Wonder what kind of day brought me to tears twice this week?
It's not exactly health and nutrition related, but you still may enjoy a peek into the craziness around here. I'd like to say that it's just one day, that they're not all this crazy, but most days aren't far off from the one I share with you below. It's all good stuff, though, and I'm thankful. (Also, here's a day in the life at our homeschool in case you haven't seen it…)
After reading this, head over to check out a new post on my 101 blog: Every child deserves a chance to play baseball. You'll read about good friends of ours and the terrible hardships they've been through, as well as a beautiful story of an event we went to with them.
And here, my reader friends, is a look at one day in my not-very-exciting-but-wonderful life, and I'm sharing it so you'll understand why I haven't been able to get a new post up in the last couple of days, lest you think I'm slackin' off on you. 🙂
- 6:00 a.m. Up early to help pack and say a tearful good-bye to our college-age son who was heading south for a summer internship. 🙁
- 7:30 a.m. Woke the kids up for waffles and homemade sausage from the Maple Syrup Festival. 🙂
- 8:30 a.m. Took the boys to Camp Roger – their monthly outside science fun day. (Kierstyn wasn't going this time so she could come with me to the baseball event mentioned above.)
- 9:30 a.m. Kent and our son picked up some papers they needed to give me, so I waited for them in downtown Grand Rapids at a coffee shop, where I let Kiersty get an icky hot cocoa and I sipped my delicious coffee outside in the gorgeous sunshine watching the bustle of the city.
- 9:45 a.m. Got scholarship documents from Kent that we needed to scan in…
- 10:00 a.m. Scanned in the documents, checked email for five minutes, made two phone calls, picked up house clutter, threw in a load of wash.
- 10:30 a.m. Got a call from Camp Roger, Kasey's seasonal allergies were really bothering him. (I gave him some homeopathics that help a little, and he takes a daily teaspoon of local raw honey and of course cod liver oil, any other suggestions readers? My other kids never had allergies!)
- 11:00 a.m. Picked up the boys from Camp Roger. They dug into their uneaten packed lunches on the way home.
- 11:25 a.m. Home to regroup, check email, and head back out the door.
- 11:45 a.m. Left for the really cool, but emotional baseball event mentioned above, and the second time I cried in one day!
- 1:00 p.m. Ate lunch at a Mexican restaurant with our friends.
- 2:15 p.m. Picked up Kasey's friend to come over and play since he was feeling better.
- 2:30 p.m. Helped Kade with the new math program. Moved the laundry, talked to some friends who stopped by, worked on social media stuff, answered emails.
- 4:30 p.m. Stared in amazement at the clock and wondered again HOW time can be sucked away so quickly when dealing with email and how much I still didn't get to!
- 4:45 p.m. Got kids a snack. Told Kasey to get ready for soccer practice, made sure Kiersty was ready for tennis practice, told Kade to watch for Kiersty's ride.
- 5:15 p.m. Said good-bye to Kasey's friend, took him to soccer and while there worked on graduation cards, wedding cards, and thank you cards that all have to go out soon. Looked at my calendar and wondered how I'm going to get everything else done that day…
- 6:45 p.m. Home from practice. Wrote checks and finished cards. Dealt with kids' unending requests for this or that. Picked up more clutter.
- 7:45 p.m. Took Kade to a nearby remote control airfield that he's been asking to go to for a couple of weeks.
- 9:30 p.m. Got home, warmed up leftover Yakisoba and cut up some watermelon for the kids. Hugged and sent kids to bed. Made a phone call.
- 10:00 p.m. Send kids to bed, again. Wondered how I'm going to get tomorrow's post done when feeling so tired…
- 10:15 p.m. Decided to work on the post the next day, cleaned up the kitchen.
- 10:30 p.m. Crawled into bed to work on my phone for a while, answered a few more emails, moved all the unfinished stuff to the next day, and thanked God for all the blessings.
- 11:30 p.m. Fell asleep in 10 seconds flat. 🙂
I'll bet many of you have similar days, right?
And if not, you probably can remember the days when you did, and I know…you want me to enjoy it because it goes so fast. Don't worry, I am, and I'm trying to be very careful about choosing wisely how I spend my time. Which brings us full circle, back to why I haven't posted in a week!
More personal-ish blog posts are here if you're interested!
Jeanmarie says
Nice busy day!
What was this event you referred to? I didn’t find the details anywhere: “11:45 a.m. Left for the really cool, but emotional event mentioned above, and the second time I cried in one day!”
Now I can’t sleep, wondering what this was!
