Eternal Hippies A Year Homemade and Beyond

My hysterectomy is next week. But it's the medical bills that are now coming in that is truly stressing me and causing me physical pain. I want to pay them off and I will, but they just pile one on top of another! My insurance is honestly not helping me. Sigh... I have to have a miraculous recovery with no further cancer or treatments. I only have 5 vacation days left to recover. Our dream of owning property is no longer possible. This saddens me so deeply. Hopefully after I recover from this surgery we will at least be able to go camping again. When I'm at work I will put on a YouTube video of woodland sounds to help boost my mood. My favorite it this one. I don't know what else to say. All I want to do is go camping! Peace to you!

As a receptionist, I take all sorts of telephone calls. But this one was interesting to me personally. It was from the MasterChef show on the Fox network! They will be having a open casting in Charleston, SC in early September of this year (2018) and wanted to know if our club would be able to assist in getting the word out. I told the nice lady how much I enjoyed the show and she told me I should enter. If I weren't going through this current health crisis (the cancer!), I would be very tempted. But I will still be recovering from  my second surgery and won't be able. I didn't tell her that though. I just said that I was a very picky eater and wouldn't put half the food they make in my mouth. I don't know which excuse is more TMI !!  But it was cool to speak with the lady and I did forward her call to our marketing person. But oh, wouldn't it be so cool to meet Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich, Christina Tosi or Aaron Sanchez?! I'd be like, "He

I am working on some new projects to keep my mind busy as I await surgery. One is for fun. I opened a shop on Zazzle.com. https://www.zazzle.com/wisehippieproduction I'll be making and selling mainly bumper stickers and t-shirts. I made my first two.. here is one for backyard chickens . Update: I have made several and started a series of bumper stickers titled, " Camping Confessions ." I don't know if it will amount to anything, but it's something I have wanted to do for awhile in order to start transitioning to a home-based lifestyle. Joe and I both make jewelry, and our living room is still a studio, we haven't been working on it lately. We want to get back to it. I don't know how long my health will let me to continue to work full time and I need to have another source of income coming in. Since we put buying property on hold because of my health, I feel I need to be still be contributing to our future. I also want to make more videos and

It's Friday and I have been back to work since Tuesday. It's been a long week and I am worn out. I haven't been sleeping very well. Wednesday night I slept only 3 hours which meant that Thursday I was worse pain from lack of sleep. Last night was better, I slept 5 hours. After the surgery I was prescribed oxycodone for the pain and I took it the first few days. But I didn't like how it affected my mental abilities. It did ease the pain some. I wish there was an herbal plant that could take away pain, anxiety and help me relax enough to sleep, but not put me in a stupor. Perhaps a plant that is legal and easy for cancer patients to obtain and freely use. Oh, if only we lived in a country that recognized the necessity for such a natural herb and didn't bother people who grew it, sold it and used it. Oh, I long for the day when my pain can be eased with such a beautiful plant. I am still taking my CBD gummies made from hemp and it does help some. But not like the m