Posts filed under 'The Green Family'
Beautiful day here, 70 degrees, sunny, and low humidity. Son got up and flew outside as usual, is helping milk goats. Trip to Michigan went well, didn’t use anything to prevent fly bites, son got bit a dozen times, didn’t get sick. Perhaps I gave him some immunities breastfeeding him as a baby? Whole family loved visiting Lake Superior…son played at water’s edge entire time, I collected rocks to bring home, baby toddled through sand. Gave all sisters jars of my body oil and body scrub. Heard a bird song every morning at one sister’s house…don’t know what kind of bird it was, but it had the most beautiful song i’ve ever heard. Sister got me sampler pack of several essential oils for my birthday. Yay! Came home to find ants gone. Yay!
Convinced son to turn loose turtle he captured a few days ago. Felt so sorry for it. Explained turtle was used to being free, doing what it wanted…can’t take a 4 or 5 year turtle and put it in a cage and expect it to be happy! Also released ducks (nearly full grown now) at local canal, where lots of other ducks live. They seemed very happy, immediately went for a swim. Let son throw bread out to all of them.
Made a discovery about my body oil: Sister gave me bottle of her lotion to try…I did…noticed when I scratched, fingernails got dirty. Doesn’t do that when I use my body oil. Realized that the lotion can’t be totally absorbed by skin, so lots just sit on top of skin, collecting dust and dirt. Body oil is all natural (you could drink it!) so it is completely absorbed, thus nothing left on top of skin to collect dirt. Yet another good thing about my invention.
July 7th, 2006
Preparing for trip to Michigan. Will be taking lots of food with me, as organic and natural food practically unheard of in small town i will be visiting. Borrowing ice chest. Have been making my all natural body oil to take to sisters. Spent time yesterday making nice labels for jars so they will be more accepting of a non-commercial product. Hoping if it looks pretty, they will like it. Must say, I would buy a product with such pretty labels. :) Have already prepped them by saying if they use on their face, it will take 5 years off. Also good for the excema we share. Thinking of taking them some of the natural soap I use too. Hoping to impress upon them how wonderful living naturally is. Have 10 days to do so.
June 12th, 2006
Not a good day for the superstitious. Up at 6 a.m. also. Hmm…hope this is not an omen. As I make coffee, I notice the ants are still traipsing around my sink, looking for crumbs. Take coffee to computer, look up natural ant deterrents. Find that most require you to find the point of entry. Stumble back into kitchen, with sleepy eyes watch ants march across my counter. See they are disappearing somewhere above utensil drawer. Other household members are still asleep. With only lamplight, imagine I can bend down, open drawer, and see where they are coming in. Surely near kitchen door. Hit forehead with drawer point. Eyes cross, but I am okay. Close drawer, stand back up. Watch ants proudly march again. Sigh loudly. Come back to computer and coffee. Make mental note to find entry point in full daylight and write “cloves” on store list.
Think about pending trip to Michigan to watch neice get married. Think about tourists’ children being in emergency room due to black fly bites in area I will be visiting. Weigh options. 1–Don’t go. (Can’t not go! Family will kill me!) 2–Go, but use commercial insect sprays on my young children. (It didn’t hurt ME when I was a kid!) 3–Look up natural insect repellents, specifically black flies and mosquitoes. (Can I trust something not strong to fully protect my babies?) Quite the conundrum. Don’t want offspring to have fever, vomiting, horrible cramps, etc…Question why neice couldn’t get married in the winter. Decide to pack lots of INSIDE toys. No outside toys.
Time for coffee refill.
June 6th, 2006
