I have been attempting to use more natural products. I made diluted mix of vinegar and tea tree oil to clean the house and I add lavender essential oil to mellow out the tee tree smell.

I love Doctor Bronner's lavender scented castile 18-1 uses soap. I love the fresh scent and the natural ingredients. I use it as shampoo and body wash. I follow it with a diluted apple cider vinegar rinse.

 I also like Doctor Woods Shea Vision Black soap for my face. It has lessened my break outs and the smell is fresh. 

I tried...

It works. The bottle says 24 hours but with all the working out I do and this Florida humidity it wears off for me around dinner time about ten hours.

Getting Out of My Rut.

Summer is flying by so fast. The children go back to school in a month. I need to get my but in gear. I have not hit the treadmill or anything else since July 4th. I have been so obsessed with sewing moved working out way down on the list of things I need to do. It is right above laundry. I am still counting my points though and staying on track with my eating and getting in my good health guidelines.


I had to go to the E.R. Monday night. I was sewing. (surprise!) What I was working on got stuck in the feeding teeth and I was trying to work it free without any damage to the fabric and D.D. was talking to me and I must have put my hand in the way of the needle while the presser foot was down and the needle went right through the top of my finger nail and broke off. I had the needle poking out right below the tip and the thread sticking out of the my finger nail.It was not too painful. We were going to pull it out with pliers ourselves but thought better of it being as we were not sure if it was broken in pieces inside my finger and I needed a Tetanus shot. We arrived at the E.R. at 10:30 P.M. and left at 4:45 A.M. I was not surprised at how long I was there. I was surprised when the Doctor gave me a pain pill instead of Novocain. His words were "why give a needle to remove a needle?" I am sure that would have been fine had I not been waiting long and my finger was swelling a bit plus scabbing over.The needle was not budging and he was pulling on it pretty hard.  Lets face it if that was all he was going to do I could have stayed home Had a little rum and Made D.H. pull it. I had to ask for demand Novocain. I am still sewing. I think I might want to open an Etsy shop.

I Am Obsessed!

There are a few things I do that totally are the most important brilliant things that everyone must love because they are so great and I love it and am amazing for doing them and letting them take over my life and interfere with my house work and all other activities and are so worth all the money I spend and room it takes up because it is as necessary as food. I have been doing some of them for years steadily (taking pictures of my dogs) and I have had many obsessions that while all consuming at the time they did not last too long, depending on who you talk too. Quilting, knitting , crocheting, workout DVDs, bread making etc. (In all of them I have mediocre ability.)   I have a new one. It is a Doozy.

Any way, I am officially minus 30 lbs thanks to Weight Watchers and exercise I feel great.I also have a tan kind of. Yoga was Great. I have not been since the kids summer vacation started but I plan on going back when the kids are back in school. I have gone to the gym a couple of times and that was cool. I think I want a membership but that might not bee in the budget. I love over night oats.

I am getting a tattoo for my birthday. Still not sure what I am thinking hibiscus and roses.

Instead of buying tons of cloth menstrual pads I have been on a sewing kick and making a whole lot of them myself. I really am having a good time with it.I just wish I was better at it. I am going to have a sewing lesson at my local sewing store. Did I mention my new obsession?  I am behind on my laundry. I also need to clean the garage and make work space for the tile man that is coming to re-tile and put a new bath in the hall bathroom. We were supposed to paint the outside of the house this week while D.H. was on vacation. That did not happen. We slack.

Publix subs are amazing!

I Just Have To Keep Moving

I seem to have lost my momentum. My goal is to lose 2 lbs. a week to reach my goal in October. I was doing great from the end of January until April. I am still counting my points and exercising. (sort of). The push is not there. Groupon was running a special for Metabody fitness centers, 30 classes for $20. I am going to try one yoga class. I have never been inside a gym and the last exercise class I took was Jazzersize with my sister in the very early 1990's. Hopefully that will get back to working hard. I also plan working out to one of my many DVDs 4 times a week. I do not like being uncomfortable. There are many areas in my life that I want to work on and change. That is a whole mess of uncomfortable. I need to plan dinner better and put my dinner points in at the beginning of the day I think that will help me make sure I have the points for a satisfying meal.

One of the activities that I allowed myself to get distracted with to avoid working out is sewing. I have been making cloth maxi pads. I have tried a few different patterns and have ruled a few out. I need to find one that  works with my limited skills. I am not to worried since no one will see what they look like when I am wearing them. The switch to cloth pads was not for any selfless reason like saving the planet or being green. Nor was it a desire to lessen my exposure to harsh chemicals. It was not to save money, all of witch great reasons to switch. The reason I made the switch was all of a sudden at 35 years of age I was having an allergic reaction to every brand of disposable pads. And how does one save money when one is buying all sorts of fabrics and do-dads to make them.

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another blog about nothing.

Wow I have not shared on here for quite a long while. YEARS. I am either real busy or very boring. Lets face it I really did not have much going on. I think I am going to start fresh. This is a new blog more like a semi public journal that has the potential to get read by someone but has no purpose or value for anyone not even me. It might even  be another two years before I write an entry. I am going to make a short list of things I want to write about stuff I am into for now.

Menstrual cups
Cloth Menstrual pads
Weight Watchers
Jogging for beginners
recipes
natural hair care
Food, recipes, restaurants,
Health and fitness