Athletes foot cured with Silver?!?

Yes I know Gross...... But lets be honest... Everyone has had a case of athletes foot at one point or another right?.....

Maybe its a third world country thing.   Once you have gone to a third world country then you have had it......

Or maybe its just me.....

Anyway...... I came up with a little bit on my big toe and I thought oh humm...... I wonder where I got that from.  Odd... where have I gone swimming lately or taken a shower.  Because that is where you get if from usually.  I can't pin point it out.  So I saw it developing on my toe there and I thought to myself I am pretty sure I just threw away all of my antifungal creams in this last week.  Because it has stuff in it I don't want on my body.  I am learning so much about how much junk and bad stuff is in lotions and other skin products.  Not good for us.  Check the ingredients on everything.  I am amazed.

So I started to spray silver on my toe a few times a day and it took a while but it cleared up and its good as new now.  I am continually amazed by Silver and I know I have said this so many times but I wish I would have known about this 30 years ago it could have saved me a lot of pain in many different ways.  I am so glad I have it in my life now. I use it daily on something.

We had a little cold come though our house this past few weeks and my daughter woke up one morning with here eye looking like this..... We have never had pink eye here so I didn't know for sure if it was.   Her eye was crusted with eye buggers that first morning then just stayed red.  She didn't say it itched so I dont know what it was.   I dropped silver in it for a few days 3-4 times a day and it got better after day 4  Whatever it was is gone and Silver did the trick again.  I love this stuff.  If you don't have it get it..... its so useful and healthy.

So I thought SILVER.... silver cures everything skin, and I have an abundance of it.  So I got one of my spray bottles that I have around the house for different reasons (sunburns, scrapes and scratches)  I would spray it on a few times a day and let it dry.
 It worked slowly but surely.  It is amazing and kills all things bacterial and fungal, even virus I believe.  Once again I shouldn't be surprised that this stuff works for everything.  We just have the have the patience that our bodies know how to heal its self with the right tools.   It does take longer to heal things and I need to remember that.   Our bodies are so smart and awesome though.

30 Day minimalist Challenge

I have had so much fun with this 30 day minimalist challenge.  The challenge is that for 30 days you get rid of one thing the first day, 2 the 2nd.   I thought there is probably no way I will make it to 30, as I have already gotten rid of so much stuff.  I'll just get as far as I can, Its good motivation.

Day 1 was a cinch.  About day 8 I was starting to struggle, and I looked around and thought I have already gone through everything...... WRONG.  I went back through my bathroom drawers and found a bunch of stuff.  Like the old toothpaste we don't use anymore because we switched to a more natural kind.   A bunch of hair clips my daughter or I haven't worn.... probably ever.   I went through my kitchen drawers and got rid of old bibs and towels I never use.  No need to keep them.  So I keep finding more and more things.

The best part about this is how great it feels to have more room and less clutter and junk around. I had a few good days of just cleaning out a lot of things so I counted the stuff for the next day and so on.  If that makes sense.

I went through our junk drawer and I found so many cords that we don't need.  I mean how many charger cords do you need maybe 3, car, kitchen and bedroom.  We don't need 12.  I  had a  few random cookbooks I had never used in 8 years so I looked though and took a few out and sent them to the DI. 

I found a box in the hall closet that had a bunch of my cds in them.  I dont ever listen to cds anymore.  I still kept my favorites because I am not ready to let go of those yet.  I kept one folder of cds between me and Jared.  That is pretty good as we used to have like 4 I think.   

I found my craft box and I loved going through there. I had a bunch of ribbon stuff from making wreaths for my door.  Stuff I knew I would never use again.  So that went away.  I also had a ton of ribbon from making bows years ago for my daughter.  No need holding on to them.  I am done making bows and don't see a reason to keep that many colors and styles of ribbon.  I kept the basic colors for projects.  

I also had bias tape that I had never used and buttons that I didn't want to keep.  No need keeping thousands of buttons.  I kept all the fun ones but some had to go.  I really want most of it gone.  I don't really see me using them soon.  If I need buttons soon I know where to get them.... almost every store for pretty cheap. 

I had so much fun going through things for the third time and still finding things to get rid of.  I have changed my mind set in the past few months of what I need to have in my home.  I love this simple way of living.  I find cleaning so much easier. I still need to tackle the toy box.  Once we have the basement done and I can move stuff down there I will fix that and put the stuffed animals in there or something.  I want to put all of the little toys in bins that  are similar. Like all the cars in one bin and they have to put one away to get another out.  I have reduced my toys by at least 75% since I started this whole minimalism mindset a few months ago and the kids don't miss anything.  They are spending more time outside and actually playing with the toys we still have.  I love it 

It was a great motivator to make me go through drawers and find missing boxes that I haven't opened since we moved.  I plan to do this again once the basement is done and I can get into my storage room again.  I know there are boxes in there that need junking.  I am excited for that.  

