in less less than one week, I will be driving our MotorCoach down to Orlando FL, for the annual Towing Convention.  I will be taking my sister Barb for my extra set of eyes, and the special company, McKenna my Granddaughter who will be 3 on May 3.

Please pray for me as I haven’t driven this thing for about 5 years.  If you can’t tell, I’m very nervous about this.  Once I get in and drive for about 15 min or so I’ll be fine.

Speaking of 15 min.  That’s how much time I got to learn how to drive the MotorCoach, a 38 foot Holiday Rambler.  It actually was the first big trip it was going on since we purchased it from our neighbors.

We bought it because TowMate had been primarily selling lights only to the Towing Industry and Bryan had made a light for the tow vehicle behind the motorhomes.  For those that don’t have any idea what I’m talking about, you can visit TowMate.com and see all the products that are available.  And yes, Bryan invented 99% of them.  The rest came from customer ideas, but that’s a whole subject for another time.

Ok, so, back to my 15 min lesson.  We were down at the boat ramp.  I hopped into the drivers seat, he showed me how to move forward, back, all the typical stuff and the how to do all the sliders, etc you got the idea.

By now, you (and I) was thinking, are you crazy?  Oh yes I was.  I am a person of my word.  I agreed to take my Dad, as my other set of eyes, and go to Quartsite Arizona for a motorhome rally thing that lasted like 10 days.  I agreed to do this because of several reasons.  My Dad has a sister in Phoenix and we were able to stop and visit her there on the way.  We had a lovey time.  My son-in-law, Jimmy Nowak’s parents live in Scottsdale.  So my bright idea was, since we have a plane, Bryan could drop them in Scottsdale and continue on to Quartsite, the first weekend of the trip to be at the show. He would fly back to work the office, leaving Dad and I to work the show all week.  Bryan would fly out the next weekend of the show, he could pick them up in Scottsdale and bring them, Jimmy, April, Alex and Kevin, all home.

Kevin was a baby, and the other grandparents had not seen Kevin yet and Alex in a long time.  So I’m going to be the hero right?  All is great.  Sounds good, everything is awesome (song comes to mind, now I won’t be able to get that out of my head) UNTIL reality set in and the OMG are you crazy? Messages started in my head.  I’m talking full out panic.  I remember standing in the shower thinking ok Lord, now what have I gotten myself into.  I can’t tell anyone I don’t want to do this! Oh Shit, I’m going to die!  Help me!  Well, deep breath, I found enough peace, that I was able to get through the next several days till the trip.

On the day before departure, Bryan wanted me to leave the next morning at around 9 am.   I said no way, I’m leaving that night at 9 pm and go as far as Rt 40.  Bryan drove it to 540 then, 49 now, and pulled over into a spot that I could start driving.  He had a friend come with to give him a ride home.  He gave me a kiss good bye and said, see you in Quartsite.  I was petrified, but calm at the same time.  I gave the wheel to Jesus and said, let’s go, we can do this.  My Dad brave soul sat quietly during all this.  I took it very easy. It was quiet. That night.  Gave me a feel for the road, driving this huge thing.  I didn’t have any tow car behind thank goodness.  What I didn’t know, I found out later, was the friend who took Bryan back home that night told him, well, I hope I see my MotorCoach again!  What a turd.  Not, I hope I see Christy and her Dad again.  

It was a nice trip, the next morning I was traveling at 75, 80 and passing trucks.  My Dad was so calm.  He had tried his hand at truck driving when he was younger, but didn’t really like it.  Every once in a while, I’d hear him say, that was close!  As we were about 2 inches side by side from a 18 wheeler.

It was a long fun trip and I’ll probably share more at a later post, but for now, I’ll go back to today.  One week from now, I leave again.  Nervous but ok.  I’ve taken someone else and Molly, the dog before, but never a child so this puts a new twist on things.  I’ve put enough hours into the drive incase anything goes wrong, and trust me when I say, with a MotorCoach, a million things can go wrong.  

This weekend I caught a cold and was praying, please let this thing go away quickly.  I can’t afford to have this thing drag out while I’m driving.  Alex had a baseball tournament down in Van Buren.  I always go, unless I’m not in town, or dying.  Well I was so sick Saturday I just couldn’t go.  His team won both games by the way.  While I was sick I listened to a lot of videos on the Kangen water, and several of them were saying to drink a little of the 2.5 water and then a glass of the 11.5 and then push 9.5 all day.  The company paperwork says don’t drink those waters.  But I was so desperate to go to the game that I decided to try it.  By the end of Saturday, I was feeling better. The runny nose had stopped and my cough was easing up.  I was also taking Musinex or something.  On Sunday, I was feeling much, much better!  I was amazed.  We had Breakfast with Bryans daughter, Andrea and her 4 kids at her house, still felt ok.  Then we had brunch at Copeland’s with his Son Chris and Salena, and McKenna.  I still felt good.  I was waiting for the shoe to drop and not be able to go to the game.  The game started at 2.  We went down there, I closed my eyes because they were burning, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me.  Our boys took that tournament.  So far undefeated during 2 tournaments.

