Reflections

Hello faithful readers and friends! The summer was a tad more hectic than I anticipated but let’s get back into the groove. I have so much to share! But first, my primary reason was being here right now is to elevate my Project Athena adventures and….some of the bios for the 2018 Athena’s are up!

My first adventure in 2018 will be my 3rd Harbor To Harbor trek. Here’s a snippet from one of the…

The Stairmaster tried to kill me and other tales from a newly minted gym rat.

Please donate to my 3rd Harbor to Harbor Adventure HERE. Thank you 🙂

When the hairbrained looney tunes drunken errr….wait no, INSPIRED notion to do both the 2018 Project Athena Harbor to Harbor adventure AND the 2018 Grand Canyon Rim2Rim2Rim adventure hit me, the next thing I thought was “Who are you? WTF?!” OK, so the NEXT thing I thought was…”you need to uplevel your fitness game sister”

It’s…

A ray of hope?

We had visit #2 with Dr Youngberg this week. Two weeks since we started the detox routine. It took my mom a couple of days, but she’s gotten the routine down, though is completely focused on when it will END because it is pretty laborious. Given his high toxicity loads though, this will go on longer than 30 days. The good news? She’s noticed that he sits at the computer for longer periods of time…

So It Begins…but first, a look back.

Let’s just cut to the chase, this is the start of my fundraising for 2018 🙂

2018 Harbor to Harbor donation page

OK, now that that is covered (hey, I am doing two adventures…that’s a lot of potential Athenas/Zeus’ I have to support…$2,500 for each even as a matter of fact, so let’s get that party started!)

First, a look back at WHY I will be dedicating this next phase of my life to this…

My dad, Alzheimer’s + The Bredesen Protocol, Part 2

The End of Alzheimer’s: The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline – Dale E. Bredesen, MD

Let’s talk about genetics, shall we?

I have always been curious about using one of those genetic testing services to find out about my ancestry. I had never really thought about using it to illuminate medical information. However, a main component of evaluating an Alzheimer’s patient using…

My dad, Alzheimer’s + The Bredesen Protocol, Part 1

Longtime readers have probably seen most of the faces in this photo. This was the last time we were all together in one place at the end of 2015. The new face in the photo is Chelsea, my oldest son’s fiance (we love her!).

Alex is off in New Mexico starting his adult life on his own these days.

This tale is about my dad. One of the other ways I will be using this site (besides talking about…

One of many new things I have jumped into in the last couple of years is exploring spirituality.

I should add “again” to that sentence.

Back in high school I loved walking up to the local book store and planted myself on the floor or the Occult and Metaphysical section. I devoured books on astrology, numerology, kinesiology, and any other sort of “ology” you can think of.

Now, this didn’t…

Trail Angels podcast interview with Diane Byron – aka, my favorite Athena :)

Source: Trail Angels podcast interview with Diane Byron – aka, my favorite Athena 🙂

Trail Angels podcast interview with Diane Byron – aka, my favorite Athena :)

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Adventure, Cancer, Relationships, Training, Fear   Summary:   On this episode, we talk with Diane Byron, a PA Goddess and Athena. Diane shares her story of competing in a Harbor to Harbor adventure shortly after a cancer diagnosis and surgery. She also offers her wisdom on maintaining good relationships, dealing with fear, and working with what you have in…

When TV collides with life: Trump, House of Cards, FBI & CSI Cyber

Quick note to start – yes, I am still training and fundraising. In fact, it would be fabulous if you would throw in $30 to the cause. I pretty much need $30/day for the rest of the time to meet the minimum. Also, things are starting to hurt a little. I’ll save that for another update (really!).

Project Athena Harbor to Harbor – $1,800 needed, please help!

And now, on to the main event!

These are…

Before the Universe said “Ha HA” – Vlog Week 6

Yes, I know I forgot to record something for week 5 – so this is a two week catch up.

First of all – please please donate https://goo.gl/qtQTjz  I’ve currently got $885 which leaves me a tad over $2100 yet to raise. We are doing some team fundraising but I would feel so much more encouraged if I could pull my own weight from all of you lovely readers/friends/supporters. It is your donations that…

Vlog – Project Athena Week 4

It’s the end of Phase 1! A base has been built :) I must say I am very happy with the training plan provided because I have really not felt terribly sore or tired yet. The mileage increase has been very gradual and the emphasis on cross training and strength have been perfect. This week, while there are no new donations (waaah)…I did get the proper sized backpack AND then I saw the very animal…

Vlogs -Project Athena Week 3

There were FOUR new donors this week – THANK YOU!

Donate here and you too will get a shout out! Christina’s P3 Page

Shout outs in the first video and then come along with me as we tour my house and get dizzy inside to avoid what ended up being 50-60mph wind gusts Sunday in San Diego. It sounded like waves were crashing into my house all day yesterday!

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Vlogs – Training Week 2

First and most important – a new location for my fundraising page:

Christina’s Fundraising Page for P3 Team

Project Athena changed who they use for fundraising – I like the look of this new page much more. Ok, so there’s a short entry from my walk today and then a longer session with an overall assessment of the training week and a preview of what we are doing starting tomorrow. I hope you feel…

Hello friends!  So, sometime in the past year of growth and stuff I have managed to:

Upgrade my computer and phone so that video recording quality is pretty darn good

No longer be freaked out at the sight of myself ON video.

What that means for you is: Hey look – videos!

I got the idea to document my Project Athena training process and then the actual walk itself. Does that mean that I am…