So not working full-time chained to a desk all day has a few upsides!! I am starting to lose a bit of weight! I have the time now to wake up and walk with a friend 3 miles in the morning and now that I am not rushing out the door like a wild woman I remember my vitamins, green tea supplements, fish oil, chromium picolinate and my favorite of all Spirulina!
I am not a huge fan of vegetables and spirulina is a superfood that helps fill in the gaps! Spirulina is a type of blue green algae. This algae in particular is unusually high in protein. It is rich in essential fatty acids plus it is a pure, whole food source of B-Complex vitamins. B vitimins are the ones repsonsible for improving your hair, nails and also your sense of well being. It is especially important for folks under a lot of stress!!! (me) An if that wasn't enough this tiny little bit of pond scum also contains calcium, chromium, copper, zinc selenium, magenese and magnesium! It is really a power house! A recent study even suggested that it can help combat the symptoms of hay fever! I new I loved this ugly green supplement!!
My mom is actually responsible for introducing me to blue green algae back in the 80's! She had a friend that sold it and she used to give it my sister and I every morning. I never noticed much difference while taking it, however, if we happened to run out the effects were more obvious. I would feel a tiny drop in my energy level my sleep wasn't has good nor my dreams and I love to dream! Plus I felt a little more foggy headed! Not scientific by any means but just some small things I noticed! The company Sunfood Nutrition sells a really good form click this link to get your own Spirulina, Manna (Original Species)
If you do try it please come back and comment on what you thought, how you feel and what your opinion is on supplement in general. I really want to know!
Cheers!
Ecomama!
I am not one of those super organized moms that you read about in Better Homes and Garden magazine. Chances are good that on the first day of school my son will still have crusty globs of continuous spray sunscreen in his hair. The best I can hope for is a belly full of Life cereal and pants that don't come to his knee caps! The summer growth spurt has put a hurtin' on my back to school budget! I am actually giving myself big props, it is not even August and I am preparing for school now (school starts August 18 or is it the 19th? Not sure I lost the paper they sent home.
The summer started with me working a full-time job at an auto repair shop. I put my son in camp at the local school. Summer camp isn't cheap and I had other ambitions besides working at a desk all day banking calories for a rainy day. Now I am home with my son and while the stress of working is gone, the stress of paying for the life I live and sleeping an hour later each morning are dangerous! Especially if I want to be primed for after school. So starting today I am committed to a smooth start.
First thing I need to do is start setting my alarm clock for 6:30 am. Wait, hold on, before that, the first thing I will do each night is set up the coffee maker to have midnight black, extra strong java ready by 6:20am!! Once the Coffee is in place then set alarm clock for 6:30. The first day of school in my town is early August 17 (or 18?) so if I can start getting my lazy butt out of bed now it will hurt less on opening day!
The next thing I need to do is put the red wine away by 9pm each night. If I keep hanging out with the neighbors until 11:30 every night I will not be able to drag my hungover tired ass out of bed at 6:30 am every morning! Go to bed by 10:30 your not in college your a MOM for God's Sake!
I am well on the way but if I am going to be getting up every morning at 6:30 a.m. for no good reason I need something to do with that time. Something that will even further prepare me for back to school! What should I do?? No one is doing anything interesting on Facebook at 6:30 am except reading posts from friends in foreign countries plus the morning news is too depressing! After I drink my liquid crack otherwise known as Flavorbean Coffee !! I will do some minor reorganizing. NOT CLEANING. I repeat no cleaning allowed. I will make a couple of lists and folders for any needs through out the year for example, school supplies needed, playdate phone list, sports info, permission slips etc I'll put the folders in a my cabinet marked "Son's Stuff". I also have very professional folders labeled "dog stuff" "husband stuff" and "car stuff" one of my folders just says BILLS with a sad face next to it. Really it doesn't need to be fancy!
Almost there, now I need to figure out what this child of mine is going to wear to school. All of his pants were riding up to his ankles. The poor kid looked like Huck Finn on his way to meet with Tom for a day of fishin'! I made my boy think I am actually a talented seamstress because I transformed each pair of pants into board shorts with a pair of kitchen shears! Well I can't shop for him so I will just tell the Grandma's to go to Penny's and pick out stuff in size 8! My own mom was never allowed to pick clothes out for me but she is a genius at picking out shirts my son refuses to take off! With the money I save I will shop for fun stuff! Maybe some books or incense at Tye Dye Jade's Hippie Gift Shop online! I could use some meditation inspiration to get my early mornings off to a good start!
Now I am feeling proud, I am on the right track for back to school! Oh wait my neighbor just called, Margarita night by her new pool!!! Maybe I'll start back to school prep next week! Happy Monday everyone!
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