Should I?

I'm kind of very broke but I came across these shoes online, at lulus.com, and I am in love!  They are only $50, which I don't consider too bad.  Among the two sizes they have left miraculously one of them is mine.  I feel as though it is a sign.  Should I??

THE BOXCAR CHILDREN

It's really not too often that I have kids on my flights but when I do, parents are always prepared with D.S's, IPods, Ipads, Small handheld video games, or whatever electronic device they have with them to keep their children entertained.  The other day there was the cutest little boy on my plane.  He was in seat 1C, front row, right in front of me.  Instead of playing video games or something similar he was reading.  He was SO cute!  And he was reading none other than The Boxcar Children.  This book is a personal favorite of my families.  When we were little my mother had bought every book in the edition and I can still remember reading them at night before going to bed.  A couple of years ago my mom got all of her children together to divy out all the books we'd collected on her shelves over the years.  Unfortunately the books went to another sibling but I was so happy to see that they are still out there and thought it was only appropriate to dedicate a post to them!  So here's to you, Gertrude Chandler Warner, and your books, The Boxcar Children, that filled our home and sat at the bedsides of at least 5 children :)   

MINNEAPOLIS!!!!

I graduate from training tomorrow!!! 

You know how at the end of something long... like a mission, or a vacation or a rough training you feel like, "wow that went by so fast!"  Well this was not one of those things!!  I definitely feel like it's been at least 3 months since I started. It was long and rough and extremely intense but I'll tell you what if you are on one of my planes and an emergency happens like a crash landing in water, or a fire inflight or even outside of the plane or you have some sort of medical emergency like a heart attack, you are in good hands! 

I just got the domicile news today and I am moving to Minneapolis, Minnesota in a good 3 weeks.  YIKES!!!  It will be bitter sweet.  Luckily all my class friends will be there too and we all plan on living together so that's good news!  AND the good old MOA (Mall Of America) presides in Minneapolis and I think I can handle that.  So if anyone wants to come visit or just travel anywhere I'm your girl!

Done a little research and here are the goods to MSP...

The city



This abnormaly large spoon and cherry

This crazy big cornmaze along with the harvest festival

The mall of america

Calhoon Lake

which is supposedly beautiful

The Minnesota Braves

Ready to come visit yet???

...Well in three weeks you can!

THIS IS IT!!!

Well I know it's been a while since I've posted but I'm back and hopefully I'll be more frequent!  I don't know if you've all heard but a few months ago I got a job as a flight attendant!  Whoot whoot.  They said my training would be in the fall and they would let me know the dates when they had them figured out.  3 months had gone by and I was starting to feel discouraged and as though it wasn't going to happen anymore when I got an email saying I would be starting September 8th.  YAY!!!!!  Finally!  I hear training is extremely intense with long hours and a lot to memorize and there are usually a few that drop out and don't make it through so wish me luck :)

I also recently found out that there will be no availability in Utah which means I will be relocating out of state.  AHH!!  I'm putting in for Portland, Seattle, San Fransisco, Chicago, L.A., and who knows where else.  I'm feeling good about it cuz I don't have anything holding me back but it is definitely bittersweet.  I'll keep you all updated on my training and let you know where I'll be stationed once I hear!  

