WOW!!!

It's September already! Where did the time go since I last wrote in? Well, it apparently has just flown by.

As far as the hike goes, I still plan on it, for sure. It's going to be hard but where there's a will there is a way, as my friend, Alexandra, would say!

I celebrated turning 46 this past August. That is hard enough to believe. I think back to when my parents were this age. I can still remember those days. What fun we had during the summer time at my grandfather's house on the river, the late night kids games we played outside, the bike-riding, crawdad catching. Man on man, where has it all gone?

Anyway, I promised to make a list of the needed items for this hike and today I have posted it.

I know that I have yet to discover some important things that should be on that list, but for now, this is good. My husband and I are bigtime campers and I already own alot of the stuff I will need. Keep in mind, it's only me carrying this stuff and I have to keep it at a minimum weight and not try to carry the kitchen sink with me.

If anyone would like to know more about the resupply operation, please do not hesitate to contact me.

And speaking of the List, I already recieved one thing I dearly wished for and its a book with important information about the trail itself. Like where to send resupplies on the trail.

Thank you, dear in-laws, for the book! It'll be used like crazy!

I had a very interesting talk with a friend regarding this hike. I even made a deal with her.

I was trying to emplasize how important this issue is to me and the more we talked, I think she understood. So, to show her how important it is, we struck a deal and I will make the same deal with anyone who wants to take me up on it.

The deal is, for every mile I walk, she has to give up a day of adding any salt to her food. By my calculations, that is a little over 7 years. At first, she was not so keen on the idea. But I told her that it was a small step in getting her healthy and that's all I want, that awareness! I am hiking for her. I will remember this as I go each mile, it means a more healthy way of eating for her and anyone else too.

Does everyone see how important this is to me now? Your heart, my heart, everyone's heart is the important message and it's important that we treat it with love. This disease does not have to have the grip it does if we just start taking better care of the most important muscle in our bodies!

Please remember to donate to this very worthy cause by clicking on the heart at the top/right of the blog! If you want to donate through your company, lets work on that! I'll be more than happy to provide links to company websites here on my blog giving credit where credit is due.

Be sure to share this blog and the donation site with everyone you know, they have hearts and so does everyone they love!

Don't make your heart work harder than it should, it'll love you for it!