Tonight I soaked several cotton balls in peppermint oil. I threw a couple into each bedroom, each bathroom, behind the washer and dryer, under the kitchen sink, and in one of the lower cabinets. That’s when I ran out, so the empty bottle is in one of the upper cabinets while the stopper and cap are in others. I’m going to need another bottle of peppermint oil to finish the job thoroughly.
Luckily, we like the smell of peppermint. If it were spearmint that drove mice away, I might have to warm up to rodents…
We’ve stopped catching them in the attic traps. Hopefully, the peppermint will drive them up to the attic (if not away from the house completely) and we’ll be rid of the rest of these buggers.
Jul 12, 11:18PM PDT | 0 comments
I heard a couple weeks ago that it makes you die.
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Food Journal
4 months ago
On some -mornings- ...err, on some days, I notice when I wake up, my hands are notably more sore and stiff than on others. My knees and bag feel week and achy. Something just isn’t right.
Last week, I was experiencing exceptionally stressful neck pain which stopped me from getting to sleep. I caved and, against my better judgment, took a TylenolPM I found in the medicine closet. I woke up the next day, achy, swollen, stiff, and quite frankly, afraid. It wore off. When it happened again a few days later after not having taken any meds, I decided I should start writing down the details of everything I subject my body to to draw conclusions from the patterns that arise. So I’ve started keeping a log of the food I’ve been eating. In it, I also keep track of the way I feel each morning, whether I’ve exercised or practiced qi gong, and what adjustments or treatments I’ve received that day. Hopefully I’ll be able to find some dots big enough to connect, or at the very least, improve my handwriting, however incrementally.
Jul 11, 07:43PM PDT | 0 comments
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