So, last night, I had some bad food poisoning. I assume, from the prawns I ate on the pizza for dinner. Not 100% sure. But as I recuperate from both that incident that kept me in the bathroom throughout the night and tackling a job interview today, I am a little nostalgic for certain things back home. Especially foods. As my tummy rumbles because I am hungry, but feel too nautious to eat, I am thinking of...
1. A great cup of joe from Starbucks or at dad's house (good old Maxwell House).
2. Papa John's pizza and a rootbeer. Rootbeer is REALLY hard to find. I finally found an asian shop that had an A & W in the frig. I don't drink them often, but it's always been my fav for a fizzy, sugary drink.
3. Vogel Dairy in Franklin, their raw milk and cheese products...sigh. I miss that the most-est for food.
4. Kroger's organic sections for foods- the supermarkets aren't all on the up and up here yet. You have to go to a market for a good variety.
5. TJ Maxx- I miss a good deal.
6. Karla, my hairstylist in Greenwood (they totally whacked my hair here). I miss her, miss her, miss her.
7. Central Heating
8. Squirrels moving around outside
9. Seeing Cardinals and the sound of our birds in Indiana.
10. cheap prices, cheap prices, cheap prices!
11. Mexican Food. Good mexican food.
12. 24-7 adoration chapel at a church to go in anytime to pray and meditate
Don't get me wrong. I looove it here. But I don't have access to certain things I enjoyed anymore, and these are just some of them...So, if you get a chance, enjoy some of them for me. Now you have an excuse!
Toodles...:o)
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Sunday 29 May 2011
Thursday 26 May 2011
Holy Smokes!
I thought some might like to see these prices on cigarettes over here in Victoria. Soooo glad I no longer smoke! (God helped me out on that one over 7 years ago...)
Crikey!
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Send her to the juicing room....
So Joseph and I are starting to juice more often. We just bought a HUGE bag of carrots, like almost 20 kilos, to juice along with other vegetables. Hopefully, we will become more energized! We are like two cuddly koala bears right now, and with the wedding three months away, we need zapped with something to get us moving!
Carrots are about the same price here, unless you buy organic, then they get very pricey. Eggs are insane, if free range and organic, too. It makes you want to have your own farm and garden here. Bananas are, due to the floods, about $2 each!
Our mechanic, Joe, gave Joseph some fish he had caught yesterday, and so we had red snapper with veggies for dinner. It was EXTREMELY wonderful. Joseph had given him a huge bag of mushrooms he had found at his mother's while mowing the lawn last week, so they exchanged. I like it when people do that! No money involved, just balancing out the wealth of product...
I thought I might also add here, just for fun, some different phrases people use here, or words, we just don't often or ever use in Indiana...
Fair Dinkum (authentic, honest, true ) i.e. Fair Dinkum Prices on whatever.....
A fair go (a chance)
Bloke (guy)
With a top of.... (With a high of 70 degrees today...)
Give Way (yield) as in our road signs....
No worries (you're welcome)- they never seem to say your welcome....like, never!
She'll be right... (It'll be ok)
Bikkie ( a cookie.. as they call them biscuits here)
Brekkie (Breakfast)
A dropkick or a wanker, as Joseph says ( a no-good loser)
That's enough for now. :o)
Blessings to the good ol' USA! Bye!
Carrots are about the same price here, unless you buy organic, then they get very pricey. Eggs are insane, if free range and organic, too. It makes you want to have your own farm and garden here. Bananas are, due to the floods, about $2 each!
Our mechanic, Joe, gave Joseph some fish he had caught yesterday, and so we had red snapper with veggies for dinner. It was EXTREMELY wonderful. Joseph had given him a huge bag of mushrooms he had found at his mother's while mowing the lawn last week, so they exchanged. I like it when people do that! No money involved, just balancing out the wealth of product...
I thought I might also add here, just for fun, some different phrases people use here, or words, we just don't often or ever use in Indiana...
Fair Dinkum (authentic, honest, true ) i.e. Fair Dinkum Prices on whatever.....
