Winter is here!

So it looks like we will have another full week of it being cold. I love a nice warm fire in the fireplace with the Christmas lights on while slipping my warm very good nightly coffee and listening to the snow fall..... Oh wait that's only in my dreams. How about freezing my butt off and in front of the loud space heater while listening to the children fight over toys and while watching my work papers falling off my lap as my office is too cold to go in so I have to use a lap table. Oh and lets not forget that the dog eating my shoes for dinner.... Awww Now that's sound a night more like it.... LoL Okay so maybe all nights aren't that bad but who said we live a calm life?!?! Got to love family times! speaking of family times here is a picture that I have to share.

I have to take my hat off the our old dog Carolina. One of a kind Mountain view cur. (for more info about what that is check out Here We got her years ago while living in TN. I would have to say one of the best dogs we have had. She has become one of our oldest members of our family in dog years that is. She is around 77 years old again in dog years so that puts her around 13 in human years.

Old for the pup but as long as we have had her she had been the protector of our family. Even today the old girl or "Moma" as I like to call her still watches over us in every way.

Like she did with Emily she watches Ethan whenever he sleeps. If she hears him cry in his bed she goes to se

e what is wrong and lets us know he needs help. We have always called her our therapy dog. Now I must give a note or shout out to our newest pup Siena a 10 month old chiweenie was got while living in the upstate of South Carolina and has some of you may know was gone for a few days and came back with a hurt leg.

After a few weeks of trying to see if it can heal she had to have it taken off so now our little puppy who I now call "Hop" has only 3 legs. But is doing very well.

As Debbie calls her my lap baby or "Newadic" Dog (or however you spell that word) She is also one of a kind and loves me more then anyone I know.

When I leave she crys and trows herself into the door or wall until I come back as I have been told. Now that's true love! LOL How would one train a wife to do that.... Just kidding!

Now I can't leave out the other pets we had over the years but I will save that for another post.

In His Grip,

Jonathan

One Onion, Two Onion or Just a Bag!

For years I have been a fan of Onions. From as long as I can remember and even my family members I have eating Onions like apples. To this day I still have to get a bite of an onion when I am cutting it for Debbie for dinner. Some say I am just crazy but not only are they good (At least I think) they also can benefit you in a few ways. They not only block cancer dramatically as some people may know, they also lower cholesterol, thin the blood and warn off blood clots but they also fight chronic bronchitis, infections, hay fever and asthma. Eating just 1/2 a raw onion daily raised HDLs (good cholesterol lipoproteins) by 30 percent in a recent study. It is also known that onions calms animals down (or Emily) LoL!! An owner of a large group of old world primates said that she relies on onions to keep her primates healthy during the winter. Especially when primates have been exposed to viruses or when your monkey is in a lot of stress, onions can be the solutions. So that must mean I need to buy a monkey... oh wait I have Emily. And Yep only when she was a few months old at the time she was able to eat solid things I feed her small bits of onion and like her daddy she loved them. To this day and even tonight speaking on the topic I give her a bite when we are cooking with them. The biggest thing I have found is it keeps bugs away from you. (Ever hear about the Tick story when I was young) I will have to save that for another day. So Anyway Yeah I find eating onions can be good for you.

Are you ready?

You may know, you may not know but it is coming all to an end! Who do you think will be the biggest loser? Everyone is a winner when it comes to making a change for the better. It's all about taking that 1st step! Great job everyone and can't wait to see next season... I am told there is a few new ideas they will be trying out. Guess we will have to wait and see. As the Holidays as coming means more food, more putting on the pounds! Come January 1st everyone will make plans and commitments to losing and or eating better. Why not start before the Holidays! So here is my Pre-Holiday challenge. This season I am challenging everyone to lose just ten (10) pounds in 25 days. Who said you have to start Jan 1st.

In His Grip,

Jonathan