lol jen i just finished posting to you - great minds think alike - nope no drink have had 2 since starting but thats it and not craving it so thats awesome for me. apologies for the long absence as i just wrote to you - wont be that long again lol

hi jen
going to make some of those rolls me thinks!! even before starting raw i loved my wraps and very rarely did they have meat in them anyway - i used to think it spoiled the flavours. my sticking point will be winter where im craving mums traditional farmer food lol anyway we will see. sorry ive been away for a bit been sooooooo busy and stressed out. funny how i didnt make time to get here as i am actually relaxed for the first time reading and researching these posts. certainly not going to take any longer stints away from here lol it would take me a year to read all the new info!!!! lol
love and hugs
kat

hi neet,
i have to giggle at the fact that i have had (from memory) about 14 rockmelons this week and a bit lol your in my head. i can tell you it helps reading others intakes as i am still working out what my body needs. i dont seem to have any adverse reactions to rockmelon but i have always loved it. as for those watermelon seeds - i eat them a plenty now haha. have only wavered 2 times in the last week and that was only because by the time i even got to thinking about food the fridge was bear lol. so had some plain pasta with some olive oil and threw in some basil which was the only thing in the fridge. cant wait till my leave so i have the time to get myself into a real pattern.
been sending you all the best loving energy i have left at the moment to you. you are such an inspiration to me. big hugs and smooches
kat
xxxx

phew *breathes sigh of relief*
hi all
finally got 10 mins to myself and i can tell you that if i was eating what i was eating i would not be coping - and have lost 3kilo so not unhappy about that!!! sorry its been ages but things just went from bad to worse and i have literally not stopped since my last post. i was hoping to chill this weekend but my lovely brother has decided that he is ill and came in yesterday morning to my room crying and was sick all day. absolutly exhusted now and having 10mins while he has fallen asleep again. i will try to catch up on some other posts now and give myself some thinking time.

for me, its a constant discipline to remember to go back inside to connect with my intuition - shakti gawain

thats my biggest struggle i think. anyway off on holidays in 9 days so am getting very excited!!

dearest neet - love the new pic!! you look fabby honey!! xxxx

dearest may - i love to remembering mum how she would want to - as you said with your brother. its so special times like that and i know shes here with me. i got a few more plants in this afternoon in her garden - i felt very close to her.

love to you all
kat
xxxx

hi all,
ugh cant believe i finally got five minutes to myself!! only just finished work stuff as its end of term and interviews are on and sports day and everything is just so out of control!!! so thankful for gs as i am sure thats the only thing keeping me though (just). struggling with slipping in a few cooked meals as i am just so busy i've gone back to those naughty habbits but only twice. still only getting about 3 hours sleep so any advice on that would be awesome. big apologies that i havent got to anyones posts - i get some time off from friday and have decided to take some real time out and have booked in for my raiki and remedial massage lol even though it equaites to pain lol but want to get back into my walks as well as climbing the bluff - i love walking on the beach with casey (my pooch) and with the cooler weather there are less people down the beach which is what i like. its coming up to 2 years since i lost mum and ive been a little weepy today and realised that i havent even started to come to terms with it. i was so ill when mum died that emotinally i was not able to comprehend it. oh well another test ahead.
going to light some candels and try to chill a bit tonight. i promise to get to some posts this weekend. thanks may for making me feel like i do derserve the pat on the back i have given myself - i normally deal with things using alcohol so i guess i am doing ok 
love and hugs to all

no way would i have been laughing speedy! would have been another excuse to drink and write the day off. i just laugh at things now like that. wish i could laugh of legal matters but its not quite the same when his care is the topic of conversation. i become a different person as no-one messes with him at all.
my little boy has given me five minutes of rest and is fast asleep in his sisters bed. so i've put on my fav music Cafe Del Mar relaxation cd and i am going to try and squeeze half an hour in the garden. we had the most beautiful rain last night it was wonderful watching the ground have its first drink in a very long time. i've been trying to giggle doing the housework this morning as everytime i have turned on the vacum cleaner my little mister thinks its really funny to turn it off because i seem to get grumpy lol. been feasting on raw veg today lots of carrot, broccoli and cauli yum.
anyway going to try and get in the garden so im off.
love
kat
xx

hi arwen,
that article is so true and i have known about those issues for a long time working with children with disabilities. light therapy is awesome and the light that is used around children can drastically effect their thinking, learning and emotinal states. our school replaced many of the fluro lights for our students with autism and it showed major improvements. light therapy makes quite interesting reading. thanks for that thread i havent revisited that research for a few years now.
love
kat

