Taking a Leave - 111 - Colonoscopy - No Yard Sale

My life has been a bit crazy lately as I am trying to get all the medical tests I need done as soon as possible.   

I haven't had medical for so long, that there are many things I need to check out, and my age brings a few tests into being. I had the sleep study last week that I shared about in a post, and then starting the next morning, did a prep for a colonoscopy. I have never had one and had NO idea what the cleanse routine would do to my system. I wanted to help it along, so I ate a grapefruit which makes everything clean out as well. I don't eat red meat so there isn't lots of stuff stuck in there for much time anyway, and eating no gluten and only one meal a day. I figured it would be fairly clear. 

Let's just say that they should give you a diaper when telling you how to prep for this. I went to the store and barely made it home, but didn't quite get to the bathroom. So, I decided to stay home from that point on. I had cramps and was in the bathroom all night. So, not much sleep the night before due to the sleep study, and then in the bathroom most of the night of the prep, so I maybe got five hours of bad sleep in two nights. 

I go get the procedure and my sister is a saint for taking me there and back. They said it was super clear and no concerns at all, it looked boringly normal! All my friends that have had them done had polyps and had to have them removed. I was so grateful everything went well and things looked so good. I woke up wide awake and the orderly told me my blood pressure was like a teens and that I woke up abnormally fast and happy. So, all in all, it was a great day. However, I started to have cramping and gas from the procedure that evening. I climbed into bed early and woke an hour later to a pop in my neck and then couldn't get back to sleep. I guess maybe the position I was in on my side caused my neck some issues. Not being able to sleep, I got up and started going through things as I was going to have a yard sale this week. 

I was feeling so horrible Saturday, I was crying with so much bloating, cramping, and a headache as we have had rain every day. I was supposed to have a yard sale this past weekend but with the rain and the procedure, I just didn't have the energy to do it. I was going to put it out on Saturday, but couldn't. 

I was going to put it out on Sunday after church, but there was LOTS of wind, and a meeting on how to use the scripture app and I wanted to learn that but my phone was dead. I charged it for a few minutes after a video chat with my girls and went to the meeting. I got home feeling so horrible and tired after only a few hours sleep in four days that when my sister came to pick a few items up I needed delivered to family as she was heading to visit some, I told her I just didn't have the energy to do it. She called her husband and twin daughters to come over and help me put them out. 

I just am so exhausted that after they left, I just couldn't do it. I had told my sister prior to that, that I may leave town for a few weeks to just get away from everything and regroup on my life priorities. I have so much I want to do relating to my mom and it has been getting more and more clear that I need to fulfill the promises we made to her on her death bed to publish her book. I stopped working on it for a few years as her stuff was getting overwhelming and now I have nearly two bedrooms and some garage area with her items in it that I need to finish organizing, cleaning, refinishing, scanning, transferring to digital etc. 

I have decided that I am taking a break from my blog. I clearly haven't done much with my YouTube channel or blog, and I keep getting notifications from Google telling me there are issues with my blog but GOOGLE owns Blogger and I can't even reply to comments anymore. It takes so much longer to post as the action buttons don't work. So, it is nearly impossible to find my blog posts on google due to the issues with blogger that I can't fix, so I will be taking a leave for now. I have over 3000 posts on there, and over 1000 videos on my YouTube channel. I have 81 I have uploaded and never taken the time to list as it takes about an hour per video and I still have lots of videos that I haven't even uploaded to YouTube that may never get uploaded or posted on YouTube. 

I keep sending YouTube suggestions to allow people to republish videos that are old and not getting views without the algorithm putting and keeping them at the bottom. I think if they would allow a "republish" button for people who have older videos on there, they would get more views as the videos would now have tags and could be found. 

I started YouTube in 2010 and so much has changed in the nearly 13 years I have been posting on YouTube. I think kids now don't want to read a blog, they want to watch short videos as their attention spans have gotten down to seconds. The most popular videos are the ones that add cuts to recapture their audiences attention every few seconds. It is a sad state for our society that people can't focus for more than a few seconds, but I feel it is time to focus on other things rather than blogging. 

I have enjoyed watching my children grow as the blog was like a journal for my family. I may pick it up again at some point, but it won't be with blogger as it is beyond help, and I think Google gave up trying to fix the bugs hoping people would move on. 

I am exhausted, falling asleep more and more as I have tried to blog these past few months, and it has lost is enjoyment in my life as I have had some nasty stalkers write dirty things about my family members as there are perverts everywhere, having been online for such a long time, I got a few pedophiles commenting and have had to delete a few posts due to the attention they drew. 

I thank those of you who have followed me for so many years and am sorry to those that I haven't been able to reply to these past many months, but appreciate all the comments you have all given me over the years. 

I thought it was so funny that two of my video's yesterday got 111 views. I took it as a sign that the choices I am making in my world are the best for my family.

I am grateful to my sister and her family for helping me put the tables out and I am sure tomorrow, he will help me put them back as I am planning some visits to my kids since I am taking this break, I want to connect with those who bring JOY into my life! I am so blessed with healthy and happy children and want peace and joy in my life. They are the peace and joy in my world! 

I will maintain the horsehairinhumans website and my YouTube videos as I feel a need, but taking this break will be such a relief. Can you imagine writing an hour or more blog post every day and a few weekends for almost 13 years! I had hoped it would bring me some financial relief, but I make less than $20 a month on the blog and I spend at least 5-10 hours taking photos, editing them, transferring them, and adding videos sometimes and then writing the post. 

