Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Foot Polish

The April 2008 issue of Spa Magazine had an interesting recipe for a foot
Polish.

Ingredients
1 cup Dead Sea or Epsom salts
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup jojoba oil
3 drops essential oil of your choice

Directions
Crush salts using a mortar and pestle
Mix lemon juice & oils together in a small dish
Add wet ingredients to salt mixture in a large bowl
With your hands, apply the scrub to feet and ankles using firm pressure on
Rough places, such as heels, and a light touch on sensitive spots like the
Soles.

http://www.aromathyme.com

The 3 R's Principle

Here's an introduction of The 3 R's Principle:

* Reduce - Reduce the amount of rubbish (trash) you create.
* Reuse - Reuse items such as carrier bags, lunch boxes etc.
* Recycle - Go to your local recycling site.

Reducing waste saves both materials and energy, and removes the need and expense of disposal. You can reduce waste by not buying disposable items, choosing items with less packaging, refusing unnecessary shopping bags, and stopping junk mail.

Reusing reduces the need to buy new items which saves resources.

Recycling saves valuable raw materials. Check your local area for recycling programs and locations around town for drop-off of recyclable materials such as plastics, newspapers and cardboard.

Anyone who eats, wears clothes or reads, can offer stuff that would otherwise end up in the landfill, or else can be processed for recycling. Remember, the last of the 3 R's is reuse ;)

We have had WANTED and/or OFFERs for the following items listed on Freecycle groups. Please think before throwing out something. Maybe offering it on the list is a last chance to save it before it ends up in the landfill:

- Old holey socks/ mismatched socks (used to make pillows for the humane society)
- Old panty hose with runs in them - crafts
- Material in large or small pieces - crafts/ sewing projects
- Plastic yogurt/margarine and larger ice cream or dog bone containers
- Glass jars from store bought pickles
- Film Canisters - great for quarters to go to the laundry mat and to hold beads and other small craft stuff-also great for fine motor skills-teachers use these in special education classrooms quite often
- Old calendars/ catalogues - for pictures for use by preschoolers to practice their cutting abilities on or classroom projects
- Grocery bags - for pet rescue/ pet obedience school and portable poop scoops! Also for those who still have diaper babies running around-perfect for those stinky diapers!
- Used bubble envelopes, packing popcorn, frozen food boxes and larger moving boxes - for those who are pen pals or who do shipping
- Magazines and books-military personnel overseas would love these!
- Broken dishes/ pottery, etc. to be used in mosaics
- Used mismatched cutlery - for art and for work lunch rooms, shelters, drop ins
- Plastic pop bottles or Styrofoam take out containers - for winter sowing of seeds and containers for growing-also great for mailers-we've used soda bottles and mailed surprise gifts to neices and nephews during the holiday seasons
- Used plastic pots/Styrofoam flats used for plants
- The plastic off a new mattress
- Take out soy sauce, ketchup packets, etc.- great for school lunches and picnics
- Moving boxes and packing paper (neighborhood favorite)
- Sod/ rocks / plants/ seeds/ bricks
- Landscape material/ renovation leftovers
- Broken appliances that people can either fix themselves or can salvage the scrap metal from
- Plastic containers from laundry and dishwashing detergents
- Old towels, blankets and bedding for use in animal shelters

All these items can be salvaged and reused for one thing or another. Let's all pitch in and save the landfills from unnecessary wasted space for items that can be utilized for alternate uses they were intended for. Everyone has something to offer!

Monday, February 25, 2008

Yoga site...

YogaVideo

What a cool site! Fresh yoga every day! Check out this cool finding of mine-yogatoday.com
I love it!

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Awakening

So I've been thinking a lot about Buddhism lately.
I really want to try to meditate more. I've really been wanting to go slowly the way of enlightenment. I want to silence the chatter in my life. I want to simplify my being-my spirit self.
I'm trying to purify my mind and my body and in doing this, I can purify my spirit. But how?
I can watch less television. Find better things to do with my time.
What is it about television that sucks you in? I get so sucked in by the reality shows. I somehow get a kick out of people making asses out of themselves.
Also, I need to watch my actions with others. It's important for me to control my impulses to just tell strangers that the smell or that they annoy the shit out of me. I should probably control that. I don't know why I just don't have any control at all over my feelings sometimes. I need to just cool it. Control my emotions and feelings towards others.
Also no more gossip. I hate that. And I love it. Ugh.
I'm working on it. I just want to be a good wife, and a good mother. I want to be the mother I wanted to have. I know that my ideal was a perfect one, but I want to at least say that I'm actively striving for it.
That's all. It's hard, but I'm going to do it. I will. Perhaps one day I can share my beliefs with my parents.
Or perhaps not....

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Karma and Healing...

So I've been on a healing journey lately, and I've been reading about Karma.
Just thought I'd share some of my findings.
Healing is an easy thing when you are ready. Only you will know when you're ready to let go of the past. The only thing you have to do, is be totally willing to let it go. Be willing to just be your truth, and be serenity. Be the earth, and air, that is stable and yet flows.
Healing. It's hard to do, but when it's time, you will know. When you are ready, you will know.
This year, I decided I'm going to heal and let go of all the shit. All the crap from my life, I'm going to let it go. So, I created a blessing ritual, and my MIL helped me, along with my DH.
I smudged myself, and in a formal ceremony, let go of the past. Now I'm not saying that's what you have to do, but it worked for me. I also am working at letting go every day. It's hard, but it's happening.
Here's the link:
http://buddhism.kalachakranet.org/karma.html