Why do I call myself American Casalinga(Italian for home-maker)???
...Cause I can take this:
And turn it into this:
Yea, I know, big deal! But it is a big deal. In Italy we don't use Dryers. They exist and I am sure some people use them, it's just that electricity and gas are so expensive that no one wants to use them! We line dry our clothes and then iron them. Something I've been getting used to over the years and maybe even better at doing. Most people Hate to iron, but I'm different cause I like it. It's a relaxing time for me where I can just let my mind wander and I let my mind wander a lot. In fact I think I would be a wreck if my mind wasn't allowed to wander or I wasn't allowed the time alone for mind-wandering. That Is why I love to be a Casalinga!
It is also why I love being an Artist. When we work we usually go somewhere in our heads and don't even really realize what we are doing. Sometimes we make a bush stroke that doesn't really seem important or to matter or we don't know why we do it and it ends up being the most important part of a piece. A good example of that for me is this painting that I did:
The bright red-orangeish blob to the right of the head is something that I did completely unconsciously yet it seems to make the piece. It can be interpreted as many things. Of course I like to let the viewer decide what it means to her/him, especially because sometimes I don't even know what it means to me. I usually figure out what it means to me later. I feel like this goes against a lot artists. Artist who know what something will mean before they begin it. We are all different, though, and that is what is so great about art.
Now I'm going to talk about something kinda gross so get ready!
Cleansing the Colon! I'm an advocate. In my very first post I talked about all my food and health issues. I pretty much have them sorted but from time to time I get gassy. Really gassy!! My husband doesn't even want to sit next to me on the couch. These are the times that I know there is too much build up in my colon. I may have eaten a mixture of too many types of foods at a party or eaten something that I am intolerant to. Whatever the reason, it doesn't feel cute.
My favorite and easiest thing to do for these times is The Salt Water Flush. You make a mixture of two teaspoons of good sea salt and 4 cups of water. I make it warm by first melting the salt in a small amount of hot water and then adding the rest of the water that is cold. You take this salt water and chug it all down as fast as you can. You don't have to do it in one minute but try at least to do it within 10 minutes. Within 2 hours this salt water will have made it's way through your whole system and flush out your guts! You clean your intestines and whatever is in there being rotten and making you have bad gas. When you do it the gas you have inside comes out as well. Peee-u. Don't forget to use the the nag champa, your roommates/family members will thank you.
Now, some good tips for doing this are:
1. Pretend you are drinking soup broth. This helps it seem less gross and more drinkable.
2. Do the flush in the morning when you don't have to do anything else for at least 3 hours.
3. It is also good to do in the morning because you haven't eaten all night. It won't work if you have eaten recently.
4. Do not attempt to make wind for the rest of the day...it could get messy.
Since I was feeling kinda rotten(no pun intended) when I woke up this morning, I decided to enhance my salt water flush by doing a coffee enema after it. So once all the liquid came out I put more in and flushed some more! The coffee enema is really good and here is why - I'll let my favorite nutritionist explain that one: http://meghantelpnerblog.com/2011/02/21/ill-take-my-coffee-to-go-um-where-exactly/
Strangely, after all this cleaning, I opened my email to find this video that talks about Enemas and how they can help you avoid paying a ton of money in medicine and doctor visits for you and your children:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2w_dDpFNPt8
After cleansing, I made fresh veg juice, obviously, and then later a green smoothie.
I'm feeling much better now that my pungent and airy symptoms are gone and things will be coming out better when I start digesting solids again. Weehooo!
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