If I have helped anyone, it was worth it, but it is still a fun history for my family and my kids will look up their favorite recipes at times. I think they will be happy I am not blogging anymore, but it has been a good outlet for me to share those things in a way that will allow them to be there for my grandchildren as well. 

I feel truly blessed to have this in my world and know it helped in other ways I can't share publicly, but I feel that God put it in the right hands at the right time to bless me in so many ways! I am grateful for the gratitude moments that are now there for my family to see. My 111 moments, and my "Trust in God" posts, that they can know the ways that my Father in Heaven speaks to me, and has blessed my life! 

I want to thank those friends who have been with me most of the way. Sara for suggesting I write a blog, Julie and Julie for their many generous comments and gifts, Jay for teaching me so many thing I would never have thought of on my own etc. My kids for their patience in allowing me to post their good days and their bad. My friend Katie who gave me one of my "Biggest Wins" and always has a kind word for my posts and videos. My siblings for the many times they have helped me with weddings, activities, crafts, family history projects, reunions etc. I truly love that God gave me a place to share my gratitude for so many things! 

And possibly for the last time, I hope you have a BLESSED DAY!

Fun Dinners and a Small Miracle

A few weeks back, I had the thought that I should take my nieces to dinner. I don't have children their ages, so I don't get to know them as well as some of my other nephews and nieces. 

I took their older sister to dinner a few years back and my youngest two girls took the twins out to dinner asking them on a "date" which was fun. 

I texted them each asking when would be a good time to go out. They worked out which day would work best for each and I was able to take one to dinner on Friday night, and one on Saturday night. We had a great
"date night" and dinner and I enjoyed getting to know them better. 

When I was picking up the second twin, I grabbed a picture with the first as I forgot to get one the night before when I took her to dinner to her favorite place. 

When I was dropping off the second after dinner, she told me her older sister had come home for the weekend. I texted asking if she wanted to go for ice cream. She told me she was out with her sister, but wasn't feeling all that well and maybe we could do it next weekend. 

I told her that was great and decided to go to Walmart and pick up some groceries. While doing my shopping, I ran into them! It was nice to visit with them. One of them commented on how often I run into them when shopping! I told them it was probably my mom directing traffic from heaven! 

We visited and then I went back to shopping and headed home. When I arrived home, I realized that my favorite silver necklace was not around my neck. I called my sister and asked if her daughter could see if I lost it at their house or near where I parked, but then I remembered playing with it at Walmart while talking to my nieces. 

I rushed back to Walmart and asked if anyone had found a necklace, and one of the workers asked me to describe it. I did, and he said he found it on the ground in the main isle. It must have come off while I was fiddling with it talking to my nieces as I had my purse over my head in a sling style, and I think the purse strap may have caused the clasp to open and cause the necklace to fall. 

I was so grateful for them turning it in and for going back when I first noticed it or others may have not known about him finding it or taken it. 

Here is a link to the post where I found and bought the necklace. I wear it all the time and you can see it in my photos with the girls. I am so grateful that I was able to find it! I am blessed!

Have a blessed day!

Made $2500 at my Yard Sale Last Week - Feeling Blessed

Last week I had a yard sale. I have had a yard sale around this same time of the year for at least three years now. I used to have them all the time, but now I just pick this same week each year as there are people coming into our town for activities. 

I made $1,300 two years ago. I made $2,200 last year, and this year, I made $2,221 and then the day after, I had a man show up to buy some Hot Wheels stuff I had for sale and picked up two items I had on the table that I put out towards the end of the yard sale for $155.

I sold a lawn mower after the sale and another person contacted me buying some Disney videos and a pitcher for $26. 

So, in the end, I made over $2,500! It is amazing to me that I keep pulling things out of the garage that I had from 20 years ago to sell on eBay, and I still have 30 or more boxes of items to sell on eBay. Of course, I sell things the girls give me, or items I purchase and then decide to not keep, and if I find something I know is of value at thrift stores, I will get it and then sell it for less than it would sell for online to people at the sale, and then they can sell it online and I make money and they make money. 

I am still trying to recover from the sale as I was up all night putting it out on Friday, and it rained on Saturday. I had to dry it all out on Sunday and put it all out again on Monday. I sold from 10 a.m. to dark each day and my goal was to make $200 each day. I made that and made more and more each day. Saturday I made the most which was wonderful! 

I am so happy as I wanted to make enough to pay my house taxes. I did make enough to pay my house taxes and a little more to put towards my house insurance! 

Of course, it was a LOT of work, but it was nice that it worked out in the end. I feel VERY BLESSED! 

Have a blessed day!

Beauty Amongst The Stress - Beautiful Flowers In My Yard

 We have been having a drought in the west this year. I stressed about watering my lawn and have had yellow patches and dead flowers and shrubs in the front and back. 

It is interesting that in the past two weeks, we have had rain every day! We have been praying and fasting for rain and I believe God is our Father in Heaven and he cares about us. I believe he is blessing us with moisture when needed. 

I turned off my sprinklers and really enjoyed the beauty of the flowers around my yard. I almost felt like God knows how stressed this week and next week will be and is just sending me reminders to find the JOY in life. 

