There's a question I would love to ask God when I meet Him ...
Where do all the pens in my house go!?!
I mean, seriously, it's almost magical, almost supernatural how fast they disappear, never to be seen again!
Where do all the pens go?
And why, oh why, can't ALL the members of my family like at least three meals that I make? Why does there always have to be at least one whiner-baby?
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Blogging Pet Peeves
It makes me crazy to visit a blog, clicking on it for the first time, curious what it's about ... only to have a "Join My Newsletter" box pop up not even 5 seconds into my visit.
It's like visiting a car-sales lot or a major appliance store, wanting to just browse around for a moment to see if I even like anything ... and then having pushy salespeople pounce on me like hungry vultures on a fresh carcass, immediately asking, "So, do you see anything you like? Do you want anything? Are you gonna buy anything? Can I show you something else? Can I? Can I? Please!"
Back ... back, you vultures! Let me breathe. Let me roam around the site a little before being forced to decide if I want to join your newsletter or not.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Saturday, August 19, 2017
The Chains of Motherhood!
I was reading a book while I was on
vacation that I was kinda enjoying – until I began to see how much this
woman-author was putting work above family and how much effort she was putting into excusing it, into making it sound like it was a such a good, wise decision.
She had congratulated herself for focusing on raising her children for
the first six or so years of their lives (along with focusing on having an
affair to get back at her adulterous husband) before needing to pursue her
dreams and professional goals.
It was as though she was saying,
“See how much I sacrificed for you for those six years! Be thankful for that much. Wow!
Six whole years! Look at what a
saint and a dedicated mother I have been.
And now that you are six years old, it’s my turn to take care of
me.” And she left her family to live
with the guy she was having an affair with and to build a career. Because it fulfilled her more than just being a
"mother and wife."
It bothered me deeply to read that. But what
really did it – what made me close the book in disgust and refuse to read
anymore - was this line (paraphrased) …
Monday, August 14, 2017
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Lavender Essential Oil and Tea Tree Oil for Owies, Bug Bites, and General Wellness
(Auto-correct doesn’t think “owie”
is the right spelling. But I think it’s
just fine.)
By far, the best essential oils for
bug bites and general owies are lavender and tea tree oil. Always keep these on hand to tackle any
mystery bump or bite (diluted in carrier oil, of course).
I became a loyal fan of lavender when
I saw a few drops of it heal a red, hot, spreading spider bite on my toddler, a
growing skin infection (cellulitis, I believe) from a mosquito bite, and a
blood infection that was a black line travelling up someone’s arm from an infected
burn. It only took a couple drops, and
all of these things went away completely.
The blood infection vanished within two hours of applying the oil once
and the infected bites within two days after applying it a couple times each
day. (This was before I knew to dilute
them, though. I strongly believe in diluting
them now so that you don’t become sensitized to them.)
And my husband had a bad spider bite
on his knee that made his knee hot and swollen and red. We tried various oils on it, but the only one
that worked was Tea Tree Oil. It healed
it within a few days.
If you only ever buy two oils, make
it these two.
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