The Grieving Insomniac

I've been dealing with very bad asthma for about 5 years on and off. Prior to that, I was a severe asthmatic as a child. I also have severe allergies and sinusitis. Add to that fibromyalgia and I'm a mess. My New Year's resolution is to get healthier. To start that I'm reading several Christian self health books/positivity books. The first book I read was Joyce Meyer's Look Great, Feel Great. I like her style of preaching and often watch her show during the week. I like the idea that I, with God, can have control over my health. In Look Great, Feel Great, she outlines 12 Keys for healthy living. She recommends taking time to add each key rather than jumping into all 12 at once. So for this week I'm focusing on Key #1: Let God Do the Heavy Lifting. Joyce recommends 5 ways to trust God with your burdens: 1. Ask 2. Attend church 3. Attend a support group 4. Begin each day with an affirmation 5. Pray in moments of doubt. My action that I'm focusing o...

I usually make a goal to read 50 books each year. This year I far surpassed that goal partially because I was sick for most of the end of the year. Here are the books I read: Books Read in 2012 1. The Amish Nanny by Mindy Starns Clark* 2. Plain Fear: Foresaken by Leanna Ellis* 3. Strange but True 4. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins* 5. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins* 6. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins* 7. The Derailment of the Sunset Limited by Neal Hallford 8. What Would Lincoln Say? 9. The Harbinger 10. The Sister Wife by Diane Noble 11. Beauty and the Werewolf by Mercedes Lackey 12. Almost Amish by Nancy * 13. George Washington & Israel 14. Titanic: the Tragedy that Shook the World 15. The 8th Confession 16. Angel in the Rubble* 17. Missing by Shelley Shepard Grey* 18. The 9th Judgement 19. The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark 20. Gypsy Bride* 21. See How They Run by James Patterson 22. Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith* 23. Piece de Resistance by Sandra Byrd 24. Holy ...

On Mondays I'm going to try and review the books I've read during the week. I've been in the habit of reading at least one chapter each night before I go to bed for the past 10 years. Usually this results in reading a lot more chapters! This past week I read Sweet Valley Confidential: Ten Years Later by Francine Pascal, The Sweet Life Serial Novel Parts 1-3 by Francine Pascal, and Past Forward Serial Novel Part 1 by: Chautona Havig. Sweet Valley Confidential picks up with Elizabeth and Jessica, the Wakefield Twins, ten years after graduation. Jessica is living in Sweet Valley and Elizabeth has fled to New York to work as a writer for an off Broadway guide. Elizabeth has left because Jessica betrayed her in a way that Elizabeth doesn't think is forgivable. The book starts 8 months after her move. I can't really add much more information without giving away the plot, but several of the characters from the old series are in the story including Todd Wilkins, B...