These trumpet looking flowers come from bulbs my mother gave me. They do not bloom every year. With all the moisture the past few weeks, they shot up and blossomed in the past two days. The orange lilies do bloom most years but are rather vibrant. Those came with the house. 

The pansies in my mailbox planter were left over from helping a neighbor plant flowers. It is weird that only one rose is in bloom, but one of the other five has a white blossom on it. I am not sure what made that one blooms twice, but I pruned the old blossoms off last week, and this one must be enjoying the water. 

I also have the front flower pots and they have been dying and this burst of water has brought them back. It is lovely to see beauty in so many spots in the yard as I still have other spots that aren't as beautiful. It is a struggle with all I have going on to keep up on the yard.

I have half the monkey bars landscaping done and the wood chips need to be put down, and I have dead shrubs needing to be pulled out, I haven't sprayed any poison on the yard and I have weeds in every part of my lawn due to the field next door. If I don't get it done soon, there won't be much lawn left. ha ha 

I give gratitude for my eyes almost every day feeling so blessed to be able to see so many of God's beauties. 

Have a blessed day!

Tee Pee and Hammock - Camping Fun

I am exhausted and have tried to get a few things done today since we went camping this weekend for our annual Easter Camp-out with my family. 

I haven't gone in five years now as my girls were all busy, or I didn't feel up to going and getting the trailer and suburban ready. I had LOTS of help from family getting things ready and helping with issues on the trailer. 

I helped a neighbor a few months back to clean out her basement. While doing that, she had a homemade tee pee she was getting rid of and I thought my grandchildren would enjoy playing in it. I decided to take it camping and it was a hit with the kids! 

I ordered a hammock for my father for Christmas a few years back and that was also a hit with the grandchildren. They would climb in and beg for someone to push them. 

I am hoping I feel better tomorrow. I am still exhausted and finished cleaning up all the coolers and other food items today. It was nice to be able to sleep in as I have had the grand-kids and love them when they are around, but I also love to be able to catch up on sleep when I can. 

I found a similar tee pee online and it is $100. It's more authentic being light in color, but I like that mine is darker in color so I don't worry about it getting dirty camping and think I will leave it in the trailer for our reunion. 

Here is a link to the similar tee pee in case you are interested in getting one.  

Here is a link to the post where I share about the Hammock I researched and bought for my father. 

I would recommend both of these items for camping. Both are easy to set up and are enjoyable for all ages. 

Have a blessed day!

Super Tired and Weird Dreams - Dragons and Horses

I just started writing my title for my blog post and am watching a show. The second I typed "dragon" in the title, the character on the show said "Dragons." 

The dream was in color and it woke me up and I believe that there were some messages in the dream for me. Now that the "dragon" thing just happened, I believe that the dream really did man something. 

I have a great "dream interpretation" book I think I have mentioned in the past by Betty Bethards called "the Dream Book" symbols for Self-Understanding. Oddly enough, it has a rainbow on the front which is meaningful for my mother.  

Here is a link to where I share about the book. 

Here is a link to my mothers rainbow post. 

In the dream book it says that Dragons purifies negative thinking and dispels illusions. There was a horse in the dream which represents "Freedom, power, and oneness with nature. 

There were other things in the dream and I think it was about the parasites I have. It would be so great if "the negative thinking and illusions" on the parasite would be changed. Also, I would love to be "Free" of the parasites and feel safe again in nature. 

I know it seems like I am reaching but with the other things that happened in the dream, it fits well. I am grateful that I have insight into things through dreams. They have guided me many times in my life. 

Have a blessed day!

My Angel Sister - Rough Day Made Right

I have been so busy trying to get my life organized. I had a dream the other night that I wanted to go on a bus with a friend and because I was helping someone else, I missed the bus. I was SO upset in this dream that it actually woke me up. I lay in bed upset because I missed the bus and I said a little prayer asking what the bus represented and why it upset me so much.

The answer I got to that prayer about my dream, was that the bus was a job. Other people have jobs and go and get recognition and compensation for their jobs. I think my life would be much easier if I just ignored all the other crazy stuff I have in my life and went to work and threw away all my mom and dad's history, video tapes, audio tapes, pictures, documents etc. And, I could ignore sharing my parasites situation online with others, stop blogging, and would then have time to travel and see the world and have a normal schedule like other people have.

I have also been doing some research on other ancestors and contacting my uncle about that and was up most of the night last night working on that project which has been started and unfinished for at least two years now.

One of my girls sent me a job in my area saying that I was qualified for the job. I laughed because I feel like my Heavenly Father sent me an answer in my dream as to if I should apply for the job. I don't live a normal life. I am constantly helping others, and working on things no one else can or would do. In the dream, I missed the bus even thought I really wanted that normal type life and was super upset I couldn't have that life, I was HELPING SOMEONE when I missed the bus. Each time I have prayed about getting a job, the answer I get is, that I DO have a job, God pays me and takes care of my bills so I can be in HIS service.

In pulling out some boxes from my garage that were there from my mothers move from her home to assisted living at least five years ago. I found another 30 VHS tapes needing viewing and previewed to see if there were any items on them we would want. There were also books, documents etc but not much related to my parents lives or things I would want to scan ,so it just made a huge mess for me. On one VHS, I was able to find her speaking to a large youth gathering which she did for 15 years or more traveling around the country as a motivational speaker. I was thrilled that I found this really quality VHS recording of her giving a talk to one such group. My children never knew my mother like that, so I was happy to find that so they could see my mother at such an amazing time in her life when she helped so many people with her insights.

