Life

Life has been keeping me busy these days. I had another hernia repair surgery less than a month ago. We shall see if this one holds. I have been making herbal balms, and remedies for my family. I have been inspired by friend Laura P. Who for me is one of the most gifted and magical people I know, I am proud to call her a friend. The first one I made was an Arnica and lavender one, it works wonderful for pain, I am now making another Anica based one, but with ginger and cayenne. I feel that it will work better for muscle pains. I have been using Laura's balm that she made with the kids in NOLA for my incision, the doctors believe that it made it heal better and faster, so do I. Life has been hard for us, money is a major daily problem in our lives, moving back to Tacoma has not been the best thing financially, this is becoming worrisome. Hopefully I will find work soon. I have been told recently that I need to do more to make money, and I agree with that, but this person feels that I am wasting my time homeschooling(well, un-schooling), making balms, laundry soap, hand soaps, etc. I am not sure what to say to that, I feel that me doing all those things are making life better than before I did them, the cough syrup I made recently saved the day, Chloe had a horrible cough, and it, the elderberry honey syrup was the only thing that helped! We have cut expenses by me making our laundry soap, making medicines, and just the whole overall diet. We eat red meat, maybe 4 times a month, our health is improving, it is slow, but it is getting better everyday. We are eating and living better than ever before. The children are more aware of where their food comes from, and why you should eat this, but not that. I feel that is amazing and important. So we will continue to go day by day, and change what we can on that day.

Garden endings....

Today I went out and started gathering much of what was left to gather from the garden. A few more pumpkin's, a huge amount of tomatoes, some really tiny carrots, and lettuce. We had a nice salad with our lasagna tonight!


Chloe helped her Aunt make the lasagna...we had a friend over for dinner, and had a great dinner with amazing company!
The girls are doing well on the reading program that I started with them, it may get boring for them after awhile, nut they will learn more, and retain more of the information. We read the same story everyday, with certain "power" words that we use in so many ways. I think that it is helping them.

Days of Gratitude: Day three and four

Days of gratitude: Days three and four
Since I missed yesterday...I will do two days in one posting.
Day Three: Friends, having simple fun at the park with friends.
Day four: The smile on my daughter's face when I wake up.

Hi-heels, and other tibits

I have firmly decided that I hate hi-heels, that they are evil, and were invited by a Man who knew he would NEVER have to wear them, and much be into S&M.
The party at Pat O's on the river sucked...the food is horrible, the drinks were not much better. I think I have gotten spoiled by New Orleans, and the class of cuisine that is here. Pat O's is suppose to be great, but I WAS not impressed, so if you are planning a trip to NOLA, by-pass Pat O's, the food, drinks and service are horrible!
OFF SOAP BOX
We took the kids to Kendall's party, they had fun, it was great to see how close that they live. Really nice people to, and I love how creative she is with her activities with the kids.
I love my new Born shoes....They may even replace my trusted birks! WOW talk about wild! LOL