Goodness what have I gotten myself
into, posting about each day of our using essential oils?! For those
who don't know me very well, I am great at starting projects; really
I am very creative, and able to come up with some very good ideas
on a variety of subjects: sewing, cooking, gardening, writing,
designing, etc. I have been so blessed in those areas, God has seen
fit for whatever reason to bestow many a blessing on me, that I assure you has nothing to do with
me, but has also seen fit to leave learning and applying persistence,
consistency, and diligence up to me. Don't you hate it when God wants
you, in all of His glorious wisdom, to do something that is so
uncomfortable? I mean,
geez Louise!, haven't I gone through enough, Lord? Do I really have
to learn how to be a better person and use my talents more to your
glory? I mean, can't I stay in my comfort zone and grow stagnant for
just a little while?! Ugh, I hate it when I answer my own questions
to God...I can just picture Him silently and indulgently nodding His
head while I prattle on and on.
So,
Day #10. Ooh, it was a doozy. I thought for a little while the bad
mood John had carried around for most of Day #9 had foisted itself
off on me. I got up with my allergies trying to eat my face. I
literally felt like I was to be part of a Doctor Who episode, not
playing the part of Rose or Amy, but one of the poor unfortunates who
has some evil alien something explode their head or turn them into
Daleks. If you have never watched Doctor Who, you have no clue what
total goodness you've been missing! Sorry, side rant...Allergies,
face being eaten, yes, got it. Ok, so I felt like crap. I sneezed and
sneezed (although nowhere near 47 times, more like 10) and I snotted
and snotted. No dainty feminine thing am I! I wish! Lavender came to
my rescue, along with Peppermint, which I rubbed on my neck, behind
my ears, along the bottom eye bones, and across the bridge of my
nose. I also took a pill capsule with Lavender, Peppermint, Lemon,
and Thieves in it. And, amazing amazing, no gagging! I think I'm
getting used to the grossness or using better aim to getting the oil
into the capsule, either one.
I put
Lavender and Peppermint on the kids before they left out with their
Grandma and Daddy for the morning to go to yard sales and flea market
owned by some family. John is still taking 3 prescription allergy
meds each night; please don't think I'm pretending to be a doctor,
because I'm not. When the kids go for their well check-ups next month
I will talk to their doctor about weaning John off of his meds one at
a time to where we are just using essential oils, but I am not
playing voodoo doctor here. I also gave Tim a pill capsule with Lemon
and Peppermint and Lavender in it to help combat allergies as well as
help him to lose weight. We've both already experienced the effects
of Peppermint being an appetite suppressor, and I've had to remind
myself to eat on several occasions because I've just not been hungry.
I'm not trying to lose weight, but I don't want to gain either. When
Tim and I got married, I barely weighed 110 lbs. and wore a size 6
juniors clothing. Today, after ten years, two kids, turning 30, and
surviving cancer, chemo and radiation I weigh 150 lbs. and wear a
size 14 women's,at 5'8” I might add. I'm perfectly happy with
that. And I'm thankful to be in that kind of place in my life.
However
happy I might be, I felt yuck on Day #10. While the others were gone
I was trying to finish reorganizing one of my armoires that holds my
sewing supplies. I had started the project a week before and had not
gotten around to finishing it. Refer to first paragraph of this post
if you are the least bit surprised. That I was able to pretty much
finish it within one week must be setting a record for me, I tell
you! When the others came back, I was on my second touch up of
Lavender, and had mercifully stopped sneezing and having to blow my
nose every two or three seconds. Although my bad mood remained;
unfortunate for the others, especially since they brought back a
myriad of things from the places they'd been, including a rather
large piece of furniture. Oh, it was a great deal and a pretty piece
of furniture. Tim never ever comes away without a great deal when he
goes out. It is his specialty and has supplied most of the things in
our home that have not been given to us, and greatly compliments his love language of giving. We are very blessed, but
(yes, there is always a but, blah, blah) I am the one with the
interior design degree and the one who takes charge (whether it's
been given or not) of the décor of our house. That meant this poor,
wretched, bad-tempered woman whose sinuses were trying to invade the
rest of her face was forced to stop, get over her miffiness (check the dictionary of rachel for that one), take a
good look around and figure out where to put this new monstrosity
with the least amount of fuss and the most amount of grace. The fuss
part came more easily than the grace, although neither were a piece
of cake. I wish I could hide the truth, but my husband reads this
too but I couldn't bear to do such a thing to my lovely readers who
must surely rely on my honesty and straightforwardness. I almost got
that written with a straight face...
