Is this really my body?

After many years - well ok I am old :) - of really listening to my body and knowing what works for me - everything is all mixed up again! It is like starting over from scratch. I love some of the new things but it is so trying at times. I have been craving chocolate so I ate some - then this morning I woke up so tired I just wanted to go back to sleep. Why does this always happen on school holidays when I just can't. Sigh....

And then on the extreme no iodine diet I had next to no allergies - dogs didn't even bother me and now I reintroduced dairy and soy, I have the allergies back. That isn't fair. I know I need to embrace this wonderful opportunity and learn what is causing my allergies.....  but I LOVE cheese. So unfair...

Oh well it is a good thing so forgive me for the self pity. I say this because I know my mother is reading this! :-) Love you Mom!

All in all I am feeling really normal. No side effects except the funny taste buds but I think every day it gets a little better.

Last night I made garlic pasta with steamed broccolli from my garden and was so excited. It was awesome. Then I made a garden salad from the romaine and a red variety also. It was really fun. My snow peas are beginning to kick it up a notch and the other broccoli plants are starting to all have crowns now too! Hurray! I love brocoli.

I had a really great weekend. Saturday night at the Valentine's party I got to speak German with some friends visiting from Berlin. It was great to have a polical discussion about our 2 countries and the social - econmic impact of the world and then we talked about what marriage is. I pray I didn't hurt anyone's feelings with my views. I was just so excited I remembered most to the vocabulary I needed except for the word selfish - all I could think of was ego. It was quite funny to watch me I am sure struggle trying to remember that word. Oh well. egoistisch; selbstsüchtig  - on  yeah! I was close! After ummmm 16 years that isn't bad! Wow where does the time go! I really need to go visit my Germany again and see my friends there.

It really got me thinking about how the German people have turned away from God. Many there don't think about God at all - or make time for Him. Once a Christian country is now very lukewarm. Of course there are always exceptions but all those beautiful large churches I ever visited were always empty. It was sad.
No one was even seeking the Lord.

Valentine's Day  ~ Many people here and in Europe, I guess all over the world only think about their own happiness. They do not put others happiness before their own happiness. I am sure it is because of this Jesus made it a point to say it so many times.

Mark 12:28-29  ~ The Greatest Commandment

One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"

"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

What joy it is to love others as we would love ourselves although I think I love others more than myself but I am working on the equal part. :-) Thank you God for such wisdom and JOY!