March 30, 2009 at 2:43 pm (better health, good things)
Tags: health, life, mental health, work
It’s Monday morning at about 8:30am and I’m still in my PJ’s drinking coffee instead of being at work.
This is great!!! I have not had three days off in a row since the first part of November. And it’s even better since I’m on call on the weekends.
Not only is today great, but all weekend was. Knowing I had the extra day, I didn’t go through Saturday and Sunday in a whirlwind trying to get everything done. I enjoyed a much slower pace.
And there is nothing that I have to do today. There is a lot I can pick to do, but for now I’m just enjoying my coffee, the snow falling outside and the thought of a full day of nothing in front of me.
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March 29, 2009 at 2:39 pm (being a witch, good things)
Tags: family, health, life, Mother Nature, nature, witch
What do the three names, green, garden and hedge all have in common? Give up? They are three names for the same kind of witch. The kind of witch that I am. I prefer garden witch myself.
So what is a garden witch? One that gets most of their magic from their gardens and the rest of nature. Some say we use our magic to help or gardens grow.
But is it magic, or just forgotten wisdom? Some of both I think. Garden witches use the wisdom passed down to them from past generations. We know the power of plants, roots and herbs to heal the mind, body and soul.
Most of the magic is being able to stay true to our knowledge. We know when to shut out the modern world and rely on what mother nature has provided all with, peace and beauty beyond imagination.
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March 25, 2009 at 11:02 pm (life)
Tags: blogging, family, friends, life, writing
About a week and a half ago I read a blog survey asking the question “Would you blog if it cost?” The amount was a penny a word and from the comments I read the answer was a resounding no. With further explanations of what the people had to say wasn’t important enough to pay for it.
To me, that’s too sad for two reasons.
One, are people just blogging for the sake of blogging? Are they on purpose just adding to the junk already floating around the Internet.
Two, do people really think what they have to say (or write) isn’t worth paying, that it doesn’t have meaning and importance to friends, family or anyone?
I admit, in the past I have been guilty of blogging just for the sake of blogging. So, I’m going to tone it down and back a little. I’ll blog less, and try to make sure what I have to say has some substance. Maybe not for everyone out there, but for people that think like me and have some of the same values.
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March 15, 2009 at 1:34 am (good things, life)
Tags: blogging, challenge, family, life, rants, write
When was the last time you wrote a letter or sent a card with more than your named signed? For most of the human population it’s probably been a while. Yet we sit here day after day and night after night sending our most intimate thoughts to strangers. So I ask how did we get here???
And I offer a challenge. Right now put down the lap top or push away from the desk top and write a letter to Grandma, or mom, or old aunt Hazel or your best friend from high school.
That’s correct, I said write a letter. Not post a blog, send a text or even make a phone call. Trust me the receiver of the letter will appreciate it more than any “send to all” email or text.
How do I know? I have a grandma in assisted living. My last living grandparent and I send her a letter about every month. She has 9 grandchildren and god only knows how many great grandchildren that can write, but I’m the only one that sends card and letters on a regular basis.
How do I know, my aunt told me so. She also told me that she keeps them out for a couple of weeks and re-reads them often. It made me glad to know that. It also pissed me off that I’m the only one that does it.
So move away from the computer, pick up a pen and make somebodies day.
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March 11, 2009 at 9:58 pm (life)
Tags: blog hits, blog titles, blogging, life, rants
Or in blog titles. My last blog title was GAME TIME, it got 95 hits, more hits than the site usually gets in a week. Were all those people looking for free or cheap things (which is the game in game time)??? Probably not. I bet they were looking for some computer game.
So was my blog title untruthful??? Not to me, especially since my tags didn’t mention anything about computer games or board games.
So what’s my point??? There isn’t one really, other than you can’t judge a book by it’s title or a blog by it’s title.
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March 11, 2009 at 2:15 pm (good things, money savings)
Tags: cheap, family, free, life, money, saving money
This should be every bodies new favorite game, how many free or cheap things can you name?
Any category, the field is wide open.
I’ll get you started with some of my favorites.
Drying clothes on a clothes line. Not only free, but a childhood memory.
Vinegar instead of laundry rinse. A cheap solution with a bonus, it actually helps clean the washing machine and water lines.
The Dollar Movie Theater. Yes they are still out there.
Free city services. Many cities offer free services at least one day a year. They range from the dump to parking to the rec center to the zoo.
And the mother load of free and cheap is the library. They have way more to offer than just books. How about the latest issue of major magazines. Or newspapers. Not just local either. Internet access and other computer applications like Word and Excel. And DVD movies. And the customer service is usually excellent.
Now that I got you started, how many free and cheap things can you name???
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March 11, 2009 at 12:24 am (better health, good things)
Tags: family, health, just curious, life, supplements, vitamins
Since cold and flu season is still in full bloom, I was just curious if anyone has a favorite way of staying healthy and keeping the germs away.
There are several things that I do that I swear by for keeping the bugs away.
First is sleep and plenty of it.
Second is supplements. I take vitamin D and immune builders a couple of times a week.
Third, let the stress go. This is harder than getting enough sleep but very necessary.
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March 9, 2009 at 10:55 pm (good things, life)
Tags: cleansing, home, incense, life, ritual
No, not spring cleaning, cleansing. It’s something I look forward each year when it gets warm enough. It can be as simple as opening a couple of windows on a warm day and letting the house air out or it can be an entire elaborate ritual.
I like something in the middle. On a nice warm day I’ll open a couple of windows and light a few incense cones. I walk through all the rooms with the incense . After I close the windows I light one more incense.
I’ll do this a few times each spring until I feel that I have chased out all the old winter air in the house.
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March 6, 2009 at 11:03 am (better health)
Tags: exercise, family, garden, nature, workout
Don’t think gardening is exercise? Check out the picture. I’d rather be doing my leg squats outside in the sunshine instead of in some smelly old gym any day of the week.
My own garden prep work is well under way and it is a workout. Raking, shoveling, bending and lifting not to mention the cardio. But I get a lot more than just an in shape body out of it.
I get a nice looking yard. I get some very good vegetables. I get flowers to brighten up my desk at work and my home.
I get much needed time alone but also time to talk with the neighbors.
I get a daughter that will finally eat a tomato, not straight out of the garden, she still hates those, but she loves them when I dry them for winter storage.
I get to see the wonder of something growing.
Yea, I get a lot more out of exercising in the garden than just some nice looking legs.
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March 5, 2009 at 11:39 am (life)
Tags: family, luck, superstition, tradition
Someone sneezes, we say “bless you”
When you yawn, you cover your mouth. Why? It’s not just good manners.
Why do we “spring clean” our homes, why not summer or fall clean? Don’t know. You do it because your mother did it, but why did she do it.
Superstition. The spring cleaning one is actually a Jewish superstition that says it is bad luck to thoroughly clean a home after the month of May.
There are dozens of little things that we do each day that can be traced back to a superstition.
So whats the difference between tradition and superstition? Luck or avoiding bad luck and since some of these superstitions are very old, pleasing the gods.
I had a one very superstitious grandmother and a great grandmother that was both a mid wife and preparer of the dead. I grew up with a lot of superstitions. It’s kind of fun really not to mention it wins a lot of bar trivia.
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