mailbox war, ndd, pedometer

MAILBOX WAR


since we have lived at the country n we have had a continuous
mailbox war
i know its payment for the war we fought against mailboxes when
i was younger
i know that it is payback time for all the damage that was done to
those mailboxes
now i am the recepient of those attacks

the last one i replaced before this one was not really part of the war
an old guy hauling a trailor with a big ole bull in it missed the curve
and hit my mailbox
it looked worse than when we put that m80 in the one when we
were growing up
it was a thick metal one and parts were scattered everywhere
poor old guy i went to check on him and he was on ok
he was on aricept-heard that when the ems asked him his meds
wonder what stage he was at
wonder if he should have been driving
of course i take aricept and i drive

so the highway department replaced the post for some reason and told
me i couldnt put the big old lockable one up again
say what
so i put up a standard cheap one
figured if i was going to have to replace them frequently i would just buy
a cheap old plastic one
the highway department even put it up for me

numerous times recently ive found it left open
in the past people have been seen getting stuff out of our mailbox
so i was afraid they were after our mail again so

i went and bought be a metal lockable mailbox and just replaced
it myself
if they wont to steal mail now they will have to do a lot of work to
get it out

i know this is all payback for past sins
i can accept this

NDD
john dromgoole from the naturalgardener does a weekend
gardening show on klbj 590
the other day he used a new word he coined called ndd
nature deficit disorder
a new disorder that kids and some adults have now that so may
live in town and dont get a chance to observe and appreciate
nature

here at the country n we live on ten acres surrounding by acres of
ranch land
there are no visible houses from our property
there is a clear view down to the tree line at the river

when kids come over i think at first they are overwhelmed by
all of this
at first a lot of them will stay inside or close to their parents or
with the tv or computer or whatever electronic device they
brought with them

once though when they go outside you can watch them start
wandering around
kicking a rock
picking up a stick and throwing it
then they will climb up on our old cedar stump
then they wander down and watch the chickens
they are mesmerized by chickens
then if our neighbor has his horses out they wander over
to the fence to pet them
before they leave they have checked out the full ten acres

if we wander down to the river then they are really hooked
they all wade in the water, throw rocks, skip rocks and
sticks in the water and just stand and watch
the water flowing over the rocks with its frogs and minnows
swimming about
i usually end up with new specimens for my small ponds

they never want to leave the river

when the parents get ready to leave the country n they dont want
to leave
they ask can we come back

ndd
there is a treatment
come here to the country n and we will provide treatment

PEDOMETER
got my $4 walmart pedometer
walked 4 miles on a hike along the lake
then walked another 1.5 miles the rest of the day doing things
here at the country n
ok so i was working on that mailbox and kept having to go back
to the barn to get tools and bolts and then clean up the mess i made
out front
no wonder my hdl cholesterol the good one has gone so high now
it use to be in the 20s and now is in the 50s

one way i trick myself into doing exercise is to put things in the wrong
place so i have to do a lot of extra walking to get things eg my garden
tools arent near my garden but are an acre away

now i have actual proof all this dysplanning is working

get your pedometer today and put on some mileage
youll lower your bp, your cholesterol, your weight and control
your diabetes better and
youll feel better
it will also treat your ndd if you have it

the organicgreen doctor

veggie tarian meal, fat burger, pedometer

VEGGIE TARIAN
no im not one of those
but i could be easily
(my rainwater brother is
he now has total control of his blood pressure and cholesterol
without medication)
i am almost a veggie tarian

eg our meal last night was roasted vegetables with cheese bread
sure was good
not bloated or full afterwards

i still like an occasional hamburger and steak and ham and chicken
and turkey and fish
i eat an egg every morning but
90% of what i eat is not meat



so for our new years eve meal we went to a restaurant in austin
called mothers cafe
its a vegetarian cafe
bet you could eat some of their food and not realize there was not
meat present

i ordered the chile relleno which i love to eat
this one had great flavor
it was better than the ones that i usually eat at the well known mexican
food restaurant here in austin
the difference is the flavor was much better and afterwards you dont
feel all bloated and full
so i had room for apple pie
great meal

interesting to note was that none of the employees were obese and
none of the many people who came there to eat were obese

the reason i brought all of this up was the new years resolutions i made
and probably all of you made to eat right
if you are not eating a lot of vegetable dishes you are not going to
make it on your resolution to lose weight

FAT BURGER


am sure many of you saw the film where the guy ate at a well known
hamburger restaurant 3 meals a day for 1 month
at the end he had gained a lot of weight
would have like to have seen what his cholesterol and fat levels were

my wife she and i walk a path on the highway and i will usually pick
up the trash along the way
this mile of road is kept clean by the country n crew

last week i picked up a box that had held a hamburger a quarter pound
one from the restaurant with the clown not named jack
i turned the box over and there was the nutritional info on the burger

i think the word nutritional was not the correct word
it should say warning consumption of this burger can cause diabetes,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, and maybe alzheimers
disease

there was 26 grams of fat in it
thats more than i probably eat in a week
there was  almost 2000 mg of salt
no wonder i use to get thirsty after eating one of these
there is 90 mg cholesterol
there is 1.5 gms of that bad trans fat stuff

and this is only a quarterpounder
wonder what a big mac has in it
so if you add fries and a milkshake to that
whoa no wonder we have an obesity problem here in the us

PEDOMETER



one of the resolutions i have is to exercise regularly
remember i keep my resolutions as i pick the ones that i am
already doing
its the kiss keep it simply simple method of new years resolutions

i walk about 3 miles a day now
so i was wondering how much i really walked all day long
sometimes i will work outside all day and will walk a lot on
our ten acres here at the country n

so this morning i may have found the solution to the exercise resolution
not doing it problem
its the pedometer
in todays new york times health online section there is an
article on keeping resolutions that includes a section on pedometers

apparently if you attach a pedometer to your belt you will move more

those who wore the pedometer walked 2000 more steps or an extra
mile a day than those who wore a covered up pedometer
they also had lower blood pressure and lower body mass index

could it really be this simple
yes

consumer reports this month just had an evaluation of pedometers
they have them for the smartphones that work well
they do use a lot of power though

they also rated clip on ones
the best rated was the $30 mio trace acc-tek
the best buy was walmarts sportline at $5
the best app pedometer was the accupedo for android at $4


in summary
eat veggie tarian as much as possible
avoid the big burgers
cook your own
get a pedometer-$4 is cheaper than a gym membership
make the numbers move on it

is it really this easy
yes

the organicgreen doctor