Kelly the Kitchen Kop says
Hi Jeanmarie,
Second paragraph – the baseball link. 🙂
Kelly
Commenter via Facebook says
It tastes ‘earthy’ and is a bit hard to take until your body starts to crave it. This is our favorite way to brew it and may be a good way to get him to try it: https://www.20somethingallergies.com/spring-healing-tonic-iced-nettle-rose-hips-tea/. The cold will lessen the flavor and honey cures everything. 😉
Commenter via Facebook says
Nettles & eyebright. I think Newton’s Homeopathic Kids has a combo of it which you can purchase at any health food store. Tastes great. Or you can purchase both in teas. I use eyebright tea bags or a tea-soaked washcloth for any eye discomfort, infection, etc.
Cindy says
for my allergies I drop some nettle leaf tincture into some tea high in vitamin c It is best if I do it morning and night my allergies are AWFUL I also will some times take like 3x the dose of vitamin C pills if I don’t have anything else it works pretty well too
Commenter via Facebook says
Yes I said that to my husband! Lol!
Commenter via Facebook says
oh, we also use the similsan homeopathic eye drops.
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I’ve been giving my daughter Quercetin. I just open a few capsules and put it in a small bowl. She takes a swallow of juice or raw milk, holds it in her mouth, and I put in about 1/8 tsp of the quercetin powder and she swishes and swallows. It acts like an natural antihistamine. She is 7 years old and weighs 66 pounds. I would adjust dosage depending on the size of your child. https://blog.listentoyourgut.com/jinis-tried-and-tested-natural-allergy-remedies/
Commenter via Facebook says
I will try that, thank you!
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Isn’t it ironic that we now NEED the rain again after all the flooding not that long ago?!
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Just used a variation on the following protocol this morning for seasonal allergies: For allergies; 2 drops each doTERRA Lemon, Lavender and Peppermint essential oils. Swig in a small cup of water, swish it in the mouth for a few second then swallow. My variation was to drop 1 drop of each in the palm of my hand, rub them around with the thumb of my opposite hand, place my thumb on the roof of my mouth, and then rub hands together, rub on the back of my neck and then cup them over my nose and mouth and breathe deeply. Within 5 minutes, all symptoms gone! Works every time for me, lasting several hours each time. For a child, you could also rub the same mixture on the bottoms of his feet. Give it a try!
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The allergies are horrendous this year. I’m giving my son liquid c, cod liver oil, powder pre & probiotics, and Boiron Sabidal. That wasn’t cutting it so I broke down and got him some Claritin for kids. I”m doing a half dose at a time in conjunction with all the other supplements and it’s keeping his eyes from swelling shut at least. We NEED RAIN to wash some of this pollen away. Fingers crossed MI gets some this week.
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Some in the comments have mentioned trying tea made from dried nettles – I’m wondering, does it taste like regular tea or is he going to complain?
Susan says
Kelly- To me the nettles just taste like a mild tea. When I give it to my daughter, I put a big dollop of local honey in it and she has never complained about the taste. Good luck!
Leah G says
I was just going to say when all else fails I reach for D hist jr for our kids as well. LOVE the stuff. Also just plain stinging nettles work awesome! in fact I gave my sis in law a bottle on mothers day when she brought my poor nephew over with a anti histamine coma.
Susan says
I was going to mention nettles, as well. I buy them in bulk at my health food store and make a tea (add 1 cup dry nettles to a mason jar, fill with boiling water, screw lid on and let steep for 8 hours. Strain off nettles through coffee filter and drink the tea. Keep in fridge until gone. Sweeten with honey for an extra dose of protection). We have had a lot of luck with nettles and nasty allergies in our house.
My friend has worked in the RiteAid pharmacy for over 20 years. She said this year tons of people are coming in saying they’ve never had an allergy before intheir life and yet something this year is getting to them.
Danette says
We have stumbled across a product for allergy symptoms called D-Hist Jr. made by
Ortho Molecular Products. They so have an adult version that we have been impressed with results( relief of itchy watery eyes, sneezing , runny nose ).
Ingredients:
Vitamin C
Quercetin Dihydrate
Stinging Nettles Leaf
Bromelain
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine
Our son has recently developed allergies and has had great response to this product. The adult form D-Hist has given me great benefit as well. No drowsiness or stimulating effects like OTC meds. We got it from our ND but you can get it online as well.
Elizabeth says
Sounds a lot like a day at my house – multiplied a bit! 😉 which is why I usually only get a blog post up about twice a week! Enjoy!