Day 5

Last night I had a hard time falling asleep.  Nights are the hardest for me cuz like I said I'm a late night snacker.  I laid in bed for an hour and half trying so hard to sleep but my stomach was rumbling and all I could think about was food!  Ha ha.  But finally I fell asleep and luckily I slept through the night which was good.  Today has been kind of rough.  I have two friends doing the cleanse with me and the tea hasn't had the same effect on them as it does with me.  It's the same thing that I say every day.  My kidneys and stomach twist and are uncomfortable all day.  It literally happens like every 20-30 minutes.  It's 5 now and I've been okay for the past hour.  But that pain started around 11.  I'm trying to drink tons of water but maybe I'm not drinking enough.  I don't know.  I think it's the tea.  But tonight I am going to try the salt water flush.  We'll see how that goes.  It's a liter of room tempature water with 1 tblspoon of unidoized organic sea salt.  I hear it's really hard to keep down but I figure it's worth a try!  I honestly don't know how many more days I will last if my kidneys and stomach keep acting like this.  I hear it happens to a lot of people but it's definitely not happening to my friends.  I still crave food like crazy but I'm getting better at controlling myself.  I make it harder than it needs to be though.  Today I ran to Deseret Book to pick up a magazine and for like 5 minutes at least I looked at all their fresh baked goods in the refrigerator and then proceeded to smell the rolls.  Ha ha I probably looked so silly but I didn't care!  Talking about it is making my stomach turn.  But just wanted ya'll to know I'm still alive and if I can do it you can do it!

Day 4

Well I drank the tea last for the first time last night. I had an awful night. I feel asleep around 11:30, woke up at 12:15 to a phone call from some friends and then I was so hungry and sick to my stomach, I really struggled gettting back to sleep again. I finally fell asleep and woke up at 2 in the morning so incredibley sick. I ran to the bathroom as fast as I could. Going to the bathroom didn't help too much. I felt like I was on my period. My kidneys and stomach were twisting horribley and in SO much pain. I couldn't even move. I probably stayed in my bathroom for 5 minutes saying prayer after prayer that the awful pain would go away.  It was weird because my skin was freezing cold but I felt like I was dying of heat and I was sweating so bad. Finally it calmed down and I went back to bed. It took a while for me to get back to sleep cuz I felt so sick to my stomach and I still wasn't feeling too great. That was honestly probably the worst moment I've had so far in the Master Cleanse journey. It was awful. Well that and the other morning when I felt like death. I really don't know what caused it to be so bad but it was pretty miserable.

Today hasn't been too bad.  I haven't had to run to the bathroom really like previous days but I feel like the tea has been working on me and I should be going to the bathroom.  My body has had that uncomfortable feeling that I keep talking about off and on since about 2.  Other than that I've been fine.  The drinks are easy for me to chug quickly and they don't phase me too much.  The tea is still miserable though!  MISERABLE.  Just prepare yourself if you ever do the cleanse.  It sucks.  I keep thinking that my food cravings will not be as strong but I am definitely still starving and wishing I could eat chicken, fish, salad, cottage cheese, spaghetti, carbs, and lots more.  Those are the foods I keep craving.  The good news is I haven't really been craving sweets at all.  In fact, the thought of them makes me want to throw up a little.  The lemonade itself is SOO sweet that I'm sure that's why I feel this way. 

Day 3

This morning I woke up feeling great. Big improvement from yesterday. I started my cleanse around 9 this morning. I drank the tea and again had a very hard time getting it down. I made it through 6 drinks today and felt good all day! I stopped drinking at 6:30. I think I had a few very minor headaches but again nothing bad enough to really phase me. The smell of food was SO strong today and I wanted everything I saw! I went into Maverick and could point out everything I smelled. I swear I could smell all the candy through the wrappers, hot dogs in the warmer, chips through their bags, fresh baked breads, EVERYTHING!! Stay away from food as best as you can. I went to the gym around 7 and worked out for an hour and a half. My energy level for the gym was no different and I felt fine. Although when I left I was dying! I was STARVING!!!!! My stomach was turning for food. I literally would have killed to have a plate of spaghetti. I don't know why I was craving that but I still I'm dying for some. I think if you are going to work out it's probably best during the day when you can still drink more lemonade afterwards. I came home about an hour ago now, made my tea (the chocolate kind) and I'm going to hit the sack to resist my cravings. Side note: I didn't think the chocolate tea was that much better then the original one. And technically I don't know if it's allowed cuz it's not "organic". It left an after taste of burnt popcorn in my mouth. Didn't enjoy that.

