Golden Milk Paste for Golden Milk

Give this Golden Milk Paste a try for inflammation, type 2 diabetes, arthritis and a number of other ailments!

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UPDATE:  The last time I made this Golden Milk Paste,  I turned the heat off, left the saucepan on the hot burner and then added the coconut oil.  It was a little easier to incorporate the coconut oil into the paste mixture.

This magic mixture has really helped me!

And you can drink it at bedtime to help with sleep.

Back in October of last year, I did something silly and was not exactly acting my age.  Fun, but paid the price when I heard something pop in my hip (or was it my leg, or my back??).  I tried to act as if I was OK and go on as normal since we were on vacation in Mexico.  BUT the next morning when I could hardly walk to breakfast was when I realized I had done some damage.

I was hardly prepared for how much damage I had actually done.  It didn’t get better upon our return home, only worse.
So, long story short, 10 months later and 3 months of physical therapy, I will admit surgery has entered my mind.  I’ve had an MRI which showed nothing significant….but the pain has been significant!  It’s really haltered my life – or I should say OUR lives.  We’ve canceled several things and done a lot of things differently since October due to my inability to enjoy things I was enjoying prior to.

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Enjoying Illinois’ Wineries

Southern Illinois’ Wineries -sampling some wines and taking in the scenery!

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Believe it or not there are many wineries in Illinois with some very nice wines to be tasted and enjoyed.  A lot of the wineries have nearby shops, parks, bike trails and hiking to also be explored.  And, as an added bonus, some wonderful scenery!

We’ve always enjoyed taking a day trip or a weekend outing to explore our local wineries.  We have several within close distance and can be sitting down with a glass of wine within 20 minutes.  We like the atmosphere and it slows us down from hectic schedules and honey-do-lists and chores around the house.
We have a nice setting to enjoy a glass in our backyard but sometimes find it hard to relax – instead start looking around and seeing something that needs to be done!

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Kitchen Update – Phase III

Our Kitchen Update makes the kitchen look larger and brighter and adds more functionality.

 

(This is a three part post.  Read Phase I and Phase II here!)

I’m In Love!

We have finished the kitchen update!  And it has turned out great.  I just keep walking in our kitchen and asking myself, “Is this really the same kitchen?”.

We’ve redone/remodeled almost every aspect of our house over the past 15 years.  I’m very aware of how much PAINT can do.  You can transform a room with a gallon of paint.

I knew when we started this project, with our main focus on having the cabinets painted, that it would be a huge change in appearance to the room.  But I was unprepared for just how much of a change – Not only to the kitchen but the entire downstairs of our house.  Our floor plan is very open and you can see the kitchen from every room but the bathroom.

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