Showing posts with label clean living. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clean living. Show all posts

Thursday, August 27, 2015

A Little Soul Bearing.....




Good morning friends! You all know me either personally or thru my posts, as I am an open book and pretty transparent. I share my thoughts and soul with you all. If you have had the chance to be a face-to-face friend of mine you know I enjoy talking. wink emoticon You have seen my love for my sonshines and their girlies and my undying devotion to my hunka hunka burnin love. You know how much I enjoy planning weddings and making them pretty. You know how much I enjoyed having chickens and how I wish I still had a few. (but can't right now as bears think my house is the local KFC) How Enli the beagle is a hoot. If I find a good deal or article that moves me you will know about it. My pinterest pins have let you see my food choices and decorating styles. You know how much I love inspirational quotes. My journey right now with losing someone I love on hospice is being shared because I honestly couldn't go thru this without all of you. If I held it all inside I would implode and that would be messy and who wants a big ol hot mess on their hands. You also know that I love Jesus and lean on Him in every aspect of my life. I have been pursuing health and that I am an essential oil lover....ok, fanatic.... ok, fine... an addict! But you all know this! wink emoticon
It's been a whole year.... a year of learning and amazement. A year of tweaking my lifestyle choices. A year of focusing on health and being aware of what I put in and onto my body. A year of fitness? not so much, but health a big fat YES!! I have managed to pass thru "mid-life" relatively unscathed without having to resort to any non-natural treatments or remedies. I have released some emotional baggage in order to live life with less fear and anxious moments. I have become even more in tuned with Jesus as I turn to Him even more in my quest for honoring His temple. I am totally amazed at the provisions God has given us thru nature... why have we pushed them aside?
Any who.... Just wanted to share all of this because I want you to know when I do talk about all of these aspects of my life I am doing so for several reasons....
1) I have no face-to-face life.. I live in the boonies and don't get out much as far as face-to-face relationships go.. so this is my social life... sad but hey, it's like a party all the time. (for those of you who do see me face-to-face you get to hear all of this with your ears,,and you will probably get a hug or two thrown in)
2) If I don't talk about it I will go stark raving mad. My 3rd grade teacher put it eloquently (waaaay before ADHD came on the scene) "Barra is an energetic child who enjoys visiting with her neighbors" haha!!! nailed it... another teacher said on one of my report cards that I was a "social butterfly" !
3) If I think something is wonderful or worth exploring I need to share it.. the end.
So.... Get ready to hear about me and my life, what I love and what I recommend for all the areas of life! 

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Gearing up!


Christmas is coming down today. Getting this house cleaned and ready for 2015. Getting my shopping list hammered out because my weight loss challenge starts on January 14th!  To prep for it I am going to really look at how to bring clean eating and natural things into my life...would you like to know what I am going to be purging and incorporating?
If you don't then STOP reading HERE---->    (*:*)

Ok.... here goes... keep me accountable won't you?  I will Blog my journey this month so stay tuned for that as well!!

1) Clean eating... getting rid of preservatives and additives of the chemical kind... shop the outer rows of the grocery store and farmers market as much as possible.

2) Clean Clutter... get rid of things that don't matter in the big scheme or have no sentimental value... simple beauty is what I am trying to achieve. ... this will be extremely hard for me...harder than weight loss believe it or not!

3) Clean Closet.... getting rid of clothes that don't fit (which is lots) or those I haven't worn in years, then creating a color palette to re invent my clothes/style/look

4) Clean Heart..... getting rid of my critical/judging spirit by loving more, forgiving more, praying more, trusting Jesus more

5) Clean Mind..... get rid of fears and doubts and negative self talk and less TV .... love myself.. laugh more... read more.....

6) Clean body.... get rid of unwanted fat, tone and trim, strengthen my muscles and lungs and legs.. I will do this by moving more, hydrating more, eating clean and incorporating some essential oils to help me along the weight loss journey.  See below if you want to see which ones I will use!
I'm excited!!


Clean.... simple.... honest... loving... truthful....  Join me !