Sunday, June 2, 2013

How she gets her energy


My mother in law Betty has a lot of energy. She is 89. Needs no cane, walker, oxygen, etc.and  is not on blood pressure meds. Just levothyroxine and lovastatin. That's it. She takes a simple over the counter pain reliever pill-a generic brand, no less, from her little local pharmacy- every day around 4 to perk her up if she starts to lag a bit. It has 64 mg. of caffeine plus acetaminophen. She stay sup until 1 am..is very articulate and bright. Goes shopping daily. Has a salad daily. And ice cream. Loves movies. Gives things away a lot. Never has any pain.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Spiritual Housecleaning Notes

I have been slowly cleaning house...going through boxes of Parker's and notes and throughout out stuff and filing other stuff. I came across some notes I took while reading Kathryn L.Robyn's "Spiritual Housecleaning":

P.9. "Attending to your rooms is a way of attending to your soul."

Kitchen=hearth, nurture others

Bathroom=purification, preparation (like ancient temples)

bedroom=renewal, sleep, dream, read, sex

Living room=contact with the culture at large,plus communion with the soul

P.10  "way to inner peace is through the work of daily maintenance."

Cleaning is like healing..."Cleaning creates an empty space where something new-life-can happen, leaving a free area for a fresh approach.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

What To Wear

I found this in a magazine and took a picture of the actual magazine page...(Can't recall the name of the magazine)...but what a nice way to help achild get ready for each day.

Thomas Jefferson on Gardening

From:
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=14188&posts=1

Thomas Jefferson was a very prolific planter and gardener (in addition to his many other talents.) In 1776, he drafted The Declaration of Independence of the United States. He was President of the U.S. from 1801-1809. In 1803, the Louisianna Purchase was concluded and The Lewis and Clark Expedition was launched under his stewardship.

An ardent planter and an agricultural expert, Jefferson grew hundreds of varieties of vegetables, flowers, herbs and trees at Monticello.

I found Jefferson's gardening quotes very interesting and thought I would share them with you. Below is a small collection of his quotes relating to agriculture.

1817 May 10. "The pamphlet you were so kind as to send me manifests a zeal, which cannot be too much praised, for the interests of agriculture, the employment of our first parents in Eden, the happiest we can follow, and the most important to our country." (TJ to William Johnson, GB572)

1795 Apr. 29. "It [agriculture] is at the same time the most tranquil, healthy, and independent [occupation]." (TJ to J. N. Démeunier, Writings.1028)

1785 Aug. 23. "Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independant, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to it's liberty and interests by the most lasting bands." (TJ to John Jay, B.8.426)

c. 1781. "Those who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people, whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth."

"Cultivators of the earth are the most virtuous and independant citizens." (Notes on the State of Virginia, Writings.290, 301)

Favorite blog for Week April 14-20, 2013

http://oceanofnotions-chris.blogspot.com/

I like this because she is very crafty and upbeat.....and she just plain inspires me!!!!!!!!

She has a clever blog with some videos on her unique family..they adopted a boy with Down Syndrome. See her story!! Learn from her!

Week of April 21-27 Catch up on Favorite Blogs, Sites

This one has wonderful nature pictures and a video of high energy kids running and flipping at this free running academy place.

So this is for week of April 21-27

http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/lifestyle


This one is for week of April 7-13

http://simplemom.net/

Monday, April 1, 2013

Blog of the Week April 1


Since I love BICYCLES and BICYCLE RIDING...this week I have 2 blogs that I have discovered that are really really good!


http://bicycletutor.com/guide/
http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/