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I had such good intentions with the dawn of the new year to start exercising and eating healthier. Then I got sick. Bleackk. Now, three weeks later, my sinuses are still tormenting me. After trying numerous OTC remedies, visiting the doctor and taking two rounds of antibiotics, I still wasn't finding relief. Finally, I turned to the internet for a Google search. This is what I found...
Spicy Tomato Tea
Mix ingredients and heat in a pan or the microwave. Sip slowly and re-warm as needed to get the full effects of the fumes. Let it sit in the back of your throat to bathe it. Suck the fumes through your sinuses and also down into your lungs. Drink as much as you want or need until infection is gone. These ingredients are well known for their powerful medicinal properties. Used together they can help clear up sinus and ear infections, colds, coughing and sore throats. Some folks claim it has cured the flu and strep throat with no antibiotics. This morning, I slowly sipped the whole two cups, reheating as needed to keep the steam rising into my sinuses. It was delicious and soothing. I even added more hot sauce. I was worried it would upset my stomach, but I had no problems. Wow! I could breath better and didn't have to use my normal quota of half a box of kleenex in the course of a morning. My kids think this is just another one of my special methods of torture for the infirm. Some may choose to see it that way. But if you keep an open mind and you find yourself struggling with the dreaded mid-winter illness, perhaps this recipe will give you some surprising relief. To your health!
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HAPPY NEW YEAR to all who are reading my new blog! Thank you for your warm comments and encouragement. I know I am long overdue in corresponding with many dear friends. I think the dust is starting to settle. The photo at the top of my blog is Pike's Peak taken by my daughter Emily from our yard. This is the view from our new home as the morning sun rises in the east. I love the awesome pink glow! I've named my blog Tantara's Landing as a salute to our year of nautical adventure aboard our 38' catamaran sailboat, Tantara. Last year, we settled in our new home on a mesa overlooking a Colorado mountain range. I like to imagine that our "boat" has finally landed (like Noah and his family on Mt. Ararat) and we are embarking on a new life, a new chapter. Tantara's Landing. Actually, we have named our new home the same name and someday we hope to erect a sign somewhere on our property. When folks wrinkle their foreheads at the idea of naming our home, I say, "And why not? Is there a law against it? Do only beach cottages in Gulf Shores (Cloud 9) and Scarlett O'Hara's Tara have exclusive privileges?" Have you named your home? If not, why not? What would you name your home? I'd like to hear your ideas. Make it a family project this year. Make it official by erecting a sign in your front yard or sewing a special flag. So what if your current residence is temporary? Each place is unique in your family history. The word Tantara is an onomatopoeia (formation of words in imitation of natural sounds) meaning: the sound or fanfare of a trumpet; tan-ta-ra! A few passages that inspired the name for us were 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18: "For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words." and 1 Corinthians 15:52: "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed."
Tantara, Warderick Wells, Bahamas, February 2007 May you be richly blessed in 2009!
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I've talked about it all year and now I've finally done it. I've started my own blog. Of course I plan to lean heavily on the technical support and superior computer intellect of my three amazing teens. Without them, this blog would not exist. Thank you, Rachel for helping me tonight!
Here I am on my 45th birthday at Mueller State Park, Colorado. It has been a year of significant change for me and my family. I'm looking forward to 2009. |
