October 29

Today I went to the Sawgrass Mills Mall for a mini-concert given by Jason Castro. He was 3rd runner up in Season 7 of American Idol.

I really enjoyed watching his progress during and since American Idol and have been downloading his music on iTunes. A few weeks ago he came out with a single which great! It reminds me of music of the 60s and is a real feel good type song. You can see a video on my front web site with him singing this song.

I was able to get his autograph and a couple pictures taken with him. I got an autograph for my granddaughters, too!

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June 6, 2009

Our son, Michael, got married in April. Dela & Michael had their ceremony on a partially secluded area of the beach at Wrightsville Beach. It was a beautiful ceremony. Paul and I found the wording of the ceremony quite touching. You can see pictures on Facebook.

In March I attended a 12-day intensive raw food program at the Living Foods Institute in Atlanta. This was a wonderful opportunity for me, which I have a dear friend to thank. It was quite an adventure staying in a motel alone and taking a bus and 2 trains to get to the institute each day. You can read more about my daily adventures there at my raw food blog.

It has now been over a year since I returned to a raw food lifestyle. Before attending the Living Foods Institute, I started contemplating eating some select cooked food. However, after completing the program, I can truthfully say that I don't think I even want any cooked food.

Since there are so many people interested in raw foods in the area, I have created a raw food group. We will have a raw potluck each month and have support/group meetings other weeks. I will be creating a website, but for now, you can find out more about this group at Yahoo Groups. I have been making some wonderful new friends in the raw foods community.

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I am hoping to get back to writing my blog. I am going to journal my new raw lifestyle adventure. Here is the link to my raw food journey blog.

I'm still publishing the Fitness Motivator Newsletter online. It is hard to believe that I've been doing this for almost 8 years. I also have a cyber mall website. You can see these and my other websites at the link to the left called "My Other Websites." I also have a new page at my cybermall regarding raw food resources.