HORMONES in the HOUSE?

I realize the title has nothing to do with a kitchen table or decorating or sewing.

Does it have to?

I think not.

My H's are raging or sagging or screaming or burning.

I don't know what to do about it.

Peri-menopause has hit.

I'm a sweaty, moody, brain fogged, heart racing mess

at times.

This isn't fair.

What to do?

Do you gals know?

I feel like I'm Wonder Woman one minute 

and the next

I'm could crumble into a heap on the floor.

Fluctuations, you say?

OK.

I get that.

But does anyone have a clue what to do, who to see, how to deal with this?

My female indicator light is ON.

I am woman.

In Native American cultures of the past, the elder women who were going through their change were served and cared for by the younger woman of the tribe.  They got to lay down - like all day long.

I don't have a tribe.

Where do I get one?

Do they exist any more?

Do YOU have one?

And then there's the

Black Cohosh

 Wild Yam cream

Ginger

Ginkgo

 Garlic

Spirulina Algae

  I get agita from ALL this stuff.

Eat your greens.

Eat some protein.

I eat so healthy just standing next to me may cause a vitamin surge.

Exercise.

Burn fat.

Get the endorphins going.

Should I eat some more junk?

More fat?

I love fat and feel great when I indulge in a couple slices of bacon.  My brain gets 'centered'.

Should I go to the drive-thru's a couple times a week?

I really don't want to.  But I will if you say so.

I'm that desperate.

Are there any good books on the subjects or health care practitioners that you'd recommend? 

I'll drive.  I don't care where they are.

I HATE feeling like this.

I'm starting to experience vertigo whenever I go to a store.  Only stores.  Are menopausal women not supposed to shop?  According to NA cultures, apparently not.  They are supposed to lay down.  I can't lay down.  Yet, I want to lay down, just to get the spinning to stop.

I can't remember anything anymore.  I remember my sons' names, sometimes, and who I am.  But things like......what was I just going to type?  LIKE THAT.  Things like that!

I know it may sound funny.  But I HATE this.  And I hate it that I HATE it.  God made me a woman.  Obviously it's part of HIS plan that I go through this.

But NOW.  TODAY.  I NEED SOME HELP!

My doc thinks I'm depressed and should go on some meds.  NOT.  I got depressed when she suggested that, yes?  But I wasn't feeling depressed before.

Then I tried a Kinesiologist.  NOT.  AGAIN.

Drank flower essences until I started to bloom and NOTHING.

NADA.

I'm reaching out to YOU.  You may have an answer.  A suggestion.  Or know the name of a good medicine man.  Leave me his number.

Please!

love you gals,

 

Birds of a Feather GIVEAWAY

sometimes a giveaway is one of the best things on the planet

take a look at this sweety

she's being given away

by

a cheerful heart

fly on over and put your name in the nest for a chance to win!

Have a wonderful night,

Finding A Place to Live

sometimes we just need to sit

not in our living room

or front porch

but

somewhere new

somewhere

where

our perspective can be altered

refreshed

and

charged

a place

with no expectations

no deadlines

no agenda

a spot on the planet

that we've never seen before

with our soul

a destination

where

the grind of life

is allowed to fall to the ground

in a big heap

and be swept out of the way

to make

for

a new life

without grinding, halting perfection

but

a perfect place

in heart

mind

body

soul

to regain

a new normal,

to make decisions

about who we are

what we choose to endeavor,

what we choose to endure,

who we choose to be surrounded by

the energy

the synergy

the glow

the joy

the life

we

need

in

order
 to

LIVE

can you tell I'm on vacation?

love you gals,

Gitter Done on the Gulf Side!

  This is a unique GITTER DONE

But then again, isn't everything unique here in blog land?

Well, my Gitter Done, this time around involves our long overdue vacation!  It was an impromptu vacation.  That never happens.  EC suggested, "Let's go to the Gulf!"  I thought about it for a minute.....

I DID NOT...I JUMPED UP AND STARTED PACKING!!!!

With no real commitment or intention to blogging while we were gone, I couldn't pass this up.  Marianne's depending on us, right?

So gals, my GITTER DONE this Friday is...

• packed lightly for 4 people for a two week stint over 1000 miles away from home
• plan travel and accommodations for our 2.5 day drive down to the Gulf of Mexico
• visit with some blogging buddies on the way down and back

Then this crazy thing happened on our way down here.

Driving through Alabama, right?  The crazy-of-all-crazy things happened.

It was the last bit of the trip.

We were just minutes from the Gulf.

And well....

The video will tell the rest of the story.
(the voice does not match the video..my apologies...I tried several different ways to upload and the voice was still off...poo!
and at the end of the video I wave and say, "Hi, Marianne!")

I'll be checking in now and then...and you can always find me on Facebook!

Have a great weekend!

love you gals,