Home Alone

I enjoyed 3 hours of solitude today while BGWLBH worked and Adoring Husband played golf.

It was bliss.

I ate the last of my home made sausage rolls for brunch.

I watched the newest episode of Jet lag The Game and then searched for recipes on YouTube.

I made bacon wrapped stuffed chicken breasts with roast pumpkin and spinach salad and fresh green beans from the garden.

Excellent reviews and placed on the ‘favourites’ list.

It seems that the NSW women defeated QLD in the women’s State of Origin. Bugger.

I napped on the couch this afternoon so I’m late for sleeping tonight.

My second parcel finally arrived for Hazie’s birthday and she was excited to receive her new doll, who she promptly named Hazie Junior! 

Now it’s time for me to sleep.

Nite all.

Shoulda Stayed Home

I was feeling much better this morning … until I wasn’t 🫤

BGWLBH and I drove into the bay.

We had morning beverages at the Jam Jar Cafe. Mine was a green juice. BGWLBH had a jumbo coffee.

She went for her nail appointment and I walked half a kilometre to the newsagent to refresh my lotto tickets. That was when I started to feel less than great, but I found a seat for ten minutes and I was good to go.

I browsed through BigW and purchased a couple of bras and a couple of t-shirts.

I checked out the new stock in the lady’s boutique, but nothing took my fancy.

I did some grocery shopping and needed to sit three times! So I walked over to the RSL Club and found comfy seats to have a cup of tea. I felt better after that.

We left there and found our way to Farmgate to get some fresh fruit and veg, the bakery for sourdough and Woollies for what I couldn’t get in Coles.

It was 2pm when we arrived home and once again I needed to sit while Adoring Husband unpacked the groceries.

I made fried rice with the leftover boiled rice from the night before and I shredded the leftover chicken and heated it up in the apricot sauce.

We played some trivia and now I’m in bed feeling quite weary.

Nite all.

To Meditate or Not?

I did not attend meditation this morning.

While I was feeling much improved from the last couple of days, I felt like I needed an extra day of quiet solitude to properly heal.

It was 10am when I reluctantly left my bed. I took Harley to play for 20 minutes, tended my garden for ten minutes, prepped apricot chicken in the slow cooker, made my breakfast and watched a movie called “Angry Angel” on Foxtel. It was a light, easy to watch, made for TV movie. I quite liked it.

At 3.20pm I withdrew to my bedroom for an hour.

All that was required for dinner was to boil some rice to have with the chicken.

We played YouTube trivia before all retiring to bed at 7.30pm. It’s my favourite time of the day 🥰

BGWLBH and I are heading off to the bay in the morning so it’s sleep time for me.

Nite all.

Slowly Does It

I found this today and I use magnesium oil with frankincense on my belly every night. It stops cramping, eases internal pain and inflammation as well as helping me fall asleep and stay asleep.

I thought I might try this recipe because I also have this exact magnesium oil in my collection.

Magnesium Body Balm (author unknown)

I finally got around to making this magnesium body balm. It's a mix of coconut oil, cacao butter, magnesium oil and a few drops of lavender oil.  D asked me why I smelled like chocolate, so if you want to cut back on the cacao butter you could use Shea butter or a mix of the two! I don't eat much chocolate any more so I'm loving the smell! 

So why add the magnesium oil?

As we all would know, our soil is deficient in many important minerals which means are food is lacking and cooking and processing also further depletes it's mineral content. Dr Carolyn Dean, author of Magnesium Miracle estimates that 90% of the population is deficient in magnesium! Not only are most of us deficient but foods like sugar, coffee, alcohol and grains all pull magnesium from the body. 

Because magnesium is needed for the function of every cell in the body, the implications of a deficiency can be wide and varied and form a list a mile long! 

Some of the most common benefits of magnesium are:

• enhances sleep 

• prevents headaches/migraines

• improves digestion

• calms the nervous system

• assists with anxiety and depression

• alleviates muscle cramping/spasms

• decreases high blood pressure 

• reduces menstrual cramping 

and the list goes on...

When I began supplementing with magnesium over 18 months ago I noticed immediate improvements in sleep, digestion and overall calmness. I love it so much I won't go a night without it! 

Do you use magnesium? What improvements have you noticed? 

Recipe for Magnesium Body Balm

1/2 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup cacao butter (or mix of Shea butter)

1/3 cup magnesium oil

a few drops of your favourite essential oil

1. Melt down the cacao butter and coconut oil

2. Allow to cool and almost set again

3. Add butterfly to thermo and whip until combined well

4. Keep on speed 4 and slowly add magnesium oil and essential oil until all incorporated.

5. Store in a glass jar in the fridge or if cooler weather, leave out. 

I had another day in my bedroom today. My gut issues again so I needed to rest up.

I reluctantly got out of bed to make dinner. A creamy, cheesy, garlic chicken, mushroom and bacon pasta served with a salad. It took 30 minutes and was quite tasty.

I’m not sure if I’ll attend meditation tomorrow. I’ll see what my body thinks in the morning.

Nite all.

Easy Breezy

He raised them. He trained them. He watched them dissolve and rebuild inside a chrysalis. Then he watched them remember.

Jo Nagai trained swallowtail caterpillars to associate lavender scent with a mild electric shock. After complete metamorphosis 70 percent of butterflies still avoided the scent. Presented at the 2024 International Congress of Entomology his results also suggested the learned response was passed to offspring indicating possible transgenerational memory inheritance.

Shared for informational purposes only.

Source: International Congress of Entomology / Radiolab / Dr Martha Weiss Georgetown University (2024)

How cool is that!?!

I’ve had a pleasant Sunday.

I only missed one game in the tipping comp so I’m happy with my progress.

It’s been a weird day with the weather. Crazy heavy scudding showers that last about three minutes followed by sunshine.

Harley got to play. I tended my garden and picked some beans. I cooked a big batch of spaghetti bolognese which fed AH and BGWLBH tonight and I froze enough for three more nights.

I had a laksa with prawns and fresh beans from the garden, which I ate an hour before the others.

Now it’s almost midnight so it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.