I also worked on one of my cars today, got some court documents today, worked on my yard today, and was just not feeling that I have a grip on my world as I feel so guilty that I haven't finished the parasite website or even made any videos or updates on that, and I have been so flat out helping my dad and organizing his stuff and making sure that he was healing, and getting items on their home was fixed, that I haven't had any time in several months to even try any of the suggestions that people have shared, or tried things I have researched to try.

Basically, it was just a stressful day and my sister came over in the middle of me having car issues to look at a box of stuff I had from her in my garage related to the same sort from my mom's home. She decided that she didn't want anything out of the box of stuff she kept originally and I was proud of her for letting it go as some of my siblings are having a hard time releasing some of my mothers belongings.

She asked if she could help me in any way and I told her I needed a syphon as mine got stuck in the tank last year after our reunion as my suburban has a gas tank leak and I lose all the gas in the tank. I can't remember how much gas I need so I always overfill it by about $50 of gas and if I don't syphon it out, I lose that $50. I made myself a little note for next year so I don't overfill it and won't have to deal with that but she was headed to the gas station and I was out there in the dark under my suburban as the hose fell off into the tank supply hose again.

A car drove up, and it was my sweet sister who is in the middle of building a new home and still has kids at home. She said, "I was checking out at Maverick and realized I had trail points on my card so I got you a $10 gas card for free!

It was so thoughtful of her, I asked if I could have the receipt so I could put it on my gratitude frame as a reminder of her kindness on a bad day. She gave me the card and the receipt and each time I walked past the counter where they were placed when I came in the house, I got a huge smile on my face as I was so grateful for her thoughtfulness. She said, "I may not have the time and ability to help you with mom and dad's history right now, but this was something I could do!

It really made my day and I know they are strapped for cash building their home currently, but I felt like I needed to accept the gift as she would be blessed for sharing what she dose have with me, so I accepted the gift card and am grateful that she thought of me!

Have a Blessed by an Angel Day!

I've Been Dreaming in Japan - Princess Four

Hello! Shimai here in good ole Higashi on this day before transfer calls, just wanting to tell all you beautiful people out there you are beautiful and loved!!! So.. Miracles yeah? 

First off. I testify that the gift of the Holy Ghost , and the gift of dreams are real. We were blessed with an amazing wild goose chase of finding a dropped investigator because of a dream that guided us to where we needed to be at the right time. Through the gift of discernment and the Holy Ghost, we really saw an amazing miracle. We hope the dropped investigator chooses to take the lessons! It was way more awesome than im making it sound, but just know i know that gifts of the spirit are REAL!!! 

Ummm.. Oh yeah.. Two potential investigators came to church!! Not even investigators. What!? One was an Eikaiwa student(Thank you Eikaiwa) and the other was a woman we found pinging. Shimada shimai felt like we should invite her to church, so we stopped by Saturday night before basketball night, and drew her a little map. She is an older woman, but she likes when we stop by! She has read a little bit of the Book of Mormon! I just so happened to have a purple origami crane in my bag, and her house just happens to be purple, so i gave her that's a thank you for her giving me some medicine when she saw my bruises from my bike crash, and it made her laugh! Thank you origami! We told her we were singing in church, and she came maybe 3 or 4 minutes before we sang becasue think her taxi got lost or something, but gods timing is real! 

We taught SOO many Free Familly English Program lessons this week! Ok, only 3, but that is a lot! Trust me! We found one woman on splits, and the other approached US! So rare! I am grateful for English!! 

We were able to teach the Plan of Salvation to a woman who was baptized 30 years ago, but doesn't remember anything really. It was amazing having her learn that there is more to life than just dying and being a spirit. She is a talker, and boy did she talk! It was so fun! She has the cutest laugh! And we are able to go to our mission president's FHE today due to her saying yes to our invitation to come! It should be a lot of fun! I'm excited!! 

We had basketball night, and met a TON of high school girls! It was POURING rain!! But so many people came! We got a few numbers, and made lots of friends! how cool would it be to help a whole basketball team be converted!? Lets do it! 

There is a prophecy about Japan that was told by Elder Eyring. He prophecied about now. There are some big changes happening, and i can already see them! The hearts in Japan are opening! It is amazing to be a missionary and to do this work! I love this gospel, and KNOW this gospel is true! It leads to happiness!   

2 Nephi 32:5 

5 "For behold, again I say unto you that if ye will enter in by the way, and receive the Holy Ghost, it will show unto you all things what ye should do."

Choose to have a good week! 

Pictures:
All you can eat Curry and Nan.... it was heaven...

Sister Cook! She fed us... it was expensive, and very kind of her! Why are people so nice!? She is an angel! It was Ike America except we ate popcorn octopus! It was a good time! 

Basketball friends! 

It was raining so hard!! My poor companion!! 

Sister Friend my BFF. I will probably be transferring so we took a picture! I love her!  

God KNOWS Where YOU Are

I wish I could post pictures of the events that happened today but when I tell you the story, you will understand that the child and police officer involved probably wouldn't like their pictures posted all over the world so I have pictures of the "thank you" notes I went to deliver rather than the people involved.

