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Saving Kittens from Terrorists

January 12, 2014 by mamakay Leave a Comment

(aka my husband did something foolish and injured his toe)

Last weekend it was our turn to teach the Preschooler Bible Class. For one of our activities we made a figure 8 on the floor with tape to demonstrate the unendingness of God’s love. While the kids were coloring their activities sheets my husband thought 1potato should see how far she could jump on the figure 8. She made it about halfway. Another helper also tried and made it just slightly further. I reminisced about how my husband used to be able to jump very far in his youth. I encouraged him to demonstrate his abilities and he willingly did so jumping about 6 feet. Unfortunately, we both forgot that he was wearing steel-toed boots. He jammed his toe into the steel and pain shot through his foot. We were pretty sure he just sprained his toe.

By the time we got home his big toe was very swollen and black and blue. I applied Arnica cream to it and he spent pretty much the rest of the day in bed in severe pain. He also took some ibuprofen which he never takes. The pain and swelling continued for the next couple of days and we applied more of the arnica cream each day. It seemed to be quickly going through the stages of healing but it was still difficult for him to put much weight on it. Thankfully he has a desk job so he was able to stay off of it for the most part.

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On Thursday I started worrying that maybe he actually broke his toe instead of just jamming it so I started to do some research. Sudddenly I remembered that PanAway oil from Young Living was used in treating such injuries. It is a combination of Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum), clove (Syzygium aromaticum) and peppermint (Mentha piperita). I felt so dumb for having not thought about that earlier in the week. When he got home I liberaly applied the PanAway to his toe and rubbed it in. Within a few minutes he was able to walk normally again! It is still sore but we have been applying the PanAway at least twice a day since. The swelling is almost all gone and his toe is flesh colored again.

 

I love essential oils and how wonderfully they work! Now if I can just remember to use them right away!

If you are interested in learning more about essential oils check out:

http://mamakay.com/WordPress/essential-oils/

MamaKay

Filed Under: Essential Oils Tagged With: Arnica Cream, Bible Class, Big Toe, Couple Of Days, Desk Job, Essential Oils, Few Minutes, Figure 8, Flesh, God, Ibuprofen, Kittens, Love, Panaway, Preschooler, Rest Of The Day, Severe Pain, Stages Of Healing, Steel Toed Boots, Terrorists

Back to Blessings 7/19/10

July 19, 2010 by mamakay 1 Comment

Wow its been awhile since I updated my list. I’m going to try to be better about posting here…

261. Time with my quickly growing eldest daughter

262. Back to School shopping

263. My Father’s World: Countries & Cultures study

264. New Notebooks

265. New Routines

266. Fun VBS for the kiddos

267.  Storytime with my 2 year old

268. A cruising baby boy

269. Peas fresh picked from the garden

270. No more beetles!

271. My sacrificial husband — he gives so much so that I can be at home to take care of our family!

272. Quiet time in the morning

273. Cool breezes

274. Montana summer especially in comparison to Arizona summers!

275. Good friends who call to share their good news!

276.  Our church family where my husband can use his God given talents

277. Friendly neighbors

278. Sisters who are friends

279. A storage room that is now navigatable

280. Time with my grandparents

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amp, Baby Boy, Beetles, Blessings, Breezes, Cultures, Eldest Daughter, Friendly Neighbors, God, Good Friends, Grandparents, Montana Summer, Notebooks, Quiet Time, Shopping, Storage Room, Storytime, Talents, Vbs, World Countries

More Blessings 5/19/2010

May 19, 2010 by mamakay Leave a Comment

246. Late night talks with my husband
247. Beautiful piano music playing in the background
248. gentle rain
249. God watering our garden & trees
250. kids plugging away at their lessons quietly
251. bread rising
252. baby sleeping
253. school year coming to an end
254. a clean kitchen this morning
255. yummy foods coming out of the kitchen
256. my sister getting a house with a backyard
257. dreams
258. old friends
259. new to us books
260. Amazon Prime

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amazon, Blessings, Dreams, Garden Trees, Gentle Rain, God, Late Night, Old Friends, Piano Music, School Year, Yummy Foods

Counting My Blessings May 3, 2010

May 3, 2010 by mamakay Leave a Comment

holy experience

221. Birthday weekends

222. Phone calls from loved ones

223. Rain

224. Hail — such a fascinating weather phenomenon (as long as its not the damaging kind)

225. God’s love captured in a necklace sweetly given to me by my husband

226. A new week

227. A new month

228. A growing baby boy

229. The light at the end of the tunnel for our school year

230. Cheesecake with fresh raspberries!

231. Sharing a birthday weekend with my best friend.

232. Being able to give my husband one of his best birthdays ever

233. Living close to my grandparents

234. Dreaming of our future home

235. Facebook friends

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Baby Boy, Best Friend, Birthday Weekend, Birthdays, Cheesecake, Counting My Blessings, Facebook Friends, Future Home, God, Grandparents, Hail, Light At The End Of The Tunnel, Phone Calls, Rain, Raspberries, School Year, Weather Phenomenon

Count Your Blessings, Name them 1 by 1

April 20, 2010 by mamakay Leave a Comment

holy experience

197. Raw Milk once again!
198. Playing 4 square with the family after dinner
199. Reading Farmer Boy aloud to the family
200. Homemade Caramel Sauce
201. A Smiling Boy

Happy Boy!
Happy Boy!

202. Helpful 11 year old daughter
203. Nearing the end of a 2 year study with Mystery of History
204. Windy Spring Days
205. My Grandparents & getting to spend time with them again
206. Wild Asparagus — knowing that my grandfather & great grandfather ate from the same plants
207. A loving husband
208. Hope for a future on the land that my great grandfather farmed 80 years ago

the farm
the farm

209. God’s grace
210. New mercies every morning

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Amp, Count Your Blessings, Farmer Boy, God, Grandparents, Great Grandfather, Happy Boy, Homemade Caramel Sauce, Loving Husband, Mystery Of History, Plants, Raw Milk, Spring Days, Wild Asparagus, Windy Spring

6 days and counting

January 12, 2010 by mamakay Leave a Comment

After years of talking and dreaming about it we are moving to Montana next week. I can hardly believe it! Yes, we know it is cold there but we can’t wait! We are looking forward to getting out of the city, enjoying the country life, being close to my grandparents and having seasons! We are going to miss our friends and family here in AZ but we are ready for a new start. We are anxious to see what God has in store for us.

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