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As I watched an airplane at a distance circle around and spray toxic chemicals on agriculture farm land.  I started to worry which way the wind was blowing.  I little bit of that in my sysytem means liver dysfunction .  I wish I could love spring, but spring to me means way to many chemicals being applied to the land of the United States.  It means conventional farms spraying tons of chemicals.   It means cities spraying around playgrounds, schools spraying and counties spraying.  People spraying chemicals all around their houses.  Moss chemicals, lawn fertilizers, weed and feed, herbicides, 2-4-D etc.. The list of chemicals that will be used this spring across the US is a Sad and Depressing list.   Here are my thoughts today and every spring.  My name is Sue, I am the canary of this world.  I am the bee, the frog the butterfly and the bat.  I am here to represent them and myself.  I am here  to ask you to think about your purchases that you make.  When you buy something that is not organic, that means you have been a part of a sysytem that poisons the land, the animals, the insects, the water and the air.  It means you are supporting something that poisons humans.  Humans like me are affected immediately.  I speak the language that you understand. The rest of the nature world speaks to you but you do not listen.  They speak to you in deaths, die offs and sickness.  But you still do not listen.  I have the voice, to express to you  we are at a critical point.  I am a canary, and I get sick from the toxins in the environment and there are others like me. A canary in the  coal mine represents life or death.  Every year I speak of this.  I can only hope that our eyes we keep reading and your ears will  listen.  You can't say you are interested in being sustainable if you do not eat all organic.  You can not say you care about the bees dying off if you support toxic conventional agriculture, dye your hair, paint your nails, use any products that have petroleum and synthetics in them.  I think you are getting my point.  I might even be offending you.  But if you are offended it is because I have hit a sore spot. And you know that you contribute to poisoning this world.  Concerned for China and it's people?  I would hope we are all concerned for them.  After all, we are the consumers who purchase the many things that are not needed that are made in China.  Therefore we are a part of the toxic air pollution that is going on over there.  We are a part of the deaths in China that are happening  due to the extreme pollution.  Again you can change the world by what you purchase.  As spring approaches, I can't help but notice all the chemicals that are being applied to the land on a daily basis.  With topics like sustainability, bee deaths, water pollution and cancer rates at a all time high you would think we would make laws to stop these insane practices of spraying toxic chemicals on our food, in the water ways and on the food that is grown for animals.   When you see yellow and orange around the trees, the waterways on highways, in the farm fields, around the hazelnut orchards, fruit orchards, nut orchards you know they have applied toxic cancer causing chemicals.   I have also learned in my county the Yamhill County Soil and Water Conservation District will use and does use toxic chemicals (Herbicides).  WT.....????   Folks Herbicides are toxic...   Here I am again, in the 8th year in a row, standing on my soapbox, yelling PLEASE CHANGE, THINK ABOUT YOUR PURCHASES, YES YOU ARE APART OF THIS PROBLEM AND PLEASE CHANGE BEFORE WE HAVE A SILENT SPRING.......

UNSUSTAINABLE - TOXIC TO US ALL 

UNSUSTAINABLE - TOXIC TO US ALL 

PAY THE ORGANIC FARMER............... 

CONVENTIONAL FARMING IS UNSUSTAINABLE - TOXIC TO US ALL 

AND

HERBICIDES ARE TOXIC TO ALL OF US 
THIS COMPANY YOU SHOULD BOYCOTT.

 SAY NO TO DELMONTE

FOOD THAT GROWS SICKNESS 

Last night the little devils that speak in your ear were trying to talk me into taking a break.  They were yelling loud and clear.  They worked hard all the way through to this morning to get me to not hit my goal this morning.  

As I walked up the hill that headed toward the steep mountain I heard in broad day light the howling of a coyote.  For those of you who do not know the coyote is a symbol for being a trickster.  As I stopped and stood by the big evergreen tree I enjoyed the howl of this lonely coyote, understanding the message.  

It was a morning of tiredness, not wanting to work out and wanting to give in to those evil brats that were trying to take my dedication away.  Plus, my legs were burning way to early in my walk up.  

I was still going to get up that mountain and work on my forms.  The two little devils did talk me into just doing the 3 forms just 3 times and I would stop.  So they thought... 

As I was walking up I started to feel more awake, I moved slow enough to get the burning in my legs to stop.  At that point I pulled my dog Rocky and sped up. 

I found a shady spot to workout in, it had a bit of a hill, some gravel and some slippery wet grass.  I started with some rotations a few kicks and I was ready to do my forms.  

