Horse Sense....

                           

                            

 

Man, we're loving this Sun!!

My tan has finally turned up (and stayed) and life is full of joy here.

For everyone. 

Although to be fair, Mumma, Cappy and especially Belles would like to wander round the house too at their leisure like Az, Ralphy poo, Chew and Suz.

No. 

The big horses like to play racing games and scare the bejezus out of me tearing round the house.

However, that aside, the Happy bug is here.

And talking about bugs, I fucked up big time with my chook house and apparently it became a 5 Star Hilton like Hotel for Chicken Lice.

Being the clean freak I am, I completely freaked out then got my neighbours (who also have chickens) to come down and give me their opinion on what might be going wrong.

It started with hubby going, No...No...No... (shaking head movements here, too)...No...

While wifey poo chimed in with, Ummmmmmmm....is it always this clean?  And what's with all the shavings?  

Then we had Chicken Lesson 101 which started with, Where do your chickens lay?  You know they are supposed to lay there right?  (with a pointy finger) Not... (another pointy finger) And there's not supposed to be shavings there! Why would you.....?  Never mind....

Apparently, I was getting it all wrong with the chickies and all, Hello! I've found us all a new home, and bring all the whanau for Lice.

I have now got it right.

Fingers crossed and holding my breath the right way.

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And I've had the distinctly unplesant experience of trying to read instructions.

Twice.

Went to see the neighbours again who by now just, There...there... it's ok...me with whatever thing needs fixing, fix it for me, and again I'm a happy girl.

Stupid instructions though, where the fuck do they get these people from?

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Do you remember those 4 beautiful students that got slaughtered in Idaho nearly 2 months ago?

They finally arrested a A Ph.D. student at Washington State University, who was studying Criminology and teaching it part-time.  Washington State is a short drive across the state line from the University of Idaho. 

Son of a Bitch.

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Oh wait...have to catch you up on the No-poo.

Well it worked...then it didn't, then it really did.

First off:

* Don't try it if you bleach your hair.

I do, and I did.

* Do use Baking Soda and Apple Cider Vinegar.

I did, then did again, then did too much, then stopped.

* Don't do it if you have thin hair.

I do, and I did.

So those are the first things, now let's get to the interesting bits:

1) Your hair will be greasy when you first stop using commerical shampoo's and conditioners.  That's guaranteed.  You have to ride through this phase.

And then it will get itchy.

2) Rosemary tea will make life soooooooooooooooo much easier.

Take Rosemary from your garden and make a big pot of tea with it.  Cool it, then put it in a spray bottle and regularly spray your hair with it.  Rosemary is an adaptogen herb which means that it corrects the body, moving it towards a balanced state of health.  This is not to be confused with a Living Herb like Kawa Kawa, who just goes in and fixes what is wrong.

It also stops the itch immediately.

I also tried Chamomile tea (made the same way).  Chamomile brightens your hair.  DO NOT do this while you are bleaching out the bleach in your hair.  Your hair will go bright yellow.

I found this out the hard way.

2) Baking soda and Apple Cider Vinegar can short-term work for your hair, but long-term will not.  Long-term use will, 100%, damage your hair.

The Ph balance is wrong.

Through using Baking Soda and Apple Cider Vinegar too much I threw the Ph balance of my whole body out. 

Short-term that was a very, very bad thing.

Long-term, it was a brilliant end result and took me down another path which I did not recognize, nor had placed any value on before.

However, Bakig soda mixed with Ascorbic Vitamin C does work and Epson salts mixed with water on your hair, really, really works.

Even try the lazy way which is putting Epsom salts in the bath and soaking your hair while you bliss out.

3) One of the things I had heard was that, If you eat healthy, the No-poo works.  

Yes and No. 

Yes, If you are eating right for your particular body, No-poo works fantastically. 

If you just eat healthy food, No.

Your hair, as I have found, is the best indicator of how your body is actually working.  Take away the chemicals and what is left?

Yip, you got it, one hot mess.

So as I'm writing this I am working very hard on Acidic vs Alkaline foods.

When I looked at my food, I was eating on a daily basis I thought it was 95% Acidic food.  However, after looking more closely it's most probably about 80-85%.  But that's still no good.

Funny thing is, I had got this mostly right with my horses, I just hadn't followed through with it myself.

I am now just waiting for my digital Ph tester to arrive, the chemist only sells Ph strips for Keto, which is no good.  I'm not worried about being in ketosis, I'm interested in the Ph balance of my body which should sit around 7.  But even as I'm writing this, I can tell you that it will not be.

Also, interestingly enough, it is Scientifically documented that a highly acidic body is more prone to serious illness, regular sickness, disease, inflammation and cancer.

4) I do every 3 to 4 days use a natural shampoo and conditioner bar (like a bar of soap, but not).  No chemicals and no nasties.

I have also  switched to a liquid soap with a Ph balance of 5.5 which is what your skin should be.

My hair has also grown in 7ish weeks a good inch, possibly an inch and a half, is thicker and is in the best condition it has ever been in.

Ever.

Most surprising Acidic - Akaline foods.

Eggs.

Whole eggs - Acidic

Egg yolk - Acidic

Egg white - Alkaline

Coconut Oil - Totally Alkaline by about a 1000 times for your skin.  Amazeballs.

Kimchi - Alkaline

Almonds - Alkaline

Cayenne pepper - Alkaline

Lemons - Acidic until eaten, then Alkaline

Olive Oil - Acidic

And my personal favourite....

Garlic!! - super Alkaline.

There is most probably heaps of stuff I've forgotten to tell you, but this is the gist of it.

What I can say to you though is that if you are going to do the No-poo, change your eating habits first.

But even with all the hiccups I had, and there were a lot, it's still one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Even if I am still yellow.

Kissy hugs

Caps, me (T - she/her), Spirit, Az, Ralph, Chew, Suz, and of course, my beautiful Mumma Bear, Belle and Boo-ba-licious, Pat, Chuck, Rose, Pepper, Shelley, Marmite, Geraldine, Milli, Bessie, Raz, Sugar, Butter, Cookie and Cinammon, and the cows, Mickey, Mikey and Moose.

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