tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44777209455929095662012-01-27T16:49:56.772-06:00Journey along with a curious wise-aged scanner of multiple subjects. Beads, mosaics, fiber arts, faith, essential oils, natural foods, animals and books will be featured regularly. Beware the rare political rant.Deb M-Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08562740038458835332noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477720945592909566.post-38413306204950779842012-01-27T16:49:00.004-06:002012-01-27T16:49:56.805-06:002012-01-27T16:49:56.805-06:00

You know how I've said before that I can be a terrible procrastinator?  Add to that my lack of confidence that people would actually be interested in what I make and what do you get?  An empty Etsy store...for almost 4 years!!!!  Yes, it has taken me almost four years to get around to stocking my shop. Rather than call myself a couple of names that come to mind, I'm just going to release that

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Speaking of peri-menopause...well, I wasn't directly, but I mentioned it in my last post and anyone who is in it knows it is basically the root of all the evil in the world ; ), so speaking of... One of the most unpredictable and special features of peri can be mood swings. Up one minute, and inexplicably down the next, with a general feeling of hopelessness and anxiety just hanging out for the

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I've either rebelled, or come to my senses!!  I'm in peri-menopause, it is my right! In the past six months, I changed diets so many times that I recently stood in the grocery store in complete confusion about which plan I should follow and what I should, or shouldn't eat. That was my moment of clarity, my beginning of catharsis. I realized was in a revolving door of diet, lose, binge, gain,

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UV resin isn't new of course, just new to me and I LOVE it. After using regular "Oh my gosh, that stuff stinks and gives me a headache" two part resin, and glossy enhancers that don't dome, the Lisa Pavelka UV resin I just tried is amaaaaazing.  Clear, quick, nice dome and almost instant gratification - my kind of product. The last few days I've been messing with polymer clay, so tried in on a

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So, why is it that you can only see the glaring mistakes in a piece once you have finished it and put it out for people to see? By finished, I not only mean completed, but mostly, I mean never want to work on again, lol. This is why I only create one offs; the idea of production work makes me tremble with fear. Anyway, here's my latest piece which is now firmly attached to a fleece

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Check it out! There's more support for a plant based diet. Today's query: Why is there gelatin in some cereals? It's in the icing on mini shredded wheats and pop tarts, not that anyone should be eating pop-tarts.

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At just under one week into my new way of eating, Mrs. Impatience wants fast results and I can say I have a couple. First, I haven't strayed much from the plan which is amazing for me. No cravings, no extreme hunger and no horrible cheats, just a couple of minor ones. The butter remains untouched...a minor miracle in itself, especially as popcorn was consumed. This next part applies, hang with

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For the last mmm, maybe almost a year I guess, I've been seeking a solution to mid-life weight gain and declining health. Turning 50 increased the seriousness of my search on these issues. If you've read my blog over this period you have seen a post, or few, about different ways to eat, from the SAD - standard American diet through low carb, on to juicing, then raw food and so on.  It really

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That's what I love so much about essential oils, they can help your body conquer the little immunity irritations we encounter.  I work with kids at church most Sundays and get lots of hugs from these notorious little germ carriers, lol. Due to an overactive immune response, the stuff that your immune system knows is not worth waking up to fight, will make my responses go into overdrive. Why? I

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Dr. David Hill on Hormone Health Part 2:

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Do you get those?  The shimmering aura that often precedes a migraine?  For me, it flashes like a strobe across my vision, starts small and gets so bright that I have to stop what I'm doing for a few minutes because it hinders my eyesight so much.  As I progress through the peri-meno stages, they have become more frequent. Yesterday it started and I sighed, here we go again.  Instead of just

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Birke Baehr: What's wrong with our food system

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Try Young Living's Thieves essential oil and Inner Defense instead.  Much better choice than a shot, me thinks. Enjoy!

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Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Hippocrates said,  “Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food “ Current practice chemically "enhances" real food and "cures" illness with medications often

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Skin Changes.  What do I mean by that?  I mean those odd, sometimes scaly, rough spots that pop up out of nowhere when you are around mid-life and have spent any decent amount of time in the sun throughout your life and have pale skin, like me.  Unfortunately, as the few I have are on my head, I can't give you a photo to show you what I'm talking about. Those are the spots that if left

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Amazing essential oil informational video from Dr. Hill re. Lyme Disease with additional wonderful tips for a multitude of things: http://vimeo.com/24533235 It appears to have been recorded by the doTerra Abundance Group, with which I have no association. Link is provided as a thank you to that group for making the video available to all essential oils lovers.

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This is one of those pieces that stopped mid way through beading because I just didn't like it. After several months I figured out what was wrong, ripped off the fabric and started over. Much better now. As usual, dichroic glass doesn't photograph very well, especially on my old camera. There's a new one on the way, so then I'll have no excuse for horrible pictures, except my lack of skill.

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During my search for healthy weight loss ideas, my daughter suggested I watch a documentary called Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead so I caught it on Netflix instant view. Pretty interesting.  While juicing wasn't anything new to me, the possible health improvements hit me at a time in life when I was starting to feel my 1/2 century age, so I "heard" the message in a way I hadn't in my early 30's. You

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After a couple of weeks of replacing regular standard American fare with vegetables, fruit and the juices thereof, I fell prey to an old addiction yesterday and paid the price so badly that I won't go there again any time soon.  It was an unintentional experiment, lol. Rather than take the time to juice a rainbow of natural ingredients for lunch, I just grabbed a bag of nacho flavored tortilla

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Sometimes it seems the daily things of life are just pretty boring and not worth mentioning on a blog, although that doesn't stop most of us, lol. Today, I have something important to nag at you about...distracted driving. Since last Thursday evening, I have been dwelling on how life can be altered, or taken, in just a second and how God has us each here for a purpose. I admit to not being

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There are moments of pure joy I can recall in life and several of them are while dancing. Every small child feels the need to move to music. Try to stop a toddler from bouncing to a beat...ain't gonna happen. : )  This article shared by an online friend speaks to something I've long known, but ignored and even repressed, to fit with a legalistic religious dogma.  Ridiculous I say now!  We are

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While Arkansas is still dealing with flooding, post storm clean up, closed local roads and detours from interstate freeways, the temperatures are now in the 60s at night, so the fireflies have started their seasonal light show. I love that aspect of rural living. Of course, that means the biting critters are out too, which nobody loves.My teen daughter has inspired me to re-purpose some clothes

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