Trying Everything….

Today was the beginning of a painful flare from this past weekend. Ireland's blessing was so amazing and I enjoyed every minute of being together with all of my family. I know my family gets frustrated when I seem to do too much. But big events like holidays and baby blessings are all worth having a flare-up for. Although I might be down for a few days I can sit and look at the pictures and remember what a great time we all had celebrating Landee's baby blessing.

Tonight my daughter made an eggplant and spinach lasagna for dinner tonight. It was really good. I am really trying to eat at least 6-9 cups of vegetables and fruits a day. Since I have had to stay away from gluten, dairy, and eggs I have only focused on what I can't eat instead on what I can. My goal is to try and focus on what I can eat and to not just go without what I can't.

It can be difficult cooking for your family the way I need to eat. It is also difficult for me to cook the way I need to when I am in a flare. I am trying to slowly teach my hubby and kids how to cook the way we all should be eating. It is hard to change the way you have cooked for the past 25 years. We just have to take it slow and not expect miracles. Sometimes they do complain and hate what we have to eat, but I know they will be healthier in the long run once they get used to it.

One of my goals for the New Year is to create a menu that incorporates the 6-9 cups of vegetables and fruits that need to be eaten each day. This way I will assure that we all are getting what we need to be eating.

My daughter and I (mostly my daughter.. while I napped with the baby) also made homemade lip-balm and lotion using beeswax, cocoa butter, and shea butter. We flavored the lip-balms and lotion using the Doterra oils. We made lip-balm in the following flavors: wintergreen, peppermint and lavender, cinnamon with cloves and wild orange, lemongrass(my favorite), and citrus bliss. My family actually really loved the homemade lip-balms and quickly scrapped up their favorite flavors.

We are really trying to eliminate toxins that are getting into my body. My liver is not able to rid my body of the toxins so we are trying to make natural products. Because this can be very overwhelming at first, we have chosen to change 2-3 new products each week. So far we have added homemade deodorant, shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and now lip-balm and lotion. We found many of our recipes on the Do-terra blog. Next we will be working on changing our cleaning products.

I have been so blessed to have a daughter who is passionate about using these products with her own family. She has helped me to incorporate these natural products into our home as well.