While
I pondered and rearranged the furniture in my head (take that
Sherlock Holmes, with your “mind palace”) seeing what might fit
where, I realized I wasn't just being cranky and bad-tempered. I
actually had an excuse. Wonders never cease, eh? I had curled up on
my loveseat to ponder on the furniture arrangement, nestled under a blanket, freezing. Yet, when I touched my hand to my head, to
aid in pondering not to imitate a lady in distress, I realized I had
a fever. I got Mercy to bring me the Lavender, Eucalyptus, and
Thieves, which I dabbed and rubbed and dabbed and rubbed. Have I
mentioned how much I love the smell of Thieves???? I was also
thankful to know I was not in jeopardy of becoming dehydrated with, like, the gallon of water I'm drinking a day thanks to the ever so
lovely Lemon I add to my water.
The
solution to the arrangement problem came to me and I directed my ever
so lovely staff, er, family, to do my bidding while I lounged like
Cleopatra on my divan. No wait, she was a crazier lady than I and
voluntarily got bitten by snakes...I graced my lounge in the manner
of Queen Victoria, letting my royal decree be known. Unfortunately it
was more in the manner of the elderly Queen than the younger, more
vivacious version, because somewhere in the midst of it all I fell
asleep. And, I was awakened in the most loving manner by one who is
as dear to me as Prince Albert was to Queen Victoria, though he has
yet to give me as many children and better not
die on me to be 30 something years his widow. No, it was not true
love's kiss. Sigh...It was him moving the love seat while I was slumbering upon it, in a sudden, jarring fashion. Good thing I like him...
I went
to a more proper place for one of my nature and temperament...bed.
Where I slept for at least three hours. When I awoke, I felt much
better and my fever was gone, not to return. Thankfully, the
bad-tempered woman seemed to be gone as well. And all in the castle
heaved a sigh of relief! I was amazed by the ability of the Thieves,
when rubbed on my chest and the soles of my feet. I had read about
it's potential to get rid of fevers and kill over 99% of bacteria and
wanted to try it for myself, but I wasn't expecting such a fast
result. Why not just take tylenol you ask? Well, in the past year I
have taken nearly two bulk size bottles of tylenol due to my various
ailments, and it is not exactly the best for one's liver, and speak
for your own liver, but my liver is very happy where it is and I'm
very happy with it doing it's job well for as long as possible. So,
anything I can do to relieve the adverse effects of modern medicine I
will do; of course, unless life happens and I forget about doing it
for a while (like you've never!). I am not here to judge, I am only
here to share what amazing things my family is experiencing by using
the essential oils from Young Living. I'm even here to share our
struggles, our dislikes (have you read my reaction to Peace And
Calming?), and even the things that don't seem to work that well for
us. If you want to know more about the essential oils, Young Living,
or the Lemon Drop Lounge (the facebook group dedicated to asking questions and posting answers about essential oils) please email me
at spiceyourspace@yahoo.com
or message me on facebook. If I can't answer your question, then I'll try to
find the person who can.
Well,
to finish out this post, our nightly oils were:
Grandma:Valor
on the soles of her feet for sleep apnea and arthritis relief and
across her wrists for anxiety; Peace and Calming across the shoulders
to promote peace; Purification on the chest to prevent asthmatic or
bronchial symptoms; Lavender to promote sleep.
Tim:
Valor on the soles of his feet to combat sleep apnea and give
arthritis relief.
Mercy
and John: Valor on the soles of their feet to promote courage and
bravery and combat nightmares. Lavender to promote sleep and rest.
Peace and Calming to promote, well, peace and calming.
Little
'ol Me: Valor on the soles of my feet to promote sleep and relieve
arthritis; Peace and Calming to help me get to sleep; Lavender to
promote peace and rest and prevent headaches; Thieves on my chest to
prevent sickness and because I just like the smell.
All of these are also accompanied by prayer. The fervent prayer of a righteous person avails much.
For
those of you who have actually read this whole thing (goodness me,
aren't you the diligent one!) I will reward you with a little bit of
info I haven't shared up until now, because I'm chicken, ok? You can
become a member (oh Lord, I think I just lost everyone at that word)
of Young Living for just $40. Now this does not mean you are a part
of a scam or a pyramid scheme or have to sell so many bottles a
month, etc or that you have just signed your life and the lives of
your children away. What it does mean is that you get the Lavender
and Peppermint (in 5ml bottles vs. the normal 15ml bottles) plus a
$40 off coupon for a home diffuser to spread all those lovely
molecules of goodness around in your home. You don't have to do
anything else if you don't want to, but you will then get my price
(which I will give to you anyway, if you order from me) on all of the
merchandise Young Living has to offer. If you want to go one more
step, (say, oh, tax returns timely arrival) you can get the essential
starter kit, which comes with 7 of the oils, plus info and samples
and the coupon and the Lavender and Peppermint, for $150. This too,
will give you my price and you can load up on all the oils your heart
so desires!
