Well, I think it's safe to say, winter has fallen here in the Deep Dark Interior. I was worried how I would handle our second winter. You may think that's odd, but I'm really good at living through things for the first time because I'm excellent at not having expectations if I truly don't have an prior experience. Bug- first kid - I consider her a breeze, Miles - second kid- is nothing like her and drives me batty. Alaskan winter #1, wasn't that bad at all in my opinion, but I'm going in to winter #2 knowing what a full beautiful summer of 5Ks and 21hours of sunlight and grilling on my 400sq ft deck feels like and also knowing what -45 feels like. But- I'm also armed with two new things that couldn't have me more excited. My YOGA and my EOs!
There is a small part of me that is actually excited...(believe it or not) to get into the meat of this winter. I'm not worried about the buttoned up house, I have an even more air-tight home than last winter (thanks Interior Weatherization!) but I'm not worried about re-breathing germs, I have the coolest oil blend - Purify. It cleans the air, it's amazing. I keep a paper towel taped to the top of the door frame of the room where the cat's litter box is, every couple days I put a drop of Purify oil on the paper towel and I don't smell his litter box. I don't smell anything! Which is why I love this oil, I don't cover up the stink like febreeze or some other kind of spray, these little oil molecules are actually breaking up the "gunk" floating around in the air.
I work in a child care program once a week (sometimes twice) where my kids (and myself) are exposed to 11-16 other kids (little kids who put everything and everyone in their mouth at every opportunity) and I don't cringe anymore when someone licks my toddler. I know I have this arsenal to fight germs with now and I can instead enjoy the amusement on his face from being licked by another kid! Caitlin is the same way, she had a few kids in her school diagnosed with hand and foot, she came out without an issue-and she is my social butterfly who helps everyone with their work and probably touches every item in the classroom that isn't nailed down... I feel like I was getting in a one month on, one month off pattern with colds and it was exhausting, I couldn't find any routine, I felt like the Alaskan Air was not clear and fresh, it was full of germs and it made me throw up all the time! We're all going on 3 months ish without anything more than the sniffles. It's empowering and freeing. I feel like I can reach out and add activities to our schedule, everyone is sleeping well, so our days are fighting-free (between Bug and I at least, Miles hasn't caught on yet) things. are. great.
They say diets should be life style changes, not just changes to your food choices, and that's really hard for some people. EOs have fit so very easily into my life in just the three short months I've been using them, it's kinda cool. The kitchen is the heart of our house, outside of a good long sleep, the kitchen is the next room I spend the most time in, I work at the dining room table, I cook, I eat, I sweep 3 times a day in that room, it's the room we enter and leave the house from...my oils have their very own spot in the kitchen, so that means they aren't going anywhere :)
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