The past two days of Simple Abundance have been about Order and Harmony. These are two things I hold very dear. There is an order to everything in nature- like the song, “To everything, there is a season”. It starts with your own breath- breathing in, breathing out. Heartbeat. If you’re a woman, cycles- fullness, [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Breathing in, Breathing out
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged rhythm, simple abundance, waldorf on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Garden Planning
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gardening on January 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I LOVE planning gardens! Planning one is full of so much potential, and there are no weeds (I like weeds anyway, I’m talking about the weeds that you can’t eat), no bugs coming to eat your plants, no slow growing because there isn’t enough sunshine plants, none of that. It’s all lush and perfect in [...]
Gratitiude
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged simple abundance on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have gotten to the part where SBB asks you to start a gratitude journal. I take time very frequently to be grateful for simple things, but I decided to go along with her, and start one. I may do this on paper, or I may do it here, I haven’t decided. But I thought [...]
What do I need?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged simple abundance on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today (Ok, 4 days ago, I’m very behind) SBB asks what you really NEED to survive.
I need The Boy and Fairy Girl- without them, I have no reason. I need food, air, and water. (I sound like a plant! ) Real, nourishing food, fresh air, and clean water. Sunshine- without it, I’d get very [...]
January Themes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged circle time, homeschool, waldorf on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been wanting to do a bit more organized stuff with Fairy Girl- so I recently started doing “Circle Time” with her.
Circle time consists of one or two circle games (Like Ring Around the Rosy), and a couple songs, fingerplays, and a story.
This week was our first full week doing one. We do the same [...]
Our New Year’s Clarity
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, nutrition, sugar free on January 13, 2008 | 10 Comments »
It wasn’t a new years resolution, but it coincided with the new year. A clarity.
I’ve always known that sugar is bad for you. I’ve even known why- blood sugar spikes, crashes, obesity, blah, blah. But, sugar is REALLY bad for you! It’s E-VILLE. I recently read through Sears’ book on family nutrition, and he [...]
Bunny and a baby
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged crafts, daily life on January 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the knitted bunny I made for Fairy Girl’s birthday. The pattern is here.
Today was a good day- the kind of day you wish you could have every day (or maybe you do?) where things just flow. Fairy Girl took an early nap, and when she woke up, we ate lunch, and went on [...]
How to recover from a Mama Tantrum
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged parenting on January 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Run a bath.
Go to the kitchen, take two dropperfuls of passionflower tincture*
Get a shotglass, and fill it with olive oil
Take it back to the bathroom, and add 12 drops of lavender oil
Add it to the running bath
Get you and one screaming toddler naked
Get in bath
Squirt a rubber duckie at her
Splash in the water
Smile, and remember [...]
Welcome to the Circle
Posted in Uncategorized on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.betsyrosemusic.org/lyrics/WelcomeToTheCircle.html
Welcome to the circle
How far have you come
Do you need some company
A candle and a song
Are you feeling weary
Tired of being strong
Welcome to the circle
It’s a place where you belong
Do you have a burden
That feels too much to bear
Do you have a bitterness
You don’t know how to share
Do you get too angry
To breathe or laugh [...]
Twenty Somethings to Say to Children
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged parenting, positive discipline on January 7, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I saved this from somewhere on the internet long before I even conceived Fairy Girl. I remember thinking, “I wish someone would say these things to ME.” And the woman who posted it originally told me I could parent myself the way I wished I had been parented, and say those things to myself. I [...]
