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Gardens, Food, Yoga, Writing, & Pinworms!

Yeah, I know, the last part of the title is pretty gross. But alas, this is what we’ve dealt with recently. And since its gross, I’ll go ahead and talk about it first to get it out of the way. My youngest was complaining of itching down there, and there was no sign of rash or any bites. Hmm…I was on the phone with a friend that night and told her about it, she said it might be pinworms, especially since her daughter had it in the weeks prior, and they had played together. I looked up pinworms and sure enough, the symptoms matched (itchiness in the anus at night is the main one, because that is when the adult female pinworm goes down from the intestines to the rectum to lay more eggs). Fabulous! So over the weekend, I’ve done maybe 10 loads of laundry, mopped the whole floor, and wiped down practically everything in the house. The best part was the pinworm medicine that I picked up for all three of us to take. I was especially excited that we ALL had to take it since we could have somehow ingested the eggs somewhere along the line. The liquid is a thick, caramel flavored (but puke-yellow colored) bitter grossness that we could barely get down our throats. UGH.

That's 2 of the 12 total loads of laundry done over the last 4 days

The blessing in all of this (yes there is one!) is that I have gotten the house impeccably clean and simplified, AND I’ve been propelled to really move forward in healing my body from the inside out. I’ve known for quite sometime that I’ve got candida overgrowth, and my body has adapted to it quite well, allowing me to continue with my daily life for the most part. But there is a lot going on that I’ve pushed to the side. Well, I’m ready to really make some lasting changes. My diet for the next 3 months (I’m gradually moving toward June 21st being my “official” go date…but I’ve already started, just not 100%) is going to consist of most land vegetables, ocean vegetables (kelp, dulse, arame, wakame, kombu, etc), certain grains (millet, quinoa, amaranth, buckwheat), herbs, spices, teas, only the sourest of fruits (lemons, cranberries, black currants), sea salt, seeds, raw apple cider vinegar, cultured vegetables, certain animal proteins (thank god! I LOVE eggs and fish), kefir, and organic unrefined oils (coconut & olive, ghee, raw butter). I’ve already been feeling changes, and I’ve only done it about 75% of the way for the last week!

I used to have a hard time keeping flowers alive...

While I’m changing my diet, I’ve also started back at gardening!! Its been awhile since we’ve done any gardening, and my soul is really needing it. I’m looking forward to eating our own veggies and herbs soon!

 This weekend we’ve planted bibb lettuce, sunflowers, dill, tarragon, cucumbers, and zucchini. We were also at my parents house on Sunday, and I got a bunch of clippings from the plants around their yard (calamansi, bouganvillia, ylang ylang, rosemary and avocado). I put some wet paper towel around the bottom of the stems and rubber banded a sandwich bag around to keep the moisture in. Pray for roots! I’ve got kang kung in a vase that has sprouted little roots already.

I’m so excited about all this growth!

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One of my garden helpers

Clippings of bouganvillia, calamansi, avocado, ylang ylang and rosemary

Kang Kung in a vase, some have just died off, but there are roots on the ones that lived!!

I'm so proud! Some of the lettuce have already germinated! In these trays are seeds of sunflowers, lettuce, zucchini, cucumber, dill and tarragon.

Okay so we’ve covered pinworms, gardens and food.

Writing and yoga time!! I have just (along with over 200 others) signed on to 21 days of  Yoga & Writing, as initiated by Bindu Wiles on her wonderful website! My yoga will probably consist mostly of Savasana (otherwise known as the corpse pose, where you lie on your back on the floor, legs straight, arms by your side, breathing and relaxing) and breathing. Very simple. And 800 words a day of writing. Shouldn’t be too hard, just an adjustment of channeling where I am writing. I’ve done 631 words so far in this post. And I do lots of journal writing, brainstorming, and other miscellaneous writing projects. Go to the website and enter at the end of the list of participants if you’d like to join me!

WHEW! What a week!

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