Eternal Hippies A Year Homemade and Beyond

I am going to work on the January goals I didn’t do well on, as well as some new goals. Success in goals means that I will continue them. In one of the health documentaries I watched on Netflix, one of the experts said (and I’m doing some extreme paraphrasing) "to keep incorporating good things into your life and the bad things will get pushed out." Examples-I will continue to not dine out/order out and sprouting is just too much fun to not continue. On to the Goals -Do a juice cleanse for 3 days to restart system – -Drink at least a gallon of filtered water a day - -Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night - -Make own shampoo- Whether I film it or not, this needs to be made. Bar soap dries out the hair. -Walking 15 minutes at least twice a week . - -Make own sweets/stop buying store-made desserts - My birthday is this month and my favorite cake is German Chocolate. I have only made this cake using a store bought mix and ready-made frosting. Thi...

With a new month comes new goals and some left over goals to catch up on. But first, let's see how I did for January. My Goals for January 2018  - Stop eating out/ordering take out -Mostly successful. Only caved twice. Once we went to Tropical Smoothie for a smoothie because our broken blender hasn't been replaced. Then last week when I had a really painful day with my knees, Joe went and got me a salad with smoked chicken and he got a BBQ platter. Then there was the outing with Mom to Mellow Mushroom. -Do a juice cleanse for 3 days to restart system - Fail. Add to February's goals. -Drink at least a gallon of filtered water a day -Again, mostly successful. -Get at least 6 hours sleep each night - Fail. I don't count the weekend since it's the workdays that are so stressful that I need the sleep to recover. -Make own shampoo, laundry detergent, dish washing detergent - Failed to film. I made dish washing detergent and laundry detergent but ha...

I really wanted to get this blog started on January 1st, but alas, it was not to be. No worries, it has begun. Hello! I am Rowena and my husband/mate Joe, are aka, Eternal Hippies. When I say , "I" I mean what I am thinking/doing and when I say, "We" I am referring to Joe and myself. As I said, we are eternal hippies who long to break free and waltz to our own tune. 4 1/2 years ago we started exploring what it means to live an organic life; getting rid of GMOs, harsh chemicals and toxic habits. For about 2 years things were going well, but stress of life, laziness and general frustration at the lack to forward movement towards our goals got the better of us and we found ourselves back in many of the habits for which we had worked so hard to be rid of. Back in August of 2013 I started "juicing" after watching the video, "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead," by Joe Cross. I juice fasted for 45 days and lost 70 pounds. After the first week, I felt great ...