Monday Reports

Remember the show Hogan’s Heroes? I used to love that show. I loved it when coronel Klink would come in and holler “Report” and Sergeant Schultz would say “All present and accounted for sir” His best line in the show was of course “I know noth----ing” If you never saw the show, Sergeant Schultz was a bumbling idiot and preferred to look the other way instead of causing trouble. I think we all do that from time to time. Isn’t it funny how it was ok to make fun of the Germans back then but now it is considered politically incorrect?

Weather report

Whew, that was a close one. That storm was just off the coast for several days and had the potential for turning into a bad storm. The only thing saving us was some dry air pushing down from the north. It prevented the rain from wrapping around the center of the storm which in turn prevented it from strengthening. All we got was some light wind, a little cooler weather and some much needed rain. The rain ended by Saturday though so we were able to go to the market which brings me to my next report. (Don’t you just love it when things flow along smoothly)

Market report

I guess the big news is our market was rated as the 5th best Farmers Market in the country. Are you impressed? I think part of that is because Charleston is considered one of the friendliest cities in America. We really are friendly or at least most of us are. We must have stepped on someone’s toes though because apparently someone down at the market doesn’t like us. This comes as a big surprise to us too since most of the people are very friendly drop in to visit with us. We even go out of our way not to take anyone else’s business. For instance, there is a guy that only sells banana trees. We have lots of them for sale but we don’t bring them to the market because we don’t want to compete with him. The same goes for herbs. We grew tons of herbs this year but the guy next to us sells herbs so we don’t bring ours. I plan on giving the ones we grew to a friend who owns a local restaurant At least they will be put to good use.

Health report

As some of you know, I have quit taking medications. The only thing I still take is an aspirin a day. That is supposed to thin the blood a little and lower the risk of a heart attack. I think once I lose some weight, I will even quit that. I started a new approach to better health. I now take things like fish oil and antioxidants every day to build up my immune system. I recently had a physical exam and here are the results. My blood pressure is down 10 points. My cholesterol is down another 20 points. My PSA is down and my eyesight is improving. I read somewhere that for some, fish oil may improve sight but I never expected it to happen. I now no longer need reading glasses and my distance vision is improving. If this keeps up, I will soon have x-ray vision.

Food report

With all this good news, there had to be some bad. The biggest improvement I have seen from the fish oil has been my allergies. For the most part, they don’t bother me at all. I do however get stuffed up when I am around fresh cut grass or if the cats get up in my face. Saturday, we decided to order Chinese take out. After eating it, I noticed that my mouth felt a little swollen like I was having an allergy attach. I got to thinking that the only things that recently bothered me were grass and cats and I don’t think they put grass in the General Tso’s Chicken. Hmmmm now I am wondering…….

Have a wonderful day,
Greg