being on the main line and us praying and thinking that the lines are tied up, but we need to realize that we're always connected. He's in us and a part of us so we don't have to worry about the lines being too busy ever. He is always with us.  The other one is about the message of speaking blessings over others and just would people getting showered by blessing.

This is where it started and I did recreate that one.

This was really appropriate last week after my chemo session and it went with the book spiration that was to be Strong and Courageous. It discussed David and Goliath, so I thought having the armor on was appropriate because it looked a lot like a little soldier.

 

HOW I'M FEELING TODAY...

Today has been good to me and I can't complain. I have no complaints. I was out and about today. I felt pretty good physically. Mentally is what matters though. I felt positive. Today's prayers and my book-spiration had be feeling good at the start of the day.

The book-spiration: Realize that you are more than an organism in an enviroment.
From Wayne Dyer's Getting in the Gap

You are an envrionorganism. This principle establishes that there is no separation between you and anything outside in the material world.
This is a principle he included from his Manifest your Destiny book.

So basically you are already connected to everything you want. You are one with everything and if that's true, then you can bring it in to you and it should also affect how you treat everything as well. If you're connected to everything, the how can you not over it love and respect--it's a part of you!

Everything is just an extension of yourself

You're connected to God and that's why he already knows what you need and he always hears your prayer. There is no busy signal or tying up of the lines--you're always connected to Him. He is always available to you and just need to remember that and tap into that directly.


The meditation challenge starts next week.

PSALMS 55:22

Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.

CANCER CUTIE

Tina Bina