Go for too long without food here on the Island and you fall on your face or butt whichever hits the ground first.
Strange, the blood sugar seems to drop before the hunger sets in, but we are learning. Don’t let yourself go too long without food.
On the home front:
The man and his cat arrived—that is Husband Darling and Zoom Zoom our cat who was on a different schedule than the other animals—quarantine, rabies shots, Vet health certificate, all that. Now that is done, and we are all here, two dogs, two cats, three adults, one baby, and the recently acquired two baby goats.
There may be another addition to our family for Daughter Darling is interested in a horse. Yesterday, for the second time, DD and I drove the necessary one and one half hours to view a horse for sale. I was the designed rider. First time I have been on a horse since my fall two years ago. No fancy riding, a safe horse. I felt fine.
In the house, the living room is painted. Now I understand why people paint every wall the same color. You paint one wall and smear the one next to it. You paint that wall and invariably mark on the previous one. I had to do it. I painted all four walls a different color, well a slightly different color. One wall is lime green—lime green is so island--no one will get this color, two custom colors mixed together by me. The first coat was a light green that was too light, I cut it 50/50 with a lime green that was too dark—the result? Perfect. The other wall began as a yellow that was too light. I cut that one 50/50 with an orange that was too dark, and the result was a wonderful Sedona light sunshine yellow/orange. The next wall, same color lightened, I think, 3 to 1, the next 5 to 1. The room looks kissed by sunlight. And the room actually contains a couch, a coffee table, bookshelves, pictures, just like a civilized house. And we have so much vegetation here that I can keep a bouquet of greenery in a vase. We don’t use the room. Might mess it up.
The pickup truck is legal, that is it has its Hawaiian license plates. First you must have the vehicle inspected, and if the insurance isn’t switched to Hawaii--ours wasn’t—you do that. Next you go with the proof of insurance, the vehicle inspection check list, and the Registration to the DMV, get license plates, to back to the inspector, he sign’s off on the insurance and puts an inspection sticker on the vehicle. Repeat with car.
The trouble is, yesterday Husband Dear tried to license the car, that was after I searched boxes and boxes for the Registration—I had all the car papers regarding the purchase—but couldn’t find, until I did, the Registration. Husband Dear took what he thought he needed to the DMV only to find that they will charge us TAXES since that vehicle is a 2010 issue. Yipes. If we had known that we might not have shipped it. Heavens, we wouldn’t want anyone to go to Oregon purchase a new car, have it shipped to Hawaii, go through the process of inspection, insurance, licensing, just to get out of paying taxes.
Enough sarcasm.
I have tell you about the Noni fruit.
I mentioned earlier that we have a Noni tree growing in the back yard. I finally got one fruit off the tree that seems okay, not black rotten. I think I will put it in the food dryer. The tree is losing its leaves which I hope is a winter condition. Sunday at the Sunday Market I met the owners of Estate Noni, and bought a couple of samples. Noni’s nutritive and healing qualities are astounding. And although Noni normally it tastes horrible, the lovely lady said that babies love it. She was right. Baby Darling did. (And their’s really doesn’t taste that bad.)
Noni is high in Vitamin B’s—that ought to help fend off mosquitoes.
Long ago when the courageous voyagers were traveling by canoe from the Polynesian Islands to Hawaii, they brought with them animals and plants for building, for clothing, for dyes, for weapons, and plants for for food. There were 27 “Canoe Plants” among them taro, breadfruit, coconut, and for medicinal purposes, Noni.
This company is the first to us the Chrystosurfactinization Method™ thus improving the taste and preserving the nutritional properties of the plant. While other companies have 10% fruit in their juice, this company puts 5 tree ripened Noni’s into 62 capsules.
The benefits of Noni are astounding, allergy symptoms decreased by 84%, arthritis by 81%, cancer symptoms lessoned, energy increased, heart disease and high blood pressure decreased, mental acuity increased--that was a big study, in 2,983 people, there was a 72% increased alertness. Noni helped people sleep better, stop smoking, reduce stress –wow, I need to go take a slug. (Noni needs to be taken on an empty stomach; otherwise the effects will be nill.)
I would be happy to ship Noni products to you. Maybe start with a sampling of products I can put in a Priority mailer, that way we will know shipping costs. Shipping for a small box, about, VHS sized, it is $4.95. That is the best price for mailing, I mailed a small envelop the other day and it was plus $5. If and when you decide you want a large batch, maybe of capsules or powder, it can go in the medium box for $10.95.
I suggest a small bottle of Noni concentrate that I will sell for $2.50 plus shipping. Maybe include a box of capsules containing green papaya, ginger and Noni that, so they say, will take an inch off your waistline. I think that is $5.00. I will check on this. I suggest filling up one mailer, and Sunday at the Sunday Market I will purchase a sampling to fill up a mailer, and then list the price. Capsules would be the easiest to take and to ship. They are more expensive, $25.00 for 62 capsules. If interested respond to this site or go to my webpage at http://grannyshootsfromthehip.com I will post prices there eventually.
Aloha from our house to yours.
