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January 2008

January 21, 2008

Best laid plans of mice and men and aloe plants . . .

OK close enough Steinbeck

The best laid plans of Mom's and kids . . .

It is a long weekend and the kids and I were planning on going bowling, making soap, starting some seeds, cooking some yummy food . . .

And we did exactly none of those things - Patrick called me on Thursday morning from school with a fever - by Friday night Catherine was sick and Saturday yup me too

So we have all had the Flu.  Patrick is fever free and not coughing too badly today - Cat has a small fever and coughing some and I am feverish still and coughing

So not much fun this weekend at all but we did get to spend lots of time together lol

and I did figure out that I am allergic to aloe vera - with my skin healing up I am trying to use simple ingredients to cleanse moisturize etc so that I can try one thing at a time and see how I react.

Aloe is supposed to be wonderful for the skin - healing and moisturizing and I just happened to have an aloe plant here . . .   So I applied some fresh gel to my face and . . .  Wow wow wow get it off get it off - insane itchy reaction.

So for now I am using olive oil - going to try and find some liquid lecithin (maybe Wild Oats?) to make my own lotion this week.  If I can tolerate that then I might try and add some lavender oil and see if I can tolerate that too.

January 13, 2008

Reach for the vinegar before the hair dye

OK the last two weeks have been a blur (mostly due to work) so no updates

my kids are wonderful

my pets are adorable

my house is a disaster (but my office is moving close to my house so I can go home at lunch and get caught up soon)

I have not worked out this week :(

my hair looks much lighter after rinsing with vinegar - Still growing my hair out

my skin is finally clearing up now that I switched to mineral makeup - currently using Everyday Minerals and it works great (tried samples from Lumiere, Signature, Alima and Everyday Minerals and it is the best so far)

Made an amazing dinner tonight - Insalata Caprese, Angel Hair Pasta with Crab and Alfredo Sauce, Roasted Asparagus with Garlic, Garlic Bread and Ice cream sundaes

Pics:

The cutest puppy in the world

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The Insalata Caprese

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And a picture of me (this is so Claire can see my fluffy hairstyle)

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