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, June 28, 2012

Easy and Yummy Salad!

This salad was created because I was given the ingredients for it and just combined them into a salad!

1 small container organic spinach
1 red bell pepper
1/4 cabbage, shredded very fine
1 tomato, diced
6 baby carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1/4 fresh pineapple, diced

Put it all together and top with your favorite dressing.  The one I put on today was Newman's Light Cranberry Walnut.  Great summer salad!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Amazing Salad!

Tired of your same old spinach salad?  Here's a salad with a juxtiposiiton of many flavors that will perk up your taste buds!

2 cups organic spinach
2 cups organic cabbage, shredded fine
3 radishes
4 baby carrots, chopped
3 stalks celery, sliced and chopped
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 red bell pepper
1 small tomato chopped
1/2 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
top with Newman's Own - Lite Balsamic

I put the first ingredients into my container and the ingredients that would moosh up the spinach into separate little containers.  When I'm ready to eat, I add the little containers to the big container (see the raisins?) and then add the sliced strawberries and the Lite Balsamic.


This salad is very different but the sweet of the raisins and strawberries and the spicy of the radishes and cabbage along with the balsamic make for a very yummy taste sensation.