BUGS!!! HATE 'EM OR HATE 'EM? OR, DO YOU HATE THEM?

HOMEMADE INSECT REPELLANT

I'm sitting here typing, looking out my window, and there are so many bugs flying around.  I don't even know what they are!  Some kind of flies or termites?  I hate them and I want them all to die.  Here are a few recipes I am going to use today to get rid of those PESKS.  Essential oils have worked for thousands of years before we ever had any cans of chemicals to go buy.

MOTH

OK, so if the truth be known...there are a few bugs i adore, such as the above moth that was resting on my wall.  I love butterflies, honeybees and cute caterpillars.  But I have to get rid of the biting, itchy, crawly bugs and spiders when I can.  Using citronella candles works pretty well, as does placing a cotton ball of peppermint in the window.

You can make a spray by following the following recipe and just use whichever essential oil takes care of whatever insect problem you have.  The spray is safe to use on yourself, your furniture and your hair or in the air...however you want to use it!

SUPPLIES

The supplies you need include: spray bottle, water, witch hazel, essential oil.  

Witch hazel is about $1 a bottle at Walmart.  It's a cheap preservative to keep your spray fresh for longer.  It comes from the witch hazel tree and is a natural ingredient.  I like to use witch hazel in all of my sprays for longevity.

I use a 2 ounce or a 4 ounce bottle when making my insect repellants.  Just put 20-40 drops of essential oil in the bottle, 1 teaspoon of witch hazel and fill with water.  You do have to shake it overtime you use it, because the oils and the water will separate.

ESSENTAIL OILS

The oils I use vary, and are dependent on which type of bug I am trying to get rid of.  Here is a list of oils you can use, or you can mix them, like I do.

Ants: peppermint & rosemary oils

Flies: peppermint, rosemary and lavender oils

Scorpions: basil oil

Mosquitoes: lavender, lemongrass and peppermint oils

Have fun with your blending and mixing!  Maybe eventually, we can all work together and eradicate bugs altogether!  lol

much love and healing to you,

vannoy

Afternoons are the best

So this afternoon, as in all afternoons, mom and I shall meet in her backyard at 3:50 for the daily chicken release.  I received an automatic door opener as a gift.  It's amazing.  It also automatically closes each night.  We take our drinks, and snacks and sit by the pond and wait for the door to open.  As we sit for a few minutes, the school bus pulls up and the boys run to my house, grab a snack, cross the bridge and wait about 1 minute for the door to open.
                                                                             
                                                                    FREEDOM DOOR

The hens fight to get out of the door and run to freedom.  The kids love this ritual, mom loves this ritual and I am fanatical about never missing the grand opening of the door.  The boys play, mom marvels at the things they say (yesterday, she just shook her head and said "what's wrong with that boy?"  Cale had been on a roll!  It has got to be the best part of my day.  Here is a days worth of eggs:

TODAY'S EGGS

If anyone in the Saltillo area ever, EVER needs any eggs, come on by.  They are FREE!

ESSENTIAL OILS I HAVE USED TODAY

On a more serious note, my husband has a bad case of congestion.  I doused him with sesame oil mixed with EUCALYPTUS AND THYME.  He will be feeling and breathing better in no time.  In order to complete all of the computer work I had to do today, I ran a diffuser of sweet orange and pink grapefruit!  These two in combination always give me so much energy and focus.  I got a lot done.  

OMG!  It's almost time for the door to open.  If you ever need me, I am unavailable from 3:45 pm - 4:45 pm.  Me and the family are having a session under the old hackberry tree by the chicken coop.  Come and join us anytime.  I mean that.

much healing to you,

vannoy

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STUPID POLLEN!!!

Good things coming this way.  Got a book coming out in July, got a feature in July/August issue of HEALTH magazine, Just got a new Publicist.  I just made a new author page.  www.amazon.com/author/vannoyfite  This is crazy!  How did this all happen?  Life is GOOD!

I'm trying to get over a stuffy nose brought on by all this crazy pollen in the air.  It is making my car yellow, my patio furniture dirty and my nose stuffed up.  I may not be able to help you clean your furniture or your car, but I can help you to un-stuff your nose.

Just add the following essential oils to your diffuser and you will be breathing great in no time! I'm breathing it right now!  aaahhhh....
4 drops peppermint
3 drops eucalyptus
3 drops grapefruit
water

I told myself that I was going to just sit in front of the TV all day and watch reality TV while stuffing myself with Fritos.  But sadly, it hasn't turned out that way.  I wanted to get a "Roll-a-dex," you remember, the kind that you put phone numbers into?  Well, after a trip to Walmart and one to staples, I find out that they don't make them anymore. WHAT? Everybody keeps their stuff on the computer now.  Well, I don't.  I really, really want one.  UGH! So I have been in the attic, to stores, to my mom's junk room, everywhere I can think of looking for one.  No luck.  So I'm writing all my email info into a book.  A real book that I can touch.  And I don't have to have a password to open my book.  I just put my fingers in the pages and spread apart.  true love.
Excited about FTWD tonight!  Such great family time.  lol
love forever,
vannoy