Bex:
Well, I used to be into astrology Jeanie, but I try not to so much these days. But for your information, I'm a scorpio But apparently have a lot of libra in my sign! So you're not far off.

Jeanie: Ha! That's so cool! You scorpios, too, are humanitarians...but tough. (And sensitive : ) My husband and oldest daughter are both scorpios. (And he has 3 famous friends who are, too. Two drummers and one a producer). Its kind of funny...his bd is Nov. 9th and our daughter's is the 2nd. Me and my other are both aries (except if i'd been born 3 hours earlier would've been a pisces - I'm a cusp - kind of a contradiction, too, cause I'm both a leader and follower...fire and water..., aggressive and timid... : ) Anyway - my bd is the 21st and my youngest's is the 24th. Sometimes it was a battle of the aries (rams) and the scorpions : ) Its just so weird to have both sets of personalities like that under the same roof. My youngest is my little duplicate... Except she is more a classic aries.

You are a good person Bex.. I don't go by astrology either, but some day intend to ask God how that fits in cause there is something to the planets and their influences somehow. When my brother was into it I was about 12 and learning about signs kind of helped me understand myself. I have a scorpio in there, but about 5 capricorns. (We all have 12 signs). I'm VERY down to earth : ) Intuitive and sensitive, too, though. Still, I've requested the "free" personality rundown and its pretty much a gimmick. I don't run my life with that...

I agree about the attitude about health issues... I use to work for a D.O. and his naturopath wife years ago and the people who were into health seemed to actually turn it into a religion to me. I just get into nutrition, how the body functions, etc. Mainly I want to have control over my health though! Of course, mercury makes that very difficult. When I was in AK I was trying to chelate and an iridologist told me I wasn't strong enough for it and needed to work on other issues first. I think it kind of side tracked me, but like I've said - when I chelated it was always too hard on my kidneys. I was afraid of doing permanent damage. I've done the Hulda Clark kidney cleanse.... I do take the NSP herbs sometimes, too. It does need to be a constant undertaking... I got off track some on this trip out of town I'm afraid. Not bad. Just gonna start over again now : ) (I had a peppermint patty...and some wheat. My husband keeps buying me those and I had a lapse of control last night....).

Oh we had the best trout last night, though, with rice and these little bitty black beany things and brocolli. It was fun to eat out. Had a gyro today... Its hard to eat so strict on the road.

Don't worry about the attitude with that post, though. Bex. It wasn't accurate of you. Your example is motivating. I'm glad for him he is doing so well, but it isn't as simple for the majority of us. Not saying it was simple for him, but we all deal with different issues. I've been sideswiped with my back issues. As health conscious as I've always been...THAT threw me majorly.

You know, its a gift to be able to keep a balanced viewpoint on things... I've always been big on being that way. Its easy to get off balance....put too much emphasis on certain things, etc.