Just a quick update.

The outpouring of love and support I got both on here and on Facebook, as well as at church in regards to my last post has been truly encouraging. A big thank you to everyone who is stepping forward and helping out.

As an update. I have been on anti-depressants, as a treatment for fibromyalgia, for about a week and a half. Kevin has noticed a big difference in my ability to do things and said he's heard less comments about pain and stiffness. I'm still dealing with a lot. And seems like I'm dealing with more cramps. Particularly in my feet and knees. But overall I do think I'm fairing a bit better.

Over the holiday weekend Kevin and I worked in the front yard and got most of the berry bramble chopped down. We have a mountain of bramble in the middle of the yard now. There is still much yard-work that needs to be done, but that was a huge part of it all. I felt very accomplished because I worked along side Kevin for much of the time!

On an almost completely different topic, the following link takes you to a video from AccuWeather that debunks global warming (in California wildfires.) and actually shows that we're in a trend of cooling for the next couple decades. I know I've changed this blog to be about illness and faith, but this is one topic that still seems relevant to me here since weather greatly effects my symptoms. Winter months are often rough for me. And if this does play out, as Farmers Almanac also claims, it'll mean that I need to plan ahead better for the foreseeable future as to how to stay warm, and what I need to do to manage pain.

I think that's about it. I am looking at the info about global cooling and more snowy winters here in the PNW as a cautionary warning but not something I'll be really alarmed about. I have hope that this new diagnosis and new treatment will help me cope better this winter than in the last couple winters. Even still, I think I may need to invest in an electric blanket this winter! ;0)

Global cooling. Old Farmer's Almanac.

I first heard this on FoxNews today, but poking around I've read more about this... Global cooling theories is something I've been following for a while now. This time Old Farmers Almanac says we are on our way to global cooling.

You can read about it here.

The Old Farmer's Almanac is going further out on a limb than usual this year, not only forecasting a cooler winter, but looking ahead decades to suggest we are in for global cooling, not warming.

Based on the same time-honored, complex calculations it uses to predict weather, the Almanac hits the newsstands on Tuesday saying a study of solar activity and corresponding records on ocean temperatures and climate point to a cooler, not warmer, climate, for perhaps the next half century.

All I know is that Siggy cat has been packing on the pounds and is already working on his thick winter coat. Seems like my cat agrees with this!

There is also a discussion forum thread on the almanac's website.

The theory of relational cycles.

OK, so I was very excited to find this link because I learned from a weather reporter about this once but was having a hard time finding the info. Basically just like the sun gives us cycles of Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall, the sun also gives us cycles on a centennial cycle that has warmer times and cooler times. This info says that we are not heading towards global warming, but global cooling. Which follows a lot more with the science from the 80's about when a next ice age could occur more so then the current POLITICAL trend of talking about global warming.

If you have a chance to check it out, I think it's worth a look through. Remember in the 1800's the river Thames would always freeze up, and it hasn't done that in decades, but if things like this are right, we may soon see the river (and other places like it) freeze up again.