I didn't have anything planned for today until play practice at 5 p.m. I have LOTS to do on my "to do" list and it has also been SUPER hot so going outside into a hot car wasn't on my agenda for the day.  I thought about all the items on the list and just couldn't focus. I thought I should run some errands and started to shower and get ready and decided that I really didn't want to go out in the heat.

Another 40 minutes go past and I am ready to get involved in one of my "list" projects when I feel like I should go and deliver the last three thank you notes that Princess Five wrote for Graduation gifts. They have been on the counter for over a week and I took a walk the other night and delivered several and had a great talk with a friend and never finished delivering them. There were only three and it wasn't like there was a deadline on delivering them. No one was "expecting" me and really, I thought Princess Five should deliver them but I had a strong feeling I should go. I grabbed the three cards and headed out the door. I didn't even tell Princess Five I was leaving or where I was going which in itself is odd as I ALWAYS tell her I am leaving and why. I just grabbed my purse and the cards and headed out to the super hot car.

I get about four blocks from my home and start to head to the main street that crosses town when I look to my right to check for cars and I see a boy that looks upset, I thought he looked more mad than upset but he wasn't a little boy so I continued my turn, took another turn and headed down the main road across town. I didn't get two blocks before I had a strong feeling that I needed to turn around and see if the boy was "OK" so I turned around and headed back. I pulled to the side of the road and the boy didn't have on any shoes and it was about 100 degrees today and it was at the hottest point.

I pulled over asking the boy if he was "alright." He immediately burst into tears and was so upset he could barely talk. He told me he was lost and didn't know how to get home. He was dancing on the hot ground and there was a woman near in her driveway so I opened the door and left it open and had him sit with his feet out so he felt he could get out.

I mentioned calling the police to help find his family and he freaked out. I wondered if he had a bad experience with the police in the past but he did NOT want me calling the police so I told him I was going to call someone that could help find his grandmas. When I dialed, he asked me frankly if I called the police and I told him I called a place called "Dispatch" that could help us find his grandma.

In the conversation he said he is from about five states away from my state and that he was with his brother and grandmother visiting his grandfather and they were going home tomorrow to his state where both his parents were.

It came out that it was his 8th birthday today and his older brother took him to the pool but only had enough for one of them to get in so the 11 year old went in and gave his brother $1 to buy some candy and told him to go home to his grandfathers house and pointed him out the door and told him to walk straight and he would walk to the house. Of course, it didn't work out that way. He gave me his name but since he didn't know addresses and his last name is different than his grandparents, it wasn't helpful. I asked if he knew any phone numbers and he didn't. I didn't feel comfortable just driving him to the pool as I didn't want to be alone with him at any point and felt that the police could better deal with anything they found.

Within a few minutes, the police showed up and this sent him into another hyperventilation sobbing fit. I happened to know the office well as he used to live near me so I told the boy that I knew the officer very well and told him I would tell the police what was going on. As I shared the story, he began to insert information and when the officer found out that it was his birthday, he said, "Would you like to go swimming?" He told the boy he would make sure he got into the pool and he would drive the boy there and find the grandmother's home and make sure he was safe before leaving him. I confirmed that I knew the officer well and that he would be safe going in the police car and the little boy then seemed "OK" to go.

I never did drop off the invitations. I realized that sometimes our Heavenly Father needs one of us to help another. That little boy was states away from home with no idea where he was or how to get to a safe place. Who knows how far he would have gotten or what would have happened to him before anyone noticed he was missing. We live on a major interstate and have LOTS of out of state people driving through. Truly, I have NO doubt that God sent me on HIS errand today. I have had this type of thing happen many times in my life. I have had people show up just when I needed them and they couldn't have known my needs other than "someone" sent them my way. Many times it isn't people I even know who help just when I need it.

I am grateful I was able to be an angel to that little boy today where he could find safety and rest from the heat until help arrived. I am grateful to those who have been angels to my girls at times when I couldn't be there to help them, especially when Princess Five had her accident last summer. I do KNOW that GOD does know each of us and HE KNOWS where we are at all times. If He can't be there, He uses others to fill needs.

Thanks to those of you have followed those "feelings" when they come and I hope you all have a BLESSED Day!

Marijuana Buds - Parasite Cure Study

This will be a weird post. I tell those that contact me almost daily, that I will keep them informed of whatever I find about the horsehair nematomorpha parasites through the blog. I hesitate to write things often as it freaks friends and family out hearing about the parasite on a regular basis so I haven't written in some time about it. 

I took Mebendazole, Vermox, Emverm etc. I posted that it was over $300 a pill. I started out on the regular 100 mg a.m. and 100 p.m. Nothing. I then took 200 mg a.m. and 200 mg p.m. Nothing. I then took 400 mg a.m. and 400 mg p.m. Nothing. I figured that back in the day when I took the Vermox I had in the cupboard, that I was taking 2 pills a.m. and 2 pills in the p.m. as the pills were 15-20 years old and I figured they didn't work well. However, I don't know if they were the 100 mg or the 500 mg pills. My guess now is that they were 500 mg pills. I jumped up to 700mg in the morning and 700mg at night for one day to see if I felt anything and I felt NOTHING! 

I was so sad about this as it was my big hope but my eyes are so yellow and I am having some tests done currently on my lungs and liver etc so I didn't want to tax it any more. I spoke with my Dr. about it and truly, he doesn't know what to do but thought at least trying that higher dose was worth it to see if there was any moving around with the medication. NOPE! No moving, no leaving into the muscles, no agitation etc.  