oh what beautiful quotes
this is one of my fav quotes that i wanted to share
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass,
it's about learning to dance in the rain.
- Author Unknown -
love kat
xxx

on no may i thought it was so funny - complete comedy of errors lol - not hurt so a good laugh does wonders for the soul!! off for a shower now lol

hi may
thanks for that.. and if anyone needs a laugh this has just been the comedy of errors in our house.
the boy has decided he was actally going to stay in the bath so instead of me having to sit on the toilet seat reading a book with my foot in the bath on the plug he was happily playing away. so i though ok will get some housework out the way. doing the dishes i heard him giggling - thinking he was just happy to be home and not seeing the water running through the kitchen because i was busy with the dishes. laughing continuing - better check it out. dont see the water - you can then picture me on my back on the kitchen floor and to stop me slipping have managed to knock the gs off the bench and that has done a lovely somersault in the air and landed fair and square on my face!! im just about in hysterics from laughing as it would have looked sooooo funny!!! have managed to mop up most of the water which also included the kitchen after i spent 5 mins trying to remove gs of me and forgetting that the kitchen sink tap was not quite off and so i flooded that as well!! i am sure there has to be good qualities from gs 'on the skin' lol hope all get a giggle out of this as i certainly have!
love a very green
kat
xxx

hi jen,
am slowly working my way through your post here. i love your sense of humor lol your so funny!! its been great to read some of your fav raw foods and also the challenges you have with the cooked on the weekends. im not the expert thats for sure so im not sure why you would be feeling like that but i am sure the wealth of knowledge in here will help out and i hope your feeling a lot better soon! it must be extra hard having to prepare all that food for them as i know with my step kids i would pick as i went. bit of this bit of that and before you know it youve eaten half a pizza lol. all i know is that i like the concept of eat till your full of fruit lol i've just made up bowl after bowls of fruit snacks and i have decided to try out some of these snack recipes this weekend because i love my cooking to.
thanks for every posts youve made to me you always make me smile
love
kat
xx

hi firelite,
i a newbie as well and i have never been a vegetarian or the like ever before and i was incredibly worried about how i would get by without coffee and my beloved chocolate. but since ive started raw (and im only roughly 5 days a week) i havent had one coffee and only one chocky bar and it was little! neet is spot on with the fruit - just pile it in watermelon has been my fav in a quick smoothie to give me that sweeter taste. but honeslty im really not craving those things at all! i am so glad about the coffee too as i would have 4-6 coffee's a day if i was a school! ahh what was i thinking!!! keep at it you will do fine!!!
love
kat
xx

hi all,
what a hideous 48 hours i have had but i wont bore you with the details in depth - to cut a very long story short i am currently dealing with a pending ministerial inquiry into care of my brother which is rather traumatic for me (and i have only caved to one chocolate block) and that actually made me feel worse so i ate a whole watermelon instead haha!! i cant go into whats happened (legal ramifications and all that stuff) but i tell you i am sure, besides a very small minority of people that deal with my boy, that they have no common sense or any sort of clue how to even look after a cat let alone a child with a severe disability!! anyway my boys home for the weekend and grinning from ear to ear pigging out on chips, baked beans and vegemite toast. thats his diet!! and yes we have tried and tried but to know avail lol i think  we should recieve payments from heinz baked beans for the amount we buy lol!
because i am terribly slack and terribly busy at times i have organised with the local deli that we use as the school canteen that she will make me up a fruit and veg plate for those times that i am disorganised! so happy and the kids have been ordering them too in replace of hotdogs!! because if i eat them they must be good lol!! anyway have to go and spend some time with my boy and wash his hair and all that fun stuff while i battle with him to keep the plug in the bath long enough for me to even wet his hair lol
ciao for now
love
kat
xx

hi may,
that was so awesome to read - havent got to everyones posts yets but slowly....lol i will get there. good on you for what you continue to achieve everyday - i have done the weight battle (still doing it) but mine was from medication and i know how that made me feel so you are truly inspirational!!! way to go with your loss so far, even though i would like to loose a litttle more i am finally beginning to feel happy in myself and that is what counts at the end of the day!!
as neet said you rock!
love
kat
xx

hi all,
your a classic neet... gotta love you...
thanks for the support from everyone... still after info on when i should be taking the smoothie for insomnia... sleep is shocking once again... i was hoping my body was going to stay convinved that things were good again but as a very wise friend said sleeping patterns take a long time to change and the great nite sleeps i had would have been a result of the detox and the fact that a teacher doesnt drink coffee anymore!!!! lol
love all
kitty kat
xxx