We have now moved our two cats down to the summer trailer, so we are officially In Residence, and our flag is flying.  Sort of makes me feel like the Queen!  
We found the required yellow peas needed to lower my cholesterol.  I have a sealed jar sitting on the counter top so I remember to pop three a day.  I'm scheduled to have my cholesterol checked again in August, and I'll let you know how the peas worked.  Our friends at the campground have decided I will be their guinea pig.  The pharmaceutical companies should be quivering in their boots about now! 

Lowering cholesterol

My friend Linda emailed me after reading on my blog that I've once again stopped taking the statin drug and shared the following:

My friend who lives in New Hampshire is a nurse who was diagnosed with high cholesterol.  Her friend suggested that instead of taking any of the statins she try taking three whole yellow peas daily.  Her friend said that the same chemical as found in the statins was in the peas.  So she left the drugs on the shelf and started taking the peas.  When she returned to the doc to have her levels checked a few months later the doc was please to report that her numbers where back within the safe range.

Wouldn't that be totally amazing if it works?  I'm off to find a supply of yellow peas!!!

Happy Friday the 13th

We went to the trailer yesterday so Jim could get the lawns all ready for the weekend.  He finished washing down the walls and ceilings in the trailer so we have a nice fresh start.  I busied myself washing windows and screens, and even got a start at washing down the deck.  I was feeling so proud of myself for remembering to take everything, even the MagicJack phone.  Then I remembered I'd forgotten to pack my medications.  I missed my evening and morning pills and by afternoon my head was feeling like a large empty block.  I'm now making up a emergency package so this doesn't happen again! 

Cramping Legs All Gone

Even though I used my walker very faithfully, I was still having to jump out of bed at night to relieve the leg cramps.  While trying to think of what else had changed with me in the last month, besides my diet, I remembered our new doctor has put me back on a cholesterol lowering drug.  Of course when I checked the side effects of the drug, muscle cramping was staring me in the face!  I then remembered that I had stopped taking a statin drug a couple of years ago, because we had read it could be causing muscle cramping.  Needless to say, I've again stopped the statin drug, and so far I haven't been up dancing in the wee small hours.
We're at our summer trailer for the weekend  The grass is growing so fast with all the rains we've had, so Jim is out doing his "dancing" with his lawnmower!

Exciting news

I am very excited about a new speaking engagement.  I've been asked to speak at the Peterborough Alzheimer's Society Annual General Meeting next month.  I lived in Peterborough from 1972 to 1980, when I relocated from Alberta, and that is where Jim and I met.  It will be interesting to see if any of our old friends on our the same journey as we are.

Happy May Day

This is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers and trees start to blossom.  I wish the weatherman had been told that this morning, when we woke in our summer trailer with the winds howling, and our curtains billowing in the breezes.  We really do need to buy ourselves a 4 season trailer so we can be warm and comfy even if the weather changes.  We opened our trailer on Friday and Jim got all the lawns cut.  I have the inside all set up, except for washing the walls, but I can do that another day.  We've been trying to think why my nightly leg cramps are back again, and are wondering if its due to me not using my walker as much.   I wonder if I attach a leash to my walker, I might remember to not go out the door without it!