I have had THREE dreams that I needed to chew marijuana leaves to help me with the parasites. I don't drink alcohol, I don't drink coffee or tea, I don't smoke, and I don't use marijuana. I didn't even know if chewing the leaves was an option as in movies you always see them eat brownies or smoke it. I had never heard of anyone chewing leaves before. I didn't do any research until after the third dream in a week. If you read this blog, you know I have dreams and that the dreams often times will come true. See my first post about that here. 

In fact, the reason this parasite was discovered at all, was due to several dreams I had which led me to my current Dr. I had a dream about the lab tech that was working when I took in the parasite that was finally diagnosed. He has not been working before or after when I have taken things in or had my labs drawn. I told him BEFORE we sent the specimen in that I had a dream that he was the one that helped me get the parasite diagnosed, he thought I was crazy because I told him that I believed it was a "not before known human parasite" and he got upset about that. When the result came back, we talked and are fine but I think it scared him to realized that there are things science doesn't have answers for all the time.  I had a dream about the nurse working the day I had my surgery and her name and told others about the dream long before then and it was the nurses first day at work. I believe strongly in dreams and they have led me to some wonderful blessings. 

I had a dream that I needed to eat purple brussel sprouts. I did not know there was such a thing as purple brussel sprouts but on a google search, up comes purple brussel sprouts. You can purchase seeds for them on Etsy for $2.20. I really don't want to grow anything in my yard for obvious reasons with a soil / garden parasite when the neighborhood cats use my garden as a huge litter box so I am hoping I can talk my local grocer into purchasing some. 

There was a type of green pepper that was speckled in the dream as well but I haven't taken the time to look that up. I have no idea what vitamin or minerals would be in purple sprouts verses the green ones but I will work on finding some as I have had dreams about eating apricot seeds with avocado many years back to find out later that anything you eat with avocado is absorbed better and I have posted in the past about the benefits of pits. Here is a link to that post.

So, in my last dream about chewing marijuana leaves, I saw some whiteish tips that I needed to chew. I have no idea what a marijuana plant looks like growing so I am telling the chiropractor about it and he tells me there are no white flower clusters or tips. It wasn't until I was writing this post that I looked up pictures of marijuana plants and it is exactly what I pictured in my dream. So, I am wondering why I would be dreaming about chewing on raw leaves. I didn't swallow the leaves, just chewed on them and then spit them out after the juices were in my mouth.

I did a search for "parasites marijuana" and up comes a study by a Washington University professor on Aboriginal tribes in Africa showing that the men in the tribe that smoked marijuana had much less parasites than other tribe members that did not use marijuana. I then searched for "Chewing marijuana leaves parasites" I found all sorts of pages where people that smoked pot "felt" parasites. I found one page that really kinda freaked me out and I will share why. 

A few weeks back, I ate something and the parasites DID NOT LIKE IT! I can't figure out what I ate and have tried over and over to recreate whatever set them off. I could feel about 15 LARGE parasites and could tell you exactly where they were in my body at every second for a few hours. I could feel every move and felt one go from my head all the way to the base of my spine on one side and then back up. At any given point on any day of the week, I could tell you where one is, or maybe two if they are moving and if I eat something they don't like or chew on ice for awhile, I feel a few moving a way from the digestive tract but that was nothing compared to this. I ate some peppermint ice cream that Princess Four left behind, I have tried drinking things with a few drops of peppermint in them. I have been eating lots of homemade cilantro dressing and thought it could have been that so I have actually gulped down a few ounces thinking it may have been that. I can't figure out what caused the reaction! 

I am looking on this site that I linked to from the search about chewing leaves and I read an encounter a guy has after smoking pot and he describes to a TEE exactly the experience I had. However, I didn't have pot to get my reaction but I can't tell you what I did eat! I don't know why the dream was to chew it, especially the tips / flowers / white part but in the dream, it was fairly specific. I did read where some people chewed their leaves and  said they had a longer more mellow high but needed more pot than smoking to get high. I have NO idea, but wonder what chemical is specific to raw, fresh marijuana that would affect the parasites! 

There were lots of people writing on this site about having all the symptoms of the parasite I have and they all grow their own "pot" so I am guessing that it is in the potting soil they are using to grow their plants as I had a lady tell me she had some potting soil in her garage and thought there were strings in it and picked up these two long "strings" only to have them whip around and hit her in the face and were the horsehair worms! She has all the symptoms I have now and is sure it is from her potting soil! 

Research says that Marijuana kills parasites in a petri dish so maybe there is something to my dream. My Dr. asked if I was going to take a" road trip" and find some to use thinking it may be worth it for documentation. I told him I would have a VERY hard time doing that. I told him that I felt like my experience with the parasites was probably so I would recognize and understand what the person and other commenters were talking about on the forum about pot use and parasites. Maybe the cure is linked to the tips and buds of marijuana. I think maybe the "chewing" portion was to get the benefits without having to take the drug internally but absorbing it through the mouth being more effective. Most things I looked at about it, say that ingesting it without cooking it is harsh for the digestive tract and you don't get high. Frankly, I am fine not getting high and would love to use it to kill off the parasite but until science figures it out, I will continue my search for a legal cure and will continue to post about what I find and share how things are going. I only posted this so that eventually, when someone is looking for a cure, they can take this and research it! I am NOT suggesting that anyone try smoking or chewing on pot especially as there are lots of articles on how much pesticides are on even legal pot. I know I had a problem when I tried tobacco tea. I couldn't take it because the pesticides on it made me sick.

