October Flooding

We always get our fall rains, every fall without fail we get our days of rain.  I always tell my husband, "If the wood isn't in the basement before the end of Sept, it could be to late", and I am usually right.  Today we had a system move through where we had anywhere from 50 to 100 ml of rain across the province.  And believe me it doesn't take much to cause the flooding.  Especially where we have the highest tides in the world, at high tide it can even be worse.  I had to go get a few pictures today of it all.

This is a farm yard, in the Valley

I don't think anyone will want to play on the slide today.

A few times a year the Gaspereau River will overflow.

The colors are still amazing.  Rain or no rain.

Normally the river doesn't go right of the trees in the centre.

This was coming off of the Mountain.

This is normally a back lawn, but not when she floods.

The orchards are flooded also.

This whole farm yard is flooded.

This is at our local damn, and normally you don't see much water coming down over that side bank, the today it was amazing.

The spillway at our local lake was also overflowing.

Normally it is pretty calm through here.

But  it is still pretty, :)

Fall In The Valley

Summer has come to a close, and fall has arrived, with all of its beauty.  We have long cold winters here but we also have some of the best beauty around us.  I love fall, it is the time I don't have to worry about bugs biting where I have bad allergies.  I can go outside with freedom.  We get out and walk through the woods in all of the leaves that are so crisp and fresh, love it.  We have to enjoy every season or you are wasting your life just waiting for things to get better, just enjoy now.

Our famous Gaspereau River.  Where many of tubers have come down around this corner.

Fall skies are the best skies.

My own maple.

Overlooking the valley where I live, I love it.

The leaves change so fast.

The sun is going down so early now!

Coming down the mountain.

The river again.

My beautiful grandchildren, Morgan and Cole, they get pictures at my maple every fall.

My Dukan Diet Journey

Well after my last child moved from the family home, I had one of two choices.  To go through empty nest or be happy for my children and pull my socks up and start taking care of myself.  So I chose the second option.  A friend suggested I read this Diet book, the Dukan Diet.  Well being on a lot of diets years ago, I wasn't really interested in doing another.  But being on 3 meds and my health slipping, I figured why not.  So I read the book and I was hooked.  The diet pretty much cuts carbs and fat out of your diet.  Which having so many celiac people in the family and myself with IBD, I will give it a go, since I have been in a flare since last December and I was willing to try anything to stop these pills.  I lost 7 lbs in the first week.  That has never happened before!  I know it was quick, but they only have you on pure protein for a few days and then add a protein/veg day everyother day.  So on the veg day I enjoy.  And you are only on this until you loose the desired weight then you gradually add a few carbs back in until you are eating normally again, but have a pure protein day every Thursday and eat oat bran everyday for life.  The one part I liked was the exercise, at first they only required 20 minutes a day, hey, I could handle that, then up to 30 minutes, now we look forward to our walk.  Before I thought you had to get in an hour to have benefit.  People may say it is too restrictive, but we are eating better than we were, with lots of fish, steak, lean meats.  No can or processed foods.  The first week alone I was able to discontinue my colitis meds!  Then I figured I would try the stomach meds, and so far so good!  Two down, now do I have the nerve to drop my bp meds?  Yes I do, I know the doc would not be happy with me, but I have no doc and I have to look out for me.  So far so good, I have my own machine and I will keep an eye on my numbers, but there is no harm in trying, right?  I started this on Sept 2 and it is now Oct 10th and I am down 14 lbs.  My hubby isn't following my diet, but by me eating better and him changing his eating habits, he is also losing, so it makes it better, working together.  We are way more active, we have always been busy, but I guess not so active.  And with this diet they don't want you to get stick figure thin, which is something that just can't be maintained.  This has given me something to look forward to.  I may be aging but why rush it when there is something you can do to help yourself.  How long the remission will last, who knows, I take one day at a time and go from there.

This was just in August.  I had finally came to the point where I was uncomfortable in my own skin.

This in October, 14 lbs lighter and happier!

Hubby before.

Now he is under 200 for the first time in years!