I couldn’t be prouder of these boys this year.  The boys have been together for a few years now and really coming together as a team.  We have some new boys too, that are really good as well.  Go Arkansas Kights 13U!  I couldn’t scream, but I clapped really hard.  And today I feel good!  Kinda like at the end of a week long cold, only in a couple of days.  Yay.  If your interested in the water I’m talking about, visit www.alkalizingyourwater.com  I have a great free Ebook on the site you should sign up for. 

 I will update next time on my cold and how our trip went, unless I get a chance to post again before that.  Until then, remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, and if you want something bad enough.

I moved to Ventura California in 1986, with my 2 girls, April and Angela.  My marriage had ended. One day, while waiting for the girls to get out of school, I was sitting in my car.  A guy comes up to me and said I think I know you. I smiled and said, “That’s the worst pick up line ever”.  I said, you couldn’t possibly know me, we just moved here.  He said, No Really! Did you used to live in Rockford IL?  I said yes, as my jaw is dropping.  He said on Shaw Street?  I said yes, now I’m getting creeped out.  He said you had a friend Karen?  Oh man, I’m thinking WHAT? How does he know this, I was 8 at that time.  Now I’m 28.  He recognized me.  I was in shock!

He proceeded to tell me, he was dating her older sister Janice, who was in college at the time, and they would watch us play while they were hanging out at her Moms.  I was floored by that, and what was really funny, he wanted to know if Karen and I were still friends because he’d like to hook back up with Janice again.  Unfortunately, the family had moved away, and I’m still hoping to find her someday, on Facebook or something.  

Bill Pratt and I were friends from that point on till he moved away.  I’d like to catch up, if he ever comes across my path again.

Another time Bryan and I are walking in a shopping district down in Orlando Florida and I’m looking and I see Lee and Carol Thaxton, the people we bought our current house from in Arkansas, walking toward us!  I was so excited, all I could say was OMG, OMG, and point, and she was doing the same thing on her end.  That night was so much fun.  It still brings a smile to my face when I think about it! They moved to Tampa FL and it had been a long time since we had seen them.  

Another time, in Ohio, at the Great Wolfe Lodge, during a Towing Convention, I was introduced to Wanda and Jack Frew.  They had driven up from Kentucky to talk to Bryan.  We broke away from the guys.  Boring!!  In talking, we had a lot in common.  We both were health conscience and comparing what vitamins we were taking.  I was starting my journey on losing weight.  Yes, I was like a yoyo.  I think with the water, I can finally maintain this weight.  Anyway, it turned out she lived a couple of blocks away from where I grew up in Rockford and we never knew it!  Shortly afterwards they had made a trip to Rockord and sent me pics of the houses I used to live in. Funny as a kid, the houses are like in your rear view mirror, larger then they truly are. Lol Wanda and Jack have become friends and come up to stay in our “TowMate Inn”.  A beautiful spot on the lake, we have for company vendors and family to stay at when they visit.  (Not open to the public) so if you’re wanting to stay there, you better figure out how to become my new best friend.  (Just  Kidding) Payment in hugs only, but back to the magnets…

I went to my first Kangen Water  meeting put on by my Upline last night.  I had told them when I got my machine I would never go to a meeting!  Ha ha, never say never! 

When I walked in, Linda was so excited to see me, and introduced me to everyone.  It was very nice. Then in walks Deonna, who, her and her husband Steve were in the motorcycle club we were in years prior and had lost touch.

 My plan for the evening, was to attend a webinar put on by Rhonda Gessner, who is an awesome Kangen Water distributor who I friended on Facebook.  Don’t think for a minute that friendships can’t be made on Facebook because I’m here to tell you, they absolutely can.  If you take interest in others, they will do the same, most of the time, and the ones that don’t, you wouldn’t want anyway.

The magnet affect doesn’t happen that often, but I’m greatful when it does. I personally feel like God leads every step of way.  All we need to do is listen to the small voice inside that helps guide us on this path called life.  

