Everyone has their own standard of perfection. In the case of weight loss it’s the solid idea of what you’ll be like as the process of life modification molds you. You must have concretely in mind more than just what…
Category: Personal Care
Caring for your personal hygiene, mental and physical health.
Sensitivity to Phosphates
You may never have thought much about this, but many manufacturers of processed and prepackaged foods add phosphates as a preservative and flavor enhancer. Your Thanksgiving turkey, juicy pork loin, frozen chicken breasts, egg rolls and even your gallon of…
Alternatives to an Ice Pack
Have you ever had an injury that required an ice pack, but realized you didn’t have one available? I have. Here are some suggestions about what you can do to ice an injury in the absence of an ice pack:…
Tackle It Tuesday, First Edition
This past seven days have been days for firsts! My first Wordless Wednesday, my little girl’s first trip to the symphony and now my first Tackle it Tuesday post. Of course all of this clothes had to be washed because…
Manic Monday
For a Monday this wasn’t too bad. I woke up feeling physically better than most days. My belly didn’t hurt and neither did my hips. The latter is funny to me considering I had a chiropractor’s appointment scheduled for later…
Psoriasis: What Is It?
Psoriasis: A Painful and Annoying Skin Disorder Psoriasis is a condition of the skin caused by a malfunction of the immune system. Doctors and scientists are unsure exactly what causes this malfunction. In people that suffer from psoriasis and psoriatic…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair, 4
Saturday, August 23 was another hair washing day for me. Yeyda and I were still at mom’s house so we benefitted from the softened water. Again I washed with Olive Oil shampoo, rinsed with apple cider vinegar and distilled water.…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair, 3
On Thursday, August 21 I continued my trials with how best to treat hard water hair. I washed my hair with the Olive Oil Shampoo. After which I used the apple cider vinegar hair tonic to rinse my hair and…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair, 2
Hard Water Hair Experiment #2 Tuesday, August 19, 2008 I added a slight variation to my experiment in treating hard water hair. Sunday I found an Olive Oil/Aloe shampoo called Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo; now that’s…
I'm Gonna Wash That Gunk Right Outta My Hair
Hair Experiment #1 Sunday I tried one of the suggestions for making “hard water” hair behave. I mixed 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar with 1 cup (8 oz) of distilled water. Since I had an old spray bottle handy I…
