First on my list of a more sustainable and healthy life, was replacing skin care products, and I though I’d achieved it. I had bought products from Lush, but after they showed a very unfortunate attitude towards parabens, I’ve decided to make my own. I still haven’t gotten around to finding the recipes I need. Fortunately I got soaps from a friend who makes soap. more »
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Apr
26
Category: Beauty, Business, Green Living, Health, Housework, Spirituality
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Oct
24
Photo by Daniele Colombo on Flickr
I don’t know what it is, but there’s definitely something weird going on. Maybe it’s the season. It’s getting really dark, and cold. Winter is well on its way. I know one of my fylgja is a bear, but this is ridiculous. I’m not in the habit of going into winter hibernation.
I feel like snacking all day long. For several weeks now I’ve been trying not to snack too much, and failing miserably. I’ve been eating candy, snacks, nuts, dried fruit. Just about anything within reach. And even though nuts and fruit are good for you, a lot better than candy and snacks, that is only true in moderation. Too many calories are too many calories, regardless of the source. I can count the days without refined sugars on one hand. It’s very hard to keep from snacking, like will power has taken a vacation. I still have over 12 lbs to loose. I really can’t afford this kind of set back.
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Sep
17
If I should name the perfect gift, which would help me through daily life with chronic pain, it would definitely be the perfect maid. Not the kind of maid which comes by every fortnight and washes the floor (and nothing more), and probably does a lousy job as well. But the kind which declutters, vacuums, washes floors, does laundry, does the dishes the dishwasher can’t do, washes windows, dusts etc. And loves what she does for a living. It would make my life so much easier, both mentally and physically.
I have always hated housework. It’s a task way down on my list of priorities. But it has to be done, no one else will do it, and it saps my strength in every way. There have been days I’ve had to call in sick because I did too much the day before.
At the moment, I’m unable to pay for such a service myself, and I don’t want to burden the municipality with that. In part because I know the financial situation in the municipality is dire, but also because I know I’d only get a minimum of service for my money, and because there are people who need it even more than I do.
If I got more people to join my classes, to buy my services and products. Or if I got a book deal for a herb book, or one of the crime novels in my head. Then someday I will be able to afford this gift for myself. But as it looks at the moment, that day is very far away. My best bet is probably to continue to build my lists, to continue being everywhere online, and hope people like what I put out there.
If I got this gift, I would have more energy to create, to write, to play, to grow. More time to paint, to draw, to write, to explore the World Tree, to help others where I can. I would love to be able to stop working (having a regular job) altogether, but that seems impossible right now. So I hope to some day be able to use more time on myself, and less on housework.
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Jul
26
I must say I’m pretty proud of the hard work we did today. We bought three used bookshelves yesterday, and today we carried them upstairs, and my husband assembled them. Then we went through all our comics, grouped them and put them in numerical order. Then we put them in two of the shelves. The third one was for our daughter’s room, and now houses all her books.
I knew we had a lot of comics, but not that many. Now my back is aching because I’ve lifted too many. But at least it’s done now, and I hope I won’t have to do it again.
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