I also find myself storing less and less clothes for the kids.  I donate or sell the ones that were hardly worn, I keep my favorites. I just feel like I don't need to store so many.  

I highly recommend doing this challenge for anyone.  I was amazed at what I found to get rid of and guess what?   I don't miss or regret getting rid of anything.  It was all truly JUNK to me.  I didn't use it and so it was junk and just cluttering up my space.  I feel a lot less stressed about not having space or having to clean up junk.  Just take the leap and Do it.  Make sure you have a buddy too so you have some accountability ,and it makes it fun to see what else they are getting rid of.  

Hard day as a mom

Every mom has them.  Don't deny it, Whether they want to or not. As strong as you think you are.... I am strong. I don't need that help.  I never break down....   We have those days where we feel like we are failing as a parent.

Some have them  more than others.

Generally I am pretty good. I know that I am not doing it the perfect way but I am trying my best but there was one day that just was the last  straw after a long hard week.  Someone said something that just hit me and I LET it get me.  That is the key here.... I LET it get me down.  We all have the choice if we are going to let other people let us feel a certain way.  NO one can make us feel something.  We have to do it, or accept it ourselves.  Easier said than done.  This has to be practiced to control that and not let it get to us.  This day though I was just done.  I was at the end of the rope and I felt like everything was going wrong.
My kids won't listen to me. I don't want to yell at them anymore to listen.  They are annoying me, I hate to even say that but I was at that point where I just needed to be alone for a while but no, of course not. I wasn't even close to a bathroom with a lock, not that that works all the time anyways.   I was stuck in a car with them and boy where they annoying..... and they wouldn't let the littlest one sleep because he was soo tired. I needed him to sleep.  So I sat there and let it sink in and let that helpless feeling take over.  The tears came and self pity set it.   I was a terrible parent.  My kids are terrible listeners due to my lack of parenting skills.  I was that mom that the other moms look at with pity and say boy does she have her hands full, those kids are out of control.
I started to question if I can't even handle these three kids how can I want more kids.  How is that even possible?  Why do I want more?
So I went to bed feeling pretty crappy and low.  I just let it have the night I let the tears flow onto my pillow and finally fell asleep.
The next morning I was a little sad still but I had some good hopes and I had started my day with a prayer which I have been terrible at lately. Good thing there. right?  Struggles bring us down and humble us for this reason.  As I was doing my morning dishes I went to my podcast list and found one that wasn't my normal Wellness mama one because I knew that I needed a pick me up booster.  I wasn't really feeling a Conference talk. I went to this podcast called Bold New mom.  I haven't really listened to any of them because well I'm not a new mom I normally feel like I have it under control usually.

 Not today, so I skimmed though and one literally jumped out..... "Am I a good mom?"   I started to cry right there doing dishes.  That was what I needed today.  So I listened and she talked about how yes you are a good mom.. Everyone has those days but you are trying and your kids can be stinkers but they love you and as long as you are trying and doing your best then Yes! you are a good mom. Don't let other people determine if you are a good mom.  Don't compare yourself to others.
She talked about these three things that she expects of herself and this is how she judges if she is doing a good job.

Love them like crazy, even when they are crazy.

Protect them.

Teach them.

There are a lot of things that go in each of these areas but she goes into saying I teach them.  They might not always do what they are supposed to but Am I teaching them the right things?   I know I have a lot to teach them still but Am I trying to teach them.  They still have their choice and agency to choose what they want.
Well there wasn't really anything specific in there that jumped out at me but I did feel the spirit when I was listening to it and Heavenly Father did hug me and tell me you are making it...  you are doing good. Keep going. Love those kids and let them know that you love them.  Be gentle and kind.  Stop being so stubborn about certain things.  Don't let the little things frustrate you so much because that starts a landslide.  That is what really helped me to get a boost out of my slump.
I have listened to a few more of her podcasts and I like what she shares.
She also has another one that is titled When you feel like a failure.    She is just so good at explaining it and making you feel like you are normal. Kids are crazy and its ok to have a bad day here and there.  Things get better the next day.  It will get better.

I love that she is LDS too so she has some parts that she talks about things that really apply to the spiritual side of things that I can really relate to.  I have really just come to love listening to her.

So continue on and Yes you are a good mom!!!