DYI Hand sanitizer

I happen to be a Young Living member. One of the best moves I made was joining. The oils and products are excellent and the information I receive is wonderful.
With this scare of the Corona Virus hand sanitizer has been rolling off the shelf in stores. Any place you can find it the price has been raised to an outrageous amount.
The other day the oil society posted this recipe for making your own sanitizer spray. It is a hand cleansing spray.

Supplies and Ingredients
Glass spray bottle
1/2 cup thieves household cleaner
5 drops lemon essential oil
5 drops thieves essential oil1 teaspoon witch hazel
Distilled water

Instructions
Mix all ingredients together in a small spray bottle and top off with the distilled water.
Keep this with you so you can keep you hands clean anytime anywhere. You can also spray it on hard surfaces, like that shopping cart at the store.

My Joy Journal

Two years ago myself and a few friends decided to do Joy Jars. Every Sunday we would write something on a slip of paper and put it in our jar. We would also post on FB what we were thankful for. Our intention was to all get together at the end of the year and share our Jars. Well busy lives interfered and it never happened. fast forward to 2020 my friend Jenny asked if we'd be interested in doing Joy Journals. She made each of us one and each week we write something joyful that has happened or something we are joyful for. I sometimes struggle each Sunday when its time to write.  I go to Church on Sunday, practice bowl on Tuesday,Quilt on Wednesday Bible Study Wednesday night, and Bowl on Friday. Finding new things to write about has been challenging. Each week I try and take in all the things around me, and truly so far have been able to find joy in some of the simplest things. Like the Turkeys that visit my bird feeder every morning, or the dog next door who shows up for a treat. I am hoping that when the year is up we will all get together and share our Joys.
I am truly Blessed.

Feeding the Birds.

A DIY Project

Here is a really nice easy project to make for your feather friends.
Supply's
A china tea cup found at any yard sale, flea market or one you already have
A wooden pole your choice, plain or fancy
Chain or a hanging hook
A bag of bird seed
Suet cakes
Good glue, I used gorilla glue

        Instructions
If you want you can paint or stain your pole
Glue the saucer on the pole
Then glue the cup onto the saucer
Fill the cup with seed and place it in your garden

Hanging feeder
Fill the cup with the suet
Hang it by the cup handle onto the hanger or chain and place it in the tree.

Strike,Spare,Gutter Ball

Last year one of the couples from Church asked if I bowl, they were looking for a sub to fill in on their team. Its been about 40 plus years but I said sure I'd sub. I went on a practice Tuesday and realized my 118 average was not happening I'd be lucky to bowl 100. Luckily they are not competitive its just a fun way to get together. So it began every Friday we bowled 3 games and each week with pointers from other bowlers my game improved. At the end of 10 weeks our team came in second, boy were we shocked. Fast forward to this year our team needed another bowler so we asked John. He reluctantly said yes and after shoes and a ball he was ready. Are we good some weeks yes and some not but oh do we have fun and thats what its all about.  

  

Enough!!!!

Not again, more snow predicted. I know its Winter and with that comes cold weather and snow, but every week we get swamped. Most of the cities up here in Northern Michigan are already over their snow amounts from last year.
I do have hope and everyone laughs when I say this but the Groundhog didn't see his shadow so early Spring. I also read that we are expecting a warm up starting in March. So as you can see I'm very hopeful.
Goodbye Winter!!

Spring has Sprung

I believe winter is finally over.Its been a long hard one. Every time I thought we were done with the cold, snow and ice Mother Nature fooled me again. Each morning I look at my weather app and hope for good news. Well, finally on Friday it warmed up and I really felt like finally Spring is here. It was so nice got up in the 70s and we even took the boat out for the first time in 2019. The lake was calm, the Loons were out and there was lots of activity and it was a great way to celebrate Spring arriving,

Fresh Paint

When we bought our Lake House the outside was what needed the most work. I could live with everything on the inside, except for a few minor updates, which we have gradually been doing. We put in new flooring, and are carpeting the office and stairs. The one thing I really wanted to re-do was paint the office and hall. The color is a beige with a hint of pink, it reminded me of the color I grew up with ,which I did not like. So off to the paint store to pick colors. I never realized how many different shades of blue there are. I brought so many home, taped them on the wall and gradually narrowed it down to two. I decided on Soft Sky for the office and Summer Shower for the Hall. The Summer Shower is very close to what was already in the Living room and up the stairs. John was going to do the painting himself but has been so busy with other things that we decided to have someone else do it. Its going to be a nice change.