Also if you happen to do the diet really stay close to a bathroom. I know I've said it but I mean it! I went to my cousins to do her hair today and halfway through my kidneys and stomach had the worst twisting uncomfortable feeling. I really think it was making me sweat trying to get through doing her hair until I could leave. I know that's probably too much but I just want people to really know what to expect.

Last note: I hear if you make it through your cravings and you don't give in then you will feel ten times better the next morning. I'll let you know if this is true. Cross your fingers for me cuz I'm ready to throw in the towell! Hopefully I get used to the lemonade soon and my cravings start to fade. I've also heard if you can make it through the ten days that going even longer isn't hard at all. I hope so. I wanted to do 3 weeks but now I'm saying at least 2.

Day 3

Day 2

I'm not gonna lie, last night was rough. I had a hard time falling asleep but I think it's because I slept so much during the day. I fell asleep around 11:30 and then woke up to my parents alarm clock around 5 this morning. I tried to go back to bed but I couldn't fall asleep. My body kept going from hot to cold, hot to cold and I was really uncomfortable. I honestly felt like death. My muscles felt like they didn't exist and they had no strength at all. I was incredibley nauseous and the thought of the tea and lemonade made me want to throw up. I tried to get out of bed and I was so dizzy that I couldn't walk. I made it out of my room and to the top of the stairs and layed there for about 5 minutes. Somehow I made it down the stairs and to my kitchen and I don't know how cuz I really was struggling. I honestly felt like I was going to die. I had no strength, my vision was so off from how dizzy I was, and I was ready to throw up.

I had decided to give up and start another day. I couldn't drink the tea even if I wanted to. I knew it would come right back up. And the thought of the sweet lemonade was even worse. I got out some bran cereal, nothing even sounded good, and I had a little handful of that. I literally couldn't even stand. I got my bowl and spoon and then sat on the floor, crawled to the fridge and cereal cupboard, got everything out and then ate on the floor. I had a really hard time swallowing and getting anything down. I ate maybe half of the cereal and then made it back upstairs and was able to sleep for a couple more hours. I woke up feeling a little better but still really dizzy every time I stood. I was definitely ready to give up and I know I cheated with the cereal but I decided to get back to it. They say the first few days you will feel like death and they are not kidding. I'm serious!!

The tea was really hard to get down this morning. I chugged it fast and then couldn't stop gagging and threw up just a little. Sorry I know that's gross. I had my first lemonade drink after and that was around noon. My plan is to drink one every 1 1/2 hours today and get through at least 5 drinks. I know I need 6 but I will be satisfied if I can get myself through the 5 today because again I got a late start from the rough morning and I did have the one meal of cereal.

I made it through the rest of the day feeling pretty good. I think that I got a couple of baby headaches but they didn't last long. I drank 5 drinks total and I stopped drinking at 6. Night time was hard because I'm such a late night eater. I was really hungry but didn't give in and went to bed around 11. I forgot to drink the tea at night so I'll need to get more on top of that for the days to come.

DAY 1

So I started the master cleanse yesterday. It's definitely NOT easy!! Haha. I got a late start because I had a lot of errands to run in the morning and I still hadn't bought my tea. I had the tea when I got home, around 11 and didn't really enjoy it. It's not awful but I didn't really love the taste. It tastes a little like black licorice. I tried to gulp it down as best I could. Right after the tea, I had my first lemonade drink. I added too much water cuz I wasn't paying attention and I drank 20 ounces instead of 10. The drink was way dilluted but it wasn't bad.

I got a headache around noon or 1 and that lasted the rest of the day and night for me. I was really oddly tired all day yesterday and slept a lot. I was getting weird cramps in my stomach and kidneys. Not awful pain but it would cramp a little and then my kidneys just felt uncomfortable. It reminded me of the same pain you feel when you're on your period. But that was from the smooth move tea and it lasted only a couple of hours.

