tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post4061721813686416257..comments2023-05-22T03:46:55.649-07:00Comments on My Summer Notebook: Saturday Morning Notes: Books, Creativity, and More. . .Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06469299112021260475noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-25019607929041320352011-08-31T13:46:34.949-07:002011-08-31T13:46:34.949-07:00Monica, I still love your exercise! I do think it&...Monica, I still love your exercise! I do think it's making a difference. :-) So thank *you* for the exercise, and thank you, too, for your nice comment!Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469299112021260475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-66469106887017189762011-08-30T02:04:41.182-07:002011-08-30T02:04:41.182-07:00First of all, I like reading your blog because I j...First of all, I like reading your blog because I just love HOW you write….I feel like I am sitting across a table from you! :) <br />Second, THANK you for mentioning me at the Grommom! :) I am honored! I hope that you have great success with standing ab workouts! Bless you.<br />And THIRD, I'm so excited about all of the coconut love! Here i am with coconuts growing in my own backyard and I truly never knew all of this! I should start bottling it! :)<br />Aloha to you!Monica Swansonhttp://www.thegrommom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-32803623540369959822011-08-29T15:14:27.810-07:002011-08-29T15:14:27.810-07:00Michele, I don't know how well it will work (t...Michele, I don't know how well it will work (the ab exercises), but it definitely helps to some degree (I can tell!), so I'm glad you can save your back and still develop a 6-pack!<br /><br />Wow, thanks, Tonia, for a great coconut tip! I like it! :-)<br /><br />the momma, I love your tip, too! I will do that, too, for grandkids and grandmas who get too rambunctious and hurt themselves. Oh, and the art thing. Well, it's really about making everything you do a sort of work of art--it's the spirit of the thing, and we can all do that, right?! We'll can elevate whatever we do if we do it in the right spirit! And that makes life beautiful for us and for others. :-) (I know. I'm speaking to the choir.)<br /><br />Jenny, I love your comment. It inspired me. :-) Thank you.<br /><br />Emily, nice to see you here! I've used the coconut water as eyedrops more than once now, and it really seems to help! :-)<br /><br />Aimee, this is an excellent comment. I love what you say. You know, this is the only way I could think about creativity, too. I'm actually not "crafty" like so many women, but creativity really is a matter of how we live our minutes, our days, our lives. It's the spirit in which we do everything. Everything can be an art, right?! I love that. :-) Thank you for sharing your insights. You always make so much sense and eliminate needless burdens!<br /><br />Kate, thank you! My daughter loves Pilates and does them at home. I'll have to brainstorm with her for some ideas, unless of course Monica's lazy-ab workout works! And I think it might. I think I can tell a difference. Thankfully, I don't have a bad back at all, but ab exercises just strain the back, don't they? I'm glad you found something that works well for you, and thanks for cluing me in. I will definitely talk to my Aimee.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06469299112021260475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-62010097130723437052011-08-28T17:28:31.288-07:002011-08-28T17:28:31.288-07:00Just a quick comment re: core muscles - I've h...Just a quick comment re: core muscles - I've had back issues for over a decade but only in the past 2 years have I been taking a bi-weekly Pilates class; ever tried it? It has been an enormous help for my back! I can't recommend it enough. Super for strengthening those transverse muscles way in there that stabilize the spine...and bring out my 2-pack. :)Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07312935580945418050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-26988259696245063512011-08-28T08:50:23.923-07:002011-08-28T08:50:23.923-07:00Amanda Soule had such a great impact on me years a...Amanda Soule had such a great impact on me years ago as she led a creative lifestyle right along with her children. I had somehow believed that having kids and having personal creativity were mutually exclusive and it was really eye-opening to me to realize that we could live fully creative lives daily in community with our children. I didn't need to "get away from them" to be creative or have a designated studio or quiet...all of my acts of my day could be creative if I chose to view them that way. Some days will look more "productive" with many products, but others days will simply be living the creative process. Thinking creatively in my home changed my life and not putting "rules" on any of it as to how it should look.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09312982290929692281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-2407322116552071562011-08-27T20:15:54.861-07:002011-08-27T20:15:54.861-07:00I'm with you on the coconut love, but I never ...I'm with you on the coconut love, but I never thought of using it as eye drops. Ingenious!Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251183287178856363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-90046864529821237902011-08-27T15:57:10.150-07:002011-08-27T15:57:10.150-07:00From the depths of my sluggish, first trimester bo...From the depths of my sluggish, first trimester body, thank you. I have not been feeling "it". Now granted, pregnancy, caring for my husband and children, homeschooling, house work, excessive summer heat...can be tiring, but it is no excuse to not show up. And I have been so very absent the last month. <br /><br />I have neglected my creative soul each time I left my camera untouched and my book basket unread. I was beginning to wonder if I was depressed. Noe I think I'm just malnourished and if nothing beautiful comes in, nothing beautiful can come out.<br /><br />So I thank you for this post. For the reminder to show up, whether I "feel' like it or not.Jennyhttp://www.aminutecaptured.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-70159711429459104832011-08-27T12:57:23.355-07:002011-08-27T12:57:23.355-07:00I very much look forward to hearing about all the ...I very much look forward to hearing about all the wild fermenting you do! That book had been on my wish list for years; I don't know why I haven't just bought it already. Oh, I know - because I have a kazillion books on my wish list. The 'art' books look worth checking into also.... my struggle in that area is more deciding if all the mess I'll make is worth it. and honestly, sometimes its just not! <br /><br />I'll have to go visit Monica ~ I need all the help I can get in the fitness department; my body is in rebellion.<br /><br />And - to add to your coconut ad: I freeze coconut milk in ice cube containers, then dump them all in a zip bag; we use a cube for small burns & minor skin issues AND - it is fabulous for use after waxing your brows!! Removes all redness and puffiness in about an hour ~ I haven't been w/out coconut milk cubes in my freezer in 6 or 7 years.the mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06442659609532682275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-37987481086485785172011-08-27T12:56:29.139-07:002011-08-27T12:56:29.139-07:00I saw a tutorial for making coconut milk from shre...I saw a tutorial for making coconut milk from shredded (organic, unsweetened) coconut, just like you make almond milk. You can use the same shreds twice for milk, then dehydrate them and grind them into flour or use in cookies, etc. That seems like a pretty frugal use of coconut shreds, imho.toniahttp://studyinbrown.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7596826491172481628.post-65378307308306866762011-08-27T11:17:49.248-07:002011-08-27T11:17:49.248-07:00Thank you for the link to the ab exercise. As a p...Thank you for the link to the ab exercise. As a person with significant back issues this should help me *a lot*. ALL ab exercises I've *ever* tried have really caused a lot of pain in my back. This one seems doable for me. :o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com