Eternal Hippies A Year Homemade and Beyond

I'm not going to go over every single goal from March. Let's just say I have had many setbacks. I knew if I put weight loss as a goal, it might be a mistake. And it was, I gained 10 pounds instead of loosing it. Too much stress. From work, family, big project, planning camping trips and this blog, I feel like I am trying to do too much. So for this month, I will have only one goal. Make everything homemade. I'm not going to worry about recording every aspect of my life. I am learning that I have very high expectations as to what I can accomplish. If I were working part time or from home, I could manage. But as long as I work full time with the long commute, I just have to limit what I think I can do. Stress and guilt! I mean, I could lie and say I'm doing all of the things on my goal list. But what good would that do for me? So yes, I have failed multiple times at fulfilling the goals I set out for myself and March has been the worst. The highlight of this month h...

So for March, I set to continue to work on these goals and I am adding some new one below this list. -Drink at least a gallon of filtered water a day – -Get at least 6 hours of sleep each night – -Make own shampoo-   -Walking 15 minutes at least twice a week . – -Make own sweets/stop buying store-made desserts -   -Exploring different grains, sweeteners, oils, etc . – -Document meal plans for each week. -Edit and post video -Continue to organize kitchen  -Continue to weighing myself once a week -Of course no eating out - New March goals: -Plan our vegetable gardening for this year- Depending on a few variables, we do all container gardening, or we may start our first raised bed garden..or both! -Figure out how to take Mom to “to lunch” without going to a restaurant- With the weather getting warmer, I'm thinking about taking her on a picnic. -Start lifting weights- I have  5 pound weights that will help strengthen me. I f...

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 ...