About three hours after the first lemonade drink I had my second drink and I only added the 10 ounces. This time the lemonade was way sweeter. To me it tastes like the lemonade that you get from Chick Fila. Not bad, just really sweet. The smell kind of made me want to throw up a little. I'm the type of girl that needs salty to balance the sweet and I couldn't have it so I was pretty nauseous from the strong sweet flavor and I didn't make through anymore drinks for the rest of the night.

That's really bad! Even if you think you're gonna throw up, you have to make yourself drink and get through the full 6, at least, every day. All the information I've found on the cleanse has said multiple times that you have to make yourself push through it and you HAVE to get all your drinks in. I was really nauseous last night and didn't feel well and then I had a really rough night ahead of me. My stomach was so sensitive so I didn't take the smooth move tea before I went to bed but I definitely should have. The first day was hard. My body dragged a little and the headache lasted the full day, up until I fell asleep. They say headaches for the first few days are really common. But so far so good! I'm still alive

THE MASTER CLEANSE

I don't know if anyone ever looks at my blog or will read this but I have started the Master Cleanse. I moved back from China about a month ago and before I left we were asking our "China Mom", Sister Gilger (she's american and an incredible nurse), what we could do to help get us back into American food and our old bodies. For the 4 months I was there I literally had a rice diet. Unless we were on vacation. Then the members or local restaurants would feed us "American style" food. I felt like a had a huge tire around my waste and that I was bigger than I wanted to be. The rice had really bloated our bodies and she was telling us how when that's all you eat your body really absorbs and holds onto it. She suggested that we try the master cleanse.

What it is, is a drink that you have to drink for at least 10 days. The fat in your body stores toxins and the master cleanse is a drink that helps release the toxins out of your fat and at the same time you're losing a lot of that fat in your body. The drink gets the toxins out of your fat and into your body and then you have a digestive tea that you drink every morning and night and the tea helps pull the toxins out of your body. It's really healthy but very hard! It's called the lemonade diet as well so I'm sure some of you have heard of it. If you have frequent headaches, back aches, or medical problems the first few days of the cleanse are hell for you. The toxins that cause a lot of these medical issues are being released into your body and the pain that you usually have is really intense. The first few days are the worst. So I've heard and read. Look it up online and you will find a lot of information about it. But I am going to track my ten days on the blog and hopefully I can make it longer than that. You have to go for at least ten days or else the toxins will be in your body and blood and if you don't take the full time to get them all out they will come up to your skin and give you weird bumps or different things can happen. Nothing serious or threatening to your condition but definitely not attractive. You can go up to 40 days on the master cleanse. I wanted to make it three weeks but now I'm on day two and I'm hoping I can make it through the ten days! Ha ha wish me luck.

If you are interested in doing it you will need to go to Smiths and buy the smooth move tea. You take that every morning first thing and then every night before you go to bed. The ingredients for the lemonade are:

2 tblspoons of grade b pure organic maple syrup

2 tblspoons of fresh squeezed organic lemon juice

10 ounces of water

1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

WHen you're not eating food your body has a hard time staying warm so that is what the cayenne pepper is for. It's give a little heat to your body. You get all the nutrients your body needs from the syrup and lemon juice. You can continue to work out and do everything on your regular schedule. Again the first few days are the hardest. You need to stay close to a bathroom.. Very close! Because the smooth move tea really works a toll on your intestines. I don't want to be gross or too forward about it all but even if you think you have to fart, don't risk it! Really go to the bathroom cuz 9 times out of 10 it won't be just a fart. Ha ha I don't really like typing all that but I want to journal the master cleanse experience and be completely honest in case any of you are considering it!

Sister Gilger said that after the initial bad couple of days your body should start to get used to the cleanse. You will enjoy and even crave the lemonade, and you should feel more energized and better than you have in a long time. Every time she, her family, and her friends have done the cleanse, they have lost at least 1 pound a day. If you want to lose weight you should drink 6 glasses of the lemonade a day stopping at 6 o'clock at night and drinking tons of water! If you just want to rid yourself of toxins and get healthy then drink up to 12 drinks a day still stopping at 6 and still drinking a lot of water.