I am worried my lungs are much worse and the liver is an issue but I am fighting the good fight and still working on being more positive in my world. I hope you all have a VERY BLESSED DAY!

Game Room Wall Decor Dream

I had a weird dream last night. As you know, some of my dreams are very real and come true. This dream however was interesting in that it was about decorating. 

I don't know that I have had a dream where I am decorating a room before. In the dream, I was using antique game boards on the wall, framing them and hanging them in a mix. I framed the top of the box in some cases. 

I made the frames myself to fit and the wall was actually really cute. I have been collecting antique games for a year or so as I have all the girls moving out and I want to make the "school house" room, into a fun "sleep over" room for grandchildren. 

Here is a link to that room when I first decorated it. Since Princess Four will be taking her "collection" at some point, I thought it would be fun to have antique games on the shelf with some old school toys that I used to have. I probably have about 15 games and some fun old school toys. I found the "Six-million dollar man" and the "Lone Ranger" figures with some old school barbie dolls to put on the shelves at some point. 


All the girls enjoy playing games so over the past two years, I have been finding some fun "home Decor" game items. 

I have a friend that has an engraving machine and he made the "Love" sign out of scrabble letters for his wife and I bought it from her yard sale last year. I found the Jacks that are mega sized at the same store where I found the large wooden dice and the large card blocks. I don't normally purchase regularly priced home decor items but I had a credit for a few of the items and purchase the others as I thought they were so cute. 


I found the "chess" pieces at different times and I found the "sorry" red pawn / piece at the top at a store for a dollar or two. It is a game of some kind as it speaks when you push the top but I am going to paint it bronze to go on the shelf with the other game items. 

I don't know that any of the "old" games that I have purchased would be cute hanging on the wall or the boxes for that matter but it was just a weird thing to dream of home decorating. I am sure it could be figurative, as in "The games are all on the wall where everyone can see clearly what is going on." 


I have gotten some court papers lately and the games continue so perhaps it is all figurative but even then, it was still fun to see all those old game boards looking so cute on the wall in my dream. I definitely don't have enough really old ones to make it like it was in my dream but maybe some day I will have a "game room" where that could be an option.

Video Story of the Human Discovery Of Horsehair Nematomorpha

Before I get into my post, I want to share something. Someone asked me "If God keeps giving you answers on how to get it diagnosed, how come he doesn't just tell you how to cure it?" I don't always share such personal stuff but I think it is a valid question and will share the answer with you as I shared it with her. 

I did ask God why he hasn't shared with me how to cure this. His answer was, "If I gave you the answer, you would have cured yourself and the few people you know have it. You wouldn't have embarrassed yourself to share it with others and all those in the U.S. and world that may have, or will have this at some point, would NEVER know what you learned about how to cure it. How many people would go through not knowing it was even a parasite and continue getting sicker and sicker. How many would maybe think it is a parasite and take the medications you have with no luck, bad side effects and out lots of money. I'll share the cure in time when there is enough information about this out there that everyone can get treated." Of course it was just a thought in my head as I don't claim to speak with God but when I pray, I often get thoughts and images as answers. I KNOW what he gave me for an answer is true. I would have done exactly that!

I DON'T want to focus on parasites, I would treat myself and share with my neighbors but I would NOT put it online for everyone to see and be known as the parasite lady! I love my neighbors enough that I am willing to "fight the fight" to get this out there even at my own loss. I have friends who think I should be quarantined and that I probably started the outbreak. I hope I haven't lost them forever as friends because I know they are living in fear. They don't have an understanding of the parasite and I will do what I feel God wants me to do even at loss of friends. When more is known about this, I hope that their lives are such that they can "deal" with whatever the finding is. If it is their cat, or the city water, or the soil, or the local crops.... I know it will be hard for some no matter what the findings as there are hazards in life no matter where you live. I hope that answers any questions about why there isn't a "cure" yet.

I can't tell you how crazy the last few days have been with weird stories. I had a board meeting at the food bank and was finished and out running errands much earlier than I normally would be. I ran into a woman whose daughter is a friend of my daughter. She told me how much I helped one of her daughter by telling her about Hydrochloric Acid or HCL when her daughter had been having some digestion problems. (Click here for a post where I mention that.)
I started telling her about the parasites as that could have been some of the stomach issues her daughter had and she has almost all of the symptoms. She mentioned she even had the "sticky hand" thing on her hand once after wiping. That was a new one for me. I have only had that happen that one time to me. She said that some of her kids had some of the symptoms as well. I told her about my blog and the videos I had done and how she should get herself diagnosed so they can have more people on the "list" of people for the CDC or State Health Dept.

I finished talking with her and start to walk through the store and  a woman stops me and asks, "I overheard you and wondered if you have heard of the cat parasite and the lady who has the non-human parasite?" I looked at her with my mouth open and asked her where she had heard about that as I was the lady with the parasite. She told me she had gone to her Chiropractor that morning and showed him a rash on the back of her leg. He asked her about some symptoms and told her that he thought she may have it. I talked with her for another 30 minutes and she has all but a few symptoms of the parasite. Her rash was starting at the ankle in the back and up 1/4 the way up the back of her leg. I gave her several cards to give to the Chiropractor so he could hand them out to people that he thinks may have the problem.