A fair go (a chance)
Bloke (guy)
With a top of.... (With a high of 70 degrees today...)
Give Way (yield) as in our road signs....
No worries (you're welcome)- they never seem to say your welcome....like, never!
She'll be right... (It'll be ok)
Bikkie ( a cookie.. as they call them biscuits here)
Brekkie (Breakfast)
A dropkick or a wanker, as Joseph says ( a no-good loser)
That's enough for now. :o)
Blessings to the good ol' USA! Bye!
Monday 16 May 2011
All Gone!!! YIPEE!!!
Hello,
If you read my last blogging, this is a quick and exciting update that using the tinctures has taken the infection completely out! YIPPEE! I absolutely love natural medicine! It is so amazing to me that we can make our own meds and they work super quick and efficiently without negative side effects. Within 5 hours, the pain was gone and never came back. It (the infection) was still there, however, so I took the tested amount of the tinctures each day (morning, noon, and night) and TODAY I TEST IT IS COMPLETELY GONE! YEAH!!!! It took 6 1/3 days.
I feel like I was my own guinea pig to see if the tinctures would work, so I am actually not upset at the bladder infection. I am glad it's gone, but also I would not have had a testimony without the test, right?!
Anyhow, it's not a pleasant subject, I know, but those of you who know my work in the herbs know how exciting this is for me, and so I share. Please remember, if any of you need to go see a muscle tester, Mary Beth Arends is in Indy and so is Dr. Jerome Weber. They are worth going to!
MaryBeths' website is chock full of great info......http://www.herbalanswer.com/
And also, I must add here, many thanks to my friends Pat and Donna at Franklin Schools for my lovely care package. They sent me some drip coffee, bakers chocolate squares, some newspapers and a lovely card. You are angels! It was absolutley perfect timing, just when I needed a pick me up. God is sooo good to us.
Blessings!
If you read my last blogging, this is a quick and exciting update that using the tinctures has taken the infection completely out! YIPPEE! I absolutely love natural medicine! It is so amazing to me that we can make our own meds and they work super quick and efficiently without negative side effects. Within 5 hours, the pain was gone and never came back. It (the infection) was still there, however, so I took the tested amount of the tinctures each day (morning, noon, and night) and TODAY I TEST IT IS COMPLETELY GONE! YEAH!!!! It took 6 1/3 days.
I feel like I was my own guinea pig to see if the tinctures would work, so I am actually not upset at the bladder infection. I am glad it's gone, but also I would not have had a testimony without the test, right?!
Anyhow, it's not a pleasant subject, I know, but those of you who know my work in the herbs know how exciting this is for me, and so I share. Please remember, if any of you need to go see a muscle tester, Mary Beth Arends is in Indy and so is Dr. Jerome Weber. They are worth going to!
MaryBeths' website is chock full of great info......http://www.herbalanswer.com/
And also, I must add here, many thanks to my friends Pat and Donna at Franklin Schools for my lovely care package. They sent me some drip coffee, bakers chocolate squares, some newspapers and a lovely card. You are angels! It was absolutley perfect timing, just when I needed a pick me up. God is sooo good to us.
Blessings!
Tuesday 10 May 2011
A Day in Bed...
So... I am stuck at home as I have a bladder infection. BOO!!!!
I am just resting for the day, while Jospeh is up at his mother's chopping wood. I am drinking lots of water and, of course, after assessing what herbs I need, have taken up a schedule of olive leaf, cinnamon and U (a combo blend I brought over) tinctures to get rid of this imbalance. It may take a week or so....but I would rather do it naturally. I will let you know if it works (it will) :o)
I find it ironic that I have made homemade versions of the two tinctures I actually need! God provides!
We made our first tinctures over a month ago (March 21st) with 100 proof vodka and fresh olive leaves from John's trees (Joseph's brother). In a month's time of brewing, this homemade tincture has out performed the Good Herbs, Inc. tincture I brought with me. Yippee! It tests well over 50 % more potent- very exciting for us! More bang for your buck is what I see!
