Sunday, April 12, 2009

not buying it - week 5

clothing
-mended a pair of sage's pants that had a hole in them

food
-sowed calendula
-transplanted blackberries to a less watery area
-transplanted goji berry to more suitable area
-made tortillas to replace our bread while we were out of biscuits

household
-reusing plastic bags for trash bags

utilities
-diligently shutting off power strips each night for computer/dsl and tv/dvd player (this is especially important right now while we are incubating eggs and raising chicks with grow lights which sucks the electricity)
-making sure lights are off when we are not in the room

gifts
-sewed a cloak/cape out of blue velvet curtain panel i had purchased from a thrift shop about a year ago to give as a gift for a friend's son; jaden and nina liked it so much that i am making them some too since i had 2 panels and only used 1/2 to make ian's cape

exercise/self improvement
-knife throwing
-hooping
-writing in a new journal that i purchased a while back
-am trying to take tasks such as ironing shirts and using pastry blender to make biscuits, etc. and turn them into meditative moments

homestead
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education
-pulled out a box of wooden beads and cut a length of hemp twine for sage to string beads

weaknesses
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purging
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