This blog will help you towards healthier lifestyle choices!

I owned a State Approved K-6 for over 20 years and when it closed, I was devastated. However, I decided to make lemonade out of lemons and so I thought: I went to school for 40 years (one class at a time) and I have a PhD, I'll just look for a better job.



And, I did.....look that is, the "finding" part eluded me. I was 60 years old, never got sick and could outwork almost anyone half my age but, as I was looking for a job, it was NOT looking for me!



In the first two years after my school's closure, I applied for over 450 jobs (everything from Starbucks, to Admin Assistant to jewelry sales) and had no luck.



Finally a friend asked why I was counting the jobs and I realized I was focusing on what was NOT happening instead of what might happen so I quit counting, but not applying.



In order to survive, I sold my house and lived off the proceeds while I continued applying. I lived extremely frugally because I knew that the money would not last forever.



Over the years, I have continued to live frugally and apply for jobs. However, there truly is ageism in America today and I have been unsuccessful in getting a "real" job.



What I have been successful at is cobbling together a life by working at my many part time jobs! Currently, I have 2 jobs each day (subbing in the Auburn School District and tutoring at Sylvan Learning Centers). And I do other jobs occasionally such as Real Estate Broker, Author, and Editor.



Because I am a Health Coach, my passion is helping people be healthier.
Over the years, I've learned much about how to be healthy even if I wasn't wealthy so I decided to share my expertise with you! I will bring you tips, recipes, and many ideas on how to choose a healthy lifestyle, even if you are eating out of the local Food Bank and/or don't have much money to pay for gym memberships!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Spinach Salad--YUM!

Originally publisehd on 10-31-11. Last week, when I came home from my Sylvan job, I found 4 bags of groceries on my porch!  What a blessing!  It had spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots and celery in it (among other things).  I decided to make spinach salads for this week.  I put the spinach and other ingredients into plastic containers. 

Here's my recipe:

Spinach
Carrots - diced
Celery-diced
Tomatoes - diced and put into little container separately
Cucumbers - diced and put into little container separately
Raw sunflower seeds (in teeny containter)
Raisins  (in teeny container)
Raw almonds (in teensy container)
Dressing of your choice (my favorites are Annies Gingerly and Paul Newman's)

Put the spinach, carrots, celery (and any other fresh vegetables that you have-like cauliflower) into the plastic container.  Then put the teeny containers of sunflower seeds, raisins and almonds into the corners of the salald container.  Put the tomatoes into one little container and the cucumbers into another.

I put them all together on the weekend and then I can just grab the whole thing each morning so it's really quick.

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