After I made it through my forms, the little devils were in for a disappointment because I found my energy and my positive angels.  I not only did I do my forms, I worked on my kicks, added a new kick to work on ( whirlwind)  and I worked on one of the forms 3 more times.  

The morning sun was beautiful and hot.  The smell of honey-suckle was filling the air with a combinations of evergreen, the mountain was showing her beauty, she gave me strength, through her beauty, fresh air and wonderful stereo sound of song birds.  

After my workout I drank my tea and  had a great conversation.  

When the little devils tell you to quit, tell them about the little train that could.  This is one person with MCS that is not stopping her life.  I am feeling very proud of myself.    

Now. I just need to catch up on my farm chores, it seems time is moving faster and I can not work hard and fast enough.  

Workout: 

10 front kicks right and left

10 straight leg kicks right and left

15 standing oblique crunches both sides

Pow Chow 3 x

Yet Sum 6 x 

Wah Lum Little First Form 3 x 

10 outside crescent kicks right and left

10 inside crescent kicks right and left

12 spinning inside crescent kicks right and left

7 whirl winds right and left.  

10 narrow push ups

10 wide push ups

Stretch

Hit the mountain at 6:30 am.  The sun had not come over the rise yet.  The birds were singing oh so beautiful.  The air was magnificent and the temperature was perfect for working out. 

My workout:

Short hill walk, then forms. 

Pow Choi 3 times

Yet Sum 3 times

Wah Lum Little First Form 3 times 

10 front kicks right and left

10 straight leg kicks right and left

15 standing obliques

10 outside crescent kicks right and left

10 inside crescent kicks right and left

Standing stretches

20 push-ups

Back exercise

Stretch

I sat in a straddle stretch while drinking tea and watching the sun come up over the mountain.

I laughed at myself this morning.  I was weak, my legs were burning, my right side of my body is off due to MCS,  my stances were yuk, I was not remembering to breath through my forms, because I was thinking to much, my every things were off, so I laugh.......

I will have good days and bad days but,I will have more strong days.  Look out world this MCS woman is on track and nothing is going to stop her

Most of you know that I have MCS, I have good days and bad.  Because of my MCS, I was having nerve issues in my right leg last night  and this morning I was frustrated with how tired my legs were. 

I decided that I needed to go on our longer route up the mountain.  I have a tendency to make myself do more exercise when I am having MCS issues.  It pushes the circulation in my body  and I sweat, therefore I am pushing out the toxins.  

I was not happy with my stances today.  My legs were just not going to give.  I thought it was best to let them have their moments and concentrate on my upper body movements.  Trying to remember the order when you are mentally exhausted is a bit frustrating,  Because of who I am, I make sure I just laugh at it and I know that it is only temporary.  

After I made it through my forms I was complaining about the tiredness in my legs, thanks to Joseph he reminded my that I had doubled my forms workout.  I went from doing 9 forms a day to doing 18 forms a day.  

Wow!  This was exciting and no wonder my legs were so fatigued.  

After my workout, I sat and listened to the mountain sounds and breathed in the fresh air while I was drinking tea.    

Workout today: 

Each form 2 times equals 18 forms 

10 straight leg kicks, right and left

10 front kicks, right and left

10 side kicks, right and left 

10 inside crescent kicks, right and left

10 outside crescent kicks, right and left

10 spinning inside crescent kicks, right and left

10 narrow push-ups

10 wide push-ups

10 spinning heel kicks

back exercises

ab exercises

stretch

We have a no spray sign and because of that we are the ones who have to do the up keep along the road in front of our property.  So, after my workout, I did roadside maintenance.  This gave me two hours of squatting up and down, and I used a pair of scissors.  

After that I needed to warm up, drinking a cup of tea was good for that.   The rest of my day I pulled weeds (more squatting) and carried 2 five gallon buckets of compost more times than I can count. 

Looking forward to adjusting to my new workout.  I feel I will be adjusted to it in about one more week then I will increase my forms up to 3 or 4 each.  

I am sticking to my goals.    There is no way I am going to slow down.  Looking forward to catching the tail end of Matt.  If I keep working hard enough I can do this.  

Roadside maintenance, took it in about 2 feet.  As much as I keep using my scissors, I am going to have one strong grip. 

Training hard like this (of course even when you are not training hard) it is important to make sure you eat organic green food  with a balance of clean protein.    If you do not you WILL wear your body down 

Some organic red food, like organic strawberries, is also very healthy for you.  Make sure that you never eat NON-organic strawberries.  Always eat only organic strawberries.  Non-organic strawberries have a ton of toxic chemicals in them.  

Healthy fuel, to keep the body lubed up and ready to go.