I am just resting for the day, while Jospeh is up at his mother's chopping wood. I am drinking lots of water and, of course, after assessing what herbs I need, have taken up a schedule of olive leaf, cinnamon and U (a combo blend I brought over) tinctures to get rid of this imbalance. It may take a week or so....but I would rather do it naturally. I will let you know if it works (it will) :o)
I find it ironic that I have made homemade versions of the two tinctures I actually need! God provides!
We made our first tinctures over a month ago (March 21st) with 100 proof vodka and fresh olive leaves from John's trees (Joseph's brother). In a month's time of brewing, this homemade tincture has out performed the Good Herbs, Inc. tincture I brought with me. Yippee! It tests well over 50 % more potent- very exciting for us! More bang for your buck is what I see!
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| Olive Leaves and Vodka |
100 Proof vodka is hard to find here and a bottle like the one above is $50- way expensive. We may begin to use brandy (most are usually under 80 proof) as our medium for the tinctures. For the cinammon, I used apple cider vinegar to see if it would be as potent as an alcohol tincture if brewed longer. I am taking it now due to the bladder imbalance and it tests fine. I will have to purchase some from the herbalist here to compare it through muscle testing. I hope it does just as good as it has been brewing for some time....
Brewing is basically just sitting in a sterilized jar for 3 weeks or so with a shake each day. The chosen liquid leeches out the medicinal values of the leaves, roots, blossoms, etc.
Well, I will end here for the day...
Know that Jospeh and I are doing splendiferously. I am still slowly looking for work while we work on recognizing my education credentials... I am currently looking for my wedding dress (I found one, but very pricey, so still looking). The food and reception are booked and the invites are ordered...flowers are being looked at....things are coming together slowly.....but surely.
God bless from Down Under!
Thursday 5 May 2011
Sunday 1 May 2011
Dual Fuel in the Mule...
Okay, so mule is "mode of transportation" in that phrase. It is not an Australian slang word, I was just being poetic :o))
Yes, many cars have been put on "gas" instead of having to use "petrol" all of the time, which is way expensive here right now.
Let me translate for you Yanks. (Yes, many here call us Yanks- goodness gracious.)
Here in Oz...
petrol = gasoline
gas = lpg or liquid petroleum gas
Gas is muuuch cheaper, so people like me get their car to have an additional tank for LPG. You can see why in the photos. And remember, it's aboutr 4 litres to a gallon, so the price at the tank is PER LITRE, not gallon...
This is petrol pricing, so about $5.71 a gallon
This is LPG pricing, so about $2.28 a gallon
I go for LPG!!! and the government gives a $1500 rebate in less than two weeks for those who convert. It cost about $2450 to do the transition, and this is what it looks like when you open the door to pump...
LPG is the smaller tank opening on the left. You actually screw on the pump and fill it. When you are done, you unscrew it and it makes a hiss, then you simply put it back on the hook like we do at home. Very simple. The tank is stored in the trunk.
Also, for you who are interested...
Now you know.
Many blessings!
I miss you all very much!
Yes, many cars have been put on "gas" instead of having to use "petrol" all of the time, which is way expensive here right now.
Let me translate for you Yanks. (Yes, many here call us Yanks- goodness gracious.)
Here in Oz...
petrol = gasoline
gas = lpg or liquid petroleum gas
Gas is muuuch cheaper, so people like me get their car to have an additional tank for LPG. You can see why in the photos. And remember, it's aboutr 4 litres to a gallon, so the price at the tank is PER LITRE, not gallon...
This is petrol pricing, so about $5.71 a gallon
This is LPG pricing, so about $2.28 a gallon
I go for LPG!!! and the government gives a $1500 rebate in less than two weeks for those who convert. It cost about $2450 to do the transition, and this is what it looks like when you open the door to pump...
These are the types of petrol offered...the 98 is higher than our highest back home in Indiana.
Many blessings!
I miss you all very much!
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