The back story of that is yesterday, I was returning some grapes to Walmart that were horrible. I didn't need anything but thought I would go to the automotive section and see if they had a windshield repair kit. I looked and they didn't have it so I was headed out and had the thought to check and see if they had any little baggies in the craft section so I turned around. I was going to go down one isle and turned down another isle instead. I saw someone kneeling in front of the cell phone covers. I got past him and realized it was my Chiropractor I hadn't been to in years. His hair had gone white and he had a white beard and I didn't recognize him since he was blonde with no beard when I went to him. I was in my yard work clothes so I was kind of glad he didn't see me but I had this feeling to go back and tell him what has been going on and the symptoms I have so that if he has any patients that have any of the symptoms, he can guide them in my direction so we can get more people diagnosed. I didn't end up buying anything at WalMart but felt like it was meant that I talked to him.

With that back story, you can imagine my surprise having that stranger come up to me and within a few hours of the Dr's office being opened, he had already had a patient that had symptoms and shared with her. I truly felt that God had his hand in this and as my day continued, I was SURE God had his hand in it.

I am walking out of that store when I get a text from a woman about some jewelry my daughter is selling to help pay for her choir trip. I am driving home to meet her when I have the thought that I should talk to the lady about the parasite. Now, I truly am sick of talking about it. I just want to feel better and move on with my life.

When the woman shows up, she is a beautiful younger woman about my older daughters age. I think "I can't talk to her about parasites and stool." I chit chat as she is looking through the bag of jewelry and I felt strongly again that I needed to tell her. So, I just casually say something about how weird it is that I was recently diagnosed with this weird parasite and these are some of the symptoms. 

She immediately says she is always out of breath. She then hears me tell about the worms in my stool and gets very interested in what they look like. I tell her like "celery" strings. She asks about the color. She finally just comes out and asks me if they look like "Spaghetti squash?" I freak out. That is EXACTLY what they look like. The BEST description yet! I ask how she knows that and she said that since she has been taking her prenatal vitamins, she has been seeing them in her stool. That made me ponder on why. I think that our area is lacking in Zinc, Iodine, Iron and other microminerals in our soil. If her vitamins have some of those items in them, perhaps they are killing off the parasites as I know Zinc and copper have antibacterial and anti-parasitic properties.

She then showed me a spot on her hand where she had a little rash. We put some peroxide on it but I didn't soak it so they showed some white spots but not enough to raise up like the girl I met yesterday. I think I recall that her son has a rash on his foot but I spoke with so many people that I may be getting some of the kids confused. She said she would dig out some of the parasites and try to send them to the lab for diagnosis. She also said she had the "Sticky hand" thing even today and it got stuck in her toilet bowl when she got it off her hand and put it into the bowl. 

Now, I thought that was VERY interesting as two women today told me they also had the sticky thing when wiping so perhaps that is just another weird thing that the worm gets out and starts drying out and gets sticky or something. So weird.

Yesterday and today, I have felt like I needed to take Zinc. I didn't do it yesterday but I did actually take some this morning before my meeting and then again today after she left and I wonder if that is what may be killing off some of hers. She did say that the ones in her stool are about four inches or less as well. She also asked if I thought it could hurt her baby. I told her about the dream I had about some Dr.'s looking at my food as worms were coming out and how an autistic boy drank the water and (there is more but I'll condense it) when I woke, I started thinking that perhaps the boy was trying to tell me that his problem was in the water.... amniotic fluid. Of course it was just a dream and most of my dreams don't come true but as you know I am a dream believer and have "different" types of dreams and the ones that I dream in color and remember, usually have some meaning in my life. Here is a link to a post about why I believe in dreams...

For weeks now, I just keep meeting people with symptoms. I NEVER meet and talk to this many strangers in such short times. I am a very open and friendly person but these people are coming to me! I DO think God is in charge and HE wants this parasite discovered and continues to help when I come to a block or dead end of some kind. I spent my entire day explaining things to strangers today and yesterday so I decided to make a video of my "story" so that I could not have to spend 30-60 minutes describing the "history" of it all to everyone. I felt like I should make some "cards" with my blog and number on them last night so I did that and today, I gave out three cards directly and sent two with cards for their Dr.'s and a stack for the woman to give to the Chiropractor to hand out.

No one can tell me that this isn't a problem. There is NO way that I am just meeting a few people that have symptoms. I think at this point, MOST people in our area and other places have this. I truly do think it is going to be discovered that it is all over the U.S. and is part of the mental health problem as well as at some point, most likely some cause of autism. Not saying all cases, but I do think it is possible because these things are in the lymph, eye fluid, I am guessing blood and saliva so why not amniotic fluid?! 

I shared with those I met that Walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and diatomaceous earth as well as soaking hands in peroxide help keep them down in numbers until we can get enough people looking at it to find a cure. Please share this post or the videos with anyone you think may have symptoms. We truly do need to start getting people diagnosed so the CDC will look at the problem.  

I had another thought that perhaps "morgellons" is actually the same parasite just under a different name as I have been reading a few pages about it and many of the symptoms are the same.