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I almost forgot that today is St. Patrick’s Day!

In the past few weeks, I haven’t done too much. I’ve been taking a break and listening to my body. My body is telling me to get some rest! I’m listening. I must admit that this has been a bit challenging for me to do since I’m used to just staying busy. However, at times, our bodies need to rest to heal. It’s important to listen. I am!

I still haven’t set up that lightbox. No rush; in time, I will.

Almost a month ago, I purchased a lightbox for the photos that I’ve been taking. It’s something that has been on my list for a few years, and several years ago, I even made my lightbox with some great results; however, it is just one of those things that slipped through the cracks, and I got out of the habit of using the lightbox that I’d created. Well, it’s on my list of things to put together today and start actively using on my websites.

I’ll be sure to post pictures once I do use them. I’m sure some of the first pictures will feature the juices I’ve created with my Nama J2 Juicer. As mentioned, juicing is not new to me, and this is my third juicer. I love this cold-processed juicer.

A few weeks ago, I started taking another course focusing on natural healing; those who know me know I always reach for natural remedies first if I have any health-related issues. The class meets each Sunday morning for two hours. I was able to attend the first class. I enjoy the course; three medical doctors who also incorporate holistic remedies within their practice are in attendance. I’m enjoying the class. Since I had another obligation last week, I was unable to attend. No worries since the streamed class is available to the students the next day.

Currently, I’m catching up on videos that I missed and should finish what I missed soon. I’m listening to one of the doctors talk about autoimmune diseases; she’s talking about skin afflictions and the rampant disconnect in Westernized cultures by mainly using drugs to treat ailments instead of heavily emphasizing that a person’s lifestyle might be a factor and if so, educating and encouraging lifestyle changes so the patient receives relief from the affliction without being dependent on pharmaceutical drugs. I look forward to my class this morning and interacting with the teachers and students.

New Domain/New Hosting Provider

In the past few months, I’ve started creating videos, with my lovely daughter’s help, to showcase our garden, baking, and herbal preparations. Instead of having that website fall under the hosting provider that houses I’m Celebrating Life, I did some research and have finally moved the domain purchased to its new home.

Creating a YouTube channel has been on my ToDo list for several years; however, it was a long-term goal that I knew I would be unable pursue until years later, and here I am, slowly creating videos. I’ll be sure to share that website here at some point.

“Betty White died!” My mom told me this hours ago. I was a bit surprised; I know she was s 99, and not too many people live that long; however, It surprised me. I first saw her in the sitcom The Golden Girls. I loved that show; Dorothy (Beatrice Arthur) was my favorite character from that series. Although the character was much older than me, our mannerisms are similar. It wasn’t until years later that I realized that Betty White had been acting for a long time. Then, I saw an episode of Mama’s Family, and there was Betty. I later discovered she was also on the Carol Burnette show. Betty seemed to have a full life and was adored by her fans. Both sides of my family have members that live to their 90’s and quite a few have lived past that point. The oldest that I’ve personally met was my aunt Emma, who was 106 years old when she died. She lived three years past the last time I saw her. Three of my dad’s aunts lived past 100.

2021 went by in a blur for me, a lot of new beginnings, triumphs, and challenges, but through it all, I’m here, and I have a lot to be thankful.

I am wishing you all a fabulous 2022.

A few years ago, I activated SSL on my websites. And although it was “enabled” within the admin panel under my hosting provider’s account. It wasn’t until a few hours ago that it became active on my website. I really haven’t been active on my websites in a few years, although I do believe that will hopefully change soon. I downloaded the WordPress addon ReallySimple SSL, created a WordPress backup, watched a video posted on my hosting website, and enabled the addon and so HTTPS is now active on this website. Really Simple? Why yes… the WP Plugin is easy! And now this site is showing up as “secure”. Still, HTTPS doesn’t protect your website from the many ways it can be compromised, however, from my readings Google views sites that have HTTPS enabled as more trustworthy, and apparently, the website can load faster? Well… ok

I do have a few other websites that I need to take care of. However, I will have to follow up with my hosting provider. According to their site, it appears that all my sites hosted under my package should be covered; however, when I log onto my admin panel at my hosting provider’s website, it states that my crafting SSL is “pending” I swapped over to SSL on my hosting provider’s website a few years ago.

Something’s not quite right.

A few hours after enabling SSL, I noticed my images were no longer appearing; however, when you open a post, screenshots for related posts appear. I’ll have to do a bit more research and perhaps follow up with my hosting provider to resolve this issue.

I completely forgot today was Valentine’s Day. Although I never celebrated the holiday, to those who do, I’m hoping you have a wonderful day!