#300 - Making the bed

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After I woke Ghin up, I made the bed, did the laundry, gave him breakfast and cleared out the car. Then I changed for school, made sure I knew what I wanted to do and then finished the last of the coffee. After that it was very much deciding what came next... we had half an hour to fill so Ghin went into the living room and I decided I would just blog. Who knew when I would be next in the mood?

In order to use by the sweet almond oil and make myself a promise about making my own moisturiser, I recently made an all purpose beeswax balm. It can be used for the face as a protective layer against winter, the body as an effective moisturizer, the hands, even hair. Just massage a little through the hair to create a lovely shiny putty type hair product. It is a super effective balm - I also added lavender oil so it smells great. It also helped Ghin get rid of his rashes. So it has a medicinal protective effect too.

It is also quite economical. A half bottle of almond oil, a bit of the lavendar and one candle of beeswax goes a long long way.

The simple, ordinary things of the day. I think I can do some planning now as well. I hate planning with limited time because it means that my train of thought is interrupted. However, yesterday I charted out the exercises and diet plans. It was good. Tonight Ghin will have spag bol. I will have something a little lighter. Probably involving stir fried chicken or something. 

I must also go out for a run. I also need to head to Home Bargains and a Pound Shop to get a couple of things. String, etc. Life is so busy. 

Also today I will clean the downstairs and upstairs toilet before Ghin comes home. And I must hoover the house. This house can go for hoovering every other week because it is only myself and Ghin and we are quite neat people. And that's it. That's us today. And I will have to work on the Forest School.

What is the ordinary life? Just paying attention to the detail of the day. Paying attention to what is happening in front of me. 

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