People are what truly matter in this life and since writing my last post, I have lost two family friends.  Two weeks or so ago. Sherrie just turned 50, newly married, just adapted a son she so desperately wanted and loved, died in her sleep.   They were having a service on Sunday evening in Arkansas.  Gale, her Mom, had a massive stroke that morning.  They continued on with the service as planned.  We went to see Gale in the hospital afterwards.  She could still communicate and I was joking and kidding around with her.   The next day, she couldn’t speak, but could let you know she was listening by the crack of a smile or a grunt in the appropriate time. Gale died in her sleep the next morning.  Mother and daughter will be missed. 

This family lost their father/husband Dick, 5 years ago.  In thinking about it, that’s how we came to know Deonna and Steve, was through Dick and Gale and the motorcycle club.  

Do you see why I think people are like magents?

I told Robin, the surviving daughter, if one more person dies, I’m going to kill them. We have a lot in common now.  

Enough is enough.  Life is short, enjoy life and each other.

I just came across a video that is so awesome for our time.  I’ll put the link at the bottom of this post.  

I titled this page true health, because you can’t have it unless you have balance in three areas of our lives.  

Physical

 Emotional and Spiritual

Financial

 We can go along for a while out of balance as our body goes into stress mode.  If the body stays in stress mode for too long of a time, that’s when it becomes a chronic stress.  It is that stress that starts a bad chain of reactions in the body causing all sorts of problems.

  I wish someone would invent a system that could tell you when your cells would start acting against you instead of for us.

 Some things are easy, it’s  pretty obvious when our financial picture starts changing.  Overdrawn charges in the checking account is a good indicator of something went terribly wrong. We can fix it pretty quickly, if it was a single mistake.  This can also become chronic, when people lose their jobs or live beyond their means for a long period of time.  Another sign is when you know all the names of the people behind the counter at the pawn shop.  Duh.  All of this dominos into chronic stress as well.

Our Emotional side shows itself when people start asking, hay are you OK?  That’s a sign!  It’s hard for your face to not give away the emotional pain your carting around.  One thing to keep in mind regarding emotional issues is that depression comes when your reality does not meet your expectations.  If you know that, it somehow helps you to deal with it better than just the feeling coming on you, and you’re unaware of what is causing it.  (That will be 150.00 dollars please? Just Kidding). I’m paying that little piece of information forward.

But the inside is not so obvious.   A way to check if your inside is off, without having to pay for a doctors appt, would be to check your ph balance.  That’s probably where things start to go haywire.  You can check that by purchasing PH Balance strips.  You can get them at health food stores. 

  Another sign is dark urine, which means you’re not drinking enough water.  Here’s your sign! Duh.  I was approached by a guy wanting me to buy a Kangen Water Machine like 7 years ago.  Me being me, I wouldn’t settle for the machine I could afford.  Oh no, for those of you who know me, I always have to have the best of the best and I will wait an incredibly long time till I can get what I want.  Needless to say, he gave up so I eventually purchased one from Linda and Carl Brown a year and a half ago.  They are the most wonderful people.  I can say after drinking the ionized water I am sitting at about at 7 instead of a 5 or 6.  It would be better if I could lose the coffee in the morning because it takes about 7 cups of water to flush yourself from one cup of coffee or soda.  

Actually it’s about 2-3 cups in the morning, because the cups we use aren’t anything like the size our grandparents used to drink out of.  They would be shocked to see how much coffee and soda, diet or regular, we as Americans drink on a daily basis.  

I gave up soda when my Grandson Kevin Nowak was born 10 years ago.  So glad I did.  I couldn’t go anywhere without a soda in my hand.  (Habits die hard though!  Now it’s my Kangen water bottle). My Mother was the same way. Since I can remember, I was drinking soda.  Whew, glad I broke that habit.  You can too, but you have to do it slowly, because otherwise you will get really bad caffeine headaches if you don’t.  I believe we are also addicted to the carbonation as well, so I started switching to Sprite, and just slowly stopping the caffeine products, and finally to just water, oh and the morning coffee.  It’s a long process, but now I don’t even miss the carbonation.  Bryan said it wasn’t my most attractive feature, because when he first met me, oh man, I could belch. I’m not proud if that, it’s just a nasty byproduct of the carbonation!  Glad to report that is gone, well occasionally, depends on what I’ve eaten.

Acid Relux is another thing that the Kangen water machine took care of and while on the water, it’s a non issue.  However, it did start to come back after about 3 weeks without the water while we were in New Zealand.  After we got back and drank the water again for a couple of weeks, it’s not bothered us again. So happy about that!  

