List Something Positive You Did Today?

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Originally Posted by Dahila

Tailspin I think the soap which is sebum stripping from skin is the guilty one. I really recommend the Castile soap. For my foam pump (yes i love foaming soap) I use liquid Castile soap by Dr. Bronners. It is easy to make your own solution just a skirt of soap and water. They charge you like 7 dollars for one. There is small amount of soap in it and it is moisturizing. In home i do not use that much hand cream, but in work yes. The antibacterial soap from hell, makes my skin crack. No kidding. My passion of making my cosmetics started like 6 months ago and I am making them. I spend countless hours to research them. If you are interested I can link you with two awesome pages. The ones I use. It is easy to make, you control what goes on your skin, and it is fun:) One shelf of my fridge is ful of body creams, body butters, face cream (under the make up) night face cream, arthritis salve, healing salve even natural wood polish:) Of course everything is preserved, it is a must , when you make water in oil lotion. It is fun. On Saturday I spend like 2 hours making that hand cream. Next step is soap making. I can make soap for laundry, body soap, but right now it is theory. It seems that i have the knowledge now I need to try. Will inform about success or failure, I hope for success.
I woke up and looked out. My beautiful garden was painted white through the night. It is snowing but very lightly and I go back to work today:( but the rest is good:)

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Wow, thanks so much for all the helpful info, Dahlia! I will look out for Dr Bronner's Liquid Castile Soap. I do know that brand. I always buy soaps and creams from the natural food store because I want to make sure I know exactly what is in them and, more importantly, I want to be sure that they aren't tested on animals. It is awful that many cosmetics are still tested on rabbits and beagles :-( They have stopped that in Europe now, but in America it still goes on.

I bet your garden looks beautiful in the snow! We have had some frost here the past few mornings. That is unusual for us. Where I live it never snows. It is more of a coastal climate. But right now it is very cold.

Hope you have a good day!!

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Originally Posted by jessy

I went to watch my 5yo son in his nativity play & put the Xmas tree up with my kids :-)

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That's great, jessy!

I got raw honey from the supplier today:)) no more sugar, which is made from GMO beets:)))

I went to my 2nd CBT therapy session & wrapped a couple of Xmas presents :-)

Tailspin make sure the creams from the stores are preserved, especially if they are made of water and oil=lotion. Creams made of butters and oils without water need just vitamin E :) I preserve my creams so I have at least a half of year, , at least is more like a year. I keep them in fridge:)

Good to hear your busy with your creams Dahila.

Also good for you Jessy :)

Today - I got rid of more furniture and re-listed the sale of my second utility car.

I also cooked some meat and out it with salad for the second night in a row.

Still coming down from my antidepressants at half strength and also cutting back on my quitepine now.

I can feel something going on in my head and also sweating a lot more, but could be just the heat - I am hoping to take back a little control, but more on that in another thread once I go through the rocky bits.

I want to do a thread on how some of us older ones seem more affected or are viewed more as depressed - lol - I can't quite come up with a title on that one - but anyways, I also want to include how many of us long termers also struggle to accept being loved and also giving it when out in public or off the internet and faced with "non-digital pressure". hehe I like that coin ... I seem to be ok with the non feeling parts of Zen and inner joy through connecting with nature, but I'm at a loss when dealing with the human race - again, in the non digital format. Hmmmmmmm

Take care.

I like the idea of how depression affects older people...or weather that is just a perception because as we get older and hopefully wiser, were less dramatic, quieter. Struggle to accept being loved in the real world...that too is intriguing. I will keep watching, Ponder.

In my opinion (Hi guys) talking about our problems is a half of success. I would say we have more support here on internet than from real people
Dave do not cut the meds too fast, leave time for the body to adjust. I can deal with everything but human beings, It is good I work only part time otherwise you would have to visit me in hospital. The constant blabbering of my coo workers kills me. Ponder with nature you know what to do and how to react, you are connected. The feeling of joy comes from that. I have the same and Tailspin does too, through her dogs. My garden looks so deserted, covered in white....The positive today is; we will get 5-10 cm of snow not 10-15:)

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Originally Posted by Dahila

The positive today is; we will get 5-10 cm of snow not 10-15:)

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:) :)

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Originally Posted by Ponder

Good to hear your busy with your creams Dahila.

Also good for you Jessy :)

Today - I got rid of more furniture and re-listed the sale of my second utility car.

I also cooked some meat and out it with salad for the second night in a row.

Still coming down from my antidepressants at half strength and also cutting back on my quitepine now.

I can feel something going on in my head and also sweating a lot more, but could be just the heat - I am hoping to take back a little control, but more on that in another thread once I go through the rocky bits.

I want to do a thread on how some of us older ones seem more affected or are viewed more as depressed - lol - I can't quite come up with a title on that one - but anyways, I also want to include how many of us long termers also struggle to accept being loved and also giving it when out in public or off the internet and faced with "non-digital pressure". hehe I like that coin ... I seem to be ok with the non feeling parts of Zen and inner joy through connecting with nature, but I'm at a loss when dealing with the human race - again, in the non digital format. Hmmmmmmm
Take care.

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Good to hear from you, Dave. I agree with Dahlia about the importance of coming off these drugs slowly......I am still weaning off Lexapro. I'm really taking my time about it. Not necessarily because I'm scared of withdrawal, it's more because I haven't yet decided which drug to go on next. I know I need to be on something.

Keep letting us know how you're doing, Dave! And I like the sound of the thread you're considering starting. I will for sure look out for that.