Maya and I will be at the Northfield Earth Day Celebration this Saturday April 27th from 12 noon until 4 pm selling our handmade soaps and knitted washcloths so if you are in town drop by and say hi, we'd love to see you.
This is going to be a great eco friendly event with educational presentations and workshops. Come out to make a birdhouse, seed balls, and a pollinator box. Learn about growing your own food, creating bee lawns, composting and much more.
We hope to see you there!
Ever since our homeschooling days ended I've wanted to create something fun for the homeschooling community in Minnesota but I wasn't quite sure what. There are so many great curriculums and activity books out there already but one thing I feel is missing for kids are nature journals. We created our own when my youngest first started observing birds and then we started using a nature book for adults but I always wished we had something more geared specifically towards Minnesota children so I'm putting together a nature journal page by page for kids that can be used by homeschooling or non home schooling families and it will be in both English and Spanish.
As we move through the seasons I'll be sharing individual pages for people to download and use and then next year at this time I'll compile all pages into a booklet that can be downloaded as a whole. The nature journal will be only for things native to Minnesota. If you are interested please subscribe to my blog to get alerts for when each page is ready for download.
My doctor has sent me to several people along my healing journey and everyone of them has been exceptionally nice, caring, intelligent, and helpful. If there were more doctors on this planet that put in as much effort as my doctor does into making her patients well and really truly caring about them I think the world would be in a much better place.
One of those amazing people my doctor has her patients work with is acupuncturist Hongji Bessler and she is incredible, I can't rave about her enough. Truly magical. Without her being part of my medical team I don't believe I'd do as well as I do. Recently she started using electroacupuncture which stimulates the needles with an electrical current plus using herbs in conjunction with the treatment and it has made a big difference in how I feel by reducing pain and improving the flow in my digestive system.
If you've never considered trying electroacupuncture for pain relief but are curious to know more there are numerous studies available that highlight the benefits but I'll just share this one here. Mechanisms of Acupuncture-Electroacupuncture on Persistent Pain
Our grand-dog has had so many health problems recently and there is the belief it may be caused by periodontal disease and fractured teeth. We almost lost him in December but by miracle he survived and tomorrow he'll be going in to have his teeth removed and the doctor will examine his mouth to see if she sees anything else. I'm so worried he won't survive the procedure. He has been on antibiotic numerous times since December to control the infection so my daughter doesn't have much of a choice right now on whether to address the teeth but it's going to be risky. Praying he'll survive and be a healthy boy again.
Despite my chronic health issues I'm so grateful for so much in my life. I'm grateful that my kids are happy and healthy, enjoying life. I'm grateful I have an awesome husband who always supports me. I'm grateful my grand-dog didn't die this past December and is still holding on and enjoying walks with us. I'm grateful for our beautiful home and the location we live, where we get to see wildlife every single day.
For a long time, many years, I'd journal anytime I was upset about something or just sad. I recently decided to start a daily gratitude journal. It helps to remind me to stop and reflect every day on what has gone well and how thankful I am for it. It really has helped my mood to bring into awareness all of the things that are good in my life, and there is so much.