Smoking is another health issue of today.  Millions were suckered into it, as being cool.  If your as old as I am, you remember the ads selling cigarettes as sexy, and even good for you!  They are horrible, and the majority of people I know who smoke, wish they never started.  I appreciate how hard they try to quit and are rarely successful.  

Smokers can’t smell what they smell like to non-smokers.  I watched my parents smoke everyday, all day. I never did.  I thank my Grandma and Grandpa for that.  We always lived within a block of my Grandparents, and I’d go there and she’d say, “oh honey, you stink.”  I knew she loved me, just not the smell.  It was enough for me that when I got old enough to make that life altering decision, I decided, no way.  If you haven’t read my other posts, my Grandma RIP, lived to be 104. Healthy as a horse, till just a couple of weeks before she died.  My Mom, not so much.  Died at 78 with many health issues along with COPD which doctors say is the new politically correct word for enphysema.  It is a horrible death I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.  

So to wrap this true Health post up, we only have this one body, this one life!  You write the script of your life.  You can make little changes that can collectively make huge changes on the rest of your life.  No one can do it for you.

My wish for you, no matter who you are, is that you be happy, healthy, and not having to worry about your finances everyday.  Please check out my website for more information on the water.  It is really true that if you change your water, it can change your life.  Www.alkalizingyourwater.com 

Till next time…  

PS.  Here’s the video that inspired this blog. Hope you like it as much as I did

http://youtu.be/TNRldP18bH8

As I’m learning how to set up my Kangen Water Enagic Business on social media, I’m finding it totally exhausting!  I have my beautiful new website, thanks to Eric at EWS, www.alkalizingyourwater.com for the water and www.kangenukonturmericsupplements.com for the supplements side of things.  This is my 2nd blog post.  

Learning the ins and outs of blogging.  I love technology when it works like it’s supposed to, and when it doesn’t?  I’m sure you can relate.  If your reading this, then I was successful, if not, I have plenty of time to keep trying.  

The only way to lose at technology, is to give up.  Most of the time, it’s due to a stupid (.) misplaced or a instead of /.  Analytical mind I have.  Creative mind, not so much.  It gets me in trouble sometimes, because while I’m trying to decide, should I or shouldn’t eye, I’ve already missed the window of opportunity to do what it was I should or shouldn’t do.  While in New Zealand, during our Thanksgiving Holiday, I had the incredible opportunity to do things I’ve never done before.  Like Bungy Jumping and Skydiveing, I Ziplined, I was a maniac, looking back I think I created an adrenaline junkie!  How did I get past the should I shouldn’t I of all that?  I think maybe the prospect of losing my Mother and possibly my Grandmother at 104, may have had something to do with it.  It gave me such a sense of, you know what, life is short, and if I die, than so be it.  I put my body in Gods hands and said lets do this.  It was awesome.  I did however, lose my Mom while on the trip, and my Grandmother on Christmas Day at 5 min before midnight Christmas night.  I also lost my favorite non Mother-in-law, (my brother-in-laws Mom) who I loved very much a couple of weeks later.  It’s been a roller coaster ride the last few months with my emotions all over the place.  

Ok so back to technology for a minute, it’s given me a huge blessing of distraction from my broken heart to have something else to focus on.  Frustrating as it is, it makes the clock tick by faster, and gives a wonderful sense of accomplishment when and if you can get it to work! Technology that is.  Technology helps me to reach you the reader, which I may or may not know.  If I don’t know you yet, I hope that we can meet someday as I would totally love that.  Till next time… 

Hello, this is my 1st attempt at a blog so if you’re reading this, WELCOME.  I have been using my Kangen water machine for over a year.  I did not want anything to do with the business side since it is sold MLM.  However, I had been sharing the water with friends.  One day a friend wanted his own machine.  I called the Enagic, Kangen office and helped him order a machine.  A few days later, I received a check for $285.00.  I was amazed.  I didn’t do it for the money, but thought, that was easy.  OMG, I’d been doing many other MLM’s and never really made any money.  Well, I decided to reinvest the money into a company website.  Www.alkalizingyourwater.com and using the EWS website, (a wonderful company approved site) I have generated many leads.  Besides the money though, the water is the hero of our time.  With the bottled water polluting the earth, as well as being acidic for your body, by purchasing a Kangen Water machine, you are putting your body in a more natural state of ph balance.  Cancer can not survive in a alkaline body.  Please watch the videos on my website and you decide if getting a water machine for your family is a worthy investment in your hard earned dollars.  I did and I don’t regret a minute of it.  Thanks for your time in reading this.