Love is such a special gift it is always worth celebrating.
All you need is love... (dah da da da daaaahhhh)
Love comes in many packages and in most cases challenges us along the journey. It is a
blessing to find a partner that understands and cherishes you. Deep love will push our buttons and have us grow into more of our hearts... that is, if we are brave enough to go the distance.
When it comes to a crazy tradition like Valentines Day, the expectations completely take over and have most of us join in the retail ritual of no return. So rather than be part of the consumer calendar perhaps we can dip into our imagination and create special moments from the heart and not the wallet.
Here are a few ideas...
- Give your partner a loving massage with all the trimmings - music, lighting, essential oils.
- Create a picnic and enjoy a cuddle under a tree
- Write a little love note and leave it somewhere as a surprise
- Watch his or her favourite movie with some home-made nibbles and a glass of wine
- Take a different way home and stop off at the beach for a walk in the sand
- Holding hands
- Sharing your ice-cream for the very first time
- Leave life's 'have to's' and spend time doing something together
- Turn the TV off, leave phones in another room and BE with each other
- Ask them on a date... create some fun around the anticipation
Enjoy every day you can as they're all special...as are you.
Cheers from Deb (high priestess of love)
What went out - 5 items
A couple of CD's, a game and a DVD
What came in - 0 items
Zero
INSIGHTS
(1) There are more than 50 shades of romance
(2) Nothing beats authentic romance from the heart
TOTAL: OUT - 768 IN - 66
TOTAL CASH sales from gone-ski items = $48
Life Hacks are gold!! I hope you get use of this 'creative problem solving' idea.
Sorting out our Essential Oils
I don't know about you but I waste so much time picking up each of the little bottles trying to find the oil I am looking for. Drives me nuts!!
Today I discovered a fun way to store and organise our essential oils so we can get to them easily.
Step 1: Create a numbered list of the oils
Step 2: Write the matching number on the top of each bottle.
Step 3: Keep the list with the bottles.
I know we will use the oils more now.
In the past I have totally forgotten about them as they were hidden away in a closed box, out of sight, out of mind.
I have, on occasions, stumbled upon them when looking for something else but mostly just forgotten about them.
I find that having items crammed in drawers renders everything useless. Having more, often means having less.
Now with the oils in an open box, in a clean drawer, and easy to identify, we are going to have lovely smells gifting us more often for sure.
What went out - 9 items
5 going to the donation box and 6 out in the trash.
What came in - 1 item
That package that arrived from Nanna a couple of days ago had two items in it, not 1...this is the update. The two pieces of clothing were very nice and have been deemed 'keepers'.
INSIGHTS
(1) Small life hacks can make a big difference
(2) Use what you have otherwise it is called hording
TOTAL: OUT - 438 IN - 30
