A bit about routines and peppermint oil ~ Happy Monday!

 

Good Monday Morning.

I am up early getting all the chores done so I can finish my 

letter to the commission for tonights meeting.

I can not attend as I have to be up at 4am  tomorrow

to travel so I have to make sure that it is cogent and understandable.

Yesterday I spent hours going over 500 pages of 

reports submitted just last week.

Good thing that the weather was dreary & I had a sinus

headache from the storm going through.

Today is a new day.

The sun will eventually be out so I can start my bi-annual cleaning

of the dock and of my sheepskins.

The dock just gets some hot water and a broom scrub.

This time of the year the ducks and geese are getting ready to fly

south...so as they come and go they use the dock less & less.

I can  finally not disturb them and get a good clean in.

All summer this is their private cabana.

It is like brushing out your dog!

It gets so soft and new again.

I have sheep skins all over the house & even in my car!.

I do not use essential oil spray on them, but you can .

But I do use peppermint oil and lots of it to spray around the property .

I spray it wherever I see mouse entering....like under the coop.

I spray my tractor and the engines of our vehicles.

( Irish Spring soap also works...daddy would use that)

A mouse was living in my engine for I do not know how long

before we found the nest which was HUGE.

Carefully relocated it to the woodpile where said mouse family is still

living. However, it set my service light off which was not an easy fix.

I had to replace a sensor and am still crossing my fingers that I pass inspection

next week.

So, yeah.... if you have mice, peppermint oil is handy.

( I use a carrier oil like olive oil and mix it. Like 1T olive oil to a drop of peppermint)

Place it on pieces of cloth or cotton balls & tuck them where you need them ,

like my pantry  or my closing storage closet where they love to store their

cash of seeds & pilfered dog food.

The husband uses a spray for the mechanicals he got off of Amazon.

Your life is your routine.

Sounds so boring, but it is true.

The routines you follow which requires discipline is who you really are

in this moment. I spent the summer looking for healthier ways to refine my life.

For  most of my adult life I was taught that the instruction and guidance

given to me by my parents to grow into a well adjusted ( as we used to call it) adult

was insignificant. That it mattered what I wanted, how I felt and that even & especially now,

if it comes at the expense of another well..... that is just too bad.

That is not how my parents raised me nor how most folks my age were raised.

being told to pull yourself up by your boot straps would be considered 

abusive now a days. But it created the people who are still working & hiking & active well

after their 70's when a large percentage of the generations younger look for ways to 

avoid work, avoid inconvenience and avoid anything that makes them feel

uncomfortable.

The youngest generations are not that way.

I have found them to be done with the victim mentality and want something

better for themselves and their families. That gives me so much hope.

Routine.

Every day diligence.

Loyalty.

Pride in what you accomplish.

Not bad ways to elevate your life.

Just start.

Surround yourself with people who are doing the same.

Follow accounts that fuel your passion.

If you have one day where you fall off....get back on the proverbial horse .

Try again.

Don't quit.

Whether it is a new way to address health, or a new job, or a new life

choice.

Stick with it and you will see results.

You will come away feeling so much more confident.

Your life is the routine you create from the choices that you make.

I love the list above.

I hope that you do too.

This space is an encouraging space.

I will tell you when you are tired to rest.

But then get up.

You got this...

XOXO

Raven